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Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 36 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 5: ministry going. 38 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 5: Oh God Black than you always a joy to come 40 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 5: into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 41 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 42 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 5: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 43 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 5: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, and 44 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 5: thank you again for coming out. I like to start 45 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about this scientist. He 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 5: said to God. We've decided we no longer need you. 47 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 5: We can clone people, transplant hearts, and do all kinds 48 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 5: of things once considered miraculous. God said, well, that's fine. 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 5: But to prove that you don't need me, let's have 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 5: a man making contest. The only requirement is you have 51 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 5: to make man out of dirt. The scientist said, great. 52 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 5: He reached down quickly to get a handful of dirt. 53 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 5: God said, not so quick. Go get your own dirt. 54 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 55 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 56 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 57 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 58 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 59 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God, 60 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 61 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: even now, Faith. We all face situations that look like 62 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 5: they're never going to work out. We don't see how 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 5: we could get well, or how we could get out 64 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 5: of debt, how we could accomplish a dream. It's been 65 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 5: too long. The odds are against us. Too often we 66 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 5: settle where we are and just accept the fact that, Hey, 67 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 5: it wasn't meant to be. In the scripture, there's a 68 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 5: lady named Martha that faced one of these impossible situations. 69 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 5: Her brother Lazarus was extremely sick. Martha and her sister 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 5: Mary were very close to Jesus, so they sent word 71 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 5: for Jesus to come to their house and pray for Lazarus. Well, 72 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 5: Jesus was in another city, and he kept getting delayed. 73 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 5: A day went by. Martha said to her assistant, did 74 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 5: you tell Jesus it was me asking for him? The 75 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 5: assistant said, yes, I told him it was you. Well, 76 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 5: did you tell him it was an emergency? 77 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 6: Yes? 78 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 5: I told him it was urgent. Another day went by, 79 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 5: and they're waiting and waiting. Night falls and still no 80 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 5: sign of Jesus. They wake up early the next morning 81 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 5: looking out the windows, knowing that any moment Jesus would arrive. 82 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 5: After all, it's been three days since they first asked 83 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 5: for him. Every hour that goes by, they're getting more 84 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 5: and more upset. 85 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 4: Where is he? 86 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 5: I can't understand what's taken him so long. Finally, their 87 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 5: worst nightmare comes true. Lazarus died. They're distraught, upset they'd 88 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 5: just lost their brother to make matters worse. They knew 89 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 5: that their good friend Jesus could have healed Lazarus. They 90 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 5: had seen him open blind eyes, cure the lepers, turn 91 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 5: water into wine. It would have been no big deal 92 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 5: for Jesus to heal their brother. Days after Lazarus had died, 93 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 5: Jesus showed up, knocked on the front door, said here, 94 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 5: I am, what can I do for you? Has it 95 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 5: ever seemed like God showed up too late? You prayed, 96 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 5: you believed, but the problem didn't turn around. The medical 97 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 5: report wasn't good, the business didn't make it. Martha was crying. 98 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 5: She went up to him and said, Jesus, if you 99 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 5: would have been here sooner, my brother wouldn't have died. 100 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 5: She was saying, Jesus, how could you do this to us? 101 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 5: We're your friends, we hang out together, we have you 102 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 5: over for dinner. The least you could do is show 103 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 5: up when we have an emergency. Martha could have turned 104 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 5: and walked away, bitter, angry, complaining that would be the 105 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 5: end of the story. We wouldn't be talking about it today. 106 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 5: But in that dark season, when it looked like it 107 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 5: was too late, too far gone, Martha did something extremely significant. 108 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 5: He to seeing negative situations turn around. She said, if 109 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 5: you would have been here sooner, he wouldn't have died. 110 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 5: But I know even now, whatever you ask, God will 111 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 5: do it for you. Notice those two simple words. Even 112 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 5: now it looks impossible, but even now you can turn 113 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 5: it around. He's been dead for four days, but even 114 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 5: now you can raise him back up. I don't see away, 115 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 5: but even now you can make a way. There will 116 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 5: be times in life, like with Martha, you have to 117 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,559 Speaker 5: have even now faith God. The medical report doesn't look good, 118 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 5: but I believe even now you can heal me. My 119 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 5: business is hanging by a thread, but even now you 120 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 5: can prosper me. My marriage looks like it's over, but 121 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 5: even now you can restore me. When it looks impossible, 122 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 5: the odds are against you. You don't see how it 123 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 5: could work out. Don't complain, don't get bitter, dig your 124 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 5: heels in and have this even now faith God, Even 125 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 5: now you can turn my child around. Had this addiction 126 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 5: for years, but even now you can set me free. 127 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 5: Been believing to have a baby. The medical report says 128 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 5: it's not going to happen. But God, I'm bold enough 129 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 5: to believe, like Martha that even now in spite of 130 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 5: how long it's been, In spite of what I've been told, 131 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 5: in spite of what I feel, I know you have 132 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 5: the final say. You control the universe. Nothing's too hard 133 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 5: for you. I may not see away, but I know 134 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 5: you have a way. When you have this even now, faith, 135 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 5: God will move heaven and earth to do what he promised. 136 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 5: And whatever you think is too far gone, the dreams 137 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 5: you've given up on, the promises you've let go of, 138 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 5: God is saying I can still bring them to pass. 139 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: I can still restore the relationship. I can still prosper 140 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 5: you and put you into overflow. I can still give 141 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: you the desires of your heart. I know a young 142 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 5: lady named Vanessa. She's a medical doctor that attends here, 143 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 5: and years back, she started experiencing terrible pain in her joints. 144 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 5: It got so bad she could hardly stand it. She 145 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 5: ended up having surgery on her knees, but unfortunately it 146 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 5: didn't help. It continued to get worse. She got to 147 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 5: the place where she was so crippled she had to 148 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 5: walk with a cane when she would come to church. 149 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 5: It would take her forty five minutes to walk from 150 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 5: the parking lot to her seat in the auditorium. During 151 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 5: the week, she would get up at three o'clock in 152 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 5: the morning to start getting her joints loosened up so 153 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 5: she could be at work at eight. This was a 154 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 5: gene that had been in her family line that kept 155 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 5: getting passed down. Her father had the same illness in 156 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 5: his early twenties. He died from complications of it at 157 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 5: forty three. Mother was a paraplegic, had the same problem. 158 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 5: It looked like this was Vanessa's destiny. She could have thought, Hey, 159 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 5: too bad for me. It's in my DNA. Can't do 160 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 5: anything about this. No, Vanessa was like Martha. She had 161 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 5: this even now faith. Her attitude was, even though it 162 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 5: looks impossible, even though medical science says there's nothing they 163 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 5: can do, even though daddy had it and grandmother had it, 164 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 5: this is a new day. The buck stops with me. God, 165 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 5: I believe even now, in spite of what's been passed down, 166 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 5: in spite of what the experts have told me. I 167 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 5: know you made my body. You can correct what's wrong. 168 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 5: You said you would restore health and to me and 169 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 5: heal me of my wounds. It didn't happen overnight, but 170 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 5: little by little she kept getting better and better and better. 171 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 5: Today she's perfectly healthy and whole. She can walk without 172 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 5: pain and without that. You don't have to learn to 173 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 5: live with things that keep getting passed down. Well, Joe, 174 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 5: everybody in my family is depressed. Maybe so, but you 175 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 5: can be the turning point. Why don't you rise up 176 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 5: and say, God, I believe even now you're freeing me 177 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 5: from this depression. When you do that, the creator of 178 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 5: the universe breathes in your direction, he dispatches angels. You'll 179 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 5: feel a strength, a joy, a freedom that you didn't 180 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 5: have before. Addictions may have been passed down to you. 181 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 5: You can't do anything about that part, but you can 182 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 5: put an end to it. God, I believe, even right now, 183 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 5: you are freeing me from these addictions. Well, Joel, my 184 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 5: family we're poor, defeated. We never get any good breaks. 185 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: I come from the wrong side of the tracks. No, 186 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 5: there's no such thing as the wrong side of the tracks. 187 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 5: The most High God breeds his life into you. He's 188 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 5: crowned you with his favor. He puts seeds of greatness 189 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 5: on the inside. Don't accept lack and defeat as your destiny. 190 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 5: It may have been that way in the past, but 191 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 5: God raised you up to put an end to it. 192 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 5: You're the difference maker. Your attitude should be God. I 193 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 5: want to thank you that even now you're prospering me. 194 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 5: Even now, you're opening up new doors, bringing opportunity, Divine 195 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 5: connections increase across my path. He's an even now God. 196 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 5: But you have to have this even now faith. Here's 197 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 5: why God meets us at the level of our expectations. 198 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 5: If you don't expect to get well, then you won't 199 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 5: get well. If you don't expect to accomplish your dreams, 200 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: you don't expect to overcome the addiction, to be free 201 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 5: from that depression, then you'll get stuck where you are. 202 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 5: Why don't you take the limits off of God? Dare 203 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: to say, like Martha, God, I don't see how this 204 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 5: can happen in the natural. My brother's been dead for 205 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 5: four days, already in the tomb. In other words, the 206 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 5: medical report says I won't get well. Business is slow, 207 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 5: my marriage is on the rock. But God, I believe 208 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 5: even now, in spite of how bad it looks, in 209 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 5: spite of the setbacks I've suffered, I know your power 210 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 5: is greater than any power that's trying to stop me, 211 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 5: you said, what's meant from my harm you would use 212 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 5: to my advantage. So Lord, I want to thank you 213 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 5: that I'm not only coming out, that I'm coming out better. 214 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 5: Even now, Faith says, I still believe, even though the 215 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 5: medical report is not good. I still believe that my 216 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 5: children will be mighty in the land. I still believe 217 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 5: that I'll live debt free, pay off my house, and 218 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 5: be a blessing to others. I still believe that I'll 219 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 5: accomplish my dreams, build that orphanage, start my business, step 220 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 5: into the fullness of my destiny. This is what Moses 221 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 5: did when he and the Israelites came to a day 222 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 5: at the Red Sea. They had nowhere to go Froh 223 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 5: and his army was quickly closing in. It looked like 224 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 5: they would easily be captured and returned as slaves. But 225 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 5: Moses didn't panic. He didn't complain. He understood this principle. 226 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 5: He said, God, it looks impossible, but I know even 227 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 5: now you can deliver us. He held up the rod, 228 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 5: the Red Sea parted, they went through on dry ground. 229 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 5: How about Abraham. God gave him the promise that he 230 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 5: would have a baby. He and his wife Sarah were 231 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 5: way too old, almost eighty. This would defy the laws 232 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 5: of nature. I can hear Abraham every morning. God, all 233 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 5: the odds are against us. It's not possible in the natural. 234 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 5: But God, I believe even now you can give us 235 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 5: this baby, in spite of how old we are, in 236 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 5: spite of what our natural reasoning is telling us, you 237 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 5: can make away. One day, when they were almost one 238 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 5: hundred years old, had that baby. The promise came to pass. 239 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 5: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 240 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 5: The doctors told my parents that she would most likely 241 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 5: never be able to walk or to talk, but she 242 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 5: would need constant, twenty four hour care. And of course 243 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 5: my parents were devastated. They never dreamed they'd be dealing 244 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 5: with an unhealthy baby. But they didn't get bitter. They 245 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: didn't start complaining. They did what I'm asking you to do. 246 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 5: They said, God, this doesn't look possible in the natural. 247 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 5: Medical science says that she will be disabled. But God, 248 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 5: we know you can do what medicine cannot do. God, 249 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 5: even now, we believe you can heal our daughter. And again, 250 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 5: like Vanessa, it didn't happen instantly, but Lisa kept getting 251 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 5: better and better, and today she's as healthy as can be. 252 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 5: One of the ministers here on staff, seventy seven years old, 253 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 5: still going strong. So but you know, I think about 254 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 5: how different life would be if my parents would have 255 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 5: just accepted it and thought, hey, too bad, this is 256 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 5: our lot in life. No, if you want to step 257 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 5: into the fullness of your destiny, if you're going to 258 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 5: overcome these challenges, see the greatness of God's favor. You've 259 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 5: got to have this even now. Faith when it looks impossible. God, 260 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 5: I know you can do the impossible when you don't 261 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 5: see away. God, I know you still have a way 262 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: when your natural reasoning is telling you it's never going 263 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 5: to work out. God, I know you're a supernatural God. 264 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 5: It's significant that Jesus waited four days to go pray 265 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 5: for Lazarus. He knew he was sick. In fact, Jesus 266 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 5: knew he was going to die. He could have gone 267 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 5: on the first day healed Lazarus saved them all of 268 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: that trouble, or at least he could have arrived on 269 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 5: the second or third day and they wouldn't have had 270 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 5: to go through so much. But there's always a reason 271 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 5: for a delay. We may not understand. Sometimes it's just 272 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 5: a test of our faith. Are we going to get 273 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 5: discouraged and give up? If Martha would have gotten bitter, complained, angry, 274 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 5: she could have stopped the miracle. And this is where 275 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 5: many people miss God's best. While you're waiting for the 276 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 5: problem to turn around, waiting for your health to improve, 277 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 5: waiting for a child to get on the right course, 278 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 5: that's a very critical time. Can you pass the test 279 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 5: of staying in faith when you don't see anything happening? 280 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 5: Can you keep a good attitude when God is silent? 281 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 5: You're calling out to him, like Martha, you sent word, 282 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 5: you're praying, but he's not coming for some reason, He's delayed, 283 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: he's not answering. The situation is not improving. This is 284 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 5: when many people get discouraged and think, well, too bad, 285 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 5: it wasn't meant to be Joel. I believe five years 286 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 5: ago that I could get out of debt, but man, 287 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 5: not now I'm way my head. Or I used to 288 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 5: believe that i'd get healthy again, that i'd meet the 289 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 5: right person, that I'd accomplish my dream. But it's been 290 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 5: too long, had too many setbacks. Now how you wait 291 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 5: will determine whether or not that situation changes. When Jesus 292 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 5: arrived at Mary and Martha's house, he said to them, 293 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 5: take me to the place where you buried Lazarus. Take 294 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 5: me to the tomb. He was saying, in effect, take 295 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 5: me to the place where you quit believing. Take me 296 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 5: to the place where you gave up on your dreams. 297 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 5: You decided that you wouldn't get well, that you wouldn't 298 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 5: meet the right person. If you don't go back to 299 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 5: that place and stir up your faith and get your 300 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 5: passion back, it will tie the hands of Almighty God. 301 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 5: You've got to go back to that place where you 302 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 5: quit believing and ask yourself, is my God bigger than 303 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 5: this problem? Is my God greater than this addiction? Is 304 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 5: my God more powerful than this sickness? Is he still 305 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 5: Jehovah Jahrah, the Lord my Provider? Is he still Jehovah Rapha, 306 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 5: the Lord my healer? Is he still? Elshaday, the God 307 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 5: who is more than enough? When you remind yourself who 308 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 5: your God is, the all powerful creator of the universe, 309 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 5: something comes alive on the inside. One angel in the 310 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 5: Old Testament destroyed one hundred and eighty thousand of the 311 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 5: enemies of God. He's all powerful. He can turn any 312 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 5: situation around. He's got you in the palm of his hand. 313 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 5: He knows how to get you to your destiny. When 314 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: Jesus said take me to the tomb, roll away the stone, 315 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 5: I can imagine Martha said, no, Jesus, I don't want 316 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 5: to go there. It stinks. He's been dead for four days. 317 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 5: Maybe something has died in your life. You went through 318 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 5: a divorce, a bankruptcy, a friend betrayed you, and now, 319 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 5: like with Lazarus, it stinks. It's a mess. But unless 320 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 5: you're willing to deal with your stinky stuff, you probably 321 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 5: won't get you a miracle. We make excuses. Jove hurt me, 322 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 5: he walked out of a relationship. It wasn't my fault. 323 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 5: That's why I'm angry and bitter. Now you've got to 324 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 5: do your part and let go of the bitterness. You've 325 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 5: got to forgive the people that have done you wrong. 326 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 5: Deal with the stinky stuff. Or maybe my business didn't 327 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 5: make it. I went through bankruptcy. I tried, but man, 328 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: I'm a failure. No failure is an event. It's not 329 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 5: who you are. Don't put that label on you. You 330 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 5: are a child of the most high gods. If one 331 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 5: dream dies, you have to dream another dream. A young 332 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 5: man I met a few years ago had taken the 333 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 5: state bar for his law degree for the second time 334 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 5: and failed. It'd been over a year and he was 335 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 5: working as a legal assistant. You could tell he wasn't 336 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 5: fulfilled it. I asked him when he was going to 337 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 5: take the state bar again. He kind of laughed. He said, oh, man, Joel, 338 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 5: I'm done with that. I've already failed it twice. That 339 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 5: just wasn't meant to be. I told him what I'm 340 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 5: telling you. If God is going to resurrect that dream, 341 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 5: if you're going to step into the fullness of your destiny, 342 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 5: you've got to roll away the stone. Those two failures 343 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 5: may stink, it may not be pretty, but that is 344 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 5: not the end of your story. God didn't put the 345 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 5: dream in you to lie dormant. He didn't give you 346 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 5: the promise to just kind of tease you and take 347 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 5: you halfway there. You may have had some setbacks, may 348 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 5: not have happened on your timetable. The heavens may have 349 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 5: been silent when you prayed, but don't take that as 350 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 5: a sign that God is not there. He's closely watching you. 351 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 5: This is a test. What are you going to do? 352 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 5: Settle where you are, get discouraged better. It wasn't meant 353 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 5: to be. Now you've got to do your part. Hold 354 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 5: away the stone, deal with the stinky stuff, and get 355 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 5: your passion. Battle God. I fail this test two times. 356 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 5: All the odds are against me. But I know even 357 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 5: now you can help me to pass. Even now, you're 358 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 5: changing things in my favor. 359 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 7: Now. 360 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 5: Three or four months ago, I saw that young man 361 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 5: out in the lobby, had a big smile on his face. 362 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 5: Put his hand up for a high five, said Joel. 363 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 5: I did it the third time. Was a charm. I 364 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 5: passed that test. God has Lord agreed. Friends, God knows 365 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 5: how to resurrect dead dreams. Don't talk yourself out of it. 366 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 5: We make excuses. Jesus, he's been dead for four days. 367 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 5: They've already wrapped him up like a mummy. Or I've 368 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 5: taken the test twice and failed. No use taking it again, 369 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 5: or like Vanessa is in my DNA, I'll never get well. 370 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 5: No get rid of the excuses. We serve a supernatural God. 371 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 5: It may be taking a long time. The odds are 372 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 5: against you, but keep in the test, keep doing the 373 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 5: right thing. If you will do what you can, God 374 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 5: will show up and do what you can. What's interesting 375 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 5: is back in those days, the Saddescees, these were the 376 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 5: people that were against Jesus. They were always doubting him. 377 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 5: They believed that the spirit left the body after the 378 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 5: third day when a person had died. It's not a 379 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 5: coincidence that Jesus waited till the fourth day to show up. 380 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 5: He wanted to make sure that when he raised Lazarus 381 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 5: from the dead, there would be no doubt about it. 382 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 5: Sometimes God will delay in your life on purpose, not 383 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 5: only so that you will know that it's his favor, 384 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 5: but so that all of your critics, friends, relatives, coworkers, 385 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 5: they won't be able to deny the great thing God 386 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 5: did in your life. Mary and Martha were upset at 387 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 5: first that Jesus didn't get there in time to heal 388 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 5: their brother. Their prayer didn't get answered the way they wanted. 389 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 5: But all along God knew what he was doing. He 390 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 5: wasn't planning a healing. He had something better in mind, 391 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 5: a resurrection. And if it hasn't worked out your way 392 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 5: on your timetable, don't get upset. That doesn't mean that 393 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 5: God has failed you. It's just the opposite. It means 394 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 5: God is planning something even better. Few years after my 395 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 5: father went to be with the Lord, the church was 396 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 5: really growing and we needed a larger auditorium. My father 397 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 5: told how he would never move the church. I was 398 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 5: knew the young pastor. I wasn't about to rock the boat, 399 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 5: and so I found a one hundred acre tract of 400 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 5: land about two miles from the other location, right on 401 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 5: the freeway. I thought, this is perfect, we'll build a 402 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,959 Speaker 5: new sanctuary. The owner of the property told how that 403 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 5: had been for sale for over twenty years and they'd 404 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 5: never had one offer on the property. I knew God 405 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 5: saved that property for us. He said, you don't even 406 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 5: need to draw off a contract now. Just go ahead 407 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 5: and do your preliminary drawings and soil studies, and then 408 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 5: we'll draw off the contract. Four months later we went 409 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 5: to close on the property. We had an eight o'clock 410 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 5: in the morning meeting. We showed up at seven forty five, 411 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 5: so excited about our new property. His secretary walked out 412 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 5: and said, I'm sorry, he sold the property last night 413 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 5: to someone else. I was so disappointed. I knew that 414 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 5: was the devil stealing our property. A couple of months later, 415 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,479 Speaker 5: we found another large piece of property. We thought, this 416 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 5: is even better, But do you know the same exact 417 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 5: thing happened? They sold it out from under us. Thought, God, 418 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 5: what is going on? You know we need a larger building. 419 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 5: There weren't any more large pieces of property over in 420 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 5: that area, and I was tempted to get discourage and 421 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 5: quit believing. Think, well, I guess this is good enough. 422 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 5: We tried, it just wasn't meant to be. About six 423 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 5: months later, I could feel something stirring on the inside. 424 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 5: I knew I had to get my passion back. And 425 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 5: it's as if I went to that stinky place where 426 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 5: the dream died been turned down two times. Said God, 427 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 5: it hasn't worked out my way, but I know you're 428 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 5: still on the throne. I don't see any land available, 429 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 5: but I know even now you have the right place 430 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 5: for us. A few weeks later, I received a phone 431 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 5: call that this place, the former Compact Center, was coming available. 432 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 5: When I heard that something leaped on the inside, I 433 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 5: knew it was supposed to be ours. Three and a 434 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 5: half years later, we moved into it. We didn't have 435 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 5: to build a new sanctuary. God gave us an auditorium, 436 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 5: already built, the premier facility in the fourth largest city 437 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 5: in America. My point is, I was praying for a healing, 438 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 5: but God had something better in mind, a resurrection. If 439 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 5: it's not happening your way on your timetable, don't get upset, 440 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 5: stay in faith. God knows what he's doing. He can 441 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 5: see the big picture for your life. He always has 442 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 5: your best interest at heart. I heard about this lady 443 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 5: that was losing her home. She had been laid off 444 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 5: and she prayed and prayed that sheuld somehow be able 445 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 5: to make her payments, but unfortunately she couldn't do it. Eventually, 446 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 5: her house was foreclosed on and the bank took it 447 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 5: and put it up for auction. And she had already 448 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 5: accepted the fact that her house was gone and this 449 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 5: chapter in her life was over, but deep down she 450 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 5: was heartbroken. This is where she had raised her children, 451 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 5: a single parent mom. Just to get some kind of closer, 452 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 5: she went to the auction where they were selling off 453 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 5: these foreclosed homes, including her own. While she was there, 454 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 5: she couldn't help but weep seeing her house up on 455 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 5: the docket to be auctioned off. A lady nearby noticed 456 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 5: that she was upset, came over and asked what was wrong, 457 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 5: and she explained how she had lost her job and 458 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 5: now her home was about to be auctioned off. And 459 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 5: the lady asked which one it was, she pointed to 460 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 5: the picture. When it came up to be auctioned, this 461 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 5: lady started bidding on it. She kept bidding, bidding, bidding, 462 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 5: eventually won the bid. Now she owned her house. She 463 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 5: turned to her new friend, the one that was weeping 464 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 5: that she just met. She said, I came to buy 465 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 5: a house from my son, but I know now God 466 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 5: sent me here to buy your house and to give 467 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 5: it back to you. She handed her the deed. The 468 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 5: lady couldn't believe it. She had been praying to make 469 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 5: the payments for a healing, but God had a resurrection. 470 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 5: Now she owns it, free and clear, no more payments. 471 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 5: Is there something you've given up on? You think it's 472 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 5: been too long. You don't see how it could ever 473 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 5: work out. All it takes is one touch of God's favor. 474 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 5: You've got to go back to that place where you 475 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 5: quit believing. God is saying, even now I can turn 476 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 5: it around. Even now I can restore your health. Even now, 477 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 5: I can help accomplish your dreams. Now, pass the test 478 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 5: of staying in faith when God is silent. Keep a 479 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 5: good attitude even when it's not happening on your timetable. 480 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 5: God knows what he's doing. You may be praying for 481 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 5: a healing, but He has a resurrection come in your way. 482 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 5: If you'll tap into this even now faith Like Martha, 483 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, God is about to resurrect what 484 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 5: you thought was dead. He's going to breathe new life 485 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 5: into your health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships. You're 486 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 5: going to see problems turn around, dreams fulfilled, a new 487 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 5: level of your destiny in Jesus's name, if you receive it, 488 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 5: Can you say him in today? Well, we never like 489 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 5: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 490 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 5: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 491 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 5: with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 492 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and 493 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 5: save friends. If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe 494 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 5: you got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 495 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places. 496 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 5: That you've never dreamed. 497 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 8: Thank you for listening to the Joelstine podcast. 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