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I like to 46 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 8: start with something funny and I heard about these three 47 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 8: pastors that were in a boat fishing together one day, 48 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 8: and one of them said, we never get to let 49 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 8: our hair down. Let's each tell the area that we 50 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 8: struggle in the most. 51 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 7: So we can pray for each other. 52 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 8: First one said, I hate to admit this, but I 53 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 8: have a problem with gambling. I sneak out a lot 54 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 8: of nights and go gamble. Second one said I have 55 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 8: a problem with cheating. I hardly ever pay my taxes. 56 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 8: The third one just sat there silently. 57 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 7: They waited, waited, wait, he wouldn't budge. 58 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 8: They said, we're not leaving till you tell us yours. 59 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 8: He said, all right, my greatest sin is with gossiping, and. 60 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 7: I can't wait to get off this boat. Say it 61 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 7: like you mean it. 62 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 8: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 8: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 8: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 8: taught the word of God. I boldly confessed. My mind 66 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 8: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 8: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 8: to talk to you today about under construction. One time 69 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 8: Victoria and I were building a house. The foundation was 70 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 8: poured and most of the framing was up. 71 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,519 Speaker 7: The roof was in place, but no shingles. There was 72 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 7: a big storm. 73 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 8: It rained on and off for a couple of days. 74 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 8: When it cleared up, we went. 75 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 7: Over to check on the house. It was so messy. 76 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 7: The living room was lower than the other rooms. 77 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 8: It had about a foot of water in it, like 78 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 8: a dirty swimming pool. Plywood was floating. Workers had tracked 79 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 8: mud all through the house. Outside, there was trash piled 80 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 8: high that couldn't be picked up because of all the rain. 81 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 7: It looked like a disaster. 82 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 8: Disorganized, things out of place. What's interesting is we didn't say, 83 00:03:58,920 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 8: let's stop building. 84 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 7: This place is so messy. It's never going to be 85 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 7: what we wanted. 86 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 8: We knew it was all a part of the process. 87 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 8: You can't have a beautiful house without rain, mud, sheet rock, dust, 88 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 8: paint that doesn't smell good. In the same way, you 89 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 8: have to see the things that are messy in your life, 90 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 8: the things you struggle with, the things that seem out 91 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 8: of place. As simply under construction doesn't mean it's not 92 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 8: going to work out. That water in your living room, 93 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 8: the disappointment, the betrayal, the delay. You may not like it, 94 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 8: but it's all a part of the process. 95 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 7: You're under construction. 96 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 8: You can't become all you were created to be without 97 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 8: some messy places. To the untrained eye, a construction site 98 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 8: can look disorganized, random, but to the architect, it's no 99 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 8: big deal. 100 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 7: They're not worried. They drew the plans. 101 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 8: They know exactly where it's go Your architect is the 102 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 8: most high God. He's designed a specific plan for your life. 103 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 8: The good news is the messy places can't stop your destiny. 104 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 8: The delays, the things you don't understand, even the mistakes 105 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 8: you've made, He's already taken them into account. You may 106 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 8: not see how your dream could ever work out. You 107 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 8: feel like you're stuck. God is saying you're right on schedule. 108 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 8: You're not a finished product. I'm still working on you. 109 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 8: What I started I'm going to bring to completion. The 110 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 8: accuser will whisper not you. You have too many flaws, too 111 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 8: many weaknesses. You've made, too many mistakes. Just remind him 112 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 8: I'm under construction. I may have some messy places, but 113 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 8: God's not finished with me. Paul said in Ephesians, you 114 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 8: are a masterpiece. 115 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 7: You may not be there quite yet. 116 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 8: But instead of beating yourself up living with that next 117 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 8: negative recording, how you don't measure up. Our attitude should 118 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 8: be I'm a masterpiece in the making. 119 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 7: Will you still. 120 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 8: Struggle with that addiction? Yes, but I know a secret. 121 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 8: I'm under construction. God's still working on me. You still 122 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 8: have the temper, you still say things that you shouldn't. Yes, 123 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 8: but I'm better than I was last year. I'm growing, 124 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 8: I'm coming up higher, and I know this what God 125 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 8: started He's going to finish. You have to look beyond 126 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 8: the mess and see the masterpiece. God told Abraham that 127 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 8: he was going to have a son and become the father. 128 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 7: Of many nations. But he and his. 129 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 8: Wife Sarah were too old, way past the child bearing years. 130 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 8: They prayed, stood in faith for years, still no baby. 131 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 8: Sarah said Abraham, I have an idea. Why don't you 132 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 8: sleep with the maid and maybe God will give us 133 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 8: this son that he promised. Abraham didn't even have to 134 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 8: pray about this one, No problem, honey, whatever you say. 135 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 8: He slept with the maid. They had a son that 136 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 8: they named Ishmael. They were so excited they finally had 137 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 8: their baby. God said Abraham Sarah, that is not the 138 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 8: promised child that's your own. Doing this caused all kinds 139 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 8: of strife and division. 140 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 7: Sarah got mad at Abraham. What were you. 141 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 8: Thinking sleeping with the maid? He said, what do you mean? 142 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 8: You're the one that told me to do it? She said, 143 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 8: I know, but you shouldn't have listened to me. 144 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 7: Lord help all of us men. 145 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 8: Abraham and Sarah were at odds, arguing with each other. 146 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 8: If that wasn't bad enough, Sarah was so upset with 147 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 8: the maid she gave Abraham an ultimatum. 148 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 7: Either the maid is leaving or I'm leaving. 149 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 8: But we're not staying here together. Abraham felt badly about it. 150 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 8: The maid hadn't done anything wrong, yet he had to 151 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 8: send her and his son out into the desert. Now, 152 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 8: Abraham is the father of our faith. You would be 153 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 8: hard pressed to find a more dysfunctional family than them. 154 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 8: He was in a messy place, had a baby out 155 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 8: of wedlock, strife, troubled division in his house. Most people 156 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 8: would have written them off. Thought it's too late for you, guys. 157 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 8: You need to be on reality TV, real Housewives of 158 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 8: the Bible. You've got so much drama in your house. 159 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 8: God looked at them and said, under construction. The messy 160 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 8: places are all a part of the process. It may 161 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 8: be uncomfortable, you don't understand it. You may have brought 162 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 8: the trouble on yourself, but it's not a surprise to God. 163 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 8: When he designed your plan, he took that into account. 164 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 8: Despite their wrong choices, despite their dysfunction. At ninety years 165 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 8: of age, God caused Sarah to conceive and give birth 166 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 8: to Isaac, the Promised child. If Abraham and Sarah saw 167 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 8: their promise come to pass after all that mess, what 168 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 8: makes you think God is not going to bring to. 169 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 7: Pass what he's promised you? Well, Joe, in my situation 170 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 7: is too messy. It couldn't be any messier than theirs. 171 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 8: While I have water in my living room, mud on 172 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 8: my floors, you're under construction. 173 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 7: That's a part of the process. 174 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 8: It doesn't mean that God is not going to finish 175 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 8: what he started. Here's how amazing God is. It says 176 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 8: in Romans that Abraham did not waver in his faith 177 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 8: having a baby out of wedlock. To me, that's wavering, 178 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 8: being impatient, trying to make things happen in your own strength, 179 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 8: having to kick somebody out of your house. 180 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 7: That seems life wavering. 181 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 8: But God does not see the construction process as wavering. 182 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 8: The mistakes Abraham made, the strife, the dysfunction, God didn't 183 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 8: hold that against him. In fact, God called Abraham a 184 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 8: hero of faith. Why don't you quit beating yourself up 185 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 8: because you're under construction. When God brings you to completion, 186 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 8: when he delivers you from the addiction, when he turns 187 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 8: your family around, He's not going to remember your weaknesses. 188 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 8: He's not going to bring up past mistakes and failures. 189 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 7: God knows when we're under construction. 190 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 8: We all have messy places, we all make mistakes, we 191 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 8: all have things to overcome. But that is not going 192 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 8: to keep you from becoming a masterpiece. 193 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 7: It's only temporary. 194 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 8: But one of the worst mistakes we could make is 195 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 8: to go through life against ourselves, focused on our failures, 196 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 8: on the times we blew it, the times we failed. 197 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 8: You have enough people and circumstances already against you. 198 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 7: Don't be against yourself. 199 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 8: You have to be at peace with being under construction. 200 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 8: You're going to have some messy places, some things you 201 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 8: don't understand, some weaknesses that you haven't overcome. The accuser 202 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 8: will work overtime reminding you of everything you've done wrong, 203 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 8: how you're not going to reach your destiny. Instead of 204 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 8: believing those lies, going around guilty, no passion, Why don't 205 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 8: you turn it around? Father, Thank you that you're still 206 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 8: working on me. I know this mess is a sign 207 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:30,479 Speaker 8: that I'm under construction. Just like with Abraham, despite my shortcomings, 208 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 8: despite my failures. 209 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 7: You're still going to get me to where I'm supposed 210 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 7: to be. 211 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 8: When you live like that, God will say about you 212 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 8: what he said about Abraham. You did not waver in 213 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 8: your faith. We see this with Peter, one of Jesus' disciples. 214 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 8: He was hot tempered, He used bad language. One time, 215 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 8: he got angry and cut off a soldier's ear. One moment, 216 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 8: he was defending Jesus, a man of great courage. Another moment, 217 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 8: he was denying Jesus, swearing to the authorities that he 218 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 8: didn't know him. People could have looked at him, Peter, 219 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 8: You're a mess. 220 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 7: You have issues. God looked at him and said, under construction. 221 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 8: The difference between how people saw him and how God 222 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 8: saw him is God had the plans. 223 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 7: God could see what he was going to become. 224 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 8: People just saw his falls, his hot temper, his instability. 225 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 8: This is why It's so important that we don't judge people, 226 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 8: don't write anybody off. 227 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 7: We can't see their plans. 228 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 8: We don't know what God is designed for them. We 229 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 8: see people that make mistakes have weaknesses. We think, boy, 230 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 8: they're never going to get it together. We don't realize 231 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 8: they're under construction. God's still working on them. I have 232 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 8: enough weaknesses of my own to deal with. I don't 233 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 8: have time to judge. 234 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 7: Somebody else for their weaknesses. 235 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 8: But I love the fact that Jesus chose Peter even 236 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 8: though he knew he was hot temper, he knew he 237 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 8: was impatient, he knew he used bad language. 238 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 7: He didn't choose him because he was perfect. He chose 239 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 7: him because he had the blueprint. He knew he wasn't 240 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 7: a finished product. 241 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 8: Peter ended up becoming one of the most influential, respected leaders. 242 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 7: What am I saying? 243 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 8: Where you are now is not necessarily important. It's where 244 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 8: you're going. That mess did not disqualify you. The mess 245 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 8: means you're under construction. When you see other people that 246 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 8: look like they have it all together, don't feel bad 247 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 8: about yourself. Everyone is under construction in some area. 248 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 7: We all have some messy places. Here's the point. 249 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 8: Let God make you and muld you stay pliable. We 250 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 8: should be better this year than we were last year. 251 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 8: Don't let the mess become permanent, the addiction, the hot temper, 252 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 8: the negative attitude. 253 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 7: That is not who you are. 254 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 8: Keep growing, keep resisting the temptation, keep saying no to 255 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,959 Speaker 8: carnal desires. Every time you do the right thing, the 256 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 8: next time it gets a little bit easier. And there's 257 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 8: nothing wrong with being under construction, But there is something 258 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 8: wrong with not. 259 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,239 Speaker 7: Making any progress. Do your part, be willing to change. 260 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 7: God will do his part. He'll help you to come 261 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 7: up higher. 262 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 8: Sometimes when you see a construction site, you can't tell 263 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 8: if they're tearing something down or building something up. 264 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 7: I was downtown one time. 265 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 8: There was this big pile of dirt several stories high. 266 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 8: Over on the other side there was this pile of debris, 267 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 8: metal bricks. 268 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 7: They had torn down this small structure. 269 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 8: They were digging the foundation for a huge skyscraper. There 270 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 8: was a hole probably one hundred feet in the ground. 271 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 8: They were pouring these deep years. The taller the building, 272 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 8: the deeper the foundation has to go. What's interesting is 273 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 8: you can't see the foundation. 274 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 7: It's underground. 275 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 8: It's hidden, but you could argue that it's the most 276 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 8: important part. They could build a huge tower, but if 277 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 8: they didn't take time to put the proper foundation, it 278 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 8: wouldn't last. And there are times that we know we're 279 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 8: supposed to be going up. 280 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 7: We have big dreams. 281 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 8: God's put promises in our hearts, but it feels the opposite, 282 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 8: like we're going down. We're not growing, not seeing good breaks. 283 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 8: What we may not realize is God is working on 284 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 8: our foundation, on our character, on how we treat people, 285 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 8: on how. 286 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,239 Speaker 7: We respond to adversity. 287 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 8: We don't like these times, but they are extremely important. 288 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 8: Like the building, the higher you're going to go, the 289 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 8: deeper your foundation has to be. 290 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 7: Don't get discouraged when things are not happening on your timetable. 291 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 8: God knows what he's doing. Keep passing the test those 292 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 8: things that are not changing. But you're keeping a good attitude. 293 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 8: That's making you stronger. When you're good to people that 294 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 8: are not good to you, your foundation is going down deeper. 295 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 8: That's a sign you're getting prepared to go higher. But 296 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 8: God will not release what he has for you until 297 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 8: he knows. 298 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 7: You can handle it. It wouldn't be a. 299 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 8: Blessing if he gave it to you and you weren't ready. 300 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 8: If God has an eighty story building plan for you, 301 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 8: but he only designed a forty story foundation, it may 302 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 8: be easier, but that would be doing you a disservice. 303 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 8: Don't fight the foundation work. Don't get sour because things 304 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 8: aren't moving as fast as you would like. Something is 305 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 8: happening that you can't see. Your foundation is going down 306 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 8: deep deeper. You're being prepared to go to new levels. 307 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 7: When our house was being built, most of the walls 308 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 7: were up, but the carpenters they put in a couple 309 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 7: of extra walls. 310 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 8: I was over there with the plans. I thought, these 311 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 8: walls are out of place. These walls are a mistake. 312 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 8: They're right in the middle of the room. I asked 313 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 8: the builder about it. He said, they're predicting high winds 314 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 8: the next couple of weeks, so I had them build 315 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 8: these temporary walls to help brace the main ones until 316 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 8: we could. 317 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 7: Get the roof on. 318 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 8: As the builder, because he had more knowledge, more experience, 319 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 8: he was doing things that didn't make sense to me. 320 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 8: All I could see is this wall is out of place. 321 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 8: It is not supposed to be here. But he did 322 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 8: it on purpose. He knew it was out of place. 323 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 8: He also knew it was only temporary in the same way, God, 324 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 8: as our builder, will allow things that we don't understand, 325 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 8: like a mistake. But God has a reason. He allowed 326 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 8: it for a purpose that we can't see. 327 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 7: Then he's going to remove it. 328 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 8: Well, Joel, I'm working at this job where I'm not 329 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 8: using my gifts. 330 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 7: I have so much more in me. This seems like 331 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 7: a mistake. 332 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 8: God knows that's not your final destination, but he wouldn't 333 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 8: have allowed it if he didn't have a purpose for it. 334 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 7: Do you think the God, who. 335 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 8: Is so precise, so detailed that he causes the earth 336 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 8: to rotate down to the exact millisecond, is going to 337 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 8: somehow falter on your plan. Let something happen that wasn't 338 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 8: designed a bad break to keep you from your destiny. 339 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 7: If God made a mistake with you, you would be the 340 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 7: first one. What am I saying? 341 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 8: Trust him while you're under construction, Trust him in the 342 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 8: messy places, Trust him when you're sure it's a mistake. 343 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 8: Sometimes God has to take us backwards before he can 344 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 8: take us forward. 345 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 7: He has to dig down deep before we can go apire. 346 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 7: He has to prune you before you can bloom. If 347 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 7: you'll stay in faith, you're going to see. 348 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 8: How it's all going to work for your good. God 349 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 8: called Moses to deliver the Israelites. That was the plan 350 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 8: laid out for his life. But there were a dozen 351 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 8: things that looked like a mistake. When Moses was born, 352 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 8: the king put out a decree that all the Hebrew 353 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 8: male babies two years of agent under would be killed. 354 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 8: It looked like God chose the wrong time for him 355 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 8: to be born. Why didn't God wait till the decree 356 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 8: was over. God likes to do things that defied the odds, 357 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 8: things that seem impossible. That way he gets all the credit. Moses' 358 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 8: mother hit him in a basket and sent him down 359 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 8: the Nile River. There were snakes, alligators he could have 360 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 8: tipped over. But what God has ordained for your life, 361 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 8: what He has planned before the foundation of time, what's 362 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 8: on your blueprint, can't be stopped by decrees, by snakes, 363 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 8: by people, by any kind of opposition. 364 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 7: Just so happened. 365 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 8: Thero's daughter was at the river taken a bath. She 366 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 8: heard the cries coming from the basket. When she saw 367 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 8: baby Moses, it was love at first sight. 368 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 7: She took him in and raised him in the palace. 369 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 8: As he grew up, Moses knew he was supposed to 370 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 8: deliver the Israelites. 371 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 7: One day he saw an. 372 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 8: Egyptian supervisor mistreating a Hebrew slave. He didn't think anyone 373 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 8: was watching, so he killed the man. Someone saw him. 374 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 8: He had to flee for his life. Moses spent forty 375 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 8: years in hiding on the backside of the desert. Looked 376 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 8: like he missed his destiny. I'm sure he felt like 377 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 8: a failure. But when he was eighty years old, God 378 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 8: appeared to him through the burning bush, said all right, Moses, 379 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 8: now it's time to deliver the Israelites. 380 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 7: You can't find anyone in. 381 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 8: The scripture that did something significant that didn't. 382 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 7: Have messy places. 383 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 8: Times they didn't understand, times it wasn't fair. Times they 384 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 8: felt disqualified. But like with Moses, when it all came together, 385 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 8: it made sense. 386 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 7: They went from construction to completion. Here's the key. 387 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 8: You cannot properly judge the construction process without the plans. 388 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 8: You may think I'm done, Joel, I'm finished. I made 389 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 8: too many mistakes. I missed my destiny. If you had 390 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 8: the plans, and that's what they said, I would agree 391 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 8: with you. But the problem is we don't have the 392 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 8: plans God said in Jeremiah. The plans I have for 393 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 8: you are for good and not harm, to give. 394 00:21:58,760 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 7: You a future. 395 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 8: And what God has planned for you does not end 396 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 8: in defeat, in failure, in mediocrity, in addictions, in dysfunction. 397 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 8: Your story ends in victory, Paul said in Corinthians, Thanks 398 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 8: be to God, who always causes us to triumph. I've 399 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 8: heard it said God always ends in all is well. 400 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 7: If all is not well, then it's not the end. 401 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,719 Speaker 7: If there are things holding you back, things out of place, 402 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 7: things messy, that. 403 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 8: Means you're under construction. Don't get discouraged. God is still working. 404 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 8: My father was a great pastor, a man loved and 405 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 8: respected by so many. 406 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 7: If you saw him toward the end of his. 407 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 8: Life with the large church, successful, happily married children that 408 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 8: loved him, you might. 409 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 7: Think that it was easy in things just fell into place. 410 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 8: But every person has to go through the construction process. 411 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 8: When you see someone blessed fulfilling their purpose, they didn't 412 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 8: get there without messy places, things they didn't understand, people 413 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 8: that tried to stop them. 414 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 7: My father was born in a messy situation. 415 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 8: His family was very poor when he gave his life 416 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 8: to Christ at the age of seventeen. He left the 417 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 8: farm with no money, no education. He hitchhiked and went 418 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 8: out and started ministring. He was married at an early age, 419 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 8: but it didn't work out. He had to resign from 420 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 8: his church. Leaders told him that he would never pasture again. 421 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 7: A messy situation. 422 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 8: He was so discouraged he left the ministry and started 423 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,360 Speaker 8: selling insurance. He didn't think he'd ever have a family 424 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 8: until he met my mother. They fell in love, got married, 425 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 8: had five children. He started pastoring again. His church was growing, 426 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 8: had over a thousand members back then, that was unheard of. 427 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 8: Some of the people turned against my father. They didn't 428 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 8: like his message of faith and victory. He had to 429 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 8: resign from that church, another messy situation. He didn't understand it. 430 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 8: He was being his best, yet the door closed. He 431 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 8: and my mother went out and started Lakewood in an 432 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 8: abandoned feed store. He was told it would never last, 433 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 8: nobody's going to come. You're wasting your time. But here 434 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 8: we are today, fifty nine years later, steal. 435 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 7: Go and saw, here's my point. 436 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 8: All those messy situations my father went through. 437 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 7: They were on God's plan. 438 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 8: He didn't understand why people turned against him. If they 439 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 8: had not opposed him, he would have never started Lakewood. 440 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 7: Like my father, you may be in a messy situation. 441 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 7: People have come against you, You've made mistakes, you've had 442 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 7: bad breaks. 443 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 8: God is saying it's not over. It's all a part 444 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 8: of my plan. You're under construction. We're going to and 445 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 8: to understand everything that happens. God's ways are not our ways. 446 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 8: Here's the promise God gives us. If you'll stay in 447 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 8: faith and keep honoring him, then what he's started in 448 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 8: your life, He's going to bring to completion. What He 449 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 8: has planned for you will come to pass. You didn't 450 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,640 Speaker 8: miss it because you had a rough childhood. Somebody walked out, 451 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 8: broke your heart. People tried to stop you from your dream. 452 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 8: God has the final save. Tune out all those voices 453 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 8: telling you that you blew it. You had your chance. 454 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 8: God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to 455 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 8: keep you from your destiny. It's all a part of 456 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 8: the process. Will you trust him when you're under construction? 457 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 8: Will you trust him in the messy places? Will you 458 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 8: trust him when it doesn't make sense? Job, in the scripture, 459 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,479 Speaker 8: went through all kinds of bad breaks. He lost his health, 460 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 8: his business, his family, everything fell apart. For a while, 461 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 8: he was a negg complain but then he came back 462 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 8: to a place of peace. Nothing had turned around. It 463 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 8: was still messy. But he said in Job chapter forty two, God, 464 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 8: I know you. 465 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 7: Can do anything and no one can stop your plan. 466 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 8: This was after forty two chapters of defeat negativity when 467 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 8: he said this. Eight verses later, it says God restored 468 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 8: Job and brought him out with twice what he had 469 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 8: before when he changed his attitude. Maybe that was the 470 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 8: catalyst for God to turn it around. I wonder if 471 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 8: we would do like Job instead of complaining about the mess, 472 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 8: being discouraged by what didn't work out. What if we'd 473 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 8: start saying, Father, I want to thank you that nothing 474 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 8: can stop your plan for my life. 475 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 7: Thank you that what you have ordained for me is 476 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 7: on the way. When we were building our house, at one. 477 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 8: Point all the switches were in, the floor were down, 478 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 8: the cabinets were done. The only problem was the power 479 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 8: wasn't connected. We were waiting for a permit a few 480 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 8: other things. Every night Victoria and I would go over 481 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 8: to check to see if it was on. For over 482 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 8: a month we were ready with no power. Finally, one 483 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 8: evening we went over and the power was connected. 484 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 7: Everything was different. 485 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 8: We had lights, air conditioning, the appliances worked with that 486 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 8: one connection. 487 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 7: It was a whole new world. I believe you're about 488 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 7: to come in to one of these connections. 489 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 8: You've been on the verge of it. You've been honoring God. 490 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 8: You're about to see God flip the switch. Suddenly, the 491 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 8: door opens, Suddenly, the healing comes, Suddenly, the right person 492 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 8: shows up. I believe and declare you're about to go 493 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,959 Speaker 8: from construction to completion. Those things that are hindering you, 494 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 8: like job, God's going to bring you out better despite 495 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 8: mistakes you've made, like Moses, still going to fulfill your 496 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 8: destiny and become everything God's created you to be. In Jesus' name, 497 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 8: if you receive it, can you say him in today, 498 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 8: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 499 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 8: the lord of your life. 500 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 7: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll 501 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 7: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 502 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 7: you my lord and savior. 503 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 8: If you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got 504 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 8: born again, Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 505 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 8: God first place. He's going to take your places that 506 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 8: you've never dreamed. Victorian, I'll be right back to speak 507 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 8: a blessing over you. 508 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 6: Asaid, thank you for your support of our ministry this month, 509 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 6: Joel and Victoria, we'd like to send you a copy 510 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 6: of Joel's new series, Your Words Have Power. In this 511 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 6: inspirational series, you'll discover how the power of your words 512 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 6: can turn a negative situation around and speak victory with 513 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 6: the words that you say, speak God's promises over your 514 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 6: life today. Your words have power. 515 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 5: Listen to your words, They're setting the tone for your life. 516 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 3: Our words have creative power. 517 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 8: When you speak positive faith field words, you're moving in 518 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 8: the right direction. 519 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 7: You can't speak negative words and live positive. Request this resource. 520 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 7: It will help you speak words of faith so you 521 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 7: will live a victorious life. 522 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 6: Request your copy of Your Words Have Power today at 523 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 6: Joeloustein dot com for a call eight eight eight five 524 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 6: six seven. 525 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 8: Joel, your support is changing lives. Thank you so much 526 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 8: for your generosity and praying for the ministry. We appreciate 527 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 8: your faithfulness. It helps to make a difference all over 528 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 8: the world, and a special thank you to our Champion 529 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 8: of Hope partners for all you do to keep the 530 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 8: ministry growing. 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