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Well, 40 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your home. 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 4: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 42 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: be a part of one of our services. I promise 43 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 4: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like 44 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 4: He found a dead mule on the church grounds. He 46 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 4: called the health department and they said they couldn't pick 47 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 4: it up without authorization from the mayor. Well, the mayor 48 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 4: was known to be rude and hard to get along with. 49 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 4: When the pastor called, the mayor didn't disappoint He started 50 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 4: ranting and raving. Finally said, why are you even calling me? 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 4: Isn't it your job to bury the dead? The pastor 52 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: asked God for the right response. He said, yes, Mayor, 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 4: it is my job to bury the dead, but I 54 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 4: always like to notify the next of ken first, say 55 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 56 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 57 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 58 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 59 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 60 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 61 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 62 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 4: night seasons. We all go through times that we don't understand. 63 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 4: We're praying and believing, but our health isn't improving, our 64 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 4: finances haven't turned around, we still haven't met the right person. 65 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 4: We can feel alone, forgotten, like it's never going to change. 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 4: It's a night season and In these night seasons, you 67 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: can't see what God is doing. Doesn't look like anything 68 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 4: is happening, but God is working behind the scenes. He 69 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: does his greatest work in the dark. We don't see 70 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 4: anything changing. We're still dealing with the same problem. But 71 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 4: God hasn't forgotten about you. In the dark times, when 72 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: life feels unfair, you have to remind yourself that God 73 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 4: is still in control. Just because you don't see anything 74 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 4: doesn't mean that God is not worth He doesn't always 75 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 4: show you what he's up to, and it's easy to 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 4: trust him when you're getting good breaks things are going great, 77 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 4: but you have to learn to trust him in the 78 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 4: night seasons, when things aren't going your way, you don't 79 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 4: see anything happening. The heroes of Faith all went through 80 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 4: these night seasons. David, as a young man, defeated Goliath. 81 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 4: It was a great victory. But after that he spent 82 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 4: years running from King Saul, having to hide in caves, 83 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 4: sleep in the desert. I'm sure he prayed God delivered 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 4: me from Saul. This is not right, but it was 85 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 4: like the heavens were silent. God didn't change it. Saul 86 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 4: was wrong. It was unfair to David, but the night 87 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 4: seasons are a time of testing, a time of proving. 88 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 4: Are we going to get negative, live discouraged, or are 89 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 4: we going to say, God, I don't understand it. It's 90 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: not fair, but I trust you. I know You're not 91 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 4: just the god of the daytime, but you're the God 92 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 4: of the night seasons. In the scripture, Ruth lost her 93 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 4: husband at an early age. He was killed in a battle. 94 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 4: She was devastated, heartbroken. She could have given up on life, 95 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: lived in self pity, but she understood this principle. The 96 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 4: night seasons are not the end. The bad breaks, the disappointments, 97 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 4: the loss, the sickness, that's simply another step on the 98 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 4: way to your destiny. The Psalmist said, weeping may endure 99 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 4: for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Your 100 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: story doesn't end in the night. The night is temporary, 101 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 4: The sickness is temporary, the loneliness temporary. That addiction, it's 102 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 4: only temporary. Ruth went on to meet another man, They 103 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 4: fell in love, got married, had a baby. Her story 104 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 4: didn't end in the dark. When things aren't working out, 105 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 4: you feel like you're going the wrong direction. God's not 106 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 4: changing it. Don't get discouraged. It's just a night season. 107 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 4: It's not permanent. It's not how your story ends. You 108 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 4: may not see anything happening, but God is at work. 109 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: Dare to trust him. Keep moving forward in faith, keep believing. 110 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 4: It's just a matter of time before the morning breaks forth. 111 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 4: Job went through a night's season. Everything was going great. 112 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 4: He was happy, healthy, successful, and life took a sudden 113 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 4: turn out of nowhere. He came down with an illness 114 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 4: and had bulls all over his body. It's very painful. 115 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 4: He lost his business, lost his family. His whole world 116 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 4: was turned upside down. And what's interesting is Job was 117 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 4: a good man. He loved God. He was a person 118 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 4: of excellence and integrity. This would make more sense if 119 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 4: he was a compromiser, making wrong choices, not honoring God. 120 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: The scripture says rain falls on the just and the unjust. 121 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 4: Just because you're a good person doesn't mean you're not 122 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 4: going to have some night seasons. You may be in 123 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 4: a difficult time now, it doesn't necessarily mean you've done 124 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: something wrong. God's not pleased with you. You don't have 125 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 4: his favor. It's just life. You're getting some rain. Without 126 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 4: the rain, we couldn't grow. God wouldn't have allowed it. 127 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 4: If it was going to keep you from your destiny. 128 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 4: He has you in the palm of his hand. He's 129 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 4: closely watching you. You may feel like you're in the fire, 130 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: but God controls the thermostat. He won't let it be 131 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 4: more than you can handle. Now quit telling yourself. I'll 132 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 4: never make it through this, Joel, I'll never get well, 133 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 4: never accomplish my dream. Now it's just a night season. 134 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 4: It's not a surprise to God. He already has the solution. 135 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: The breakthrough is headed your way. But Joe, Joe did 136 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 4: what many of us do in the difficult times. He 137 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 4: focused on the problem, magnified what was wrong, and let 138 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 4: it overwhelm him. He said in chapter seven, I will 139 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 4: never again experience pleasure. I have been assigned to long, 140 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 4: weary nights of misery. He was saying, this is permanent. 141 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 4: This is how my story ends. I've been assigned to 142 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: nights of misery. We do an event called a night 143 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: of hope. If Job would have been touring, he would 144 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: have called it a night of misery. I'm not making 145 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 4: light of what he faced, because it was serious. But 146 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 4: the mistake he made was thinking it was permanent. What 147 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 4: you're going through may be difficult, but the good news 148 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,359 Speaker 4: is you are going through it. It's not your final destination. 149 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: It's a night season, not a night lifetime. In Job's 150 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 4: darkest hour, when he was the most discouraged, God said 151 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 4: to him, I will fill your mouth with laughter and 152 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 4: your lips with shouts of joy. God was saying, Job, 153 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 4: it looks bad. You don't understand it, but don't worry. 154 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 4: It's not permanent. It's just a season. I'm about to 155 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 4: fill your mouth with laughter. God is saying to you 156 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 4: what he said to Job. Life may not have been fair, 157 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 4: but you're not going to live discouraged, overwhelmed by problems, 158 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 4: burdened down by illnesses. Joy is coming, Health is coming, 159 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 4: breakthroughs are coming, Promotion is coming. God is about to 160 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 4: fill your mouth with laughter. That means God's going to 161 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 4: do something so unusual, so extraordinary, You'll be so amazed 162 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: all you can do is laugh. Your mourning is going 163 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 4: to be turned to dancing. Your sorrow turned to joy. 164 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: This is what happened with Job. He didn't just make 165 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 4: it through the ninth season, but God restored back to 166 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: him double what he lost. He came out with twice 167 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 4: the cattle twic the sheep twice, the business he felt 168 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 4: twice as healthy. God always makes the enemy pay for 169 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: bringing the trouble. If you'll stay in faith, you won't 170 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 4: just come out, you will come out better than you 171 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 4: were before. The scripture says after this Job lived one 172 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 4: hundred and forty years and saw four generations. Then he 173 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 4: died an old man, having lived a long, good life. 174 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 4: When we think of Job, we usually think all the pain, 175 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 4: all the suffering. The truth is that was just one season. 176 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 4: You may be in a dark time, but like Job, 177 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 4: you're going to come through it and still live a long, 178 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: blessed life. It says after this Job lived one hundred 179 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 4: and forty years. After what after the ninth season? That 180 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 4: means after the loss, after the disappointment, after the divorce, 181 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 4: after the sickness, there are still many great days up ahead. 182 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 4: My father went through a night season. He was married 183 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 4: at a very young age, and unfortunately the marriage didn't 184 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: work out. He was devastated. He resigned from his church 185 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 4: and got out of the ministry. Denominational leaders told him 186 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 4: that he would never pastor again. People said he was finished. 187 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 4: The good news is people don't determine your destiny. God does. 188 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: Two years later he got back in the ministry and 189 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 4: he ended up marrying my mother and they had five children. 190 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 4: Were married for almost fifty years. Then they started Lakewood. 191 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 4: He pastored here forty years, touching the world. This all 192 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 4: happened after the divorce. After the disappointment, he thought that 193 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 4: would sour the rest of his life, but it was 194 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 4: just a season. He went on to live a long, blessed, 195 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 4: faith filled life. Don't let the night seasons convince you 196 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 4: that you've seen your best days. You wouldn't be alive 197 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 4: unless God had something amazing up in front of you. 198 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 4: But in the dark times, it's easy to talk about 199 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 4: the difficulties, talk about how bad life is treating us 200 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 4: like job, exaggerate our problems. All that's going to do 201 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 4: is make you more discourage, more defeated. Take your joy 202 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 4: instead of complaining. One of the best things you can 203 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 4: say is all is well. When you say all is well, 204 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 4: what you're really saying is God is still on the throne. 205 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 4: I'm not going to live upset, bitter, guilty. I may 206 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: be in a night season, but I know this too 207 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 4: shall pass. All is well, somebody says, well, I thought 208 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 4: the medical report wasn't good. Yes, that's true. But all 209 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 4: is well. God is restoring health back into me. Your 210 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 4: child is still of course, yes, but I'm not worried. 211 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 4: All is well. As for me and my house. We 212 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 4: will serve the Lord. Joel, How can you say all 213 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 4: is well when you went through a breakup, you lost 214 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 4: a loved one, you still haven't met the right person. 215 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 4: The way you can say it is because you know 216 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 4: the night's season is only temporary. You know joy is coming. 217 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 4: You know what was meant for harm, God is turning 218 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 4: to your advantage. You know after this is a long, blessed, 219 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 4: faith filled life. Now, don't talk yourself into being miserable. 220 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 4: We all have ninth seasons, things we don't understand. Keep 221 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 4: a report of victory coming out of your mouth. If 222 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 4: you're going to magnify something, don't magnify your problems. Magnify 223 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 4: your God. Talk about his greatness, talk about his favor. 224 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 4: And yes, you may have big challenges, but can I 225 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 4: tell you we serve a big God. The sickness may 226 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 4: seem impossible. God can do the impossible. That obstacle may 227 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 4: look permanent. One touch of God's favor will thrust you 228 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 4: to a next level. Quit worrying God is saying, all 229 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 4: is well in your finances, all is well in your health, 230 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: all is well in your family, all is well. It 231 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 4: may be night right now, but morning is coming. You're 232 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 4: going to see what God was doing behind the scenes. 233 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 4: And every day you stay in faith, every day you 234 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 4: keep a good attitude. Despite the darkness, you are passing 235 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 4: the test. That night season will come to an end. 236 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 4: The Psalmist said, when darkness overtakes, the righteous light will 237 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 4: come bursting in. It's going to happen suddenly, unexpectedly. You 238 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 4: didn't see it coming. You woke up and it was 239 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: still dark. Nothing had changed. Then suddenly you get the 240 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 4: break you kneed. Suddenly your health turns around. Suddenly you 241 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 4: meet the right person. The light will come bursting in. 242 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 4: Moses went through a night season as a young man. 243 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,119 Speaker 4: He made a mistake and killed someone that was mistreating 244 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 4: a Hebrew slave. He knew he was called to deliver 245 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 4: the Israelites, but he got out of God's timing and 246 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 4: tried to do it on his own. He had to 247 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 4: flee for his life. He spent forty years on the 248 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 4: backside of the desert in hiding. He felt alone, forgotten. 249 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 4: It was his fault. Every voice said, too bad, you 250 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 4: blew it. You're a failure. But God doesn't waste anything 251 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 4: that we go through. He uses it to get us 252 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 4: prepared for our destiny. Those years out in the desert, 253 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 4: Moses couldn't see what God was doing behind the scenes, 254 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 4: but God was making him and molding him. He thought 255 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: he was finished, but God was using that time to 256 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 4: develop his character. He was getting him prepared for his comeback. 257 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 4: Like Moses, you may have made mistakes that have put 258 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 4: you in a night season. Something was delayed, you had 259 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 4: to take a detour. You're not where you thought you 260 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 4: would be. Now you think you have to settle there 261 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 4: and never accomplish what God put in your You may 262 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 4: not realize it, but right now God is getting you 263 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 4: prepared for your come back. What he started he's going 264 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 4: to finish. He's already taken into account every wrong term, 265 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: every mistake, every bad break. It may look like the 266 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 4: end to you. The truth is it's just a temporary delay. 267 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: It's a time of testing, a time of proving where 268 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 4: your character is being developed. God is working in you, 269 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 4: polishing off the rough edges. He's getting you prepared for 270 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 4: where He's taken you. Forty years later, God came back 271 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 4: and said, all right, Moses, now I'm ready for you 272 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: to deliver my people. The scripture says Moses was the 273 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 4: most humble man in all the land. In that night season, 274 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 4: Moses changed. He learned to wait on God, to listen 275 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 4: to his voice, to walk in humility. He came up 276 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 4: higher in his character. In the difficult times, Stay pliable, 277 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 4: stay open, say God, make me and mold me. Show 278 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 4: me where I need to change. You grow in the 279 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 4: tough times, even physically. You grow at night when you're asleep, 280 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 4: in the same way when you're in a night season. 281 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 4: You may not like it, but it's working for you. 282 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 4: You're getting stronger. You have to be prepared for where 283 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 4: God has taken you. Moses couldn't handle it the first 284 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 4: time he made a mistake, had to run. God didn't 285 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: write him off, he didn't cancel his destiny. He used 286 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 4: the night season to refine him. When Saul was chasing 287 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 4: David through the desert, there were several opportunities for David 288 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 4: to kill Saul. He could have taken his life, gotten 289 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 4: rid of his problem. David wouldn't do it. He knew 290 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,120 Speaker 4: Saul had been anointed by God. He told his men, 291 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 4: I'm not going to harm what God has anointed. After 292 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 4: he passed these tests, after David showed God what he 293 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 4: was made of a man of character and integrity, God 294 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 4: took care of Saul, and David was made the king 295 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 4: in the night seasons. If you will pass these tests, 296 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 4: change where you need to change, deal with the areas 297 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 4: God's bring into light. Prove to him that you'll do 298 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 4: the right thing when it's hard, You'll forgive even though 299 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 4: they hurt you. Then light David. Because your character has 300 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 4: been developed, God will bring you out of that night 301 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 4: season and get you to where you're supposed to be. 302 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 4: But some things we can only develop in the dark. 303 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 4: Without the night seasons, we wouldn't become all God created 304 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 4: us to be. A caterpillar can be going along just fine. 305 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 4: Everything is great, but down deep, something says, you're not 306 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 4: supposed to crawl your whole life. You have more in you. 307 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 4: He gets excited, thinking, yes, that's right. Then he looks 308 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 4: in the mirror and says, what was I thinking. I'll 309 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 4: never fly. I'm just a glorified worm. That's impossible. But 310 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 4: one day the caterpillar spins a cocoon around itself, he 311 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 4: hangs upside down from a branch. It's dark. He can't move, 312 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 4: he can't eat. If you were to ask him when 313 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 4: he was in the cocoon, he would say, let me 314 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 4: go back to where I was, let me go back 315 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 4: to being a caterpillar. I don't like where I am. 316 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: I'm uncomfortable. It's dark, it's lonely. What he doesn't realize 317 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 4: is in the dark a transformation is taking place. Before long, 318 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: he starts feeling some wings. He gets the strength to 319 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 4: push out of that cocoon. Now, instead of crawling on 320 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 4: the ground, he's a beautiful butterfly, floating through the air 321 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 4: like the caterpillar. None of us lie the night seasons. 322 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 4: We don't like being uncomfortable. We don't see anything happening. 323 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: But there are times that God incubates us. He takes 324 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 4: us through the dark places, not to make us miserable, 325 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 4: But in the dark, a transformation is taking place. You're growing, 326 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 4: You're being refined. You may not like it, but you 327 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: have to keep reminding yourself. Your wings are developing. You're 328 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 4: about to step up to a new level. No more 329 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 4: crawling living in mediocrity. You were made for higher things. 330 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 4: You may be in a night season. But by faith, 331 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 4: I can see your cocoons starting to open up. I 332 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 4: can see a wing coming out. This is no time 333 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 4: to be discouraged. You're on the verge of taking off. 334 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 4: You're about to become a beautiful butterfly. You're going to 335 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 4: go places that you've never dreamed. Now, don't complain about 336 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 4: the cocoon. It's dark, it's uncomfortable, I'm lonely. Keep a 337 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 4: good attitude. It's all a part of the process God 338 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 4: has changed in you, from glory to glory. In the scripture, 339 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 4: Jacob had not lived the right kind of life. He 340 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 4: was dishonest, He cheated people, tricked his brother out of 341 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 4: his birthright. You would think that God wouldn't have anything 342 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 4: to do with him. But God doesn't write us off. 343 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: He keeps working with us, showing us his mercy. Jacob 344 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 4: was traveling on a long journey through the desert. He 345 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 4: was hot and tired, hungry. Nothing was going his way. 346 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 4: He came to a place to spend the night. All 347 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 4: he could find for a pillow was a rock. He 348 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 4: was in a hard place, a lonely time, a night's season. 349 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: I'm sure he thought that God had forgotten about him. 350 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 4: He went to sleep that night, down on himself, discouraged, 351 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: full of regrets. While he was sleeping, he had a dream. 352 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 4: He saw the heavens open. There was a huge staircase 353 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 4: with angels going up and down. At the top, the 354 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 4: Lord was standing there. He said, Jacob, the ground you 355 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 4: are lying on belongs to you and your descendants. I 356 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: will protect you wherever you go. I will be with 357 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 4: you continually until I give you everything that I have promised. 358 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 4: When Jacob woke up, he couldn't believe what he had seen. 359 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 4: He said, surely the Lord was in this place. What's 360 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 4: interesting is he wasn't in the church, wasn't in a temple, 361 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 4: wasn't in the synagogue. He was in the desert. God 362 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 4: was showing us that he's the God of hard places, 363 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 4: the God of lonely times, the God of night seasons. 364 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 4: You may be in a difficulty now, fighting a battle 365 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 4: in your health, dealing with depression, raising a special needs child, 366 00:22:54,800 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 4: You feel alone, forgotten, discourage. God is right there with you, Jacob. 367 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 4: I believe the heavens are about to open up. God 368 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 4: is going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 369 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 4: You may be in a hard place, but you're not 370 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,360 Speaker 4: staying there. Your health is going to improve. You're going 371 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 4: to break that addiction. The right people are going to 372 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 4: show up. You're going to say, like him, the Lord 373 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 4: was in this place. The Lord healed me from cancer, 374 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 4: the Lord freed me from depression, the Lord bless my business. 375 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 4: He's not going to stop until he's given you everything 376 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 4: that he's promised. You've heard the phrase the night shift. 377 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 4: That means, of course, people that work during the night. 378 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 4: But think of it another way. In the night things 379 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: are going to shift. The scripture says God never sleeps. 380 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 4: He doesn't just work the night shift, but he shifts 381 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 4: things in the night. You may be in a night season. 382 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could work out. Don't worry. 383 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 4: A night shift is coming. Who works the night shift 384 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 4: is going to shift things in your favor. There's going 385 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 4: to be a shift in your health, a shift in 386 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 4: your finances, a shift with that addiction. You think you're 387 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 4: going to have it for years. It looks permanent. No, 388 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: get ready for a night shift. This is what happened 389 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 4: with Paul and Silas. They were in prison for spreading 390 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 4: the good news down in the deepest dungeons. Their feet 391 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,479 Speaker 4: were in chains. But at midnight, as they were singing 392 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 4: praises to God, suddenly there was a great earthquake. The 393 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: prison doors flung open, the chains came off their feet. 394 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 4: They walked out as free men. What happened? God shifted 395 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 4: the earth, shifted the prison doors. When did it happen 396 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 4: at midnight? It was a night shift from the God 397 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 4: who works the night shift. Things that look permittent in 398 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 4: your life, the addiction, the sickness, the panic attacks, the 399 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 4: lack and struggle thoughts will tell you you'll always have to 400 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 4: deal with that. Don't believe those lies. You're in a 401 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 4: night season. That means you're in perfect position for a 402 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 4: night shift. God specializes in shifting things in the dark 403 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 4: instead of worrying all through the day. Lord, thank you 404 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 4: for a night shift. Thank you that things are changing 405 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 4: in my favor. It's dark now, but God, I believe 406 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: what you said. Light is about to come bursting. In 407 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 4: Genesis chapter two, Adam was in the garden of Eden 408 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 4: by himself. Life was good. He was naming the animals 409 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 4: that God created, enjoying the crystal clear river, beautiful trees, 410 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 4: delicious fruit. There were no problems, no sickness, no opposition. 411 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 4: He didn't think it could get any better, but God 412 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 4: didn't want him to live alone. Verse twenty one says 413 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 4: God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. God 414 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 4: put him in a night season. He took a rib 415 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 4: from his side and used it to create a woman. 416 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 4: When Adam woke up from this deep sleep and saw Eve, 417 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 4: the first thing he said was Wow, God, you have 418 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 4: outdone yourself. But I'm sure at the time he didn't 419 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 4: understand why God was putting him to sleep. He was happy. 420 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 4: Life was good, but some things we can only develop 421 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 4: in the dark. If God didn't put us to sleep, 422 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 4: so to speak, have us go through a ninth season, 423 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 4: we would never see the fullness of what He has 424 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 4: in store. You may feel like God has put you 425 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 4: to sleep. Things have slowed down. You're in a challenge. 426 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 4: It's a night season. Be encouraged when you wake up 427 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 4: and see what God has been up to. First thing 428 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 4: you're going to say is wild, God, I never dreamed 429 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 4: you'd take me here. I never dreamed we'd have the 430 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 4: compact center. I never dreamed i'd be this healthy again. 431 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 4: God has some wows in your future. Don't complain about 432 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 4: the dark places. They are leading you to the amazing 433 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,959 Speaker 4: things God has in store. And you may not understand it, 434 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 4: but God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going 435 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: to use it to your advantage. Right now, God is 436 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 4: working behind the scenes. He sees what you're dealing with. 437 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 4: He knows how you feel. He's saying the night seasons 438 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 4: are not permanent. You may be in that cocoon, it's dark, uncomfortable, 439 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 4: but he's making you and molding you. Your wings are developing. 440 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 4: You're about to take off to a new level. I 441 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 4: believe and declare You're about to see a night shift 442 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: from sickness to health, from lack to abundance, from addictions 443 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 4: to freedom. The light is going to come bursting in. 444 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 4: Get readies for some wows in Jesus's name. If you 445 00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 4: receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to give 446 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 447 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 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