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Oh God bless you. 42 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 4: It is always a joy that coming to your homes. 43 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 4: We love you and we believe that this is going 44 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: to be your best year so far. We pray for 45 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 4: you every day. If you're ever in our area. I 46 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 4: hope you'll stop by and be a part of one 47 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 4: of our services. But thanks for tuning in today. I 48 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 4: like to get started each week with something kind of funny, 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 4: and I heard about this man and his wife. They 50 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 4: argued for months over who should make the coffee in 51 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 4: the morning. The man definitely thought it was a wife's job. 52 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: She just didn't agree. After several heated debates, she finally said, 53 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 4: I can prove from the Bible that it's your job. 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 4: He said, there's nothing in the Bible about making coffee. 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 4: She said, sure there is, And she called him over 56 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 4: and opened her Bible and pointed to the Book of Hebrews. 57 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 4: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 58 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 59 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 60 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 61 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 62 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 63 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about taking advantage 65 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 4: of your God given opportunities. God created every one of 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 4: us to be successful. Before the foundation of the world, 67 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 4: he laid out an exact plan for our life, and 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 4: in this plan he has marked moments that are going 69 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 4: to come across our path. These moments are not ordinary, 70 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: They are destiny altering moments. They are designed to thrust 71 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 4: us years ahead, and it says they're in Ecclesiastes chapter nine, 72 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 4: verse eleven, that time and chance come together for every person. 73 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 4: That means you will have opportunities to meet the right people, 74 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 4: opportunities to advance in your career, opportunities to fulfill your dreams. 75 00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 4: God has already prearranged times of increase blessing. You may 76 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 4: not be seeing a lot of good breaks right now, 77 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 4: maybe you're stuck in a rut. But let me encourage 78 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: you in your future. There are seasons of favor, seasons 79 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 4: of increase. God ordained moments that He's already planned out 80 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 4: for you. But too many people miss these moments. They 81 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: tried and failed, so they quit believing, or they're distracted. 82 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 4: They've got so much clutter in their life they can't 83 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 4: hear the still small voice telling them that it's their season. 84 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 4: The scripture talks about how Jesus wept over a certain 85 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 4: city because they missed their hour of visitation. Every person 86 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 4: has times of visitation. We may go five years and 87 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 4: nothing big is happening. Then all of a sudden, a 88 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 4: God ordained moment comes along. A person, we meet, a 89 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 4: house we shouldn't have qualified for, but we did, a 90 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 4: position at a new company. In a split second, we're 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 4: thrust years ahead. I can look back over my own 92 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 4: life and see the moments that altered my destiny, moments 93 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 4: that propelled me to a higher level. When I was 94 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 4: in my early twenties, I walked into a jewelry store 95 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 4: to buy a battery for my watch. That's where I 96 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 4: met Victoria. A marked moment. Think about all the things 97 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 4: that had to fall into place. There are hundreds of 98 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 4: jewelry stores here in Houston. My watch battery had to die, 99 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 4: Victoria had to be working that day. That wasn't a coincidence. 100 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: That wasn't a lucky break. That was God bringing time 101 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 4: and chance together. He ordained that moment before the foundation 102 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 4: of the world. That's why we don't have to worry. 103 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 4: We don't have to go around frustrated because things aren't 104 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 4: happening as fast as we would like. All we have 105 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 4: to do is stay in faith, knowing that God is 106 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 4: directing our steps. As long as we keep believing our 107 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 4: marked moments are on their way. How love what David said, God, 108 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 4: My times are in your hands. He was saying, God, 109 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 4: already know you've got supernatural breaks planned out for me. 110 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 4: You've got the right people, the right opportunities. So I'm 111 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 4: not gonna live stressed out. I'm going to stay in 112 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 4: peace knowing that you will get me to my final destination. 113 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 4: We have to recognize the different seasons of our lives. 114 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 4: It's easy to get frustrated when our dreams aren't coming 115 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: to pass on our timetable. But every season is not harvest. 116 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 4: There are plowing seasons, There are planting seasons, there are 117 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 4: watering seasons. And sure we would love for every season 118 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: to be a time of increase left and right, good 119 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 4: breaks here and there, but without the other seasons, we 120 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 4: wouldn't be prepared. It's during the plowing seasons when God's 121 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 4: bringing issues to light that we need to deal with. 122 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 4: That's what's getting us prepared for promotion. If you're not 123 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 4: making as much progress as you would love, like, here's 124 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 4: the key, don't lose any ground, don't go backwards, hold 125 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 4: your position, keep a good attitude, and do the right 126 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 4: thing even when it's hard. When you do that, you 127 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 4: are passing the test, and God promises your marked moments 128 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: are on their way. A few years after Victoria and 129 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 4: I were married, we were living in a beautiful townhouse, 130 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 4: just as happy as can be, and one day, out 131 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 4: of the blue, Victorias said we need to sell this place. 132 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 4: And when she said it, right down in here, I 133 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 4: felt peace. I knew that it was right in the natural. 134 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 4: We could have thought we're fine, we're comfortable here, but 135 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 4: we paid attention to that still small voice, that inward witness, 136 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 4: telling us something better is on the horizon. A marked 137 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 4: moment is coming, a season of increase. And so we 138 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 4: went out looking. We knew every home for sale in 139 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 4: every neighborhood within ten miles of us. We look for 140 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 4: months and months, and one Sunday afternoon we found this old, 141 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 4: run down house. But it was on a beautiful piece 142 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 4: of property. The windows were broken out, had water dripping 143 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 4: from the ceiling. But something down in here said, this 144 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 4: is it. This is a God given opportunity. We took 145 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 4: that step of faith. In less than three years, we 146 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 4: sold that property for more than twice what we paid for. 147 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 4: It a marked moment that one God ordained opportunity put 148 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 4: us at a new level. Time and chance came together 149 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 4: and we took advantage of it. Well, you say, Joel, 150 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 4: I don't have those kind of resources. I wasn't raised 151 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 4: in a family like yours. That doesn't matter. God doesn't 152 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 4: say time and chance are not gonna come together for 153 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 4: you if you don't have the right name, or if 154 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 4: you've made too many mistakes. Now, I want you to 155 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 4: get this down in your spirit. God has preordained marked 156 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 4: moments for every one of you. He has already lined 157 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: up the right people, the right breaks, the right opportunity 158 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 4: of these He's prearranged them for your future. I was 159 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 4: reading about a young lady that was working at a 160 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: small restaurant in Los Angeles. She was waiting on tables, cooking, cleaning, 161 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 4: basically doing it all. One day, her boss, the owner, 162 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 4: said that the customers were requesting desserts. At that time, 163 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 4: they didn't make any, and he told her she was 164 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 4: going to have to start coming in early every morning 165 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 4: to make deserts. And her first reaction was to argue, 166 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 4: she thought, I already work hard enough. That's not fair. 167 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 4: But instead of getting bitter, she decided that she was 168 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 4: going to see that as a challenge and make the 169 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 4: best desserts she possibly coulked. She started off making pies. 170 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 4: These pies really caught on. The customers loved them. In fact, 171 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 4: people would come to the restaurant just to have a 172 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 4: piece of her pie. And the pies got so popular 173 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 4: one day she decided to start her own pie business. 174 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 4: She took a step of faith and things just fell 175 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 4: into place. She was able to find a facility, she 176 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 4: got the equipment that she needed. It was a marked moment, 177 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 4: a season of increase. It wasn't long before her little 178 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: business began to grow. They had so many customers. Eventually 179 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 4: they had to open up a second location, and then another, 180 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 4: and another and another. By nineteen sixty four, Marie Calendar 181 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 4: had one hundred and fourteen locations in fifteen different states. 182 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 4: It doesn't matter where you are right now. God has 183 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: marked moments for every one of you. You may not 184 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: be able to figure it out, but that's okay. That's 185 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 4: not your job. Your job is to believe God's already 186 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 4: got it figured out. Wall you say, Jeel, I'm just 187 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 4: not that talented. Can you make a pie. Look what 188 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 4: happened to her. I want you to get a bigger vision. 189 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 4: There are exciting things in your future. The right people 190 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 4: are out there. The breaks you needed have already been 191 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 4: lined up by the creator of the universe. What can 192 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 4: stop them? Not the enemy, not other people. Nobody can 193 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 4: keep you from your destiny except you. Some of you 194 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 4: have gotten a lot of bad breaks. You tried and felled, 195 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 4: and now you're just kind of sitting on the sidelines 196 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 4: of life, not expecting anything good. But you've got to 197 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 4: shake off that defeated mentality, rise up and say, this 198 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 4: is a new day. It may not have happened in 199 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 4: the past, but it's going to happen in the future. 200 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 4: I know God has marked moments come in my way. 201 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 4: I think about how just a little over five years 202 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 4: ago we were searching for property to build a new sanctuary. 203 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 4: On twice the land we found was sold out from 204 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: under us. It was unfair. We were very disappointed, But 205 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 4: I found sometimes God closes a door because we're believing 206 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 4: too small. If He were to answer our prayers every 207 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 4: time and give us everything we asked for, wouldn't always 208 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: be his best. Don't be discouraged over your closed doors. 209 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 4: The steps and the stops of a good person are 210 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 4: ordered by the Lord. If a door closes, it that 211 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 4: just means God has something better and most likely bigger 212 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 4: in store. A few months after that door closed on us, 213 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 4: we got word that the Compact Center, this place was 214 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 4: coming available. Getting this place was more than we could 215 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 4: even ask or think. Let me tell you, God's dream 216 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 4: for your life is so much bigger than your own. 217 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 4: He has breaks lined up for you in the future 218 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 4: that if he told you right now, it boggleed your mind. 219 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 4: He has people he's going to bring across your path, 220 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 4: opportunities you're going to encounter to where you'll look back 221 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 4: and say, man, that was a marked moment. I could 222 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 4: have never orchestrated that all on my own. That's the 223 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 4: way our God is. The scripture says, no person has 224 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 4: ever seen, heard, or imagined the wonderful things He has 225 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 4: in store. And I think about how this one mare 226 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 4: moment acquiring the Compact Center thrust our ministry probably fifty 227 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 4: years further down the road as far as reaching people, 228 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 4: as far as credibility. That one event did more than 229 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 4: I could do in my whole lifetime in my own 230 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: effort it was a marked moment, planned before the foundation 231 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 4: of time. I met a man that helped design the 232 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 4: Compact Center. He was one of the original engineers. He 233 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 4: told how way back in the sixties, he laid out 234 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 4: the entry and exit ramps of the freeway to flow 235 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 4: perfectly into this building. He worked with the city to 236 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 4: time all the lights around here so that this place 237 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 4: would have the best advantage. I thought about how good 238 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 4: God is. Forty years ago he had people working on 239 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 4: our behalf friends. God's got it all planned out. You 240 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 4: got to know in your future, He's already lined up 241 00:13:53,120 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 4: favor increase, good breaks, supernatural opportunities, divine connections. He has 242 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 4: great things in store. He's already marked your moments. Well, 243 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 4: you said, Joel, I've made a lot of mistakes, made 244 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 4: a lot of poor choices. I'm sure I've blown my opportunities. No, 245 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 4: God is full of mercy. He knew every mistake you 246 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 4: would ever make, and He has already marked moments to 247 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 4: bring you out. Where you are is no surprise to God. 248 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 4: He's not up in the heavens all baffled thinking. Man, 249 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 4: I never knew he'd get that far off track, didn't 250 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: know he'd blow it that bad. No, God knew you 251 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 4: were gonna be where you are before the foundation of time. 252 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 4: He's already marked your moments of mercy, marked moments of restoration. 253 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 4: In fact, God has solutions to problems you haven't even had. 254 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 4: He knows this store's gonna close, they're gonna get a 255 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 4: little off course here, make a mistake there. And so 256 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna have this person come into their life, and 257 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: this opportunity corrected a little more, and this other one 258 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: give them a break. God's got it all figured out. 259 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 4: I read about this man. He was a pastor years 260 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: ago of a large church here in America, very successful, 261 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 4: but he made some poor choices. He got off track. 262 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 4: To make a long story short, he ended up losing 263 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 4: his ministry and losing his family. It's a very sad situation. 264 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 4: Years and years had gone by, he was still trying 265 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 4: to put his life back together. One day he decided 266 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 4: to go visit some friends in South America, and a 267 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 4: pastor of a local church asked him to speak for 268 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 4: when he walked on the platform, he sat down next 269 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 4: to this Brazilian pastor didn't even speak English, and this 270 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 4: Brazilian man looked at him almost in utter amazement. He 271 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 4: began to weep and weep, and he took the pastor's hand, 272 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 4: and this American man didn't really know what was going on. 273 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 4: He was kind of confused about it. Then all of 274 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 4: a sudden, he felt this presence come over him, like 275 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 4: a warm glow. He said, it was just like it 276 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 4: was purging him of all that hurt and pain. He 277 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 4: told how that moment was a turning point in his life. 278 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 4: So the first time he was able to forgive himself, 279 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 4: he felt like he was totally free, totally restored. A 280 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 4: couple minutes later, after the Brazilian pastor quit praying for him, 281 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 4: he asked him through an interpreter, what was this man doing? 282 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 4: Why did he pray for me like that? What just 283 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 4: happened to me? The Brazilian said back to him something 284 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: very unusual. He said, twenty years ago, when I was praying, 285 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 4: your face came up before me, and God spoke to 286 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 4: my heart and said, one day you will meet this 287 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 4: man and you are to help bring healing and restoration 288 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 4: to him. What's interesting is twenty years earlier, that man 289 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 4: wasn't even married, He wasn't even in the ministry. What 290 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 4: am I saying, God? Knows the end from the beginning. 291 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 4: He has solutions to problems you haven't even had. You 292 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 4: don't know he may have spoken to someone twenty years 293 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 4: ago about that situation you're dealing with right now. God 294 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: has already marked your moments for mercy, your moments for restoration. 295 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 4: He knows how to get you back on the right track. 296 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 4: Why don't you get your hopes of Why don't you 297 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 4: start believing that, no matter what you have or haven't done, 298 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 4: that your best days are still out in front of you. 299 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 4: This is what my father had to do. Back in 300 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 4: nineteen fifty nine. He was pastoring a very successful church. 301 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 4: They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. But my 302 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 4: sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy, and 303 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 4: my father began to search the scriptures in a new way. 304 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 4: He started preaching with a new fire about how God 305 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 4: could heal, how God could do miracles. But unfortunately his 306 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: congregation didn't understand his new message, and my father knew 307 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 4: the best thing for him to do was to leave 308 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 4: that church. He was devastated. He felt like everything he'd 309 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 4: worked for for years had just gone down the drain. 310 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 4: He didn't really know what he was going to do 311 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 4: or where he was going to go. But do you 312 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 4: know that disappointment wasn't a surprise to God. There was 313 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 4: a lady in the neighborhood that owned a little feed store. 314 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 4: It just so happened a few months earlier it had 315 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 4: closed down. When she heard about my father's dilemma, she said, 316 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 4: why don't you use my feed store as a church. 317 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 4: I'll loan it to you. That's where Lakewood was founded. 318 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,479 Speaker 4: Little did she realize she would be a part of 319 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 4: everything that we're doing today a marked moment, little things 320 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 4: and big things. God's already march your moments. Why don't 321 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 4: you quit worrying about it? Why don't you quit losing 322 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 4: sleep over it? God has you in the palm of 323 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: his hand. There's nothing that you're facing right now and 324 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 4: nothing you will ever face in the future that God's 325 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: not already aware of. The good news is He's already 326 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 4: got it figured out. The scripture says, these are the 327 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 4: plans I have for you, says the Lord plans to 328 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 4: prosper you, plans to bless you, plans to give you 329 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 4: hope and a bright future. One verse says God has 330 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 4: pre arranged for you to live the good life. That 331 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 4: means for every setback, God's prearranged to come back. For 332 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 4: every failure, God's prearranged mercy, for every disappointment, God's prearranged restoration. 333 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 4: For every unfair thing, God has prearranged vindication. Friends, your future, 334 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 4: in God's eyes, is looking extremely bright. The scripture talks 335 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 4: about how for everything there is a purpose, there's a season, 336 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,679 Speaker 4: and there's a time. The purpose is set by God. 337 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 4: That's eternal. We can't change that, but the season is 338 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 4: our window of opportunity to accomplish it. It's not going 339 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 4: to last forever, and it's important to learn to move 340 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: at the right time. Now, I was reading about a 341 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 4: baby locust. It's called a hopper. It can't quite fly 342 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 4: just yet, but it can jump up to two hundred 343 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 4: times its height, and the way it learns how to 344 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 4: fly is when it hears the winds blowing, when it 345 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 4: sees the tree tops rustling. It's sensitive enough to know 346 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 4: this is my time to jump. It recognizes if it'll 347 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 4: jump at the right time and catch the right winds, 348 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 4: it can fly. Timing is critical, and like that little locust, 349 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 4: we need to know when it's our time to jump, 350 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 4: so to speak. We have to stay sensitive. Even in 351 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 4: adult locust, when they want to migrate miles and miles, 352 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 4: they have to wait for the perfect wind conditions. The 353 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 4: locust doesn't have the most aerodynamic body. It kind of 354 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 4: got a large body for its small, straight wings. They 355 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 4: understand the importance of timing, so when they see the 356 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 4: tree tops rustling, when they hear the winds blowing, they say, 357 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 4: all right, it's our time, let's go now. In the 358 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 4: same way, we have to be sensitive and listen to 359 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 4: what we're hearing down in here. There's a window of 360 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 4: opportunities to step out in faith. I know in my 361 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 4: own life there have been times where, for years I 362 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 4: know it's a plowing season. I'm not seeing a lot 363 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 4: of increase. I'm just being my best day in and 364 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,719 Speaker 4: day out, being faithful, being good to people. It's a 365 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 4: maintaining season, and several years will go by. Then all 366 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 4: of a sudden, I see all kinds of increase, all 367 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 4: kinds of favor, good breaks left and right. What happened? 368 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 4: I entered into a new season. I know it couldn't 369 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: just be me. My wings aren't that big. I've caught 370 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 4: the wind of God's favor. I've got in the jet 371 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 4: stream of God. But too often we miss our opportunities 372 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 4: because we don't recognize it's our season. I've sat by 373 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 4: people in a service and they clap during the songs, 374 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 4: but they clap on the offbeat. Everybody is clapping at 375 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 4: one point, they're clapping at another. Quit looking at your neighbor. 376 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 4: They're doing the right thing. The problem is they're doing 377 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 4: it at the wrong time. You need to pay a 378 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 4: tea to the winds in your life, and for some 379 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 4: of you, there's about to be a shifting. You've been 380 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 4: struggling and not seeing a lot of good breaks, but 381 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,959 Speaker 4: the winds are about to change in your favor. I 382 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 4: was out running the other day and the first quarter 383 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 4: of mile or so the wind was blowing so strongly 384 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 4: against me, probably twenty twenty five miles an hour, and 385 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: I felt like I was running uphill. It's taking all 386 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 4: of my energy. Finally I was able to turn, and 387 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 4: the path I run on is a big square, and 388 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 4: I knew coming back the last mile or so that 389 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 4: wind was going to be blowing in my face again. 390 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 4: I was kind of dreading it, but when I made 391 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 4: the turn to come to the final home stretch, I 392 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 4: was pleasantly surprised. The winds had changed directions. They were 393 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 4: no longer blowing against me, they were blowing with me. 394 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 4: There was a night and day difference. I could feel 395 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 4: those winds propelling me forward. I believe that's what's going 396 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 4: to happen to many of you. The winds that have 397 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 4: been trying to hold you back and cause you to struggle, 398 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 4: are about to change in your direction. You've been through 399 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 4: flowing seasons, you've been through planting, you've been through watering. 400 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 4: Now you're about to come into harvest. You're gonna have 401 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 4: times where you can feel God breathing in your direction. 402 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 4: You're going to accomplish things where you look back and 403 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 4: say that had to be the hand of God. I'm 404 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,239 Speaker 4: not that smart, I'm not that talented. What happened. You 405 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 4: entered into a new season. You got the wind of 406 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 4: Almighty God blowing behind you. You may be in some 407 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 4: kind of storm today and all kinds of things coming 408 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 4: against you, but understand God is in control of those winds. 409 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 4: Just a simple shift can make a huge difference. The 410 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 4: same winds that are trying to defeat you, God can 411 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 4: change their directions and cause them to be the very 412 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 4: winds that will propel you into a higher level. When 413 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord, the winds 414 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 4: that tried to sink me, God turned around and use 415 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 4: them to be the winds to push me into my 416 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 4: divine destiny. What am I saying today? What the enemy 417 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 4: means for your harm? God is going to turn around 418 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 4: and use to your advantage. Now I can sense in 419 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 4: my spirit today the winds are shifting. I can sense 420 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 4: new seasons of increase, new seasons of favor, new seasons 421 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 4: of God's blessings. When you hear these winds blowing, you 422 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 4: can't just sit back, think God, Joel, it's not gonna 423 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 4: happen to me. I never get any good breaks. No, 424 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 4: you will miss your hour of visitation when you hear 425 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 4: the winds blow. And you've got to do like that 426 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 4: little locust and say this is my season. I can 427 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 4: hear the winds of God's favor. I've been through plowing, planning, watering. 428 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 4: I'm coming into harvest. I'm gonna become everything God's created 429 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 4: me to be. And you may have a lot coming 430 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 4: against you, but have you ever realized all it takes 431 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 4: for the last to be first is the winds changing directly. 432 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 4: If it's all blowing this way, you may feel like 433 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 4: you're last way back here. But when the winds turn 434 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 4: around blow this way, all of a sudden, you're first. 435 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 4: What happens, The winds shifted, You entered into a new season. 436 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 4: If you're in difficult times, instead of complaining and getting discouraged, 437 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,239 Speaker 4: you need to get up every morning and say it, 438 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 4: by faith, Father, thank you that the winds are shifting 439 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 4: in my direction. Thank you that the tide of this 440 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 4: battle is turning. Don't talk about the storm. Talk to 441 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 4: your storm. Look at that situation and declear by faith, 442 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 4: you will not defeat me. No weapon formed against me 443 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,959 Speaker 4: will ever prosper. I have marked moments come in my way. 444 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 4: I'm not only gonna come out, I'm gonna come out 445 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 4: better off than I was before. I love what David 446 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 4: did when he went out to face Goliath. He could 447 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 4: hear the tree tops rustling. He knew it was his season. 448 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 4: He'd been faithful in the wilderness for years, he'd been 449 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 4: through the plowing seasons. Now he could sin the winds 450 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 4: were shifting, and even though Goliath was two or three 451 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 4: times his size, people tried to talk him out of it. David, 452 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 4: you don't have a chance. David, you're gonna get hurt. 453 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: Other people couldn't hear the winds. They couldn't sense what 454 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 4: he was sensing. When you know it's your time, don't 455 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 4: get talked out of it. I've seen people sit back 456 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 4: twenty years allowing other people to discourage them, talk them 457 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 4: out of their dreams. What do you really think you 458 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 4: can do that? I don't know if you have what 459 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 4: it takes. 460 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: No. 461 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,679 Speaker 4: Other people don't know what's in you. They don't know 462 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 4: what you're capable of. Because God didn't put the dream 463 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 4: in them. He put it in you. And when you 464 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 4: hear the wind blowing like that little locust, you gotta say, 465 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 4: this is my time. And if you'll get in the 466 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 4: wow of God, you'll be amazed at how far you 467 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 4: can go. When God's breathing in your direction. There's a 468 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 4: supernatural ease when you're in your season. There's a grace 469 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 4: to do things that you couldn't do before. They said, David, 470 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 4: you better not take a chance Goliath. He's too big 471 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 4: to hit. David said, I don't think so. He's too 472 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 4: big to miss. David spoke to his mountain. He said, 473 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 4: Goliath this day, I will defeat you and feed your 474 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 4: head to the birds of the air. What caused that 475 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 4: little stone to slay the giant? God breathed his life 476 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 4: into it. The wind of Almighty God got behind it. 477 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 4: That's what happens. When you step into your season, you 478 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 4: will accomplish things that you never thought possible. You say, Joel, 479 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 4: I don't see how this could happen for me. I 480 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 4: don't have the money, I don't have the education, I 481 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 4: don't have the talent. You know, the scripture says, it's 482 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 4: not gonna happen by our might or by our power. 483 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 4: It's gonna happen because of the breath of Almighty God. 484 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 4: You know what's happening today. God's breathing in your direction. 485 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 4: Sometimes we think of a breath, it's just a little 486 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 4: puff of air. That's not the way God breathes. The 487 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 4: scripture talks about when the Holy Spirit came, it was 488 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 4: like a rushing, mighty wind. That's what I envisioned behind 489 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 4: every one of you, the force of Almighty God. Everywhere 490 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 4: you go. You need to imagine the most powerful force 491 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 4: in the universe is breathing in your direction. What happens 492 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 4: when God breathes your way. Every enemy will be defeated, 493 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 4: obstacles will be overcome, favor will increase, dreams will come 494 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 4: to pass. What happened, God breathe in your direction. A rushing, 495 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: mighty wind is backing you up. You've got to rise 496 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 4: up in your authority and say, you know what, this 497 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 4: is my season. I can hear the wind starting to blow, 498 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 4: so I'm going to step into the flow. Friends, things 499 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 4: are shifting in your favor. Your future is filled with 500 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 4: marked moments, a blessing, increase, promotion. God has already ordained 501 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 4: before the foundation of the world, the right people, the 502 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 4: right opportunity, time and chance are coming together for you. Now. 503 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to get a vision for it. I'm 504 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 4: asking you to get your hopes of don't miss your 505 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 4: hour of visitation. And even when it's difficult, you just 506 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 4: remember the same winds that are trying to defeat you 507 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 4: are the winds God's gonna use to push you to 508 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 4: a new level. If you'll go out each day with expectancy, 509 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 4: knowing that God's breathing in your direction, I know You're 510 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 4: gonna rise higher and higher. You're gonna see more of 511 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 4: God's blessings and favor and you'll live the life of 512 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 4: victory he has in story. Amen, do you receive it today. 513 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 514 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 515 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say it, Lord Jesus, 516 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 517 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 518 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 519 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 520 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 4: He's gonna take your places that you've never dreamed of. 521 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help 522 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 523 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 5: all over the world at Joeloustein dot com slash give 524 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 5: Hope to give a gift today. 525 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 526 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 527 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 528 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 529 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 4: next time.