1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. We are praying 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I like to get started 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: with something funny, and I heard about this teenager that 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: just got his driver's license. He asked his father about 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: borrowing the car. His father said, son, I'll make a 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: deal with you. If you'll bring your grades up, read 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 1: your Bible every day, and cut your hair, I'll let 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: you borrow it. He came back a few weeks later, 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: asking about it again. His father said, son, you brought 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: your grades up, you've been reading your Bible, but you 16 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: still haven't cut your hair. The son said, Dad, I've 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: been thinking Moses had long hair, Samson had long hair. 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: Even Jesus had long hair. The father said, yes, son, 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: and they walked everywhere they went. Your bibles up. Say 20 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: it like you've en it. This is my Bible. I 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: am what it says, I am. I have what it 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: says I have, I can do what it says I 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 25 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: the shaking is for shifting. This pandemic that we're dealing 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: with is something that we've never experienced. The economic world 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: is shaken. People not able to go to work. Our 30 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: social lives are shaken, having to stay apart with all 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: the fear and uncertainty. Many people's emotional well being is shaken. 32 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: In life. We all have these times where things shake 33 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: us to our core, an unexpected illness, we lose a 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: loved one. We've been at that job for years, but 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: now there's opposition, people that are trying to push us out. 36 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: All this to build that we were used to. The 37 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: finances we were counting on, the children doing great things 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: is no longer there. It's easy to get discouraged and 39 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: wonder why it happened. But here's the key. The shaking 40 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: is not there to stop you. The shaking is there 41 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: to shift you. If you'll keep the right attitude. That 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: shaking will shift you into promotion. It will shift you 43 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: into greater influence, shift you into better relationships. God uses 44 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: these shakings to get us in position for new levels. 45 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: Without the door closing, we would never get out of 46 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: our comfort zone. We may not like it, but the 47 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: shaking is forcing us to change. It's forcing us to grow. 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: If everything kept going along as is, we would never 49 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: reach our potential. Stay open for something new. Don't go 50 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: back to the same ways you used to do things. 51 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: The reason God allowed the shaking is to shift you 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: into something better. Maybe a company had to furlough you. 53 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,119 Speaker 1: That wasn't a surprise to God. He shook things up 54 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: so he could give you a better position with better benefits, 55 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: in a better environment. It looks like a setback, but 56 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: really it's a set up. God is using it to 57 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: shift you to where you couldn't go on your own. 58 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: In Acts chapter two, the disciples were in the upper room. 59 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit came in like a rushing mighty wind. 60 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: They were all filled with the spirit. They knew God 61 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: was with them and they were going to do great things. 62 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: But in chapter eight, a man named Saul came along. 63 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: He hated these disciples, he had letters from the government 64 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: to have them arrested and put in jail. The scripture 65 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: says Saul wreaked havoc on the church in Jerusalem. Here 66 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,119 Speaker 1: the disciples were going along seeing God's favor, and out 67 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: of nowhere Saul showed up and turned things upside down. 68 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: Their whole world was shaken. It's interesting that Saul came 69 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: to Jerusalem and cause so much turmoil. Jerusalem means the 70 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: city of peace. This was home for many of the disciples. 71 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: This is where they felt secure, they could relax and 72 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: be comfortable. But now this city of peace was the 73 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: city of chaos. I'm sure they thought, God, where are you. 74 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: Don't you see what Saul is doing and how much 75 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: trouble we're in. Just a few chapters earlier, God sent 76 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: the rushing mighty wind. It's not like he couldn't have 77 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: stopped Saul. He parted red seas, he closed the mouths 78 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: of lions. He could have kept Saw from ever entering Jerusalem. 79 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: He could have sent angels to hold him back. But 80 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: sometimes God will allow things to be shaken. He'll allow 81 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: a saw a difficulty and unfair situation. And if you 82 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: don't understand that the shaking is not there to stop you, 83 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: but to shift you. It's getting you in position to 84 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: go to a new level, to see things you've never seen. 85 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: Then you'll live worried, upset, wondering how it's going to 86 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: work out. Anyone can trust God when things are going 87 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: their way. Life is good, you're seeing favor. The real 88 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: test is will you trust Him when things are shaking? 89 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: Will you stay in faith when there's uncertainty, things you 90 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: don't understand. God has you in the palm of his hand. 91 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: Nothing can happen to you without his permission. And something 92 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 1: or someone may have reaked havoc in your life. Things 93 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: feel like they're out of control. Can I encourage you? 94 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: God is still on the throne, He's still ordering your steps. 95 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: That shaking is not going to defeat you. It's going 96 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: to promote you. It is setting you up for what 97 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: God is about to do. You're on the verge of 98 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: something better than you've ever imagined. God is working behind 99 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: the scenes. Things are in motion that you can't see. 100 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: Thoughts will tell you it's not gonna work out. You're 101 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: not gonna get well. Your child's never going to get 102 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: back on course. This virus is going to ruin you financially. No, 103 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: the shaking is a sign that a shift is taking place. 104 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: God is about to launch you to a new level. 105 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: You're about to see something that you've never seen. It's 106 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: not going to be ordinary, common, it's going to be uncommon, unusual, unprecedented, favor, healing, opportunity. 107 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: One day you'll look back and say, Wow, what I 108 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: thought was a bad break was really setting me up 109 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: for this new level. The shaking wasn't there to stop me. 110 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: The shaking is what shifted me into increase, into promotion, 111 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: into talent that I didn't know I had. Saul created 112 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: so much havoc in Jerusalem. There was so much opposition. 113 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: The scripture says Philip had to leave Jerusalem and go 114 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: to Samaria. It doesn't say Philip prayed and decided to 115 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: go to Samaria. He didn't have a choice. He was 116 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: forced out of Jerusalem. When you're doing the right thing 117 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: and a door closes, somebody walks away, the contract comes 118 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: to an end. That's not the enemy stopping you. That's 119 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: God shifting you. The enemy may have meant it to 120 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: harm you, but he doesn't have the final say. God 121 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't have allowed the door to close He wouldn't have 122 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: allowed them to walk away if it was going to 123 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: stop your purpose. Have a new perspective. It's shifting you 124 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: to the new things that God has in store. Now 125 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: I've learned when one door closes, if you'll stay in faith, 126 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: God will open a bigger and a better door. You 127 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: may get pushed out of Jerusalem, but Samaria is waiting 128 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: for you. There's a place of victory, a place of 129 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: abundance that God has already prepared for you. There are 130 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: people that God has already spoken to to be good 131 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: to you, people that will use their influence to push 132 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: you forward. There are divine connections, people that God has 133 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: already ordained to come into your life, people that will 134 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: love you, people that can't wait to be with you. 135 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: Quit being discouraged over who pushed you out, who didn't 136 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: want to be your friend, who played politics and got 137 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: the best of you. They didn't stop your destiny. They 138 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: shifted you. They were a part of God's plan to 139 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: push you forward. You're about to come into the new 140 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: things that God has in store. Philip arrived in Samaria 141 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: not by choice. He was pushed out of Jerusalem. He 142 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: could have been discouraged, but he understood this principle. He 143 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: knew that God was still in control. What's interesting is 144 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: Samaria is where his ministry took off. Samaria is where 145 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: he flourished and stepped into a new level. The scripture 146 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: says Philip saw all kinds of miracles in Samaria. Blind 147 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: eyes were open, and the cripple could walk. Great favor 148 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: was on his life. He never saw that in Jerusalem. 149 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: If he would have stayed there, he would have missed 150 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: the fullness of his destiny. Many times, a great shaking 151 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: proceeds great favor, Great difficulties proceed great promotion, great opposition 152 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: proceeds great influence. If you could see what God is 153 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: up to, you wouldn't be stressed over the shaking, complaining 154 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: about the trouble, upset over the setback. When you realize 155 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: it's taken you to Samaria, a place where you're going 156 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: to flourish, do things you've never dreamed, see favor, abundance, breakthroughs, 157 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: then you would thank God even in the shakings, even 158 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: though it's uncertain. You would have a smile on your face, 159 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: a spring on your step, knowing that God is up 160 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: to something all through the day, Father, thank you that 161 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: this shaking is not going to stop me, but it's 162 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,599 Speaker 1: going to shift me. It may have been meant for 163 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: my harm, but I know it's leading me to my Samaria, 164 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: where I'm going to flourish and see favor that I've 165 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 1: never seen. Keep the right perspective. God never said there 166 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't be times where things were shaken unfair. We don't understand. 167 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: That's not the time to fall apart. That's the time 168 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: to kick your praise into a new gear. That's the 169 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: time to speak victory over your life. That difficulty didn't 170 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: come to stay, it came to pass. God being for 171 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: you is more than the world being against you. The 172 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: scripture says there was great joy in Samaria. Philip left 173 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: Jerusalem in great distress. It was a great disappointment. But 174 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: look at how God works. Philip went from great distress 175 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: to great joy. He went from great trouble to great victory, 176 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: from great rejection to people that loved him greatly. He 177 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: didn't realize when he was having all the opposition in 178 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: Jerusalem that great joy was waiting for him in Samaria. 179 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: You may have gone through things that have caused you 180 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: great pain, great disappointment, great loss. You could be bitter, live, discouraged. 181 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: But that is not how your story ends. Like with Philip, 182 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: great joy is coming, great favor, great relationship, great health. 183 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,719 Speaker 1: The enemy thought he was stopping you. He didn't realize 184 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: he was setting you up in the shaking. God was 185 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: shifting you. You may not be there yet, but staying courage, 186 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: you are headed toward great joy, not just joy, not 187 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: just I'm okay. I made it out. Thank God, I'm 188 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: still here you. No, great joy is coming. Great victories 189 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: are up ahead. You don't have to look back and 190 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: think about the good old days. I wish I was there. 191 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: Can I tell you there are some good new days 192 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: in your future. The best days of your life are 193 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: still in front of you. You may have gone through 194 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: great disappointments. You need to declare every day, Father, thank you, 195 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: that great joy is coming. The scripture says God will 196 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: fill your mouth with laughter. You're going to laugh again. 197 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: You're going to love again, You're going to dream again. 198 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: Great joy is headed your way. In nineteen ninety nine, 199 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: my father had a heart attack and went to be 200 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: with the Lord. I had worked with them here at 201 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: Lakewood for seventeen years. Behind the scenes. We were the 202 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: best of friends. Outside of Victoria. I spent more time 203 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: with my father than anyone else. I used to think, 204 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: what am I going to do when my father is gone? 205 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: When he suddenly died at seventy seven, my whole world 206 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: was turned upside down. I thought my father would live 207 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: to be a one hundred and fifty years old. He 208 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: was my hero, but now he was gone. I've learned 209 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: in these times of shaking, God will always give us 210 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: the race we need. This scripture says God has armed 211 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: us with strength for every battle, and if we'll tap 212 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: into that strength, we won't go around overwhelmed and stressed out. 213 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: But all these thoughts flooded my mind. What's going to 214 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: happen to the church, What if it doesn't make it, 215 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: Who's going to be the pastor? In the middle of 216 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: all that turmoil, with so much uncertainty, I felt to 217 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: peace like I had never felt. Something I can't explain. 218 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,479 Speaker 1: Even though I missed my father, I didn't get depressed, 219 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: I didn't fall apart. I knew deep down God was 220 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: still in control. What I didn't know at that time 221 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: was that shaking was about to shift me. I never 222 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: dreamed I would become a pastor. I never wanted to 223 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: get up in front of people, but when my father 224 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: suddenly passed, I had the desire to do it. I 225 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: knew I was not only supposed to step up, but 226 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: now I wanted to do it. My father had tried 227 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: to get me up to minister for seventeen years. I 228 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: never had the desire, But the Psalmist said, God will 229 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: give you the desires of your heart. Sometimes we think 230 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: that means God will give us what we want, but 231 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: another way to look at it is God will put 232 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: the desires in you. In that time of shaking, God 233 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: shifted my desires, and I didn't know if I'd be 234 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: any good. I didn't know if people would come. I 235 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: was afraid, intimidated, but I thought, I'm not going to 236 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: come to the end of my life and not know 237 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: what might have happened if I would have taken that 238 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: step of faith. Some opportunities don't pass by a second time. 239 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: Out of that shaking, out of that loss came talent 240 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: that I didn't know I had. Like God pushed Philip 241 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: out of Jerusalem and he began to flourish in some area. 242 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: God had to push me from behind the scenes to 243 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: be in front of people. It's significant that my flourishing, 244 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: Philip's flourishing came out of a shaky te when there 245 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: was uncertainty, it looked like nothing good was happening, when 246 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: in fact, God was using that shaky season to shift us, 247 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: to get us in position to flourish, to see his 248 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: favored blessings in new ways. In one sense, that's where 249 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: we are now. Things are shaky, uncertain. We've never seen this, 250 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: All these questions, when will it get back to normal? 251 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: What about my finances, one of the children going to 252 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: go to school? How's it all going to work out? 253 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: We don't see anything positive. But in this shaking, God 254 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: is shifting you. It looks like a setback, but really 255 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: he's setting you up. You're going to come into new opportunities. 256 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: Doors that weren't opened before are going to open for you. 257 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: You're going to have desires that you've never had. Talent 258 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: is going to come out of you that you didn't 259 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: know was in you, where you've been told no before. 260 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: Because of this shift, you'll going to hear yes, yes 261 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: to that business, Yes to that new house, Yes to 262 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: that promotion, Yes to that ministry. The shaking has changed 263 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: people's minds, those that were not for you. Wouldn't give 264 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: you the time of day. Things are shifted, They're going 265 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: to be for you. They're going to want to help you. 266 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: The medical checkup, every time you've heard no improvement, nothing's 267 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: getting better. Get ready for some yess. Yes you're getting healthier. 268 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: Yes your blood pressure is back to normal. Yes the 269 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: cancer is gone. There's some shifting taking place. You can't 270 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: see it yet, but don't worry. You're coming into it. 271 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: You don't have to find it. It's going defines you. 272 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: It's already en route. The miracle is already in motion. Fringe, 273 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: God is doing a new thing. Don't think that the 274 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: whole world being put on pause is just a physical thing. 275 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: There are spiritual things happening. God is up to some 276 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: and big. He's looking for people whose hearts are turned 277 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: toward him, people like you, people that honor him, people 278 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: that keep him first place. You're going to come out 279 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: of this shaking into levels that you've never dreamed. Proverbs says, 280 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: the wealth of the ungodly is being laid up for 281 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: the righteous. There are things that God has laid up 282 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: for you. There's going to be a transfer of wealth 283 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: from people that have nothing to do with God. That 284 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: only think about themselves, to people that will use the 285 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: resources to build the kingdom, to lift the fallen, to 286 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,239 Speaker 1: feed the hungry, to bring justice to those that have 287 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: no voice, to make the world a better place. God 288 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: is about to shift some contracts, some businesses, some opportunities, 289 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: some inheritances. It's going to be unusual income, things that 290 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. It's already headed your way. It's 291 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: just a matter of time before you see God do 292 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: unprecedented things. Now, make sure that you keep him first place. 293 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: You don't have to seek the blessing, just seek Him, 294 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: and the blessings will seek you. Part of this slow 295 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: down is an opportunity to draw closer to God. One 296 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: thing this virus shows us is how little control we 297 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: have with all the advances over the last years. We 298 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: can fly airplanes, we have incredible technology, the internet, smartphones, 299 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: there's amazing medical procedures. We can transplant hearts. But this 300 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: one virus, this one seemingly small thing, has shut down 301 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: the whole world. If we put our trust in our finances, 302 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: they can go down like that. If we put our 303 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: trust in our job, our career, it can suddenly change. 304 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: That's why it's so important to put your trust in God. 305 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: He's the one that doesn't change. He's our source. That's 306 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: where we get our strength, ideas, creativity, resources, wisdom. God 307 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: is the giver of all good things. And yes, we 308 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: appreciate the companies we work for. We're grateful to have 309 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: the income each week, but they are not our source. 310 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: They are simply a resource that the Source is using. 311 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: I believe the source, the most High God, is about 312 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: to do some unusual, unprecedented things in your finances. You're 313 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: going to lend and not borrow. He's going to prosper 314 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: you even in a downtime. The scripture says even in famine, 315 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: the righteous will have more than enough, not just enough, 316 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: but overflow. There are blessings that are going to come 317 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: looking for you. Just recently, during this time when everything 318 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: is closed down, we received a large payment to the ministry. 319 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: It was something we were owed from over ten years ago. 320 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: Had to do with broadcast rights. I've had people explain 321 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: it to me three times. I still don't understand what 322 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: it is. I've read about it, studied it, but I 323 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: don't see how it applies to us. Doesn't make sense 324 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: to me. But I've stopped trying to figure it out, 325 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: and I just receive it. I believe it's one of 326 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: those far and beyond blessings that God has laid up 327 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: for the righteous. It's a part of the transfer of wealth. 328 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: But it's interesting that it came at this uncertain time. 329 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: The shaking is a sign that things are shifting in 330 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: your favor. Well, Joel, I don't believe this is going 331 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: to happen for me. You're right. This is for believers. 332 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: It's only going to happen if you release your faith. 333 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: Say Father, thank you that this shaking is shifting me. 334 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: Thank you that you're giving me new desires, giving me creativity, 335 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: opening new doors, blessing me so I can be a 336 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: bigger blessing. I talk to a lady that watches us 337 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: on television. She owns her own business and has been 338 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: very successful. She's in the manufacturing industry and she has 339 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: stores all over the country. Few years ago things begin 340 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: to slow down. They made adjustments and were able to 341 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: keep going, but they were struggling, barely surviving. One day 342 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: she received word that thirty six of her stores were closing. 343 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: That was almost half of her business. She could make 344 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: it without that income. Her whole world was shaken. She 345 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: had poured her heart and soul into that business, built 346 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: it from the ground up. She never thought she would 347 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 1: be in this position, and all the circumstances said it 348 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: was over. She could have accepted it, give it up 349 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: on her dream. But in the middle of that shaking, 350 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: with all the uncertainty, she said, God, I trust you. 351 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: I know you're still in control, and you can make 352 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: a way where I don't see a way. A few 353 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: weeks ago, a large company that she's never done business 354 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: with called her and said they wanted to put her 355 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: product in three hundred and sixty of their stores. Overnight, 356 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: she went from thirty six stores to three hundred and sixty. 357 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: She thought she was going under, but suddenly she had 358 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: ten times the amount of stores. I've learned God is 359 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: not so much into addition, he's into multiplication. One touch 360 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: of his favor will catapult you ahead. We look at 361 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: our circumstances in the natural and I think this could 362 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: never work out. But we serve a supernatural God. He's 363 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: not limited by what limits us. One good break, one contract, 364 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: one phone call, and God will multiply what you have. 365 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: He'll thrust you to a new level If this lady 366 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: were here, she would tell you the shaking is a setup. 367 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: It's a sign that God is about to shift things. 368 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: There's going to be a shift in your finances, a 369 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: shift in your career, a shift in your health, a 370 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: shift in your marriage. It's shaky right now. Things seem uncertain. 371 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: You're attempted to live, worried, stressed out. Get ready. A 372 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: shift is coming. God is going to make things happen 373 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: that you couldn't make happen. Perhaps the medical report doesn't 374 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: look good. It's shaken your world. Come back to a 375 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 1: place of peace. God can do what medicine can't do. 376 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: He promised the number of your days he will fulfill. 377 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: Maybe a child is off course, your business went down, 378 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: You're in a legal situation. You never dreamed you'd be 379 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: dealing with this. It's keeping you awake at night. It's 380 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: not a surprise to God. He wouldn't have allowed the 381 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: shaking if he didn't already have a solution, If he 382 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: didn't have Samaria already lined up, he wouldn't have allowed 383 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: the trouble in Jerusalem. Instead of being stressed over the shaking, 384 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 1: why don't you start thanking him for the solution? Father, 385 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: thank you that a shift is coming, breakthroughs, healing, favor, 386 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: thinking that what you started in my life you will finish. 387 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: Next chapter sixteen, Paul and Silas had been put in 388 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: prison for sharing their faith. They were in the deepest 389 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: dungeon with chains around their feet. The authorities were so 390 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: afraid of their influence they went to great links to 391 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: make sure they couldn't escape. But God will never let 392 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: you get in a problem that he can't get you 393 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: out of. It may look like your situation doesn't have 394 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: a solution, the odds are against you, but God has 395 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: ways to do things you've never thought of. What's impossible 396 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: with people is possible with God. At midnight, Paul and 397 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: Silas were singing praises and thanking God. Verse twenty six says, 398 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: suddenly there came a great earthquake. All the foundations of 399 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: the prison were shaken. Immediately, the doors were opened, and 400 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: everyone one's chains were unfastened. Notice what the shaking did. 401 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: It opened prison doors, It unloose chains that were restricting them. 402 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: Paul and Silas walked out as free men. The shaking 403 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: on the surface may have seemed like a negative thing, 404 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: but without the shaking, Paul wouldn't have fulfilled his purpose. 405 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: The shaking was necessary for him to become who he 406 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: was created to be. We may not like the shakings 407 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: the times things seem out of control, but like with Paul, 408 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: they're not going to stop you. They're going to shift 409 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: you out of this shaking. New doors are going to open, 410 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: new opportunities, new relationships, things that you didn't see coming. 411 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: Chains that have held you back are about to be unfastened. 412 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: Chains of depression, chains of lack and struggle, chains of addictions. 413 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: Don't complain about the shaking. It's serving a purpose. God 414 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: is using it to thrust you where you couldn't go 415 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: without it. Now, every day, Father, thank you that the 416 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: shaking is shifting me into promotion, into healing, into new levels. 417 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: If you'll keep this attitude of faith, I believe and declare, 418 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: like Philip, you're going to come out of the shaking 419 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: into great joy, great favor, great increase, great relationships, into 420 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, if you 421 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: receive it, can you say amen, I'd like to give 422 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 423 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord? Jesus, I 424 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 425 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: you my Lord and Savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, 426 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Also, get into a 427 00:26:52,920 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: good Bible based church. Keep God first place. We all 428 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: go through disappointments and things that are not fair, but 429 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: God sees every hurt, every injustice, and He's promised to 430 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: pay you back for the unfair things. Now, I love 431 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: to send you my new resource, Double for your Trouble. 432 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: It's filled with inspiration. Help you stay in faith and 433 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: not get bitter and think why me? Now? 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