1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Are you ready to move your career forward? Make your 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: comeback with Perdue Global and get college credit for your work, school, life, 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: or military experiences. With these credits, you may have already 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: completed up to seventy five percent of your undergraduate degree. 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: You've worked hard to get where you are. It's time 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: to get the recognition you deserve and earn a degree 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: you'll be proud of, one that employers will trust and 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: respect when you take the next step in your life 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: and career. Make account with Purdue Global produce online university 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: for working adults. Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: He'll forget about the video game you gave him on 12 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: his birthday. 13 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: Wow, Thanks Grandpa. 14 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: But he'll never forget how you invest it in his 15 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: future with the uns stapp. 16 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 3: Wow, Thanks Grandpa. 17 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 2: The units stap makes it easy for grandparents and family 18 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: friends to give funds to a child's investment account for 19 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 2: limited time. Download the uns stapp and use the code 20 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: iHeart fifty at sign up to receive a fifty dollars 21 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: bonus when you fund your account. That's code iheard fifty 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: When you sign up at unest dot co for fifty 23 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: dollars bonus see terms and conditions at UNS dot C. 24 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 25 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 26 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 27 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 28 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 29 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes. If you're 30 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 3: ever in our area, please stop by and be a 31 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 32 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 33 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 3: for tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. 34 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and heard about 35 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: this scientist. He said to God, we've decided that we 36 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 3: no longer need you. We can clone people, we can 37 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: transplant hearts, and do all kinds of things once considered miraculous. 38 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: God said, that's fine, But to prove you don't need me, 39 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 3: let's have a man making contest. The only requirement is 40 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: you have to make man out of dirt. The scientist said, great, 41 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: and he quickly reached down to pick up a handful 42 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 3: of dirt, and God said, not so fast. Go get 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: your own dirt. Hold up your Bible. Say it like 44 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 45 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: it says. I am. I have what it says I have. 46 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 47 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 48 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 3: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 49 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about there's another 51 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 3: ingredient coming. We all face disappointments in life and situations 52 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: that we don't understand. It's easy to get discouraged and think, 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 3: why did that happen to me? Why did that friend 54 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 3: betray me? Why did I get laid off? Why wasn't 55 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: I raised in a good childhood like you? Joel. No, 56 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: life is not always fair, but God is fair, and 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 3: he said in Romans AD, all things work together for 58 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 3: good to those that love the Lord. The keyword is together. 59 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:07,119 Speaker 3: You cannot isolate one part of your life, one divorce, 60 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: one bad childhood, one disappointment that in itself may not 61 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: be good. But God is not finished. Your life is 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 3: not over because you had a bad break. Don't get 63 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 3: stuck where you are. There's another ingredient coming. That means 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: the right people, the right opportunities are in your future. 65 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 3: If you'll get your passion back and start moving forward, 66 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 3: you'll see what God promised. It will all come together 67 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 3: and work out for your good. When our children were small, 68 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: one of their favorite things to do was make chocolate 69 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: chip cookies. We had done it so much we didn't 70 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: even have to look at the recipe. We knew exactly 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: what to put in. Jonathan, just five or six years old, 72 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: he would get the brown sugar, the butter, the eggs. 73 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 3: Little Alexandra just three years old, she'd get the flour, bacon, soda, vanilla. 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: We were very precise to put in the exact amount 75 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: in the exact order it was called for. One time, 76 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 3: about halfway through making a batch of cookies, I realized 77 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 3: that we didn't have any bacon soda. I didn't feel 78 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 3: like going up to the store, so we decided to 79 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 3: not put the bacon soda in. I thought, no big deals, 80 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 3: just a teaspoon We had put two and a half 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 3: cups of flour. What difference was a little teaspoonful going 82 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: to make? But when we took the cookies out of 83 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 3: the oven, they were as flat as could be. Had 84 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 3: not risen one bit, totally tasteless. What was the problem? 85 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: An ingredient was left out. A small amount made a 86 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: huge difference. Some people are bitter on life because they 87 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 3: haven't waited for all the ingredients to come together. God 88 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 3: is the master chef. The recipe for your life has 89 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 3: already been established. The scripture talks about how God has 90 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 3: planned your days for good from beginning to end. God 91 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 3: knows exactly what to add and when to add it. 92 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: He's not going to do like I did and leave 93 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 3: out an important ingredient. He's going to put in just 94 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: the right amount at just the right time, so you 95 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 3: can become everything He's created you to be. But sometimes 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 3: in life it may feel like things are flat. It's 97 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: flatten your career, flatten your marriage, flatten your finances. But 98 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 3: don't get discouraged. There's another ingredient coming. All God has 99 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: to do is add some of his bacon soda and 100 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 3: you'll rise to a new level. You may have seen 101 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 3: the chef on television, Chef Emerald. He's very animated. Whenever 102 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 3: he adds an ingredient, he says, bam. Just imagine at 103 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 3: the right time God bam adds a little favor to 104 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 3: your life. It's not flat anymore. Things begin to take off. Bam, 105 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 3: a good break, BAM, a healing lonely that person left you, BAM, 106 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 3: a divine connection, somebody better. Maybe your child's off course, 107 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: Thank Joel. I don't know what I did wrong. I 108 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 3: raised him in church. I just don't understand it. No, 109 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 3: you didn't do anything wrong. Relax, there's a BAM coming. 110 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: God knows how to get him on the right course. 111 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 3: He's not going to stay in the pit. At the 112 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 3: right time. God will add just the right ingredient that 113 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 3: will cause him to rise up and fulfill his God 114 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 3: given destiny. I don't know about you, but I'm expecting 115 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: some bams. Listen, you have not seen your best days. 116 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 3: You have not reached your full potential. God has ingredients 117 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 3: come in your way that will thrust you to a 118 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: new level. He has ingredients that are going to cause 119 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: everything to make sense. When God brings it all together 120 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: and you see the fullness of what he was doing, 121 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 3: You're not going to worry about who hurts you, what 122 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 3: you lost, how unfair it was. You're going to look 123 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: back and say, Wow, God, you're amazing. You had it 124 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: all figured out Your plan was better than my plan. 125 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 3: You gave me beauty for ashes. You made a way 126 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 3: when I didn't see a way. You had just the 127 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: right people show up at just the right time. Why 128 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,679 Speaker 3: don't you trust him. You may not understand something right now, 129 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: but one day you will. It's going to all come together. 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: The mistake we make too often is we isolate one incident, 131 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 3: and it causes us to lose our passion. I had 132 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 3: a lady tell me recently how her husband of many 133 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: years left her for another woman. She was so devastated 134 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: she couldn't understand it. Now. I know that's hard, that's painful, 135 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: but that is not the end. If that person leaving 136 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 3: was going to keep you from your destiny, God would 137 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 3: have never allowed it. And this may be hard to swallow, 138 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 3: but if they left you, you didn't need them. If 139 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: they walked away, they weren't a part of your destiny. 140 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: There's another ingredient coming, somebody better, somebody that God ordained, 141 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 3: Somebody that will treat you like a queen or a king. 142 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 3: Somebody that will value you, celebrate you. Somebody that cannot 143 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 3: live without you. There's something called the gift of goodbye. 144 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 3: They may think they may think they did you harm, 145 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 3: but they're doing you a favor. Blow them a kiss. 146 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: Don't ever look back. Just keep moving forward. Now, some 147 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 3: of you, you got to quit mourning over what you've lost, 148 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: quit being discouraged over what didn't work out. It's not 149 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 3: over until God says it's over. Now. I heard somebody 150 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: say God always ends on all is well, So if 151 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 3: all is not well in your life, that simply means 152 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 3: it is not the end. Keep moving forward. Another ingredient 153 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: is coming. A lot of times like this, lady, people 154 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 3: are soured on life because they can't understand why something 155 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 3: has happened. But everything is not going to make sense 156 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: if you isolate it, if you look at it just 157 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 3: on its own, you'll get discouraged. You have to remind 158 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: yourself it is not yet all come together. It's not 159 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 3: supposed to make sense by itself. Imagine my children when 160 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 3: they were smaller, wanted to make some chocolate chip cookies, 161 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: but we didn't have time to bake them. So I 162 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 3: got the ingredients out and gave them to Jonathan to 163 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: eat separately. Jonathan, here's a cup of brown sugar, eat this, 164 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 3: wash it down with this tablespoon of vanilla here's the 165 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 3: raw eggs. When you're done with that, here's two cups 166 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: of flour. And okay, here's your two sticks of butter. Now, Jonathan, 167 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 3: you officially have chocolate chip cookies on the inside. Somehow 168 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: it doesn't work that way. The key is it has 169 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: to all be mixed together in the same way. You 170 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 3: cannot isolate one part of your life and think, oh, 171 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: this tastes bad. I went through a divorce, I had 172 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 3: a lousy childhood. I started a business that failed. I 173 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 3: had to take a year of chemotherapy. Look what I've 174 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 3: been through. That's not supposed to taste good by itself. 175 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: You gotta wait for God to bring it all together. 176 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 3: He's got another ingredient that he's gonna add to your life. 177 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: That person that left you, that's painful, that's bitter on 178 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 3: its own. But when God brings it all together and 179 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 3: brings you somebody greater than you ever dreamed of, you're 180 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 3: not even gonna miss that old goat that left you. 181 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 3: All the bitterness will be gone just a matter of 182 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 3: time before it comes together. The person that lied about you, 183 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 3: tried to ruin your reputation. By itself, that tastes bad, 184 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 3: but that's only one ingredient. God knows how to vindicate you. 185 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 3: God knows how to make wrongs right. He can prepare 186 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 3: a table before you in the presence of your enemies. 187 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 3: When it all comes together and you're promoted, living your dreams, 188 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 3: fulfilling your destiny, it will taste good when you're facing 189 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 3: that sickness, maybe having to take the treatment. It's easy 190 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 3: to think, man, God's not even concerned about me. Look 191 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 3: what I'm going through. Now. God has you in the 192 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: palm of his hand. He said, no weapon formed against 193 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: you will prosper. Weeping may endure for a night, here's 194 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 3: the promise. Joy is coming in the morning. God is 195 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 3: saying it may get tough. You may face some situations 196 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 3: that are bitter. But if you'll stay in faith and 197 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 3: not let the bitterness get on the inside, God says, 198 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 3: I'm not at a loss. I have another ingredient that 199 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 3: can turn the bitter into sweet. Several years after Victoria 200 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 3: and I were married, we received an unexpected tax bill 201 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 3: in the mail. The man that was doing our tax 202 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: returns lived in another state. He wasn't familiar with a 203 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 3: certain tax law in Texas. Now we owed thousands and 204 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 3: thousands of dollars to make matters worse. Over half of 205 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 3: what we owed were in penalties. Thought, God, this is 206 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 3: not fair. I hired a professional. He messed up. Now 207 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 3: I'm having to pay for his mistakes. We were discouraged. 208 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: We were a young couple and we were trying to 209 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 3: save money for a down payment on a home, and 210 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: this was going to take all of our funds. And 211 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 3: we ended up finding this man to help us get 212 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 3: it straightened out. He was a tax attorney. For several weeks. 213 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 3: He was at our house every night going over the documents, 214 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: filling out new forms. We would eat dinner together, run 215 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 3: errands together. We ended up becoming very good friends. Ten 216 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: years later, I was working in the television department here 217 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 3: at Lakewood and stopped me before service and said, Joel, 218 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 3: my cousin has a construction permit for the last full 219 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 3: power commercial television station in Houston. He'd like you to 220 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: be a part of it. As you know, a TV 221 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 3: station in a major market is extremely valuable. I didn't 222 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 3: know where to start. I was young. I thought I 223 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: don't know anything about negotiating a contract for a TV station. 224 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 3: Then it dawned on me, I'll call my attorney friend, 225 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 3: the one I met during my tax problem. In three months, 226 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: he handed us a contract. The station was ours. We 227 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 3: put it on the air. Eventually my father went to 228 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 3: be with the Lord. Now I was the pastor. Three 229 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 3: years later we acquired the Compact Center, this place. We 230 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 3: found out it was going to cost about one hundred 231 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 3: million dollars to renovate, so we decided to sell the 232 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 3: television station. We sold it for a huge profit. It 233 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: was those funds that were instrumental in us renovating this place. 234 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 3: What I want you to see is when it all 235 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 3: comes together, it'll make sense. That tax problem on its 236 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: own was very bitter. It didn't seem fair. But had 237 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 3: I not had that problem, I would have never met 238 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: the attorney and become good friends. Without the attorney, I 239 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 3: would have probably never pursued the TV station. Without the 240 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: television station, we may not have been able to renovate 241 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 3: this facility like we really wanted to. Friends. God knows 242 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 3: what he's doing. He's got it all figured out. In life, 243 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 3: you will face situations that don't make sense on their own. 244 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 3: It seems better. You may think, like I did, God 245 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 3: is not fair? Why is this happening? Let me assure you. 246 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 3: God has a plan. There's another ingredient coming somewhere down 247 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 3: the road. In a month, in a year, in twenty years, 248 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 3: You're going to see God work at all for your good. 249 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 3: When you face it's these situations that don't make sense. 250 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 3: It's very powerful to say God, I don't understand it, 251 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: but I trust you God. It doesn't seem fair, but 252 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 3: I know you're fair. I'm not going to get better. 253 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 3: I'm not going to lose my passion. I'm going to 254 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: keep pressing forward knowing that you are in complete control. 255 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 3: Here's what I've learned. Nothing in life happens to you, 256 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 3: It happens for you. God wouldn't have allowed it if 257 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 3: he didn't have a purpose. If that person that left you, 258 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 3: if that bad break, if that sickness was going to 259 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: keep you from your destiny, God would have never permitted it. 260 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 3: The enemy is not in control of your life. God 261 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 3: is in control. The enemy can't even touch you without 262 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 3: asking God for permission. Keep the right perspective. Instead of 263 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: getting better discouraged, know our attitude should be this is 264 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 3: not happening to me, It's happening for me. God said 265 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: he is going to take what's meant from my harm 266 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 3: and use it to my advantage. It may be bitter 267 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 3: right now, but I know a secret another ingredient is coming. 268 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 3: I heard about a man that was out in his 269 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 3: boat and a big storm came up and his boat capsized. 270 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 3: He ended up stranded on a deserted island. Month after 271 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 3: month went by. He was so miserable, all by himself. 272 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 3: Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, when 273 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: he was out gathering food, one day he came back 274 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 3: and the little thatched roof hut that he built had 275 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: caught on fire. He sat there and watched it burn 276 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 3: to the ground. It was like pouring salt in the wounds. 277 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 3: He said, God, I give up. I asked you to 278 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 3: help me in One bad thing after another happens. About 279 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 3: that time, he looked way off in the distance he 280 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 3: saw a boat coming toward him. He perked up. It 281 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 3: got closer and closer. Sure enough, it was the coastguard 282 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 3: came and rescued him. He was so thrilled, got on 283 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 3: the boat, gave everybody a big hug. Said to the captain, 284 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 3: how in the world did you find me? The captain said, 285 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 3: we saw the smoke from the fire that you built. 286 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 3: Sometimes what we think is a disappointment is God simply 287 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 3: getting us in position to go to a new level. 288 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 3: I didn't like the tax problem, but I sure do 289 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 3: like being in the compact center when you're huts on fire. 290 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 3: If your hut ever gets on fire, keep the right 291 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 3: perspective gon start complaining. God wouldn't have allowed it unless 292 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 3: he had a purpose. May not make sense right now, 293 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 3: but one day, when it comes together, it will make sense. 294 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 3: In the scripture, there's a lady named Naomi. Her name 295 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 3: means my joy. Every time someone said hello Naomi, they 296 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 3: were saying hello, my joy, Good morning Naomi, good morning, 297 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: my joy. She must have been a very happy, joyful person. 298 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 3: But Naomi went through a series of losses. Her husband died, 299 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 3: it's very devastated. Her sons were killed in a battle. 300 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 3: All these things came against her. She made the mistake 301 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 3: of letting the bitterness get on the inside. And yes, 302 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 3: there's a proper time for grieving, but you can't let 303 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 3: a season of mourning turn into a lifetime of morning. 304 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 3: Her attitude was, I've been through too much. My dreams 305 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 3: are all shattered. Never be happy again. Just leave me 306 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 3: in my pain. She was so discouraged that she changed 307 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: her name from Naomi tomorrow Marra means sorrow. Now. When 308 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 3: somebody said hello Naomi, she said, don't call me that. 309 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 3: I don't have any joy, I don't have any hope. 310 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 3: Call me by my new name, Sorrow. Like Naomi, you 311 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 3: may have been through a loss, maybe a dream, his died. 312 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 3: My challenge to you is, don't let life change your name. 313 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 3: There's another ingredient coming. God still has something great in 314 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 3: your future. He has not forgotten about you. God sees 315 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 3: every sparrow, every little bird that falls to the ground. 316 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 3: How much more is God concerned about you? I've learned 317 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 3: the depth of your past is an indication of the 318 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 3: height of your future. When construction workers are going to 319 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 3: build a large skyscraper, they have to first go down 320 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 3: deep to lay a foundation. The taller the building, the 321 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 3: deeper the foundation. You may have been through an unfair situation, 322 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,239 Speaker 3: lost a loved one, friend betrayed you, You're dealing with 323 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 3: the sickness. It would be easy to get discouraged and 324 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 3: just settle there. So you have to realize God's going 325 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 3: down deep because he has something big in your future. 326 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 3: You may be low right now, but He's getting you 327 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 3: prepared to go HI. There are new levels of joy, 328 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 3: new levels of influence, new opportunities, new relationships up ahead 329 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 3: of you. Now, don't do like she did and let 330 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 3: what you've been through become your identity. Don't become known 331 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 3: as the person that had cancer, the person that lost 332 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 3: a loved one, the person that went through that bitter divorce. 333 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 3: Now that's not who you are, that's what you went through. 334 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: You are a child of the most time, God created 335 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 3: in his image with a destiny to fulfill. Your name 336 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 3: is not sadness, sorrow, defeat, mediocrity. Your name is victory. 337 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 3: Your name is joy, Your name is favor, your name 338 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 3: is abundance, your name is bright future. No matter what 339 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 3: life deals you, you got to have the attitude I 340 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 3: am in it to win it. I may have been 341 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 3: through a lot, but I've come too far to stop now. 342 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 3: I am not gonna get negative. I'm not gonna live bitter. 343 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 3: I'm gonna keep moving forward. I know what's in my 344 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 3: future is greater than what's in my past. Listen, God 345 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: is not going to allow one event or one person 346 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: to ruin your life. Your destiny cannot be stopped by 347 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: bad break and injustice and unfair situation. All the forces 348 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 3: of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained. Yes, you'll 349 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 3: have to fight off the bitterness, the self pity, the resentment. 350 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 3: But if you'll keep moving forward, the right ingredients will come. 351 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 3: The Psalm has put it this way. When you keep 352 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 3: your hope in the Lord, you will never be disappointed. Yes, 353 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 3: we may have temporary setbacks. Sure will have temporary disappointments. 354 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 3: But if you'll keep hoping, trusting, honoring God, then you 355 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 3: will see how God will work it all together for 356 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 3: your good. You will not be permanently disappointed. One time 357 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,120 Speaker 3: Moses was leading the people of Israel through the wilderness. 358 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 3: They had been traveling for a long time, a great 359 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 3: distance with no water. They were extremely thirsty, tired, hot. 360 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 3: They didn't know if they could make it. They finally 361 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: came to a river. They were so excited it was 362 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: like a dream and oasis. They rushed over to get 363 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 3: a drink, But when they tasted the water, it was bitter. 364 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 3: They couldn't drink it. It was too sour. Can imagine 365 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 3: how disappointed they were. But God had a plan. He 366 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: told Moses to put a certain type of tree in 367 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 3: the water. And when he did, the bitter waters were 368 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 3: turned sweet. Now they could freely drink as much as 369 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 3: they wanted to. God is saying, even when life turns 370 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 3: out bitter, even when it's unfair, I'm not at a loss. 371 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 3: I still have an ingredient that can turn your bitter 372 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 3: waters into sweet. This is what happened to my father. 373 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 3: He was married at a very early age. Unfortunately the 374 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 3: marriage didn't work out. He was devastated. He thought his 375 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 3: days of ministry were over. He didn't think he'd ever 376 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 3: have a family. It's like the people of Israel. He 377 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 3: came to the water, thought his dreams were coming to pass, 378 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 3: only to find out the waters were bitter. Life didn't 379 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 3: turn out the way he had hoped. Every voice told 380 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 3: him you're a failure. You blew it. Nothing good is 381 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 3: in your future. But the scripture says God's calling is irrevocable. 382 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 3: You may make mistakes, you may go through some failures, 383 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 3: but God does not change his mind. His calling is 384 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 3: still on your life. He still has a destiny for 385 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 3: you to fulfill. If you fall down, you got to 386 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 3: get back up and get in the game. God has 387 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 3: another ingredient that will turn your bitter waters into sweep. 388 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 3: My father shook off the self pity. He received God's mercy. 389 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: He quitting to the condemning voices. He started moving forward. 390 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: One day, he was at the hospital visiting one of 391 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 3: his church members. He saw a beautiful young nurse that 392 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 3: he had never seen before. It was my mother. He 393 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 3: was so taken by her he would look for any 394 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 3: possible reason he could find to go up to that hospital. 395 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 3: I mean, he would go visit your great uncle's third 396 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 3: cousin's next door neighbor if you ask him to. He 397 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 3: was almost hoping that some of his church members would 398 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 3: get sick so he could go up to the hospital. 399 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 3: My mother didn't realize what was going on. She told 400 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 3: her nurse friends that pastor has the sickest congregation I've 401 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 3: ever seen. One day, it dawned on her he was 402 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 3: up there to see her. Long story short. They fell 403 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,959 Speaker 3: in love and got married, and God blessed them with 404 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 3: four average children and one exceptional child. I didn't say 405 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 3: his me. He went on to have a ministry that 406 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 3: spanned fifty years, touched the world. He was married to 407 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 3: my mother for forty four years. What happened, God added 408 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 3: another ingredient. It was my mother that turned the bitter 409 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 3: waters into sweep. Some of you, like my father. You've 410 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 3: gone through disappointments. Maybe you've made poor choices and now 411 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 3: you're beating yourself up. No passion, no dreams. You've got 412 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 3: to get back in the game. It starts by forgiving yourself. 413 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 3: Receive God's mercy. Quit listening to the condemning voices. That 414 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 3: mistake did not stop God's plan. Shake off the self pition, 415 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 3: move forward, and you'll see God at another ingredient. David 416 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 3: put it this way, I have pitched my tent in 417 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 3: the land of hope. My question, where have you pitched 418 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 3: your tent? Do you know God has another ingredient? Do 419 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 3: you believe that together it's all going to work for 420 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 3: your good? Or are you doing like Naomi and letting 421 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 3: life change your name? Can't understand why something has happened. Now, 422 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 3: you've got your tent pitched in the wrong location. If 423 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 3: you want to see God's favor, if you want to 424 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 3: see God add new ingredients, you got to pack up 425 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 3: your belongings, move out of the land of discouragement. It's 426 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 3: time to leave self pity estates, move out of the 427 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 3: nothing good, ever happens to me subdivision, and come on 428 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 3: over to the land of hope, the land of faith, 429 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: the land where you know. Bams are in your future. 430 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 3: When life tries to push you down, when you face 431 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 3: situations you don't understand, don't isolate them. Don't try to 432 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 3: figure it out and say, oh man, this doesn't taste good. 433 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 3: Remember that's not the whole recipe. That's just one ingredient. 434 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 3: God wouldn't have allowed it unless he had a purpose, 435 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 3: like the hut on fire, like my tax problem. It's 436 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 3: not happening to you, It's happening for you. God's going 437 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 3: to use it to your advantage. Many of you have 438 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 3: been faithful. You pass the test, done the right thing 439 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 3: when the wrong thing was happening. You need to get ready. 440 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 3: God's about to add an ingredient. That person you've been 441 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 3: waiting for. BAM. They're about to show up that problem 442 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 3: this dogged you for years. BAM. A breakthrough BAM, vindication, 443 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 3: that sickness, that chronic pain you thought you had to 444 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 3: live with BAM, healing BAM, a new beginning, or maybe 445 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 3: that dream you've been believing for BAM, A good break BAM, 446 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 3: a divine connection. I want you to go out expecting 447 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 3: some bams this week. Listen, friends, if you will keep 448 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 3: your tent pitched in the land of hope, God promises 449 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 3: you will never be permanently disappointed. At just the right time, 450 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 3: He's going to add just the right ingredients. I believe 451 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 3: in declare together. It's going to all work out for 452 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 3: your good Jesus' name if you receive it, Can you 453 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 3: say him in today? We never like to close our 454 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 455 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 3: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 456 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 3: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 457 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 3: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 458 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 459 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 3: in a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 460 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 3: He's going to take you places you've never dreamed of. 461 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 3: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 462 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 3: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 463 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 3: keep you encouraged and inspired all through the week. Help 464 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 3: us to continue to share the message of hope with 465 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 3: those all around the world. 466 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: Visit Joelosting dot com or click the link in the 467 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: description to partner with us today. 468 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 3: We hope you'll share this message with a friend and 469 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 3: be sure to follow us on social media. We're praying 470 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 3: for you. I know God's best is still ahead. See 471 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 3: you next time. 472 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: All Inclusive vacations make life easy with endless eads, bottomless drinks, 473 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: and never ending fun, so booking an all inclusive vacation 474 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: should be easy too. 475 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 3: Write. 476 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: That's where Apple Vacations comes in. Book your all inclusive 477 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: getaway with Apple Vacations and receive exclusive perks a select resorts. 478 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: You'll find the best deals to secrets resorts in spas, 479 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: in Mexico and the Caribbean, and enjoy a selection of exclusive, 480 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: NonStop vacation flights. Turn on Easymode at Apple vacations dot 481 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: com or call your local travel advisor to get started. 482 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: Enhance your child's reading journey with the Good and the 483 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: Beautiful's Reading Booster program. Choose from three all in one 484 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: kids for kindergarten, first or second grade at reading booster 485 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: dot com. Each kit includes reading cards, books and games 486 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: designed to create fun ways to learn phonics, sight words, 487 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: and vowel sounds. There's even a free ad free app 488 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: with additional games and kids safe content. Bring home, a 489 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: love of learning with the good and the bu Visit 490 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: reading booster dot com today,