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We appreciate you and pray 40 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: for God's very best in your life. 41 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy. 42 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 5: To come into your homes, and if you're ever in 43 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 5: our area, I hope you'll stop buying be a part 44 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 5: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 45 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 5: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 46 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 5: tuning in, and thank you again for coming out. I 47 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 5: like to start with something funny, and I heard about 48 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 5: this elderly couple. They had been married for over sixty years. 49 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 5: They were at a church fellowship and someone asked them 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 5: the secret of their success. The man told how he 51 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 5: always treated his wife with respect. Andy took her on 52 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 5: trips all over the world, he said, And in fact, for 53 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 5: our twenty fifth wedding anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China. 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 5: Everyone politely applauded. Then someone spoke up and said, what'd 55 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 5: you do for your fiftieth wedding anniversary? He said, I 56 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 5: went back and picked her up. 57 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 4: Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 59 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly canst My mind 62 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 63 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about having a restoration mentality 65 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 5: in life. We all experience times of loss, situations where 66 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,839 Speaker 5: it feels like something was taken from us. Sometimes it's 67 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 5: because of other people's choices. A friend does us wrong, 68 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 5: a spouse walks out of a relationship. Other Times it's 69 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 5: because of our own choices. Maybe we get involved with 70 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 5: the wrong crowd, develop bad habits, we end up with 71 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 5: broken dreams. We hear that voice telling us again and again, 72 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: it's your fault. 73 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 4: You blew it too bad. 74 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 5: This is as good as it's ever going to be. 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 5: Many people are living with regrets, thinking about what they. 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 4: Should have done. 77 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 5: If I've just spent more time raising my children, if 78 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 5: I've just been more disciplined and not hung around those people, 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 5: or if I just stayed in. 80 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: School, where would I be today. 81 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 5: They don't realize that defeated mindset is keeping them from 82 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 5: God's best. Then there are times it's not somebody else's fault, 83 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 5: it's not our own fault. 84 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 4: It's just life. 85 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 5: You're a good person, you're honoring God, and all of 86 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 5: a sudden you're facing an illness caught you totally off guard. 87 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 4: You lost your health. 88 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 5: Or maybe you're being your best each day, you're going 89 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 5: to work, giving it your awe. 90 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 4: But business starts to slow down. 91 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 5: You had more than enough at one time. Now you're 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 5: struggling to get by. 93 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 4: When we encounter. 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 5: Loss, it's easy to get discouraged, to settle where we 95 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: are and to not expect anything better. 96 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 4: But the good. 97 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 5: News is our God is a god of restoration. He 98 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 5: never said we wouldn't have unfair situations. He never promised 99 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 5: we wouldn't experience lass, but he did promise if we 100 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 5: would stay in faith, he would restore everything that was stolen. 101 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 5: When God restores, he doesn't bring you out the same. 102 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 5: He makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble into 103 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 5: your life. God is so merciful, whether it was your fault, 104 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: somebody else's fault, or just life in general. He says 105 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 5: He's not only going to bring you out, He's going 106 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 5: to bring you out better off than you were before. 107 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 5: Get that down in your spirit. You may have made mistakes, 108 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 5: you brought the trouble on yourself, but God's mercy is 109 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 5: bigger than any mistake that you've made. Don't settle there, 110 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 5: have a restoration mentality. God's not only going to bring 111 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 5: you out, He's going to bring you out better. In 112 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 5: the scripture, if someone stole an ox they had to 113 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 5: pay that person back with five oxen. If they stole 114 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 5: a sheep, they had to pay them back with four sheep. 115 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 5: Another place they had to repay seven times. In Isaiah, 116 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 5: God said he would pay us back double for. 117 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 4: The unfair situations. 118 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 5: Notice the principle God never brings us out the same. 119 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 5: If we say we're going to restore this old car, 120 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 5: that means we're going to bring it back to the 121 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: original condition. We're going to make it look like it 122 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 5: did when it was brand new. But that is not 123 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 5: how God defines restoration. His idea of restore is to increase, 124 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 5: to improve, to promote, to make better. Now, you may 125 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 5: have gone through a loss. Somebody did you wrong, or 126 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 5: maybe it was your fault. You made poor choices. The 127 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 5: enemy would love for you to sit around your whole 128 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 5: life and listen to his lies. It's never going to change. 129 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 5: It's been this way too long. It's your fault. Just 130 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 5: settle where you are. Shake off that doubt, shake off 131 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 5: that self pity. You may have suffered a loss, but 132 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 5: your attitude should be I know my God is a 133 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 5: god of restoration, and I'm not only coming out, I'm 134 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 5: coming out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, coming out to 135 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 5: increase better off than I was before. If you're going 136 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 5: to see God restore, you have to have this restoration mentality. 137 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 5: That means you're not sitting around nursing your wounds, thinking 138 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 5: about what you lost and how many bad breaks you've had. 139 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 5: Now you've got a smile on your face, a spring 140 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: in your step. You're expecting things to change in your favor. 141 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 5: Somebody may have done you wrong, walked out of a relationship, 142 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 5: but you're expecting to meet somebody better. The loan may 143 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 5: not have gone through, didn't qualify for the new house, 144 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 5: but you're expecting a new door. 145 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 4: You're expecting a better deal. 146 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 5: The medical report doesn't look good, but you've got another report. 147 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 5: You're expecting to get well. You're expecting your child to 148 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 5: straighten up. You're expecting to have a blessed, prosperous year. 149 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 5: For everything that you've lost, every person that did you wrong, 150 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 5: every unfair situation, every sickness you had to endure. 151 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: God God is saying that is not the end. It 152 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 4: is not over. I still have. 153 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 5: Something amazing in your future. If you will have the 154 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 5: right attitude, God will take the loss and use it 155 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 5: to promote you. God will use the person that did 156 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,679 Speaker 5: you wrong to take you to a new level. God 157 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 5: can even use the mistake you made. You brought the 158 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 5: trouble on yourself. But God is so merciful He's. 159 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 4: Going to make the enemy pay. 160 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 5: He can use that mistake to take you higher than 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 5: if you had not made it. 162 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 4: Now do your part and get your hopes up. 163 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 5: Quit reliving all your disappointments. Quit telling your friends how 164 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 5: it's never going to work out, and how you should 165 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 5: just settle where you are. No, shake that off and 166 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 5: have this restoration mentality. I know this couple. They were 167 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 5: living a very blessed life, very successful. Everything was going great. 168 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 5: Then the perfect storm hit. The business went down, the 169 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,119 Speaker 5: lady had some health issues. 170 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 4: One of their laws suddenly died. 171 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 5: One bad thing after another, long story short, they ended 172 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 5: up losing their house. It was foreclosed on, and they 173 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 5: were so discouraged. 174 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 4: They were having to live with. 175 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 5: Some friends and the lady had been in the hospital 176 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 5: for several weeks. When I saw her, she said, Joel, 177 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 5: they say there's light at the end of the tunnel, 178 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 5: but we can't even see the tunnel. We don't see 179 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 5: how this is ever going to work out. I told 180 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 5: them what I'm telling you. Our God is a god 181 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 5: of restoration. Nothing you're facing is a surprise. He had 182 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 5: the solution before you had the problem. He wants to 183 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 5: bring you out better. They would have been happy to 184 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 5: come out like they were before, to have her health back, 185 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 5: to have a place to live, to have money to 186 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 5: pay their bills. I said, that's great, but that's not 187 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 5: how God works. He doesn't bring you out the same. 188 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: He never restores you back to the original condition. 189 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 4: He brings you out better. And at first they couldn't 190 00:09:58,679 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 4: really receive this. 191 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 5: The scripture says the people had become too discouraged to believe. 192 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 5: And if you're not careful, you can let negative thoughts 193 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 5: play in your mind so long that they become ingrained 194 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 5: in your thinking, and you become too discouraged to believe. 195 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 5: When I tell you, God wants to bring you out better. 196 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 5: In your spirit down in here, something comes alive, something says, yes, 197 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 5: this is for me. 198 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 4: I have not seen my best days. 199 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 5: God has greater things in my future. 200 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 4: Your spirit will receive it. That's where God lives. 201 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 5: But many times our mind will try to talk us 202 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 5: out of it. 203 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: This is not for you today. 204 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 5: You never get any good breaks, you'll never be healthy, 205 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 5: you'll never be successful, nor do yourself a favor. At 206 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 5: least temporarily turn your mind off and receive what God 207 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 5: is saying. You may have gone through a loss, but 208 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 5: God is going to bring you out better, promoted in careers, healthier, stronger, 209 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 5: wiser than you were before. 210 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 4: Receive it by faith. 211 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 5: I finally convinced this couple to get in agreement with 212 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 5: God and start expecting things to turn around. And it 213 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 5: didn't happen overnight, but about three years later I saw 214 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 5: them in the lobby. They brought a picture of the 215 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 5: brand new house they had moved into. The lady was 216 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 5: weeping and weeping so grateful. Her husband had started a 217 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 5: new business. It was much more successful than the one 218 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 5: they lost. 219 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 4: They have three children. 220 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 5: In their first home, two of the children had to 221 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 5: share a bedroom. In this new home, each child had 222 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 5: their own bedroom, plus there was. 223 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 4: A spare guest bedroom. 224 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 5: She said, Joel, it's in a better location, closer to 225 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 5: our business. 226 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 4: It's on a bigger lot. 227 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 5: Plus our payments are less on this house than on 228 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 5: the original house that we lost. 229 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 4: Friends, God knows how to restore. 230 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 5: Now, don't talk yourself out of what God wants to do. 231 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 4: You may have gone through a loss. It was painful. 232 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 5: You could be discouraged nor put on a new attitude. 233 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: It's not over until God says it's over. And God 234 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 5: says I'm bringing you out promoted, increased, improved, better than 235 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 5: you were before. 236 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 4: Can you get a vision for it? 237 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 5: See, it's easy in the tough times to get discourage, bitter, 238 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 5: settle where we are not expect anything good. But this 239 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 5: is what faith is all about. You've got to believe 240 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 5: it even when you can't see it. You've got to 241 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 5: thank God even when you feel like complaining. You've got 242 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 5: to say, I know it's on the way, even when 243 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 5: every voice is telling you it's never going to happen. 244 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 5: I know many people that watch have been affected by 245 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 5: Hurricane Sandy, and you could be sour. 246 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: Bitter, no joy. 247 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 5: But if you'll have the right attitude, God will take 248 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 5: what was meant for your harm and use it to 249 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 5: your advantage. That storm was meant to defeat you, but 250 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 5: God will use it to promote you. You're going to 251 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 5: come out with a better house, with better furniture, with 252 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 5: new carpet. God is in the restoration business. 253 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 4: Don't talk yourself out of it. Get up every morning. Father, 254 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 4: I want to. 255 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're a God of restoration. I know 256 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 5: I've been armed with strength for this battle. You said 257 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 5: you'd make the enemy pay. My declaration is I'm coming 258 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 5: out stronger. I'm coming out promoted, I'm coming out increase, 259 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 5: I'm coming out better off than I was before. That's 260 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 5: what allows the most powerful force in the universe to 261 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 5: go to work. It may not happen overnight. God doesn't 262 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 5: say I'll do this in twenty four hours or two 263 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 5: weeks or seven months. God doesn't put a timetable on it. 264 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 5: He simply says, in due season, you will rip if 265 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 5: you don't give up. When you go through a loss, 266 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 5: when you suffer a setback, God immediately stablish is a 267 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 5: due season, a set time to pay you back. But 268 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 5: along the way God is watching, what are they saying? 269 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 5: Do they still believe it's going to happen? Are they 270 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 5: still talking about how it's going to turn around? Or 271 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 5: have they gotten discouraged and settled where they are now 272 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 5: pass the test all through the day, Father, thank you 273 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 5: that you're restoring back everything that belongs to me. Young 274 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 5: man about twenty years old told me how when he 275 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 5: was a child, he was passed from relative to relative. 276 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: Nobody really wanted to raise him. He can't ever remember 277 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 5: laughing and playing. 278 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 4: As a child. 279 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 5: He said, Joel, I feel like somebody stole my childhood. 280 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 5: And it's easy to think, well, too bad, just my luck. 281 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 5: Nothing I can do about that. But God said in 282 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 5: the Book of Joel, I will restore the. 283 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 4: Years that have been stolen. Friends. 284 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 5: God knows how to make up for years of your life. 285 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 4: Relive your childhood. 286 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 5: But God can make the rest of your life so rewarding, 287 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: so fulfilling, that you don't even miss the years that 288 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 5: you lost. You may feel like you wasted years in 289 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 5: a relationship that didn't work out. But God can bring 290 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 5: somebody into your life so great, so fun, so friendly, 291 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 5: so attractive, that you don't even remember the years that 292 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 5: you've lost. You may have spent years on a job 293 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 5: that turned out to be a dead end. You are 294 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 5: working your way to the top. Things didn't turn out 295 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 5: like you'd hoped, and now it looks like there's a 296 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 5: big waste of time, and you don't see how you 297 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 5: could ever get to where you want to be. Now, 298 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 5: don't believe those lies. God knows how to make up 299 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 5: for lost time. God can accelerate things. God can bring 300 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 5: opportunities back across your path that you missed that will 301 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 5: thrust you years ahead. It may not have happened the 302 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 5: first time, but God will always give you another chance. 303 00:15:58,560 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 4: I know this man. 304 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 5: In the first forty years of his life, he was 305 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 5: a cocaine addict. 306 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: He came from a good family. 307 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 5: He had a lot of opportunity, but he blew his marriage, 308 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: blew his education. 309 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 4: He thought it was all over. 310 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 5: But today he's in his late fifties. He's very successful, 311 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 5: he's happily married. He volunteers for us on the weekends. 312 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 5: He said, Joel, I never dreamed God would give me 313 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 5: another chance. What's happening. God is restoring the years. His 314 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 5: latter days are going to be greater than his former days. 315 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 5: That's the way our God is. He knows how to 316 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 5: make up for lost time. Here's the amazing thing. Even 317 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 5: when it's your fault, God is so merciful He'll still 318 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 5: give you another chance. Why don't you quit worrying about 319 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 5: what you lost and how you're not where you think 320 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 5: you should be, and say, God, I believe you can 321 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 5: restore the years that I lost, even when it was 322 00:16:58,560 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 5: my fault. 323 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 4: That takes a lot of boldness. 324 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 5: The enemy will bombard your mind, saying, man, you're a hypocrite. 325 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 4: You can't expect anything good. 326 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 5: You should have been out studying, you should have been working, 327 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 5: you should have been more disciplined. No, this is what 328 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 5: mercy is all about. You don't deserve it. You could 329 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 5: live guilty and condemned. When you shake it off and say, God, 330 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 5: I'm coming boldly to your throne, not because I'm perfect, 331 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 5: but because your son made me worthy. And God, I'm 332 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 5: asking you to turn back time and give me every. 333 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 4: Opportunity that I have missed. See. 334 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 5: God is not moved when we have that weak, unworthy, 335 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 5: poor old me mentality. I don't deserve anything good. I've 336 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 5: made too many mistakes. No, God wants to restore He's 337 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 5: full of mercy. But you've got to have the right attitude. 338 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 5: Some of you have given up on your dreams, thinking 339 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 5: about the years you wasted in the first marriage, and 340 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 5: how you didn't spend enough time with your chill, how 341 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 5: somebody hurts you. Now, quit blaming yourself, quit blaming others. 342 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 5: God can still get you to where you're supposed to. 343 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 4: Be he knows how to restore the years. 344 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 5: Our daughter, Alexandra was two months old when my father 345 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord. And during that time, 346 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 5: my dad was on dialysis and I was taking him 347 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 5: up to the clinic and bringing him back home. 348 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: Was a very busy season. 349 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 5: Then two months later, when Daddy died, our whole world changed. 350 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 5: We were thrust into this new position, and I was 351 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 5: doing my best to just try to keep my head 352 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 5: above water. Now I don't really remember the first few 353 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 5: years of Alexander's life that well. We were in such 354 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 5: a transition and I was learning how to minister, trying 355 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 5: to figure everything out. One day, we were looking at 356 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 5: her baby pictures and I realized that I don't have 357 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 5: the same memories of her the first few years of 358 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 5: her life as I do our son Jonathan, And just 359 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 5: under my breath, almost in passing, I said, God, I'm 360 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 5: asking you to restore the years that I lost being 361 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 5: so busy and so preoccupied with other things. That time, 362 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 5: Alexander was about six years old, and it seemed like 363 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 5: from that time forward all she wanted to do was 364 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 5: to be with me her father. She'd rather go out 365 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 5: in the backyard and let me watch her turn cartwheels 366 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 5: than to have her friends over to play. In fact, 367 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 5: sometimes I needed a break. I would say, Alexandra, are 368 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 5: you sure you don't want to go to your cousins. 369 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 5: You can go swimming. You're sure you don't want to 370 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 5: invite your friends over? She said, no, Daddy, I just 371 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 5: want to stay here with you. Even now she's fourteen 372 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 5: years old, we're still the best of friends. She'll come 373 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 5: up during the day at the house and put her 374 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 5: arm around me in we'll laugh, talk, have a good time. 375 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 5: She's like Victoria, she can't keep her hands off of me. 376 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 4: But you know what that is. That's wishful thinking. What 377 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 4: that is? 378 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 5: Seriously, that's God restoring the years. That's God turning back time. 379 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 5: Why don't you ask God to restore any opportunities that 380 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 5: you've missed. Why don't you ask him to restore relationships 381 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 5: that are not what they should be. 382 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 4: God knows how to restore the years. 383 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 5: Second King's Chapter eighth, there's the story about Elisha, this 384 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 5: lady that was good friends with him, and her son 385 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 5: died and Elisha came prayed for the boy and he 386 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 5: came back to life. Later, there was a great famine 387 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 5: in the land. Elisha told this woman that she needed 388 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 5: to move to another city because the food was going 389 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 5: to be so scarce, So she left there and went 390 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 5: to the land of the Philistines. Seven years later, the 391 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 5: famine was over and she was so excited about coming 392 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 5: back home. But when she arrived, she found that somebody 393 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 5: was living in her house, farming her land, making money 394 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 5: off of her property. 395 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 4: She couldn't believe it. She said, what are you doing here? 396 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 4: This is my house. I built this place. They wouldn't budge. 397 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 4: They weren't about to leave. 398 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 5: She didn't know what to do, so she decided to. 399 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 4: Go see the king. 400 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 5: Now, this king wasn't a godly man. She didn't have 401 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 5: any connection with him. She didn't even know if the king. 402 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 4: Would see her. 403 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 5: But when she arrived, it just so happened that Gehazi, 404 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 5: that was the assistant to Elisha, he happened to be 405 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 5: there visiting with the king. 406 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 4: The king was very intrigued by the prophet Elisha. 407 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 5: He asked Geheze to tell him some stories about the 408 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 5: miracles that Elisha had performed. Just so happened that gehes 409 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 5: I started off telling this story about this little boy 410 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 5: that died and how Elisha prayed, and he came back 411 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 5: to life. Right as he was telling it, perfectly on cue, 412 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 5: this lady walked in the room. Gehes I was amazed. 413 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 5: He said, that's the lady I'm talking about right there. 414 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 5: It was her son that came back to life. The 415 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 5: king said, is this true? She said, exactly true. The 416 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 5: King was so moved not only by the miracle, but 417 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 5: by the fact that this lady had shown up unannounced, 418 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 5: perfectly on que He said to the lady, ma'am, what 419 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 5: can I do for you. She explained her situation, how 420 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 5: she had gone for seven years and now she's back 421 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 5: home and somebody was living in her house. The King said, 422 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 5: no problem, I'll take care of that. He instructed his 423 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,400 Speaker 5: officials to make sure that she not only got her 424 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 5: house back, but he said see to it that she 425 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 5: gets all the money from any crops that were harvested 426 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 5: during the seven years that she was gone. What she 427 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: had lost by being away for seven years was returned 428 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 5: to her in one day. That was God restoring the years, 429 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 5: paying her back for. 430 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 4: What should have been heard. 431 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 5: Now, some of you are due payback. You've lost some things. 432 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 5: The good news is they still have your name on them, 433 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 5: your health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships. If you'll 434 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 5: have this restoration mentality like this, lady, God will pay 435 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 5: you back for everything that should have been yours. God 436 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 5: can make up for seven years of lass. 437 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 4: With one good break. 438 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 5: God can take fifteen years of struggle and lack and 439 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 5: cause one person to show you favor. That will make 440 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 5: up for those fifteen years. You may have struggled in 441 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 5: your health, in a relationship, in your mind, no peace, 442 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 5: but get this down in your spirit. 443 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 4: It's payback time. 444 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 5: God is going to start restoring everything that should have 445 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: been yours. Some of you are raising a child that's difficult. 446 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 4: You never complain. 447 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 5: You love your child, but it's taken your joy, your passion. 448 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 5: God is going to pay you back. He knows exactly 449 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 5: what you're owed. He's going to get give you greater strength, 450 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 5: greater joy. You may have missed out temporarily, but you 451 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,439 Speaker 5: need to get ready. What you're owed is still in 452 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 5: your account and God knows how to get. 453 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 4: It to you. 454 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 5: You may have put up with an illness for a 455 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 5: long time, worked at a job where you're not being 456 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 5: treated right, struggled with an addiction for many years, be encouraged. 457 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 4: Today, Payday is on its way. 458 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 5: God's not only going to turn it around, He's going 459 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 5: to restore everything back to. 460 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 4: You that should have been yours. 461 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,719 Speaker 5: The rest of your life is going to be more rewarding, 462 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 5: more fulfilling than anything. 463 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 4: You've experienced before. That's what it says Psalm sixty six twelve. 464 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 5: We went through the fire, through the flood, but God 465 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 5: brought us out to a place of great abundance. That's 466 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 5: what God is going to do for you. You've been 467 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 5: through the famine, through the tough time, but you passed 468 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 5: the test. Now God's going to bring you not to 469 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 5: a place of abundance, but a place of great abundance, 470 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 5: great joy, great friendships, great health, great income. Our attitude 471 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 5: should be God, I'm ready. I know it's payback time. 472 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 4: Now. 473 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 5: I'm not sitting around focused on what I lost and 474 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 5: who hurt me and where I missed it. I'm focused 475 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 5: on the fact that you're a God of restoration. You're 476 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: full of mercy. You know exactly what I'm old, and 477 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 5: you promised you would pay me back and bring me 478 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 5: to a place of great abundance. That's the attitude that 479 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 5: allows God to restore to make up for lost time, 480 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:38,399 Speaker 5: lost health, lost wages, lost victories. One time in the 481 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 5: Old Testament, an enemy army had surrounded the Israelites and 482 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 5: cut off their food supply. The Israelites were eating things 483 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 5: that were unthinkable. A few more days and they certainly 484 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 5: would have starved to death. The prophet Elisha showed up 485 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 5: and said, by this time tomorrow there will be so 486 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 5: much food you'll be able to buy a loaf of 487 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 5: bread for one penny. The assistant to the king said, Elisha, 488 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 5: what are you talking about. Have you lost your mind? 489 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,479 Speaker 5: Even if God opened up the windows of heaven, that 490 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 5: would not happen. Notice, God said, restoration is coming. It's 491 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 5: going to happen sooner than you think. It's going to 492 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 5: be greater than you imagine. You're coming to a place 493 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 5: of great abundance. But this assistant only looked at it 494 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 5: in the natural. He checked the stock report, he looked 495 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 5: at his bank statement, he watched the nightly news. Said 496 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 5: it's impossible, there's no way that could happen. But there 497 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 5: were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. They said, 498 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 5: we have nothing to lose. We're going to starve to 499 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 5: death anyway. Let's march down toward the enemy's camp and 500 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 5: see what's going on. As they started walking, God multiplied 501 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 5: the sound of their footsteps. They sounded like a huge 502 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 5: army was approaching. 503 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 4: The enemy army. 504 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: Got afraid, took off running, left their food, left their tread, 505 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 5: left a whole camp filled with supplies. Those four lepers 506 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 5: went back to their family, the Israelites, and said, come 507 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 5: with us, there's more than enough. The people were so excited, 508 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 5: so hungry, they took off, running out of the city 509 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 5: to go get the food. This assistant that said it 510 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 5: would never happen was in control of the gate. When 511 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 5: the people came out, running so fast, he got knocked 512 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 5: down and was trampled to death. He said it would 513 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 5: never happen, and for him, he was exactly right. 514 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 4: It never happened. 515 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 5: God is saying today he's going to restore what was stolen. 516 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 4: He's going to pay you back for what you lost. 517 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 4: He's going to. 518 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 5: Bring you to a place of great abundance. Now here's 519 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 5: my challenge. Don't be like this man. I don't see 520 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 5: how it could happen. I never get any good breaks. 521 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 5: I've been through too much. Now that's going to keep 522 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 5: you from God's best. You got to have this restoration mentality. God. 523 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 4: I agree. I know it's payback time. 524 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 5: I want to thank you Lord for restoring the health, 525 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 5: the peace, the joy, the finances, the ideas, everything that 526 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 5: belongs to me. 527 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 4: That's what allows God to work. 528 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 5: But some of you have let your thoughts and discouragement 529 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 5: what you've been through talk you out of it. 530 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 4: But today is a new day. 531 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 5: Faith is rising, strongholds are being broken, favor is coming 532 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 5: because you have this restoration mentality. God's not only going 533 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 5: to restore what's been stolen, but I believe and declare 534 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 5: You're coming out stronger, promoted, increased, healthier, wiser. 535 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 4: You're coming out to a place of abundance. In Jesus' name, 536 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 4: if you receive it. Can you say him in today? 537 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 4: We never like to close our broadcasts without giving you. 538 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 5: An opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 539 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus. 540 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 5: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 541 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 5: make you my Lord and savior. 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