1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:03,070 Speaker 1: I hope you and your family are having a great summer. 2 00:00:03,310 --> 00:00:05,699 Speaker 1: Victoria and I are praying for you, believing for God's 3 00:00:05,780 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: very best in your life. And it's always my pleasure 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,500 Speaker 1: to be able to share a message with you. I 5 00:00:10,539 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: hope you're encouraged and inspired today. 6 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:15,980 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,779 Speaker 2: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,220 Speaker 2: stop by, be a part of one of our services. 9 00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home. 10 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:26,980 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny. And I heard 11 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:30,330 Speaker 2: about this mother. One Sunday morning, she went in her 12 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:33,330 Speaker 2: son's room and said, son, wake up. It's time to 13 00:00:33,370 --> 00:00:36,230 Speaker 2: go to church. He said, no, mom, I'm not going 14 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:39,330 Speaker 2: to go to church today. She said, why not? He said, 15 00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:42,380 Speaker 2: I'll give you two good reasons. Number one, I don't 16 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:44,340 Speaker 2: like the people and number. 17 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 3: Two, they don't like me. 18 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:48,340 Speaker 2: She said, all right, I'll give you two better reasons 19 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,660 Speaker 2: why you should go. Number one, you're 49 years old 20 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:56,740 Speaker 2: and number two, you're the pastor. Say it like you 21 00:00:56,780 --> 00:00:59,740 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 22 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,210 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 23 00:01:02,690 --> 00:01:05,170 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today, 24 00:01:05,310 --> 00:01:07,890 Speaker 2: I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly 25 00:01:07,930 --> 00:01:11,950 Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I 26 00:01:11,990 --> 00:01:16,190 Speaker 2: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 27 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:19,860 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about high time. 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,060 Speaker 2: When we've been believing for our dreams to come to 29 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,580 Speaker 2: pass for a long time, or problems to turn around 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: and we don't see anything happening. 31 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: We're not making progress. We're not getting good breaks. 32 00:01:32,740 --> 00:01:36,180 Speaker 2: It's easy to lose our passion and not expect things 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:36,780 Speaker 2: to change. 34 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,190 Speaker 3: It's been that way so long. We start accepting it. 35 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:44,420 Speaker 2: I'll never get well. I'll never break this addiction. I'll 36 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,900 Speaker 2: never accomplish my goals. I tried, I prayed, I believed, 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,180 Speaker 2: but it didn't work out. That may have been true 38 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,750 Speaker 2: in the past, but I believe you are entering into 39 00:01:54,780 --> 00:01:59,130 Speaker 2: a new season. The scripture says, now is the high 40 00:01:59,210 --> 00:02:03,050 Speaker 2: time to wake up out of your sleep, for you 41 00:02:03,130 --> 00:02:06,650 Speaker 2: are nearer to your salvation than when you first believed. 42 00:02:07,590 --> 00:02:10,500 Speaker 2: When God first put the promises in your heart, you 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: were excited, you told people what you were going to do, 44 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,290 Speaker 2: but now it's been months, maybe years, It hasn't turned 45 00:02:18,330 --> 00:02:20,810 Speaker 2: out the way you had planned. You don't think it's 46 00:02:20,910 --> 00:02:24,790 Speaker 2: ever going to happen. God is saying you are closer 47 00:02:24,950 --> 00:02:28,190 Speaker 2: now to seeing it come to pass than you've ever been. 48 00:02:28,910 --> 00:02:33,250 Speaker 2: You're coming in to a high time. High time is 49 00:02:33,290 --> 00:02:37,570 Speaker 2: when things suddenly change in your favor. High time is 50 00:02:37,610 --> 00:02:40,549 Speaker 2: when blessings chase you down. You don't have to go 51 00:02:40,630 --> 00:02:44,490 Speaker 2: after them. They come after you. High time is when 52 00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:45,590 Speaker 2: your healing shows up. 53 00:02:46,169 --> 00:02:48,710 Speaker 3: You meet the right person. You break the addiction. 54 00:02:49,050 --> 00:02:53,030 Speaker 2: God makes things happen that you couldn't make happen. Now, 55 00:02:53,150 --> 00:02:55,950 Speaker 2: if you're going to see this high time, there's something 56 00:02:55,970 --> 00:02:58,870 Speaker 2: you have to do. Wake up out of your sleep. 57 00:02:59,750 --> 00:03:04,310 Speaker 2: That means get your passion back. Start believing again. Start 58 00:03:04,370 --> 00:03:08,450 Speaker 2: expecting things to change. Start talking like it's going to happen. 59 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:13,010 Speaker 2: You can't sleep through your high time and see God's favor. 60 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,340 Speaker 2: You can't be complacent and step into the fullness of 61 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: what God has in store. The Amplified Version says it's 62 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,780 Speaker 2: a critical time. It stresses the importance of the season. 63 00:03:26,590 --> 00:03:30,410 Speaker 2: It's saying, don't take it lightly. Don't dismiss it and say, oh, 64 00:03:30,450 --> 00:03:33,389 Speaker 2: this isn't for me today. If you don't stir your 65 00:03:33,450 --> 00:03:36,590 Speaker 2: faith up, you can miss the new things God wants 66 00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:40,869 Speaker 2: to do. What you're believing for is not way off 67 00:03:40,910 --> 00:03:44,470 Speaker 2: in the distance, it's close, it's at hand. It could 68 00:03:44,510 --> 00:03:47,970 Speaker 2: happen today. Live with this expectancy. 69 00:03:48,630 --> 00:03:51,930 Speaker 3: There has to be an anticipation in your spirit that. 70 00:03:51,830 --> 00:03:56,150 Speaker 2: Today could be my day. Not one day in the 71 00:03:56,190 --> 00:03:59,450 Speaker 2: sweet by and by I'll be blessed. One day I'll 72 00:03:59,470 --> 00:04:02,390 Speaker 2: be free from these problems. One day, Joel, I'll walk 73 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:05,030 Speaker 2: on streets of gold. Won't have to deal with these bills. 74 00:04:05,490 --> 00:04:08,460 Speaker 2: The problem with the one day mentality is you will 75 00:04:08,510 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: miss what God wants to do today. We're not going 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: to need favor in the sweet by and by. When 77 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: we get to heaven, we're not going to have any problems. 78 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:18,940 Speaker 3: God wants to. 79 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 2: Give you favor right here, right now. The prophet Joel said, 80 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: wake up the mighty men, wake up the mighty women. 81 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,289 Speaker 2: My message today is very simple. Wake up, get your 82 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,150 Speaker 2: passion back, get your hopes up. You are closer to 83 00:04:36,210 --> 00:04:39,860 Speaker 2: meeting the right person than you've ever been. You are 84 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,370 Speaker 2: closer to seeing your health turn around than you've ever been. 85 00:04:44,210 --> 00:04:47,450 Speaker 2: You are closer to going to new levels, to seeing 86 00:04:47,630 --> 00:04:50,110 Speaker 2: explosive blessings than you've ever been. 87 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,970 Speaker 3: My question is, are you awake? 88 00:04:53,670 --> 00:04:58,100 Speaker 2: Do you recognize this is your high time? The opposite 89 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,020 Speaker 2: of high time, of course, is low time. And some 90 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 2: people live with a low time mentality. I never get 91 00:05:04,940 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 2: any good breaks. My boss doesn't like me. I'll never 92 00:05:08,220 --> 00:05:11,150 Speaker 2: get back in shape. I've struggled my whole life. I'll 93 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:14,150 Speaker 2: never get my business off the ground. Nobody in my 94 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:17,830 Speaker 2: family is successful. As long as you have a low 95 00:05:17,890 --> 00:05:21,430 Speaker 2: time mentality, it will keep you from rising higher. 96 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:22,860 Speaker 3: Turn it around. 97 00:05:23,380 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: Get in agreement with God. 98 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:25,820 Speaker 3: Father, thank you. 99 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,940 Speaker 2: This is my high time. I believe I'm close to 100 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:33,210 Speaker 2: my victory. Somebody asked you, how are you doing? Don't 101 00:05:33,270 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: tell them all the reasons why you're not going to 102 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,339 Speaker 2: get well, how your grandmother had the same illness. She 103 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:43,339 Speaker 2: only made it to 47. You can talk yourself into defeat. 104 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,890 Speaker 2: Have a high time mentality. Yes, I hadn't been feeling well, 105 00:05:48,150 --> 00:05:51,110 Speaker 2: but I know I'm close to my healing. I'm close 106 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:55,170 Speaker 2: to the turnaround. You're still single. Yes, but I'm not worried. 107 00:05:55,410 --> 00:05:58,570 Speaker 2: I'm close to meeting the right person. He may show 108 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:01,990 Speaker 2: up today. I could meet her tomorrow. You don't know 109 00:06:02,050 --> 00:06:05,349 Speaker 2: they could be in this building. Look around before you leave. 110 00:06:05,490 --> 00:06:08,830 Speaker 2: Don't go out in a hurry. You're still at that 111 00:06:08,950 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 2: same position. You're still, look around later, not now. You're 112 00:06:14,779 --> 00:06:18,739 Speaker 2: still in that same apartment. Yes, but I know a secret. 113 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: I'm in high time. I'm close to favor. I'm close 114 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,690 Speaker 2: to promotion. I'm close to stepping up to a new 115 00:06:25,730 --> 00:06:26,930 Speaker 2: level of my destiny. 116 00:06:28,089 --> 00:06:30,289 Speaker 3: When we were children, we used to play a game. 117 00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: One of us would hide something in the house and 118 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: the other person would try to find it. The one 119 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 2: that hid it would give them clues by telling them 120 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: they were getting hotter or getting colder. 121 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,350 Speaker 3: The closer you got to it, the hotter you were. 122 00:06:45,089 --> 00:06:47,310 Speaker 2: I would play with my little sister, April, and when 123 00:06:47,350 --> 00:06:50,250 Speaker 2: she was going the wrong direction, I'd say, you're getting cool. 124 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: You're getting cooler. 125 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: You're cold. 126 00:06:53,180 --> 00:06:53,900 Speaker 3: You're freezing. 127 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:55,540 Speaker 2: She turned, go the right way. 128 00:06:55,779 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: You're getting warm. 129 00:06:57,060 --> 00:06:57,940 Speaker 2: You're getting warmer. 130 00:06:58,580 --> 00:06:59,339 Speaker 3: Now you're hot. 131 00:06:59,860 --> 00:07:02,190 Speaker 2: Now you're really hot. When she got right up close 132 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:06,630 Speaker 2: to it, I'd say, you're on fire. You're burning. What 133 00:07:06,650 --> 00:07:10,310 Speaker 2: you been believing for? What you're dreaming about? May not 134 00:07:10,350 --> 00:07:13,330 Speaker 2: have happened for a long time. Now you're tempted to 135 00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:15,830 Speaker 2: settle there and think that it wasn't meant to be. 136 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:19,740 Speaker 3: God is saying you're on fire. You're burning. 137 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,260 Speaker 2: You're close to your victory. You're close to your breakthrough. 138 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 2: This is not the time to get discouraged. This is the. 139 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:29,060 Speaker 3: Time to stir your faith up. 140 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: You are closer now to seeing it happen than you've 141 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:36,620 Speaker 2: ever been. Now you may not see any sign of 142 00:07:36,670 --> 00:07:41,140 Speaker 2: it yet. The medical report hasn't changed. The fertility treatments 143 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: haven't worked. You still feel stuck in your career. The 144 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,580 Speaker 2: enemy would love to convince you to go to sleep. 145 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 2: Quit believing, quit dreaming, quit praying. It's never going to 146 00:07:52,380 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 2: work out. 147 00:07:53,430 --> 00:07:54,650 Speaker 3: You're just wasting your time. 148 00:07:55,130 --> 00:07:56,730 Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies. 149 00:07:57,090 --> 00:07:59,630 Speaker 3: You are entering into a new season. 150 00:08:00,110 --> 00:08:03,260 Speaker 2: In this high time, it's not going to happen the 151 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,180 Speaker 2: way you thought. God's not going to do it a 152 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,740 Speaker 2: traditional way. He's going to do something unusual, something out 153 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: of the ordinary. 154 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,020 Speaker 3: You didn't see it coming. 155 00:08:13,670 --> 00:08:18,570 Speaker 2: It looked like another routine day, nothing special. Then suddenly 156 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:21,179 Speaker 2: out of nowhere, you meet the right person. 157 00:08:21,580 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: You didn't go after them. 158 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:27,370 Speaker 2: They came after you. Suddenly your health turns around. Suddenly 159 00:08:27,430 --> 00:08:32,090 Speaker 2: you get the promotion. God is full of surprises. He 160 00:08:32,170 --> 00:08:35,809 Speaker 2: loves to do things not on a normal timetable, not 161 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:38,860 Speaker 2: in a normal way, but when we don't expect it, 162 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:42,540 Speaker 2: when it seems the least likely. If we knew it 163 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,300 Speaker 2: was high time, if we could see it was going 164 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,110 Speaker 2: to happen, the scripture wouldn't tell us to wake up. 165 00:08:49,059 --> 00:08:52,740 Speaker 2: High time, when you're closer than you've ever been is 166 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,100 Speaker 2: when every circumstance says nothing's changing. It's not gonna work out. 167 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,340 Speaker 2: Just settle where you are. This is what happened with 168 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,300 Speaker 2: a man in John chapter five. He was crippled. Every day, 169 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:07,900 Speaker 2: his friends would carry him to the pool of Bethesda. 170 00:09:08,660 --> 00:09:13,290 Speaker 2: It was surrounded by people in great need, lame, sick, blind. 171 00:09:14,150 --> 00:09:17,110 Speaker 2: Once a year, the angel would stir the waters. The 172 00:09:17,130 --> 00:09:20,730 Speaker 2: first person to get in would be healed. This man 173 00:09:20,830 --> 00:09:25,050 Speaker 2: had been lying there for 38 years. I can see 174 00:09:25,090 --> 00:09:27,610 Speaker 2: the reason why he went. There was a chance he 175 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:31,170 Speaker 2: could be well, but I'm not so sure now he 176 00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:34,780 Speaker 2: wasn't just going there to be around other people that 177 00:09:34,820 --> 00:09:39,500 Speaker 2: were like him. Sometimes when we're dysfunctional, we like to 178 00:09:39,540 --> 00:09:44,100 Speaker 2: be around other dysfunctional people so we feel normal. If 179 00:09:44,179 --> 00:09:47,979 Speaker 2: I'm insecure and you're insecure and we go find other 180 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:49,790 Speaker 2: insecure people, then. 181 00:09:49,710 --> 00:09:51,930 Speaker 3: Being insecure doesn't seem unusual. 182 00:09:53,110 --> 00:09:57,370 Speaker 2: Don't make the mistake of surrounding yourself with people that 183 00:09:57,510 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 2: feed your dysfunction. As long as you accept the dysfunction, 184 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:14,979 Speaker 2: you're giving it permission to stay. You may have been 185 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:20,460 Speaker 2: fighting depression, illnesses, addictions your whole life, but that is 186 00:10:20,580 --> 00:10:24,809 Speaker 2: not your destiny. Don't be complacent and learn to live 187 00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:29,010 Speaker 2: with it. If you're depressed, don't go find depressed friends. 188 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:33,590 Speaker 2: Don't get around people that enable your dysfunction. Get around 189 00:10:33,650 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: some happy friends. Get around people that lift your spirit, 190 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 2: not people that make you more depressed. If you're struggling 191 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: with an addiction, don't hang around people that are addicted. 192 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: It's hard enough to stay strong on your own. You 193 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,939 Speaker 2: don't need them pulling you down. When you get better, 194 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,420 Speaker 2: when you're free, you. 195 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,620 Speaker 3: Can go back and help them. 196 00:10:53,990 --> 00:10:57,290 Speaker 2: But right now you need to stay out of that dysfunction. 197 00:10:57,910 --> 00:11:02,630 Speaker 2: Get around people that have what you want. Not we're 198 00:11:02,650 --> 00:11:05,810 Speaker 2: being addicted is the norm, but we're being free is 199 00:11:05,850 --> 00:11:08,830 Speaker 2: the norm. We're being happy is the norm. We're being 200 00:11:08,890 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: victorious is the norm. This man had 38 chances to 201 00:11:13,510 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: get well. 38 times, once a year, the angel stirred 202 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 2: the waters, but somebody always got. 203 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:20,780 Speaker 3: In in front of him. 204 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 2: And I'm sure they knew when the angel normally came. 205 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 3: Maybe it was in the spring. They would especially be 206 00:11:29,179 --> 00:11:29,580 Speaker 3: on guard. 207 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:32,340 Speaker 2: This is our time. It could happen any moment. When 208 00:11:32,380 --> 00:11:35,490 Speaker 2: it didn't happen, they would sit there month after month, 209 00:11:35,730 --> 00:11:39,569 Speaker 2: no expectancy, no passion. They had to wait a whole 210 00:11:39,630 --> 00:11:44,270 Speaker 2: year just to have another chance. But one day Jesus 211 00:11:44,450 --> 00:11:47,860 Speaker 2: showed up at the pool. I can imagine it was 212 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: during the fall. There were hundreds of sick people all around, 213 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 2: but he walked straight to this crippled man and said, 214 00:11:55,540 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 2: do you want to get well? 215 00:11:57,670 --> 00:12:01,270 Speaker 3: That seemed like an odd question. He came to the pool. 216 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 2: To get well, but I believe Jesus could see that 217 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,980 Speaker 2: he had been there so long he had gone to sleep. 218 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:13,210 Speaker 2: He wasn't expecting anything to change. Early on, the first 219 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:17,030 Speaker 2: few years, he was excited. He knew he would be next, 220 00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:18,610 Speaker 2: but it didn't happen. 221 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:21,550 Speaker 3: The first year, the fifth year, or the 20th year. 222 00:12:22,470 --> 00:12:26,460 Speaker 2: Now, instead of answering Jesus with a simple, yes, I 223 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:30,010 Speaker 2: want to get well, He said, sir, I have nobody 224 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:33,390 Speaker 2: to help me. When the angel comes, somebody always gets 225 00:12:33,429 --> 00:12:37,790 Speaker 2: in front of me. Jesus didn't say, I understand. I 226 00:12:37,830 --> 00:12:40,660 Speaker 2: feel sorry for you. You've had a rough life. Jesus 227 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:44,339 Speaker 2: said to him, get up, pick up your bed and walk. 228 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 2: The man was confused. 229 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,300 Speaker 3: He thought, what do you mean? I can't walk. 230 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,229 Speaker 2: Can't you see I'm crippled? The angel didn't come. It 231 00:12:55,270 --> 00:12:58,450 Speaker 2: wasn't the right season. It wasn't the normal way. 232 00:12:59,270 --> 00:13:02,950 Speaker 3: He had seen 38 people healed before. He knew how 233 00:13:02,990 --> 00:13:05,970 Speaker 3: it happened. He was an expert. In the spring, the 234 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 3: angel showed up. 235 00:13:06,890 --> 00:13:10,590 Speaker 2: That's when you got well. Now he was at a crossroads. 236 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:14,250 Speaker 2: Was he going to let tradition, how it happened in 237 00:13:14,290 --> 00:13:17,500 Speaker 2: the past, what he was expecting, talk him out of it? 238 00:13:18,309 --> 00:13:20,730 Speaker 2: Or was he going to say, if you say I 239 00:13:20,770 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 2: can get up, I'm going to get up. All of 240 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 2: a sudden, something came alive on the inside. What happened? 241 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,070 Speaker 3: He woke up. 242 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,970 Speaker 2: He recognized this is my high time. I'm closer now 243 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:36,589 Speaker 2: than I've ever been. I'm not going to sit around 244 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:40,690 Speaker 2: another year discouraged, surrounded by defeat. I'm going to arise. 245 00:13:41,270 --> 00:13:44,470 Speaker 2: When he started to get up, instantly his legs were healed. 246 00:13:44,910 --> 00:13:47,100 Speaker 2: He picked up his bed and walked out of there. 247 00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 2: But Jesus didn't come at the normal time and do 248 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 2: it a normal way. This man didn't see anything different 249 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 2: than he had seen in 38 years. Yet suddenly he 250 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: came in to his high time. Well, Joel, I've had 251 00:14:02,950 --> 00:14:06,230 Speaker 2: this addiction since high school. I've been praying for my 252 00:14:06,290 --> 00:14:09,949 Speaker 2: dreams to come to pass for years. Nothing's happened. I've 253 00:14:09,970 --> 00:14:12,250 Speaker 2: been believing for this child to get back on course. 254 00:14:12,550 --> 00:14:15,890 Speaker 2: I don't think it's possible anymore. I'm here to wake 255 00:14:15,929 --> 00:14:19,770 Speaker 2: you up. Even if it's been 38 years, it is 256 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,820 Speaker 2: not too late. In the scripture, Sarah had a baby 257 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,500 Speaker 2: when she was 80 years old. What God put in 258 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,700 Speaker 2: your heart, don't talk yourself out of it. You are 259 00:14:30,740 --> 00:14:34,570 Speaker 2: coming in to your high time. You're about to see 260 00:14:34,610 --> 00:14:39,910 Speaker 2: God do unusual things. You weren't the most qualified, but 261 00:14:39,950 --> 00:14:43,430 Speaker 2: they skipped over others and chose you. You didn't see 262 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:46,510 Speaker 2: it coming. It wasn't the normal time to be promoted, 263 00:14:46,850 --> 00:14:50,810 Speaker 2: but God showed up in the quote, wrong season. The 264 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:53,790 Speaker 2: medical report said you wouldn't get well. Just learn to 265 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: live with it. But you came in to your high time. 266 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 2: God did what medicine couldn't do. He healed you out 267 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,660 Speaker 2: of season. He promoted you out of season. Your business 268 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:07,950 Speaker 2: takes off out of season. I talked to a lady 269 00:15:08,090 --> 00:15:11,810 Speaker 2: that works in sales. Last year, everyone in her company 270 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:16,170 Speaker 2: had a down year, over a hundred salespeople. But she said, Joel, 271 00:15:16,650 --> 00:15:19,870 Speaker 2: it was like clients were looking for me. I didn't 272 00:15:19,910 --> 00:15:23,090 Speaker 2: have to go after new business. Every time I turned around, 273 00:15:23,410 --> 00:15:27,250 Speaker 2: someone was calling me. People she didn't even know were 274 00:15:27,290 --> 00:15:32,350 Speaker 2: recommending her, sending business her way. She ended up 50% 275 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 2: higher than her previous year. Her coworkers couldn't understand how 276 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 2: in a down year she could be doing so great. 277 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,670 Speaker 2: What was that? God showing up in the wrong season 278 00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:49,110 Speaker 2: when she wasn't expecting it. God loves to do unusual things. 279 00:15:49,930 --> 00:15:53,060 Speaker 2: When you think you should be asleep, Don't expect much. 280 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,260 Speaker 2: Just make it through this year. 281 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 3: No, get ready. 282 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 2: God is about to surprise you. He's going to make 283 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:03,250 Speaker 2: things happen that you couldn't make happen out of season, out. 284 00:16:03,230 --> 00:16:06,570 Speaker 3: Of time, not the traditional way, not ordinary. 285 00:16:07,070 --> 00:16:07,530 Speaker 2: It's going to. 286 00:16:07,510 --> 00:16:09,190 Speaker 3: Happen sooner than you think. 287 00:16:10,130 --> 00:16:13,310 Speaker 2: Second Kings chapter seven, there was a great famine in 288 00:16:13,350 --> 00:16:17,050 Speaker 2: the city of Samaria. Food was so scarce that it 289 00:16:17,090 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 2: cost a hundred times what it normally did. To make 290 00:16:20,650 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: matters worse, an army had surrounded the city and cut 291 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:28,420 Speaker 2: off the food supply. The prophet Elisha showed up and 292 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:32,700 Speaker 2: said to the Israelites, by this time tomorrow, there will 293 00:16:32,740 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: be so much food, you'll be able to buy a 294 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,030 Speaker 2: loaf of bread for one penny and 10 quarts of 295 00:16:39,090 --> 00:16:40,990 Speaker 2: flour all for one cent. 296 00:16:41,910 --> 00:16:43,350 Speaker 3: The people thought, come on, Elisha. 297 00:16:43,930 --> 00:16:47,950 Speaker 2: We're starving, we're surrounded by an army, and you're telling 298 00:16:48,110 --> 00:16:51,710 Speaker 2: us this is our high time. You're saying we're close 299 00:16:51,770 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: to our victory. Can't you see it's the wrong circumstances, 300 00:16:56,300 --> 00:17:00,260 Speaker 2: wrong time, all the odds are against us. There was 301 00:17:00,340 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 2: no reason in the natural for them to believe what 302 00:17:03,540 --> 00:17:07,580 Speaker 2: Elisha said. Maybe the same thing for you. Joel, you 303 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 2: say it's my high time. If you saw my bank account, 304 00:17:11,010 --> 00:17:13,730 Speaker 2: you'd say it's my low time. If you saw my 305 00:17:13,770 --> 00:17:17,149 Speaker 2: medical report, if you saw how these people were treating 306 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:19,530 Speaker 2: me at work, you wouldn't tell me I'm close to 307 00:17:19,570 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 2: my victory. You wouldn't say, get my hopes up. That's 308 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 2: just how these people felt. But just because you don't 309 00:17:26,260 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 2: see a way doesn't mean that God doesn't. 310 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 3: Have a way. 311 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:33,990 Speaker 2: It's easy to be discouraged, to be negative, let circumstances 312 00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:34,899 Speaker 2: talk you out of it. 313 00:17:35,350 --> 00:17:36,450 Speaker 3: That doesn't take any fame. 314 00:17:37,109 --> 00:17:40,169 Speaker 2: But when it seems impossible, when you don't have the 315 00:17:40,230 --> 00:17:44,350 Speaker 2: connections to accomplish your dreams, when the medical report isn't good, 316 00:17:44,850 --> 00:17:47,570 Speaker 2: that's when you have to dig your heels in and say, 317 00:17:47,790 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: all the odds may be against me, but God, I 318 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,940 Speaker 2: know you are for me. I believe things are changing 319 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,590 Speaker 2: in my favor. There were four lepers sitting outside the 320 00:17:58,630 --> 00:18:01,869 Speaker 2: city gates of Samaria. They said to each other, we 321 00:18:01,890 --> 00:18:05,110 Speaker 2: have nothing to lose. We're going to die anyway. Let's 322 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:08,129 Speaker 2: go down to the enemy's camp and see what they're doing. 323 00:18:08,990 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: As they walked toward the enemy, God multiplied the sound 324 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 2: of their footsteps. It sounded like a huge army was approaching. 325 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,660 Speaker 2: The enemy panicked and took off running for their lives. 326 00:18:22,420 --> 00:18:25,490 Speaker 2: They left all their food, all their supplies, all their 327 00:18:25,530 --> 00:18:29,270 Speaker 2: equipment The lepers went back and told the Israelites what 328 00:18:29,310 --> 00:18:33,470 Speaker 2: had happened. Just like Elisha said, there was so much food, 329 00:18:33,830 --> 00:18:36,169 Speaker 2: you could buy a loaf of bread for one penny. 330 00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:42,030 Speaker 2: It all happened 24 hours after Elisha said it. God 331 00:18:42,090 --> 00:18:47,100 Speaker 2: told them, by this time tomorrow. Seemed impossible, no way 332 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,580 Speaker 2: in the natural, but we serve a supernatural God. He 333 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 2: has some by this time tomorrows for you. When it 334 00:18:55,980 --> 00:19:00,230 Speaker 2: looks the most unlikely, get ready for the most high 335 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:04,730 Speaker 2: God to show up and surprise you. And yes, I 336 00:19:04,790 --> 00:19:09,070 Speaker 2: realize there are seasons of waiting, seasons of being faithful, 337 00:19:09,130 --> 00:19:12,260 Speaker 2: doing the right thing when it's hard. But at some point, 338 00:19:12,340 --> 00:19:15,260 Speaker 2: that season of testing is going to come to an end. 339 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 2: Like the Israelites, you may feel like you're in a famine, 340 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,220 Speaker 2: surrounded by difficulties. If you ever wanted to doubt, be discouraged, 341 00:19:24,290 --> 00:19:26,270 Speaker 2: talk yourself out of it, it would be now. 342 00:19:27,090 --> 00:19:29,109 Speaker 3: My challenge is stay awake. 343 00:19:29,770 --> 00:19:32,690 Speaker 2: Don't go to sleep. God has some by this time 344 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:37,060 Speaker 2: tomorrows for you. He can do it suddenly, unexpectedly. You 345 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,869 Speaker 2: didn't see it coming. I received an email from a 346 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 2: young lady that just graduated from college and she was 347 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,850 Speaker 2: very grateful to have her degree, but she was thousands 348 00:19:47,950 --> 00:19:50,709 Speaker 2: of dollars in debt. It looked like she would be 349 00:19:50,750 --> 00:19:52,750 Speaker 2: paying on that for the next 20 years. 350 00:19:53,470 --> 00:19:54,990 Speaker 3: But recently the. 351 00:19:54,930 --> 00:19:58,540 Speaker 2: College called and informed her that they were forgiving her 352 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: debt of $ 54, 000. She was so excited. She said, Joel, 353 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,220 Speaker 2: it was like my degree in criminal justice was for free. 354 00:20:08,550 --> 00:20:10,990 Speaker 2: One night she went to bed tens of thousands of 355 00:20:11,050 --> 00:20:14,210 Speaker 2: dollars in debt, but by that time tomorrow, she was 356 00:20:14,270 --> 00:20:18,270 Speaker 2: debt free. She didn't see it coming. She wasn't expecting it. 357 00:20:18,490 --> 00:20:19,030 Speaker 2: What happened? 358 00:20:19,290 --> 00:20:21,129 Speaker 3: She came in to her high time. 359 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,219 Speaker 2: Like her, you are closer to your freedom, closer to 360 00:20:26,290 --> 00:20:27,750 Speaker 2: your abundance, closer to. 361 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,450 Speaker 3: Your breakthrough than you realize. 362 00:20:30,010 --> 00:20:32,170 Speaker 2: It may look like you're going to be in debt 363 00:20:32,210 --> 00:20:35,330 Speaker 2: for the next 30 years, but God has some by 364 00:20:35,369 --> 00:20:38,590 Speaker 2: this time tomorrow's for you. You may think you're going 365 00:20:38,609 --> 00:20:40,869 Speaker 2: to have to struggle with that illness the rest of 366 00:20:40,910 --> 00:20:44,410 Speaker 2: your life. No, stay awake. You're coming in to your 367 00:20:44,470 --> 00:20:47,670 Speaker 2: high time. I talked to a man that had flown 368 00:20:47,730 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: to Houston to have treatment at the medical center and 369 00:20:51,330 --> 00:20:54,530 Speaker 2: He has a cancerous tumor in his stomach area. He 370 00:20:54,570 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: was told he would need to take treatment for six 371 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: months and then they would evaluate to see if the 372 00:20:59,780 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: tumor was shrinking. Before he started the new treatment, they 373 00:21:03,619 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 2: took x-rays and noticed that the tumor was already shrinking. Surprised, 374 00:21:09,540 --> 00:21:12,410 Speaker 2: they asked the man if he was doing anything differently. 375 00:21:12,630 --> 00:21:13,129 Speaker 2: He wasn't. 376 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:16,370 Speaker 3: They said, you don't need to take the treatment. 377 00:21:16,670 --> 00:21:18,570 Speaker 2: Your body is healing itself. 378 00:21:19,220 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 3: Let's wait and see what happens. 379 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 2: He flew all that way to have it, but God 380 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:29,169 Speaker 2: had a, by this time tomorrow, waiting for him. Well, Joel, 381 00:21:29,710 --> 00:21:32,170 Speaker 2: what if it doesn't happen by tomorrow? Then you should 382 00:21:32,210 --> 00:21:35,270 Speaker 2: go to bed that night saying, father, thank you. Now 383 00:21:35,430 --> 00:21:38,060 Speaker 2: I know I'm one day closer to seeing it come 384 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 2: to pass. Keep this expectancy in your spirit. 385 00:21:43,350 --> 00:21:45,530 Speaker 3: Those things that have held you back in the past, 386 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:47,389 Speaker 3: that is not your destiny. 387 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:51,410 Speaker 2: That is not how your story ends. Don't let negative 388 00:21:51,470 --> 00:21:56,350 Speaker 2: circumstances convince you to settle where you are. Jesus said 389 00:21:56,410 --> 00:22:00,109 Speaker 2: in John four, say not there are four months and 390 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:03,510 Speaker 2: then come the harvest. Lift up your eyes, look on 391 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:07,940 Speaker 2: the fields for the harvest is ready now. Notice the principle, 392 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:12,420 Speaker 2: say not it's four months away. Say not it's never 393 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 2: gonna happen. Say not, maybe one day I'll get the 394 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,169 Speaker 2: break I need. If you're always in the future, the 395 00:22:19,290 --> 00:22:21,729 Speaker 2: say nots will keep you from God's best. 396 00:22:22,450 --> 00:22:23,290 Speaker 3: You have to get. 397 00:22:23,230 --> 00:22:27,090 Speaker 2: Rid of the say nots. Now is the time to believe. 398 00:22:27,630 --> 00:22:30,970 Speaker 2: Now is the time to release your faith. What you're 399 00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 2: hoping for is not way off in the distance. 400 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,420 Speaker 3: It's closer than you think. You're in your high time. 401 00:22:38,450 --> 00:22:42,790 Speaker 2: When a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, it spends about 402 00:22:42,890 --> 00:22:47,290 Speaker 2: three weeks in the cocoon. It develops its wings. It 403 00:22:47,330 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: gets the strength to push out. 404 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,900 Speaker 3: And finally it comes out of that cocoon. 405 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: I'm sure it's happy. You know, at least it's not 406 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 2: in the cocoon. It's not dark anymore. It's not confined. 407 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,700 Speaker 2: But the problem is, even though he has brand new wings, 408 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: at first the wings don't work. They're soft. 409 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 3: They're folded over. 410 00:23:08,330 --> 00:23:11,409 Speaker 2: He could think, wow, I'm glad I'm not a caterpillar anymore. 411 00:23:11,650 --> 00:23:14,129 Speaker 2: At least I look better, but I still can't get 412 00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:17,570 Speaker 2: off the ground. I still can't go any faster. It 413 00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:21,030 Speaker 2: looks like he's stuck, but for the next few hours, 414 00:23:21,430 --> 00:23:26,330 Speaker 2: the butterfly starts pumping blood through its wings. Those wings 415 00:23:26,390 --> 00:23:30,230 Speaker 2: start to spread out. They start to get stronger and firmer. 416 00:23:30,630 --> 00:23:34,570 Speaker 2: After four hours of pumping blood through them, those wings 417 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 2: are now ready for flight. The butterfly takes off into 418 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,690 Speaker 2: the air. Like this butterfly, many times we know there's 419 00:23:42,730 --> 00:23:45,990 Speaker 2: more in us. We know we're supposed to rise higher. 420 00:23:46,270 --> 00:23:49,790 Speaker 2: We can feel these seeds of greatness. We read God's 421 00:23:49,890 --> 00:23:53,350 Speaker 2: promises that tell us we're supposed to be healthy. We're 422 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:56,470 Speaker 2: supposed to live an abundant life. We're supposed to break 423 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:59,860 Speaker 2: the addiction. Our wings are there, but they're not working. 424 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 2: We're not getting off the ground. We're not making progress. 425 00:24:04,140 --> 00:24:07,850 Speaker 2: But like this butterfly, There's nothing wrong with your wings. 426 00:24:08,450 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: You're not stuck. As you keep honoring God, as you 427 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,940 Speaker 2: keep being your best, you know what's happening? You're pumping 428 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 2: blood through your wings. They're starting to spread out. They're 429 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 2: getting stronger. Every time you thank God for the victory, 430 00:24:24,140 --> 00:24:27,490 Speaker 2: you just pump blood into your wings. Every time you 431 00:24:27,530 --> 00:24:30,470 Speaker 2: come to church, you're pumping more blood into your wings. 432 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:33,210 Speaker 2: When you get up in the morning with a grateful 433 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:35,990 Speaker 2: heart and thank God for the day, you're pumping in 434 00:24:36,030 --> 00:24:42,550 Speaker 2: more blood. Your wings are developing. At the right time, suddenly, unexpectedly, 435 00:24:42,790 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 2: you're going to take off. You're going to go further 436 00:24:45,730 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 2: than you ever imagined. Now don't get discouraged because it 437 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:54,030 Speaker 2: hasn't happened yet. Just keep pumping that blood. Keep honoring God. 438 00:24:54,490 --> 00:24:59,230 Speaker 2: Keep being faithful. Keep hoping, praying, believing. Isaiah said, they 439 00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:02,950 Speaker 2: that wait on the Lord will renew their strength. They 440 00:25:02,990 --> 00:25:07,130 Speaker 2: will mount up with wings like eagles. God has some 441 00:25:07,210 --> 00:25:10,660 Speaker 2: wings for you. When this says to wait, it doesn't 442 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:14,020 Speaker 2: mean to be passive. Sick back, God, why aren't you 443 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:20,090 Speaker 2: doing anything? Nothing's working out. One translation says, wait with expectancy. 444 00:25:20,750 --> 00:25:23,650 Speaker 2: Wait knowing that it's on the way. In other words, 445 00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:26,180 Speaker 2: I'm on the ground now, but I know I'm about 446 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:29,179 Speaker 2: to fly. I'm close to my healing. I'm close to 447 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 2: my breakthrough. I'm close to the promotion. That's how you 448 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:36,740 Speaker 2: get your wings. not dragging around disappointed, focusing on how 449 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,020 Speaker 2: long it's taken, why it's never going to work out. 450 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,830 Speaker 2: That's a low time mentality. You have to come over 451 00:25:43,050 --> 00:25:47,290 Speaker 2: into high time. Those things you're believing for, you've never 452 00:25:47,369 --> 00:25:51,750 Speaker 2: been closer than right now. It could happen today. It 453 00:25:51,790 --> 00:25:55,229 Speaker 2: could happen by this time tomorrow. Your wings could be 454 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:58,700 Speaker 2: developed this month. Now get rid of the say nots. 455 00:25:59,380 --> 00:26:02,380 Speaker 2: Quit believing those lies that it's way off in the distance. 456 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:07,060 Speaker 3: God is saying you're on fire. You're burning. You're closer 457 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 3: than you think. You're in your high time. 458 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 2: I believe and declare because you're honoring God, you're pumping 459 00:26:14,619 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: blood through your wings. You're about to take off. 460 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,820 Speaker 3: You're about to see what you're believing for. 461 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,699 Speaker 2: It's going to be better than you thought and it's 462 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,490 Speaker 2: going to happen sooner than you expected. In Jesus' name. 463 00:26:26,930 --> 00:26:29,250 Speaker 2: And if you receive it today, can you say amen? 464 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:34,290 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 465 00:26:34,369 --> 00:26:36,909 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 466 00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:42,990 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus. I repent of my sins. Come 467 00:26:43,030 --> 00:26:46,670 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 468 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 469 00:26:50,780 --> 00:26:54,220 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible-based church and keep 470 00:26:54,280 --> 00:27:06,100 Speaker 2: God first place. The scripture says, write the vision and 471 00:27:06,140 --> 00:27:09,669 Speaker 2: make it plain to see. There's something powerful about writing 472 00:27:09,730 --> 00:27:12,429 Speaker 2: down what you're believing for. That's why I'd love to 473 00:27:12,450 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 2: send you my new I Believe Planner. It's a place 474 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,859 Speaker 2: to write down your dreams, your prayers, and the promises 475 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,460 Speaker 2: you're standing on. What stays before your eyes has a 476 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,260 Speaker 2: way of staying in your heart. Every time you see 477 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,900 Speaker 2: what you've written, let it be a reminder to thank 478 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:31,139 Speaker 2: God that it's already at work behind the scenes, even. 479 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,530 Speaker 3: When you can't see it. As you keep your faith 480 00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:36,210 Speaker 3: in front of you day after day, you'll be encouraged, 481 00:27:36,590 --> 00:27:39,810 Speaker 3: your expectation will grow, and you'll begin to see God 482 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:41,469 Speaker 3: bring those dreams to pass. 483 00:27:42,210 --> 00:27:45,610 Speaker 4: The I Believe Planner is a beautiful new resource designed 484 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:48,590 Speaker 4: to help you believe God for more in your health, 485 00:27:48,869 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 4: your family, your future. Inside, you'll find a weekly I 486 00:27:52,859 --> 00:27:56,700 Speaker 4: Believe Declaration to frame your mindset and shift the atmosphere 487 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,030 Speaker 4: with God's Word. daily planning, to-dos, and prayer prompts, and 488 00:28:01,109 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 4: space to reflect and record God's faithfulness in your life. 489 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 4: Each month brings a fresh scripture and theme, plus a 490 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,619 Speaker 4: QR code linking to an exclusive message from Joel to 491 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,900 Speaker 4: keep you encouraged all year long. This 15-month planner will 492 00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:18,570 Speaker 4: inspire you for the rest of this year and set 493 00:28:18,609 --> 00:28:23,050 Speaker 4: you on a course for breakthrough throughout 2027. 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