1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Will God bless you always a joy to come into 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you and we know God has 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: great things in story. If you're ever in our area, 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 9 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 11 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: in and thanks for coming out again today. I'd like 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: to start with something funny each week, and I heard 13 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: about this husband and wife. They were driving down the 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: road and they saw a sign that said Nacodochius. Forty 15 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: miles ahead. They begin to argue over how to correctly 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,319 Speaker 1: pronounce the name Nakadochis. The husband got so upset he 17 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: finally said, when we get to the town, I'm gonna 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: stop and prove that I'm right. They drove silently for 19 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: the next thirty minutes. When they got there too the 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,119 Speaker 1: first fast food restaurant he could find, they both marched 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: up to the counter. He said to the young lady 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: working behind it. My wife and I have been arguing 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: for the last thirty minutes. Would you please tell us, 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: very slowly and very clearly, how to pronounce the name 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: of this place. The young lady's eyes got real big. 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: She leaned over the counter and said, burger King, hold 27 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This 28 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 29 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 32 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 33 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 34 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about divine interruptions. We all 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: have times when our plans don't work out. We get delayed, 36 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: interrupted inconvenience. It's easy to get frustrated and fight against 37 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: everything that doesn't go our way. But I've learned every 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: interruption is not bad. Every closed door doesn't mean I'm 39 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: doing something wrong. Every delay doesn't mean we're not where 40 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: we're supposed to be. There's something called a divine interruption, 41 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: where God on purpose will delay us to protect us 42 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: from an accident on purpose, he will close a door 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: because it's not his best. Sometimes God will allow us 44 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: to be inconvenienced so we can help someone else in need. 45 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: We have to be willing to go through bad breaks 46 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: so we can be at the right place to do 47 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: what God wants us to do. The next time you're interrupted, delayed, inconvenienced, 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: Instead of thinking this is a pain, this is getting 49 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: me off schedule, now have a new perspective. This could 50 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: be a divine interruption. This could be God protecting me. 51 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: Or this could be God bringing someone body across my 52 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: path that I should minister hope and healing to. The 53 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Other day, Victoria couldn't find her credit card. She had 54 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: been out running errands, and when she got home she 55 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: noticed it wasn't in her purse. She started looking and looking, 56 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: and she went out to the car, thinking it may 57 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: have fallen out. She checked all of her pockets and 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: ended out emptying out her whole purse and still couldn't 59 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: find it. She'd used it a few hours earlier at 60 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: a store. She called that place and they looked around. 61 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: They didn't have it either. After looking for quite some time, 62 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: she decided to call the credit card company and cancel it. 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: So she dialed the one eight hundred number and a 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: young lady answered and asked for her name and social 65 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: security number. Victoria gave it to her, and when she did, 66 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: there was a long, long pause on the phone. Victoria 67 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: thought something was wrong, maybe she got disconnected. She said, 68 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: are you still there? The line was perfectly silent. Finally, 69 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: the young lady said, I know I'm not supposed to 70 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: do this, but I get the daily devotionals from your 71 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: ministry every morning. My husband and I have been having 72 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: marriage problems and I was just about to leave him, 73 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: but this phone call lets me know that God is 74 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: still in control and I'm supposed to stick with it. 75 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: Victoria spent the next thirty minutes encouraging her, praying for her, 76 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: filling her full of hope. What's interesting, just as Victoria 77 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: was about to hang up the phone, she moved her 78 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: purse there on the counter where she was standing and 79 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: noticed something fell to the floor. She picked it up 80 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: and it was her credit card. It had been there 81 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: the whole time, but it was just like God had 82 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: kept that hidden from her. Friends. God can hide things 83 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: on purpose to get us where he wants. Us to be. 84 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: He can cause us to not find the car keys, 85 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: so we'll be delayed and spared from an accidy. He 86 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: can cause you to miss an exit on the freeway, 87 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: or to overlook something at the office and have to 88 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: go back, so you'll be at the right place at 89 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: the right time. And it may not always be for 90 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: you good. It may be for somebody else's good. God 91 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: allowed Victoria to be inconvenienced for a reason, so she 92 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: could minister hope to a young lady in need. That 93 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: was a divine interruption. What am I saying? Don't get 94 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: frustrated when your plans don't work out, don't get upset 95 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: when you get erupted. God is in complete control. He's 96 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: directing every one of your steps. You may never know 97 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: how God used you. May be just a smile you 98 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: gave someone that all of a sudden brightened their day. 99 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: Maybe you just held the door open for a stranger 100 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they felt God's love. I 101 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: remember when our son Jonathan was about five years old, 102 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: This would have been maybe ten years ago. We loved 103 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: to go to this certain Mexican food restaurant. It was 104 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: close to the house, and we'd run up there from 105 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: time to time. One day we were really hungry and 106 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: really looking forward to going. But when we got there, 107 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: a company was having a big party and the place 108 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: was packed. The weight was forty five minutes. I couldn't 109 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: believe it. I'd never seen a wait at that little restaurant. 110 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: We left there so disappointed. We didn't have time to wait, 111 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: and we decided to go to a little Hamburger place 112 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: down the road. I'd only been to this other place 113 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: once or twice before, and when we went in there 114 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: were maybe ten small tables. I noticed a gentleman sitting 115 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: at the very front table by himself, who was dressed 116 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: very nicely. As I passed by, I just naturally smiled 117 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: and said hello. Didn't think any more about it, just 118 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: went on about my business. A few days later I 119 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: received a letter in the mail from him. He told 120 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: how he was at the lowest point of his life. 121 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: Everything had gone wrong, the bottom had fallen out. He 122 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: was not a religious person. He never went to church, 123 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: he never prayed, But that morning he said, God, if 124 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: you're real and you still have a plan for my life, 125 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,239 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to give me some kind of sign. 126 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: He said, Joel, when your eyes met mine. It was 127 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: like oil was being poured all over me. I felt 128 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: the love that I'd never felt before. He left that 129 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: day with a new sense of purpose, knowing that God 130 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: still had something great in his future. You never know 131 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: how God can use a smile, a kind word, a 132 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: simple God bless you. I realize now that restaurant being 133 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: crowded wasn't a mistake, Victoria. Not finding the credit card 134 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: wasn't an accident. Those were divine interruptions. That was the 135 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: hand of God directing our steps, putting us in position 136 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: to help someone else in need. When you get inconvenience, delayed, interrupted, 137 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: it's easy to get frustrated and think, I can't believe 138 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,239 Speaker 1: this is happening. I'm going to be late, I can't 139 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: find the car keys, I can't find the credit card. 140 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: Or Here's what I've learned. It's not all about me. 141 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: It's not all about what I want, my plans. It's 142 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: about advancing the kingdom, about impacting others. Sometimes God's going 143 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: to interrupt our plans so we can be a blessing 144 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: to somebody else, so we can meet in need, so 145 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: we can lift somebody's spirits. God uses people, and it's 146 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: up to you and me to not get so stressed 147 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: and so frustrated that we miss the opportunities God brings 148 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: across our path. God is counting on us to let 149 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: our light shine and make a difference wherever we go. 150 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: It's interesting many of the miracles Jesus performed happened when 151 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: he was interrupted walking down the street. A blind man 152 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: hollered out, Jesus, have mercy, come over and heal me. 153 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: Jesus didn't say, don't you know I'm the son of God, 154 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: I'm important. I've got a lot to do. No, Jesus 155 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: stopped what he was doing, went out of his way, 156 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: and healed the man. Jesus was willing to be inconvenience 157 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: to help other people in need. On his way to Galilee, 158 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: a man came up and said, Sir, my daughter is 159 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: very close to death. Please come to my city. Jesus said, 160 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: I'll come. At the wedding in Canaan, Jesus was enjoying 161 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: the reception, no doubt, enjoying being with his friends. Then 162 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: his mother came up and said, Jesus, there's a problem. 163 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: We've run out of wine. Can't you do something about it. 164 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: The very first miracle Jesus ever performed. Turning water into 165 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: wine happened because he was interrupted. Jesus didn't have the attitude. 166 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: I wish you'd leave me alone. I've got these plans 167 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get out of Galilee. Would y'all quit 168 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: stopping me? No, Jesus understood inconveniences, interruptions, delays. That was 169 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: all a part of his divine destiny. I know a 170 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: young lady that left the service one day driving home 171 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: on the freeway, and she had a flat tire. She 172 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: was delayed, she was inconvenienced, but it just so happened 173 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: a young man came driving along whom she had never 174 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: met before. He stopped and changed the tire. Today, they've 175 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: been happily married for many, many years. She thanks God 176 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: every day for that flat tire. She thanks God for 177 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: that interruption. You never know. God may use you in 178 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: an amazing way to help somebody else, or God may 179 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: use that interruption in an amazing way to do something 180 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: in your own life. Friend told recently how he was 181 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: in the market for a new car, and he'd been 182 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: up at the dealership earlier in the week looking around. 183 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: One evening he came home was later than usual, and 184 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: he's really looking forward to eating dinner and spending time 185 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: with his family. And he just heated up his food 186 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: and was about to sit down to eat, and his 187 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: daughter handed him the telephone and said, Dad, it's the 188 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: man from the car dealership. Well, he had already decided 189 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: the car he was looking at was too small, it 190 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 1: wasn't going to work. Plus he was tired and hungry. 191 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: The last thing he wanted to do was talk to 192 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: a salesman. He's very polite, and he took the phone 193 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: said I'm sorry, I don't have time to talk, and 194 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 1: the car's not going to work. Maybe I'll come back 195 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: some other time. The salesman wouldn't let him go, just 196 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: kept talking and talking, going on and on, and as 197 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: I said, my friend's polite. But he finally said, listen, 198 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: I've got to go. I want to eat my dinner. 199 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: The salesman said, no, just a second, don't you want 200 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: to talk to my sales manager. My friend thought, no, 201 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to talk to the manager. I want 202 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: to eat my dinner. But he said, Joel, I heard 203 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: something rising up in me and I just blurted out, sure, 204 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: I'd love to talk to the manager. He said, I 205 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. I don't know why I said it. 206 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: The manager got on the phone and said, I saw 207 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: you when you were in the other day, and I 208 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: couldn't figure out where I knew you from. Then when 209 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: I saw you Sunday at Lakewood, I realized we go 210 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: to church together. I want to get you any car 211 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: you'd like, and I'll give it to you at my cost. 212 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: That manager worked with him over the next month. They 213 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: found a car in another state, some kind of special deal, 214 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: had a few hundred miles on it. He ended up 215 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: buying it for nearly thirty percent off the list price, 216 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: saved him thousands and thousands of dollars. Some times, that 217 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: divine interruption is not so you can help somebody else, 218 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: but so God can show you Ephesians three twenty exceedingly 219 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: abundantly above and beyond. The next time you get interrupted, 220 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: delayed inconvenience, don't you stare start complaining. You don't know 221 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: what God is up to. The steps and the stops 222 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: of a good person are ordered by the Lord. That 223 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: delay was not an accident, That interruption is not a mistake. 224 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: I heard somebody say God's delays are always deliberate. In 225 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: other words, there's a reason for every closed door. There's 226 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: a reason a promise has not yet come to pass. 227 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: Many times God will close a door because we're thinking 228 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: too small. He has something much greater in store. I 229 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: remember when we were trying to buy property to build 230 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: a new sanctuary. On twice the property we found was 231 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: sold out from under us. It was unfair. We were disappointed, 232 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: But six months later we got word that this place 233 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: was coming available. Just as God opens doors, God will 234 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: close doors on purpose. He will delay things when he 235 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: knows it's not his best. It's interesting in the scripture, 236 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: when Lazarus was very sick, his two sisters Mary and Martha, 237 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: they were all good friends with Jesus. They sent word 238 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: for Jesus to come to their home and pray for 239 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: their broth. Jesus was in another city, and a day 240 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: went by and Jesus didn't show up. I'm sure. Mary 241 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: and Martha said to the person they sent, did you 242 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: tell him? Does he know it's us? Does he understand 243 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: how sick Lazarus really is? The messenger said, yes, I 244 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: told him. I explained it. He heard me very clearly. Another 245 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: day went by, still Jesus didn't show up. Mary and 246 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: Martha thought, what is the deal? We thought we were 247 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: his friends. How could he do this to us. Eventually, Lazarus, 248 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: their brother died, wouldn't you know it? About that time 249 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: Jesus finally showed up. Sometimes that's the way we feel. 250 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: It looks like it's too late. When they saw him, 251 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: they said, Jesus, if you would have been here sooner, 252 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: our brother would not have died. What took you so long? 253 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: You know how the story ends. Jesus spoke to Lazarus 254 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: and he came back to life. But what I want 255 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: you to see is they were praying that Jesus would 256 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: come and healed their brother. But Jesus wasn't thinking about 257 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: a healing. He was thinking about a resurrection. A healing 258 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: would have been okay, but what Jesus had in mind 259 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: was something greater. When you go through a delay, what 260 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: looks like a disappointment, always remember God is still on 261 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: the throne and he's thinking of something greater. We didn't 262 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: get the property we wanted to build a new sanctuary on. 263 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: We waited and waited. It looked like God showed up 264 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: too late. But no, God didn't bring a healing. He 265 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: brought a resurrection. He gave us this place, more than 266 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: we can even ask or think. What you're praying about 267 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: may not be coming to pass. Maybe you've been standing 268 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: on those promises a long time, But it seems like 269 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: the house will never sail, the marriage will never turn around, 270 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: the dream will never come to pass. Now, you've got 271 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: to remember. God's delays are always deliberate. It's because he's 272 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: planning something greater. The scripture says in John eleven, verse six, 273 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where 274 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: he was two more days. One translation says he sat down. 275 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: Don't you know that was the opposite response Mary and Martha. 276 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: We're looking for Jesus, don't sit down when we need 277 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: you the most. In other words, God, don't sit down 278 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: when my finances are this low. Don't sit down when 279 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: my problems are this big. Your mind may be telling 280 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: you it's over, it's too late, it's never going to happen. Now, 281 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: you've got to know, just like with Mary and Martha, 282 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: the reason for the delay, the reason God sat down, 283 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: so to speak, is because he's planning something greater. You're 284 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: thinking of a healing. He's thinking of a resurrection. We 285 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: were thinking of building a new building. God was thinking 286 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: about giving us a new facility that was already built. 287 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: You may be thinking how I can just survive, but 288 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: God's thinking how you can thrive. I heard Paul Crouch 289 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: tell something very interesting. He's the founder of the Trinity 290 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: Broadcasting Network. They're the largest Christian network in the world, 291 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: have hundreds of stations in America, and by satellite, their 292 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: signal goes into every country. Back in the early seventies 293 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: and eighties, Trinity had a couple of dozen local independent 294 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: stations and they were carried on the cable systems like 295 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: you would see today. But in nineteen eighty five, a 296 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: law was about to be voted on that would not 297 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: require the cable systems to carry every local channel anymore. 298 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: In other words, independent stations like Trinity would certainly be 299 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: dropped for more national sports and entertainment programming. Paul Crouch 300 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: and his team prayed and believed, and they lobbied and 301 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: talked to the government. In their mind, it was the 302 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: greatest attack Trinity had ever faced. But in spite of 303 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 1: all their efforts, the law passed and Trinity was dropped 304 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: from the cable systems. That means nearly eighty percent of 305 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: their potential viewers could not see them anymore. The value 306 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: of their stations went down to a fraction of what 307 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: it was before. But whenever you face a closed door, 308 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: like Mary and Martha, it seems like your dream has died, 309 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: looks like God has sat down. The worst thing in 310 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 1: the world could have happened. Now, that's a sure sign 311 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: that God is up to something big. You may be 312 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: thinking of a healing, but God's thinking of a resurrection. 313 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: Year after year, Paul Crouts just kept doing what he 314 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: knew he was called to do by in station after station. 315 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: These other owners of independent stations, since they couldn't be 316 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: seen on cable anymore, they were unloading their stations left 317 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: and right. Before long, Trinity had purchased hundreds of stations 318 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: at a greatly reduced price. What those other owners didn't 319 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: realize was seven years later, in nineteen ninety two, the 320 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: law would be reversed. Overnight, Trinity was placed on hundreds 321 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: of cable systems. Their coverage and their value increased by 322 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: at least ten times. Looking back now, they realized that 323 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: was a divine delay so God could do something extraordinary. 324 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: Had that must carry law not gone away for seven years, 325 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: they would have never been able to acquire so many 326 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: stations as such a greatly reduced price. What's interesting is 327 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: at first they were so disappointed. God, How could this happen? God? 328 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: Why did it go away? God? Why is it taking 329 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: so long? See, they were thinking of a healing, but 330 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: God was thinking of a resurrection. What God did was 331 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. It would take billions of 332 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: dollars to purchase those stations today. But God opened up 333 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: a window of opportunity disguised as a disappointment. It looked 334 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: like their greatest setback, but actually it was the hand 335 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: of God orchestrating it all, and it turned out to 336 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: be their greatest opportunity, their greatest blessing. And some of 337 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: you have prayed you believe nothing's going your way, But 338 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: let me encourage you. God's delays are deliberate. Just because 339 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: you don't see anything happening doesn't mean God is not 340 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: working that delay, that disappointment, that interruption may look like 341 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: your greatest attack. But if you will stay in faith 342 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 1: and just keep doing what you know to do, being 343 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: your best each day, I believe one day you'll look 344 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: back and see how God's used it for your greatest opportunity. 345 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: It's a very freeing way to live knowing that the 346 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: creator of the universe is directing our steps. Every disappointment, 347 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: every delay, every interruption, The most High God is orchestrating 348 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: it all. He's in complete control, and he promises that 349 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: all things are going to work together for your good. 350 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: The other day, a relative of mine was on a 351 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: ladder taking down a large mirror off of his bedroom wall. 352 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: This gentleman is in his late seventies, still very active 353 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: and very healthy, but his family had some young men 354 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: coming over the next day to take it down, but 355 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: he didn't want to wait. When he got the mirror 356 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: off the wall, it was much heavier than he thought, 357 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: and he lost his balance and started to fall backwards. 358 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: He was able to throw the mirror off to the 359 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: side so it didn't come crashing down on him, but 360 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 1: when he fell, he hit the dresser and broke his 361 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: jaw and bruised his ribs. They took him to the 362 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: emergency room to be cared for. At the hospital. It 363 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: just so happened that the doctors discovered that this main 364 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: artery in his neck feeding. His brain was ninety eight 365 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: percent clogged. Another two percent he would have had a 366 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: massive stroke and probably not have lived. The doctor said, sir, 367 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: you're a walking time bomb. You've got to let me 368 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: do a surgery on you. And he had the operation. 369 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: It's perfectly fine today. Here's my point. Had he not fallen, 370 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: had he not been interrupted, had he not been delayed, 371 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: he would have never known how great a danger he 372 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: was in. See, every setback is not the enemy, Every 373 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 1: delay is not a mistake, Every disappointment is not an accident. 374 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: When you live with this confidence that the creator of 375 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: the universe is directing your steps, then you know even 376 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: a disappointment is going to ultimately work out for your good. 377 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: Even a fall, somehow, some way, God will still use 378 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: that to your advantage. You know, God's delays are deliberate. 379 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: If something's not happening on your timetable, you can rest 380 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: assured that it must be because God is planning something 381 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: even bigger. Last year, Victoria and I went to Kenya, 382 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: Africa to visit my brother Paul and his wife, Jennifer. 383 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: Paul was over there doing surgery on the less fortunate 384 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: people operating in one of the charity hospitals. He'll spend 385 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: six months over there this year. After our trip was over, 386 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: they took us on a safari. They had taken this 387 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: same safari a couple years earlier, so they requested the 388 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: same guide they had before. His name was Henry, a 389 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: local Kenyan man, very knowledgeable, very friendly. And when we 390 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: got to the campgrounds the Safari club, the man in charge, 391 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: the manager, he was a believer. We're about two hundred 392 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: employees working there. One evening after dinner, he asked if 393 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: I would go speak to his staff. So I went 394 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 1: over to a little room that they used as their chapel, 395 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: and I encouraged the people for a few minutes, and 396 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: I saw Henry sitting out there, just beaming from ear 397 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: to ear, taking it all in. Early the next morning, 398 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: before sunrise, as we were on the planes looking at 399 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: the animals, Henry was driving us around in the jeep. 400 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: He whispered in my ear, Joel, last night, when you 401 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: were speaking, I felt something so strong. Later, Paul asked 402 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: the manager if Henry was a believer. He said, no, 403 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: he's one of the few staff members that have still 404 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: just not taken that step of faith. The next day 405 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: we had to leave and Henry and the manager drove 406 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: us about ten minutes away to a little airstrip. It's 407 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: just a dirt runway out in the middle of nowhere. 408 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,239 Speaker 1: We had arranged for this small propeller plane to come 409 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,959 Speaker 1: pick us up and take us back to Nairobi. We 410 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: got word that the plane was right on time and 411 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: it should be there when we arrived. About five minutes later. 412 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: We got there and the plane wasn't there yet. We 413 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: got out. We were all talking in different groups, and 414 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: ten minutes went by. No plane. Fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, 415 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: so we called and asked where it was, and the 416 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: person said, well, it left a long, long time ago. 417 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: It should be there any minute. We don't know where 418 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 1: it is. Another thirty minutes, we waited, another forty five, 419 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: another hour. Finally they called us and said, where are you. 420 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: The pilots landed a long time ago. They're looking for you. 421 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: Come to find out they had landed at the wrong airstrip. 422 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: They were about twenty miles away. Paul said, that is 423 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 1: so odd. I spoke to them myself and specifically let 424 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: them know we would be at this airstrip. We got 425 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: on the plane about two hours later than we were scheduled, 426 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: and Victorias said, did you hear what happened to Henry. 427 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: She began to explain how one of our staff members 428 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: that was there with us while we were in that 429 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: two hour delay he spent that whole time visiting with Henry. 430 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: His name was John, and John asked Henry about his 431 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: relationship with the Lord. Henry said, well, I know a 432 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: lot about Jesus, but I've never committed my life to him. 433 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: John said, Henry, would you like to do it right now? 434 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: He smiled real big, with great confidence. He said, yes, 435 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: I would. Right there on the African planes with the 436 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: sun setting majestically in the background, Henry committed his life 437 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: to Christ. He couldn't wait to call his wife. She 438 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: was so excited. She said, I have been praying for 439 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: this moment for seventeen years. It's a dream come true. Friends. 440 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: That was a divine interruption. If that plane would have 441 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: been there on time and we just loaded up and 442 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: went about our way, John would have never had that 443 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: two hour window to visit with Henry. I believe God 444 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 1: on purpose confused those pilots and had them go to 445 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: the wrong airstrip. After all, Paul had checked and even 446 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: double checked. Yet they still made a mistake. But what 447 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: may look like a mistake to us, what may seem 448 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: like a disappointment, doesn't mean that God is still not 449 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: orchestrating it. You may never know why something has happened 450 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: to you, but you can rest assured God, somewhere, some way, 451 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,959 Speaker 1: is going to get some good out of it. His 452 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: delays are always deliberate you Today, when you get interrupted delayed, 453 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: don't get frustrated, don't get stressed out. Recognize that there 454 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: are divine interruptions. Your steps and your stops have been 455 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: ordered by the Lord. If what you're praying about has 456 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: not come to pass just yet, then that very well 457 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: may be because God is planning something greater. You're thinking 458 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 1: of a healing, He's thinking of a resurrection. Stay in faith, 459 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: keep believing your best days are still out in front 460 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: of you. If you will have this right perspective and 461 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: not let delays and interruptions frustrate you, then you will 462 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: see God use you in amazing ways to help others, 463 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: and you will see God do amazing things in your 464 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: own life. You will rise higher and higher, accomplishing every dream, 465 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: overcoming every obstacle, defeating every enemy, I believe in declare 466 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: you will become everything God created you to be, and 467 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: you will have everything God intended for you to have. Amen. 468 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: Do you receive that today? We never like the c 469 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: was our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 470 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 471 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 472 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 473 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 474 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 475 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take your places that 476 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed of.