1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: God bless you always our joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: We loved you and we know God has great things 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: in store. If you're in our area, I hope you'll 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 2: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 2: I promise you it will make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: But thanks so much for tuning in. Thanks again for 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: coming out today. I like to start with something funny, 13 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: and I heard about this husband and wife. They'd been 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: arguing and now they were giving each other the silent treatment. 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: The man had to catch a flight early the next day, 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: and he needed his wife to wake him up at 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: five in the morning. Not wanting to break the silence, 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: he wrote a note and put it on her side 19 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: of the bed that said, please wake me up at five. 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: The next morning, he got up at eight, he missed 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 2: his flight. He was so upset he went in to 22 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: ask why she didn't wake him up, and he noticed 23 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: a piece of paper on his side of the bed. 24 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: He opened it up. It said, get up, it's five. 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 2: All right, Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: I am. 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 30 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 33 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how God works all 34 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 2: things for our good. And every person goes through disappointments 35 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: and things that don't seem to make sense. It's easy 36 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: to get discouraged and think, why did this happen to me? 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: Why did my loved one not make it? Why did 38 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: this person treat me wrong? Why did I get laid off? 39 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: Had a man recently tell me how he lost his 40 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: job after so many years. 41 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: And he just didn't understand it. 42 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I gave that company my best, was 43 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: always there on time. 44 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: I was loyal. It's just not right. We have to understand. 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: Even though life is not always fair, God is fair, 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: and he promises in Romans eight twenty eight, that all 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: things work together for our good. I believe the keyword 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: is together. In other words, you cannot isolate one part 49 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 2: of your life and say, well, this is not good. 50 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 2: It's not good that I got laid off. It's not 51 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: good that my child got sick. It's not good that 52 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: my relationship didn't work out. Yes, that's true, but that's 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: just one part of your life. 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: God can see the big. 55 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: Picture that disappointment is not the end. Your life doesn't 56 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: stop because of one setback. That's simply one piece of 57 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: your puzzle. There's another piece coming that's going to connect 58 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 2: it all. It's going to work together for your good. 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: My children and I used to love to make chocolate 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 2: chip cookies, and we'd been doing it so long, since 61 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: they were two or three years old. We didn't even 62 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 2: have to look at the directions anymore. We knew exactly 63 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: what they took. So Jonathan would go get the brown 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: sugar and the eggs, and Alexander would grab the flour. 65 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: The bacon, soda, the vanilla. 66 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: I'd get the bowls and the mixer. We were very 67 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: precise to put in the exact right amount and the 68 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: exact order. It was called for you had to have 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: separate bowls, and at one point you mix the contents 70 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 2: of the smaller bowl into the larger ball. 71 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: You beat one egg in at a. 72 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: Time, and if you really want it to taste good, 73 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: it's very important how much goes in and when it 74 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: goes in. I remember one time we forgot to put 75 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: the bacon soda in. I thought, no big deal, just 76 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: a little tea spoonful. How could that matter in such 77 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: a large bowl. But when we got those cookies out, 78 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: they were as flat as could be. They didn't rise 79 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: one bit. They were tasteless. Nobody would eat them. It 80 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: was like something Victoria had cooked. I know, I got 81 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: to go out to eat today. Victoria's a great cook. 82 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: She is a master of the microwave. 83 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: What was the problem with our cookies? An ingredient was 84 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: left out? A small amount made a huge difference. 85 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 2: And some people are bitter on life because they haven't 86 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: waited for all their pieces to come together. God has 87 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 2: promised a great plan for you. He has predestined you 88 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: to live in victory. And when things happen that you 89 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: don't understand, things that don't make sense, don't get stuck there. 90 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 2: God has some more ingredients come in your way. You 91 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: may feel like your life is kind of flat today. 92 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: Flatten your finances, flatten your career, flatten your maage. But 93 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: all God has to do is add some of his 94 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: bacon soda that'll cause you to rise to a new level. 95 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: You've probably seen that chef on television, Chef Emerald. When 96 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: he adds an ingredient, he always says, bam. Just imagine 97 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: God puts a little bit of favor. BAM, a healing BAM, 98 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: a good break BAM. 99 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: Some of you are lonely. 100 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: All God has to do is bam, a divine connection, haveby. 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: You're at odds with the child, BAM. 102 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 2: Supernatural restoration of I don't know about you, but I'm expecting. 103 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: Some bams in my life. 104 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 2: I'm expecting God to add the right ingredients. That means 105 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: the right people, the right opportunities, the right breaks at 106 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: just the right time. And you may have had some disappointments. 107 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: Life may not have treated you fair, but you wouldn't 108 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: be alive if God didn't have another victory in your future. 109 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: That setback was not the end. 110 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: That breakup you went through years ago, it may not 111 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 2: have made sense, but there's another peace coming that's gonna 112 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: pull it all together. Don't be impatient. It's not over 113 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 2: until God says it's over. And the fact is we 114 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: all have things that if we isolate them, we don't understand. 115 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: But if you will just keep pressing forward, one day 116 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 2: you will look back and see how it all played 117 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: into a master. 118 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: Plan that God had designed for your life. 119 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,119 Speaker 2: But the problem is when we isolate these negative experiences 120 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: and we wonder why something has happened to us, it 121 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: causes us to get better. And I know people right 122 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: now that are mad at God, They're soured on life, 123 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 2: no joy, no enthusiasm. It's because they went through a disappointment, 124 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 2: went through something unfair, and instead of believing that God 125 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: was still in control, believing that it was going to 126 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: lead to a new beginning, they isolate that incident and 127 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 2: they think, well, why did God let this happen to me? 128 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,119 Speaker 2: But everything is not going to make sense on its own. 129 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: We have to have a deep inner trust, a confidence 130 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: down in here that says, I know God has a 131 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: great plan for my life. I know He is directing 132 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: my steps, and even though I may not understand this, 133 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: I know it's not a surprise to God. And somehow, 134 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 2: some way, he's gonna work it out to my advantage. 135 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: Imagine one day we decided we don't have time to 136 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 2: make the chocolate chip cookies. Let's just get the ingredients 137 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: out and eat them separately. Jonathan, go ahead, you start. 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: Here's a cup of brown sugar. Here's a teaspoon of 139 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: vanilla to wash it down with. Here's a raw egg. 140 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 2: Here's your two cups of flour. Now, Jonathan, do you 141 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: officially have chocolate chip cookies on the inside. Somehow it's 142 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 2: just not the same. The key is it all works together. 143 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: It's got to be just the right mix, put in 144 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: just at the right time if it's really gonna taste good. 145 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: In the same way, you can't isolate one part of 146 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: your life and think, oh, this doesn't taste good. 147 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 1: My life is sour, Joel. 148 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 2: I went through a divorce, or I lost a loved 149 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: one that was so close to me. I started a 150 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: business that didn't make it. I've been through so much. No, 151 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: that's just one ingredient. It's not supposed to taste good 152 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 2: by itself. It's got to be mixed together. When you 153 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: go through disappointments, when your in slow seasons, don't get discouraged. 154 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: All your ingredients are not in yet. Remember a little 155 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: bit of bacon soda can make a huge difference. That 156 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: means just a little break, Just meeting one new person, 157 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: just getting one new idea, just one touch of God's 158 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: favor can turn the sour into sweet, the sorrow into joy, 159 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 2: the morning into dancing. I read about a young man. 160 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: He wasn't wanted by his parents. He was given up 161 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: for adoption at six weeks of age, and when he 162 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 2: turned two, he developed a mysterious illness that kept him 163 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: from growing properly. First they thought it was something like 164 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 2: cystic fibrosis, they rule that out. For six years, he 165 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 2: was in and out of the hospitals trying to find 166 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: what was wrong. Eventually he got a little better and 167 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 2: started growing, but he was still very small. His dream 168 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 2: in school was to play sports baseball, basketball, football, but 169 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: he was way too small to make matters were. Some 170 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 2: of the kids bullied him, made fun of him, called 171 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: him names, didn't look like God had a plan, didn't 172 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 2: seem to make sense, but remember. 173 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: It's not over until God says it's over. 174 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: All he needed was a few more ingredients being left 175 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: by his parents, being rejected that isolated on its own, 176 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 2: is very distasteful. Spending years in and out of the hospital, 177 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 2: that alone can be very discouraging. But that's not the 178 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 2: end of the process. When God begins to add some 179 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: of his ingredients, when he mixes in a spoonful of 180 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: his favor and a cup of his goodness, and he 181 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: sprinkles a few of his supernatural breaks, then all of 182 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 2: a sudden, what was very distasteful by itself, mixed together 183 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 2: with the right ingredients, becomes very tasteful. And even though 184 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: he couldn't play those kind of sports, he knew that 185 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 2: wasn't the end of his story. He knew God didn't 186 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 2: make any mistakes. He started going to ice skating lessons. 187 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: With his sister. 188 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: It wasn't long before the coach noticed he was an 189 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: extremely gifted skater. Long story short, he started training for 190 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 2: the Olympics. All the experts told him he was too small. 191 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 2: You don't have a chance. You're just wasting your time. 192 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 2: But listen, you are not who people say you are. 193 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 2: You are who God says you are. Scott Hamilton went 194 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 2: on to win every national and international skating championship for 195 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 2: four straight years, including the nineteen eighty four Olympic gold 196 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: medal and in the natural, you may not see how 197 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 2: you could accomplish your goals. You don't see how you 198 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: can fulfill what God's put in your heart. But know 199 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: today all of your ingredients are not in. When we're 200 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 2: making those cookies, our favorite thing is to put the 201 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: chocolate chips in. That's what gives them the flavor and 202 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 2: makes them look so tasty. Some of you today you 203 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: haven't had your chocolate chips put in yet. Why are 204 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: you soured on life? You don't know what God has 205 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: in your future. Get your joy back, your vision back. 206 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: Quit dwelling on. 207 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: All your disappointments and why you went through what you 208 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 2: went through. Gonna shake that off and have the attitude. 209 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 2: I've had my flour put in. I've been through the 210 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 2: mixing process. Now I know I'm close to those chocolate chips. 211 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: I know just a few more ingredients, and God's gonna 212 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 2: bring it all together and cause it to work out 213 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: for my good. One time, when Moses was leading the 214 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 2: people of Israel, they'd been traveling through the wilderness day 215 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 2: after day without any water. They were so thirsty they 216 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: didn't know if they could make it. They finally came 217 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 2: to this river. They were so excited their dream had 218 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: come true. They rushed over there to drink it. But 219 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 2: when they tasted the water, it was bitter. They couldn't 220 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: drink it. It was too sour. Have you ever come 221 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 2: to a place in life where you thought it would 222 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: be your dream come true? You thought you would have 223 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 2: finally accomplished a goal, but all of a sudden something 224 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: didn't work out. You spent years building a business, maybe 225 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 2: even working there. You're ready to retire, only to find 226 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: that it's not going to happen. It's not going to last. 227 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 2: I talked to a young lady. She was so excited 228 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 2: about having a baby. It was her first child, and 229 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 2: she and her husband were getting the nursery already, everything prepared. 230 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 2: But unfortunately she wasn't able to carry the child full term. 231 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: She had a miscarriage. Those waters were bitter. 232 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 2: In nineteen eighty one, our family was looking forward to 233 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 2: having a big Christmas together. It was going to be 234 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 2: a fun time of family and friends. But on December 235 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: the eleventh, we got the news that my mother had 236 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 2: terminal cancer and given just a few weeks to live. 237 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: What we thought would be a season of celebration ended 238 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 2: up being a very bitter season. 239 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: That's what happened to these people. There was no water 240 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: to drink. 241 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 2: They were so thirsty, and they begin to complain to Moses. 242 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 2: They got so discouraged they thought it was all over. 243 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: But no, God still had a plan, and God told 244 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 2: Moses to put a certain kind of tree in the water. 245 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: And when he did, those bitter waters were turned into sweet. 246 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 2: Now the people could freely drink as much as they wanted. 247 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 2: What is God saying when life turns out bitter, when 248 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 2: things seem unfair, I'm not at a loss. I still 249 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 2: have an ingredient that I can put in that can 250 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 2: turn your bitter waters into sweep. You may not understand 251 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: why you went through what you went through, but don't 252 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: try to figure it all out. Faith is all about 253 00:13:55,880 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 2: trusting God. When you don't understand things, people get so 254 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 2: caught up on why God didn't answer their prayers, things 255 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: like God, you could have healed my loved one. God, 256 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 2: you could have restored my marriage. God, you could have 257 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 2: kept me from getting laid off. 258 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: Listen, here's what I've learned. 259 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: Don't ever put a question mark where God has put 260 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 2: a period when something is over and done. Let it 261 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: go and move on to the next chapter in your life. 262 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 2: It may be bitter, but God has another ingredient. There's 263 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 2: something in your future that's going to turn the sour 264 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: into sweet. I know a gentleman that worked for many 265 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: years for a major newspaper. He was getting close to retiring, 266 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 2: but at the last minute they had to let him go. 267 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 2: Those waters were better. He understood this principle. He didn't 268 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 2: get soured on life and go around complaining. He stayed 269 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: in faith, believing that God would open up another door. 270 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: His dream was always to write books, and he had. 271 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 2: Done a few here and there on the side while 272 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: he was working as a reporter, but he never had 273 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: the cur to really step out and do it full time. 274 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: But not long after he was laid off, he got 275 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: a call from a publishing agent asking if he was 276 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: available to work on a major book with the well 277 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: known author. He took that opportunity and today he's living 278 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 2: his dream. He's doing what he always wanted to do. 279 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: He told how if he had not been laid off, 280 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: he wouldn't have been available. 281 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: That agent would have never called him. What am I saying? 282 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: God has another ingredient When one door closes, God's going 283 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 2: to open up another door. If you will stay in faith, 284 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: it'll be a bigger and a better door. Now. I 285 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 2: found sometimes like this, gentleman, if we don't have the 286 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 2: courage to take a step of faith, God will give 287 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 2: us a push to get us out of our comfort zone. 288 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: Those bitter waters may be a blessing in disguise. No, 289 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: it's not good that you lost your job, but it 290 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 2: could be good if it causes you to stretch to 291 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: the next level, or if it causes you to go 292 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: back to school, go back to college. It's not good 293 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: that you get a bad report about your health, but 294 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: it can be good if it causes you to get 295 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: back in shape. It wasn't good when my father went 296 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: to be with the Lord. We prayed, we believed the 297 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 2: waters were bitter, but really it was those bitter waters 298 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 2: that forced me out of my comfort zone. That's when 299 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: I really stepped into my divine destiny. And the symbol 300 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: for the word the symbol for the word crisis in 301 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: Chinese is made up of two words, danger and opportunity. 302 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: In every crisis and every loss and every disappointment, there's 303 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 2: both danger to get bitter to stay sour to settle 304 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 2: where we are, and there's opportunity. We can grow, we 305 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: can step out in faith, we can stretch to the 306 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: new things that. 307 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: God has in store. 308 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 2: I've talked to a lot of people that went through 309 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 2: Hurricane Katrina. 310 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: They lost everything. 311 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: I told them, you can accept the hand that you've 312 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: been dealt, seeing this as an opportun tunity to meet 313 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: new friends, to live in a new city, to have 314 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: a new job. 315 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: Or you can fight it. You can resist it, get bitter, 316 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: live with a chip on your shoulder. The choice is 317 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: up to you. 318 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 2: There's both danger and opportunity in every crisis. There's a 319 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: couple that's here every weekend, find people, faithful people. They 320 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 2: lost their teenage daughter to cancer. We prayed and believed 321 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 2: with them for many, many years, and she made it 322 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 2: a lot longer than she was supposed to. But one 323 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 2: day she went home to be with the Lord. As 324 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: you can imagine, that was some bitter waters. They didn't 325 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 2: understand it. Even though it was difficult, they committed it 326 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 2: into God's hands. Today, that couple is a shining example 327 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 2: of how God can turn the sour into sweet. Every 328 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: time I see them, they radiate God's goodness. Whenever I 329 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 2: meet someone that's lost a young person, they're the first 330 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 2: people I think of. I always ask them to call. 331 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 2: They went through a major crisis. I can't think of 332 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 2: anything bigger. They face danger. They could easily be negative, bitter, 333 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 2: angry people blaming God. 334 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: Why did this happen? 335 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 2: But know in that crisis, they saw the opportunity. They 336 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 2: saw a chance to receive God's grace, and today they're 337 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: helping others to make it through. 338 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: God wants to show his grace through you. When you 339 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: go through a. 340 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: Crisis, and instead of getting bitter, you believe that God 341 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 2: is still in control. You stay hopeful and believe that 342 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 2: He's going to open up a new door. 343 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: Then you, too will become a face of grace. 344 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: You will not only see God's goodness in a greater way, 345 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: but you will inspire others to keep moving forward into 346 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 2: the good things God has in store. I love the 347 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 2: way Job put it. Though he slay me, yet will 348 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 2: I trust him? The reason Job had this unwavering trust 349 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 2: was because he knew God was still on the throne. 350 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: When we go. 351 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: Through things that don't make sense, things that we don't 352 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 2: really understand, we've got to be able to say with job. 353 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about it. 354 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 2: I know God is still in complete control of my life. 355 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 2: I know He's got me in the palm. 356 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: Of his hand. 357 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 2: This may look like the end, but I know God 358 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: has a new beginning. These waters may be bitter right now, 359 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: but I know God has another ingredient that's going to 360 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 2: turn them into sweet. Weeping may endure for a night, 361 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 2: but I know a secret joy. 362 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: Is coming in the morning. 363 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how all of our days have 364 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 2: been written in God's book. He's already recorded every part 365 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: of your life, from the beginning to the end. God 366 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 2: knows every disappointment, every loss, every challenge. The good news 367 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 2: is your story ends in victory. Your final chapter concludes 368 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: with you fulfilling your God given destiny. 369 00:19:59,400 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: Here's the key. 370 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: When you go through a disappointment, when you go through 371 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 2: a loss, don't stop on that page. You've got to 372 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 2: keep moving forward. There's another chapter in front of you, 373 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 2: but you've got to be willing to walk into it. 374 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 2: Sometimes we get so focused on what didn't work out, 375 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: why I went through that divorce, and why didn't get 376 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 2: that promotion that I worked so hard for. 377 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: Listen, you've been on. 378 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 2: That page long enough, you've reread that chapter four hundred 379 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 2: and fifty times, Let it go and move into the 380 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 2: new chapter God has in store. You may not understand 381 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 2: everything you went through, but if you just keep pressing forward, 382 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: not letting the bitterness take root, you will come to 383 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 2: a chapter in your future that'll pull it all together, 384 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: a chapter that'll cause it to make sense. Was talking 385 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 2: to this couple not long ago. They have a son, 386 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: and they've always had a good relationship with him. In fact, 387 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: they used to work together, but somehow they got crossways, 388 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 2: and now this son won't speak to them. 389 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: He moved to another city. 390 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 2: They don't even have a phone number, they don't know 391 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 2: how to get in touch with them, So you can 392 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 2: imagine they're just very concerned, very discouraged. I told them 393 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 2: what I'm telling you. That is not your final chapter. 394 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: There's another chapter coming somewhere in your future, is a 395 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 2: restoration chapter. It may be a month, or a year, 396 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 2: or ten years. But don't get stuck on that page. 397 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 2: Keep praying, keep believing that chapter will come to an end. 398 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 2: The bitter waters will be turned into suite, and you'll 399 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 2: see that relationship restored. 400 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,959 Speaker 1: You gotta get a vision for it. You gotta let 401 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: the seed take root. 402 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 2: Some of you are ready to go to a new chapter, 403 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 2: but you've got to be willing to let go of 404 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 2: the old. What's behind you is not near as important 405 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 2: as what's in front of you. Everything you've been through 406 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 2: was to get you prepared for where you are right now. 407 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 2: Those disappointments, those challenges were never meant to destroy you. 408 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 2: They were meant to strengthen you, to build your character, 409 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: to give you the fortitude you need to accomplish your 410 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 2: God given destiny. You may have had unfair things happen, 411 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: things that you don't understand, but let. 412 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: Me tell you have come too far to stop. Now. 413 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 2: You need to dig your heels in and say I 414 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 2: may not understand it, it may not have been fair, 415 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 2: but I am not getting stuck on this page. I 416 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 2: know God has another chapter with my name on it, 417 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 2: and that chapter is full. 418 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: Of blessing, full of favor, full of victory. 419 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 2: Our little daughter Alexandra used to love to put puzzles together, 420 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: and when she was about five years old, every couple 421 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 2: weeks we'd go buy a puzzle and sit down and 422 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 2: work on it. And sometimes it would take us two 423 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: or three days, and invariably we would find a piece 424 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 2: of that puzzle that didn't look like it was gonna 425 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 2: fit anywhere. We would try every option that we could 426 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 2: see here and there. 427 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 1: But still nothing. 428 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: Finally, I would always think the manufacturer must have messed 429 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 2: up and left a piece out, or somebody came by 430 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 2: night and took it off the table, or the dog 431 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 2: got a hold of it. But this piece is a mistake. 432 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 2: It does not fit anywhere. But what's interesting every time 433 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 2: when we got the puzzle closer to being finished and 434 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 2: more of the pieces came together, all of sudden that 435 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: piece would fit perfectly into place. What was the problem earlier? 436 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 2: All the other pieces weren't together yet. Some of you 437 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 2: today you have issues that you don't understand, and you're wondering, Joel, 438 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 2: if God is so good, why did my life turn 439 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 2: out like this? Or why did I go through that divorce? 440 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 2: Why didn't I get that promotion? Just doesn't seem to 441 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 2: make sense. Yes, that's true on its own, but it's 442 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 2: because you have pieces to your puzzle that have not 443 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 2: yet come together. If you will stay in faith, before 444 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: long you will see how every setback, every disappointment, even 445 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 2: a loss that was simply another piece of your puzzle. 446 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 2: If it had not happened, it would not have connected 447 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 2: you to the great thing that God had in your future. 448 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: Heard about this young lady. 449 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 2: Her dad had had a heart transplant and he seemed 450 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 2: to be doing well. 451 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: Everything was going good. 452 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 2: But several months later she got an unexpected call saying 453 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 2: that her father suddenly had died. 454 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: He didn't make it. 455 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 2: She was in another city working on her master's degree. 456 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: She immediately went to the airport, so upset, so heartbroken. 457 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 2: Now she was sitting there at the gate area with 458 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 2: her head down, just sobbing and sobbing. She felt these 459 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: loving arms put around her, and a young man said, ma'am. 460 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: What's wrong. 461 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 2: She immediately recognized the voice. She looked up and it 462 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 2: was Kevin Costner, the movie actor. She told what was 463 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 2: wrong and how her father had passed away, and he 464 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 2: stayed there the whole time, comforting her, letting her know 465 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 2: that everything was going to be all right. 466 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: In fact, several times some. 467 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: Of his people came and tried to get him to 468 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 2: go catch his own flight, but he wouldn't go. He 469 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 2: stayed with her until she was ready to board. Just 470 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: as they were leaving, he mentioned that he was going 471 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: to be back in that city a couple of months 472 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 2: later filming a movie. He asked her to stop buying 473 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 2: let him know how she was doing. Several months later, 474 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: she was driving across town running an errand she had 475 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 2: some papers to deliver for her company. 476 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 1: Traffic was all backed up. 477 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 2: When she got up, she noticed they were filming a 478 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: movie over on the park area over there. She wondered 479 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 2: if it was the one with Kevin Costner. She didn't 480 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 2: have time to stop. She was in a hurry and 481 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: didn't want to bother him. But when she was coming 482 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 2: back from that errand she got in some more traffic, 483 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 2: looked over it was another part of a movie. This 484 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: time she stopped. Indeed, it was the movie with Kevin Costner. 485 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 2: She told the security guard to tell Kevin that the 486 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: lady that was sobbing in the airport was here. Sure enough, 487 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 2: they brought her right over to Kevin, and he was 488 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: just as kind and warm as he was before, and 489 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: offered her a place to sit and watch the scene 490 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: take place. In a few minutes, an executive in charge 491 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 2: of the production came and sat by the young lady, 492 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 2: just being friendly, explaming what the scene was all about 493 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 2: and how it all worked. 494 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: Those two just hit it off like they were old friends. 495 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 1: That night, the. 496 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 2: Lady called her mother and said, Mom, today I'm at 497 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 2: the man of my dreams. I'm at the man I'm 498 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 2: going to marry. Sure enough, they started dating, fell in love. 499 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 2: One year later they got married. Who would have ever 500 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 2: thought sitting in an airport grieving the loss of her 501 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 2: father would be a significant piece of her puzzle that 502 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 2: God would use to connect her with somebody she'd spend 503 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 2: the rest of her life with. 504 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: What am I saying? 505 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 2: God has the right pieces to make your puzzle fit together. 506 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 2: That puzzle may not make sense right now, but don't 507 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 2: get discouraged. There's another piece coming that's going to pull 508 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 2: it all together. Don't get stuck on that page. God 509 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: has some more ingredients for your life. Ingredients that will 510 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 2: turn the sour into sweep, ingredients that will turn mourning 511 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: into dancing even, ingredients that will lift you out of 512 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 2: mediocrity into a life of abundance. And sometimes by faith, 513 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 2: you just need to hear it, hear God's saying it. Bam, 514 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: another divine connection, bam, Another breakthrough bam, another supernatural opportunity bam. 515 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: Another wall coming down. 516 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 2: Get ready for some bams in your life. You have 517 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 2: not seen your best days. They are still in your future. 518 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 2: If you will learn to shake off the bitterness and 519 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: not dwell on unanswered questions, but really believe that God 520 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 2: is in complete control, then God is going to show 521 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 2: up and show out in unusual ways. He'll take your 522 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 2: scars and turn them into stars. He'll take the mess 523 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 2: and make it into your message. When you come to 524 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 2: the end, you'll be able to say, I finish my course, 525 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 2: I fulfilled my destiny. God worked all things together for 526 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 2: my good. If you receive it, can you say amen. 527 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 528 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 529 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 530 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 531 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,120 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 532 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 533 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 534 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 2: Keep God first place. 535 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 536 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 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