1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jordan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and thanks for. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: your homes. 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 2: We love you. 9 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: I know God has great things in store for each 10 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: one of you. If you're ever in our area, I 11 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: hope you'll stop by and be a part of one 12 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: of our services. I promise you'll will make you feel 13 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in today. 14 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: I'd like to get started each week with something kind 15 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: of funny. And I heard about this lady that was 16 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: shopping with her husband. 17 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: He had asked her to not buy any new clothes. 18 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: Well, she saw this dress in the window and decided 19 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: to try it on. She liked it so much she 20 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: bought it in secret. A couple of days later, the 21 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: husband discovered it and he was so upset, and she 22 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: explained to him that when she tried it on, it 23 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: looks so good that Satan tempted her to buy it 24 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: and she just couldn't resist it. He said, we Why 25 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: didn't you do it? Scripture says, and say, get behind me, Satan. 26 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: She said, I did, and he told me it looked 27 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: even better from a distance. All right, hold up your Bible. 28 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 29 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: I am what it says. I am. I have what 30 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 31 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 32 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 34 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 35 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 36 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: I'll never. 37 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: Be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about making preparations 39 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: for the good things God has in store. God has 40 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: put dreams and desires in every one of our hearts. 41 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: We all have promises that we're standing on, things that 42 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: we're believing to come to pass. But almost always there's 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: a time of waiting involved. Maybe you're waiting for a 44 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: relationship to improve, waiting to get married, waiting for a promotion, 45 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: even waiting to overcome an illness. Much of life is 46 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: spent waiting, and there's a right way to wait, and 47 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: there's a wrong way to wait. Too often, when things 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: don't happen on our timetable, we get down and discouraged, 49 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: and even though we have the promise in our heart, 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: even though we know God has more in store, we 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: just give up and settle for the status quo. I 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: believe it's because we're not waiting the right way. And 53 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: the scripture says here in James five to seven, be 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: patient as you wait. Notice it doesn't say if you wait, 55 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: It says as you wait. 56 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: The fact is we're all going to wait. 57 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: It goes on to say, see how the farmer waits expectantly. 58 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 2: That's the key. We have to wait with expectancy. 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: We're not supposed to sit around discouraged, negative, thinking my 60 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: situation's never gonna change. I prayed, I believed, but I 61 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: don't see how I can ever get out of this mess, Joel. 62 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 2: No. 63 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: To wait with expectancy means we're hopeful. We're positive. We 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: get up every morning expecting good things. We may have problems, 65 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: but we know this could be the day God turns 66 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: it around. This could be the day I get the 67 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: break that I need see. Waiting should not be a 68 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: passive thing. When we're waiting the correct way, we're on 69 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: the lookout. We talk like it's gonna happen. We act 70 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: like it's gonna happen. We're making preparations. It's just like 71 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: if you're expecting someone for dinner. You don't wait till 72 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: they show up before you decide to start cooking. 73 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: At least I hope you don't. 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: Most likely you start early in the day, make sure 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: the house is clean. You'll go to the grocery store, 76 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: buy some flowers for the table, swing by the bakery, 77 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: get your favorite dessert low fat. Of course you make 78 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: all these preparations. Why because you're expecting someone. Well, that's 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: the attitude we need to have while we're waiting for 80 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: God's promises to come to pass. It's not enough to 81 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: just pray. We have to put actions behind our prayers. 82 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: The scripture says this faith without corresponding actions is dead. 83 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: In other words, we can believe one way, we can 84 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: talk one way, but if we're not putting the right 85 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: actions behind our faith, it's not going to do any good. 86 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: I talked to this young man that has a dream 87 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: to go to college, but nobody in his family has 88 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: gone before, and he began to list all of his obstacles. Joel, 89 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can afford it. I don't 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: know if it make good enough grades. I don't know 91 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: if they'll accept me. I don't know what my other 92 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 1: family members will think. He was about to talk himself 93 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: out of it. Finally I had to stop him and said, hey, 94 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: why don't you take a step of faith. Why don't 95 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: you put some action behind your prayers and at least 96 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: go get an application. At least go tour of the campus, 97 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: Go talk to the school counselors, make preparations to succeed. 98 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: If you'll do what you can, then God will do 99 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: what you can. But too often we're believing one way, 100 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: but with our actions we're doing just the opposite. 101 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 2: We're actually preparing for defeat. 102 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: Maybe you come from a long line of divorce in 103 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: your family, Well you need to start planning what you're 104 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: going to do on your first wedding anniversary and on 105 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: your fifth anniversary and on your twenty fifth anniversary. Talk 106 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: like it's going to work out. Make plans like it's 107 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: going to succeed. 108 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 2: Not any of this. If we make it. Maybe we're 109 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 2: go on a cruise next year. 110 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: No, get rid of the if and start saying when 111 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: we make it. I know I've already planned Victoria in 112 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: my fiftieth wedding anniversary. 113 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: That girl stuck with me. I'm taking her to dairy Queen. 114 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: I'm just kidding. We're going to Sonic. That's cheaper. 115 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: But stay hopeful, stay positive, and make preparations to succeed. 116 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: We have to understand there's a difference between believing and expecting. 117 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: You can be believing to have a child and not 118 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: even be pregnant. But when you go from believing to expecting, 119 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: you kick into a different year. When you're expecting, you'll 120 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: go furnish the nursery, You'll buy clothes for a baby 121 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: that's not here. You'll call your friends and relatives let 122 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: them know the good news. 123 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: Hey, a baby's on its way. 124 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: You make all these preparations. It affects your attitude, how 125 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: you talk, how you think. And it's funny you don't 126 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: go a couple of months and say, you know what, 127 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: I don't think we're expecting anymore. I don't think that 128 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: baby's in you. You don't look any different, I don't 129 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: feel anything No, it doesn't matter what you see or feel. 130 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: You've got a report from the doctor that says a 131 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: baby's on its way. That's all you need to make 132 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: those preparations. 133 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 2: We need to do the same thing. 134 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: When God puts an dream in your heart, all of 135 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: a sudden, one of his promises come alive, and you 136 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: know your family can be restored. 137 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: You know you can be healthy again. 138 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: You know you can accomplish your dreams. First thing is 139 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: you have to let the seed really take root. But 140 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: you can't stop there. You've got to go from believing 141 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: to expecting. Well, you say, Joel, I'm doing that, but 142 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: I don't see anything happening. I don't see my finances improving. 143 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: I don't see any doors opening. My marriage is not 144 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,559 Speaker 1: getting any better. Now, listen to this scripture. We walk 145 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: by faith and not by sight. If you can see 146 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: everything happening, you don't really need any faith. But when 147 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: you have nothing to stand on in the natural, but 148 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: you start acting like God's word is true, you start 149 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: talking like it. You're positive, you're hopeful, you're putting actions 150 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: behind your faith. 151 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: Let me tell you that's what gets God's attention, That's 152 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: what causes. 153 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: Him to work supernaturally in your life, what happened, you 154 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: went from believing to expecting. That's what we did concerning 155 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: the Compact Center. I announced to the congregation that we 156 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: were going to raise funds to renovate this place before 157 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: we really knew for sure that it was going to 158 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: be ours. After we won the main city council vote, 159 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: a company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us 160 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: from moving in, and our attorneys told us there was 161 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: no guarantee that we would win, and even if we did, 162 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: it could have been tied up in the courts for 163 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: up to ten years through appeals. And in the natural, 164 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: I should have just waited to see how everything was 165 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: going to turn out. But down in here I knew 166 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: God wanted us to go forward, so I went from 167 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: believing to expecting. We started making preparations, just like a 168 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: young couple preparing the nursery. We started drawing the new plans, 169 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: doing the studies. 170 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 2: Putting the vision out there. 171 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: And let me tell you, many times I'd wake up 172 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. 173 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: Those negative voices would come saying, Joel, what are you 174 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: going to do if you don't get that building? 175 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 2: You're gonna look like a fool. 176 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: You've already had people give You're gonna have to give 177 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 1: their money back on and on men. 178 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: I had to fight the good fight of faith. 179 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: I say no, God, I know you're in control, and 180 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be moved by what I don't see. 181 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: I know you are bigger than. 182 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: Our obstacle, and God, I believe at the right time, 183 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: you will change things in our favor. A year and 184 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: a half later, that's exactly what happened. How does the 185 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: farmer wait expectantly? How does he take care of his 186 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: seed by watering it by pulling the weeds, by keeping 187 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: the soil soft. 188 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: How do we water our seeds by staying full of praise, by. 189 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: Getting up every morning and thanking God that the answer 190 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: is on the way. When those old negative thoughts come 191 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: to you telling you it's never gonna happen, you're never 192 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: gonna get well, you're never gonna get out of debt, 193 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: the way you pull those weeds is by simply saying, God, 194 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: I know you're a faithful God. My trust and confidence 195 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: is in you, and I know You've got great things 196 00:09:58,720 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: in store for my life. 197 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: That's how you protect your seed. Having a grateful attitude. 198 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: Let me ask you today, are you believing or are 199 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: you expecting? Well, Joe, I'd like to get out of debt. 200 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: I'd like to have a nice house one day. But 201 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: my business is so slow, and I lost my main 202 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: client last year, and the price of gas is so high. 203 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: I don't see how could ever happen for me. No, 204 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: that kind of thinking will keep you right where you are. 205 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: You've got to learn to wait with expectancy. In other words, God, 206 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: I know you can do what men can't do. I 207 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: know you are Jehovah, Jirah, the Lord, my provider. And 208 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: I realize my job is not my source. The economy 209 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: is not my source. But God, I know you are 210 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: my source. See, get a bigger vision, get rid of 211 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: that limited mentality, and start making preparations, even if it's 212 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: something small. I love what some friends of mine did 213 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: years ago. I went to their apartment, was a very 214 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: small place that they were happy, they were content, but 215 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: they knew God had put bigger things in their heart. 216 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: And this young couple had bought some furniture for their 217 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: den that was much too large. I mean you could 218 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: hardly walk through the den. The couches were crammed up 219 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: against each other. They had tables on the end, could 220 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: barely get by, And of course I didn't say anything 221 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: about it, but it looked odd to me. A few 222 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: minutes later, they said, Joe, you'll have to excuse our den. 223 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: We bought this furniture for our new house. 224 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: I didn't know they were moving. 225 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: I said, really, where are you going? They said, we 226 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: don't know just yet. We just know we're not staying here. 227 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: This is only temporary. What they were saying was this 228 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 1: is not our destiny. We're not going to just sit 229 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: back and accept this. God has put bigger things in 230 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: our hearts, and we're making preparations to rise higher. And 231 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: they stayed in that apartment several years. And when I'd 232 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: see them in passing, hey have you moved yet? Not yet? 233 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: When are you moving? Their answer was always soon. I 234 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: never heard them discouraged. I never saw them down and defeated. 235 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: They stayed hopeful. 236 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 2: Expected. 237 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: One day, this young lady got a huge break, a 238 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: huge promotion. Things just fell into place. Do you know 239 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: where that furniture is now? It's not in their new home. 240 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: They gave it to another young couple that's believing for 241 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: their dream home and see when you put actions behind 242 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: your faith, that gets God's attention. Why don't you make 243 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,839 Speaker 1: preparations to succeed? And I know some of you are 244 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: facing sickness and disease. Maybe you got some bad news 245 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: concerning your health. Well, what I'm saying is, don't start 246 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: playing in your funeral. Don't sit around depressed thinking about 247 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: all the other people that have died from that same disease. 248 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: You've got to start making plans to get well. I 249 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: know when my father was having open heart surgery, it 250 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: was a very serious situation. The doctors told us there 251 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: was no guarantee that it would turn out okay. 252 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: Do you know what my dad did? 253 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: He had us bring his tennis shoes and his running 254 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: suit up to the hospital and put it right beside 255 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: his bed. The fact is he was not going to 256 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: be getting up running around anytime soon. But every day 257 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: as he recovered, he'd look at those tennis shoes and 258 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: in his mind he was saying, one day I'm going 259 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: to be running again. One day I'm going to be healthy, 260 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: one day I'm gonna be strong. He was watering his seed, 261 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: living expectantly. This is what gives us the strength to 262 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: carry on. The scripture says this Isaiah forty verse thirty one. 263 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 2: They that wait upon the Lord. 264 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: The amplified tells us what it means to wait on 265 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: the Lord. It says those who expect, who look for 266 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: and hope in Him. What's going to happen when we 267 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: live with expectancy, when we stay hopeful, when we make 268 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: preparations for the goodness of God. It goes on to say, 269 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: we're going to mount up with wings like the eagle. 270 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: You will run, not get tired, you will walk and 271 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: not faint. In other words, you will overcome life's challenges. 272 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: You may have difficulties today, but if you can just 273 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: get up every morning expecting God to turn it around, 274 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: positive and hopeful, then God promises he will give you 275 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: a supernatural strength that will cause you to soar like 276 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: the eagles and some of you today. 277 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: You just need to put some actions behind your prayers. 278 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: You're praying, you're believing, but you need to get over 279 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: into expecting. 280 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: I know this minister, this was years ago. 281 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: He had a dream to go all over the world 282 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: and share God's word. But at the time he didn't 283 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: have one open door, not one invitation. 284 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 2: But instead of getting all down and thinking I must 285 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 2: have missed it, This must not be for me. 286 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: No, he took a step of faith and he went 287 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: out and bought a brand new set of luggage. Here 288 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: he never traveled in the natural, He had much better 289 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: things to spend his money on. But deep down in 290 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: here he knew one day God was going to open 291 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: up supernatural doors, and he just stayed in faith. It 292 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: was about six months after that he got his very 293 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: first invitation. He was so excited he brought it up 294 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: and showed it to my father. 295 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: And do you know today that man travels all over 296 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: the world. 297 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: He has more invitations than he could ever possibly accept. See, 298 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:25,359 Speaker 1: he went from believing to expecting. He started putting actions 299 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: behind his faith. We cannot be passive and have God's 300 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 1: best when we're really expecting. We're on the lookout for opportunities. 301 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: We're doing everything we can to make. 302 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: Our own dreams come to pass. 303 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: I remember my sister Tamroum, when she was about seven 304 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: or eight years old growing up, she decided she wanted 305 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: some rabbits. We lived out in the country and we 306 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: had a couple of dogs, and even at one time 307 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: we had a bunch of chickens. 308 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 2: But now she wanted these rabbits. 309 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: So she went to my father and said, Daddy, would 310 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: you please get me some rabbits. And my father was 311 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: very good to us children, very generous, but he had 312 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: had enough problems with these chickens. They were always getting out, 313 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: and we were having to round him up from our neighbors, 314 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: and so he is a little. 315 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 2: Tarnished on getting any more animals. 316 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: He said, Tamra, I love you, but we are not 317 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: going to get any rabbits. Well he might as well 318 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: have told that to a tree. Tamara no more heard him, 319 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: She no more paid attention. 320 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 2: She just kept acting like she was going to get 321 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 2: those rabbits. 322 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: Reminds me of a time in the scripture when Jesus 323 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: was walking down the road on his way to pray. 324 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: For a little girl that was very sick. But along the. 325 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: Way he kept getting stopped, one delay after another. Finally 326 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: these people came up and said to his disciples, Hey, 327 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: tell Jesus, don't bother coming anymore. 328 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: It's too late. The little girl has died. 329 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: The scripture says Jesus overhearing but ignoring, there's a principle here. 330 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: Sometimes in order to stay in faith, you have to 331 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: eat ignore a negative report. Sometimes people will try to 332 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: talk you out of your dreams. Sometimes medical science will 333 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: tell you there's nothing more we can do for you. 334 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: Sometimes our own thoughts will even try to convince us 335 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: all the reasons why it's not going to happen. Jesus 336 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 1: heard the bad news, but he chose to ignore it. 337 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: In other words, he chose to not allow it to 338 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: influence him. 339 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 2: That's what my sister Tamar did. 340 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: Every two or three days, she would go back to 341 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: my father and ask him again, Daddy, have you thought 342 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: any more about those rabbits. I really would like to 343 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: have one. He would say, Tamorm, I don't have to 344 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: think about it. We are not getting any rabbits. 345 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 2: A couple of days later, Daddy, I'd still like to 346 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: have a rabbit. 347 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: This went on for two or three months. Tamor was 348 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: determined in her heart. One day she was going to 349 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: have those rabbits. Well. At one point I could tell 350 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: she was starting to wear my father down. He said, Tamorm, 351 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: even if I wanted to get your rabbits, I have 352 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: no idea where to get one. She said, I do. 353 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 1: I know exactly where they are. I've already seen the place. 354 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: He said, show me. They got in the car and 355 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: drove about fifteen minutes down the highway toward the church, 356 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: and about two hundred yards off the main road way 357 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: back in the woods, there was this little sign about 358 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: this big. It had on it in handwritten letters, rabbits 359 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: for sale. See, Tamra was on the lookout. And when 360 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: you have a dream in your heart, you'll see things 361 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: that other people don't see. We had traveled up and 362 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: down that road hundreds of times going to church. None 363 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: of us had ever seen it. Finally, my father said, Tamora, 364 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: I'd love to get you rabbits, but still we don't 365 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: have any place to keep them. She said, yes we do. 366 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: I've already had Paul make me a cage. I thought, 367 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: poor rabbits. But needless to say, Tamla. 368 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 2: Got her rabbits. 369 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: A lot of times we're waiting for God to do everything. 370 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: God just give it to me on a silver platter. No, 371 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: do your part, make preparations, do a little research, oh 372 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: some seeds, and then stay expected. Well, Joel, what if 373 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: I do this and it doesn't happen. What if you 374 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: do it and it does happen. 375 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 2: And even if it doesn't turn out the way you 376 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: had hoped. 377 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: You'd still be better off to live your life positive 378 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: and hopeful than you would to go around all. 379 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 2: Down and discouraged. And that's what many people are doing. 380 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: While they're waiting for their situation to change, while they're 381 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: waiting to get the break they need, they get all sour. 382 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: Nothing good ever happens to me. When am I gonna 383 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: get married? When am I gonna get out of this problem? Now, 384 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: you've just got to turn that situation over to God. 385 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: I love what David said, God, my times. 386 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 2: Are in your hands. He was saying, God, I don't know. 387 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: When it's gonna happen, but I know you know what's 388 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: best for me. And I'm gonna go out today expecting 389 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: good things. 390 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: And even if it. 391 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't happen, I'm not gonna go to bed all disappointed. 392 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to bed knowing that I'm one day 393 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: closer to seeing it come to pass. Now, I want 394 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: you to make preparations to live a blessed life. 395 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 2: Keep the vision in in front of you, and don't 396 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 2: believe the never lies. 397 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: I'll never get well, I'll never see my dreams come 398 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: to pass. Now, shake that junk off, Stay positive, hopeful, expectant, 399 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: and learn to make preparations for what God has put 400 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: in your heart. Well, you say, Jeel, I did this. 401 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: I prayed, I believed, I expected, but my loved one died. 402 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: I just don't understand it. 403 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 2: No, God still has a great plan for your life. 404 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: You cannot let one set back or even a series 405 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: of disappointments keep you from pressing forward and believing for 406 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: God's very best. I know when my father was sick, 407 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: all of us prayed that he would be healed, but 408 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: Daddy went to be with the Lord. As much as 409 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: I didn't like that, as painful as it was, down 410 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: in my heart, I knew my father had fulfilled his 411 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: purpose here on this earth. And one thing I loved 412 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: about my dad is he did just what I'm talking about. 413 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 2: He died in faith. 414 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,199 Speaker 1: The last month of his life, while he was on dialysis, 415 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: he would making preparations to go back to India, and 416 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: he had us checking to see if they could do 417 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: dialysis over there. The fact is he never made it back, 418 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: but he died in faith expecting to go back to India. 419 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: And it's this attitude of expectancy that keeps a spring 420 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: in our step. That's what keeps life exciting. Keep the 421 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: vision in front of you and stay hopeful. I know 422 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: this couple. They had become a strange from their son. 423 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: Some things had happened. They'd gotten at odds with each other, 424 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: and now this young man wouldn't talk to them, wouldn't 425 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: come visit them, wouldn't have anything to do with them. 426 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 2: This went on month after month. It looked like they 427 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 2: would never be reconciled. 428 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 1: But these parents, rather than just giving up getting all defeated, 429 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: they took a step of faith. They went out and 430 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: bought their son a Bible and had his name engraved 431 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 1: on the front of it. This young man had never 432 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: had anything to do with the things of God. 433 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 2: Looked like they were wasting their money. 434 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: But they put the Bible on their coffee ta and 435 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: every time they walked by it, several times a day, 436 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: they would just thank God that one day their son 437 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: would be back home, one day he would get back 438 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: on the right course. Well, seven years later they got 439 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: a phone call from their son. God supernaturally restored that relationship. Today, 440 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: I see that young man in church all the time. 441 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: You know what, He's carrying a Bible, Not just any bible, 442 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: but the same Bible that sat on that coffee table 443 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: all those years with his name on it. See, these 444 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: parents waited expectantly, They made preparations for their son to 445 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: come back home. Today they're reaping the benefits. It may 446 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: just be something small, a dream to lose weight. I 447 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: know this young lady. She was so tired of being overweight. 448 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you, she had dieted, she had tried, 449 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: she had fought it, nothing seemed to work. Finally, she 450 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: just gave up and accepted where she was in spite 451 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: of the fact that she knew that wasn't God's best. 452 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: And this is so easy to do in any area 453 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: of life, to kind of just sit back and settle 454 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: for mediocrity. But one day this young lady got fed up. 455 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: She put her foot down and started putting actions behind 456 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: her prayers. She went up to the mall and on purpose, 457 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: she bought a new outfit that was two sizes too 458 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: small for her. 459 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 2: She knew she couldn't wear it. 460 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: What was she doing making preparations to lose the weight? 461 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: She went from believing to expecting. She told how she 462 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: put that outfit in her closet, right by her mirror 463 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: so she could see it every day, he said, Joel, 464 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: that would depress me. 465 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 2: No, this inspired her. 466 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: Every time she saw it. She'd say, Father, thank you 467 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: that I'm going to lose this weight. Thank you that 468 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: every gland, every organ, every cell in my body functions normally. 469 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: Thank you that I have discipline and self control. Day 470 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: after day, she kept watering her seat. 471 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 2: I saw her about a month ago. You know what. 472 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 2: She was wearing her new outfit. 473 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: She said, Joel, I not only lost thirty pounds, but 474 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: I feel better today than I've ever felt before. I 475 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: gave her a high five and said, you go, girl. 476 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: God rewards people like that. 477 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 2: Keep the vision in front of you. Stay determined. 478 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: Tamra would have never got those rabbits if she had 479 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: not already had the cages built. We'd have never got 480 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: this place if we had not pressed through those obstacles. 481 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: Stretch your faith, put some actions behind what you're believing. 482 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: For some of you today, you've just about given up 483 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: on what God has put in your heart. 484 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 2: You've just settled. 485 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: You think it's never gonna change, never gonna get any better. 486 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 1: But you've got to rekindle that fire. 487 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 2: Well, Joe, it's been a long long time. 488 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: Listen to what the scripture says, though the vision tarries 489 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: wait earnestly for it. Notice, we can't wait passively. We 490 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: have to wait earnestly, wait expectantly. What's gonna happen when 491 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: we do that? It goes on to say the vision 492 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: will not be one second lef. That means when we 493 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:06,360 Speaker 1: stay in faith, positive, expectant, hopeful, then all the forces 494 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: of darkness cannot keep God from bringing those promises to pass. 495 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 2: Now I read a. 496 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: Story about Gavin MacLeod. He's an actor, probably best known 497 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: for playing the captain of The Love Boat, popular television show. 498 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 2: Years ago. 499 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: He and his wife Patty had been married for seven years. 500 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: They hit some bumps along the road and Gavin left. 501 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 1: He told how he got real caught up in his 502 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: career and long story short, he wasn't making good choices 503 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: and they went through this divorce and. 504 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 2: Patty was just devastated. She never wanted it. 505 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: Instead of just giving up and accepting that, every day, 506 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: she started thanking God that one day Gavin would be 507 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: back home, one day that relationship would be restored, she 508 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: took it one step further and started putting actions behind 509 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: her faith. She told how every night at the dinner table. 510 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 1: Instead of setting one place setting, she would set two 511 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: place settings. She was making preparations for him to come 512 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 1: back home. One day, three years later, there was a 513 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,239 Speaker 1: knock on the front door. She opened it up and 514 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: it was Gavin. She smiled and said, come on in. 515 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: Your dinner's getting cold today. They've been remarried for more 516 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: than twenty one years. Let me ask you, how are 517 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: you waiting? 518 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 2: Negative? Discourage? Frustrated? 519 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:29,239 Speaker 1: No, stay hopeful? Learn to wait with expectancy. Get up 520 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: every morning and water your seeds by thanking God that 521 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: the answers on the way, and then take it one 522 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: step further. Start making preparations for the dreams God's put 523 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: in your heart. Talk like it's gonna happen. Act like 524 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. Keep the right attitude. If you'll go 525 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,479 Speaker 1: from believing to expecting. God promises in due season, at 526 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: the right time, he will bring you the desires of 527 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: your heart. And the good news is they will not 528 00:26:55,119 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 1: be one second. Lady, Amen, do you receive it today? 529 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: We've never liked to close our broadcast without giving you 530 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 531 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me say Lord Jesus, I repent 532 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: of my sins. 533 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,360 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 534 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 535 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 536 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. 537 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 2: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of.