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Oh God, bless you. 42 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: It's a joy to come into your homes each week. 43 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 4: We loved you and we know God has great things 44 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 4: in store for each one of you. And if you're 45 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 4: ever in our area. I hope you'll come out and 46 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 4: be a part of one of our services. We would 47 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 4: love to have you, and I promise you will make 48 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 4: you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in today. 49 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: I like to get started each week with something kind 50 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 4: of funny. And I heard about this minister that was 51 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 4: out walking down the street and he came upon this 52 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: group of young boys that were surrounding a little dog. 53 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 4: He asked them what they were doing, and they explained 54 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 4: that they were having a contest and whoever could tell 55 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 4: the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. The 56 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 4: minister launched into a ten minute sermon on lying, beginning 57 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 4: with don't you know lying is a sin? And ending 58 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 4: with when I was your age, I never told a lie. 59 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 4: There was complete silence. Just when he thought he'd gotten 60 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 4: through to them, the youngest boy spoke up and said, 61 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 4: all right, give him the dog. All right, hold up 62 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 4: your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 63 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 64 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 65 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 66 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 68 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 69 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 4: to you today about stay and filled with hope and 70 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 4: believing that your time is coming. God has put promises 71 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 4: in every one of our hearts. You have dreams and desires, 72 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 4: things you want to accomplish, situations you want to see change. 73 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 4: But so often because it's taken so long, or because 74 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 4: we tried and failed, we went through a disappointment, somebody 75 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 4: didn't treat us right. Now, we've given up on those dreams. 76 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 4: We've gotten complacent and we're not pursuing what God has 77 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 4: put in our heart. But I want to encourage you 78 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 4: today to get your fire back. You have to stay 79 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 4: filled with hope. It may be in a long time, 80 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 4: but God is a faithful God, and he's saying, no 81 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 4: matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, 82 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 4: if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming. Every 83 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 4: dream that's in your heart, every promise that's taken root. 84 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: God not only put it there, but he has every 85 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: intention of bringing it to pass. Now I want you 86 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 4: to have this attitude. My time is coming. I've been 87 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: giving and giving, haven't seen a lot of results. But 88 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 4: that's okay. I know my time is coming. Or I'm 89 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 4: living in a small apartment. All my friends have nice homes. 90 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 4: I'm not discouraged. I know my time is coming. Or 91 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 4: I really want to get married. Haven't met anybody yet, 92 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 4: but I know God's in control at the right time. 93 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 4: He's going to bring the right person. My time is coming. 94 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 4: This is what hope is all about. Believing that the 95 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 4: promise God put in you will come to pass. Now. 96 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 4: I love what David said. I have pitched my tent 97 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 4: in the land of hope. Let me ask you where 98 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 4: have you pitched your tent? What are you expecting each day? 99 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 4: What kind of attitude do you have? Well, Joel, I've 100 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 4: been praying for my child for five years. I don't 101 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 4: think he's ever going to change. Or everybody on my 102 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 4: job gets promoted except me. I tried to start this business, 103 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 4: but nobody would help me. No, you pitched your tent 104 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 4: in the wrong place. You're not believing for God's blessings 105 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 4: in favor. You're not expecting God to turn that around. 106 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 4: You need to go dig up your stakes, pack up 107 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 4: your belongings, and move out of the land of discouragement. 108 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 4: Move out of the not going to happen subdivision, move 109 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 4: out of can't do it Bill. It's time to leave 110 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 4: self pity estates. Get out of those areas and move 111 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 4: into a land of hope, a land of faith, a 112 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 4: land where you know anything is possible, a place where 113 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 4: you know your time is coming. And sometimes you just 114 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 4: need something spoken over your life. You need someone to 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 4: jump start your faith, to breathe new life into your dreams. 116 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 4: You may have been through a thousand disappointments in the natural. 117 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 4: You may have every reason to give up on what 118 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 4: God's put in your heart. But I'm asking you to 119 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 4: let this simple phrase take root. Your time is coming. 120 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 4: God is in control of your life. He knows exactly 121 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 4: where you are. He knows even the hidden dreams He's 122 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 4: put in you. The Scripture calls them the secret petitions 123 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,799 Speaker 4: of our heart. Those are the things that you haven't 124 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 4: told anybody about. Maybe you thought they would never work out, 125 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: or you buried them because they didn't happen on your timetable. 126 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 4: But God still has a way to bring them to pass. 127 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 4: You need to draw the line into sand and say 128 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 4: that's it. I'm done being complacent, I'm done settling for mediocrity. 129 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna believe that every dream, every promise, even the 130 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 4: secret petitions of my heart are going to come to fulfillment. 131 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: And when you have this kind of attitude, all the 132 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 4: forces of darkness cannot stop God from bringing it to pass. 133 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 4: And when you get up in the morning, you're tempted 134 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 4: to be discouraged, and the negative thoughts come telling you 135 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 4: it's never going to happen. You're never gonna get married, 136 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: you're never gonna get out of debt, you're never gonna 137 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: be happy. This is as good as it gets. Now 138 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: you have to shake that off and just say, Father, 139 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 4: you said, the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. 140 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 4: You said, no good thing will you withhold because I 141 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: walk up rightly. You said, because I delight myself in you, 142 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 4: you would give me the secret petitions of my heart. So, Father, 143 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 4: I want to thank you that you're in control of 144 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 4: my life. Good things are in store, and I believe 145 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 4: my time is coming. Stay in an attitude of faith 146 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 4: and attitude of expectancy. And when you go through unfair circumstances, 147 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 4: and we all do, somebody you're wrong, or you get 148 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 4: some bad breaks, don't make the mistake of constantly dwelling 149 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: on that. Too many people have pitched their tent in 150 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 4: the land of self pity. Somebody mistreated them a year ago, 151 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 4: five years ago, thirty years ago, they're still allowing it 152 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: to poison their life. The scripture says here in Zachariah nine, 153 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 4: verse twelve, if you will be a prisoner of hope, 154 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 4: God will restore back to you double everything that was stolen. 155 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 4: That means, if somebody does you wrong, instead of getting 156 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 4: negative and bitter, your attitude should be they just did 157 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 4: me a favor. They just qualified me for double, And 158 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 4: I'm won't believe my time's not only coming. I won't 159 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 4: come out with twice the joy, twice the peace, twice 160 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: the victory. That's an attitude of hope, an attitude that 161 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 4: says I will not be defeated. It may look impossible, 162 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 4: but I know God can do the impossible. They may 163 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: have treated me wrong, I'm not worried. I know God 164 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 4: is my vindicator. It may be taken a long time, 165 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: but in due season, I know I will reap if 166 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 4: I just don't give up. This is what Joseph did. 167 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: He spent thirteen years in prison for something that he 168 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 4: didn't do the whole time. Though he was faithful, he 169 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 4: kept being good to people, he kept a good attitude. 170 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 4: How could he have possibly not gotten better? Joseph understood 171 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 4: this principle that his time was coming. And some of you, 172 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 4: like Joseph, had been through a series of losses. Life 173 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 4: hasn't treated you fair, and it's easy to think it's 174 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 4: never going to get any better. This is just my 175 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 4: lot in life. And if we're not careful, our own 176 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 4: negative thoughts are drawn in more of the negative. It 177 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 4: started with one unfair situation, and we perpetuated by having 178 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 4: the wrong mindseense. But I'm asking you today to break 179 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 4: out of that rut. You may have been through unfair situations, 180 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 4: but it's not over until God says it's over. God 181 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 4: always has the final say, and he is a god 182 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 4: of justice. God sees every wrong that's ever been done 183 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 4: to you. He sees every unfair situation. He says, if 184 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 4: you will stay in faith, if you'll keep your hopes up, 185 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 4: he will make your wrongs right. He'll bring justice into 186 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 4: your life. Your attitude should be. It may have been unfair, 187 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 4: they may have done me wrong, but I refuse to 188 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 4: get bitter. I know my time is coming. There's a 189 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 4: lady in the scriptures by the name of Naomi. Her 190 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 4: name means my joy. So everyone said hello Naomi. They 191 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 4: were saying, hello, my joy, Good morning Naomi, good morning, 192 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 4: my joy. But Naomi went through a series of losses. 193 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 4: Her husband died, she was so distraught. Then her sons 194 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 4: were killed in battle. All these negative things came against her, 195 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 4: and she made the mistake of letting the bitterness get 196 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 4: on the inside. She got soured on life. Her attitude was, 197 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 4: all my dreams have been shattered. I'm never gonna be happy. 198 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 4: Just leave me in my heartache and misery. But friends, 199 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: that's not God's plan. And sure it's difficult when we 200 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: go through a time of loss. There's a proper time 201 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 4: for grieving. But we can't let a season of mourning 202 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 4: turn into a lifetime of morning. Naomi got so bitter 203 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 4: she actually changed her name Tomorrowmorrow means sorrow. When somebody said, hey, Naomi, 204 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 4: how you doing, she said, don't call me that anymore. 205 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 4: I don't have any joy, I don't have any hope. 206 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 4: Call me by my new name. Now. Every time someone 207 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 4: called Hermorrow, they were simply reminding her of her heartache 208 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 4: and pain. Just made her more and more defeated. What 209 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 4: am I saying? Don't let life change your name. You 210 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 4: may have been through unfair situations. Maybe one of your 211 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 4: dreams has died, the bottom fell out. Let me assure 212 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 4: you God still has a great plan for your life. 213 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 4: When one door closes, he will always open up another door. 214 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 4: You need to dig your heels in and say, I 215 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 4: may have been through a lot, but I've come too 216 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 4: far to stop now. I refuse to get better. I 217 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 4: refuse to live my life negative. I know God has 218 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: great things in store. What was the difference between Joseph 219 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 4: and Naomi. Joseph knew even though it wasn't fair, even 220 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 4: though life dealt him some tough blows, he understood his 221 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 4: time was coming. He pitched his tent in the land 222 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 4: of hope. David said in Psalm twenty seven, what would 223 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 4: have happened to me if I had not believed to 224 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 4: see the goodness of God? No matter what comes your way, 225 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 4: let this take root. You have to believe you're gonna 226 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 4: see God's goodness again. You've got to believe you're gonna 227 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 4: see God turn it around. Believe you're gonna see God 228 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 4: open up new doors than about a person filled with hope. 229 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 4: Now I've learned, when you feel like dying, you got 230 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 4: to talk about living. When you feel like giving up, 231 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 4: you got to talk about pressing forward when you don't 232 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 4: see any way out, you got to talk about how 233 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 4: God can make a way. And know this, the enemy 234 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 4: always fights you the hardest when he knows God has 235 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: something great in storm. When the bottom falls out, it 236 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 4: looks like you hit an all time low and it 237 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 4: couldn't get any worse. You don't know what God has 238 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 4: around the corner. That's not the time to get bitter. 239 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 4: That's not the time to get negative. That's the time 240 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 4: to put your shoulders back and just boldly declare it. 241 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 4: My time is coming. I am a victor and not 242 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 4: a victim. I read about this man. He was out 243 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 4: on his boat and a big storm arose and his 244 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 4: boat capsized, and long story short, he ended up on 245 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 4: a deserted island all by himself. And week after week 246 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 4: went by, and he was so miserable, so distraught, he 247 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: didn't think he would ever be found. He prayed and prayed, 248 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 4: but it seemed like the heavens were silent. Nothing got 249 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 4: any better. In fact, just when he thought it couldn't 250 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 4: get any worse. While he was out one day trying 251 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 4: to find some food. When he came back, he noticed 252 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 4: the little thatched roof hut that he had built somehow 253 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 4: had caught on fire. He just sat there and watched 254 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 4: it go up in flames. It was like pouring salt 255 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: on his wounds. He said, God, I give up. I 256 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 4: asked you to help me, but one bad thing after 257 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 4: another happens to me. So down, so discouraged. Well, about 258 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 4: an hour later the coastguard showed up to rescue him. 259 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 4: He couldn't believe it. He was thrilled. He said, how 260 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 4: in the world did you find me? They said, we 261 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 4: saw the smoke coming from the fire that you built. 262 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: My point is, sometimes what looks like a disappointment to 263 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 4: us is simply God getting us in position to go 264 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 4: to a new level. And if it looks like if 265 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 4: you feel like your hut's on fire today, instead of 266 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: getting negative and bitter, why don't you get a different perspective. 267 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 4: Why don't you get a bigger view and believe that 268 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 4: God's gonna somehow, some way turn that around and use 269 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 4: it to your advantage. For some of you, kind of 270 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 4: like Naomi you feel like your life's been put on hold. 271 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 4: You've had so much come against you, so many things 272 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 4: aren't working out. That's when those negative thoughts come, telling 273 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 4: you it's never gonna change, it's never gonna get any better, 274 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 4: you're never gonna get well, You're never gonna be happy. Now, 275 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 4: don't believe the never lies. God is saying your time 276 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 4: is coming. Joseph waited thirteen years. It looked impossible in 277 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 4: the natural. He didn't have a chance, but God still 278 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 4: had a plan even in prison. The people Joseph was 279 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: good to they said that they would help him, but 280 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 4: when they got out, they forgot all about him. Maybe 281 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 4: you were counting on somebody to give you breaks. You 282 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 4: were good to them, you went out of your way 283 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 4: to help them succeed, but when you needed help, there 284 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 4: were nowhere to be found. But understand your destiny is 285 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 4: not tied to them. Don't be discouraged because somebody walked away. 286 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 4: Don't be bitter toward a boss, a business associate, a 287 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 4: friend that got promoted, and for God all about you. 288 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 4: You don't need them to succeed. God already has the 289 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: right people lined up to come into your life. He 290 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 4: already has your divine connections. You just stay in faith 291 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 4: and God will get you to where you need to be. 292 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 4: In the Scripture, there's a man by the name of Simeon. 293 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 4: One day God told him, you will not die until 294 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 4: you see the birth of Christ. He didn't understand it all, 295 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 4: but he let that promise take root deep down on 296 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 4: the inside. He didn't tell anybody about it. It was 297 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 4: just between him and God. Some commentaries say that he 298 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 4: waited up to twenty years. I can imagine the old 299 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 4: he got, the more he was tempted to think, I 300 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 4: must not have heard God right. It's never gonna happen. 301 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 4: It's been five years, been ten years. No. Simion had 302 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 4: to do just what I'm asking us to do. When 303 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 4: those negative thoughts came, he had to shake it off 304 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 4: and say, no, my time is coming. The promise is 305 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 4: in me. God put it in my heart, and I 306 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: will not go to my grave until I see it fulfilled. 307 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 4: He got up every morning, hoping, believing, expecting. Sure enough, 308 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 4: some twenty years later he saw that promise come to pass. 309 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,959 Speaker 4: And I believe God has spoken something like that to 310 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 4: every one of us. Deep down on the inside, you 311 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 4: have dreams that you know are going to come to 312 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 4: pass before you leave this earth. It may be a 313 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 4: promise that a child is going to get back on 314 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 4: the right path, but it's been five years, ten years, 315 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 4: fifteen years. It's good to do what Simon did. Just 316 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 4: remind God, God, you put this promise in me that 317 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 4: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 318 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 4: And I believe I will not go to my grave 319 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 4: until I see my whole family serving you. Maybe God's 320 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 4: put a promise in you that one day you're gonna 321 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 4: get married. You've been through some disappointment, some broken relationships, 322 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 4: you're getting a little older, and you're at tempted to 323 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 4: think it's not going to happen. No, God's already got 324 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 4: the right person picked out, and you're never too old. 325 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 4: Last week I met a couple in their nineties. They 326 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 4: had just gotten married. They were here on their honeymoon. 327 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 4: And I know, I know you don't want to wait 328 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 4: till your nineties. I'm just giving you the worst case scenario. 329 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,679 Speaker 4: I heard about this eighty five year old woman. She 330 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 4: went on a blind date with a ninety two year 331 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: old man. She came home very frustrated and her daughter said, Mom, 332 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 4: what's wrong. She said, I had to slap him three times. 333 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: The daughter said, you mean he tried to get fresh. 334 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 4: He said no, I thought he was dead. God has 335 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 4: the right person picked out for you, not that man. 336 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 4: Just stay in faith, Navy. God's put a promise in 337 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 4: you that one day you're going to write a book. 338 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 4: One day you're going to be in management. One day 339 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 4: you're going to have a successful business. One day you're 340 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 4: going to have a ministry. But now, like Simeon, everything's 341 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: trying to tell you why it's not going to happen. 342 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 4: Or you're getting too old, you don't have the right connections, 343 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: you've made too many mistakes. Sometimes the more we believe, 344 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 4: the more we pray, the less likely it looks. And 345 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 4: it's easy to get complacent and to let the seed 346 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 4: die still born. But I'm asking you to do what 347 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 4: Simeon did, no matter how long it's been, no matter 348 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 4: how tempted you are to get discouraged, get up every 349 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 4: morning and just to clear it by faith. My time 350 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 4: is coming. The promise is in me, and I will 351 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 4: not die until I see it come to pass. Well, Joel, 352 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 4: I've been tithing my income from ten years. I don't 353 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 4: see anything happening now God is saying, stay faithful, your 354 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 4: time is coming. Well, I've been working at this job 355 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 4: for twenty years, showing up early, giving it my best. 356 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 4: I never get promoted. No, don't get bitter, don't get negative. 357 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 4: You're not working under man, You're working under God. And 358 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 4: if you'll keep the right attitude, your time of promotion 359 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 4: is coming. God's keeping the records, He sees every seed 360 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 4: you've ever sown. What you sow, you will reap. The 361 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 4: scripture talks about when you sow in tears, you will 362 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 4: reap in joy. That means the so in seasons are 363 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 4: usually the most difficult. It's hard to keep a good 364 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 4: attitude when all your friends are being blessed but you're not. 365 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 4: And on top of that, they don't work as hard 366 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: as you do. They don't give like you, they don't 367 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 4: serve like you. That's a time of testing. It's hard 368 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 4: to go through disappointments, have people do us wrong, and 369 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 4: stay positive and hopeful and be good back to them. 370 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 4: Those are seasons of sewing. And if you'll do the 371 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 4: right thing, even when it's hard, when you sow in tears, 372 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 4: you will always reap in joy. I'm asking you to 373 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 4: have a new attitude toward what God's put in your heart. 374 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 4: May be taken a long time, but God still has 375 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: a plan to bring it to pass. And if Simon 376 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,719 Speaker 4: were standing before us today, he'd say, don't give up 377 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 4: on that promise. Your time is coming, and you need 378 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 4: to let that sink deep down on the inside. Some 379 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 4: of you thought it was over. Some of you thought 380 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 4: you made too many mistakes, or you thought you're getting 381 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 4: too old. But God is saying this is your season. 382 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 4: Keep your faith stirred up. I think about Moses. God 383 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 4: put a promise in him that he would deliver the 384 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 4: people of Israel, but he made a major mistake. He 385 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 4: killed somebody and had to run for his life. Forty 386 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 4: years went by, it looked like he was done, seem 387 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 4: like it was over. But understand, God never aborts a dream. 388 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 4: We may give up on it, we may delay it, 389 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: but the seed God put in you never dies. All 390 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 4: it takes is for you to start believing once again. 391 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 4: When Moses was eighty years old, God came back and said, Moses, 392 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: it's your time now. Forty years later. You may have 393 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 4: made mistakes, maybe you've blown some good opportunities, joined the crowd. 394 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 4: We all have The good news is God never disqualifies us. 395 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 4: God never writes us off. Well, you say, Joe, you 396 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 4: don't know what I've done. You don't know the life 397 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 4: I've lived. You don't know the people I've heard. No, 398 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 4: nothing you've done is too much for the mercy of God. 399 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 4: If you get knocked down, all you got to do 400 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 4: is get back up again, don't stay down. I love 401 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 4: the fact that God's mercy doesn't count us out, It 402 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 4: counts us in. If you've ever watched a boxing match 403 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 4: where one of the boxers gets knocked down, the referee 404 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,479 Speaker 4: comes over and counts to ten, one, two, three, all 405 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 4: the way up to eight, nine, ten. You're out, You're done, 406 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 4: You're disqualified. But God's mercy is just the opposite. When 407 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 4: we get knocked down, when we make a mistake, God 408 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 4: comes over and counts ten, nine, eight, all the way 409 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 4: down to three two one. God says, knock you're out. 410 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 4: He says, all right, get back up again. It's time 411 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 4: to begin again. Mercy counts us in, doesn't count us out. 412 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 4: Some of you today, your time is not coming. Your 413 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 4: time is already here. You've sown into so many others. 414 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 4: You've been faithful day in and day out. You've done 415 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 4: the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. Just 416 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 4: like Joseph, God is saying it's your time. Now, you're 417 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 4: entering into a new season. You may have had a 418 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 4: lot of great things happen in the past, but you 419 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 4: haven't seen anything yet. Your best days are not behind you. 420 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 4: They are still out in front of you. For some 421 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 4: of you, it's gonna be a new season of increase, 422 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 4: a new season of promotion, a new season of blessing. 423 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 4: For others, it's gonna be a time of vindication, a 424 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 4: time where God's gonna make your wrongs right, where like Joseph, 425 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 4: He's gonna bring justice into your life. For some of you, 426 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 4: it's gonna be a time of supernatural strength where you'll 427 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 4: be able to break addictions, break bad habits, break wrong mindsets. 428 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 4: For some of you, it's gonna be a time where 429 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 4: those hidden dreams that you've had buried for years will 430 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 4: begin to come to pass. God will open up new opportunities, 431 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 4: He'll begin to bring the right people across your path. 432 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 4: It's because you've been faithful, because you've been a prisoner 433 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 4: of hope, You're going to enter into a new season 434 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 4: of victory. You may have been through a lot of 435 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 4: unfair things, maybe you've had a lot of heartache and pain, 436 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 4: but let me declare over you you will get birth 437 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 4: to more in the future than you've lost in the past. 438 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 4: Even the secret petitions of your heart, God's gonna bring 439 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 4: them to fulfillment. Well, you say, Joel, that sounds great 440 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 4: and not love for it to happen to me. But 441 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 4: I've been through so many disappointments. I just don't see how. No, 442 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 4: the seed is not going to take root with that 443 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,239 Speaker 4: kind of attitude. You've got to rise up and say, hey, 444 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 4: you know what this is for me, I'm entering into 445 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 4: a new season, and with my faith, I'm gonna ignite 446 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 4: this moment. With my faith, I'm gonna ignite the dream. 447 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 4: On the inside Scripture talks about how we have to 448 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 4: fan the flame. Moses at eighty years old saw his 449 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 4: time come. Joseph, after thirteen years of being done wrong, 450 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 4: saw his time come. If God did it for them, 451 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,239 Speaker 4: he can do it for you. Keep your faith stirred up. 452 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 4: You've served others, You've given generously, You've sacrificed your time, 453 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 4: and that's great. That's what life is all about. But 454 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 4: understand God rewards obedience. When you obey, there's always a 455 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 4: blessing that will follow. And if you'll let this seed 456 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 4: take root and go out expecting good things, believing that 457 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 4: God's working in your life, believing that those promises will 458 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 4: come to pass. If you do that, you will see 459 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 4: God's goodness in a greater way. I think about Peter. 460 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 4: One time he was in the boat with all the 461 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: other disciples and they saw Jesus come walking up on 462 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 4: the water. Why did Peter want to get out? Why 463 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 4: did he all of a sudden think he could do that? Well, 464 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 4: he said, Joe, it's because he had seen Jesus open 465 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 4: the blind eyes, cleanse the lepers, do all those miraculous things. Yes, 466 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: that's true, But the other disciples in the boat had 467 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 4: seen the same things. Why didn't they want to get out? 468 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 4: It's because Peter understood it was his time. He stirred 469 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 4: his faith up. He ignited that moment and believed he 470 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 4: could do what God put in his heart. Jesus said, Peter, 471 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 4: you want to get out of the boat. He said, yes, 472 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 4: I do. He said, well get out. Peter stepped out 473 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 4: of the boat and he walked on the water well, 474 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 4: you say yeah, Joel, but he's saying he went under Yeah, 475 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 4: but he walked more than me and you some of 476 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 4: you today. You need to have that same kind of boldness. 477 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 4: Don't just believe that your time is coming. Start believing 478 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 4: that your time is here. All the dreams that you buried, 479 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 4: those desires that you thought would never work out, It's 480 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 4: time to start believing again. You need to have the attitude. 481 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 4: It's my time to come up to a new level. 482 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 4: I've seen it happen for others, but it's my time 483 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 4: to see God's blessings in favor. It's my time to 484 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 4: accomplish my dreams. It's my time to break these addictions. 485 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 4: So I'm not gonna sit around wishing it would happen anymore, bitter, hurt, jealous. No, 486 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 4: I'm not changing my name. I don't have time for 487 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 4: any of that. This is my season of increase, This 488 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 4: is my season of promotion, my season of blessing. If 489 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 4: you do that, you're saying in e fact what Peter said, God, 490 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 4: can I come with you? I believe it's my time. Now. 491 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 4: You notice what Jesus said. He didn't say, Peter, stay 492 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 4: in that boat, don't you know I'm the son of God. No, 493 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 4: he said Peter. I like your attitude of faith. I 494 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 4: like the fact you believe you can do great things. 495 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 4: That tells me it's your time now. Every one of 496 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 4: us has dreams in our heart that we haven't seen 497 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 4: come to pass. Let's stay filled with hope. Don't get 498 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 4: complacent and think it's never gonna happen. No, right now, 499 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 4: behind the scenes in your life, God is arranging things 500 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 4: in your favor. Right now, I believe the change of mediocrity, 501 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 4: the chains of failure, the chains of lack, the chains 502 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 4: of addiction are being broken off of us. It may 503 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 4: look like your dream has died. That The good news 504 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,719 Speaker 4: is God can resurrect that dead dream. He did it 505 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 4: for Moses, he can do it for you. I want 506 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 4: some prisoners of hope. I want you to know, deep 507 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 4: down on the inside, no matter where you are in life, 508 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 4: your time is coming. Get up every morning and declare 509 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 4: it by faith. If you do that, you won't be disappointed. 510 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 4: I believe, like Sinion, before you leave this earth, you'll 511 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 4: see every dream, every desire. God will bring them to pass. 512 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 4: He'll pour out his blessings in favor, and you're gonna 513 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 4: live the life of victory he has in story. Amen, 514 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 4: do you receive it today? We never like to close 515 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 4: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 516 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 517 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 518 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 4: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Friends, 519 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 4: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 520 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 521 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 4: God first place. He's gonna take your places you've never 522 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 4: dreamed of. 523 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Julus Dean podcast. Help 524 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with the 525 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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