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What you're doing 38 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 3: while the situation is not changing will determine whether you 39 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: prosper where you're planted or whether you just endure it. 40 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 3: When God sees you giving your all when things aren't improving, 41 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 3: still pursuing your goals, still serving, giving excelling, he may 42 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 3: not bring you out of the challenge when you thought, 43 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 3: but he will cause you to prosper in the challenge. 44 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: Hi this is Joel and Vitia. Thanks for listening to 45 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 46 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 47 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 48 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 49 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 3: It's great to have you with us today. If you're 50 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 3: ever in our area, please stop behying. Be a part 51 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 3: of one of our services. We'd love to have you. 52 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 3: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 53 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 3: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 54 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: watch the messages anytime. You can follow us on social media. 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start 56 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: with something funny and I heard about this new police recruit. 57 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: He was taking his final exam in front of a 58 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 3: large classroom. The sergeant asked him, what would you do 59 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 3: if you had to arrest your own mother in law 60 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: without missing your beat? He said, call for back up. 61 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 3: All right, Joe, I got a great mother in law. 62 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: But here we go. Ready, this is my Bible. I 63 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 3: am what it says I am, I have what it 64 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 3: says I have. I can do what it says I 65 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: can do. Today, I will be taught the word of God. 66 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 3: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 67 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 68 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 3: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 69 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 3: prosper where you're planted. It's easy to think when I 70 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 3: get out of this challenge, I'll be my best when 71 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 3: this pandemic is over, I'll pursue my dreams. When I 72 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 3: don't have this trouble at work, then I'll get my 73 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: passion back. But while you're waiting for things to change, 74 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 3: you're not supposed to put your dreams on hold. God 75 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 3: wants to prosper you in the difficulty. He wants to 76 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 3: show your favor in the famine. Don't wait for things 77 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 3: to turn around. Then you'll have a good attitude. You 78 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: have to be your best where you are. God doesn't 79 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: have to bring you out of the trouble. He can 80 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 3: cause you to flourish in the trouble. Be in a 81 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 3: slow season, you're waiting for doors to open, hoping to 82 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 3: meet the right person, looking for a new position, but 83 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 3: nothing's happening. It's tempting to get discouraged. God, when are 84 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 3: you going to do something while you're waiting. You need 85 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 3: to take steps to grow, develop your skills, be good 86 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: to others. What you're doing while the situation is not 87 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 3: changing will determine whether you prosper where you're planted or 88 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 3: whether you just endure it. When God sees you giving 89 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: your all when things aren't improving, still pursuing your goals, 90 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 3: still serving, giving, excelling, he may not bring you out 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,679 Speaker 3: of the challenge when you thought, but He will cause 92 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 3: you to prosper in the challenge. What's a greater testimony 93 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 3: that God brought you out of the trouble, or that 94 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 3: He calls you to flourish in the trouble, That God 95 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: stop the pandemic, or that you prospered in the pandemic. 96 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: Jeremiah twenty nine eleven is a very well known scripture. 97 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 3: It's says, these are the plans I have for you, 98 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 3: says the Lord plans to prosper you and not to 99 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: harm you. Plans to give you a future and a hope. 100 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 3: It's interesting the context this was written in. The people 101 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 3: weren't in a good place, it wasn't an uptime a 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 3: joyful moment. King Nebukanezar had just taken the Israelites out 103 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: of Jerusalem as captives and sent them to Babylon. Now 104 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 3: the Israelites were living there in exile. Not able to 105 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,359 Speaker 3: go home was a great disappointment. Their whole world was 106 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 3: turned upside down. I'm sure they were praying, God, deliver us, 107 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: please get us out of here. But the word of 108 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: the Lord came saying that they were going to be 109 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: there another seventy years. You can imagine how discouraged they were, 110 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: thinking they had seen their best days. God knew they 111 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 3: were about to give up on their dreams lose their passion. 112 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: The prophet Jeremiah showed up and told them to do 113 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 3: something significant. He said in verse five, build houses and 114 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 3: live in them. Plant gardens and eat the produce. Give 115 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 3: your daughters in marriage. Increase, Do not decrease. Prosper in 116 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 3: the land which you were in is exile. God didn't say, 117 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 3: I'm going to get you out so I can prosper you. 118 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: I'm going to free you from this captivity so you 119 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: can build dream See increase. He said, I'm going to 120 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 3: prosper you where you're planted. I'm going to prosper you 121 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: in exile. I'm going to show you my favor while 122 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 3: you're in Babylon. But notice they had to do something. 123 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 3: He said, build houses, plant gardens, marry, pursue goals. They 124 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 3: could have said, God, that doesn't make sense. This isn't 125 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: even our land. Once you free us, then we'll get 126 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: our passion back. No, in captivity, in disappointment, dealing with loss, 127 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 3: you have to take steps of faith. You can't sit 128 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 3: back and think about what didn't work out, Why did 129 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: this happen? Be proactive, look for opportunities, shine at work, 130 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 3: be a blessing wherever you go. God was telling them, 131 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: I'm not going to turn this around immediately. You're going 132 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 3: to be here for a while. But while you're here, 133 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: you don't have to live defeated. You don't have to 134 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: give up on your dreams. My plans are to prosper 135 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: you even while you're in captivity. I'm going to prosper you, 136 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: even though you're in exile. We all have times where 137 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 3: what we're hoping for is not happening as fast as 138 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: we would like. We're believing for a breakthrough, to meet 139 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 3: the right person, see our family restored, but it's been 140 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 3: a long time. It's tempting to get sour, lose our passion. 141 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 3: But while you're waiting, instead of dragging through the day, 142 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 3: if you'll start being productive, building houses, so to speak, 143 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: pursuing dreams, using your gifts, God will cause you to 144 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 3: prosper in exile. He'll prosper you on the enemy's territory. 145 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 3: He's not waiting to bring you out. He'll prosper you 146 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: in the pandemic. He'll show you his goodness while you're 147 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: in captivity. Like the Israelites, life may have thrown you 148 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 3: a cur you feel like you're in exile, gone through 149 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 3: a disappointment, break up, a child's off course. You could 150 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 3: settle where you are, accept that it's not going to 151 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 3: work out. No, get your passion back. You're not in 152 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 3: exile by yourself. You're not alone in captivity. The creator 153 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 3: of the universe is right there with you. You may 154 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 3: not understand it, but it's a part of his plan. 155 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: If you're going to reach your highest potential, you have 156 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 3: to keep doing the right thing when the wrong thing 157 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 3: is happening. Keep believing, keep dreaming, keep growing. God didn't 158 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: bring you this far to leave you. It may not 159 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 3: turn around as soon as you would like, but how 160 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 3: do you know God is not going to prosper you 161 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: in the difficulty, cause you to flourish in the fire, 162 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 3: take you to new levels in the midst of that challenge. 163 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: We've all seen this with the pandemic. Seem like it 164 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 3: was getting better and then another strain. We see the 165 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 3: conflicts in Afghanistan, the earthquakes, the hurricanes. In one sense, 166 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: we could say we're in Babylon. There are difficulties, situations 167 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 3: that are not changing. Here's the key. We're not supposed 168 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 3: to surrender. Put our dreams on hold. It's too much 169 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: to overcome. Just endure till he comes. God is saying 170 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 3: to us what he said to the Israelites. Build your houses, 171 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 3: pursue your dreams, go after your destiny. The situation around 172 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,479 Speaker 3: us doesn't have to change. God will prosper us in Babylon. 173 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: He'll prosper us despite what's happening around us. Don't live 174 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 3: with the survivor mentality. I can just make it through. 175 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 3: I'm on the enemy's territory. We may be on the 176 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: enemy's territory, but we are God's property. God controls the universe. 177 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 3: He doesn't need permission from any one to bless you. 178 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 3: When it's your time to be promoted, to see increase, 179 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 3: to build, to take new ground. No person can stop him. 180 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 3: No bad break, no loss, no pandemic, All the forces 181 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 3: of darkness cannot stop what God has for you. The 182 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 3: scripture says, the darker it gets in the world, the 183 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 3: brighter it is going to get in the church. You 184 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 3: and I are the church. The church is not a building, 185 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: it's people. The darker it gets around you, the more 186 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 3: you're going to shine, the more you're going to stand out, 187 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 3: the more you're going to see favor. Don't expect God 188 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 3: to deliver you from every Babylon, but you can't expect 189 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 3: him to cause you to prosper in every Babylon. He 190 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: may not take you out of that negative environment at work, 191 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 3: but He will promote you in the midst of it. 192 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: And if God is not delivering you from the difficulty, 193 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: maybe that's a sign that you're supposed to shine in 194 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 3: the difficulty, are to prosper you. He didn't say that 195 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 3: when everything was going great. He said that when they 196 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 3: were in captivity. If you will have the right attitude, 197 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 3: God's going to cause you to prosper despite what's coming 198 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: against you. He's going to cause you to flourish on 199 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 3: the enemy's territory. Not in Jerusalem that's expected, but in Babylon. 200 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 3: That way people will know the favor of God is 201 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: on your life. My father went through a time when 202 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 3: felt like he was in Babylon. Back in the nineteen fifties. 203 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 3: He had been pastoring a successful church. They just built 204 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,719 Speaker 3: a new auditorium held a thousand people. His dreams were 205 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 3: coming to pass. Then my sister Lisa was born with 206 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 3: something like cerebral palsy, and my father went to a 207 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 3: hotel for a few days to be alone. He read 208 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: the scripture like he was reading it for the first time, 209 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 3: and he saw how Jesus went about healing people and 210 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 3: performing miracles. He came back to his church with a 211 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: new passion, thought they would be excited, but they didn't 212 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 3: like his new message of faith and victory. It didn't 213 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: fit their tradition. There was so much contention he ended 214 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 3: up having to leave the church. He had spent years 215 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: pouring into those people. Now there was nothing to show 216 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 3: for it. He was in exile, so to speak. But 217 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 3: I've learned nothing happens without God's permission. We may not 218 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 3: understand it, it may not seem fair, but God knows 219 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 3: what he's doing. He wouldn't have allowed it if it 220 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 3: was going to keep you from your purpose. When you 221 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: feel like you're in exile, you've been pushed out, having 222 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 3: to start over, gone through a divorce, been betrayed, dealing 223 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 3: with the loss, it's tempting to settle, get discouraged, think 224 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 3: you've seen your best days. That's when you have to 225 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 3: dig down deep, say God, I don't understand it. It 226 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense to be but I trust you. I 227 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: know you're still on the throne. You said your plans 228 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 3: for me are for good. While I'm in Babylon, I'm 229 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 3: still going to praise you, still going to be my best, 230 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 3: still going to pursue my dreams. I'm still going to 231 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 3: believe for your favor. My father was disappointed because, like 232 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 3: the wind was knocked out of him, But he didn't 233 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 3: sit around in self pity. He didn't get bitter. God, 234 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 3: why am I in exile? Why did I get pushed out? 235 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 3: He and my mother went out and found an old 236 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 3: rundown building used to be a feed store. They started 237 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: Lakewood with ninety people. He had a thousand members before, 238 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,239 Speaker 3: now just a fraction. He had a beautiful brick sanctuary 239 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:42,119 Speaker 3: now this little wood building. Sometimes to reach your destiny, 240 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: you have to go backwards so God can take you 241 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 3: further forward. God doesn't always do things in a straight 242 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 3: line in what makes sense. There will be closed doors, disappointments, 243 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 3: people that walk away, things you didn't see coming. You 244 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: look up and you're in Babylon. You were doing great 245 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 3: in Jerusalem, but things unexpectedly changed in these times. It 246 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 3: don't make sense. He came down with an illness, lost 247 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 3: a main contract, the friend betrayed you. You have to 248 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 3: remind yourself that God is still in control. Being in 249 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 3: Babylon is not a surprise to him. Don't panic. God 250 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 3: knows how to take what was meant for harm and 251 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: turn it to your advantage. He may not deliver you 252 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 3: from it, but He will prosper you in it. Being 253 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: in Babylon is a test, going through things you don't understand, 254 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 3: things that are not fair. That shows what your character is, 255 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 3: That shows what you're capable of handling. How much God 256 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: can trust you with, how much influence you can carry, 257 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 3: how much responsibility he can give you. What you do 258 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 3: in the tough times will determine how high you rise. 259 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: My father could have slacked off. God when you give 260 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 3: me a big church, I'll be my best again. When 261 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: I have a thousand members, then i'll study, then I'll 262 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 3: prepare and do my best. No, my father preached to 263 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 3: those ninety people like he was preaching to thousands, never 264 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 3: missed a service. While he was waiting for promotion, waiting 265 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 3: for growth, waiting for favor. He developed his gifts. He served, 266 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 3: He visited people in the hospital, He helped those in need. 267 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 3: Ten years went by, the church still had less than 268 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 3: two hundred people. Those were very important years, years of testing, 269 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 3: years of proving God was seeing what my father was 270 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: made of. Daddy proved that he would do the right 271 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 3: thing when it was hard, that he would be his 272 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 3: best when things weren't growing, that he would build dream plan. 273 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: Even though he was in Babylon. Nineteen seventy two, it 274 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: was like God opened up a fawcet. People started coming 275 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 3: to the church from all over the city. It grew 276 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 3: to a thousand, then two thousand, then four, then eight. 277 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: Here we are today. My father would have never reached 278 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 3: his destiny without being pushed out of that church. What 279 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: was inside of him was bigger than the denomination he 280 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 3: was in. Don't fight the closed doors, the disappointments, the 281 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 3: people that walk away. You don't know what God is 282 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: up to. Sometimes he has to move you away from 283 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 3: what you're comfortable with. You can't see it, but he 284 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 3: knows something is limiting you. You may go through these 285 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 3: seasons of testing, seasons approving. It's easy to get discouraged 286 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 3: slack off, but you need to keep being your best. 287 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 3: Nothing is changing, that's okay, keep doing the right thing. 288 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 3: God told the Israelites You're going to be in Babylon 289 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 3: for some years. I'm not going to turn this around overnight. 290 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 3: But while you're here, don't put your life on hold. Build, plant, marry, increase. 291 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 3: We're all going to have these Babylon seasons where nothing 292 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 3: is improving. Like my father, you being your best but 293 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 3: not seeing growth. Keep building, keep pursuing, keep serving, pass 294 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 3: those tests. God may not bring you out of Babylon, 295 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 3: but at the right time, he will cause you to 296 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 3: prosper in Babylon. This is what happened with Joseph in 297 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 3: the Scripture. At seventeen years old, God gave him a 298 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 3: dream that he would lead a nation and have great influence. 299 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 3: He was excited, but his brothers not so much. They 300 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 3: didn't like the fact that he had a big dream 301 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 3: and that there was favor on his life. They were 302 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 3: taking care of sheep in another city. His father asked 303 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 3: Joseph to go check on them. When they saw Joseph coming, 304 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 3: they thought this was their big chance to get rid 305 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,479 Speaker 3: of him. They threw him into a pit. They were 306 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 3: going to leave him there, but a caravan of Ishmaelites 307 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 3: came traveling through. They ended up selling him as a slave. 308 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 3: Joseph was in a foreign country working for a high 309 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 3: ranking military harry officer named potterphar Here. A few weeks earlier, 310 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 3: his future looked so bright. He was wearing the coat 311 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: of many colors that his father had given him, his 312 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 3: father's favorite child. But life has a way of taking 313 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 3: twist in turns things that we didn't see coming. Now 314 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 3: Joseph found himself in Babylon, so to speak, in exile, 315 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 3: in captivity, just like the people in Jeremiah's day. Joseph 316 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 3: had every right to be bitter discouraged. He didn't do 317 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 3: anything wrong. But Joseph understood this principle that there are 318 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 3: times we're going to find ourselves in exile instead of 319 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 3: sitting around in self pity. He kept being his best, 320 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 3: using his gifts and talents. He served with such excellence 321 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 3: that potterpher noticed him. He stood out from among all 322 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 3: the other staff. Potterphar put him in charge of his 323 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 3: whole house. The scripture says that Joseph became a favorite 324 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 3: of Potterphar. It's interesting how Joseph was a favorite of 325 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 3: his father. That door closed he went into exile. But 326 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 3: notice how God works. If you keep using your gifts, 327 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 3: keep being your best, favor will follow you into exile. 328 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 3: He became the favorite of his boss. The favor didn't 329 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 3: leave him just because he changed locations. Didn't leave him 330 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 3: because people were jealous. He had a bad break, he 331 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 3: was in captivity. The favor on your life didn't leave 332 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 3: you because you're in a pandemic. Somebody walked away, you 333 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 3: had a disappointment. It's still there. Keep shining where you are, 334 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 3: keep excelling, keep serving, keep giving. The right people are 335 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 3: going to be for you. The right doors are going 336 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 3: to open. Being in Babylon did not stop the blessing 337 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 3: God put on your life. Genesis thirty nine says the 338 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 3: Lord begin to bless potterpur because of Joseph Potiphar was 339 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 3: an influential, successful leader. You would think Joseph would be 340 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 3: blessed because he worked for Potterphar, but it was the 341 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 3: other way around. Potterphar was blessed because of Joseph, a slave, 342 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 3: a foreigner in captivity that had the favor of God. 343 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 3: Wherever you go, there is favor on your life. The 344 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 3: location doesn't stop the favor. Joseph was a handsome young man. 345 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 3: Potterphar's wife noticed how attractive he was, and she tried 346 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: to seduce him. Joseph could have let his guard down, 347 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 3: thought big deal, have nothing to lose, I'm a slave. 348 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 3: But Joseph had so much integrity, he was so honorable 349 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 3: that he wouldn't give in. She lied about Joseph, falsely 350 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 3: accused him. Poterphar was furious. He had Joseph put in prison. 351 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 3: Now he's not just a slave, not just in a 352 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 3: foreign country, but he's a prisoner on the way to 353 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 3: your destiny. Don't be surprised if there are twists. People 354 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 3: that lie about you, people that try to get you 355 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 3: to compromise, jealous family members, co workers that play politics. 356 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 3: How we handle these times will determine whether we prosper 357 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 3: where we are, or whether we get stuck where we are. 358 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 3: Joseph was in prison, but he didn't get sour. He 359 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 3: didn't start complaining. He kept being his best, still serving, 360 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 3: still using his leadership skills. Verse twenty one says Joseph 361 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 3: had favor with the chief jailer. Before long he was 362 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 3: put in charge of all the other prisoners. And everything 363 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 3: that happened in the prison. God didn't deliver him out 364 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 3: of the trouble. He caused him to flourish in the trouble. 365 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 3: He prospered in the prison. His environment didn't change, but 366 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 3: he kept seeing favor promotion despite the bad breaks. One night, 367 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 3: one of the prisoners, Pharaoh's former butler, had a dream. 368 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 3: He didn't know what it meant. Joseph had a gift 369 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 3: of interpreting dreams. He could have thought, not going to help. 370 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 3: You have enough problems of my own. He could have 371 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 3: been bitter, but he used his gifts to help the butler. 372 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 3: He interpreted his dream. What's interesting is that his gift 373 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: worked in the prison. Your gifts don't quit working because 374 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 3: you had a bad break. You went through a disappointment, 375 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 3: you lost a loved one. You're in Babylon. Use what 376 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 3: God has given you. Be good to others. Don't put 377 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 3: your gifts on hold because things haven't turned out the 378 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: way you thought. Your gifts are going to make room 379 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 3: for you. Your gifts are going to cause doors to open. 380 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 3: Your gifts are a key to you reaching your destiny. 381 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 3: Joseph interpreted the butler's dream told him that in two 382 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 3: days he was going to get out of prison. All 383 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 3: Joseph asked for in return was for the butler to 384 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 3: put in a good word for him. The butler agreed, 385 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 3: got out of prison for good. All about Joseph. Two 386 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 3: more years past, another opportunity for Joseph to be discouraged, 387 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 3: but Joseph wouldn't take the bait. He just kept being 388 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 3: his best, being good to people that were not good 389 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 3: to him, serving in a country that he didn't want 390 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 3: to be in. When you pass these tests, like Joseph, 391 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 3: you're not only going to prosper each step of the way, 392 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 3: but God is going to do some unusual things. He's 393 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 3: preparing you to go where you've never dreamed. As you 394 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 3: keep doing the right thing, you're proving to God that 395 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: he can trust you. We always want God to deliver 396 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 3: us from the challenge. I'm uncomfortable. I don't like the opposition. 397 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 3: These people aren't treating me right. But if you will 398 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 3: do like Joseph and say God, even if you don't 399 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: deliver me right now, I'm gonna keep shining. I'm gonna 400 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 3: keep praising, keep using my gifts, keep being my best. 401 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 3: Then you'll not only see God's goodness along the way, 402 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 3: but you'll come into some explosive blessings, blessings that catapult 403 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 3: you ahead where suddenly you're promoted, suddenly you get well, 404 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 3: suddenly you meet the right person, Suddenly you're thrust to 405 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: a new level of your destiny. One night, the pharaoh 406 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 3: had a dream the leader of the country, and he 407 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 3: didn't understand what it meant. The butler suddenly remembered Joseph. 408 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 3: Two years after he interpreted his dream. He said to 409 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 3: the Pharaoh, there's a young man in prison, a slave 410 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 3: named Joseph. He can interpret your dream. Think about this. 411 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 3: If Joseph had not used his gift to interpret the 412 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 3: butler's dream, if he had been upset in self pity, 413 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 3: we wouldn't be talking about him. That's what Jeremiah was 414 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 3: saying to the Israelites while you're in Babylon. Don't waste 415 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 3: these years being discouraged, thinking of all the reasons it 416 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 3: hadn't worked out. No build dream, plant, increase. He was saying, 417 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: use your gifts, stretch your faith, and you'll prosper in Babylon. 418 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 3: You'll see favor. In captivity, the scripture says the Pharaoh 419 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 3: sent word for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from 420 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 3: the prison to stand before Pharaoh. He had been in 421 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 3: captivity thirteen years. It seemed like that was his destiny. 422 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 3: But God knows how to quickly turn things around. He 423 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 3: can quickly turn your business around, quickly turn your health around, 424 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 3: quickly turn your family around. Joseph interpreted the Pharaoh's dream. 425 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 3: He was so impressed he made Joseph the prime Minister 426 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 3: of Egypt, second in command only to the Pharaoh. Looking back, 427 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 3: we can see how all those steps were necessary for 428 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 3: Joseph to get to the throne. The bad breaks, the betrayals, delays, disappointments, 429 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 3: they were all a part of God's plan. Had Joseph 430 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 3: not kept a good attitude, not used his gifts, not 431 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 3: bid his best, he would have gotten stuck. God is 432 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 3: going to connect the dots in your life. You may 433 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 3: not understand everything along the way, but you can be 434 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 3: sure that God knows what he's doing. He may not 435 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 3: deliver you out of every situation on your timetable, but 436 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 3: if you'll stay in faith, he'll cause you to flourish 437 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 3: at every step of the way. He'll prosper you wherever 438 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 3: you're planted. A few years later, Joseph had a son 439 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 3: that he named Ephrium. Ephrium means productive, fruitful. He said 440 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 3: in verse fifty two, I've named him this because the 441 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 3: Lord has made me prosper us in the land of 442 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 3: my suffering. He was saying, I had bad breaks, things 443 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,199 Speaker 3: weren't fair, but God caused me to prosper despite what 444 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 3: tried to stop me. If you're going to have an Ephrium, 445 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 3: if you're going to see God prosper you in the 446 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 3: midst of the difficulty, you have to stay productive, keep 447 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 3: using your gifts, keep stretching, keep being good to people. 448 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: Don't put your dreams on hold because you're in Babylon. 449 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: Like Joseph, God can make you prosperous in the affliction, 450 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 3: not when you get out, but in the pandemic, in 451 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 3: the trouble, in the disappointment. You can shine. You can 452 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 3: still build, still see great relationships, still accomplish your dreams. 453 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 3: This is what the apostle Paul did. He spent the 454 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 3: last few years of his life in prison. He could 455 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 3: have been sour, thinking man, this is how it's going 456 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 3: to end in Babylon, in exile. But Paul knew that 457 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 3: those prison bars couldn't keep his gifts from coming out. 458 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 3: While he was in prison, he wrote books of the 459 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 3: Bible scriptures that we all quote today. I can do 460 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: all things through Christ. God will do exceedingly, abundantly above 461 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,479 Speaker 3: what we ask. Be strong in the Lord and the 462 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 3: power of his mind. He wasn't complaining in the prison. 463 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 3: He was flourishing in the prison. While he was in captivity, 464 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 3: he was writing books that would in Hurriye Us two 465 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 3: thousand years later. If Paul were here, he would tell 466 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 3: you you can prosper wherever you're planet. You don't have 467 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 3: to wait till everything is perfect. You can flourish in 468 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 3: the trouble, see favor in the famine, be promoted in 469 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 3: the pandemic. My challenge today is do what Paul did, 470 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 3: Do what Joseph did. Keep being your best where you are. 471 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 3: I can't promise you that you're going to come out 472 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 3: of every Babylon overnight. But I can promise you that 473 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 3: God will prosper you in Babylon. He'll show you favor 474 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 3: on the enemy's territory. His plans for you are for good. 475 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 3: He sees your commitment. He sees you doing the right 476 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 3: thing when it's hard. He sees you being your best 477 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 3: when you're not getting the credit. Your time is coming. 478 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 3: I believe and declare you're about to see God prosper 479 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 3: you despite what's trying to stop you. You're going to 480 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 3: see uncommon favor, favor that catapult you ahead, dreams coming 481 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: to pass, negative situations, turning around new levels of your 482 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 3: destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can 483 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 3: you say amen? Today I'd like to give you an 484 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 3: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would 485 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 3: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 486 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 3: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 487 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 3: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 488 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 3: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 489 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 3: you some information on your new walk with the Lord. 490 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 3: Just text the number on the screen, or you can 491 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 3: go to the website. I hope you'll get into a 492 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 3: good Bible based church and keep God first place. Thanks 493 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 3: so much for listening to today's message. 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