1 00:00:00,510 --> 00:00:03,130 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks again for being with us today. Always my 2 00:00:03,310 --> 00:00:05,479 Speaker 1: honor to be able to share God's Word with you 3 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: and hopefully inspire you and encourage you. If you're enjoying 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,380 Speaker 1: the podcast, I hope you'll share it with a friend, 5 00:00:10,580 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: pass it along. Let's inspire some other people as well. 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,100 Speaker 1: But know that we love you. It's going to be 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,930 Speaker 1: a blessed day for you. Well, God bless you. It's 8 00:00:18,370 --> 00:00:21,130 Speaker 1: great to be with you today. And I hope you'll 9 00:00:21,150 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: stay connected with us throughout the week. We have a 10 00:00:23,950 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: daily podcast that you can download. You can go to 11 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel, listen to the messages anytime, or you 12 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: can follow us on social media. I promise you, we'll 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning in. 14 00:00:36,380 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: And thanks again for coming out today. I like to 15 00:00:39,260 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about these three 16 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:45,349 Speaker 1: men that were traveling together. It was a Hindu priest, 17 00:00:45,650 --> 00:00:49,410 Speaker 1: a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist. They stopped at a 18 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:53,070 Speaker 1: farmhouse for lodging. The farmer said, I only have room 19 00:00:53,110 --> 00:00:55,310 Speaker 1: for two of you in the house. Somebody will have 20 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:57,700 Speaker 1: to stay in the barn. The Hindu priest said, I'll 21 00:00:57,740 --> 00:00:59,940 Speaker 1: do it. A few minutes, there was a knock on 22 00:00:59,980 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's 23 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: a cow, and cows are sacred in our religion. The 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,260 Speaker 1: Jewish rabbi said, I'll do it. A few minutes later, 25 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: a knock on the door said, I can't stay out there. 26 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,950 Speaker 1: There's a pig that wouldn't be kosher. The televangelist finally said, 27 00:01:15,010 --> 00:01:17,070 Speaker 1: all right, I'll do it. In a few minutes, there 28 00:01:17,090 --> 00:01:19,110 Speaker 1: was a knock on the door. It was the cow 29 00:01:19,230 --> 00:01:22,740 Speaker 1: and the pig. I'm the only one that got it. 30 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,289 Speaker 1: Here we go. Ready? This is my Bible. I am 31 00:01:26,330 --> 00:01:28,510 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 32 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:31,830 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, 33 00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:34,690 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 34 00:01:34,730 --> 00:01:39,020 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I 35 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:43,100 Speaker 1: will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you. 36 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about trouble is temporary. 37 00:01:48,430 --> 00:01:51,990 Speaker 1: We all face difficulties that don't look like they'll ever change. 38 00:01:52,550 --> 00:01:54,889 Speaker 1: Seems like the more we pray, the worse it gets. 39 00:01:55,270 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: We don't see any sign of things improving. It's easy 40 00:01:58,470 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: to live discouraged and accept that it's not meant to be. 41 00:02:02,420 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: But Paul said in 2 Corinthians, our present troubles are 42 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,060 Speaker 1: small and won't last very long. These troubles will soon 43 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: be over, but the joy to come will last forever. 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,950 Speaker 1: What you're up against may look permanent, Seems like it's 45 00:02:18,970 --> 00:02:21,609 Speaker 1: going to take years to get well years to get 46 00:02:21,669 --> 00:02:24,820 Speaker 1: out of debt years to meet the right person Don't 47 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,739 Speaker 1: be fooled by what you see god is saying the 48 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: trouble is only temporary It's not going to last very 49 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,130 Speaker 1: long soon. It's going to be over Soon you're going 50 00:02:35,169 --> 00:02:37,889 Speaker 1: to see the breakthrough. Soon your health is going to 51 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:40,950 Speaker 1: turn around. Soon you're going to meet the person of 52 00:02:40,990 --> 00:02:44,100 Speaker 1: your dreams. You may not see how this can happen. 53 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,060 Speaker 1: Everything in your reasoning says it's not possible. You're looking 54 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,380 Speaker 1: at it in the natural. We serve a supernatural God. 55 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,389 Speaker 1: He can make things happen that you can't make happen. 56 00:02:55,030 --> 00:02:57,510 Speaker 1: And instead of thinking of all the reasons why it's 57 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: not going to work out, how it's going to take forever, 58 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:04,500 Speaker 1: try a different approach. Father, thank you that this difficulty 59 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: will soon be over. Thank you that this sickness, this depression, 60 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,050 Speaker 1: this family problem will not last very long. Joel, it's 61 00:03:13,150 --> 00:03:16,510 Speaker 1: already been a long time. That means you are very 62 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:19,270 Speaker 1: close to seeing it turn around. You're on the verge 63 00:03:19,310 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: of a breakthrough. You're about to see freedom, promotion, problems 64 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,460 Speaker 1: suddenly resolve, dreams suddenly come to pass. Not in the 65 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,850 Speaker 1: sweet by and by, but soon things are going to change. 66 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:34,830 Speaker 1: Soon that child is going to get back on course. 67 00:03:35,410 --> 00:03:38,350 Speaker 1: Soon that new door is going to open. Soon the 68 00:03:38,390 --> 00:03:41,450 Speaker 1: right person is going to show up. Soon you're going 69 00:03:41,470 --> 00:03:44,570 Speaker 1: to come into overflow. Now you have to get in 70 00:03:44,630 --> 00:03:48,590 Speaker 1: agreement with God and have a soon mentality. As long 71 00:03:48,630 --> 00:03:51,250 Speaker 1: as you think it's going to take years, that's going 72 00:03:51,290 --> 00:03:55,010 Speaker 1: to stop God from working. When you have this soon mentality, 73 00:03:55,250 --> 00:03:58,810 Speaker 1: you get up each morning with expectancy, knowing that this 74 00:03:58,910 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: could be the day that God shows out in your life. 75 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:05,260 Speaker 1: When is your health going to turn around? I don't know, Joel. 76 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: This medical report doesn't look very good at all. That's 77 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: one report. I'm giving you another report. Soon things are 78 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:14,860 Speaker 1: going to change in your favor. When are you going 79 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: to get out of debt? It looks like it's going 80 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:20,260 Speaker 1: to take me 112 years to pay everything off. You're 81 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: going to be in heaven by then. How about soon 82 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm coming out of debt? Soon I'm going to lend 83 00:04:25,380 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: and not borrow. How can that happen? God owns it all. 84 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:33,089 Speaker 1: One touch of his favor and you'll have more than enough. 85 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:37,950 Speaker 1: One good break, one idea, one contract and everything will change. 86 00:04:38,790 --> 00:04:42,090 Speaker 1: When are you going to overcome that addiction? Soon. When 87 00:04:42,110 --> 00:04:44,870 Speaker 1: are you going to meet the right person? Soon. When 88 00:04:44,930 --> 00:04:48,170 Speaker 1: is that legal issue going to resolve? Soon. When are 89 00:04:48,190 --> 00:04:51,050 Speaker 1: you going to sell that property? Soon. When are you 90 00:04:51,070 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: going to start your business? Soon. Your mind will tell 91 00:04:54,570 --> 00:04:57,300 Speaker 1: you all the reasons it's not going to happen. Your 92 00:04:57,339 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: problem's too big. The people that you're up against are 93 00:05:00,420 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: too powerful. It's been that way too long. Don't believe 94 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: those lies. Receive this into your spirit. The problem will 95 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: soon be over. The loneliness will soon be gone. The anxiety, 96 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:17,190 Speaker 1: the grief, the barrenness, not able to have a child 97 00:05:17,570 --> 00:05:21,850 Speaker 1: is coming to an end soon. These present troubles will 98 00:05:21,910 --> 00:05:26,110 Speaker 1: not last very long. Job went through a great difficulty. 99 00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:29,669 Speaker 1: He was doing the right thing, honoring God, and the 100 00:05:29,710 --> 00:05:33,250 Speaker 1: bottom fell out. He lost his business, lost his children, 101 00:05:33,529 --> 00:05:36,470 Speaker 1: lost his health. He had boils all over his body. 102 00:05:36,490 --> 00:05:40,390 Speaker 1: And just because we're people of faith doesn't mean we 103 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,859 Speaker 1: won't have difficulties. You can be doing the right thing 104 00:05:44,180 --> 00:05:47,940 Speaker 1: and come into trouble. The scripture says, rain falls on 105 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:51,940 Speaker 1: the just and the unjust. When it rains at my house, 106 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,290 Speaker 1: my property gets wet. my next door neighbors, people across 107 00:05:56,350 --> 00:06:00,450 Speaker 1: the street, everyone in the neighborhood. The rain doesn't discriminate. 108 00:06:01,150 --> 00:06:05,340 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged by difficulties. It's just life. The promise 109 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,660 Speaker 1: we have is not that trouble won't come, but the 110 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: trouble is not going to last. Soon the trouble will 111 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:16,349 Speaker 1: be over. When you're in difficulties, things happen like with 112 00:06:16,450 --> 00:06:19,969 Speaker 1: Job that you don't understand. He came down with an illness. 113 00:06:20,490 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: People at work turned on you. You had a setback 114 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,660 Speaker 1: in your business. It's easy to live worried, thinking that 115 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:29,580 Speaker 1: it's never going to work out. You have to remind 116 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: yourself it is not permanent. It is not going to 117 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: last long. Soon it will resolve. All through the day, 118 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: you need to keep this in your heart. Father, thank 119 00:06:39,540 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: you that this trouble is only temporary, that it didn't 120 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,810 Speaker 1: come to stay, it came to pass. Thank you that 121 00:06:45,870 --> 00:06:49,310 Speaker 1: it will soon be over. When Job looked at all 122 00:06:49,370 --> 00:06:53,630 Speaker 1: his circumstances, everything that went wrong, all that he had lost, 123 00:06:53,930 --> 00:06:57,490 Speaker 1: he got depressed. He sat down in the ashes and 124 00:06:57,550 --> 00:07:01,779 Speaker 1: wanted to die. One reason he was so discouraged is 125 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,099 Speaker 1: he saw the trouble as permanent. He didn't see any 126 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,900 Speaker 1: way he could get out. As long as he had 127 00:07:07,940 --> 00:07:11,300 Speaker 1: this forever mentality, this is how my life is always 128 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:15,060 Speaker 1: going to be, he felt overwhelmed. When you have a setback, 129 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,430 Speaker 1: thoughts will tell you it's permanent. You'll never get well. 130 00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: You'll never be happy again. You'll never meet someone. If 131 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,390 Speaker 1: you believe those forever lies, you'll get discouraged and lose 132 00:07:26,430 --> 00:07:29,410 Speaker 1: your passion. But God won't let you get in a 133 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:33,090 Speaker 1: situation that he can't bring you out of. If the 134 00:07:33,170 --> 00:07:37,130 Speaker 1: trouble was too much, the sickness too great, the opposition 135 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:40,890 Speaker 1: too strong, he wouldn't have allowed it. It's a test. 136 00:07:41,530 --> 00:07:44,770 Speaker 1: What are you going to do? Get discouraged, give up 137 00:07:44,850 --> 00:07:48,350 Speaker 1: on dreams, live defeated, or are you going to believe 138 00:07:48,390 --> 00:07:51,010 Speaker 1: that God is on the throne, that he's bigger than 139 00:07:51,050 --> 00:07:54,350 Speaker 1: what you're facing, that the trouble is temporary, that it's 140 00:07:54,470 --> 00:07:58,470 Speaker 1: not going to last long? What you believe in times 141 00:07:58,510 --> 00:08:01,870 Speaker 1: of trouble will determine whether you come out or whether 142 00:08:01,910 --> 00:08:05,250 Speaker 1: you get stuck there. And at one point, Job changed 143 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: his attitude. Instead of sitting around defeated, he got up 144 00:08:09,570 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: out of the ashes, looked up toward the heavens and said, 145 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: I know my redeemer lives. He was saying, I know 146 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: God is still on the throne. I know this difficulty 147 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,060 Speaker 1: can't stop my destiny. What he has purposed for my 148 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:28,010 Speaker 1: life will come to pass. He shifted to an attitude 149 00:08:28,050 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: of faith. God let us see both sides of Job, 150 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:36,300 Speaker 1: him discouraged, despondent, then him switching over to faith to 151 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: let us know it's okay to feel things. It's okay 152 00:08:40,179 --> 00:08:43,179 Speaker 1: to have times when you feel discouraged. You don't see 153 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,579 Speaker 1: how it can work out. It's okay to start there, 154 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:50,630 Speaker 1: but don't finish there. Don't stay in the ashes. Don't 155 00:08:50,710 --> 00:08:53,990 Speaker 1: stay defeated. At some point, you have to do like 156 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:58,189 Speaker 1: Job and say, I know my Redeemer lives. I know 157 00:08:58,270 --> 00:09:00,729 Speaker 1: God didn't bring me this far to leave me. I 158 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:04,410 Speaker 1: know this problem is not permanent. Lord, thank you that 159 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:07,699 Speaker 1: it will soon be over. Do you know what that 160 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: does to the enemy? When he hits you with his 161 00:09:10,420 --> 00:09:13,970 Speaker 1: best shot, but you don't start complaining, you don't stay 162 00:09:13,990 --> 00:09:17,189 Speaker 1: in the ashes, you start declaring, soon it's going to 163 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:20,650 Speaker 1: turn around. Soon I'm gonna get well. Soon I'm gonna 164 00:09:20,670 --> 00:09:23,990 Speaker 1: meet someone new. Soon my business is going to take off. 165 00:09:24,570 --> 00:09:29,030 Speaker 1: Soon I'm gonna laugh again, love again, lead again, run again. 166 00:09:29,850 --> 00:09:33,189 Speaker 1: When you live with this soon mentality, all the forces 167 00:09:33,230 --> 00:09:38,110 Speaker 1: of darkness cannot keep you down. Job's situation looked permanent, 168 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:41,450 Speaker 1: looked like he had seen his best days, but God 169 00:09:41,510 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: not only turned it around, but Job came out with 170 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,420 Speaker 1: twice what he had before. The scripture says he had 171 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: twice the cattle, twice the sheep. He got his business back. 172 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,590 Speaker 1: God never brings you out the same. He makes the 173 00:09:54,670 --> 00:09:57,929 Speaker 1: enemy pay for bringing the trouble. We hear a lot 174 00:09:58,050 --> 00:10:00,780 Speaker 1: about the suffering of Job all that he went through. 175 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,339 Speaker 1: Seems like that was his whole life. The entire book 176 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:06,980 Speaker 1: of Job is about his struggle. You would think it 177 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: went on for 40 years, trouble, heartache, pain, but some 178 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 1: commentaries believe the whole struggle was only nine months. All 179 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,900 Speaker 1: the sickness, all the trouble didn't last years, it was months. 180 00:10:29,330 --> 00:10:32,470 Speaker 1: What you think is going to take years, what looks 181 00:10:32,530 --> 00:10:34,910 Speaker 1: like it's going to be a long time to resolve, 182 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:38,790 Speaker 1: like with Job, it's going to happen sooner than you think. 183 00:10:39,390 --> 00:10:42,990 Speaker 1: That trouble looks permanent, but God is saying it's not 184 00:10:43,030 --> 00:10:46,210 Speaker 1: going to last very long. You're about to see his 185 00:10:46,270 --> 00:10:52,590 Speaker 1: hand bring healing, restoration, divine connections, promotion. It's not by 186 00:10:52,630 --> 00:10:55,670 Speaker 1: your might, not by your power, but by the spirit 187 00:10:55,870 --> 00:11:01,630 Speaker 1: of the living God. 2003, the Houston City Council voted 188 00:11:01,670 --> 00:11:04,589 Speaker 1: for us to have the compact center. This was a 189 00:11:04,710 --> 00:11:08,150 Speaker 1: city owned building. We had worked for two years presenting 190 00:11:08,210 --> 00:11:11,550 Speaker 1: our case and trying to convince council members. When we 191 00:11:11,590 --> 00:11:14,740 Speaker 1: won the vote, we were so excited. It was like 192 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: God opened a door that we never dreamed would open. 193 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: The next day, a company that owns all the high 194 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,610 Speaker 1: rises around this property filed a federal lawsuit to try 195 00:11:25,630 --> 00:11:28,650 Speaker 1: to keep us from moving in. They were the largest 196 00:11:28,750 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: taxpayer in Texas, a huge real estate company with property 197 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: all over the state. It was like David versus Goliath. 198 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,020 Speaker 1: Our attorneys told us that it could be tied up 199 00:11:40,059 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: in the courts for 10 years. How these kinds of 200 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:47,490 Speaker 1: legal proceedings can be extremely slow. That meant we couldn't 201 00:11:47,530 --> 00:11:51,850 Speaker 1: move in. We couldn't start our renovations. Our future concerning 202 00:11:51,890 --> 00:11:55,650 Speaker 1: this building was on hold. The problem was I had 203 00:11:55,770 --> 00:11:59,310 Speaker 1: already presented the compact center to the church. People had 204 00:11:59,350 --> 00:12:03,450 Speaker 1: already given to support it. Everyone was excited, asking when 205 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: are we moving in? I would wake up in the 206 00:12:06,340 --> 00:12:10,460 Speaker 1: middle of the night in a cold sweat, thoughts telling me, 207 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna look like a fool. What are you gonna 208 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:16,780 Speaker 1: do if you don't win the lawsuit? I was tempted 209 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:20,590 Speaker 1: to live worried, stressed, but I did what I'm asking 210 00:12:20,610 --> 00:12:24,630 Speaker 1: you to do. Despite what the experts were saying, despite 211 00:12:24,690 --> 00:12:27,670 Speaker 1: how permanent it looked, I said, Father, I want to 212 00:12:27,730 --> 00:12:31,050 Speaker 1: thank you that this trouble is only temporary, that it 213 00:12:31,090 --> 00:12:35,370 Speaker 1: won't last very long. Lord, I know you're working behind 214 00:12:35,429 --> 00:12:39,510 Speaker 1: the scenes, fighting our battles, making our crooked places straight, 215 00:12:39,830 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: shining down your favor on us. I would check with 216 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:46,660 Speaker 1: the attorneys every week looking for some sign of hope. 217 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,339 Speaker 1: Is there anything new? Nothing. We haven't heard from them. 218 00:12:51,150 --> 00:12:53,959 Speaker 1: They didn't want to negotiate. They were going to sit 219 00:12:54,020 --> 00:12:57,300 Speaker 1: back and wait, drag it out for years until we 220 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: had to do something else. And I could hear that promise, 221 00:13:01,179 --> 00:13:05,059 Speaker 1: that still small voice saying, Joel, trust me, this trouble 222 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: is only temporary. Soon it will be over. But my 223 00:13:08,820 --> 00:13:13,070 Speaker 1: mind would say, are you kidding? Nothing is improving. You're 224 00:13:13,110 --> 00:13:16,050 Speaker 1: years away from even finding out if it's going to 225 00:13:16,090 --> 00:13:19,730 Speaker 1: be yours. The battle is taking place in our thinking. 226 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,660 Speaker 1: Don't accept the lies that it's permanent. It's going to 227 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:26,179 Speaker 1: take a long, long time. You have to turn it 228 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,260 Speaker 1: around and say, Father, thank you that this will resolve 229 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: sooner than it looks. About eight months after the lawsuit 230 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,030 Speaker 1: was filed, we received a call from the other side 231 00:13:37,370 --> 00:13:41,270 Speaker 1: saying they wanted to meet. I was excited. I believed 232 00:13:41,309 --> 00:13:45,010 Speaker 1: it was the hand of God. Our attorneys were more skeptical. 233 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:47,790 Speaker 1: They said it was a ploy. They were just trying 234 00:13:47,830 --> 00:13:52,059 Speaker 1: to complicate things. We met with them. Not only did 235 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:55,340 Speaker 1: they agree to let us have this building, but to 236 00:13:55,420 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: lease us 9,000 covered parking spaces. They dropped the lawsuit. 237 00:14:01,070 --> 00:14:05,150 Speaker 1: The facility was ours, free and clear. What looked like 238 00:14:05,230 --> 00:14:08,850 Speaker 1: would take years to happen took place in a few months. 239 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:13,449 Speaker 1: God is saying to you, what you're up against is 240 00:14:13,490 --> 00:14:17,420 Speaker 1: going to resolve much sooner than it looks. That trouble 241 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:20,620 Speaker 1: is not going to last long. That addiction is not 242 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:24,550 Speaker 1: going to hinder you your whole life. The sickness, depression, 243 00:14:24,750 --> 00:14:28,590 Speaker 1: anxiety is not going to stop your destiny. Soon it's 244 00:14:28,630 --> 00:14:32,670 Speaker 1: going to be over. Not years, but months. Why don't 245 00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:35,890 Speaker 1: you get in agreement with God? You may not see how. 246 00:14:36,590 --> 00:14:39,770 Speaker 1: The giant looks too big. The sickness too great. The 247 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: opposition too strong. You're not in this by yourself. The 248 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,410 Speaker 1: Most High God is fighting for you. He knows how 249 00:14:47,450 --> 00:14:49,810 Speaker 1: to move people out of the way. He can do 250 00:14:49,870 --> 00:14:53,510 Speaker 1: what medicine cannot do. He can restore what's been stolen. 251 00:14:54,170 --> 00:14:57,070 Speaker 1: Sooner than later, you're going to see the hand of 252 00:14:57,150 --> 00:15:01,650 Speaker 1: God making things happen that you couldn't make happen, opening 253 00:15:01,710 --> 00:15:05,790 Speaker 1: doors that no person can shut, turning situations around that 254 00:15:05,830 --> 00:15:10,190 Speaker 1: look impossible. But it's easy to live with this forever mindset. 255 00:15:10,550 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: It's never going to work out. or maybe years down 256 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: the road, maybe one day, Joel, I'll get a good break, 257 00:15:17,180 --> 00:15:20,610 Speaker 1: switch over to a soon mentality. Now, I know some 258 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:24,090 Speaker 1: things take time, but God promises us in this verse, 259 00:15:24,550 --> 00:15:27,910 Speaker 1: soon the trouble will be over. He's about to do 260 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:33,460 Speaker 1: something out of a normal timeframe, something unusual sooner than 261 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:37,300 Speaker 1: you think. Well, what if I believe and this doesn't happen? 262 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:41,070 Speaker 1: What if you believe and it does happen? It probably 263 00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:44,570 Speaker 1: won't happen if you've already accepted it's going to be 264 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: a long time to get out of this trouble, a 265 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: long time to get well, to meet the right person, 266 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: to accomplish that dream. That's limiting what God will do. 267 00:15:54,780 --> 00:15:59,390 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to believe for sooner than later. Even 268 00:15:59,450 --> 00:16:01,930 Speaker 1: if it doesn't happen as soon as you like. Yes, 269 00:16:01,990 --> 00:16:04,370 Speaker 1: we all have to wait, but I've made up my mind. 270 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:07,190 Speaker 1: I'm gonna live with the soon mentality. I'm gonna keep 271 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:11,250 Speaker 1: releasing my faith, reminding God what he promised, that this 272 00:16:11,310 --> 00:16:16,350 Speaker 1: difficulty will soon be over. There are 42 chapters in 273 00:16:16,390 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: the book of Job. All 42 talk about what he 274 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: went through. Seems like this struggle with his whole life. 275 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:26,980 Speaker 1: But the last two verses of the book of Job 276 00:16:27,260 --> 00:16:32,090 Speaker 1: are very significant. After describing the trouble, the heartache, the 277 00:16:32,150 --> 00:16:37,910 Speaker 1: loss for 42 chapters, the last thing written says, after this, 278 00:16:38,510 --> 00:16:43,860 Speaker 1: Job lived 140 years and saw his children and grandchildren 279 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,540 Speaker 1: for four generations. Then he died an old man having 280 00:16:48,580 --> 00:16:54,220 Speaker 1: lived a long, good life. Job's struggle was approximately nine months, 281 00:16:54,640 --> 00:17:00,650 Speaker 1: but after that struggle, he lived 140 good years, happy years, 282 00:17:00,910 --> 00:17:04,710 Speaker 1: healthy years, years where he enjoyed his children, years where 283 00:17:04,730 --> 00:17:08,390 Speaker 1: there was great joy and laughter in his house. God 284 00:17:08,410 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: was showing us the trouble is temporary. The trouble is 285 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,980 Speaker 1: not going to last forever. You may be in a 286 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,300 Speaker 1: difficult time, but that's not how your story ends. That 287 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,020 Speaker 1: loss is not going to define you. That sickness is 288 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:26,660 Speaker 1: not going to ruin the rest of your life. That 289 00:17:26,770 --> 00:17:30,770 Speaker 1: person that walked away, the bad break, the unfair situation 290 00:17:31,130 --> 00:17:34,490 Speaker 1: is not going to stop your purpose. God has an 291 00:17:34,990 --> 00:17:39,030 Speaker 1: after this for you. After the trouble, there's going to 292 00:17:39,070 --> 00:17:43,030 Speaker 1: be great joy in your life. After the loss, after 293 00:17:43,070 --> 00:17:46,090 Speaker 1: the sickness, after the legal battle, you're going to see 294 00:17:46,130 --> 00:17:50,969 Speaker 1: new friendships, new opportunities, new growth. Don't be discouraged by 295 00:17:50,990 --> 00:17:55,130 Speaker 1: the trouble. It's not stopping anything God has for you. 296 00:17:55,859 --> 00:17:59,340 Speaker 1: God is storing up all the joy, all the good breaks, 297 00:17:59,660 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: the favor, the resources that have been put on hold 298 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: because of this temporary trouble. You're not losing anything. What 299 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:11,790 Speaker 1: belongs to you is still coming your way. Your latter 300 00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:16,030 Speaker 1: days will be better than your former days. Your story 301 00:18:16,609 --> 00:18:22,060 Speaker 1: doesn't end in Doesn't end in failure, injustice, sorrow. Those 302 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: are temporary seasons. Your story ends in victory. God has 303 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,420 Speaker 1: already lined up an after this for you. He said 304 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: what was meant for your harm, he's turning to your advantage. 305 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:37,810 Speaker 1: Even now, God is turning some things. He's turning the trouble. 306 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:41,630 Speaker 1: turning the sickness, turning the people that are against you. 307 00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:45,630 Speaker 1: You're about to step in to an advantage, step into 308 00:18:45,730 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: favor that God has already lined up for you. When 309 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,940 Speaker 1: we walked into that meeting, the CEO of the company 310 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:58,020 Speaker 1: had already changed his mind. God had already turned his heart. 311 00:18:58,380 --> 00:19:01,900 Speaker 1: He was against us, but no person can stand against 312 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,740 Speaker 1: our God. No bad break, no sickness, no trouble. God 313 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:11,850 Speaker 1: controls the universe. He said, weeping may endure for a night, 314 00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:15,570 Speaker 1: but joy is coming in the morning. You may be 315 00:19:15,710 --> 00:19:19,449 Speaker 1: in a night season. Can I encourage you? It's temporary. 316 00:19:20,050 --> 00:19:22,490 Speaker 1: Joy is on the way. God is going to turn 317 00:19:22,530 --> 00:19:27,030 Speaker 1: your mourning into dancing your sorrow into joy What's holding 318 00:19:27,070 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: you back is not going to last much longer soon. 319 00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:34,110 Speaker 1: It will be over One time I was flying to 320 00:19:34,220 --> 00:19:38,389 Speaker 1: India with my father. It was a 15-hour flight. Everything 321 00:19:38,430 --> 00:19:42,430 Speaker 1: was going fine, cruising along very smoothly. But about 12 322 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:46,530 Speaker 1: hours in, the plane hit this turbulence and started bouncing 323 00:19:46,650 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: around like a roller coaster, up and down. Everything started flying, 324 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,239 Speaker 1: laptops hitting the ceiling. Some of the flight attendants had 325 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: gone up in the air, landed on top of other passengers. 326 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,530 Speaker 1: People were screaming, panicking. For about 10 minutes, it was chaos. 327 00:20:04,010 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: You had to hold on for dear life. Eventually it 328 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:10,739 Speaker 1: all calmed down Thankfully, nobody was injured went back to 329 00:20:10,869 --> 00:20:14,790 Speaker 1: smooth sailing the last several hours were as peaceful as 330 00:20:14,869 --> 00:20:18,550 Speaker 1: can be This is how it is in life. We're 331 00:20:18,590 --> 00:20:22,650 Speaker 1: going along fine Everyone is healthy. We're getting good breaks 332 00:20:23,170 --> 00:20:27,350 Speaker 1: then we hit some turbulence an unexpected challenge a sickness 333 00:20:27,790 --> 00:20:30,869 Speaker 1: a layoff a friend betrays you you didn't see it 334 00:20:30,910 --> 00:20:35,150 Speaker 1: coming and It's easy to panic god what's happening? Can 335 00:20:35,210 --> 00:20:38,330 Speaker 1: I encourage you? It's just a part of your 10 336 00:20:38,330 --> 00:20:41,890 Speaker 1: minutes of turbulence It's not going to last it may 337 00:20:41,930 --> 00:20:45,669 Speaker 1: be chaotic feel stressful, but it's going to calm down 338 00:20:46,190 --> 00:20:49,379 Speaker 1: There's going to be an after this for you after 339 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:53,140 Speaker 1: the turbulence. You're going to come out just fine I've 340 00:20:53,180 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: discovered we're all going to have about 10 minutes of 341 00:20:56,460 --> 00:21:00,129 Speaker 1: turbulence Not at once but a minute here a minute 342 00:21:00,170 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: there Our mind will tell us it's permanent. I'll never 343 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: get through this difficulty. It's bumpier than I've ever felt. 344 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: God is still in control. He's not only flying your plane, 345 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,050 Speaker 1: but he controls the weather. He speaks to storms and 346 00:21:16,090 --> 00:21:20,030 Speaker 1: they calm down. A friend of mine recently lost his job. 347 00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:24,190 Speaker 1: He'd been there for many years and wasn't about his performance. 348 00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:26,969 Speaker 1: They just didn't have the funds to pay him. He 349 00:21:27,010 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: was tempted to panic, be upset. I told him what 350 00:21:30,980 --> 00:21:34,060 Speaker 1: i'm telling you. This is not how your story ends 351 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: The trouble is going to pass and the rest of 352 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,179 Speaker 1: your flight is going to be smooth God has it 353 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:44,690 Speaker 1: already figured out. There's another position already lined up has 354 00:21:44,730 --> 00:21:47,850 Speaker 1: your name on it If you'll stay in faith and 355 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:50,469 Speaker 1: keep being your best you're going to come in to 356 00:21:50,490 --> 00:21:54,270 Speaker 1: your after this You'll say after the layoff. I got 357 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:58,150 Speaker 1: a better position After they walked away, I met someone better. 358 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:03,230 Speaker 1: After the sickness, I came out stronger. What's interesting is 359 00:22:03,270 --> 00:22:06,890 Speaker 1: that 10 minutes of turbulence felt like 10 hours to me. 360 00:22:07,690 --> 00:22:11,250 Speaker 1: I was sweating, holding on for dear life, praying the 361 00:22:11,470 --> 00:22:14,910 Speaker 1: sinner's prayer 42 times. God, please forgive me. I'm about 362 00:22:14,930 --> 00:22:18,330 Speaker 1: to come see you. I was afraid and stressed out. 363 00:22:19,170 --> 00:22:21,949 Speaker 1: If I had known it was temporary, I would have 364 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 1: enjoyed the ride. pay a lot of money to go 365 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,580 Speaker 1: to Disneyland to ride a ride like that. If I 366 00:22:27,619 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: had known it wasn't going to last very long, if 367 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,580 Speaker 1: I had known everything was going to be all right, 368 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:36,820 Speaker 1: I would have stayed in peace. Said, Lord, thank you. 369 00:22:37,340 --> 00:22:40,340 Speaker 1: I know this too shall pass. I know this temporary 370 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: problem is not going to stop your plan for my life. 371 00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:47,100 Speaker 1: I could have relaxed and saved myself a lot of 372 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,590 Speaker 1: heartache if I had only remembered the trouble was temporary. 373 00:22:52,730 --> 00:22:55,950 Speaker 1: Maybe you're in part of your 10 minutes of turbulence now. 374 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:59,670 Speaker 1: It feels like it's going to be 10 years. You're worried, 375 00:23:00,230 --> 00:23:03,450 Speaker 1: losing sleep, trying to figure it all out. Come back 376 00:23:03,540 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: to a place of peace. It's not permanent. Things are 377 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,940 Speaker 1: going to work out. God is going to get you 378 00:23:10,060 --> 00:23:13,980 Speaker 1: to your destiny. You may not see how. The winds 379 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: are strong. The plane is bouncing around. God controls the winds. 380 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: That cancer is not bigger than our God. That breakup 381 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: didn't stop your purpose. The trouble at work is not 382 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: going to last. God is behind the scenes right now 383 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:33,770 Speaker 1: working in your life. Your time is coming. It's going 384 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:37,629 Speaker 1: to happen sooner than you think. In the book of Genesis, 385 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:40,030 Speaker 1: God told Noah that there was going to be a 386 00:23:40,109 --> 00:23:44,050 Speaker 1: great flood. He was to build an ark, a huge boat, 387 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:47,870 Speaker 1: take two of every kind of animal on it. While 388 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:51,490 Speaker 1: he was building, I'm sure people made fun of him. Thought, 389 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: what's this crazy man doing? There's no water around here. 390 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:58,619 Speaker 1: At that time, it had never rained. The dew came 391 00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: up from the ground and watered the earth. You can 392 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: imagine how odd that seemed. But the scripture says Noah 393 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:10,140 Speaker 1: did exactly what God asked him to do. He was obedient. 394 00:24:11,020 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 1: The rain came for 40 days. The whole earth was flooded. 395 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,149 Speaker 1: Noah and his family were on the boat. Months and 396 00:24:18,170 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: months went by. Noah didn't know he was going to 397 00:24:21,150 --> 00:24:24,100 Speaker 1: be like that the rest of his life. He sent 398 00:24:24,140 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: a bird out to see if the waters were receding, 399 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: but the bird came back. It couldn't land. This happened 400 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:34,179 Speaker 1: again and again. It looked like this was permanent, but 401 00:24:34,220 --> 00:24:38,959 Speaker 1: chapter eight says God remembered Noah. He sent a wind 402 00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:43,100 Speaker 1: to blow across the waters and the floods begin to disappear. 403 00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:49,060 Speaker 1: God remembers your faithfulness. He remembers your obedience. The times 404 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,859 Speaker 1: like Noah, you did the right thing when it was hard. 405 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: You kept giving, serving, being good to people, not seeing 406 00:24:56,540 --> 00:25:00,980 Speaker 1: anything change. Nothing was getting better. Don't worry, your time 407 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: is coming. God sent a wind and the waters began 408 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: to disappear. A year later, Noah and his family were 409 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:12,420 Speaker 1: able to get off the boat. I believe like with him, 410 00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: God is about to breathe on your life and problems 411 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:20,930 Speaker 1: that look permanent are about to disappear. That sickness you've 412 00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:24,530 Speaker 1: been dealing with, the child you're so concerned about, the 413 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:28,250 Speaker 1: trouble at work that's hindering you, by faith, I can 414 00:25:28,290 --> 00:25:31,540 Speaker 1: see the wind of God's spirit causing it to disappear. 415 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:39,690 Speaker 1: Addictions disappearing, depression disappearing, lack, not having enough, disappearing. This 416 00:25:39,770 --> 00:25:44,020 Speaker 1: is a new day. God is breathing his favor, his blessing, 417 00:25:44,260 --> 00:25:48,260 Speaker 1: his healing on your life right now. The next verse 418 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:53,890 Speaker 1: says the underground water sources ceased their gushing. The torrential 419 00:25:53,950 --> 00:25:57,580 Speaker 1: rain stopped flowing. There are things that you can't see. 420 00:25:58,060 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: They're underground, so to speak. They're about to cease in 421 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,580 Speaker 1: your life. God is going to cut off the source 422 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: of what's limiting you, the source of what's holding you back. 423 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,660 Speaker 1: The sickness is about to cease. The addiction is about 424 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: to cease. The trouble is about to cease. When those 425 00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:19,109 Speaker 1: waters ceased, it took a few months before Noah and 426 00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:21,950 Speaker 1: his family could come off the boat. You may not 427 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:26,260 Speaker 1: see anything happening yet, but that doesn't mean things haven't changed. 428 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,420 Speaker 1: It's just a matter of time before you see what 429 00:26:29,460 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: God was up to. Now keep the right perspective. The 430 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,909 Speaker 1: trouble is temporary. It's not going to last as long 431 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: as it looks. Live with this soon mentality. Not it's 432 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:43,659 Speaker 1: way off in the future. Soon things are going to 433 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,950 Speaker 1: change in my favor. If you'll do this, I believe 434 00:26:47,010 --> 00:26:51,270 Speaker 1: and declare healing is coming. Freedom is coming. Breakthroughs are coming. 435 00:26:51,690 --> 00:26:54,310 Speaker 1: Soon you're going to get well. Soon you're going to 436 00:26:54,330 --> 00:26:57,649 Speaker 1: meet the right person. Soon that problem's going to turn around. 437 00:26:58,070 --> 00:27:01,410 Speaker 1: Soon you're going to see God's favor in new ways. 438 00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:04,890 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say 439 00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: amen today? I'd like to give you an opportunity to 440 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray 441 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:17,060 Speaker 1: with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 442 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 443 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 444 00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:29,090 Speaker 1: born again. 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