1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: Will God bless you? It is always a joy to 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: coming to your homes. 8 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: We love you. 9 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: We know God has great things in store for each 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: one of you. If you're ever in our area, I 11 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: hope you'll come out and be a part of one 12 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 2: of our services. We give you a personal invitation. I 13 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: promise you it will make you feel right at home. 14 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: But thanks again for coming out, Thanks for tuning in. 15 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: I like to start each week with something kind of funny, 16 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 2: and I heard about this elderly couple that were having 17 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: a terrible problem with their memory. They went to the 18 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: doctor and he instructed them to start writing down everything 19 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: they had been forgetting. One night, they were watching TV 20 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 2: and the wife said, I sure would like a bowl 21 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 2: of ice cream. 22 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: The husband said, I'll go get it for you. 23 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: She said, honey, you know what the doctor said, you 24 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: better write it down. He said, I'm just going to 25 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: the kitchen. I'm not going to forget it. He came 26 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: back in a few minutes and handed her a plate 27 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 2: of bacon and eggs. 28 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: She shook her. 29 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Head and said, I knew this was gonna happen. You 30 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: forgot my toast. 31 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: All right. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 32 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: mean it. 33 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 34 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 35 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 36 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 37 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 38 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 39 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about staying open for something new. 40 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 2: Successful people know how to change with the times. They 41 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: don't get stuck in a rut doing the same thing 42 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: the same. 43 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: Way year after year. 44 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: They're constantly evaluating where they are and what they're doing, 45 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: and they make adjustments so they can improve. And just 46 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: because something worked five years ago doesn't mean is still 47 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: going to work today. We have to stay open for change. 48 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: We can't get so set in our ways that we 49 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: won't try anything new. This is why many people don't 50 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: have any enthusiasm. There's no freshness in their life. Every 51 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: time an opportunity comes for change, for promotion, for increase, 52 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: because they're not used to it. 53 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: They shrink back. 54 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: They don't realize that's what's keeping them from going to 55 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: the next level. 56 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: And in the coming. 57 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: Days, don't be surprised if God brings new opportunities across 58 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: your path. Some of you are going to be offered 59 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: a position that you feel is over your head. Others 60 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: you're going to have an opportunity to change careers and 61 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: get into a different field. 62 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Or maybe you single. 63 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 2: People, God's going to bring somebody new into your life, 64 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 2: a divine connection. 65 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: You'll be tempted at first. 66 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: To play it safe and think about all the reasons 67 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: why you can't do it. You've been hurt in the past, 68 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: can't get into that new relationship, you're not qualified for 69 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: that new position, or Joel, I couldn't try a different 70 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: feel what if I fail? But if you're going to 71 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: experience God's best, you gotta be willing to take a risk. 72 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 2: You can't get stuck thinking that it can only happen 73 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 2: one way. 74 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: God likes to do new things. 75 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: I read where up until World War Two, the Swiss 76 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: watch company was the largest watchmaker in the world. They 77 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: controlled ninety percent of the watch market. They were very 78 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: good at what they did. They made these beautiful, precise watches. 79 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: No one could compete with them. But in the late 80 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: nineteen sixties, researchers presented them with a new concept of watch. 81 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: It was the electronic watch, and instead of having the 82 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 2: traditional hands that tick, it had a battery on the inside, 83 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: known as the Court's watch. Those managers looked at it 84 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: and didn't think twice. They said, this watch will never sell. 85 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: Nobody wants to wear an electronic watch. They didn't give 86 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: it the time of day. Why it wasn't the traditional 87 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: thing that they were used to. 88 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: They were closed minded. 89 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: They didn't realize just because something was great for a 90 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: time doesn't mean it's going to be great forever. Those 91 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: researchers took that same invention to the International Watch Fair 92 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: and two companies that had nothing to do with watches 93 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 2: at the time saw the potential of this new Court's 94 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 2: watch and they quickly bought the rights to it, and 95 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: before long they controlled the market share of. 96 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: Watches sold around the world. What am I saying? 97 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: We have to stay open to new ideas when something 98 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: comes across your path that you're not used to. Don't 99 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: be closed minded, don't just rule it out and say 100 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: that's not for me. Be open for new opportunities. God 101 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 2: wants us to stay fresh. We are not supposed to 102 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: live off of past victories. I know some people they're 103 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 2: always talking about the good old days, and that's fine. 104 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 2: I've had a lot of good old days. I hope 105 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: you have too. But can I tell you something. God 106 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 2: has some good new. 107 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: Days for you. 108 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 2: Your greatest victories are not behind you, they are still 109 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 2: out in front of you. 110 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: Now. I want to light a new fire. 111 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 2: On the inside. Some of you have lost your passion. 112 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: You've gone through a disappointment, things didn't work out, and 113 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: now you're in that rut, just doing the same thing, 114 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: the same way. 115 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: But this is a new day. 116 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 2: God is getting you prepared for the new things He's 117 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,679 Speaker 2: about to do when those opportunities come across your path. 118 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 2: Don't you dare think I can't do this. I don't 119 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: have those skills. This is not what I'm used to. 120 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 2: I'm too old. No, shake all of that off and 121 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 2: say I am well able, I am equipped. I am 122 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,239 Speaker 2: annoying that I am empowered. I'm going to step into 123 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: a new level of my destiny. I saw a documentary 124 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: on television about this professional thief. This man was incredibly talented. 125 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,679 Speaker 2: He was one of the most brilliant people I'd ever seen. 126 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: Just his strategy and the way he thought and planned 127 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 2: out his burglaries was so fascinating. He had burglarized homes 128 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: for twenty one years without getting caught. 129 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: He never heard anyone. 130 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 2: He'd only do it during the daytime if no one 131 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: was there, and the police were so frustrated. They knew 132 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 2: in general where he was going to hit, they had 133 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 2: figured out his pattern, but he would always outsmart them, 134 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 2: and they brought in federal agents and some of the 135 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: most brilliant detectives around, but still year after year he 136 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 2: continued to elude them. Well, there was a fluke incident 137 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: and he got caught after twenty one years. They were 138 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: interviewing him on this documentary. He looked like a typical 139 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 2: middle class businessman. 140 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: He did not look like a thief. 141 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 2: And the man asked him, why did you choose with 142 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: all this skill, all this expertise, why did you choose 143 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 2: a lie life of crime. I'll never forget the way 144 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 2: he answered. He said, this is all that I know 145 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: how to do. He told how he was raised in 146 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 2: a dysfunctional family, didn't have anyone really given him guidance. 147 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: And as I watched, I thought to myself, how limited 148 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: we become in our thinking. 149 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: We get so one dimensional. 150 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: I wanted to say to him, if you could successfully 151 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 2: steal for twenty one years, out smarting some of the 152 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: brightest minds around, don't you think you could run your 153 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 2: own business. Don't you think you could do something equally 154 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: as successful being productive with your life. 155 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: I had a young man tell me one. 156 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: Time after the service how all he knew how to 157 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: do was sell drugs. He came from a very rough neighborhood. 158 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I don't like what I do, but 159 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: I don't have any other skills. I've never been to college, 160 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: and this is the only way I know how to 161 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: make a living. I said, listen, if you can sell drugs, 162 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: don't sell yourself short. You're a lot smarter than you think. 163 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 2: That's not the only thing you can do. Think about 164 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 2: it like this. If you can sell drugs, you have 165 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: to know how to market your product. 166 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: That's marketing. 167 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: You have to know how to get the word out, 168 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: that's advertising. You have to take care of your clients. 169 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: That's customer service. You have to know when to sell 170 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: and when not to sell. That's a management decision. Don't 171 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 2: fool yourself. If you can sell drugs, you can sell 172 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: medical equipment, you can sell electronics, you can sell stocks 173 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 2: and bonds. You need to reinvent yourself, get a new 174 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: vision for your life. Maybe nobody's ever spoken faith into you, 175 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: but let me tell you you have a gift. You 176 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: have something to offer. Don't use your God given talents 177 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: for the wrong purposes. If you'll put yourself in the 178 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 2: right environment and not get stuck with this mindset this 179 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 2: is all that I know how to do for the 180 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: rest of my life, then you'll see God begin to 181 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: open up new doors. It's not too late to start 182 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: right where you are. You're not too old, you haven't 183 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 2: made too many mistakes. You wouldn't be here if God 184 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 2: didn't have more for you to accomplish. Keep looking for 185 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 2: new opportunities, be willing to get out of your comfort zone. 186 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 2: And some of you today you just need some freshness 187 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 2: in your life. 188 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: Start stretching yourself. You have to stir up what God's 189 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: put on the inside. 190 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 2: If you don't have a dream. You're not really living, 191 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 2: you're just existing. You have to have a reason to 192 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: get out of bed each morning. Something that motivates you, 193 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 2: something that you're passionate about. Maybe at one time you 194 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 2: had a dream, but you went through some disappointments things 195 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: didn't work out. 196 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: But here's the key. 197 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: When one dream dies, dream another dream. Just because it 198 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: didn't work out the way you had it planned doesn't 199 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: mean God doesn't have another plan. You cannot allow one disappointment, 200 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 2: or even a series of disappointments, to convince you that 201 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 2: it's not gonna happen. You may have tried and failed, 202 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,479 Speaker 2: but understand, a failure is not a denial. 203 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: It's just a delay. 204 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: These thoughts will come saying it's over, you're too old, you. 205 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: Blew it, you had your chance. 206 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: All these thoughts will try to convince us to give 207 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: up on what God has placed in our hearts. 208 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: You've got to dig your heels in and say thanks, 209 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: but no thanks. 210 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 2: It may not have worked out my way, but I 211 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 2: know God has another way. 212 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 1: Now, I'm not gonna. 213 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 2: Sit around and live my life defeated. I'm gonna rise 214 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: up and dream a new dream. This is what Joshua 215 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 2: had to do. He stayed open to things happening a 216 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: different way. After Moses died, he was chosen to lead 217 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 2: the people of Israel. They were headed toward the Promised Land. 218 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: They came to the Jordan River. They needed to get across, 219 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 2: but there was no bridge. Joshuall remain how his predecessor 220 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 2: Moses had held up his rod and parted the Red Sea. 221 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure he thought God would tell him to do 222 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: it the same way. 223 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 2: I can even imagine he goes on top of the hill, 224 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 2: holds up his rod and says, God, please part this river. 225 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 2: He's praying, he's hoping, he's believing. This is the first 226 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 2: real test of his leadership. Everyone is watching closely, thinking, 227 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: let's see if he has what Moses had. Let's see 228 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 2: what Joshua is made of. He holds up the rod. 229 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: But wouldn't you know it, nothing happened. The waters didn't budge. 230 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 2: He could have easily thought I must not be the 231 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: right one. It worked for Moses, but it didn't work 232 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 2: for me. No, Joshua understood this principle. He stayed open 233 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: for something new. God told him to tell the priest 234 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 2: to march toward the waters, and the moment their feet 235 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 2: touched the waters, it would begin to part. The priest 236 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: started walking toward the water. The closer they got, the 237 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 2: more people tried to talk them out of it. You 238 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 2: better not keep going, better not listen to Joshua. You're 239 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: gonna get out there and drown. Didn't phase them. They 240 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 2: just kept walking, doing what God said, and sure enough, 241 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 2: as soon as their feet touched the water, it began 242 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: to pull back, and just like they did for Moses, 243 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 2: the people were able to go through on dry ground. 244 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: What am I saying? God chose to do it a 245 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 2: different way than he did with Moses. Had Joshua been 246 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: set in his ways, closed minded, he would have missed 247 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 2: out on God's best. 248 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: But Joshua's attitude was. 249 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 2: If it didn't work one way, I'm not gonna get 250 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: defeated and give up. I know God has another way, 251 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna keep trying. I'm gonna keep believing. I'm 252 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: gonna keep pressing forward until I find that right way. 253 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 2: Could it be that we've been too set in our 254 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 2: ways and we've given up after the first time, or 255 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: the second time, or the fifth time, and we've missed 256 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 2: out on seeing our water's part. 257 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: I found you have to get to. 258 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 2: Your closed doors before you'll ever come to your open doors. 259 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 2: Don't get discouraged and give up and settle just because 260 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: it didn't happen one way. Keep knocking, keep believing, keep hoping, 261 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 2: keep dreaming. You may have to have ten people tell 262 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: you no before you come to that one yes, but 263 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 2: that one yes will make up for all the other nose. 264 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 1: You may have a dozen things that you. 265 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 2: Tried that don't work out, but if you'll stay in faith, 266 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 2: you'll come to that one thing that does work out. 267 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: It's like this little boy I heard about. 268 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: He was five or six years old, and he had 269 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 2: a baseball and a bat. He looked at that bat 270 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 2: and he said to himself, I am the best hitter 271 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 2: in all the world. He threw the ball up, took 272 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 2: a swing and missed. He picked the ball up and 273 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 2: said it more determined, I am the best hitter in 274 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: all the world. He threw it up, swung strike too, 275 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 2: missed again. He picked the ball up. This time he 276 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 2: straightened his hat. He said it with even more intensity, 277 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 2: I am the best hitter in all the world. He 278 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 2: threw the ball up, concentrated the best he could, took 279 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 2: a swing. 280 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: And he missed strike three. 281 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 2: He simply laid his bat down, picked the ball up, 282 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 2: and said, what do you know, I am the best 283 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: pitcher in all the world. If we're going to be successful, 284 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 2: we've got to stay open to new ideas, be willing 285 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: to reinvent yourself. The scripture says God's ways are not 286 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: our ways. They are higher and better than our ways. 287 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 2: That tells me God's dream for your life is so 288 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: much bigger, so much greater than your own. When a 289 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 2: door closes, something doesn't work out, don't sit around in 290 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: self pity, thinking poor old me. Now we may have 291 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 2: a reason to feel sorry for ourselves, but we don't 292 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 2: have a right. God is still on the throne. He 293 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 2: still has a plan. You would not be alive if 294 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 2: God didn't have something great in your future. God knew 295 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 2: every disappointment we would go through. He knew every closed door, 296 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: every person that would do us wrong. None of that 297 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 2: is a surprise to God. The good news is God 298 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: has it all figured out. He had the solution before 299 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 2: you even had the problem. If something didn't work out 300 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 2: the way you had it planned, let it go and 301 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 2: get ready for the new thing God's about to do. 302 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 2: I read the story about a lady by the name 303 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: of Mary Bethune. She was the youngest of seventeen children. 304 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 2: She was born in South Carolina back in the late 305 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: eighteen hundreds. Her parents were slaves, and in spite of 306 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 2: all the odds being against her, she was able to 307 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: get a good education and even go to college. From 308 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: the time she was a little girl, she had a 309 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: desire to go to Africa one day and teach children. 310 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: She had this dream year after year. 311 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 2: She just knew one day she would be teach to 312 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: those students. And she got close to graduating from college. 313 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 2: She sent her application in to a well known missions organization. 314 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: She was a straight a student, had an impeccable reputation. 315 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: You couldn't meet a finer young woman. Week after week 316 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: went by and she was waiting, hoping, praying, believing that 317 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: she would get accepted. But one day she got the 318 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 2: word back that she didn't want to hear. For some reason, 319 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: she had been turned down. She was devastated. She told 320 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 2: how it was like something died on the inside that day. 321 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: That's what she had always wanted to do with her life. 322 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 2: But remember, when one door closes, if you will stay 323 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 2: in faith, God will open up another door, and instead 324 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 2: of sitting around thinking about how bad life had treated 325 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 2: her and what didn't work. 326 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: Out, she put on a new attitude. 327 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 2: She said, if I can't teach the students over there, 328 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: then I'll teach the students here. She decided to start 329 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 2: her own school. She didn't have any money, no building, 330 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: no equipment. But where there's a will, there's a way. 331 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 2: She found cardboard boxes and used them as desk. She 332 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 2: would get red berries and drain the juice out of 333 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 2: them so her students could use that as ink in 334 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 2: their pens. The way they raised money for their books 335 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 2: is every week she and the students would haul thousands 336 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 2: of pounds of garbage down to the local dock. 337 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: Several years went by. 338 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 2: A college nearby noticed what was going on and asked 339 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 2: them to join forces with them. It became known as 340 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 2: the Cookman Bethune College. She went on to become the 341 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,719 Speaker 2: first African American woman to be a college president. In 342 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 2: nineteen thirty two, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed her as an 343 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 2: advisor to his cabinet, making her the first woman African 344 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 2: American presidential adviser. Ever, what am I saying if things. 345 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: Don't work out? 346 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: The way you had hoped. Don't sit around or defeated. 347 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 2: Dream a new dream. God is still in control. He 348 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 2: would not have allowed the door to close unless he 349 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 2: had something better in store. Life may not be fair, 350 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 2: but know this, God is fair. Nothing you've been through 351 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 2: has to keep you from your destiny. If you didn't 352 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 2: get the job you wanted, go apply for another job. 353 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 2: If you can't teach the students overseas, teach the students here. 354 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 2: Put on a new attitude. God has you in the 355 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,679 Speaker 2: palm of his hand. He has already planned out your. 356 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: Days for good. 357 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 2: He holds victory in your future. Some of you today 358 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 2: you're not really living, You're just existing. You got to 359 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 2: stir up the dreams that have been pressed down. The 360 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 2: scripture says in Isaiah sixty verse one, a rise and shine, 361 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 2: for your light has come. It doesn't say that your 362 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 2: light will come. It says your light has come. If 363 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 2: you knew the great things God had in your future, 364 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 2: you wouldn't go around discouraged negative. You'd go out each 365 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 2: day with a smile on your face and a spring 366 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 2: in your step. I think about my father as a 367 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 2: young man. He sold popcorn in the Isis Theater in 368 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: Fort Worth, Texas. He was raised in extreme poverty. At 369 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 2: the age of seventeen, my father gave his life to 370 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 2: the Lord. God called him to preach. He started ministering 371 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: in the prisons, the rest homes, on the streets, anywhere 372 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 2: he could find. My dad was married at an early age, 373 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: but unfortunately that marriage didn't work out. 374 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: His dreams were shattered. He left the ministry. 375 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: He didn't think that he would ever preach again, and 376 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 2: for several years he went into the insurance business. He 377 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 2: was very good, he excelled at what he did, but 378 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 2: down in here he knew the call of God was 379 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 2: still on his life. He didn't feel worthy, he didn't 380 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 2: feel like he deserved it. Everybody was telling him, gosh up, 381 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 2: you'll never be in ministry again. 382 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: You'll never have a family. It's funny. 383 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 2: Sometimes when we're down, people try to keep us down. 384 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 2: But this is what I love about God. He lifts 385 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 2: the falling, He gives hope to the hopeless. His mercy 386 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: is bigger than any mistake we could ever make. I 387 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 2: don't believe that divorce is God's best, but unfortunately sometimes 388 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: it's happens. Now. I'm not for divorce, but I am 389 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 2: for divorced people. Your life does not have to stop 390 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 2: just because a relationship came to an end. God still 391 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 2: has a plan, A rise and shine. That means get 392 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 2: up from that discouragement, shake off that self pity, receive 393 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 2: mercy for your mistakes. 394 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: A rise. 395 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 2: That's the first thing. And then number two, you've got 396 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 2: to shine. Put a smile on your face, get your 397 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: enthusiasm back, start laughing again, start enjoy in your life. 398 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 2: Take up some new hobby, find some new friends, buy 399 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 2: some new clothes. It's not enough to just arise. You 400 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 2: gotta start shining. That is an act of your faith. 401 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 2: When you do that, you're announcing not only to yourself, 402 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 2: not only to your friends, but you're saying to the enemy. 403 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna live my life in regrets. I'm not 404 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 2: gonna go around beating myself up over the mistakes I've made. 405 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: I know God has another plan, So I'm gonna arise 406 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 2: and I'm gonna shine. What you're really saying is I'm 407 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 2: back and I'm bad. My father, my dad, had all 408 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 2: these thoughts telling him you'll never be in ministry, you'll 409 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 2: never have a family again. But God is a god 410 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 2: of restoration. He will take what was meant for your harm, 411 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: and use it to your advantage. Several years later, my 412 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 2: father left the insurance business and he got back into 413 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 2: the ministry. Things begin to flourish. One day he met 414 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 2: my mother, They fell in love, got married. God blessed 415 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 2: them with four average children and one exceptional. 416 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: Child who. 417 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 2: I didn't say as me, you're gonna hurt Paul's feelings 418 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 2: down here. But I think about how we wouldn't be 419 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: here today if my father had not stayed open to 420 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 2: a plan different than his, if he had not been 421 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: willing to dream a new dream, he'd have never met 422 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 2: my mother. I probably would have never been born. There 423 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 2: may not be a lakewood in life. There will always 424 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: be voices telling us you blew it, you had your chance, 425 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: it's over. Just settle where you are, go believe those lies. 426 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: If you get knocked down, get back up again. It's 427 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: not over until God says it's over. My father went 428 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 2: from being a popcorn salesman to a minister, to an 429 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: insurance salesman, back to being a minister. That tells me 430 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,479 Speaker 2: God knows how to connect the docks. God knows how 431 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 2: to get you to your final destination. Some of you 432 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 2: today You may have been through a disappointment, something didn't 433 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 2: work out, maybe it was even your fault. But God 434 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 2: is saying I've still got a plan. Dream a new dream, 435 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: get your fireback, get your enthusiasm back. Just because it 436 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 2: didn't happen one way doesn't mean it's over. When life 437 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 2: deals you a lemon, God can make lemonade. He can 438 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 2: take your mess and turn it into your message. It's 439 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 2: time to arise and shine. In the early nineteen hundreds, 440 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 2: farmers back in Alabama were facing a major challenge. A 441 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 2: tiny little insect called the bull weavil had migrated from 442 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: South America and it was quickly destroying their crops. They 443 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 2: tried everything they could do to get rid of it. 444 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 2: They exterminated with all kinds of pesticides, and they even 445 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 2: came up with new formulas they'd never used before, still 446 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: to no avail. Eventually, all they could do is sit 447 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 2: back and watch their crops and their livelihood be eaten away. 448 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: They were so discouraged, looked like it was over. But 449 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 2: one day, as they were sitting around kind of defeated, 450 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 2: kind of down, a. 451 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: Man came up with an idea. 452 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: He said, instead of planting our normal cotton crops that 453 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 2: we know won't survive. Why don't we try something new. 454 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 2: Let's plant peanuts. They looked at him like a cow 455 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 2: at a new gate. They said, peanuts. We could never 456 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 2: make a living off of peanuts. He eventually talked them 457 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: into it. What they discovered was the bowl weavils did 458 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 2: not like the taste of peanuts. Those crops took off 459 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 2: and flourished like nothing they had ever seen before. They 460 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 2: made more money in several months than they normally made 461 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 2: in a whole year. In fact, even when the bowl 462 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 2: weavils left, they didn't go back to their cotton crops. 463 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: They stuck with peanuts. 464 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: They went on to produce more peanuts than any country 465 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 2: in the world. 466 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: Friends, God has a plan. 467 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 2: You may have some bowl weavils bothering your right now, 468 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: but don't worry. 469 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: There are some peanuts in your future. 470 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 2: What you may think is a setback is really a 471 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 2: set up for a greater comeback. I love the fact 472 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 2: that the bowl weavils did not like the taste of peanuts. 473 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 2: That tells me God always has something in my future 474 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 2: that the enemy cannot touch. He always has some way 475 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 2: to prosper me, some way to heal us, some way 476 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 2: to restore us, some way. 477 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 1: To bring our dreams to pass. 478 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 2: And even when it looks difficult, even when things don't 479 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 2: work out, just remind yourself. These bowl weavils may be 480 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 2: causing me some problems, they may not even go away, 481 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 2: But really I'm not worried about it. I know they 482 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 2: can't touch my harvest. God has given them a distaste 483 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: for what belongs to me. That person at the office 484 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 2: that always gets on your nerves, annoys you, next time 485 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: you see him, just think to yourself, he just a 486 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 2: bowl weavil. He can't touch my harvest. This shows us 487 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 2: how God's plan is better than our plan. Had it 488 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 2: not been for the bowl weavils, the farmers would have 489 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 2: never tried peanuts. They would have just kept producing their 490 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 2: normal crops over and over all, the while missing out 491 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: on the abundance that should have been theirs. When you're 492 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 2: facing adversity, that set back, that disappointment, you don't know 493 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 2: where it's taken you. You've heard the saying when you're 494 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 2: down to nothing, God is up to something. When it 495 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 2: looks like your crops are being eaten up, God is 496 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 2: not on the throne, saying, oh man, What am I 497 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 2: gonna do? 498 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: Who let the bowl weavils out? No? 499 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: God is in complete control. He has a way even 500 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: when we don't see away. 501 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: Here's the key. 502 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 2: Had those farmers not been open for something new and 503 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 2: been willing to reinvent themselves, they could still be sitting 504 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 2: around saying, just my love too bad for me. A 505 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 2: little insect ruined my future. No, nothing has to destroy 506 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 2: your future. When one dream dies, dream another. 507 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: Dream, Try something else. 508 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 2: If you hold your rod up and the rivers don't part, 509 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 2: start walking toward the waters, God has another plan. Be 510 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 2: willing to get out of your comfort zone. Keep a 511 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: freshness in your life. Don't be satisfied to live off 512 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 2: of past victories. God has new victories out in front 513 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 2: of you. 514 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: You may have been. 515 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 2: Through some disappointments, but it's time to arise and shine. 516 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,919 Speaker 1: It's time to dream a new dream. It's time to 517 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: believe again. 518 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: If you'll put on this new attitude and stay open 519 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 2: to new opportunities, then when the bowl we will show up. 520 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: God will lead you to the peanuts. 521 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: When your application gets turned down, God will give you 522 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 2: a better job. Or like my father, when it looks 523 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 2: like your darkest hour, God will turn it around, restore 524 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 2: you and bring you out to your brightest hour. 525 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: Amen. Do you receive it today? I know you do. 526 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is 527 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 3: it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled 528 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 3: with purpose, happiness and joy. 529 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 2: Every day we make choices, how we see ourselves, how 530 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: we respond to challenges, how we approach what's in front 531 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 2: of us. I've read a devotional called Today I Choose 532 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 2: Devotions for a Better Line. It's designed to help you 533 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 2: make those choices on purpose, to choose faith over fear, 534 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 2: peace over frustration, and kindness over offends. 535 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: Each day is. 536 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: Filled with scripture and practical encouragement to help you live 537 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 2: with confidence and victory. You can't wait to see what 538 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 2: kind of day it's going to be. You have to 539 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 2: decide ahead of time. When you do, you can step 540 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 2: into a more blessed, fulfilled life. 541 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: I'd love to send you a. 542 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 3: Copy as our way of saying thank you for your 543 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: gift of any amount, we would like to send you 544 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 3: a copy of Today I Choose Devotions for a Better Life. 545 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 3: Every day begins with a choice, and this inspiring book 546 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 3: is packed with powerful devotional truths that will help you 547 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 3: in the specific challenges in life, including today, I choose 548 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 3: to turn down the noise, to believe what I cannot see, 549 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 3: to be happy, to trust God's timing. They will transform 550 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 3: your attitude, your outlook, your entire day. As you embrace 551 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 3: these biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve, hope restored mountains move, 552 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 3: choose the joy and happiness God has chosen for you. 553 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Today I Choose 554 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 3: Devotions for a Better Life available this month by simply 555 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 3: visiting us at Joelostin dot com or call eight eight 556 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 3: eight five six seven Joel call or click anytime twenty 557 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 3: four hours a day. 558 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 2: When you make choices based on what God says about you, 559 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 2: You're going to live happier, have more peace, and you'll 560 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 2: be a bigger blessing to others. 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