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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 4: come into your homes. If you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: please stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 42 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 4: about this man. He was driving through an intersection that 44 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 4: was monitored by cameras. If he ran the light or 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 4: broke the law in any way, you'd receive a ticket 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 4: in the mail. So he made sure to go through 47 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 4: it extra slowly. But he noticed the camera flashed and 48 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 4: took his picture. He thought, that's not right. He turned 49 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 4: around and drove through it even more slowly. Once again 50 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 4: the camera flashed. He thought, this thing is messed up. 51 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 4: They cannot give me a ticket. Out of spite, he 52 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 4: drove through it three more times, each time waving at 53 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 4: the camera with a big smile. A week later, he 54 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 4: received five tickets in the mail for not wearing his 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 4: seat belt. Say it like you mean it. This is 56 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 58 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 60 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 61 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 62 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 4: to you today about pruned for promotion. We all go 63 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 4: through times where it feels like we're going backwards. We 64 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: were doing so good. Business was strong, our family was happy. 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 4: We knew we had God's favor, but then things turned 66 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: we lost a major client, our child didn't get the scholarship. 67 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: A friend walked away. We wonder what happened, what did 68 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 4: we do wrong? But just because you're having difficulties and 69 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 4: things you don't understand, does it mean you're not in 70 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 4: God's will. God is ordering our steps. Sometimes he will 71 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: order a cutback. Just as there are seasons of growth, 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: there are seasons of pruning. Without the pruning become all 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 4: we were created to be. God won't allow a cutback 74 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 4: if it's not going to eventually work for your good. 75 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 4: It may be uncomfortable, you don't understand it. You lost 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 4: a contract, you lost a relationship, lost an opportunity. God 77 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: wouldn't have let you lose that if he wasn't going 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 4: to give you something better. He may have pruned a 79 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 4: friend out of your life. There's a better friend coming. 80 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: You may have lost a job. There's a better job 81 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 4: on the way. You suffer a setback in your health, 82 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 4: Better health is in your future. Don't be discouraged by 83 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 4: the cutback. It's a sign new growth is coming. Jesus 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 4: said in John fifteen. I am the vine. You are 85 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 4: the branches. My father is the gardener. Every branch that 86 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 4: doesn't produce fruit, he cuts away. This makes sense when 87 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 4: we have things in life that are not productive. A 88 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 4: friend pulled us down a job not leading anywhere. He'll 89 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 4: cut those things away so we can put our attention 90 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 4: and focus on the things that are moving us forward. 91 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 4: We can understand losing something that's not adding value. But 92 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 4: he goes on to say every branch that does bear fruit, 93 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 4: the gardener cuts back so it will bear more fruit. 94 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: The only way to go from fruit to more fruit 95 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 4: is to be cut back. There are times in life 96 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 4: where we will lose something that doesn't make sense. You're 97 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 4: going to work with a good attitude, helping others, faithfully 98 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: raising your children. You're doing the right thing, but the 99 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 4: wrong thing happens. Instead of being discouraged, slacking off, having 100 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 4: no passion, recognize it's a pruning season. Without that cutback, 101 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 4: you won't see new growth. You may be satisfy to 102 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 4: stay where you are, not be uncomfortable, not rock the boat. 103 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 4: But God is not satisfied. He loves you too much 104 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 4: to let you miss your destiny. He has new levels 105 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 4: in front of you. Will you trust him in the 106 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 4: cutback seasons? Will you keep doing the right thing in 107 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 4: the times of pruning, when things have gone backwards, when 108 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 4: you could be discouraged, Jesus said, if you abide in me, 109 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 4: you will bear much fruit. He talks in this passage 110 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 4: about fruit, more fruit, and much fruit. The way to 111 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 4: increase is simply by abiding. He was saying, when things 112 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 4: happen you don't understand, things that don't make sense, When 113 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 4: you could be bitter, you could slack off instead. If 114 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 4: you'll trust me, if you'll believe I'm still directing your steps, 115 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 4: if you'll praise me even when it's not fair, if 116 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: you'll stay faithful when you could be frustrated, if you'll abide, 117 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 4: That means you keep doing the right thing. You keep 118 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 4: a smile on your face, you keep being good to people, 119 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 4: you keep expecting God's favor. Then you're passing the test. 120 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 4: You'll come into more fruit. When you prove to God 121 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 4: that you'll be faithful in the cutback seasons, he'll release 122 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 4: you into much fruit. He'll take you where you could 123 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: not go on your own. But we're not going to 124 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 4: see these new levels without going through seasons of losing things. 125 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 4: We don't understand, seasons that are uncomfortable, seasons where what 126 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 4: worked in the past is not working now, don't be discouraged. 127 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 4: The cutback season is all a part of the process. 128 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 4: It's a sign that new growth is coming. I talked 129 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 4: to a man. The company he worked for sold. They 130 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 4: let all the employees go, and for the longest time 131 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: he couldn't find a new job. He ended up having 132 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: to move back home to another state. He was living 133 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 4: with his mother. He's in his fifties. He said, I 134 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 4: never dreamed I'd be here at my age. I don't 135 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 4: know what happened. I told him what I'm telling you. 136 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 4: You came into a cutback season. It's not a surprise 137 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 4: to God. Now, whether you stay there or not depends 138 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 4: on what you do. If you get better, complain, talk 139 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 4: about how bad life is, then you'll get stuck. But 140 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: when you recognize that cutback is a sign that new 141 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 4: growth is coming, that more fruit is in your future, 142 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 4: that God is getting you prepared for new levels. You 143 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 4: make this decision to trust him, to believe that he's 144 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 4: in control, then things are going to change in your favor. 145 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 4: You're going to see new doors begin to open. I 146 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 4: saw him about a year later. He had a new job. 147 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 4: He had just moved into a beautiful new house, he said, Joel, 148 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 4: fear and more fulfilled than I've ever been. Don't let 149 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 4: the cutback fool you. The enemy didn't get control of 150 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 4: the pruning years. He didn't overtake God, and now he's 151 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 4: directing your steps. God is still in control. You may 152 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 4: not like the cutback, it may not make sense. This 153 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: is what faith is all about. God. I don't understand it, 154 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 4: but I trust you. I know you wouldn't have allowed 155 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 4: it if you didn't have a purpose. I want to 156 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 4: thank you that I'm not just going to come out, 157 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 4: but I'm gonna come out better. But I wonder how 158 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 4: many times we're fighting what God has ordained. Now. I 159 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 4: believe in standing against sicknesses, addictions, dysfunction, But every difficulty 160 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 4: is not the enemy. It's the gardener. God prunes us. 161 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 4: He cuts things back, not to limit us, but to 162 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 4: get us prepared for new growth. Are you discouraged over 163 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 4: something you lost, something that didn't work out, thinking the 164 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 4: enemy is hindering you, when in fact it's the hand 165 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 4: of God. We give the enemy too much credit. He 166 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 4: can't touch you without God's permission. We believe that God 167 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 4: is directing our steps when good things are happening. It's 168 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 4: easy to thank Him in the harvest seasons, the growing seasons, 169 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 4: the promotion seasons, but in the pruning seasons you have 170 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:32,359 Speaker 4: to dig down deep. Your praise in the cutback seasons 171 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 4: carries more weight than in the harvest seasons. You're not 172 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 4: only showing God that you trust him, but God is 173 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: doing a work in you. Your character is being developed, 174 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 4: Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. We may not like 175 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 4: the pruning seasons, but God is the gardener. He knows 176 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 4: when to cut something back or will get stuck. He 177 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 4: is not going to cut something back without giving you 178 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 4: more in return. Dare to trust him. A couple of 179 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 4: years ago, I planted some trees along my fence in 180 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 4: the backyard to help block the view. I bought the 181 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 4: biggest ones I could find. They were about fifteen feet tall, 182 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 4: and they're the type that form a thick hedge that 183 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 4: you can't see through. They're outside my kitchen window, and 184 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 4: I was constantly checking their growth. I could measure how 185 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 4: close they were getting to the telephone lines. They were 186 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: doing really good. About six months later, the men that 187 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 4: helps with my landscaping said it's time to trim the bushes. 188 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 4: Trim the trees and ask if it was okay. I 189 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 4: told him yes, but not to touch the trees along 190 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 4: the back fence. I wanted that thick hedge. He said, okay, 191 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 4: but they're not going to grow like they should. I said, 192 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 4: what do you mean. He said, When we prune them, 193 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 4: it stimulates new growth. If we don't cut them back, 194 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 4: they won't be as tall and thick as they should be. 195 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 4: I'm not a gardener. I thought, just the opposite. They're growing, 196 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 4: they're doing good. Don't bother them. The gardener knew if 197 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 4: he didn't bother them, if he didn't take them through 198 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 4: a cutback, it would actually limit their growth. Next year, 199 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 4: they wouldn't be where they should In the same way, 200 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: God is your gardener. He's not going to cut you 201 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 4: back without a purpose. He's not going to prune you 202 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 4: if it's not leading to more fruit. It may not 203 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 4: make sense to you. You feel like you're going the 204 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 4: wrong direction. God knows what he's doing. That landscaper said 205 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 4: to me, let me trim them and watch where they'll 206 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 4: be next year. You'll be surprised at how big and 207 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 4: full they are. You may have been cut back. God 208 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 4: is saying, watch where you're going to be next year. 209 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 4: Watch the people that are going to come into your life, 210 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 4: Watch the opportunities, the new doors that are about to open. 211 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 4: You won't be complaining about the cutback. You'll be saying, Lord, 212 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 4: thank you for pruning me, thank you for getting me prepared, 213 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 4: thank you for taking me to new levels. What I 214 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 4: want us to see is the pruning is not because 215 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 4: you've done something wrong. It's not because God has forgotten 216 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 4: about you. It's a test. Will you abide? Will you 217 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 4: stay in faith? Yes, the pruning seasons are not comfortable. 218 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 4: We don't like it, but it's all a part of 219 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 4: the process. It's what leads to much fruit. But you 220 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 4: can't get too much without being cut back. If you 221 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 4: don't understand this, you'll be frustrated. Joel, I come every Sunday. 222 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 4: I volunteer at the hospital. I'm always cheering people up, 223 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 4: and now I'm the one that's down. I had a 224 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 4: bad break. That's not the enemy trying to stop you. 225 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 4: That's God getting you prepared for new levels. The apostle 226 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 4: Paul never prayed for God to remove his difficulties. He 227 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 4: prayed that God would give him strength to endure whatever 228 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 4: came his way, and if we could pray away the 229 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 4: cutback seasons, Jesus would have done it. The scripture says 230 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 4: he endured the pain of the cross, looking forward to 231 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 4: the joy that was coming. Some things we have to endure. 232 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 4: The way to do it is to know that it's 233 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 4: not permanent, and to know that you're going to come 234 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 4: out better. Keep reminding yourself that cutback is leading to 235 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 4: new growth. And what's interesting is God cuts us back 236 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: when we're bearing fruit, not when we're off course doing 237 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 4: things wrong, but when we're doing things right, when good 238 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 4: things are happening. Now, I could have taken the pruning 239 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 4: shears and thought, I'm gonna save some money this year. 240 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 4: I'm gonna trim my own trees. The problem is I 241 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: don't know when to prune, and I don't know where 242 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 4: to prove. Some plants need to be cut back in 243 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 4: the spring. Others cut back in the fall. Sometimes you 244 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 4: may skip a season. Pruning shears in the wrong hands 245 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 4: can be detrimental. I can have good intentions and cut 246 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 4: at the wrong time at the wrong place and damage 247 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 4: my trees. Do more harm than good. When Victoria and 248 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 4: I were first married, she said, Joel, let me put 249 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 4: some blonde highlights in your hair, just to lighten it 250 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 4: up and give you a new look. You know this 251 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 4: is not going to turn out good. I was so 252 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 4: in love and so dumb, I mean, so respectful. I 253 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 4: would let her do anything she asked. So she put 254 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 4: these blonde highlights in my hair. I had foiled all 255 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 4: through it. We had to wait thirty minutes. When she 256 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 4: took the foil off, Victoria started laughing and laughing. Now, 257 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 4: when Victoria is nervous or afraid, she doesn't panic, she 258 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 4: doesn't get upset. She laughs. I knew this was not 259 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 4: a good sign. When I looked in the mirror, my 260 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: hair was as orange as can be. I said, Victoria, 261 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 4: you have to put it back. She laughed and said 262 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:14,359 Speaker 4: I don't know how. Here's my point. The right tools 263 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 4: in the wrong hands can be dangerous. The good news 264 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 4: is God is your gardener. He's the only one that 265 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 4: can prune you. He's in control of your cutbacks. When 266 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 4: Satan wanted to test job, he couldn't go in and 267 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 4: get the pruning shears do whatever he wanted. He had 268 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 4: to ask God for permission. When you go through a 269 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 4: cutback a loss, things you don't understand remind yourself. God 270 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 4: has the pruning shears. He is not going to prune 271 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 4: you to where you end up with less, less joy 272 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 4: less strength, less resources. That may happen temporarily, but if 273 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 4: you'll keep abiding, that cutback is leading to more fruit. 274 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to 275 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 4: bring you out better, stronger, wiser, with new growth. You 276 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 4: may be in a cutback season now, wondering how you 277 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 4: went from doing great to where you are. You were 278 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 4: being your best. Looks like you've lost ground, yes, but 279 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 4: that loss is not permanent. What you can't see is 280 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 4: that cutback is setting you up for new levels. You're 281 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 4: about to come into a season of much fruit, a 282 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 4: season where you see increase like you've never seen, good breaks, promotions, 283 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 4: relationships better than you've imagined. A while back, a cable 284 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 4: network that aired our services on Sunday nights informed us 285 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 4: that they were going to start running movies. At that time, 286 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 4: they had to cancel our contract. We had been on 287 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 4: this network for thirty five years. We had a loyal audience, 288 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 4: people that watched us there faithfully each week. I thought, God, 289 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 4: I don't want to go backwards. I want to go forward. 290 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 4: That was one of our best outlets. Here. We were 291 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 4: doing the right thing, we were bearing fruit, people were 292 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 4: being helped. But sometimes God closes a door that we 293 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 4: don't understand. I've been buying airtime way back with my 294 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 4: father's ministry for many years. There's nothing available on Sunday nights, 295 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 4: especially commercial television. It looked like this cutback was permanent. 296 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 4: About six months later, a men we work with called 297 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 4: said Joel, I couldn't find another cable network on Sunday nights, 298 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 4: but I did get the broadcast networks like CBS and ABC. 299 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,239 Speaker 4: They agreed to move their programming Sunday nights after the 300 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 4: news so they could air your program The audience on 301 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 4: the broadcast stations is three times what it was on 302 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 4: the cable network. I went from fruit to more fruit. 303 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 4: Notice how it happened. I was cut back. I didn't 304 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 4: understand it. It didn't seem like a good thing at 305 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 4: the time. But now I say, Lord, thank you for 306 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 4: cutting me back. Thank you for opening doors I never 307 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 4: dreamed would open. Thank you for ordering my steps. The 308 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 4: cutback you're disappointed with now, if you'll keep abiding, thanking 309 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 4: God being your best, one day you'll look back and 310 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 4: say with me. Lord, Thank you, Your ways are better 311 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 4: than my ways. You could see things that I couldn't see. 312 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 4: Trust him in the cutback seasons. Believe that he's still 313 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 4: directing your steps. Remember he has the pruning shears. The 314 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 4: enemy cannot cut you back. God has a hedge of 315 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 4: protection around you. In the scripture, God told Abraham to 316 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 4: take his son Isaac on top of a mountain and 317 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 4: sacrifice him. We think of Isaac as being a little boy, 318 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: but most scholars believe he was in his late teams. 319 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 4: The scripture says he carried a pile of wood on 320 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 4: his shoulders for the fire. He could have resisted laying 321 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 4: on the altar, resisted letting his father tie him up, 322 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 4: but he was willing to go through with it. I 323 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 4: believe one reason is because he knew the knife was 324 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 4: in the right hands. He knew he could trust his father. 325 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 4: When you understand the pruning shears are in your heavenly 326 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 4: Father's hands, when you know he won't cut you back 327 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 4: without a purpose, that whatever he takes away temporarily is 328 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 4: so he can bring you out with more than Like Isaac, 329 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 4: you won't fight the cutback seasons, you won't be better God. 330 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 4: I was doing my best. Why did this happen? You 331 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: trust your father. You know he's in control of the cutbacks. 332 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have taken you backwards if he wasn't going 333 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 4: to bring you out with much fruit. Now I've learned 334 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 4: God's idea of mu much is very different than our 335 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 4: idea of much. You think you're blessed now you haven't 336 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 4: seen anything yet. You should see what God has in 337 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 4: store for you. I thought I was doing good all 338 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 4: those years working behind the scenes with my parents, putting 339 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 4: my father's ministry on television. I never dreamed one day 340 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 4: I would be up here people would be watching all 341 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 4: over the world. I went from fruit to more fruit, 342 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 4: to much fruit. But what brought me here was it 343 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 4: necessarily the good times, the times everything fell into place. 344 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 4: It was the cutbacks, the things I didn't understand, the 345 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 4: loss of my father. But in all those times that 346 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 4: didn't make sense, I've learned I can trust the one 347 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 4: who has the crooning shares. I know the enemy cannot 348 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 4: cut me back. So I've done my best to just 349 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 4: keep abiding, being faithful when I could be frustrated, doing 350 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 4: the right thing when the wrong thing was happening. Thanking 351 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 4: God through the disappointments, through the laws, through the times 352 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 4: that didn't seem fair. If you'll keep abiding, at one point, 353 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 4: you'll come out of the cutback season into a growing season, 354 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 4: out of not having enough into having more than enough. 355 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 4: Steve Jobs was one of the most brilliant minds of 356 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 4: our generation. He founded Apple Computer. It grew larger and larger, 357 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 4: became very successful. But over the years he had conflict 358 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 4: with his board. Eventually they voted him out. He was 359 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 4: fired from the company that he founded. It didn't seem fair. 360 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 4: He could have lived bitter upset. Instead, he went out 361 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 4: and started another company. It became so successful. A few 362 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: years later Apple bought his company, brought him back, and 363 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 4: put him in charge. He said, if I had not 364 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 4: been fired by Apple, I would have never developed these 365 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 4: skills that have made me into who I am. God 366 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. He's not going to let you 367 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 4: be cut back without a purpose. It may look like 368 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 4: a bad break, but if you'll keep the right attitude, 369 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: you'll see how it will all work to your advantage. 370 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 4: He knows when to take something away. It is not 371 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 4: to limit us, it's to promote us. If that person 372 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 4: left you, it wasn't an accident. Their part in your 373 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 4: story was over. God pruned them. Now keep moving forward. 374 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 4: If that project didn't last, it wasn't supposed to. God 375 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 4: closed the door. Don't sit around discourage thinking, poor old me. 376 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 4: Like Steve, You're being pruned to bear much fruit. Get 377 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: ready for the new thing God is about to do. 378 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 4: Get ready for new levels of favor, new levels of abundance. 379 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 4: This is what my father did. Back in the nineteen fifties. 380 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: He was pastoring a thriving church. They had just built 381 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 4: a beautiful new sanctuary. He had seven hundred members. That 382 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 4: was a big deal back then. He was on the 383 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 4: state board for his denomination. His future looked very bright. 384 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 4: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 385 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 4: My father began to search the scriptures in a new light. 386 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 4: He saw how God is a healer and how he 387 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 4: wants us to live a blessed, victorious life. He thought 388 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 4: the congregation would be excited about his new message of 389 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 4: faith and victory. It was just the opposite. It didn't 390 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: fit into their denominational teaching, and there was a lot 391 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 4: of opposition. They ended up asking my father to lead. 392 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 4: He was devastated, lifelong friends never spoke to my mother again. 393 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 4: Didn't make sense. It didn't seem fair. He could have 394 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 4: been bitter. God, why did this happen? I was being 395 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 4: my best? Why did I go backwards? He understood every 396 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 4: branch that bears fruit will be cut back, not to 397 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 4: stay at a loss, not to live defeated, but for 398 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 4: one reason, to bear much fruit. Sometimes the favor of 399 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 4: God is disguised as a cutback. It takes maturity to 400 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 4: distinguish between the enemy trying to stop you and the 401 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 4: gardener at work, and too often we're discouraged over what 402 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 4: God has ordained. Instead of being sour, My parents went 403 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 4: out and started Lakewood. They didn't have a beautiful new sanctuary. 404 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 4: They had an old Rundown feed store. They didn't have 405 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 4: seven hundred people. They only had ninety. A cutback looked 406 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 4: like they were going the wrong direction. There are times 407 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 4: God will take you backwards before he thrust you forward. 408 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 4: The cutback season is a test. He's seeing what are 409 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 4: you going to do when you have a bad break. 410 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 4: It didn't work out. You worked hard, but the business 411 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 4: didn't make it. You were good to that person, but 412 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 4: they walked away. What you do in the pruning seasons 413 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 4: will determine whether you stay there or whether you come 414 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 4: out better. My parents just kept abiding, giving, serving, loving. 415 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 4: They didn't focus on what they didn't have. They thanked 416 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 4: God for what they did have. This didn't happen overnight, 417 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 4: but like God promised, they went from more fruit to 418 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 4: much fruit. Lakewood grew to a church of many thousands 419 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 4: were still going strong today. But we all want the 420 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 4: much fruit. The question is are we willing to go 421 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 4: through the process. Will we do the right things in 422 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 4: the time of pruning when things don't make sense. My 423 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 4: father would have never come into much without the cutback, 424 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 4: He would have never become all he was created to 425 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 4: be in that limited environment. That's why God pushed him out. 426 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 4: And sometimes God will close a door because where you 427 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 4: are is too small. You may not be able to 428 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 4: see it. It's big to you, it's fulfilling. But God's 429 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 4: dream for your life is much bigger than yours. His 430 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 4: idea of much is very different than our idea. I'm 431 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 4: asking you to trust him in the cutback seasons. We're 432 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: not going to understand everything that happens along the way. 433 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 4: God knows what's best for us. That's why the scripture 434 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: says His ways are not our ways. You may be 435 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 4: in a time of pruning. You've had some cutbacks, you've 436 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 4: gone the wrong direction. Now you're kind of discourage. Recognize 437 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 4: God is getting you in position for new growth. He 438 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,719 Speaker 4: wouldn't have pruned you if he didn't have something better. 439 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 4: Now do your part. Keep abiding, keep thanking him, keep 440 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 4: trusting him, keep staying faithful. If you'll do this, I 441 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 4: believe and declare that cutback is not permanent. Like my 442 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 4: You're about to come in to much fruit. Abundance is coming, 443 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 4: promotion is coming, breakthroughs are coming. The fullness of your 444 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can 445 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 4: you say him in Today? I'd like to give you 446 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 447 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 448 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,880 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 449 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 450 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. 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