1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: week to our daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: you can come visit us in person. We'd love to 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 1: have you be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: So I'd like to start with something funny. And I 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: heard about this pastor. He was new in town and 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: he was going door to door inviting people to his church. 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: And he knocked on this one door and he could 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: tell someone was home, but no one would answer. So 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: he took his business card out and wrote on the 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: back the scripture reference Revelation three twenty and left it 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: on the door. The next Sunday after service, and Usher 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: handed him the same card under what the pastor had 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: written was the scripture reference Genesis three. Here's what they say, 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Revelation three twenty. The pastor's words, behold, I stand at 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: the door and knock if anyone opens the door, I 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: will come in. The reply was Genesis three ten. It 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: says I heard your voice, and I was afraid because 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: I was naked. All right, y'all say it like you 25 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 26 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 27 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 29 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 30 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 31 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about day forty 32 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: one is coming. We all go through seasons of testing 33 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: and proving and times of adversity and struggle where we're 34 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: praying and believing, but things aren't changing. In the Scripture, 35 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: these seasons are described as four forty days. Forty is 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: a symbolic number. It refers to seasons of testing and 37 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: struggle where it doesn't look like things are going to change. 38 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: After Noah built the arc. 39 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: It rained for forty days. 40 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: Jesus was tempted in the desert for forty days. Goliath 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: taunted the Israelites forty days. Moses made a mistake, wandered 42 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: in the desert. 43 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: Forty years in life. 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 1: We'll all have a few forty day experiences where we're 45 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: facing a giant that looks too big, a slow season 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: in the desert, so to speak, a storm where it 47 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: keeps raining, medical reports not improving, child not coming home, 48 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: still haven't met the right person. It's tempting to get 49 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: discouraged and. 50 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 2: Give up on her dreams. 51 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: But when you're in one of these forty days thoughts 52 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: telling you it's never going to change, you have to 53 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: know Day forty one is coming. The scripture says God 54 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: has said it an end to the difficulty. Now, I 55 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: can't promise you you won't have some forty days, but 56 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: I can promise you day forty one will always come. 57 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: But the number forty, it's a lot of attention. You 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: have to stay focused on the forty one. Yes, it 59 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: rained for forty days, but on day forty one the 60 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: rain stopped and Noah and his family were saved. Yes, 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: the enemy tempted Jesus forty days, but on day forty one, 62 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: angels showed up and strengthened him. Yes, Goliath taunted the 63 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: Israelites forty days, but on day forty one, David showed 64 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: up and put an end to him. You may be 65 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: in a forty day period. Now doesn't look like you'll 66 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: ever get well or get out of debt. See your 67 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: family restored. You could complain and be negative. Try a 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: new approach. Father, Thank you that my day forty one 69 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: is coming. Thank you that you've already set an expiration 70 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: date for this trouble. God told Noah to build the 71 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: ark it had never rained. He could have come up 72 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: with good excuses to not do it, but he obeyed. 73 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: He did the right thing when it was hard. He 74 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: didn't have trouble because he was lazy and wouldn't listen. 75 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: He faced his forty days because he was faithful, because 76 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: he honored God and wouldn't take the easy way out. 77 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: When you're in a forty day period, thoughts will whisper 78 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: because you've made those mistakes. 79 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: You should have done better. God's upset with you. 80 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: We think the storm is always God's judgment. Sometimes, like Noah, 81 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: your forty days is a result of being obedient. It's 82 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: because you're honoring God, not that you've done something wrong. 83 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: But you've done something right. God can trust you to 84 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: pass the test to keep an attitude of faith and 85 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: now we don't like the trials. It's uncomfortable, but that 86 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,559 Speaker 1: forty days is positioning you for greater things. God knows 87 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: the end from the beginning. We see the forty days, 88 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: but God sees day forty one. 89 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 2: He sees what he's about to do. You have to 90 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: go through it to get to it. 91 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,119 Speaker 1: You have to persevere. You have to stand in faith. 92 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: The scripture says, having done all to stand, that means 93 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: you just keep standing. Your attitude is I will not 94 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: give up. I will not get bitter. Yes, it's still raining. 95 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: I don't see a sign of things changing. But I 96 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: know a secret. These forty days is not how my 97 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: story ends. Day forty one is coming. God has not 98 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: brought you this far to leave you. Get your passion back. 99 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: This test is only temporary. God being for you is 100 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: more than what's coming against you. Now. I love the 101 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: faith of Noah because everyone would have been making fun 102 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: of him, this crazy goud building a boat out in 103 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: the desert. There's no water to put it in. 104 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: He says, it's going to flood. 105 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: Despite all the negative chatter, he just kept doing what 106 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: God put in his heart. He finished building the boat 107 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: and got him and all of his family on it. 108 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: The scripture says God closed the door. There was a 109 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: time no one else could get in. Started raining one day, 110 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: two days, a week, two weeks, three weeks. The whole 111 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: earth was flooded, wiped out all the people and animals, 112 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: plants and houses. The scripture says it was torrential rains, 113 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: not just a little sprinkle. 114 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: This was a huge storm. 115 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: I'm sure it was chaotic, the boat rocking, the wind's blowing, 116 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: But think about how good God is. Noaeh was rising 117 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: above what was destroying others. Even though he was in 118 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: a storm. God was sustaining him, not letting him go down. 119 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: When you're in a forty days season, you may not 120 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: realize it, but God's not letting you go under That 121 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: sickness couldn't take you out, had trouble at work. It 122 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: was hard, but you had the strength to endure that 123 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: child that broke your heart. You look back now and 124 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 1: think how did you make it through? That was God 125 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: keeping you, strengthening you, favoring you. You can't always see 126 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: it in the storm, but God is working. He's a 127 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: very present help in times of trouble. That means in 128 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: the forty days he's close to you. He's not allowing 129 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: the difficulty to take you out. And I'm sure after 130 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks of rain and wind, thoughts whispered 131 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: to Noah, it's never going to stop raining. This storm 132 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: is permanent, same thoughts that come to us. You'll always 133 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: have that trouble and always struggling your finances, always have 134 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: to deal with this depression. No one would wake up 135 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: each morning. I can imagine first thing he'd do was check, 136 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: oh man, it's still raining. Nineteen days in a row, 137 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: twenty five days, thirty three days, no sign of the 138 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: rain stopping. He went to bed on day forty seemed 139 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: like just another ordinary day, more wind, more rain, dark clouds. 140 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: Little did he know when he woke up on day 141 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: forty one, the rain had stopped, the wind had ceased, 142 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: the sky had cleared, the sun began to shine. Was 143 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: the dawning of a new season. All those thoughts that 144 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: had told him it was never gonna stop raining and 145 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 1: he'd always be in that limited environment, he realized they 146 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: weren't true, that God had set an end to the difficulty, 147 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: that it was just a season. Light. Noah, you may 148 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: be in your forty days. You've done the right thing 149 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: You've honored God, but it's raining, the medical reports not good, 150 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: or doors have closed on your dreams, or you're dealing 151 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: with that anxiety and thoughts were whisper. 152 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 2: It's never gonna change. 153 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: God's forgotten about you. You can I encourage you. Day 154 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: forty one is coming. The rain will cease, the storm 155 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: will stop, the trouble will end. You are closer than 156 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: you think. You can't see it, but things are about 157 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: to shift in your favor. You're on the verge of 158 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: a breakthrough, your health turning around, your child coming home, 159 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: your business taking off. It's gonna happen suddenly, unexpectedly. 160 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 2: You didn't see it. 161 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: Coming, Like Noah. You went to bed one night thinking 162 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: everything would be the same. You woke up the next 163 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: morning and the rain had stopped. God stepped in and 164 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: did what only he can do. See some storms you 165 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: can't stop. There are some battles you can't win. It's 166 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: gonna take the most high God breathing on your life. 167 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: And the good news is he's watching over you. He 168 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: sees a little sparrow when they fall to the ground. 169 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: How much more is God concerned about you? He knows 170 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: the struggles, He knows who did you wrong and what 171 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: looks impossible. He wouldn't have let you get in that 172 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: difficulty if he couldn't bring you out. And the scripture 173 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: tells us to wait with expectancy, wait believing that it's coming. Wait, 174 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: thanking God that is on the way, Wait, expecting things 175 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: to change in your favor. 176 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: Not waiting discouraged. 177 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: And I don't think I'll ever get well, and I'll 178 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: never get that scholarship. This addiction's been in my family 179 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: for years. You're the one to break it. 180 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: God raised you up to set a new standard. 181 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,839 Speaker 1: May have been that way a long time, but don't 182 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: accept it as permanent. 183 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 2: That's the mistake the Israelites made. 184 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: They wandered in the desert forty years because they never believed. 185 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: They complained, had a limited mindset. But their children had 186 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: a different mentality. They didn't see themselves as former slaves. 187 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: These enemies are too big. They had a victorious mentality. 188 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: They realized they were children of Almighty God, that defeat. 189 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 2: Was not their destiny. 190 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: And after their parents wandered around the same mountain for 191 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: forty years, these children came into forty one. They went 192 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: into the Promised Land. They lived in houses, they didn't build. 193 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 2: They ate from vineyards. 194 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: They didn't plant in a land flowing with milk and honey. 195 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: Abundance more than enough. That happened after forty years of black, 196 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: forty years of struggle, forty years of mediocrity. There may 197 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: be things that have been in your family a long time, 198 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: can't get ahead, Stuck in a limited environment, unhealthy relationships, 199 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: people that compromise, addictions, loneliness. God is saying that forty 200 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: years has run its course. You're coming in to forty one. 201 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: In forty one, you break out of the box and 202 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: go into your promised land. In forty one, you see 203 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: favor that your family's never seen. In forty one, there's 204 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: opportunity chasing you down the right people knocking. 205 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 2: At your door. 206 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: In forty one, there's creativity, ideas, and talent that you 207 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: didn't know you had. In forty one, you're catapulted into influence, leadership, 208 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: positions of honor, and authority. You may be in some 209 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: wilderness years now where there's struggle adversity. You have to 210 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: know that is not your destiny. 211 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: Day forty one is coming. 212 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: Six months after the rain stopped, the waters begin to recede, 213 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: and Noah sent a raven out to see if it 214 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: could find dry ground, hoping he could get off the boat. 215 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: But the raven came back there was nowhere to land. 216 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: It was still flooded. Well, Noah didn't get discouraged, thinking 217 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: it was never going to change. He waited a few 218 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: weeks and sent another bird out. This time it came 219 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: back with an in its beak. The bird couldn't land, 220 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: but Noah knew things were getting better. A week later, 221 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: he sent a dove out, and the dove never returned. 222 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: There was dry ground. They were able to get off 223 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: the boat. But notice how Noah kept looking and believing, 224 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: knowing that the boat was not his destiny. He knew 225 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 1: that God was faithful, that it may storm for forty days, 226 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: but day forty one is coming. When you're in a storm, 227 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: you have to do like Noah. Keep expecting things to change, 228 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: don't let. 229 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 2: It become permanent. Keep sending out that bird. 230 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: So to speak, Keep looking for God's goodness, keep believing 231 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: for your business to turn around. Keep thanking God that 232 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: the right people will show up. I talked to a 233 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: lady that was in town for treatment at the medical center. 234 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: She'd been diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. 235 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: She'd had it for six years. She'd been through chemotherapy 236 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,359 Speaker 1: several times. The doctors had put her on a special 237 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 1: trial experimenting with new medicines, but with no success. 238 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 2: She'd come to church when she is in town, and 239 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 2: she was always full of faith. I couldn't encourage her. 240 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: She would encourage me. 241 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: She told me how that cancer was temporary, that it 242 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: would pass, that she was going to be a testimony 243 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: of God's goodness. 244 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 2: I just smile and agree with her. 245 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: Well, she came last Sunday so excited. She showed me 246 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: the scans of her kidney. On one you could see 247 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: the dark spot the cancer. But on the newest scan, 248 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: it's perfectly clean. There's no sign of cancer. The doctor said, 249 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: of all the hundreds of patients on this special trial, 250 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: she's the only one that's seen improvement. Se it's not 251 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: just the medicine. It's Jehovah Rafa, the Lord, our healer. 252 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: What happened? She came in to a forty first day. 253 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: You may be dealing with a sickness or some difficulty, 254 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: and you're in your eighteen day, your twenty fifth day, 255 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: thirty seventh day. 256 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 2: You have to do like her, and keep. 257 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: Reminding yourself that Day forty one is coming, that the 258 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: storm is not going to last, that the trouble is 259 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: not permanent. The same God that stopped the rain for 260 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: Noah is going to stop the rain in your life. 261 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: The same God that took the children of the Israelites 262 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: into the Promised Land is going to take you into 263 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: your promised land, where there's no more wandering, no more sickness, 264 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: no more can't get ahead. 265 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 2: Day forty one is on your calendar. 266 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: God has already scheduled the turnaround, the healing. It's already 267 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: lined up, the breakthrough, the divine connections. Just a matter 268 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: of time before the wind cease, the waters recede, and 269 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: you step in to a new level of your destiny. 270 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: See the scripture says, don't think it's strange when you 271 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: face fiery trials that tests the quality. 272 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: Of your faith. 273 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: Sometimes the forty days is simply a test. It's a 274 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: time to prove to God who you are, to show 275 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: him that you're not going to be discouraged by the rain. 276 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: You're not going to get bitter over who did you wrong. 277 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: You're not going to complain because your plans didn't work out. 278 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: Your business hasn't taken off yet, you lost a loved one. 279 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 2: Your attitude in the storm. 280 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: How we respond to the trials will have a great 281 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: impact on when we see the forty first day. When 282 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: you show God that you trust him, you're not moved 283 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: by the rain. You're still believing, praising, thinking, smiling. You're 284 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: passing the test. That's when he'll release greater things in 285 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: your life. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, 286 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: he came up out of the water and the dove 287 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: landed on his shoulder. A voice booned out of the 288 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: heavens said, this is my beloved son, and whom I'm 289 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: well pleased. Was an incredible moment where Jesus was public 290 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: announced for the first time. 291 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: You would think Jesus would go to the. 292 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 1: City and start healing people and doing great miracles. 293 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 2: I'm sure he's all fired up and ready to go. 294 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: But the scripture says the spirit led him into the 295 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,479 Speaker 1: wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Doesn't say that 296 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: the enemy led him there, that the opposition was trying 297 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: to hold him back. It said God led him to 298 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: the desert for a period of testing. You can be 299 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: in God's will and be in the desert for forty days. 300 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:38,479 Speaker 1: The enemy tempted Jesus, you're hungry, turn these stones into bread, 301 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: bow down and worship me. I'll give you the kingdoms 302 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: of the world. Jump off this building. Prove that you're 303 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: the son of God. Forty days it was a struggle. 304 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: Jesus was hungry, he had been fasting. He had to endure, 305 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: resist and outlast. But he passed the test and proved 306 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: that he was faithful, that he wouldn't compromise. Forty days 307 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: it was difficult. Then day forty one came. Angels showed 308 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: up to strengthen him and empower him. Day forty one 309 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 1: Jesus came out of the desert. The scripture says, in 310 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: the power of the spirit, he stepped into a new authority, 311 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: a new anointing, a new dimension of his destiny. And 312 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: it says in Luke that he went to the temple, 313 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: stood in front of the people, and read from the 314 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: scroll of Isaiah. It said, the spirit of the Lord 315 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: is upon me to preach the good news, to heal 316 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: the sin, to set at liberty those that are captive, 317 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: to declare the acceptable year of God's favor. He rolled 318 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: up the scroll and said, this day this scripture is fulfilled. 319 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: Was seven hundred years earlier Isaiah had written this prophecy. 320 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 2: Jesus said, today is. 321 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: Coming to pass. After being tempted for forty days, on 322 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: day forty one, Jesus stepped in to what was declared 323 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: about him hundreds of years earlier. You may be in 324 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 1: a time of testing improving now it's difficult, but you're 325 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: keeping the right attitude. The medical report hasn't improved, but 326 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: you keep thanking God for healing. People at work didn't 327 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: give you the credit. You keep being your best each day. 328 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 1: You could be bitter over the door that closed, the 329 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: person that walked away, but you know God has something 330 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: better coming. You're passing the test. Like Jesus, You're going 331 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 1: to come in to the forty first day. Not only 332 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: will you feel a strength and power that you've never felt, 333 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: but you're going to step into things that God prophesied 334 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: over you long before you got here. Things He has 335 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: spoken over your destiny before you were born. God said 336 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: to Jeremiah, before you were formed in your mother's womb, 337 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 1: ordained you to be a profit to the nations. On 338 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: your forty first day, you'll fulfill prophecy, favor, influence greater 339 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: than you've imagined. Now, don't get discouraged in the testing 340 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: in the wilderness seasons. Those are times approving where you 341 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: have to show God what you're made of. You may 342 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: be in day fifteen, now, thoughts whisper, this is never 343 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: going to change. Day twenty two. You'll always be overlooked. 344 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: Day thirty four. Just take the easy way out. 345 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 2: Everyone's doing it. No stand strong, keep doing the right thing. 346 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: The end is already set, the time of struggle, testing, loneliness. 347 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 1: That expiration date is already scheduled. Day forty one is coming. 348 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: Day forty one is an anointing of ease, where what 349 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: used to be a struggle is not a struggle anymore. 350 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: Day forty one is when the person of your dream 351 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: shows up, someone better than you've imagined. Day forty one 352 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: is when you see restoration, beauty for ashes, God working 353 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: all things for your good, and some of you don't 354 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: realize you're in Day thirty eight. Day thirty nine. You're 355 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: too close to quit. You're on the verge of what 356 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: you've been believing for. This is not the time to 357 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: get discouraged, give up. You have to dig down deep 358 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: and say I am in it for the long haul. 359 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: I will not be moved God. I believe by. 360 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: Day forty one is coming, this storm will cease, and 361 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: I'll see your goodness in new ways. When you do that, 362 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: you're going to feel a second wind God, breathing fresh strength, 363 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: greater endurance, new visions, so you can make it to 364 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: forty one. My father pastored Lakewood for forty years. He 365 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: and my mother started the church at nineteen fifty nine, 366 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 1: and he passed in nineteen ninety nine, and I stepped 367 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: up to pastor, and we thought, if we could just 368 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: keep the church go and we'd be doing great. If 369 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: we could just maintain and not let it go down, 370 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: that would be a victory. My father was such a 371 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: strong leader, powerful minister, big personality. 372 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 2: He was my hero man. 373 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: If I could be half of what he was, I'd 374 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: be doing great. And I'd been behind the scenes all 375 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: those years doing the production, and I'm naturally more quiet 376 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: and reserved. 377 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: I didn't have all the training. 378 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: The experience, But when my father suddenly passed, I didn't 379 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: realize I stepped into your forty one. I stepped into favor, influence, 380 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: opportunity that my father never saw. Forty one is where 381 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: God catapults you ahead. We were hoping to maintain the church, 382 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: but here we are in the form of compact center. 383 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: You know what this is day forty one. 384 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 2: There are some. 385 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: Forty ones in your future. You've been faithful, you passed 386 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: the task. You're gonna see God show out in your life. 387 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: Open doors you never dream would open, turn situations around 388 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: that you thought were permanent. Don't believe those lives that 389 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:10,479 Speaker 1: you've seen your best days. 390 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 2: Day forty one is coming. 391 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: Goliath was the champion the Philistine army, who was over 392 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: nine feet tall. The scripture says, for forty days he 393 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: stood on the side of the mountain morning and evening 394 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: and taunted the Israelites, making threats, insults, pestering them. When 395 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: the Israelite army heard him, they were terrified. They'd run 396 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: and hide forty days, paralyzed in fear. Forty days they 397 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: thought there were no way out facing an angry giant 398 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: twice their size. All of us will have some goliath 399 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: in life. Not just the size, but how about the 400 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: negative chatter, people that tell you you can't accomplish your dream, 401 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: you'll never get well. Sometimes the goliath is our own things. 402 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: You're too small, you're not attractive, you don't have what 403 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: it takes. For forty days, God allowed the giant to speak, 404 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: to insult, to threaten, But God has set an end 405 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 1: to the difficulty. 406 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 2: Day forty one, a teenage boy named David showed up. 407 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: He heard Goliath walking the Israelites. He saw everyone run 408 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: and hide, but something rose up in him, a fire, 409 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: a passion of courage. He looked at Goliath and said, 410 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: who is this uncircumcised philistine? That he should defy the 411 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: armies of a living god. He was saying, in effect, 412 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: this may have gone on for forty days, but day forty. 413 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 2: One is here. 414 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: He picked up a smooth stone, slung that rock, and knocked. 415 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 2: Goliath to the ground. 416 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: He took Goliath's sword, cut his head off. Well, Joel, 417 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: I can't wait till David shows up and does something 418 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: about my giant. 419 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 2: Can I tell you a secret. You're the David. You're 420 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 2: the to defeat what's limiting you. 421 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: God allowed it for a forty day season, a certain 422 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: amount of time, but it's not permanent. You're not supposed 423 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: to run and hide and live indeimidated. This sickness is 424 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: too big. These people at work are so much more powerful. 425 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm the underdog. God loves to use the underdog. He 426 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: loves to take those who people think are too small, 427 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: don't have the training. 428 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 2: They expect you to. 429 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: Hide, live with the dysfunction. Deep down, you're gonna feel 430 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: what David felt, a supernatural power, a divine enablement, a 431 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: favor on your slingshot, to where you rise up and say, 432 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm the giant killer. I'm the difference maker. I'm the 433 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: one to put an end to what's hindering My family 434 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: may have gone on for forty days or forty years. 435 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: God is saying day forty one is here. The giant 436 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: is about to come down. I'm just about to turn around. 437 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: That struggle and lack is coming to an end. Friends, 438 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: I can't promise you that you won't have some forty 439 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: days like Noah, where it rains in storms, like Jesus. 440 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: We're in the desert, being tempted like David, facing a 441 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: big obstacle, thoughts taunting you. But I can promise you, Dave, 442 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: forty one is coming. 443 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 2: God is faithful. 444 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: He has you in the palm of his hand. He 445 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: sees you being faithful, doing the right thing. When it's hard. 446 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: You are passing the test, when those lives whisper that 447 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: it's never going to change. No, Remember, God has set 448 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: an end to your difficulty. 449 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 2: He's already scheduled the expiration day. 450 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: Now, I believe and declare, like with Noah, the storm 451 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 1: is about to cease, like the children of the Israelites. 452 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 2: Bondages that have held. 453 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: Your family back are being broken, Like David, that giant 454 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: that's been taunting you. The sickness, the addiction, the trouble 455 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: at work is coming down. And you will go into 456 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: your promised land in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 457 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 458 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would 459 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 460 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll make you 461 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 462 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send 463 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 464 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 465 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 466 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place. 467 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 3: Sometimes the circumstances of life can be overwhelmingly negative. What 468 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 3: should we do when we experience these kinds of negative 469 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 3: reports and realities. 470 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: Our life is like a container. It can only hold 471 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: so much. When we allow negative things like worry, guilt, 472 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: and unforgiveness, that's taking up space for the good things 473 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: that belonged to you. That's why I wrote my book, 474 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: Empty Out the Negative. I'll show you how to get 475 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: rid of what's limiting you so you can live a victorious, 476 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: fulfilled life. 477 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 4: When you make room for joy, peace and faith, God 478 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 4: will fill you afresh. 479 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 3: And a news as our way of saying thank you 480 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 3: for your gift of any amount to the ministry this month, 481 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 3: Joel and Victoria would like to send you this powerful book. 482 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 3: Empty out the negative, Empty out fear, and replace it 483 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 3: with faith. My doctor, he said, I went in there 484 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: and there is no cancer in your body. Empty out 485 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 3: a hurt filled childhood, and replace it with confidence. 486 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: So I took what Joel said and I physically replaced 487 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: them with I am strong, I am worthy. I started 488 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: saying those over and over and over. 489 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 3: Empty out broken relationship and find renewed love. 490 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 5: In a world that's just so full of so much 491 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 5: noise and negativity and hatred, and just to come and 492 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 5: have so much encouragement filled into you. You know, it's 493 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 5: something I've never had in my whole life. 494 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: Are you holding onto things that are weighing you down? 495 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: It's time to empty that out so you can live 496 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: a positive, faith filled line. 497 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 4: Joel and I pray for you every day. We're believing 498 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 4: for God's very best for you and your family. You 499 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 4: know we appreciate your prayers and your support. Your generosity 500 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 4: is impacting so many lives. 501 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 502 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious Exam, watch the 503 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: new Joeloastin Network streaming on television. But until we see 504 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: you next week now, the Lord bless you and keep you. 505 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Empty Out the 506 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 3: Negative today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight 507 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 3: eight five six seven Joel