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It's a joy to come into 43 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 4: your homes. 44 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 6: We love you, and we know God has great things 45 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 6: in store for each one of you. If you're ever 46 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 6: in our area, stop buying be a part of one 47 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 6: of our services. I promise you we'll make you feel 48 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 6: right at home. But thanks for tuning into day. Thank 49 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 6: you again for coming out. I like to start with 50 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 6: something funny, and I heard about this group of children. 51 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 6: They were in the cafeteria line at their Catholic elementary school. 52 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 6: At the beginning of the line, there was this big 53 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 6: bowl of apples. Now none had written a note that said, 54 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 6: take only one. 55 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 4: God is watching. 56 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 6: At the end of the line there was a big 57 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 6: batch of chocolate chip cookies. One of the children had 58 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 6: written a note that said, take all you want. 59 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 4: God's watching. The apples. 60 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 6: Hold up your bibles. Say it like you mean it. 61 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 6: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 62 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 4: I am. 63 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about the power of believing. 69 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 6: One of the greatest abilities God's given each one of 70 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 6: us is our ability to believe. 71 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 4: If you believe, you can be successful. If you believe 72 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 4: you can overcome. 73 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 6: Mistakes of the past, if you believe you can fulfill 74 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 6: your God given destiny. There's incredible power in what we believe. 75 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 6: What you believe is greater than what the medical report says. 76 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 6: Of course, we respect medical science, but God has. 77 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 4: The final say. 78 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 6: When you get in agreement with God and believe what 79 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 6: He says about you, then what you believe can supersede 80 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 6: any natural law. What you believe is greater than what's 81 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 6: in your bank account. I have a friend that came 82 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 6: to this country with nothing but the clothes on his back. 83 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 6: Today he runs a fortune five hundred company. Against all odds. 84 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 6: He believed he could do what God put in his heart. 85 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 6: Paul prayed in Ephesians one nineteen that we would understand 86 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 6: the incredible greatness of God's power. 87 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 4: For those who believe. 88 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 6: Notice, the power is only activated when we believe. That 89 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 6: means right now, the creator of the universe is just 90 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 6: waiting to release healing, restoration, favor, promotion, abundance. The only 91 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 6: catch is we have to believe now. I think about Mary, 92 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 6: the Mother of Christ. When she was a teenager, the 93 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 6: angel came to her and said, you're going to have 94 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 6: a child without knowing a man. Her first thought was, 95 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 6: that's impossible. That's never happened before. That defies the laws 96 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 6: of nature. She said to the angel, how can this be? 97 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 6: He answered back, the spirit of the Lord will come 98 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 6: on you and cause it to happen. 99 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 4: Now, Love. The way Mary responded. 100 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 6: She didn't argue with him, She didn't try to talk 101 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 6: herself out of it. She simply said, be it under me, 102 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 6: even as you have said, in other words, let it happen. 103 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 4: I'm a believer. I'm in agreement with God. Sometimes just 104 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: life with Mary. 105 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 6: God will put a promise in your heart that seems impossible. 106 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 6: A promise that says you're going to be well, You're 107 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 6: going to start a business, You're going to meet the 108 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 6: right person and get married. He he did a think 109 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 6: siver gonna happen to me. Joel, I've been this way 110 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 6: too long. I've made too many mistakes. The medical report 111 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 6: is too bad. Nobody in my family's been successful. 112 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 4: On and on. 113 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 6: We could all come up with excuses, but I'm asking 114 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 6: us to do like Mary. Instead of talking yourself out 115 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 6: of it, just respond with three simple words. Lord, I 116 00:05:54,920 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 6: believe God says your children will be mighty in the land. Lord, 117 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 6: I believe God says he's going to restore the years 118 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 6: that were stolen. He's going to bring you to a 119 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 6: flourishing finish. Lord, I believe God says, whatever you touch 120 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 6: will prosper and succeed. You will lend and not borrow 121 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 6: the head and never the tale. Now, don't come up 122 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 6: with five reasons why that's not going to happen. Your 123 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 6: response should be, Lord, I believe when you get in 124 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 6: agreement with God, the incredible greatness of his power is activated. 125 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 6: In the scripture, a man came to Jesus and said, 126 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 6: my little daughter's very sick. She's close to death. Will 127 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 6: you come to my home and pray for her. Jesus agreed, 128 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 6: but on along the way he kept getting stopped, one 129 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 6: interruption after another. Finally, word came back to him, saying, 130 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 6: no need to come. You've waited too late. The little 131 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 6: girl has died. The people were upset, very distraught, but 132 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 6: Jesus said to them, Luke eight. 133 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 4: Fifty, don't be afraid. 134 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 6: If you will only believe, the little girl will be well. 135 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 4: Notice the phrase, only believe. 136 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 6: Jesus went to the home, prayed for the little girl, 137 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 6: and she came back to life. But you too may 138 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 6: be facing situations that seem impossible in the natural. You 139 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 6: don't see how you could get well, how you could 140 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 6: overcome the addiction, how your family could ever be restored. 141 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 4: But God is saying to you what he said to them. 142 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 4: If you will. 143 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 6: Only believe, I'll turn the situation around. If you only believe, 144 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 6: breakthroughs are hitted your way. Friends, it's not complicated. God 145 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 6: didn't say, if you'll pray twenty hours a day, if 146 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 6: you'll quote. 147 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 4: Twelve chapters in the scripture, then I'll do it for you. 148 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 6: No, he said, if you'll only believe, In other words, 149 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 6: if you'll just get your mind going in the right 150 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 6: direction and believe you can rise higher, Believe you can 151 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 6: overcome the obstacle, Believe. 152 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 4: Your family can be restored. 153 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 6: Believe you can do something great and make your mark 154 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 6: in this generation. When you believe the surpassing greatness of 155 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 6: God's power is released in your life, some of you 156 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 6: you're going to have to develop new habits. If you've 157 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 6: been negative for a long time, You've got to retrain 158 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 6: your thinking from I can't to I can from it 159 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 6: won't happen to it will happen from I'll never get 160 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 6: well to God is restoring health under me from I 161 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 6: never get any good breaks to. God's favor surrounds me 162 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 6: like a shield from I made too many mistakes. I'm 163 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 6: all washed up to I'm redeemed, I'm forgiven. My best 164 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 6: days are still out in front of me. You've got 165 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 6: to reprogram your computer, load in some new software. It 166 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 6: may look impossible, like it's over and done. But if 167 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 6: you'll be a believer, God will do for you what 168 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 6: he did for this family. God will resurrect dead dreams. 169 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 6: He'll resurrect a dead relationship. God can resurrect what you 170 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 6: thought was dead, bring those things back to life. I'm 171 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 6: trying to talk you in today to being a believer 172 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 6: and not a doubter. Does it matter how bad it looks, 173 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 6: how many people have told you, no, how long it's 174 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 6: been that way. Listen, God has the final say it's 175 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 6: not over Till God says it's over. 176 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 4: He controls the whole universe. 177 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 6: Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to God. 178 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 6: No disappointment, no injustice, no failure. God saw it, and 179 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 6: he wants to take what was meant for your harm 180 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 6: and use it to your advantage. Now you've got to 181 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 6: shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointment, let 182 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 6: go of what didn't work out, and press forward into 183 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 6: the new beginning God has in store. Friends, God has 184 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 6: you in the palm of his hand. His plans for you. 185 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 6: You are for good, to promote you, to heal you, 186 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 6: to restore you, to show you His favor. You may 187 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 6: not see how it can happen, but lean not to 188 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 6: your own understanding. The scripture says that means just because 189 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 6: you don't see away, doesn't mean God doesn't have a way. 190 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 4: But here's the whole key. 191 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 6: Today, nothing will happen unless you believe God has this 192 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 6: incredible power favor, healing, promotion, restoration. But it's only activated 193 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 6: when we believe. I'm asking you to believe that this 194 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 6: is your year. Believe that every negative situation God's turning 195 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 6: it in your favor. Believe that good breaks are headed 196 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 6: your way. Believe that your future will be brighter than 197 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 6: your past. First Chronicles twenty eight twenty says, don't be 198 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 6: discouraged by the size of the task. 199 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 4: For the Lord your God is with you. 200 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 6: He will see to it that it is finished completely. 201 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 6: When you believe God will see to it that has 202 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 6: taken care of. When you believe, you have the creator 203 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 6: of the universe, fighting your battles, arranging things in your favor, 204 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 6: going before you, moving the wrong people. 205 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 4: Out of the way. 206 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 6: You couldn't have made it happen in your own strength, 207 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 6: but because you're a believer, the surpassing greatness of God's 208 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 6: power is at work in your life. Now, don't be 209 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 6: intimidated by the size of the problem, the size of 210 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 6: your dream. Don't let that convince you to stop believing. Well, Joeli, 211 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 6: I got laid off and you just don't know my 212 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 6: financial situation. No, but I do know Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, 213 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 6: our provider. 214 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 4: He's still on the throne. 215 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 6: One touch of God's favor and you'll go from barely 216 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 6: making it to heaven more than enough. Well, you just 217 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 6: don't know. My medical situation doesn't look good. No, but 218 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 6: I do know Jehovah Raphah, the Lord, our healer, has 219 00:11:58,640 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 6: not lost his power. 220 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 4: He has done it in the past, he can do 221 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 4: it in the future. Well, Joel, I've. 222 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 6: Got big dreams, but I don't know the right people. 223 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 6: I don't have the connections. That's okay, God, does you 224 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 6: have friends in high places. When you believe God will 225 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 6: bring the right people across your path. Don't be intimidated 226 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 6: by the size of what you're facing. 227 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 4: Here's what I've learned. 228 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 6: The bigger the problem, the bigger your destiny. The enemy 229 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 6: would not be fighting you so hard unless he knew 230 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 6: God had something amazing in your future. On the other 231 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 6: side of that challenge is a new level of your destiny. 232 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 6: The good news is when you believe God promises he 233 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 6: will bring it to pass. Let me assure you nothing 234 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 6: can stand against our God. No disappointment, no setback, no injustice, 235 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 6: no person, no hater, no jealousy. 236 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 4: When you believe, all the forces. 237 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 6: Of darkness cannot stop God from taking you where He 238 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 6: wants you to go. Be a believer and not a 239 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 6: Douver says in the Book of Hebrews. When we come 240 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 6: to God, we must believe that he is. It's interesting, 241 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 6: it doesn't really finish the scripture. Believe that he is 242 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 6: what It leaves it open ended. This is saying when 243 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 6: you believe God becomes whatever you need him to be. 244 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 6: He is strength when you're weak, He is healing when 245 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 6: you're sick. He is favor when you need a good break. 246 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 6: He is a way maker when you don't see a way. 247 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 6: He is restoration when something's been stolen. He is vindication 248 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 6: when you've been falsely accused. 249 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 4: He is whatever you need him to be. Many of 250 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 4: you know God by one name. 251 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 6: You know him as a savior, and that's great, that's 252 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 6: the most important way. But you need to find out 253 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 6: what else he is. Do you know him as a 254 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 6: resurrection god? A god that can bring back to life 255 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 6: what you thought was dead. Do you know him as 256 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 6: an Ephesian's three twenty god, a god who can do 257 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 6: exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. Do you know him as 258 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 6: a healer, a restorer, a god who gives beauty for ashes. 259 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 4: You may have gone through. 260 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 6: Hurts and disappointments and people did you wrong, but you 261 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 6: don't have to live defeated, depressed in self pity. No 262 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 6: God wants to heal the hurts, give you a new beginning, 263 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 6: bring you out better off than you were before. But 264 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 6: you've got to know him as a god who gives 265 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 6: beauty for ashes. Friends, There's so much more to our God. 266 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 6: Don't keep him in a little box. Discover what else 267 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 6: he is. I know this couple that attends Lakewood, and 268 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 6: for the last year and a half or so, they've 269 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 6: heard me talking about believing for Ephesians three twenty and 270 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 6: how God wants to show us his unprecedented favor, and 271 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 6: they dared to believe. 272 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 4: They let that seed take root. 273 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 6: And for the last ten years they'd been working very hard, 274 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 6: saving their funds so they could hopefully purchase their first home. 275 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 6: And at one point everything came together. They found the 276 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 6: house they liked, It was a good price, and they 277 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 6: knew it was God's favor. They had the money for 278 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 6: the down payment. They were so excited. But when they 279 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 6: went to close on the home, the young lady was 280 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 6: at the realtor's office finalizing the details, she got a 281 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 6: call from her husband saying that he had just been 282 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 6: let go from his job. He had worked for that 283 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 6: company for over six years, always did his best, had 284 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 6: a good attitude, but his supervisor never. 285 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 4: Particularly liked him. 286 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 6: Over the years, his wife just kept encouraging him, you're 287 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 6: not working under people, You're working under God. He did 288 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 6: his best to stay on the high road, but it 289 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 6: seemed like at the worst possible time he got let go. 290 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 6: To make matters worse. This all happened on his birthday. 291 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 6: He lost his job and the house of their dreams 292 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 6: on the same day. Naturally, they were disappointed. But the 293 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 6: good news is this young couple didn't just know God 294 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 6: as a savior. They knew him as a God of restoration. 295 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 6: They knew him as a God of justice, a God 296 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 6: who will make your wrongs right. They could easily gotten 297 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 6: better dropped out of church, but they understood this principle, 298 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 6: if you only believe, you will see the goodness of God. 299 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 6: Instead of sitting at home every day depressed in self pity, 300 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 6: any time he wasn't out looking for a new job, 301 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 6: he would come up to the church and volunteer week 302 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 6: apt a week, month after month, as faithful as can 303 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 6: be in the natural. Didn't look like anything was happening, 304 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 6: but they weren't discouraged by the size of their problem. 305 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 4: They knew as. 306 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 6: Long as they believed the Lord, their God, would see 307 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 6: to it that they were taken care of. Five months later, 308 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 6: he got a call from his old company. Hadn't talked 309 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 6: to them since he had been let go. It was 310 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 6: an executive from the corporate headquarters. He explained how he 311 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 6: had let go of the whole management team, and this 312 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 6: executive wanted him to come back and work for the company. 313 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 4: He not only. 314 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 6: Restored his job, but he restored all of his benefits, 315 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 6: all of his retirement, all of his seniority. The house 316 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 6: they wanted to buy it already sold, but they went 317 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 6: out looking and found a better house in a better 318 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 6: neighborhood for a better price. Today, not only has his 319 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 6: job back, but they're living in their dream homes. God's 320 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 6: a faithful god, Isaiah three to ten says, say to 321 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 6: the righteous, it shall be well with you. 322 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: You may go through some difficulties. 323 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 6: People may do you wrong, but because you're a believer, 324 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 6: it shall. 325 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 4: Be well with you. 326 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 6: You lost your job, yes, but another job is coming. 327 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 6: It shall be well with you. The medical report doesn't 328 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 6: look good, yes, but we have another report. 329 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 4: It shall be well with you. 330 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 6: Here, you say, Joel, I've been praying, believing for this 331 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 6: situation to change for a long time, but I don't 332 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 6: see anything happening now. Just like with this couple, God 333 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 6: is working behind the scenes right now, arranging things in 334 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 6: your favor. 335 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 4: The answer is already on the way. 336 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 6: It's just a matter of time before it shows up. 337 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 6: It shall be well with you. I like to think 338 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 6: of it like setting the temperature on a thermostat. You 339 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 6: set the temperature to seventy two degrees. Now it may 340 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 6: be ninety six degrees in the room far off from 341 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 6: where you set it. You could go to the thermostat 342 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 6: and think, this isn't working, it's not matching up. 343 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: No, you don't worry about it. You know, it's just 344 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 4: a matter of time. 345 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 6: Before the temperature in the room matches the temperature that 346 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 6: you set. In the same way, we should set our 347 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 6: thermostats on what God says about us. God says you 348 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 6: will lend and not borrow. I'm setting my thermostat right there. 349 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 6: That's what I'm choosing to believe now, right now, I 350 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 6: may be far from that. I may be far in debt, 351 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 6: but that's okay. I'm not worried as long as I've 352 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 6: got my thermostats set. As long as I keep believing, 353 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 6: keep honoring God, keep being my best. I know it's 354 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 6: just a matter of time before the conditions in my 355 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 6: life match up to the conditions in my thinking. 356 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: God is a faithful God. 357 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 6: Now we should set our thermostats. As for me and 358 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 6: my house, we will serve the Lord. You may have 359 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 6: a child that's thirty two degrees, a son that's one 360 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 6: hundred and forty degrees out there living wild, doesn't matter. 361 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 6: As long as your thermostat is set. You're not worried, 362 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 6: you're not frustrated. You don't have to live wondering if 363 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 6: it's going to change. You know, God is in complete 364 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 6: control when he sees you have a made up mind 365 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 6: that your thermostat, your thinking is set on his promises, 366 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 6: on faith, on restoration, he on victory. 367 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 4: That's when God goes to work. 368 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 6: It may not happen overnight, but God is faithful. 369 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 4: He will do what he promised. 370 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 6: Some of you today you need to readjust your thermostat. 371 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 6: At one time, you believe to do something great. 372 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 4: You believe to start that business. You believe you'd beat 373 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 4: that addiction. 374 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 6: But it didn't happen on your timetable, and you got 375 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 6: discouraged and you ended up giving up. God is saying, 376 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 6: reset the thermostat. Start believing once again. Believe you can 377 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 6: live free from pain. Believe you can move into that 378 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 6: nicer home. Believe God's bringing the right people across your path. 379 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 4: Keep the thermostat set, have a made up mind. 380 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 6: When it gets cold, When it gets hot, stay in faith. 381 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: This is what God says about me. I am blessed. 382 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 6: I will live and not die. My children will be 383 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 6: mighty in the land. My latter days will be greater 384 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 6: than my former days. Now you may not see anything 385 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 6: happening week after week, month after month, maybe even year 386 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 6: after year. 387 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 4: Does it matter. 388 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 6: Our attitude is my thermostat is set. I'm not moved 389 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 6: by what I see, by what I feel, by what 390 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 6: people tell me. I'm moved by what I know, And 391 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 6: I know when I believe the incredible greatness of God's 392 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 6: power is activated. I know when I believe strongholds are 393 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 6: broken favor healing, promotion, restoration, They're coming my way. In 394 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 6: the Scripture, a man by the name of Ezekiel was 395 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 6: facing an impossible situation. There were these dead bones in 396 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 6: a valley that God had promised would come back to life. 397 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 6: Dead bones represent dreams and goals that we don't think 398 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 6: will come to pass, and God had the power to 399 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 6: bring these dead bones to life. But God needed a 400 00:21:55,800 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 6: person who believed so he could work through them. God 401 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 6: said to Ezekiel, do you believe that these dead bones 402 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 6: can live? 403 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 4: Isn't it interesting? God wanted to know what Ezekiel believed. 404 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 6: Ezekiel could have reasoned it out and said, God, the 405 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 6: bones are dead. I don't see how that's going to happen. 406 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 6: In other words, the medical report doesn't look good. 407 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 4: God, business is slow. 408 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 6: This is a big problem I can imagine. God said Ezekiel. 409 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 6: I'm not asking you all of that. All I want 410 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 6: to know is do. 411 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 4: You believe all? At once, Ezekiel. 412 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 6: Shook off the doubt and he said, in effect, Lord, 413 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 6: I believe the spirit of God came on him. He 414 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 6: started prophesying, and somehow, some way, those dead bones came 415 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 6: back to life. 416 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 4: But God is asking us what He asked. 417 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 6: Ezekiel, do you believe you can live a blessed, prosperous, 418 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 6: successful life. I've got the power. I'm just looking for 419 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 6: someone who believes. Do you believe God can turn that 420 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 6: situation around? Do you believe you can overcome mistakes of 421 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 6: the past. 422 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 4: Friends, when you get in agreement. 423 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 6: With God and believe, that allows God to release the 424 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 6: incredible greatness of his power. When Lazarus was very sick, 425 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 6: his two sisters Mary and Martha sent word for Jesus 426 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 6: to come to their hometown and pray for Lazarus, but Jesus. 427 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 4: Waited too long. 428 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 6: He waited four days Lazarus had already died. When Jesus 429 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 6: finally showed up, Martha was very upset. She said, Jesus, 430 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 6: if you would have been here sooner, my brother would 431 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 6: still be alive. Have you ever felt like God showed 432 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 6: up too late? You prayed, you believe, but you still 433 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 6: didn't get the promotion. You worked hard, you had a 434 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 6: good attitude, like the young man I talked about, but 435 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 6: the company still let you go. You stood on God's promises, 436 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 6: you quoted the scriptures, but your prayers didn't get answered. 437 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 6: That's the way Mary and Martha felt. They were discover depressed, 438 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 6: probably a little bit bitter. Jesus looked at them and said, 439 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 6: take me to the place where you have laid in. 440 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 6: In other words, take me to the place where you 441 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 6: stop believing. Take me to the place where you decided 442 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 6: it was over. You got to go to that place 443 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 6: and ask yourself, is my God still on the throne? 444 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 4: Is my God still all powerful? 445 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 6: Is my God still el shadday, the God who is 446 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 6: more than enough? You got to stir your faith God, 447 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 6: said Mary Martha. It looks bad, but it's not over. 448 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 6: If you'll start believing once again, I'll show you my 449 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 6: power in. 450 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 4: A greater way. 451 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 6: Faith began to rise in their hearts. Martha said, Jesus, 452 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 6: if you'd have been here, my brother would still be alive. 453 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 4: But I believe. 454 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 6: Even now you can raise him from the dead. Sometimes 455 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 6: you have to have even now faith where you say, God, 456 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 6: it wi impossible, it looks like it's over and done. 457 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 6: But I know you're a supernatural God, and I believe 458 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 6: even now you can turn my finances around it. Even now, 459 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 6: you can heal my body. Even now you can restore 460 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 6: this relationship. Mary and Martha shook off the doubt and 461 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 6: they started believing once again. 462 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 4: You know the story Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. 463 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 6: What's interesting is back in those days, the Sadducees, these 464 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 6: were some of the people that were against Jesus. They 465 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 6: believed that the spirit left the body on the third 466 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 6: day after a person died. It wasn't a coincidence that 467 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 6: God waited for the fourth day to show up. Jesus 468 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 6: waited on purpose so that when he raised Lazarus there 469 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 6: wouldn't be any doubt about it. 470 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 4: They would know that it was a great miracle. 471 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 6: Sometimes God will wait on purpose, not only so you 472 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 6: will know that it's his power, but so your doubters, 473 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 6: so you're naysayers, so your unbelieving relatives won't be able 474 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 6: to deny that God has done something amazing in your life. 475 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 6: At first, Mary and Martha were disappointed because Jesus didn't 476 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 6: show up in time to heal Lazarus. They were disappointed 477 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,719 Speaker 6: that their prayers didn't get answered in the way they wanted. 478 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 6: But all along God knew what he was doing. God 479 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 6: wasn't planning a healing. He was planning something better. He 480 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 6: was planning a resurrection. Just because you believed and it 481 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 6: didn't work out your way on your timetable doesn't mean 482 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 6: that it's over. It means just the opposite. God's planning 483 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 6: something better. You believed, and you didn't get the promotion 484 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 6: you believed, and you didn't qualify for the new home. 485 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 6: Keep believing God has something better coming. You believe, but 486 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 6: your child hasn't turned around. Keep believing God's going to 487 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 6: use your child in a great way. You believe, but 488 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 6: twenty eleven hadn't been that great so far. Keep believing 489 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 6: it's not over. God's still on the throne. Even now, 490 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 6: God can still turn it around. After Jesus raised Lazarus, 491 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 6: he said to Mary and Martha, did I not tell 492 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 6: you if you would believe, you would see the glory 493 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 6: of God. You may have plenty of reasons to be discouraged, depressed, negative, 494 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 6: But God is saying, if you will only believe, you 495 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 6: will see My power in new ways. Make up your mind. 496 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 6: You're going to be a believer and not a doubter. 497 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 6: Keep the thermostat set. 498 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 4: You may not see how it can happen, but that's 499 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 4: not your job. Your job is to believe. Know this 500 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 4: right now. 501 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 6: Behind the scenes, God's working in your life, arranging things 502 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 6: in your favor. Don't be intimidated by the size of 503 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 6: what you're facing. Stay in faith and the Lord you'll 504 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 6: go God will make sure that it comes to pass. 505 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 6: Get this down in your spirit because you're a believer. 506 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 4: All will be well with you. 507 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 6: All will be well with your family, All will be 508 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 6: well with your finances, all will be well in your health, 509 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 6: all will be well with your career. You need to 510 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 6: get ready because God's promises are about to come to 511 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 6: pass in your life. It may not have happened in 512 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 6: the past, on your timetable. That's because God's not planning 513 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 6: a healing, He's planning a resurrection. It's gonna be better, bigger, 514 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 6: greater than you've ever imagined. Be a believer, take the 515 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 6: limits off of God, keep your face stirred up, and 516 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 6: I believe in declare You're gonna see God's goodness in 517 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 6: amazing ways. 518 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 4: Amen. Come on, give the Lord one more shout of 519 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 4: praise to that. Ohmen. 520 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 6: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 521 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 6: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 522 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 523 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 6: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 524 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 525 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 6: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 526 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 6: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 527 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 6: Keep God first place. 528 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 4: He's gonna take your places you've never dreamed of. 529 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 530 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 531 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 5: all over the world. 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