1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and. 8 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: I hope you'll stay connected with us during. 9 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 2: The week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 2: and you can come visit us in person. 11 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 12 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: of our services. Tilight. 13 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: To start with something funny, and I heard about this 14 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: minister that died. He was standing at the pearly gates 15 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 2: and the man in front of him was dressed in 16 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: a loud T shirt and sunglasses and blue jeans, and 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: Saint Peter asked his name. He said, I'm Joe Cohen, taxicab. 18 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: Driver, New York City. 19 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: Peter checked his list, handed him on a gold staff 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: and a silk robe, said welcome to Heaven. The minister 21 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: stepped up, said I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint 22 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: Mary's Cathedral. Peter checked his list, handed him a wooden staff. 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: In cotton road. 24 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 2: He said, wait a minute, that couldn't be right. The 25 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: taxicab driver got a gold staff, and this is all 26 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: I get. Peter said, sir, up here, we work by results. 27 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: When you preached, people slept, But when he drove, people prayed. 28 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: All Right, y'all say it like you mean it. 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 31 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 32 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 33 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 34 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 35 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about just the opposite. We 36 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: all have situations that don't look like they're going to work. 37 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: Out doors have closed on a dream, medical reports not good, 38 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: a relationship didn't make it. All the circumstances say that 39 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: will always be lonely, always addicted, always have a child. 40 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: This off course, But the scripture says God turns mourning 41 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: into dancing. He turns sorrow into joy. 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: God specializes in turning things around, turning sickness into health, 43 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: turning addictions into freedom, turning lack into abundance. 44 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: He has divine reversals, where what looks one way turns 45 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: out just the opposite. 46 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: My mother should have died with terminal cancer, but just 47 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: the opposite happened. She's lived forty four years past that diagnosis. 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: The church should have gone down when my father died, 49 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 2: that's what all the critics said, But just the opposite happened. 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: We've gone to levels we've never dreamed. 51 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: That addiction should have limited your life like it did 52 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: your relatives. 53 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: But just the opposite happen. God sets you free, and 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: now you're healthy and whole. 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: When we see this all through the scripture, Goliath should 56 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: have defeated he was twice his size, but just the 57 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: offosite happened. David defied the odds brought down a giant. 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: The three teenagers should have burned up in the fiery furnace, 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: just the opposite happened. They came out without the smell 60 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: of smoke. Moses should have been stuck in the desert 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 2: after he made that mistake and missed his destiny, but 62 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: just the opposite happened. God came in a burning bush 63 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: and gave him another chance. He went on to deliver 64 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: the Israelites and become a hero of faith. You may 65 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: have situations where all the facts say it's not gonna 66 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 2: work out, your child's never gonna get back on course, and. 67 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: Those people at work will always limit you. Can I 68 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: encourage you. 69 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: The same God that delivered the saints of all is 70 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: gonna turn things around in your life. 71 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: You're gonna have some of these just the opposite moments. 72 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: I thought i'd be addicted, but now I'm free. I 73 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: thought I was stuck, but God cattle faulted me ahead. 74 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: I thought I'd always be lonely, but God sent someone 75 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: better than I could imagine. It's going to be just 76 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: the opposite of what it looked like. See the scripture 77 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: says the enemy is a liar and there is no 78 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: truth in him when he whispers his lives that you've 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: reached your limits and this problem is too big. 80 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: The key is to take just the opposite of what 81 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: he's telling you. You'll never get well. You saw the report. 82 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: Thank you. Now I know the truth. I will live 83 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: and not die. 84 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: God's restoring health back unto me, we won't always struggle 85 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: not have enough. 86 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: That's just the family you come from. Thank you now I. 87 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 2: Know abundance is coming, I will lend to not borrow. Well, 88 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: your child's always going to be off course, get into 89 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 2: trouble cause your problems. 90 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: Thank you now I know. 91 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 92 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 2: See the battle is taking place in our minds. The 93 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: enemy cannot tell. 94 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: The truth, but if he can deceive you. 95 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 2: Into believe in his lies, then he can keep you 96 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: from the great things God has in store. There was 97 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 2: a young woman in the scripture named Esther. She was 98 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: an orphan being raised by her uncle Mordecai. When the 99 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: King of Persia was searching for a new queen, she 100 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 2: was picked to be one of the candidates in this 101 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: beauty pageant. Out of the thousands of girls, she was 102 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: chosen as the next queen. Well, nobody knew that she 103 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 2: was Jewish. Mordecai told her to keep that a secret. 104 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: Everything was going great until a man named Hayman got 105 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 2: upset with Mordecai. Haman was the prime Minister, second in 106 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 2: command to the king. When he walked by, he expected 107 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 2: everyone to bow down and show their respect, but Mordecai 108 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 2: wouldn't do it. 109 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: He only bowed to Jehovah. 110 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: This made Hayman so angry, he decided to do something 111 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: about it. He found out that Mordecai was a Jew, 112 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: and to get back at him, he thought, I'm not 113 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: going to just get rid of you, I'm going to 114 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: get rid of your whole nationality. He went to the 115 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: king and said, hey, there's a group of people that 116 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 2: are causing trouble. 117 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: They want to obey your decrees. The best thing. 118 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: We could do is annihilate them, not let them live. 119 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: Sounded reasonable to the king. 120 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: He didn't want to be overthrown, so he agreed to 121 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 2: Haman's request. He took off the ring on his finger 122 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: and gave it to Haman represented his authority. 123 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: He said, do as you have said with these people. 124 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 2: So Hayman wrote an official decree that on March the seventh, 125 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 2: one year from then, all the Jews would be killed. 126 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: Their property would be given to whoever killed them. He 127 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: sent the fastest messengers to deliver this decree throughout the land. 128 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: When the Jewish people received it, there was great weeping 129 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: and wailing. The scripture says many stayed in bed in 130 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: sackcloth and ashes. So depress asked well, Someone told esther 131 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: that Mordecai was in distress. Crying at the city gates. 132 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: She had an assistant to see what was wrong. Mordecai 133 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: sent back a copy of the decree and explained what 134 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 2: Hamon was up to and how she must go to 135 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 2: the king and tell him what was happening to plead 136 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 2: for the life of her people. You couldn't go to 137 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: the king unless he called for you. She hadn't seen 138 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: him in a month. She told Haymon, gather all the 139 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: Jews for three days, fast and pray, and I'll go 140 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: see the king. She put her life on the line 141 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: and went to see the king. The king was very gracious. 142 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: He said, esther, what do you want. 143 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: I'll give you anything, up to half of my kingdom. 144 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 2: She didn't have the courage to tell him right then, 145 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: she said, I would. 146 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: Like for you and Hayman to come to a banquet 147 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: that I prepared. The King agreed. 148 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: Haymon got the word felt so honored. At the banquet, 149 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 2: the king said, I asked her, tell me what do 150 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: you want. She still couldn't find the courage to do 151 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 2: it yet. She said, King, if you're pleased with me, 152 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: I want you to come to a banquet with Hayman 153 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 2: tomorrow night. 154 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: Then I'll tell you what this is all about. Verse 155 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: nine says what a happy man Hayman was as he 156 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: left that banquet. 157 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: He went out of there on cloud nine, having dinner 158 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: with royalty, going to do it again tomorrow night. He 159 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: bragged to his friends about how honored he was, all 160 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: the authority he had been given. Sometimes it looks like 161 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 2: your enemies are being promoted. They're being honored when you 162 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 2: know they're plotting evil, they're doing the wrong thing. 163 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: Don't worry. Their time is coming. God is your vindicator. 164 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: You don't have to live upset and try to pay 165 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: people back. 166 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: He's going to take care of those who are plotting 167 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: against you. They went to the banquet the next night. 168 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: Hayman's sitting there so proud. 169 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 2: The King said it again, sir, what can I do 170 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 2: for you? She said, your majesty, this is my request 171 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: that you would spare my life and the life of 172 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 2: my people. 173 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: The king was appalled. He said, who would dare try 174 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: to harm you? 175 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: She pointed at Hayman and said he has written a 176 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 2: decree to annihilate me and all my people. The scripture 177 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: says Hayman grew pale with fright, from honor. 178 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: To dishonor in one second. 179 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: The king jumped up in such a rage, so upset 180 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: he ran out to the courtyard. Hayman came over and 181 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 2: fell on Esther and. 182 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: Began to beg for his life. 183 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: About that time the King came back in and saw 184 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 2: him all over Esther. 185 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: He said, are you even going to assault my wife? 186 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: Right in front of my eyes? 187 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: And an assistant came over and said, Hayman has set up 188 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 2: some gallows outside to hang Mordecai on. The King said, great, 189 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 2: use those gallows to hang Hayman. The psawmist said, the 190 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: trap the enemy sets for you, they will fall in themselves. 191 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 2: Chapter eight says that same day the king gave the 192 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 2: estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Esther. 193 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,239 Speaker 1: Then the king called up Mordecai. 194 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: He took the signet ring, the one he removed from Hayman, 195 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: and gave it to Mordecai. 196 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: Said, from now on, you're going to be in charge. 197 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: It looked like Esther and Mordecai would be wiped out, 198 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: but it was just the opposite. 199 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: Looked like Hayman had the. 200 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 2: Upper hand, all this power, the ring people bowing down, 201 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: But just the opposite happened. Now Mordecai has the ring. 202 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: Now Esther owns his estate. You may have situations like 203 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: them that seemed like they could never resolve. 204 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: People against you that have more authority, in. 205 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 2: Circumstances that seem bigger, the sickness, the addiction. 206 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: But you don't know what God is up to. He 207 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: has divine. 208 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: Reversals, supernatural turnarounds where you suddenly go from the back 209 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 2: to the front, from being overlooked to being in charge, 210 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 2: from weeping to rejoicing. 211 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: From wondering how it could work out. To say, and 212 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: look what the Lord has done. 213 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: Esther said in verse five, King, there's one more request. 214 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: Please send out a decree reversing Hayman's order to destroy 215 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: the Jews. The King said, Esther, you can write whatever 216 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: you want. Mordecai has the ring. To seal it with 217 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 2: my authority. They wrote a decree saying that anyone that 218 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: tried to harm God's people would be killed. Chapter nine 219 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: says on March the seventh, the day the enemy of 220 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 2: the Jews had planned to destroy them, just the opposite happened. 221 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: No one was harmed. 222 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 2: One translation says the tables turn. Imagine what the enemy 223 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: had whispered to them. There's a decree when your days 224 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 2: are numbered. 225 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: It's official. The King sealed it. 226 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: But what the enemy doesn't want you to know is 227 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 2: he doesn't have the final says. 228 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: He may plan your demise. 229 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: Bring people against you, circumstances that look impossible, but what 230 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 2: he means for harm, God knows how to turn to 231 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: your advantage. God has these divine reversals where it turns 232 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 2: out just the opposite of what it looks like. Don't 233 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 2: be discouraged by the circumstances. You may have a Hayman 234 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 2: in your life, an obstacle that's bigger and stronger. The 235 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: medical report and addiction, the debt, the anxiety seems like 236 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 2: it has the upper hand. 237 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: You're at the mercy of what's against you. 238 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 2: But God sees what you're going through. He knows who 239 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: did you wrong. How you don't see away those lonely 240 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: nights like with Esther. 241 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: Your time is coming. There will be a day where 242 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: the tables will turn divine reversals. 243 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 2: Your health turns around. You can't explain it. It's the 244 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: end of God. 245 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: Your business takes off, or. 246 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 2: That dark cloud lists off of you. Lies told you 247 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: that you'd always be depressed, But. 248 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: It's just the opposite. You're full of joy. You've got 249 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: your passion back. 250 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 2: Relationship didn't work out, someone walked away, and lies will 251 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: tell you just live with a broken heart, you'll never 252 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 2: be happy again. 253 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: Can I encourage you? It's going to be just the opposite. 254 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 2: You will love again, you will laugh again, you will 255 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 2: dream again. 256 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: You're gonna meet someone so amazing. You don't think about 257 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: what you've. 258 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: Lost, or how about the lies that whisper You've reached 259 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: your limits, you've seen your best days. Quit waiting for 260 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 2: things to improve now. The truth is you haven't seen, heard, 261 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: or imagine what's coming your way. There's uncommon favor, uncommon opportunity, 262 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: uncommon influence that'll catapult you ahead. You're gonna look back 263 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 2: and say, with Mordecai, it was just the opposite of 264 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: what it looked like. 265 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: Hayman said, we were doomed. The truth is he was 266 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: doomed and we lived on. Hayman said, I was stuck, 267 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: had no authority. 268 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: But God turned the tables and gave me what Haman had, 269 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: the authority. 270 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: The King's ring, the influence. Are there situations that you 271 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: don't see how they can work out? 272 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 2: Your health, your relationship, your finances. Instead of believing those 273 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: lies and letting all the negative play, try a different approach. Lord, 274 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 2: I thank you that you have divine reversals come in 275 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 2: my way, that you will do just the opposite of 276 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: what it looks like. Father, turned this sickness into health. 277 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 2: Turn this morning into dancing. Turn this lack into abundance. Lord, 278 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: turn my child from poor decisions to his purpose and destiny. 279 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 2: Turn my family from strife and division to peace and 280 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: heart harmony. Turn these ashes into beauty. Turn my pain 281 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 2: into purpose. Get in agreement with God, and you'll see 282 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 2: some supernatural turnarounds. Not where he just brings you out 283 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: and things resolved. But it's going to be just the opposite. 284 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: It's far better, something that you never imagine. That's what 285 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: happened for Esther and Mordecai. There was economic reversal. All 286 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: of Hayman's estate was given to Esther. She didn't ask 287 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 2: for that. But when God turns the tables, he's going 288 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: to exceed your expectations. 289 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: The scripture says the. 290 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: Wealth of the ungodly will be transferred to the righteous. 291 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: The good news is you're the righteous, part of the just, 292 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: the opposite is going to be a transfer of resources, property, 293 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: opportunities that you didn't see coming. 294 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: Mordecai saw leadership reversal. 295 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: He had no authority, no influence. He had to stay 296 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 2: outside the palace. Nobody paid him much attention. But Mordecai 297 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: was a man that honored God and lived a life 298 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: of excellence and integrity. He took his niece Estra in 299 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 2: as a little girl, made sure she felt valuable and loved. 300 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: He overheard a plot. 301 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 2: To assassinate the king, and he secretly sent word to 302 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 2: keep it from happening. 303 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: He didn't have to do that, but he was a 304 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: man of honor. 305 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 2: He did the right thing when he wasn't getting the credit. 306 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 2: Nobody was thanking him. It looked like he would stay 307 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 2: in the background, just watch others be promoted. But when 308 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: you stay faithful, you keep being your best each day, serving, giving, loving. 309 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: Nobody may notice right now, but there will come a 310 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 2: time where. 311 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: God turns the tables, takes you from the. 312 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 2: Background to the foreground, from working at that company to 313 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: owning your own company, from always serving others to having 314 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 2: others serve you you where you can rise higher, have 315 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: greater influence, honor, and respect. The Israelites saw emotional reversal. 316 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: When they got the bad news, there was all this 317 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: weeping and wailing, so distraught that they couldn't get out 318 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 2: of bed. But when the king reversed this decree, Verse 319 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 2: sixteen says, there was great joy and gladness among the 320 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 2: Jews in every province. There was feasting and celebrating. Few 321 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,479 Speaker 2: months earlier, there was sorrow and weeping. But look at 322 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 2: how God can turn things. Now they're laughing, joyful, celebrating 323 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: with their family. You may be in a time of 324 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: sadness today, dealing with things you didn't see coming. A breakup, 325 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 2: loss of a loved wan, a dream seems like it's died. 326 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: The scripture says God is close to the broken hearted. 327 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 2: You're going through these seasons of sadness and disappointment. God 328 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: is right there with you, says in Psalms. He even 329 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 2: collects all your tears. 330 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: The enemy will whisper. They never be happy again. What 331 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: happened to you. You're a victim. 332 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 2: No weeping may endure for a night, but joy is 333 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 2: coming in the morning, just like God did for Esther. 334 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: You're gonna laugh again. 335 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 2: It's not gonna turn out the way the enemy is 336 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: telling you it's gonna be just the opposite. Morning turned 337 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 2: to dancing, Sorrow turned to joy, Sadness turned to gladness. 338 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: Verse nine says the king reversed his decree. 339 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 2: They saw legal reversal, an official decree. The law had 340 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 2: been passed. But God is not limited by natural laws. 341 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: God can change a law to get you to your destiny. 342 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 2: There may be a decree a report that says this 343 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 2: sickness is gonna end your life. You don't have the 344 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 2: education to reach your dreams. You'll be defined by that loss. 345 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 2: The good news is God has an override button. 346 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: He knows how to. 347 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: Supersede laws and change things that look unchangeable. 348 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: The scripture says God can turn the heart of a king. 349 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 2: We may not be able to change people's minds, but 350 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 2: God can. Some friends of mine have a successful business, 351 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 2: and for many years everything was going great. But one 352 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 2: of their accountants made some mistakes on filing their taxes. 353 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: The irs said they owed them one hundred thousand dollars. 354 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 2: They didn't have those funds, and this could put them 355 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 2: out of business. 356 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: They're faithful members here at Lakewood. 357 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 2: They know how to pray, believe, and declare but all 358 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: the facts said they weren't going to make it. 359 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: Thoughts whispered, You're. 360 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 2: Gonna go bankrupt after all these years of hard work, 361 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 2: You're gonna end up with nothing. They met with the 362 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: representative at the RS and ask if they could have 363 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 2: some kind of payment plan to pay it off over time. 364 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: This woman was very harsh and not understanding. She demanded 365 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 2: that they pay it all in full right then, or 366 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: they were going to be even more legal penalties. They 367 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 2: left that day so discouraged, not knowing what to do. 368 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 2: But the scripture says, when the enemy comes in like 369 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 2: a flood, God will raise up a barrier. You're not 370 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 2: fighting by yourself. God won't let you get in a 371 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 2: problem that he can't bring you out of. They didn't 372 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 2: see a way, but they kept thanking God that he 373 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 2: would make a way. They went back thirty days later 374 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: for the final judgment. They walked into the lady's office 375 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 2: and sat down and waited for her to come in. 376 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 2: In a few minutes, another woman walked in that they 377 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 2: had never seen it. They were surprised and asked where 378 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 2: their representative was. She said she had moved to another 379 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 2: state and now she was in charge of their account. 380 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 2: This woman could not have been more opposite than. 381 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: The other woman. 382 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 2: Kind understanding, looking for options. She took their material and said, 383 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 2: let me go study this and see if I can 384 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: find a solution. She came back in a half hour 385 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: and said, I don't agree with what the other woman found. 386 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 2: I don't think you filed your taxes wrong. You don't 387 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 2: owe us one hundred thousand dollars. She said, I'll make 388 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 2: a deal with you. If you'll write a check for 389 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 2: one hundred dollars today, This will be settled right now. 390 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 1: They didn't see that coming. It was just the opposite 391 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: of what they thought. 392 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 2: God knows how to reverse things, how to turn the 393 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 2: tables and move the wrong people out of your way, 394 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: put the right people, people that'll be for you, people 395 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 2: that will go out of their way to help you, 396 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 2: that want you to succeed. 397 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: Like my friends, you may be in a situation doesn't 398 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 1: look like it's going to work out. 399 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 2: Thoughts are telling you all the worst case scenarios. 400 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: You could live negative dreading things. But can I I 401 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: heard you. 402 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 2: God has some of these just the opposite moments lined 403 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: up for you, things you never saw coming. Divine reversals. 404 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: You couldn't make it happen. God turned the tables, God 405 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 2: reversed the decree, God changed the people's mind. 406 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: Second King, Chapter six. 407 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 2: The King of erm has sent hundreds of troops and 408 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 2: chariots to capture Elijah. 409 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: They snuck up at night and surrounded his house. 410 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 2: The next morning, Elisha's assistant went out and when he 411 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 2: saw the army surrounding them, he was terrified. 412 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: He ran back, woke up. 413 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: Elisha up said there's a huge army surrounding us. 414 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: We're trapped. 415 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 2: We have no way to get out. Eliziha said, don't worry. 416 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 2: There are more for us than there are against us. 417 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: He said, Elisha, are you still dreaming? It's just you 418 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: and me. 419 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 2: There are thousands of them. Elisha prayed, Lord open his eyes. 420 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: So he can see. He went back and to look again. 421 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 2: This time he saw hundreds of thousands of the heavenly armies, 422 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: these warring angels, and these chariots of fire surrounding the 423 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 2: other army. It looked like he and Elisha were surrounded. 424 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: The truth is it was just the opposite. 425 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 2: The other army was surrounded. It may feel like you're 426 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 2: surrounded today. What you're up against seems bigger, stronger. But 427 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 2: if you could see into this unseen realm, it's just 428 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 2: the opposite. God is surrounding what's surrounding you. Feels like 429 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: that cancer has you surrounded? It's just the opposite. God 430 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 2: has the cancer surrounding Seems like that debt l can't 431 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 2: get ahead, has you surrounded? Have a new perspective, The 432 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 2: most highed God is surrounding everything that's surrounding you. January 433 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: of nineteen ninety nine, my father went to be with 434 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: the Lord and started pastoring. 435 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 1: There's a lot of momentum the church was growing. 436 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 2: I announced that October that on the first Sunday of 437 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 2: two thousand, we were going to start an additional Sunday 438 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: morning service at eight thirty. I'd prayed about it and 439 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 2: believed it was the right thing. All these thoughts started 440 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 2: bombarding my mind, telling me, nobody's gonna. 441 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: Show up, Joe, it's gonna be a big mistake. 442 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 2: You better change it while you have time. The enemy 443 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 2: cannot tell the truth. You have to take the opposite 444 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 2: of what he's saying. But I didn't know that back then, 445 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: and I was so worried and so stressed. And one night, 446 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 2: a few days before the first Sunday, I had a 447 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 2: dream better. 448 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: Description was a nightmare. 449 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,479 Speaker 2: In this dream, it was that first Sunday of our 450 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: new service, and I saw myself walking into the auditorium 451 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 2: to go up to speak. But nobody was there, not Victoria, 452 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 2: not my mother, not an usher, not one choir member. 453 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: It was completely empty. I woke up in a cold sweat, 454 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: thoughts whisper, you better cancel it. You still have a 455 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:08,679 Speaker 1: few days. 456 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 2: I didn't tell anyone about the dream. Later that day 457 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 2: I saw my mother and thought maybe she'll encourage me. 458 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: US said, mother, are you going to the new early 459 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 2: service this Sunday? 460 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: She said, you mean it starts this week. I thought, dear. 461 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 2: God, we've been announcing it for six months. 462 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: And she doesn't even know what's happening. 463 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: I said, yes, it starts, and you need to bring 464 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 2: your friends, enemies, neighbors, coworkers, relatives. First Sunday of two 465 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 2: thousand came and I left early to get there, so 466 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 2: nervous I'll never forget. Driving up to the building, one 467 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 2: parking lot was already full. I got inside and five 468 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: thousand people had shown up. The enemy had shown me 469 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 2: an empty auditorium. 470 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 1: It was just the. 471 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 2: Opposite the place was filled with people. My mother even 472 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 2: made it. Some of the things that you're worrying about, 473 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 2: you're thinking they could never work out, and you play 474 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 2: in the worst case scenario. God is saying it's going 475 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 2: to be just the opposite. 476 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: Not defeat but victory. 477 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: Not stuck where you are, but catapulted to a new level. 478 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 2: Not broke but abundant, not depressed but great joy, not 479 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 2: lonely but an awesome spouse. Now all these lies the 480 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 2: enemy is whispering. Instead of letting them discourage, you start 481 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: taking just the opposite. Well, Joel, you've done pretty well, 482 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 2: but you've gone as far as you can. No thanks, 483 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 2: Our latter days will be better than our former days. 484 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: This will be a year of uncommon. 485 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 2: Favor, uncommon opportunity. You have to get in agreement with God. 486 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: If you'll do. 487 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 2: This, I believe and declare you're about to see some 488 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 2: divine reversals, supernatural turnarounds, and your health, your finances, your 489 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 2: children like Esther and Mordecai. 490 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 1: It's going to be just the opposite. 491 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: Bigger, better, more rewarding than you ever imagine. I declare 492 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 2: it in the name of Jesus. 493 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say amen, I'd like 494 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: to give you. 495 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 2: An opportunity to make Jesus the Lord. If you're alive, 496 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 2: would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent. 497 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: Of my sins. 498 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 499 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 2: If you've prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 500 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 501 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 2: on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 502 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 2: the number on the screen or go to the website. 503 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 2: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 504 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 2: church and keep God first place. 505 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. 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