1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. Reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Will God bless you. 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes and if 8 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 9 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: a part of one of our services. I promise you 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: we'll make you feel right at home. I like to 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 2: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 2: He was walking down the street when he came upon 13 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: this group of young boys that were surrounding a small dog. 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 2: He asked what they were doing. They explain that they 15 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 2: were having a contest. Whoever could tell the biggest lie 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: would get to keep the dog. The pastor launched into 17 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: a ten minute sermon, starting with don't you know lying 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: is a sin? And ending with when I was your age, 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: I never told a lie. There was complete silence, and 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: just when he thought he'd gotten through to them, the 21 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: young this boy spoke up and said. 22 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: All right, give him the dog. 23 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 24 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what 25 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says 26 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 27 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 28 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 30 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 2: about outlast the opposition. We all have things that come 31 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: against us in life, people that aren't fair. We're dealing 32 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: with an illness, our business has gone down. We're praying, believing, 33 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 2: doing the right thing, but. 34 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: Nothing is changing. 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged and think it's never going 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: to improve. But the way you win some battles is 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 2: not by defeating the opposition, but by outlasting the opposition. 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: Have to have staying power. 39 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: You can't be weak and give up because it's not 40 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: happening on your timetable. 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: Some enemies are stubborn. 42 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: You have to outlast the trouble at work, outlast the 43 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: difficulty in your marriage, outlast the slow. 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: Season in your finances. 45 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 2: We want God to deliver us from the attack, but 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 2: if he's not changing it, it's real simple. 47 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: You have to outlast it. 48 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: But sometimes we feel like God has forgotten about us. 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: We've seen him turn situations around in the past, but 50 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: this problem won't seem to go away. God is still 51 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 2: going to turn it around, but this time He's going 52 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: to do it a different way. You have to have 53 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,839 Speaker 2: a holy determination, a made up mind where you dig 54 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: your heels in and say I am in it for 55 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 2: the long haul. Quitting is not an option. I am 56 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 2: going to outlast this sickness. I'm going to outlast the addiction. 57 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to outlast this injustice. 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: This is what David did. 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: He defeated Goliath in five minutes, no big deal. God 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: favored him and he quickly took down this huge giant. 61 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: Overnight. He became a national hero. 62 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 2: But there was another man named King Saul that was 63 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: against David. Saul was on the throne of Israel. When 64 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: God promised. 65 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: David the throne. 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 2: God could have had defeat Saul like he defeated Goliath quickly, 67 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: no problem, But this time was very different. David had 68 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: been anointed to be the next king of Israel. After 69 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: he defeated Goliath, he left the shepherd's fields and went 70 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: to the palace to serve King Saul. But Saul was 71 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: jealous of David. He could see the favor on his life. 72 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: One time, David was playing the heart for Saul, trying 73 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: to make him feel better, saw through a spirit at 74 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: David and barely missed him. David had to run for 75 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: his life. He spent months in the desert, in hiding, 76 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: living in caves, with Saul and his men constantly on 77 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: his trail. 78 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: Trying to kill David. Wasn't fair. 79 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 2: David hadn't done anything wrong. He was being good to Saul. 80 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: You would think that God would stop Saul, vindicate David. 81 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: And put him on the throne like he promised. 82 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: But God doesn't always do things the same way. For 83 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 2: some victories, we have to prove to God that will 84 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. 85 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: We have to be good to people when they're not 86 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: being good to us. 87 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: We have to stay in faith when. 88 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: It's unfair, when it's taking longer than it should, when 89 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 2: we don't see. 90 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: How it could work out. How bad do you want 91 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: what God promised you? If you give up easily, you 92 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: didn't want it bad enough. 93 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: If you let people discourage you, bad breaks talk you 94 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 2: out of it, delays, cause you to quit believing then 95 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: you're going to miss what. 96 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: God has for you. There are two. 97 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: Kinds of faith, delivering faith and sustaining faith. Delivering faith 98 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 2: is when God instantly turns it around. 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: That's when we defeat our golias. We don't have to wait, 100 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: we don't have to endure. God suddenly shows out in 101 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: our life. 102 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 2: But most of the time we're going to need sustaining faith. 103 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 2: That's when God takes us through the difficulty, through the challenge. 104 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: He could turn it around right now, he could change 105 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: it instantly, but if he did that every time, our 106 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: faith would never develop. 107 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: It wouldn't grow like it should. 108 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 2: Something happens in the struggle when our mind tells us 109 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,119 Speaker 2: it's never going to work out, but in our heart 110 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: we know what God promised is on the way. Our 111 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 2: mind says you're wasting your time, there's no use even 112 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 2: believing anymore. But you just keep on keeping on trusting God, 113 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 2: thanking him that it's. 114 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: On the way. That's sustaining faith. 115 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: Now, don't think that everything is going to be easy. 116 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: Don't expect every person to be for you. Just because 117 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: it hasn't happened yet doesn't. 118 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: Mean it's not going to happen. The victory is on 119 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: the other side of the opposition. 120 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 2: It takes staying power, a made up mind, someone that's 121 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: not moved by the circumstances. At one point, David saw 122 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: Saul and his men sleeping. He snuck up on them, 123 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: and he could have easily taken Saul's life. This was 124 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: his big chance to get revenge, to pay him back, 125 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 2: but David wouldn't do it. Had been anointed to be 126 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 2: the king, David knew to touch, not God's anointed. Had 127 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 2: David taken matters into his own hands, that would have kept. 128 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: Him from the throne. 129 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: You have to pass the test of honoring those who 130 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: are in authority, not because they're doing what's right, but 131 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 2: because of their position. It's easy to be disrespectful to 132 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 2: people when they're being disrespectful to us. It's easy to 133 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: want to vindicate ourselves. Here's my big chance to pay 134 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: them back, to make them look bad after all they 135 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: did it to me. 136 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: No, stay on the high road. 137 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: Let God be your vindicator, Let him pay your enemies back. 138 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: God sees what's happening, He sees every wrong, every injustice. 139 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: If you'll leave it up to God, he'll vindicate you. 140 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: Better than you can vindicate yourself. Month after month, David 141 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: kept doing the right thing. 142 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: He could have been sour God, it was easy to 143 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: defeat Goliath. 144 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: Why is this taking so long? 145 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 2: David understood some opposition you have to outlast. If you 146 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: get discouraged, worn down, it's never going to happen. You'll 147 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: miss what God has in store. Thirteen years after David 148 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 2: was chosen to be king, after all the hiding being mistreated, 149 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 2: Saul was killed in a battle. He was suddenly taken 150 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 2: away and David became the king. What's interesting is David 151 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: never defeated Saul. 152 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: He simply outlasted him. 153 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: When you let God fight your battles, he'll get you 154 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: to where you're supposed to be. Now, some of the 155 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: challenges that you're facing, you're being your best, but things 156 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: aren't improving. 157 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: Like David, you. 158 00:08:55,360 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 2: Have to outlast that opposition. Don't worry about defeating it. 159 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: If you'll just outlast it, you'll see the victory. God 160 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 2: will take care of your souls. You keep honoring God 161 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 2: and you won't even have to fight. God will move 162 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 2: the wrong people out of the way. He'll open doors 163 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 2: that you couldn't open. He'll turn the situation in your 164 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: health around now, outlast the sickness, outlast the loneliness, outlast 165 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: the trouble at work. You have to tap into your 166 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: staying power. Friend of mine works for this big company. 167 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 2: For years, his supervisor was against him because always putting 168 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 2: him down, making him look bad. This supervisor even went 169 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 2: to the main boss and tried to get this man fired, 170 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 2: but the boss wouldn't do it. The boss took all 171 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: of his other recommendations, why wouldn't he take this one? 172 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: Because God is in control of your life, not people, 173 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 2: not the sickness, not the addiction. 174 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: God has the final say. 175 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: Supervisor was always spreading rumors about this man, trying to 176 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: poison him in front of all the other employees. But 177 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 2: this man just kept doing the right thing, overlooking offenses, 178 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 2: being good to people. One morning, this supervisor was called 179 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: into the main office. He'd been with the company over 180 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: twenty years. Looked like he would retire there, but that 181 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: day he was unexpectedly terminated. They let him go. A 182 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: few minutes later, they called my friend in. Out of 183 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: all the people there, they gave him the supervisor's job. 184 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I wasn't qualified for the position. There 185 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 2: were others in front of me, but for some reason, 186 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: they chose me to head up this department. 187 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: The scripture says. 188 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: The trap the enemy set for you, they will fall 189 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: in themselves. 190 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: You may have people against. 191 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 2: You trying to just stretit you make you look bad. 192 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: You don't have to fight those battles. Just outlast the opposition. 193 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 2: Keep doing the right thing, keep being faithful each day, 194 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: and God will take care of who's trying to stop you. 195 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 2: Are you upset over what's not changing? You're praying, believing, 196 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: but it's not improving. It's because that's not a goliath, 197 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 2: that's a Saul. 198 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: You can't pray it away, you can't make it work out. 199 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: You have to outlast it. Now trust God's timing. 200 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 2: God knows what he promised you, he knows what he 201 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 2: put on the inside, and at the right time, it 202 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 2: will come to pass. 203 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: God told Moses in the Book of. 204 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 2: Exodus to go tell the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. 205 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: They had been in slavery for many years. 206 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: Moses told God that he didn't want to go, that 207 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 2: Pharaoh wouldn't listen to him. He finally went, but it 208 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 2: was just like Moses thought. The Pharaoh basically laughed, sat 209 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 2: him said, Moses, who. 210 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: Are you to tell me what to do? You have 211 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: no authority here. I don't have to listen to you. 212 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: Moses went back and said, God, I told you wouldn't listen. 213 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: I told you it wouldn't work out. What's interesting is 214 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 2: the scripture says that God caused Pharaoh to be stubborn 215 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: so he could show his power in a greater way. 216 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: God had Moses go back again and again, but he 217 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: already knew Pharaoh would say no. He caused him to 218 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 2: harden his heart. Moses could have said, God, I give up. 219 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 2: I'm doing what you asked me to do, but it's 220 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 2: not making a difference. 221 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: No, he just kept doing. 222 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 2: The right thing, even though nothing was changing. Everything in 223 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 2: him said you're wasting your time. 224 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: It would have happened by now. This man's never going 225 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: to change his mind. 226 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 2: He had to outlast Pharaoh's stubbornness. I wonder if if 227 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: you're frustrated by an enemy that God is causing to 228 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 2: be stubborn. He's not letting it work out yet, because 229 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 2: he's going to use that situation to. 230 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: Catapult you to a new level. All you can see 231 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: is nothing is improving. 232 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: What you can't see is what God is about to do. 233 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: The doors he's about to open, the healing, the favor, 234 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 2: the vindication, the breakthrough. Now you may have some stubborn enemies. 235 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: The good news they are not too stubborn for our God. 236 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: He would not have allowed it if he wasn't going 237 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: to bring you out better. 238 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: Now you have to get your fire back, dig your 239 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: heels in a little bit deeper, and show the enemy 240 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 2: you're more determined than he is. God didn't bring you 241 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: this far to leave you. He didn't let Pharaoh say 242 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 2: no because. 243 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: He's more powerful. God is setting you up to show 244 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: out in your life. 245 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 2: He allowed the opposition not to stop you, but to 246 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 2: promote you. Now you need to be more stubborn in 247 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 2: your faith than the stubborn things that come against you. 248 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: That sickness may be stubborn. You can't seem to get well. 249 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: That's okay. I'm more stubborn than the sickness. I will 250 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: live and not die. Father, Thank you that you're restoring 251 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 2: health back in to me. Thank you the number of 252 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: my days you will fulfilled. That financial difficulty is stubborn. 253 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: It's been in my family line for generations. But can 254 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 2: I tell you I'm more stubborn. 255 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: I will lend and not borrow. Father. 256 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: Think you that abundance is coming my way. Think you 257 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 2: that what I've touched prospers and succeeds. Moses went back 258 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: and told the Pharaoh again and again to let them go. 259 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: But Pharaoh was stubborn. Yet Moses was more stubborn. 260 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: Every time the enemy tells you know, you need to 261 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 2: go back and tell him, yes, one more time. Don't 262 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 2: let the enemy have the last word. Keep speaking faith 263 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 2: over your life, keep declaring favor, keep calling yourself blessed, healthy, strong, victorious. 264 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: Pharaoh finally decided to let the Israelites go, and these 265 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: two million people headed toward the Promised Land. 266 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: Wasn't long before. 267 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: Pharaoh changed his mind and came chasing after them. It 268 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: looked like a setback, but really God was setting them up. 269 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: They were at a dead end at the Red Sea. 270 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: They had nowhere to go. But just because you've run 271 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: out of options doesn't mean God has run out of options. 272 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: God told the Israelites, the enemies you see today you 273 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 2: will see no more. The Red Sea parted, the Israelites 274 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: went through on dry ground. When Pharaoh and the army 275 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 2: came chasing the water's closed up. 276 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: They were all drowned. They saw those enemies. No more. 277 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 2: You may have situations that look like they'll never work out. 278 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 2: God is saying to you what he said to them. 279 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: That depression, You're about to see it no more. That 280 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 2: is not your destiny. That struggling your finances, you can't 281 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: get ahead. You're about to see the enemy of lack 282 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: no more. God's about to release you into abundance. 283 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: The sickness that's been hindering you. 284 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: The addiction, the loneliness, the anxiety. You might as well 285 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 2: have a going away party. You're going to see them 286 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 2: no more. This is a new day. God is doing 287 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 2: a new thing. Now, keep this tenacity down in your spirit. 288 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: This is not the time to be tired and weak 289 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 2: and run down. You've been armed with strength for every battle. 290 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: You are not weak. 291 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 2: You are well able to outlast what's trying to stop you. 292 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 2: Over these LIFs last twenty years that I've been pastoring, 293 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 2: I've had to learn to outlast some things. When I 294 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: first stepped up to minister, every thought told me that 295 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: I couldn't do it, that I wasn't qualified, that I 296 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: didn't have the talent. 297 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: I tried to push those. 298 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: Thoughts down, but they came right back up. 299 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: They were stubborn. 300 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: I couldn't pray them away. I couldn't believe them away. 301 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: I had to. 302 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: Outlast the insecurity, outlast the fear, outlast the intimidation. 303 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: I wish I could tell. 304 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 2: You, if you had enough faith, you would never have 305 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: to fight fear or anxiety or people being against you. 306 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: That's not the case. Some things you just have to outlast. 307 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 2: You have to be more determined than what's trying to 308 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 2: hold you back. Twenty years later, I don't fight those 309 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 2: same thoughts, the enemies I saw back then, I don't 310 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 2: see today. 311 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: What am I saying? Don't get stuck in the middle. 312 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 2: Don't believe the lies that where you are is permanent. 313 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 2: You'll always be that way. Outlast the opposition, keep believing, 314 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 2: keep reprogramming your mind, keep thanking God that He's bigger. 315 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: Than what you're facing. 316 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 2: A few years after I started pastoring, the church begin 317 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 2: to really grow and more people started watching him. 318 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: That's great, but with all the exposure comes more. 319 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: Critics, people that don't understand you, people that don't want 320 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: you to succeed. 321 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: At first, I didn't know how it was going to work. Out. 322 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 2: Seemed like every week someone was coming against us, trying 323 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 2: to discredit us. But I never debated with people. I 324 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 2: never tried to change their minds. I just kept running 325 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 2: my race, honoring God, being the. 326 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: Best that I could be. 327 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: It was about ten years in that I felt. 328 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: Something lift off of me. 329 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: It was like God said, all right, Joel, you've outlasted 330 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: you pass this test. Now the enemies you see today 331 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,959 Speaker 2: you won't see anymore. And yes, sure I still have 332 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: a few critics, maybe a couple, but. 333 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: People can't stop your destiny. 334 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 2: God being for you is more than the world being 335 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 2: against you. My encouragement don't fight with your critics, just 336 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: outlast them. 337 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: Let your action speak for you. Let your success do 338 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: the talking. 339 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: Paul said in Ephesians having done all to stand. He 340 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: was saying, when you've done everything you can, You've done 341 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 2: your best to get well, You've been good to people 342 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 2: that weren't good to you. You've worked hard and haven't 343 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: seen increase. 344 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: What do you do? Get upset? Discourage, give up? 345 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: No? 346 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: Just stand. 347 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 2: Standing is trusting God, knowing that he is in control. 348 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: When you're standing, you're not frustrated by what's not happening. 349 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,479 Speaker 2: You're not complaining because it's taking so long. 350 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: You're at peace, You're at rest. 351 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 2: You know what God started in your life, He's going 352 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 2: to finish. He amplified says, stand, firm, immovable. That means 353 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 2: you're not moved by the medical report. You're not moved 354 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 2: by how your child is acting. You're not moved by 355 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 2: the contract that didn't go through. 356 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: You're steadfast. 357 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 2: You keep believing, you keep thanking God, you keep being 358 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 2: your best. Quitting is not an option. Giving up is 359 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 2: not in your mindset. You know what God promised is 360 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: on the way. If it's not happening, no big deal. 361 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 2: You just keep standing. Somebody asked, are you still believing 362 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: to get well? You've had that sickness a long time. 363 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 2: I saw the medical report. What are you going to do? 364 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 2: I'm going to stand. I'm going to trust God. I'm 365 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 2: going to thank him that healing is coming. I'm going 366 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 2: to keep declaring that I'm healthy, whole and strong. 367 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: Well, how long are you going to stand? I'm going 368 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: to stand. 369 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 2: Until I see what God promised me come to pass. 370 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 2: God is looking for people who have stubborn faith. Anybody 371 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: can get discouraged, anybody can give up and say Pharaoh said, no, 372 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: if you're going to reach your destiny, you have to 373 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 2: make up your mind. You're going to stand no matter 374 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 2: what comes against you, and no matter how. 375 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: Long it takes. 376 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 2: The Apostle Paul outlasted betrayals, shipwrecks, beatings, being led about. 377 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: He had plenty of opportunities to get stuck. 378 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: He could have said, God, it's not fair all these 379 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 2: things have come against me. 380 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: Instead, he had stubborn faith. 381 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 2: He said in Acts twenty, none of these things move me. 382 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 2: He was saying, I'm not moved by the opposition. He 383 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 2: wasn't moved by how unfair it was, by how long. 384 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: It was taking. He just kept standing. 385 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 2: He went on to write over half of the books 386 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 2: in the New Testament. We need to get to the 387 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 2: place where we can say, like Paul, none of these 388 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: things move me. Not moved by the economy, not moved 389 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: by what's not working out. 390 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: I have a made up mind. 391 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: I'm going to keep standing, keep believing, keep trusting. I'm 392 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: going to outlast what's trying to stop me. And this 393 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 2: is one time where it's good to be stubborn. You 394 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 2: are not going to be talked out of what God 395 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 2: put in your heart. I was at the beach one 396 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: time when our children were small. Alexandra was three and 397 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 2: Jonathan was six. We were having a fun time making 398 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: castles in the sand when this little yellow bumblebee came 399 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: and landed right beside us. 400 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: Well. 401 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 2: Alexandra screamed and took off running, and I just swatted 402 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 2: him out of the way and we went back to playing. 403 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: Thirty seconds later, he was right back, flying all around us. 404 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 2: The kids started screaming. I got my towel and I 405 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: swatted him down to the ground. 406 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: I thought, I showed him whose boss. 407 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 2: A minute later, there he was again, man just buzzing 408 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 2: all around, annoying us. This time I not only swatted 409 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 2: him to the ground, but I got my tennis shoe 410 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 2: and I squashed him into the sand as hard as 411 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 2: I could. 412 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: I thought, I'm tired of dealing with him. 413 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 2: A couple of minutes later, I looked over just to 414 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 2: make sure he was still dead. 415 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it. 416 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,959 Speaker 2: I saw one wing barely start to move, then another 417 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: wind came up out of the sand. He walked around 418 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: for a few seconds like he was in a daze. 419 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 2: I was amazed, not only that he was still alive, 420 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 2: but that he could get back up again. About that time, 421 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 2: he took off, flying in the air away from me, 422 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 2: and just when I thought I was with him, he 423 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 2: turned around. 424 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: And headed right back toward us. I thought, you've gotta 425 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,119 Speaker 1: be kidding. This bee is like the terminator. I'll be back. 426 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 2: He came and buzzed by my head like four or 427 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 2: five times. I had to dodge to get out of 428 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 2: the way. Alexander said, Daddy, get the towel. I said, no, Alexandra, 429 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 2: this bee deserves to live. I'm a thousand times bigger 430 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 2: than him, and I still can't kill him. When life 431 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 2: tries to push you down, step on your dreams, squash 432 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 2: your health, you've got to do like that little bumblebee 433 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: and get back up again. 434 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: Out last what's trying to defeat you. 435 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 2: The power in you is greater than any power that's 436 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 2: trying to stop you. 437 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 1: The scripture says, a good person falls seven times but 438 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: gets back up again. 439 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 2: You have come back power. God wouldn't have allowed the 440 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 2: adversity if. 441 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: It was going to finish you off. 442 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 2: It's just another step on the way to your destiny. 443 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 2: We see this with Joseph. He was betrayed by his brothers, 444 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: thrown into a pit, sold into slavery, put in prison, 445 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: falsely accused. It was one bad break after another, thirteen 446 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 2: years of injustice disappointments. 447 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: Surely he would be bitter discouraged. No, Joseph understood. He 448 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: just kept standing, kept doing the right thing. 449 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: One day, while he was in prison for something that 450 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: he didn't do, the guards came and said the Pharaoh 451 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 2: wanted to see him, the leader of the country. Joseph 452 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: didn't have an appointment with him. He had never met 453 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 2: the man. But when it's your time to be promoted, 454 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: all the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. When 455 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 2: you passed the test of outlasting the opposition, the promotion 456 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: will come looking for you, the healing will come to you. 457 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: The right people will find you. Joseph went and interpreted 458 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: the dream for the Pharaoh. He was so impressed he 459 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 2: made Joseph the prime minister of Egypt. When we study 460 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 2: Joseph's life, we realize God wasn't asking him to defeat 461 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 2: his brothers. 462 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: He wasn't asking him. 463 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 2: To break out of the pit to escape captivity. 464 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: God was simply asking him to outlast the opposition. 465 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 2: That all had to happen for him to become the 466 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 2: prime Minister. And some of the challenges that you're facing, 467 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 2: the things that are bothering you, that are not changing. 468 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: God is not asking you to overcome them. He's just 469 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 2: asking you to outlast them. It's all a part. 470 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: Of his plan. 471 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 2: It's necessary to get you to your destiny. And yes, 472 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 2: the Pharaohs can be stubborn. Things may not be improving, 473 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 2: yet the stay encouraged. 474 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: God is still in control. He has you in the 475 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: palm of his hand. What he promised you is on 476 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: the way. 477 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 2: Now do your part and keeping. Don't be moved by 478 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: what's not changing. 479 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: Have this stubborn faith. 480 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, Like with Joseph, 481 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 2: things are going to suddenly change in your favor. 482 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: You didn't see it coming. 483 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 2: Breakthroughs, healing, vindication, promotion, the fullness of your destiny in. 484 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say amen? Today? 485 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 2: Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 486 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. 487 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 488 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, come into my heart. I make 489 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 490 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 2: simple prayer, we believe you got born again, get in 491 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 2: a good Bible based church, keep God first place. 492 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: Are you in a situation where you feel lost, afraid, hopeless, 493 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 3: where there seems to be no solution, no answers, no 494 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 3: way out. It's time for your turnaround. 495 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 2: We all face situations that look like they'll never change. 496 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged. I love to send you 497 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 2: my book turn Around, How God Can take You from 498 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover how God 499 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 2: can turn sickness into health, lack into abundance, addictions into freedom. 500 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 2: It'll inspire you to keep believing and have an expectancy 501 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 2: for things to turn in your favor. Recent weeks, we've 502 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 2: been celebrating the incredible life of my mother, her miraculous 503 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: turnaround story of overcoming terminal cancer over forty years ago. 504 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: It's a testimony of the power of God's promises. 505 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 2: Just because you don't see a way doesn't mean God 506 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 2: doesn't have a way. 507 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: Stay in faith, your turnaround is on the way. 508 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 509 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 3: of any amount this month, we would like to send 510 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 3: you a copy of Joel's brand new book, turn Around, 511 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 3: How God can take you from setback. 512 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: To come back. 513 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 3: Through biblical examples, real life applications, and practical encouragement, you'll 514 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 3: learn to see challenges through a faith filled perspective. Each 515 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 3: section highlights a faith turnaround point to help you see 516 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 3: a positive change. 517 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: In your life. 518 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 3: As you meditate on His promises, you'll begin to see 519 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 3: your greatest challenges turn around. These power packed life transforming 520 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 3: stories will shift your mindset, strengthen your faith, and turn 521 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 3: your trials into triumphs. Request your copy today and see 522 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 3: the turnaround and breakthrough you've been waiting for. 523 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 2: God won't let you get in a problem that He 524 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 2: can't bring you out of. There are turnarounds in your future. 525 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for being with us today. Victoria and 526 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 2: I pray for you and your family, and we sure 527 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 2: appreciate your prayer and support. Your generosity is helping bring 528 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 2: hope to people. 529 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: Around the world. 530 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 2: Special thank you to our Champion of Hope partner for 531 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 2: your monthly gifts. If you're not a partner, I hope 532 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 2: you'll consider becoming one. Remember you can watch the services 533 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 2: online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, 534 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: the new Joeloasting Network. 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