1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, and you can come visit 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: us in person. We'd love to have you be a 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. Now, let's just start 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: something funny. And I heard about this kindergarten teacher. She 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: was trying to explain to her students about self esteem. 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: She said to her class, anyone who feels like you're dumb, 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: please stand up. She didn't think anybody would stand. She'd 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: make the point how no one is dumb. But about 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: that time little Johnny stood up. She thought, oh no, 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: Now what am I gonna do? She said, Now, Johnny, 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: do you really feel like you're dumb? He said no, ma'am. 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: I just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: All right, guy, I say it like you mean it. 21 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: This is my Bible I am what it says I am. 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 23 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about let the party begin. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: We all have times of waiting where we don't see 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: anything happening, and the medical report hasn't improved, and our 30 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: child is still off course. Well, we've made mistakes and 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: missed opportunities, and all the circumstances say it's too late now, 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: it's never going to happen. But God has not forgotten 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: about you. What He promised is already on the schedule. 34 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: Just because you don't see anything happening doesn't mean God 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: is not working behind the scenes. God is arranging things 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: in your favor, lining up the breaks you need, the 37 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: doors to open. He's moving the wrong people out of 38 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: the way. If you'll stay in faith, you'll come into 39 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: a destiny moment something God has already prepared where you 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: will see breakthroughs, healing, promotion. Don't believe those lies that 41 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: the problem's too big, the sickness too great. The mistake 42 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: stopped your destiny. God knew everything that would happen to you. 43 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: Nothing has caught him off guard. You had a set back. 44 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: He's already planned you'll come back. You made a mistake. 45 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: His mercy is new every morning that contract fell through. 46 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: He has a coin in the fish's mouth, like he 47 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: did for Peter, a way to make up for it. 48 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: You're not going to just come out barely making it. 49 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: This is going to be a celebration. God has a 50 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: party plan for you where he turns mourning into dancing, 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: sickness into hell, lack into abundance, loss into new beginnings. 52 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: You may be struggling now, but God is faith. There 53 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: will be a time where he says, let the party begin. 54 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: Jesus told a parable about a young man that asked 55 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: his father for his inheritance early and took the money, 56 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: left home and went out living wild man, wasting it 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: making poor decisions. Wasn't long till the money read out. 58 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: Couldn't pay his rent, didn't have money for food. The 59 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: only job he could find was working in a hog pen, 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: taking care of hogs. He got so desperate he had 61 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: to eat the hog food to survive wasn't anybody's fault 62 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: except his own. He could have stayed at home, worked 63 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: in the family business, had a nice place to live, 64 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: a family that loved him. But he let his carnal nature, 65 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: his flesh, rule him. Now he was ashamed and down 66 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: on himself, dirty and smelly and sitting in the hogpen. 67 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: Every thought said, you have no future now you've blown it. 68 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: No one will ever respect you again. When you make mistakes, 69 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: the enemy will work over time to push you down. 70 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: He's called the accuser. He'll remind you how you should 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: have done better, and you blew that relationship. You're so undisciplined. 72 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: If you're going to see God restore you, you have 73 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: to tune out all the condemning thoughts. God's mercy is 74 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: bigger than any mistakes you've made, and what you did 75 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: did not cancel your destiny. It did not stop your purpose. 76 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: You have to get back in the game. You wouldn't 77 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: be hearing this if God didn't have another chance. Don't 78 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: stay in that hogpen because you think you're unworthy. You've 79 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: blown it. God is ready to restore you, but you 80 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: have to make a move. When you take a step 81 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: toward God, He'll come running towards you. After months of 82 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: sitting in the hogpen, guilty and ashamed, the scripture says 83 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: this young man came to himself and said, I will 84 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: arise and go to my father's house. You have to 85 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: come to yourself. You have to come back to who 86 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: God says you are. Not all the lies, unworthy, inferior, 87 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: not good enough. No, come to your true self, worthy forgiving, valuable, talented, 88 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: a masterpiece. What's a masterpiece doing in a hogpen? What's 89 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: a child of the most tie doing? Living defeated, compromise, 90 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: feeding the flesh. That's not who you are. He came 91 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: to himself said I'm a rise and go to my 92 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: father's house. That's the decision that changed his destiny. Without 93 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: him making a move, we wouldn't be reading about him. 94 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: Without him saying I'm better than this. I'm not made 95 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: to live in a hogpen, defeated, dirty, nothing would have changed. 96 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: Maybe you're where he was, off course, not making good decisions, 97 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: trying to hide things that are pulling you down. Don't 98 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: stay in the hogpen. Make that decision. I'm gonna arise, 99 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go back to my father's house. I'm gonna 100 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: get back in church. I'm gonna be faithful in my relationships. 101 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be my best at work. I'm gonna start 102 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: pursuing my dreams again. Get your fire back. When you arise, 103 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: supernatural things begin to happen. The son started back on 104 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: his journey home, and the whole time he was nervous, 105 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: and he was sure his father's gonna be angry and 106 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: upset and probably tell him stay off the property. I 107 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: don't wanna see you again. You've embarrassed our family name. 108 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: He already had his speech prepared. Dad, I know I'm unworthy. 109 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: I don't deserve to be called your son anymore. Just 110 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: let me live here as a hired servant with the 111 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: other employees. Closer, he got more uptide. He was finally 112 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: made it to the neighborhood and he looked way off 113 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: in the distance and he could see someone at the 114 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: edge of his property and got a little closer and 115 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: realized it was his father. The father took off running 116 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: toward the son. He grabbed it, hugged him and kissed him, 117 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,720 Speaker 1: so excited that his son was back home. Every day 118 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: he'd been out on the driveway hoping and believing finally 119 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: had come to pass well, The son started into his 120 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: big speech, had up blown it. I'm ashamed, I'm not worthy. 121 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: The father wouldn't hear it. He interrupted him, said to 122 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: the staff, quick, go get the best robe and put 123 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: it on my son. Get the family ring for his finger, 124 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: the shoes for his feet, and kill the calf that 125 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: we've been fattening. We must celebrate from My son was lost, 126 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: but now he's found. The next verse says, so the 127 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: party began. There was music, dancing, great joy, laughter. But 128 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: this son sitting in the hog pen, he never imagined 129 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: that one day there would be a party for him. 130 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: He never dreamed one day he'd be restored and be 131 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: with his family and have his position of honor back. 132 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: Every thought told him they're done with you. You blew it. 133 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: You'll never be happy. It was just the opposite. That 134 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: whole time the father was planning a party. Every day 135 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: he had them feed the calf because he knew one 136 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: day his son would be home. Every day they polished 137 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: the ring, they shined the shoes, they ironed the robe. 138 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: This father didn't just throw the party together all of 139 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: a sudden. He had been preparing long before knowing that 140 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: his son would return the promises. You're standing on the healing, 141 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: the freedom, the restoration may look like it'll never happen. 142 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: All the circumstances say just the opposite. But what you 143 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: can't see is God has already planning your party. He's 144 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,239 Speaker 1: fattening the calf, he's polishing the ring, he's ironing the robe. 145 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: He sees you standing in faate, believing when you could 146 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: be doubting, and praising, when you could be complaining, arising, 147 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: when you could be sitting in defeat. You're gonna come 148 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: into that moment where God says, let the party begin. 149 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a celebration like this son that you 150 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: didn't see coming. That's better than you fought. Not just 151 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: come out of the difficulty, but how about come out better. 152 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: Not just survive the sickness, but come out healthier, stronger 153 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: than before. Not just outlast the trouble, but see double 154 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: where God pays you back. Friends. God knows how to 155 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: throw a party, He knows how to celebrate. See, the 156 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: father could have just received the young man back home. 157 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna forgive him, let him back in. 158 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: That would be good. But look at how God works 159 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna celebrate. I need the best road. I need 160 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: the family ring that represents authority. I need the fatted calf, 161 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: the calf we've been feeding in preparation for this moment. 162 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: I need those shoes we've been polishing. I need the 163 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: ring I've set aside for my son's return. What am 164 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: I saying? The things that you're concerned about? Now? God 165 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: is already working on He doesn't just suddenly justid oh, yeah, man, 166 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: I got to help them. No, he's been working behind 167 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: the scenes, doing things that you can't see. He's already 168 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: scheduled your party. What he has planned is going to 169 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: be better than you think, bigger than you expect, more 170 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: fulfilling than you've imagined. Many of you, you've been faithful. 171 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: I've seen you stand strong against the sickness. You fought 172 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: that addiction the best you could. You've endured trouble with 173 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: a good attitude, or prayed for that wayward child year 174 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: after year. You're about to see a breakthrough, a turnaround, 175 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: the healing, the freedom, the provision where God says, let 176 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: the party begin, Open the floodgates of heaven, release the favor, 177 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: the abundance, the connections, that I've already prepare. Hey, go 178 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: get that calf that I've been fattening for my son's return. 179 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: Get that that I've been preparing for my child, Get 180 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: that business that I've been polishing, that house that I've 181 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: been shining, Get that freedom that I've been saving. Yes, 182 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: it's been hard, we've been may endure for a night, 183 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: but joy is coming in the morning. There's a party 184 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: time where morning is turned to jay, from bearing to 185 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: having a baby, from not enough to overflow, from lonely 186 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: to great relationships, from defeat to dancing. You may be 187 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: in a difficult place now, and you know those thoughts 188 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: will tell you it's always going to be this way. 189 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Now keep this down in your spirit. Your party is coming, 190 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: Your breakthrough is scheduled, Your robe is ready, your ring 191 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: is waiting. The father is watching down the road. He 192 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: sees you doing the right thing when it's hard, going 193 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: the extra mile, when nobody gives you credit, enduring the disrespect, 194 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,119 Speaker 1: and you don't try to get even doors are closed, 195 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: You've had delays, but you're you're still believing, You're still hoping. 196 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: God sees your standing strong. He's about to say, let 197 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: your party begin. Your time is coming. You're closer than 198 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: you think. You're going to come into a destiny moment 199 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: where God supersedes what you have in mind, where there 200 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: will be great joy, great laughter, celebrating the goodness of God. 201 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: When we were trying to acquire this place, the former 202 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: Compact Center, the company that owned all the property around here, 203 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: thirteen high rises, they wanted it. They were the largest 204 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: tax payer in Texas, had a lot of clout and influence. 205 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: Was David versus Goliath. We met with council members and 206 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: tried to convince them to be for us. It was 207 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: owned by the city. We needed ten votes for it 208 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: to pass, and we worked tirelessly trying to persuade them 209 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: that we'd be good for the city and here's why 210 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: you should do it. After a year and a half, 211 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: we finally had the ten we needed. I was so relieved. 212 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: But two days before the vote, one of the council 213 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 1: members changed their mind. He had so much pressure from 214 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: the other side. He decided to be out of town, 215 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: and him not being here meant that we wouldn't have 216 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: enough votes and wouldn't get the building in. We were 217 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: so discouraged. After all that work and all the struggle, 218 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: it seemed like it was all or naught. Well, the 219 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: day before the vote, I went and met with a 220 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: council member that had been against us the whole time. 221 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: I'd already given him my best speech, my biggest smile, 222 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: all my charm again, and get none of that work. 223 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: I walked in that day not knowing what I was 224 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: going to say. But before I said a word, he said, Joel, 225 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: you don't need to convince me. I've already changed my mind. 226 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to vote for you, I thought, Man, am 227 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: I hearing things? Am I dreaming? He went on to 228 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: explain how he received a phone call the night before 229 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: from an older Jewish woman, a friend of his family 230 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: that he greatly respected, but he hadn't spoken to it 231 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,319 Speaker 1: in over twenty years. She told him, in no uncertain 232 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: terms that he was to vote for Lakewood having the 233 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: Compact Center. It was her call that changed his mind. 234 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: I'd never met the woman. I didn't ask her to call. 235 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: But God is behind the scenes preparing your party. He's 236 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: fattening the calf that you've never seen. He's polishing the ring, 237 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: and you haven't even met the person of your dreams yet. 238 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: He's shining those shoes getting that healing ready for the 239 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: right time. There will be a destiny moment where you 240 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: see what God was up to, where he says, let 241 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: the party begin. The next day, we were at city 242 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: Hall for the main vote, myself and our team attorneys. 243 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: There were about two hundred people from Lakewood in the audience. 244 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: They started to vote. My heart was beating so fast. 245 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: There was a yes, a yes, a no, a no, 246 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: a yes. It came down to the last council We 247 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: had five votes against us and nine votes for us. 248 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: Down to this last person. They called on him. He 249 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: looked down and paused for about fifteen seconds. It felt 250 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: like fifteen hours. You could hear a pin drop. He 251 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: finally looked up and said, yes, I'm for it. There 252 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: was a great shout, great cheer. I walked out on 253 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: the steps of city Hall and there were all the 254 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: Lakewood people singing, shouting celebration. It was like God's saying, 255 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: let the party begin. I've been planning this for you. 256 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: I've already scheduled this victory. You couldn't see it, but 257 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: I've been fattening the calf. I've been polishing the ring. 258 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: God was behind the scenes, moving on that lady to 259 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: call the council member, changing a mind that I couldn't change. 260 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: That vote was on a Wednesday. Well, that night, thousands 261 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: of people came to Lakewood. We celebrated that victory. We 262 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: had a big party, and it's great that it happened 263 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: for us. But can I encourage you? God has some 264 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: parties in your future. He's planning things right now that 265 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: are gonna exceed your expectations. Those challenges may seem too big, 266 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: the sickness too great, the addiction too strong. May be 267 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: too much for you, but it's not too much for him. 268 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: He's already scheduled your party, your breakthrough. You're healing, your 269 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: compact center. Your dream is already on the calendar. Now, 270 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: keep doing the right thing when you don't see anything happening, 271 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: keep believing despite the doubt thoughts telling you that there's 272 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: no way. Those thoughts came to me, especially in the night. Joe, 273 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: you told people you're gonna get the building. You're gonna 274 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: look like a fool. You don't have the connections. They're 275 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: not gonna sell that to a church. I'd wake up 276 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: in a cold sweat that whole time. Behind the scenes, 277 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: God has had them feeding the cab the band was practicing, 278 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: the staff, setting the table, getting ready for the celebration. 279 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: God had already marked that moment for the party to begin. 280 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: Right now, God is preparing your party. He's working behind 281 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: the scenes doing things you can't see. He's already picked 282 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 1: out your role. It's already set aside your ring. It's 283 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: just a matter of time before you hear let the 284 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: party begin. Let me tell you, God knows how to 285 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: throw a party like nobody else. I never dreamed we'd 286 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: have the Compact Center. I used to come here in 287 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: my twenties. I had season tickets to watch the Rockets 288 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:43,479 Speaker 1: play basketball. You're gonna come into parties that exceed your expectations. 289 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: In the original agreement, we leased the building for sixty years. 290 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: That was the best way for us to acquire it. 291 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: But I never liked the lease. I didn't want this 292 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: to come to an end and we'd have to give 293 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: the building back to the city. Well, seven years into 294 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: the lease, the city was running low on funds and 295 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: the mayor called and asked if we wanted to buy 296 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: the building. Of course we were interested, but I didn't 297 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: know what it was gonna cost. She said they would 298 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: run an appraisal and let us know. Well, this is 299 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: like a half a billion dollar property, seven acres on 300 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: the busiest freeway in Texas, fourth largest city in America. 301 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: I thought, I don't know if we can pay that amount. Well, 302 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: they had to appraise the building based on the fact 303 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: that we had a lease for fifty three more years, 304 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: so whoever bought it wouldn't get it for fifty three years. 305 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: The appraisal came back not at three hundred million, not 306 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: one hundred million, not fifty million. They said, we'll sell 307 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: it to you for seven and a half million dollars. 308 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: It was like God said, let the party begin. You 309 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: don't know what God is up to in your life. 310 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: You think you've reached your limits. Your dream's not possible now, 311 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: you've made too many mistakes. If you you could only 312 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: see the party God is preparing for you. He's already 313 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: scheduled a destiny moment to show out in your life. 314 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: The calf is being fattened, the right people are enwrap, 315 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: the good breaks are on the calendar. Now, don't talk 316 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: yourself out of it. Faith is believing when you don't 317 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: see anything happening. It's thanking God that is on the way. 318 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: When there's no sign of it. When you believe, angels 319 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: go to work, doors open, problems turn around, miracles are 320 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: set into motion. The Israelites had been in captivity for 321 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: four hundred years. They were mistreated and taking it dvantage of. 322 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: But God sees you're suffering. He sees when people do 323 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: you wrong. You're dealing with anxiety, fighting a sickness. There's 324 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: trouble in your home. God is concerned about what you're 325 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: going through. There will be a time where he says 326 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: enough is enough. He will step in and put an 327 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,959 Speaker 1: end to what's harming you. He told the Israelites, I 328 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: have seen the affliction of my people, and I am 329 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: coming down to deliver them. When God comes down, things 330 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: are gonna happen. He sent flags on the Pharaoh, remembered 331 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: and all their oppressors, and Pharaoh finally decided to let 332 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: them go. After forty generations, they were freed. They headed 333 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: out toward the Promised Land, but the Pharaoh changed his mind. 334 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: He sent his fastest chariots, his most powerful soldiers to 335 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: bring them back, and the Israelites came to a dead 336 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: end at the Red Sea. They looked back in the 337 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: distance and they could see the army chasing them, but 338 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 1: they had nowhere to go. You can imagine how panic 339 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: they were and afraid. After finally being free, now they're 340 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: about to be captured or maybe be killed. But God 341 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: won't let you get in a problem that he can't 342 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: bring you out of. You may not see away, but 343 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that God doesn't have a way. God 344 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: told Moses to hold up his rod towards the sea, 345 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 1: and when he did, that huge wind blew back the waters. 346 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: The sea parted, and these two million Israelites walked through 347 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: on dry ground. When they all got across, Pharaoh's army 348 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: came chasing after them, but the walls of water closed up, 349 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: came crashing down, and they were all drowned. The scripture 350 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: says when Miriam, Moses's sister, got to the other side 351 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: and saw the army defeated, and what a great miracle, 352 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: she got her tambourine out with all the other women. 353 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: They started singing, dancing, celebrating the victory. You can imagine 354 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: the joy, excitement, shouts of praise. Just a few hours earlier, 355 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: they thought they were doomed, afraid, but God was saying, 356 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: in effect, it may look bad, but I'm still in control. 357 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: Maybe today you're being chased by things that are much bigger, stronger. 358 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: Don't worry. Worry. The angels are getting the tambourines out. 359 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: The band is practicing their music, the caf is being fed. 360 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: God is up to something you can't see. When they 361 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: got across, God said, all right, let the party begin. 362 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: Miriam started dancing. I can hear the whole place singing. 363 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: The enemy is outnumbered. Who can withstand against Jehovah? Miriam 364 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: danced on the very ground where it looked like she 365 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: would be defeated. She's celebrated at the very place where 366 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: it seemed like she would be captured. Can I tell 367 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: you You're gonna dance on the things that are trying to 368 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: stop you. Dance on the depression, Dance on the sickness, 369 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: the death, the loneliness. Dance on the chains that once 370 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: held you back. Verse twenty says Miriam saying, sing to 371 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: the Lord, for he is highly exalted. He has thrown 372 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: the horse and the rider into the sea. She had 373 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: her tambourine out. Her dance was a declaration. What tried 374 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: to take me out has now been taken out. What 375 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: should have stopped me is now under my feet. There 376 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: will be a time where those things that are hindering 377 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: you will be under your feet. The right attitude is 378 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: this trouble is not permanent. I know a party is coming. 379 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: I will dance on what could have buried me. I 380 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: will dance in victory, celebrating the greatness of my God. 381 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: I believe, like Miriam, like the prodigal There's about to 382 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: be some dancing, some celebrating. I can hear God saying, 383 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: let the party begin. You're about to see what God's 384 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: been up to behind the scenes. I talked to a 385 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: man a while back. He had called her Serious XM programming. 386 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: He'd been having really bad headaches and visions started to 387 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: get blurred. God so bad he couldn't go to work anymore, 388 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: couldn't drive. The doctors ran test and discovered that he 389 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: had a tumor in his brain. He was cancerous. They 390 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: gave him eighteen months to live, and he was young. 391 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: He certainly didn't see this coming. Although he was discouraged, 392 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: he still had faith. He still believed that his life 393 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: was in God's hands, that the number of our days 394 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: he will fulfill. Instead of letting that diagnosis take root, 395 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: dwell on it and google all the terrible things that 396 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: could happen. He kept that out of his spirit. His 397 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: attitude was, God is restoring health back into me. Sickness 398 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: cannot live in my body. He was supposed to go downhill, 399 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: but over time his headaches began to go away and 400 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: his vision started clearing up, and the doctor said it 401 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: was just an anomaly, that nothing had changed. Well, eighteen 402 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: months later he went back and asked for another MRI. 403 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: This time the doctors were puzzled. They said, we can't 404 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: explain it, but we can't find any cancer in your body. 405 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: It was like God said, let the party begin. God 406 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 1: has these destiny moments where it looks like you're stuck, 407 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: you're defeated, you've made too many mistakes. But that whole time, 408 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: he's preparing a celebration. There's about to be a party 409 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: where you dance on what should have held you down. Well, 410 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: like Miriam, you got your tambourine, so to speak. You're 411 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: singing on the shores of what should have defeated you, 412 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: ringing that bell, cancer free, paying off your house, marrying 413 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: the person of your dreams, free from the addiction, saying, man, 414 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: look what the Lord has done. Now I know there 415 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: are difficult times, and you can't escape life from happening. 416 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is that's not how your story ends. 417 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: God is working behind the scenes to turn morning into dancing, 418 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: turn sickness into hell, turn debt into abundance, turn council 419 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: member's mind, and your dream comes to pass. Your time 420 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: is coming. Your robe is ready, the ring is polished, 421 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: the calf is fatted. Now get ready, I believe and 422 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: declare your party is about to begin. God is going 423 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: to give you something to celebrate. Great joy, great laughter, healing, freedom, abundance, 424 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: dancing on what should have defeated you in Jesus' name, 425 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: and if you receive it, ken, just amen. I'd like 426 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 427 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 428 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 429 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 430 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again, and we'd 431 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 1: love to send you some free information on your new 432 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: walk with the Lord. You can text the number on 433 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: the screen or go to the website. But I hope 434 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible based church and keep 435 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: God first place. 436 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: It's a new year. Time to see the impossible become possible. 437 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: New year life setbacks are about to become God's setups 438 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 2: for new opportunity. It's a new year, cherished dreams will 439 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 2: become unexpected reality. 440 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: The start of the new year is the perfect time 441 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: to reset your focus, release disappointments of the past, and 442 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,479 Speaker 1: get ready for the new things God has in store. 443 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: Every January, we create a new three hundred and sixty 444 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: five day devotional calendar. I'd love to send it to you. 445 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: Each day is filled with inspiration, scripture, and uplifting declarations 446 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: to fuel your faith. When you begin the day thanking 447 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: God for what He's done, speaking victory over your future, 448 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: you're positioning yourself for a blessed, favor filled year. Amazing 449 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 1: things happen when you keep God first place. 450 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 451 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 2: of any amount this first month of the year, we 452 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: would like to send you a copy of our brand 453 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 2: new three hundred sixty five day twenty twenty six devotional calendar. 454 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 2: Do you want to overcome your most pressing challenges in 455 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six? Do you want to see your life 456 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 2: take off in new directions of influence, favor, and provision 457 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 2: in the year ahead. With this daily encouragement, you'll not 458 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 2: only smile at your day, you'll be reminded that God 459 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 2: is smiling on your entire life. Each day will be 460 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: a fresh new day. Turn discouragement to encouragement, frustration to fulfillment, 461 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 2: anxiety to overcoming. Start each morning knowing that it's God's 462 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 2: desire to turn what seems like an ordinary life into 463 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 2: extraordinary favor, strength, and opportunities. Using this devotional calendar is 464 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 2: as easy as one, two, three. One wake up with 465 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 2: an expectancy in your heart. Two reflect on the daily scripture, 466 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 2: verse and devotional from Joel. Three capture the Lord's promises 467 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 2: to you on journaling lines for writing and reflection. 468 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,719 Speaker 1: Is going to be one of your best years ever. 469 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: We're going to help you stay in faith so you 470 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,479 Speaker 1: can see the goodness of God in new ways. Victory 471 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: and I pray for you and your family every day, 472 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: and we want to thank you for your prayer and support. 473 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: Your generosity is impacting lives around the world. 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