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Your 42 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 6: encouragement will help others to be inspired and encouraged. 43 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 5: Enjoy the message now. 44 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 6: God bless you and thanks for letting us come into 45 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 6: your homes. We love you, and if you're ever in 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 6: our area, please stop by and be a part of 47 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 6: one of our services. These are the finest people in 48 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 6: all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood, and I'll 49 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 6: promise you we will make you feel right at home. 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. 51 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 6: And one day Jesus and Satan were having a contest 52 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 6: to see who was better with computers. After six hours 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 6: of making spreadsheets and designing web pages, a thunderstorm knocked 54 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 6: the power out. When they rebooted their computers, Satan started screaming, 55 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 6: it's all lost. All my material is gone, while Jesus 56 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 6: quietly walked over and printed his out turned it in. 57 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 4: Satan complained, it's not fair. He must have cheated. How 58 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 4: come he didn't lose his material. 59 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 6: God smiled and said, Jesus saves. 60 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 4: Jes say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 61 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. 62 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 65 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 67 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about. 68 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 4: It's a setup. 69 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 6: Everything in your life has been carefully orchestrated. 70 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 4: God is strategic. Before you were born, he laid out 71 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 4: a specific plan for you. 72 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 6: Nothing randomly happens, not just the good breaks, the promotions, 73 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 6: the times you've seen favor, but even the closed doors, 74 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 6: the disappointments, the betrayals. 75 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 4: That's all a part of God's plan. It may not 76 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 4: make sense, it wasn't fair, but. 77 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 6: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 78 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 6: work for your good. And if you don't understand that 79 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 6: nothing randomly happens, then you'll be frustrated when things don't 80 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 6: go way, and upset because somebody did you wrong, bitter 81 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 6: because a person walked away, when in reality, it was 82 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 6: ordained by God to move you into your destiny. You 83 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 6: are not at the mercy of luck, of fate of 84 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 6: other people. The God who causes the earth to rotate 85 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 6: down to the exact millisecond. 86 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 4: Has ordered your steps. 87 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 6: Do you think another person can stop what God has 88 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 6: ordered for you? Do you think a bad break, a 89 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 6: closed door, a jealous coworker can change what God has 90 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 6: spoken over your life. The people coming against you, the 91 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 6: negative circumstances, they are pawns in the hands of God. 92 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 6: The enemy thinks he's using them to hold you back. 93 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 4: The truth is God is using them to push you forward. 94 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 6: In the Scripture of Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit. 95 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 6: They thought they were stopping his destiny, but God used 96 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 6: them to push Joseph into his destiny. God ordained them 97 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 6: to betray Joseph. It was a part of the plan 98 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 6: that God laid out for his life. Without that betrayal, 99 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 6: without Potiphar's wife falsely accusing Joseph, without him spending time 100 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 6: unfairly in prison, Joseph would have never fulfilled his destiny. 101 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 6: It wasn't random, it wasn't bad luck. 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: It was strategic. 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 6: Are you fighting what God has ordained? Frustrated because a 104 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 6: door closed, or bitter because somebody walked away. Without that, 105 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 6: you couldn't fulfill your purpose. The enemy didn't come in 106 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 6: and somehow take the steering will, and now he's in control. 107 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 6: He superseded God's plan. He overpowered the creator. He doesn't 108 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 6: have that kind of authority. The God who breathed life 109 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 6: into you, the God who is number your. 110 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: Days, the God who is for. 111 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 6: You and not against you, is in complete control. You 112 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 6: may not understand what happened. It may not have been fair, 113 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 6: but if you'll stay in faith, one day you'll see, 114 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 6: Like Joseph, it wasn't random, it was intentional. It was 115 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 6: a setup. God used it to push you forward. But 116 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 6: when we isolate a negative experience and look at it 117 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 6: on its own, it may. 118 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 4: Not make sense. 119 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 6: If you have a large puzzle, sometimes you'll find a 120 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 6: piece that doesn't look like it fits. You're sure the 121 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 6: manufacturer has made a mistake. 122 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 4: It's an odd shape, a. 123 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 6: Strange color, But when the other pieces come together, there 124 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 6: will be a perfect fit. The colors will match, the 125 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 6: edges will line up. Without that piece, the puzzle wouldn't 126 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 6: be complete. Now you may have a peace to your 127 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 6: puzzle today that doesn't make sense. You could think God 128 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 6: didn't ordain this. I lost my main client, a relationship 129 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 6: didn't work out, my child got off course. 130 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 4: This doesn't fit. 131 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 6: You may not see it now, but God is not 132 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 6: through working. 133 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 4: You don't know what he's up to. 134 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 6: You're looking at one piece like Joseph, you're looking at 135 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 6: the betrayal. 136 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: What you can't see is the throne is coming. 137 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 6: Instead of fighting it being bitter, turn it around, God, 138 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 6: My life is in your hands. I know your plans 139 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 6: for me are for good. I may not understand everything. 140 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 4: But God, I trust you. I believe you'll get me 141 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 4: to where I'm supposed to be. 142 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 6: The scripture says God has ordered your steps, doesn't say 143 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 6: he has suggested them. 144 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 4: Maybe this will happen, maybe that will happen. 145 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 6: Your steps have been ordered. But here's what I've learned. 146 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 6: When God ordered my steps. 147 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 4: He didn't check with me. He didn't ask for my opinion. 148 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 6: If he would have, I would have told him I 149 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 6: don't want to go through that disappointment. I don't want 150 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 6: those people to talk about me. I don't want that 151 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 6: company to file a lawsuit to try to keep us 152 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 6: from moving into the Compact Center. I would have said 153 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 6: no to all the difficulties because I couldn't see where 154 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 6: they were taking me. You can't reach your destiny without opposition, 155 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 6: without betrayal, without criticism, without things you don't understand. 156 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 4: When my father went to be with the Lord, I 157 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: didn't see anything good about that. 158 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 6: I lost one of my best friends, somebody I admired 159 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 6: and looked up to. 160 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 4: I wanted him to live another twenty years. 161 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 6: But it was that loss that pushed me into what 162 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 6: I'm doing today. On the other side of the difficulty 163 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 6: is a new level of your destiny. If you'll keep 164 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 6: the right attitude, all things will work for your good, 165 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 6: not some things, not just the good breaks, the promotion, 166 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 6: but even the loss, the disappointment, the person that walked away. 167 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 6: It wasn't random, It was ordained by God. John chapter eleven. 168 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 6: Lazarus was very sick. His two sisters, Mary and Martha 169 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 6: sent word to their friend Jesus to come to their 170 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 6: house and pray for him. Jesus was in another city. 171 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 6: He waited four days, and Lazarus died. There were all 172 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 6: these people gathered at the house to pay their respects 173 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 6: and comfort the family. Then Jesus showed up. He raised 174 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 6: Lazarus from the dead. Most of the people there were excited, 175 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 6: and they believed in Jesus, but some of them were cynical. 176 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 6: They couldn't deny his power, but they weren't for him. 177 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 6: They rushed back to tell the Pharisees, the religious leaders, 178 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 6: what happened. The main priest called the council together, said 179 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 6: if we let Jesus. 180 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 4: Continue, the whole nation will believe in him. 181 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 6: Verse fifty three said, as from that time on, the 182 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 6: religious leaders began to plot Jesus' death. Lazarus being raised 183 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 6: was a strategic part in the plan of God. It's 184 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 6: set into emotion all these other events that eventually led 185 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 6: to Jesus being crucified. That's why Jesus waited on purpose 186 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 6: for Lazarus to die. 187 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: He could have gone. 188 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 6: There sooner and healed him, or he could have spoken 189 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 6: healing from another city like he'd done and healed other people. 190 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 6: But he waited for Lazarus to die so all these. 191 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 4: People would be gathered. 192 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 6: It would create such a commotion a man being raised 193 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 6: from the dead, that the critics would go back and 194 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 6: get the council all stirred up. What am I saying, 195 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 6: What may look like a crisis to us can still 196 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 6: be the plan of God. Mary and Martha were upset, weeping. 197 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 6: They couldn't see it at the time, that crisis was 198 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 6: ordained by God. Jesus being delayed was in an accident. 199 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 6: Him not coming when they asked, was divinely orchestrated. Nothing 200 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 6: randomly happens, even the crisis, the bad breaks, the things 201 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 6: that don't make sense. 202 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 4: We can't see it. But God is still on the throne. 203 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 4: Thoughts will tell you it's never gonna work out. There's 204 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 4: no purpose to this. You just have bad luck. 205 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 6: Don't believe those lies. God is up to something. God 206 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 6: is strategic. Things are in motion right now that you 207 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 6: can't see. 208 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 4: Behind the scenes. 209 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 6: God's moving the wrong people out of the way, lining 210 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 6: up the right people, arranging things in your favor. 211 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 4: It's in the process of coming together. 212 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 6: We may not understand it all, but I can assure 213 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 6: you nothing is random. The delay was on purpose. The 214 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 6: betrayal was ordained by God. The person that turned on 215 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 6: you wasn't supposed to be for you. It may seem 216 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 6: like it's out of control, but God is still. 217 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 4: In complete control. 218 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 6: The plan He's laid out for your life is right 219 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 6: on track. Now, keep doing the right thing when you 220 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 6: don't understand, Stay in faith when people betray you, do 221 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 6: the right thing when the wrong thing is happening. Your 222 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 6: time is coming. What God ordained will come to pass. 223 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 6: No person can stop him. No bad break, no crisis, 224 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 6: no people, all the forces of darkness cannot stop what 225 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 6: God has purposed for your life. Now, you have to 226 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 6: be so convinced that God is for you that you 227 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 6: don't fall apart when life. 228 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 4: Is against you. 229 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 6: You don't get bitter because things didn't work out your way. 230 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 6: You don't give up on a dream because you had 231 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 6: a setback. 232 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: You know it's a setup. 233 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 6: That God has the final saying that he didn't bring 234 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 6: you this far to leave you. That him being for 235 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 6: you is more than the world being against you. The 236 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 6: High Priest wanted to get rid of Jesus. He started 237 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 6: coming up with all these plans and all these schemes. 238 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 6: He needed somebody that would betray him, needed people that 239 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 6: would falsely accuse him. What's interesting is God didn't stop 240 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 6: their plans, but he used their plans. 241 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 4: To fulfill the purpose of Christ. God is all knowing. 242 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 4: He has an advantage. 243 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 6: He knew everything the enemy would try to do in 244 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 6: your life. He's already taken that into consideration. 245 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 4: When he laid out your plan. 246 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 6: Now, he may not stop every plot of the enemy 247 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 6: against you. He won't stop every bad break, every betrayal, 248 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 6: but he will use that to move you into your destiny. 249 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 6: He didn't stop Joseph's brothers from throwing him into the pit. 250 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 6: He didn't stop them from selling him as a sling. 251 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 6: But God took that into account when he laid out 252 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 6: Joseph's purpose. I can imagine God thinking, okay, they want 253 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 6: to sell him, they want to make him a slave. 254 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 4: That's fine. I'll turn it to his advantage. 255 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 6: I'll design Joseph's plan so that Potter for his boss, 256 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 6: will like him. I'll give Joseph the ability to interpret dreams, 257 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 6: and then I'll give the Pharaoh a dream. 258 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 4: That only Joseph can interpret. 259 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 6: God has designed your plan, knowing every plot against you. 260 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:38,359 Speaker 6: He knows every bad break that will happen, every closed door, 261 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 6: every disappointment. And the good news is God's strategic plan 262 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 6: will override. 263 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 4: Every plan that was meant to stop you. 264 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 6: That's why Isaiah said no weapon formed against you will prosper. 265 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 4: Doesn't say they want form. 266 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 6: Judas will show up, people will betray you, injustice will come, 267 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 6: but they won't prosper. 268 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 5: Why. 269 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 4: God has taken into account. 270 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 6: Their jealousy, their malice, their hatred, what they meant for harm. 271 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 6: God has already designed a plan to use it for 272 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 6: your good. You don't have to live discouraged when negative 273 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 6: things come against you, trying to pay people back, frustrated 274 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 6: because of a disappointment. 275 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 4: Stay in peace. 276 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 6: God hasn't all figured out. He wouldn't have allowed it 277 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 6: if it was going to stop you. If Joseph's brothers 278 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 6: throwing him into a pit was going to stop Joseph's destiny, 279 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 6: God wouldn't have let the brothers do it. God held 280 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 6: back the Red Sea. He could have held the brothers back. 281 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 6: God allowed it because it was a part of Joseph's destiny. 282 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 6: Quit fighting what God has allowed. Without that happening, you 283 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 6: couldn't fulfill your purpose. 284 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 4: It's a setup. 285 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 6: You may not like it, it may be uncomfortable, but 286 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 6: if you'll stay in faith, one day, you're going to 287 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 6: see what God was up to. Judas went in and 288 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 6: told the religious leaders that he would betray Jesus. They 289 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 6: were so excited. This was the big break they were 290 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 6: looking for. They didn't realize Judas was a pawn in 291 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 6: the hand of God. 292 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 4: Wasn't his idea. 293 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 6: God was using him to move Jesus into his purpose. 294 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 6: We give our enemies too much credit. They can only 295 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 6: do what God allows them to do. Judas couldn't stop Jesus. 296 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 6: His betrayal, His disloyalty, couldn't keep the. 297 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: Plan of God from unfolding. 298 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 6: When people come against you, don't get bent out of shape. 299 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 6: They can't stop you They think they're hindering you, But 300 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 6: like Judas, God is going to use them to move 301 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 6: you further into your destiny. But sometimes we make mistakes, 302 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 6: We bring the trouble on ourselves. We get off course 303 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 6: and do things we know that we shouldn't do. But 304 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 6: the beauty of our God is he not only designed 305 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 6: your plan knowing what the enemy would try to do 306 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 6: against you, but he designed your plan knowing the mistakes 307 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 6: you would make. God has taken into account the times 308 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 6: we would fail, times we'd compromise given to temptations. 309 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 4: He's so merciful. He's already designed a plan to restore 310 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 4: us and get us back on course. 311 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 6: God told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh 312 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 6: and tell the people to repent. Jonah didn't want to 313 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 6: go there. He got on a boat going the other way. 314 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 6: He went exactly opposite. 315 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 4: Of what God told him to do. You would think 316 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 4: he's done too bad. He stepped out of God's plan. 317 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 6: But on the boat a huge storm arose. They were 318 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 6: all about to die. Jonah admitted to the crew that 319 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 6: he was the problem. He was running from God. That's 320 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,959 Speaker 6: why they were having trouble. The crew was so loving, 321 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 6: they said Jonah, thank you for being so honest. Then 322 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 6: they threw him overboard. This should have been the end 323 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 6: of Jonah's story. Out in the middle of the ocean 324 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 6: in a huge storm, but it just so happened. 325 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 4: A big fish was swimming by at the right place 326 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 4: at the right. 327 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 6: Time, feeling hungry, and it swallowed Jonah up. He spent 328 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 6: three days in the belly of the fish. On the 329 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 6: third day, the fish came up from the bottom of 330 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 6: the ocean and spit Jonah out on dry ground. 331 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 4: Hundreds of years later, Jesus would say. 332 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 6: As Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 333 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 6: three days, so shall the son of Man be in 334 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 6: the heart of. 335 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 4: The earth for three days. 336 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 6: Jonah was a picture of Jesus. God knew that he 337 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 6: would get off course. He had already planned how that. 338 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 4: Would foreshadow what Christ would do. 339 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 6: What am I saying? Nothing randomly happens. Your mistakes have 340 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 6: been taken into account in God's plan for your life. 341 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 6: And I don't say that so you can live loose good. 342 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 6: I'm gonna do whatever I want to do. Joel said, 343 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 6: God's got me covered. 344 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 4: No mistakes. 345 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 6: They cause heartache, They cast pain. Three days in the 346 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 6: belly of the fish. That sounds exciting now, but that 347 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 6: was not a cruise liner. It was dark, dirty, smelly 348 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 6: seaweed all over his head. When the fish spit Jonah out, 349 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 6: the first thing God told him was go to Nineveh 350 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 6: and do what I ask you to do. God didn't 351 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 6: change his mind, but he gave him another chance. 352 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 4: When we make mistakes, when we. 353 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 6: Fail, the accuser keeps whispering, You're done. God is finished 354 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 6: with you. You had your chance. 355 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 4: You'll never accomplish your dreams. No, get back up, Jonah. 356 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 6: Your mistake not a surprise to God. He's already designed 357 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 6: you'll come back. He's already laid out your new beginning. 358 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 6: Why don't you get back in the game, get your fireback, 359 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 6: get your passion back, Start dreaming again, start believing again. 360 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 4: That mistake didn't cancel your destiny. 361 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 6: God still has a purpose for you to fulfill. When 362 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 6: God told Abraham that he and his wife Sarah were 363 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,959 Speaker 6: going to have a baby in their old age, years 364 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 6: went by and nothing happened. So Abraham decided to help 365 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 6: God out, and he slept with Sarah's maid. They had 366 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 6: a son, a boy they named Ishmael. They were so 367 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 6: excited they finally had their baby. God said, that is 368 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 6: not the promised child. 369 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 4: That's the arm of the flesh. That's something you made happen. 370 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 6: Ishmael, in one sense, was considered a mistake. He was 371 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 6: the child that Abraham had out of wedlock. Abraham is 372 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 6: the father of our faith. You would think he would 373 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 6: know better. Surely this wouldn't be in the plan of God. 374 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 6: Four generations later, when Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit, 375 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 6: they were going to leave him there to die, but 376 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 6: they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming. 377 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 6: They decided instead to sell Joseph to them. The Ishmaelites 378 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 6: were descendants of Ishmael. What once was considered a mistake 379 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 6: was actually a part of God's plan to save Joseph's life. 380 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 6: Only God, in his amazing wisdom, can take what was 381 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 6: a mistake in one generation and use it to be 382 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 6: a blessing in another generation. 383 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 4: Nothing randomly happens. Even your mistakes are a setup. 384 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 6: Why don't you quit beating yourself up for past failures. 385 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 4: Quit living in regrets. 386 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 6: Nothing you've done is too much the mercy of God. 387 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 4: Let that go. 388 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 6: Start moving forward into the new things. God has in store. 389 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 4: A few years ago, Victoria lost her ring. 390 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 6: It was a diamond band that her mother had given her, 391 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 6: been in their family for several generations. Sometimes when we'd 392 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 6: go on a trip, Victoria would hide it in the house. 393 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 6: So for months we searched everywhere, every drawer, every cabinet, 394 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 6: every pocket. 395 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 4: That ring was nowhere to be found. 396 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 6: About three years later, we were driving home late one 397 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 6: night from out of town. It was after midnight and 398 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 6: I was tired and ready to get home. Victoria said, Joe, 399 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 6: you better slow down. You're going to get a ticket. 400 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 6: I was going about seventy five and the speed limit 401 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 6: was sixty five, maybe fifty five, but there was nobody 402 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 6: on the highway, wide open well in the country. 403 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, in my rearview mirror, I saw 404 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 4: those flashing red lights. 405 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 6: The officer came up to my window and I handed 406 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 6: him my driver's license and he said, I'll need your 407 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 6: insurance card as well. Victoria opened the glove compartment and 408 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 6: started looking. She found every document except our insurance. She 409 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 6: ended up pulling everything out of the glob compartment and 410 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 6: digging around in the back, maneuvering her hand here and there, 411 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 6: and it's dark, you couldn't see anything. Plus having the 412 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 6: officer standing right there was nerve wracking. At one point, Victoria, 413 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 6: digging way back there, found something hard down in the crack. 414 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 6: She kept digging and digging, pulled it out. It was 415 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 6: the ring she had been looking for for three and 416 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 6: a half years. She was so excited, so happy. She 417 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 6: is over there rejoicing. Here I was about to go 418 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 6: to jail. She ended up finding the insurance card right 419 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 6: on the top. It was like God caused her to 420 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 6: overlook it. I handed it to the officer. He said, 421 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 6: are you that minister? I said I am. 422 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 4: He said, if I come to your church, will you 423 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 4: save me a seat? I said, I'll save you a 424 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 4: whole section. He handed it back, said have a great knight. 425 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 6: Sometimes what we think is a setback is really God 426 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 6: setting us up to do something amazing. Even mistakes we may, 427 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 6: God knows how to turn them and use them for 428 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 6: our good. A few days before Jesus was crucified, he 429 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 6: was in the garden of Gasimine late one night praying. 430 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 6: He was so overwhelmed with the weight of what he 431 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 6: was about to do, and under so much pressure, that 432 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 6: he swept great drops of blood. He said, Father, if 433 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 6: you're willing take this cup from me but not my will, 434 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 6: let your will be done. We celebrate what Christ did 435 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 6: on the cross, that's the foundation of our faith, but 436 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 6: the real battle. 437 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 4: Took place in the garden. 438 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 6: This is where he made the decision, even though it's 439 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 6: not fair, even though Judas is about to betray me, 440 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 6: even though these people have mocked and ridiculed me, Father, 441 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 6: I trust you. I know it's all a part of 442 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 6: your playing. We all have these times when life isn't fair, 443 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 6: somebody's come against you, you're fighting in illness. 444 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 4: Business has slowed down. This is where you have to 445 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 4: do like him. 446 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 6: And say God, I don't understand it, but I trust you. 447 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 4: I know you're in control. 448 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 6: You wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 449 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 6: work for my good. Don't get discouraged when life doesn't 450 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 6: make sense. 451 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 4: God is up to something. 452 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 6: They crucified Jesus, put him in the grave. They thought 453 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 6: he was done. But you know the story. On the 454 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 6: third day, Jesus came out said I am alive forevermore. 455 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 4: God has the final say. 456 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 6: What looks like a setback is really setting you up 457 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 6: for the next level of your destiny. Jesus told his disciples, 458 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 6: take up your cross and follow me. Sometimes we hear 459 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 6: that and think that's going to be a heavy burden. 460 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 6: People told me growing up, Joel, that's a hard thing 461 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 6: to carry your cross. One day, my father had a dream. 462 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 6: He was going through a difficult time in life. In 463 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 6: this dream, he looked over and saw a large cross 464 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 6: on the ground. 465 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 4: It was made out of railroad ties, about fifteen feet long. 466 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 4: It looked like it weighed hundreds of pounds. 467 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 6: He knew that was his cross to carry, but he 468 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 6: didn't know how he could do it. It seemed to 469 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 6: overwhelm me. He walked over to pick it up, but 470 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,239 Speaker 6: it wasn't what he thought. When he lifted it, it 471 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 6: was like styrofoam, hardly weighed anything. He was so amazed 472 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 6: he could easily put it on his shoulder and start walking. 473 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 6: A few steps later, the cross started lifting him up. 474 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 6: Instead of him carrying the cross, the cross was carrying him. 475 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 6: When you take up your cross, it doesn't mean you're 476 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 6: not going to have difficulties. People won't betray you, you'll 477 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 6: never make mistakes. 478 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 4: Life will happen. But the beauty is when you should 479 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 4: be overwhelmed. The cross will start carrying you. 480 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 6: God will give you joy and peace and strength that 481 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 6: will lift you, help you make it through things. 482 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 4: That should have stopped you. 483 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 6: We can all look back and see times where if 484 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 6: it wasn't for the goodness of God, we wouldn't have 485 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 6: made it. What is that the cross carrying you? It 486 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 6: looked like it is going to be heavy, but it 487 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,919 Speaker 6: was a set up. His yoke is easy, gi burden 488 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 6: is life. Why don't you come back to that place 489 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 6: of peace. Nothing in your life has randomly happened. God 490 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 6: has ordered your steps. You may not understand it, but 491 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 6: your life is divinely orchestrated. What God has purpose for 492 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 6: you will come to pass now. I believe and declare 493 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 6: every force that's trying to stop you is being broken. 494 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 6: God is about to turn things in your favor. It 495 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 6: looks like a setback, but it's setting you up for 496 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 6: new levels, for promotion, for healing, for breakthroughs, for. 497 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 4: The fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, And if 498 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 4: you receive it, can you say amen? 499 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 5: Today? 500 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 501 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. 502 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me just say, Lord Jesus, I 503 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 6: repent of my sins. 504 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 505 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 506 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 507 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 6: God in first place. 508 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the Joelus Deine podcast. 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