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I know you're going to leave an encouraged 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:01.280 and inspired. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.560 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.320 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.880 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.880 Enjoy the message. God bless you. It's great to have 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.639 you with us today and I hope you'll stay connected 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:20.280 with us all through the week. You can download our 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:24.160 podcast and listen to the messages anytime, or you can 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.200 go to our YouTube channel. But thanks again for tuning in. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.359 I like to start with something funny and one day, 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.679 Jesus and Satan were having a contest to see who 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.880 was better with computers. After six hours of making spreadsheets 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:41.680 and designing web pages, a thunderstorm knocked the power out. 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:46.600 When they rebooted their computers, Satan started screaming, it's all lost, 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:51.080 all my materials gone, while Jesus quietly walked over and 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:55.320 printed out his turned it in. Satan complained, this isn't fair. 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.080 He must have cheated. How come he didn't lose his 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:03.360 material God smiled and said, Jesus saves, say it like 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.480 you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.239 it says. I am, I have what it says I have, 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.440 I can do what it says I can do today. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.560 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:19.440 confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:23.600 will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.400 I want to talk to you today about time is 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.840 on your side. We've all been through seasons in life 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:34.000 where it feels like we've lost time. We were in 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.600 a relationship that didn't work out. We've lost those years 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.600 we weren't raised in a healthy environment. It feels like 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.880 we've lost our childhood. We came down with an illness 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.640 or struggled with an addiction. Months past, maybe years. It's 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.880 time that we can't get back. It's easy to think 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.840 that was just a rough season. There's nothing that I 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.680 can do about it. But God said in the Book 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.880 of Joel, I will restore the year, years that the 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.480 locusts have eaten, the years that the canker worm and 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:08.560 palmer worm have destroyed. It's said that time is the 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.600 one thing that we can't get back. That's true in 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:16.000 the natural, but we have a supernatural God. He knows 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.360 how to make up for lost time. He's not going 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.919 to just restore you. He's going to restore the years 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.520 that you spent in that relationship that didn't make it. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.919 It feels like it was a waste of time. But 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.040 God is going to make the rest of your life 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.559 so fulfilling that you don't think about what you've been through. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:38.200 He's not going to just bring you out of that illness. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.520 He's going to restore the years that you spent taking 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.880 the treatment. Your latter days will be better than your 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.400 former days. Now here's how good God is. He's even 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.800 going to restore the years that we've wasted making poor choices, 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.479 running with the wrong crowd. Years you should have been studying, 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.400 but you spent them partying. Years that you should have 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.000 been raising children, but you were distracted doing other things. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.000 Years you should have been pursuing dreams, but you let 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:10.080 fear and opposition hold you back. It should be too late. 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:14.200 You missed your chance. God is saying, get ready, I'm 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.400 about to restore the years. I'm about to make up 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.680 for the time you missed with your children. He's not 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.120 going to just restore the relationship. He's going to restore 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.880 the years. He's going to make it as if you 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:31.000 never lost that time. That company you spent years at 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.479 they didn't treat you fairly. God is not going to 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.920 just turn it around, but he's going to pay you 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:41.000 back for what should have been yours. In this passage 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.520 from the Book of Joel, the Israelites planted their crops, 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.039 watered them, did their best to keep the weeds out. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.800 Everything was going great. The crops took off, but when 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:55.160 they were about to harvest them, swarms of locusts came 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.680 in like a mighty army and ate up all the crops. 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:03.360 I'm sure the Israelites were discouraged. It wasn't fair. They 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.960 had worked hard but had nothing to show for it. 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.080 They made it through the winter, believed that God was 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.719 still in control. The next year, they went out and 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.159 planted their crops. They thought that setback can't stop us. 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.359 We didn't have a harvest last year, but God sustained us. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.440 We'll have one this year. But when the crops were 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.760 ready to harvest, here came the locusts, just like the 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.880 year before. When they saw them over the horizon, I 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.640 can imagine how their hearts sunk as they sat there 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.360 and watched millions of locusts slowly eat up their crops. 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.839 It was like pouring salt on a wound. This didn't 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:43.159 happen just one year or just two years, but four 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:48.240 consecutive years their harvest was completely wiped out. They were 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.800 tempted to think there's no use even planning. It's not 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.520 worth the effort. We know what's going to happen. These 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.880 locusts are going to come right back. Joel. I'm believing 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.359 for my health to improve, but every time time I 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.800 go for a checkup, it's the same negative report. I'm 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:07.080 being my best at work, but I'm not being promoted 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.760 like them. It feels like your harvest is being eaten. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.560 You're doing the right thing, but the locusts keeps showing up. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.920 While the Israelites were discouraged, thinking they would never see 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:23.000 a harvest, God spoke to them through the prophet Joel. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.280 He said, in effect, I know it hasn't been fair. 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.440 I've seen what didn't work out, I've seen what's been stolen, 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.840 and I'm not going to just stop the locust. I'm 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.480 not going to just give you a harvest this season. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.240 I'm going to restore the years that were stolen. I'm 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.520 going to give you this season's harvest plus four more 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:48.080 harvest seasons. That's how amazing God is He's going to 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.040 make up for the years that you've lost. The scripture 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.520 went on to say, your threshing floor will be full 0:07:55.560 --> 0:08:00.160 of grain, your storehouses will overflow with wheat and oil. 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:04.560 You will have an abundance and be satisfied. Notice what 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:09.960 happens when God restores abundance, overflow more than enough. They 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:14.080 had been in famine, not seeing any increase, and suddenly 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.680 God not only turned it around, but he paid them 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.160 back for the lost years. He made up for what 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:25.160 should have been theirs. God is keeping a record of 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:29.040 everything that should have been yours. He knows what you 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:33.160 didn't get. He saw you working hard, raising those children, 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.960 making sacrifices, but they haven't turned out like they should. 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.960 He saw you taking the treatment, keeping a good attitude, 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.800 praising him when it wasn't improving, thanking him when you 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.320 didn't feel well. He saw you struggling with the addiction, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.080 trying to beat it, going to counseling, quoting the promises. 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:56.480 But it hasn't changed. Your harvest hasn't come. Don't worry, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.800 it's on the way. God is not going to just 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.960 free you, just heal you, just turn your children around. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.959 He's going to restore the years that you've lost, You're 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.040 going to still get a harvest from all those years 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.720 you prayed, those years you believed, those years you did 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:18.480 the right thing, You worked hard, you helped others. That 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:22.640 harvest has been stored up. The enemy may think he 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.200 took it, but God has the final say. He has 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.600 blessings stored up for you. When he restores the years, 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.360 you're going to be more fulfilled than you've ever been. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.560 You're going to be healthier, stronger, more energy. You're going 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.040 to have better relationships than you've ever dreamed. You're going 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:46.440 to overflow with blessings, overflow with joy, overflow with favor. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.000 A man I know was married at a young age 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.200 and they struggled as a young couple and had some 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.400 rough years, but he was determined to make it work 0:09:56.440 --> 0:10:00.400 out and he went overboard to love, to forget, to 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.720 go the extra mile. They had two children, but at 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:07.360 one point the wife checked out she was done. This 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:11.640 man kept being his best, raising the children basically by himself. 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.800 The wife was still there, but she wouldn't have anything 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.520 to do with him. He kept praying, believing, asking God 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:22.360 to turn it around. But on his twenty fifth wedding anniversary, 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.839 she left a note saying that she was leaving. This 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.559 man was so heartbroken. When I saw him, it looked 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:34.800 like he had aged twenty years. He was normally so upbeat, fun, positive, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.720 but it was like all the life had been drained 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:41.120 out of him. I tried to encourage him, let him 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.720 know that there were good days up ahead, but he 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.080 was so down. He said, I've invested all this time. 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.120 I poured my heart and soul trying to make my 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:54.160 marriage work, and it was all for nothing. God sees 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:58.120 the years you've lost. He knows the pain, the hurt, 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.920 what wasn't fair. The beauty of our God is he 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:06.199 doesn't just heal the wounds. He restores the years. He 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:09.960 makes up for what wasn't fair. You may feel like 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.480 you're in one of those lost years. The pandemic has 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:17.200 slowed your business, put your dreams on hold, you're dealing 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.800 with an illness. A child is off course. You've invested 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.080 so much, but it looks like it was wasted. The 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:28.800 locusts came and ate up your harvest. Stay encouraged. Payback 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:33.079 is coming. God is keeping the records. He knows how 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.920 to not just restore you, but restore the years that 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.760 were stolen, the years that were unfair, the years that 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.920 were lonely, the years you struggled with that depression. When 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.280 God restores the years, you're not going to look like 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.040 what you've been through. When he makes up for what 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:54.400 should have been yours, nobody is going to know that 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.400 you had the illness. Nobody will know you went through 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.680 the breakup. You'll be so blessed, so happy, so healthy, 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:06.280 nobody will be able to tell. Over time, my friend 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.200 began to get his joy back, his passion back, his 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.520 vision back. Instead of living defeated, he started thanking God 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.040 that there were beauty for those ashes, and that what 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.359 was meant for harm, God was turning to his advantage. 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.199 Three years later, he met a beautiful young lady. They 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.520 fell in love and ended up getting married. I'll never 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.200 forget what he told me, he said, Joel, I have 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.800 never been this happy in all my life. I never 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.040 dreamed I could be this fulfilled. I didn't know what 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.679 a healthy relationship was. What was that God was storing 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.400 the years that were lost. God knows how to make 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.559 up for what should have been yours, And just because 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.920 it hasn't happened doesn't mean that it's not going to happen. 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:55.480 God is storing up what belongs to you. I believe 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.000 he's about to release some of those stored up blessings. 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:03.200 When he restores the years, you'll see increase that you've 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:08.480 never seen, blessings that will catapult you ahead, divine connections, 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:12.920 people better than you've ever imagined. Those locusts may have 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.480 eaten up your crops, so to speak. They may have 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:20.600 taken your harvest. The good news is it's only temporary. 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:24.720 Everything that belongs to you is coming back. The health, 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:28.880 the freedom, the promotion, the joy, the victory. It's not 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.760 coming back like it was. It's going to come back, 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:37.240 press down, shaken together, running over. When God restores the years, 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:41.520 like with my friend, your joy will overflow. You'll have 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:46.280 an abundance of opportunity, an abundance of resources, and abundance 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.679 of good health. The Israelites had been in slavery many years. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:55.360 They were mistreated, forced to work long hours, given quotas 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:59.080 that were impossible to meet. Despite how unfair it was, 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.720 they kept working hard, being their best, but not seeing 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:07.520 any increase, no harvest. They thought it was permanent. They 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.839 had already accepted that they would never be free, but 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.680 God sees when you're being mistreated. He sees when you're 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:18.040 doing the right thing, but the locusts are eating your harvest. 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.000 It may feel like God has forgotten about you. You've 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:26.040 accepted that you'll always struggle, always be at a disadvantage, 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:30.240 always have that trouble at work. Now your time is coming. 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.560 God said in Exodus, I have seen the affliction of 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:38.120 my people. I have heard their cries, and I am 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:42.520 coming down to deliver them. God was saying an effect, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:47.000 enough is enough. There will be a time where God says, 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:51.560 that's it. I'm coming down to vindicate you, to heal you, 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.280 to promote you, to pay you back for what you're owed. 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.800 The pharaoh that was holding them captive was very powerful. 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:05.040 He had a huge army, the latest equipment, chariots, skilled warriors. 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.960 The Israelites had none of that, no chance in the natural. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.560 They were slaves. But God is not limited by what 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:16.800 you don't have, by who's against you, by how powerful 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:20.240 the sickness looks, by how long you've struggled, by how 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.200 far that child is off course, nothing can stand against 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.600 our God when he comes down to deliver you. All 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:32.080 the forces of darkness cannot stop in don't focus on 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.520 how big your obstacles are. Focus on how big your 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:39.760 God is. He flung stars into space, he spoke worlds 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.280 into existence. He's saying to you what he said to them. 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.680 I'm coming down to deliver you. I'm coming down to 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.120 make things happen that you couldn't make happen. I'm coming 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:55.840 down to restore the years that you've lost. God sent 0:15:55.920 --> 0:16:00.360 plague after plague on Pharaoh and his people. He was stubbed, 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.920 but he finally agreed to let them go. I'm sure 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.760 the Israelites were thrilled to be free. It was a 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:10.440 day they never dreamed what happen. They were satisfied to 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.680 just be leaving. But God wasn't satisfied. He doesn't just 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:18.200 bring you out. He restores the years that were stolen. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.240 He pays you back for what should have been yours. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.840 On their way out, the scripture says God caused the 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:30.360 Israelites to have favor with their oppressors, and they gave 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.800 them their gold, their silver, and their clothing. One version 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:39.240 says they left loaded down with blessings. What was that 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:43.320 God paying them back for four hundred and thirty years 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:47.400 of working as a slave. God is keeping the records 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.720 of what you're owed. Those times you've done the right thing, 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.040 but the locusts ate up your harvest. You did your best, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:57.080 but you didn't get promoted. The loan didn't go through, 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:02.640 the anxiety didn't go away. Despite all you kept believing, praising, 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:07.280 being good to others like these people. Your time is coming. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.560 God is storing up the harvest that should have been yours. 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:15.080 It seems like the locusts are eating it. The truth is, 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.520 what God has for you is still on the way. 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.919 The joy that should have been yours those years you 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.840 were dealing with depression, it's still coming. The resources that 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:29.080 should have been yours those years you were overlooked, they're 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:33.040 still on the way. The healing, the good relationships, the 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:36.600 victory you missed out on, it is still in your future. 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.639 Our daughter, Alexandra, was born a month and a half 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.040 before my father went to be with the Lord, and 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:47.200 during that time he was on dialysis. Many times I 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.320 would take him up to the clinic. It was a 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.240 very busy season. Then when he went to be with 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:55.560 the Lord, our whole life changed. I was thrust into 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.880 this position. I was doing my best just to stay afloat. 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.879 I don't remember very well. The first couple of years 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:07.200 of Alexandra's life. We were in such transition. I was 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.480 learning how to minister, try to figure everything out. It 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:15.360 consumed me. Several years later, I realized I didn't have 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.159 the same memories of Alexandra's first few years like I 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:23.560 did our son Jonathan's. I said, almost in passing, God, 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:27.119 I'm asking you to restore those years that I lost 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.200 by being so busy and so preoccupied with other things. 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.480 Alexandra was eight years old when I prayed that all 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.600 she wanted to do was to be with me. She 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:40.879 would rather go out in the backyard and let me 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.800 watch her do cartwheels than go over to her friends. 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:46.960 Sometimes I needed a break. I say, why don't you 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.440 go swimming with your cousins, Why don't you have your 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.080 friends over? She said, no, Dad, I want to stay 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.760 here with you. She'd come up to me all through 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:58.040 the day, put her arm around me, walk around the house. 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.320 We were the best of friends. She's twenty one years 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:04.560 old now, doesn't know who I am. I'm just kidding. 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:06.800 We're still the best of friends. You know what that 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:11.399 was God restoring the years, making up for lost time. 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.600 God is going to do that for you. He's going 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.320 to restore opportunities that you missed. He's going to restore 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:21.880 relationships that are not what they should be. He's going 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:25.320 to restore the years you lost not making good decisions, 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.600 giving in to compromise. You don't have to live in 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:32.240 regrets thinking you missed your season. It's too late to 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.960 accomplish your dreams, too late to have good relationships with 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:39.680 your family. There's too much water under the bridge. God 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.600 knew we would make mistakes. He's not going to just 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:46.600 redeem you. He's going to redeem the time. He's going 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.879 to give you another chance. Don't believe those lies that 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.600 you're too old who made too many mistakes. You wouldn't 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:57.720 be hearing this if God wasn't about to restore the years. 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:00.520 He's about to make up for that heart travist that 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:04.440 you missed. I have a digital clock on my bathroom 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:08.560 counter at home. It gets his information from the satellite. 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:11.960 Unlike older clocks that rely on their own software to 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.680 keep time, these digital clocks come from a master clock 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.439 that's transmitted from a satellite. Now while back, I was 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.960 about to get in the shower one evening, and I 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:25.320 noticed that it was nine thirty. A few minutes later, 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.000 when I got out of the shower, I looked at 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.600 the clock and it read nine twenty two. I thought 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.639 that strange. I know it was just nine thirty. I 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.879 thought I must be seeing things while I was watching it. 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:41.720 The clock went back to nine eighteen. In a few seconds, 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.560 it went to nine oh seven. It kept backing up. 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:49.000 I realized it was getting bad reception. But I'd never 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:53.120 seen that happen before. What's interesting is that day I'd 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:56.160 had a very busy schedule. I had a lot to do, 0:20:56.520 --> 0:21:00.800 but I hardly got anything done. I had interruptions, delays, 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:04.000 things that didn't work out. I was kind of frustrated, 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:07.760 thinking what an unproductive day. When I saw the clock 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:11.800 go backwards, it was as if God was saying to me, Joel, 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:15.960 quit worrying about what you didn't get done. I control time. 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.439 I can back things up. I can make up for 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:25.160 lost time. You may have missed opportunities, missed relationships. They 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:28.640 were there, but you were distracted, you weren't focused. They 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:32.480 passed you by. Don't worry. God can turn back time. 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:36.280 He's about to bring things across your path that should 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:40.000 have been yours years ago. You missed it the first time, 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:43.440 like I did with Alexandra. But God's about to give 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.639 you another chance. He's about to turn back time. I 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:51.560 was at a book signing years ago I met this lady. 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:55.159 She and her daughter were estranged. They hadn't spoken to 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:57.959 each other in years. She had reached out to her 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:02.600 daughter many times with no success. Now she was discouraged, 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:06.920 feeling guilty. She heard me talking about how God can 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:09.840 restore the years that were lost, even when it was 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:12.760 our fault, How he can turn back time and give 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:16.720 us another chance. Faith rose in her heart. She said, God, 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:20.400 do that for me. She kept trying, but the daughter 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:24.119 wouldn't have anything to do with her. Months later, she 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:27.040 came to that book signing. Out of the hundreds of 0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:30.320 people there, she noticed that her daughter was in line. 0:22:30.840 --> 0:22:34.000 She hadn't seen her in person in years. She went 0:22:34.040 --> 0:22:38.120 over to her. It was a divine appointment. They embraced 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:42.040 held on to each other while they wept. Healing was 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:45.560 taking place. When they came up to the table, they 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:49.320 were both still weeping. The mother told how she didn't 0:22:49.359 --> 0:22:52.320 know her daughter watched us on television. She had no 0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:55.320 idea she'd be at that book signing, But that was 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:58.480 a turning point. Today they're the best of friends. They 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:02.960 do everything together. God knows how to turn back time. 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:06.880 It's not too late for you to have good relationships. 0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:10.080 It's not too late for you to accomplish your dreams. 0:23:10.600 --> 0:23:13.439 God is about to put you at the right place 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:16.760 at the right time. He's going to make things happen 0:23:17.040 --> 0:23:20.680 that you couldn't make happen that time you lost being 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:24.040 at odds with people you love. God's about to restore 0:23:24.119 --> 0:23:28.159 those years, that time you spent fighting the illness, not 0:23:28.280 --> 0:23:31.800 able to go to work, not pursuing dreams. God is 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:34.640 going to turn back time. He's going to make up 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:37.960 for what should have been yours. The locusts may have 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:41.399 eaten your harvest, they may have delayed some things. The 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.480 good news is God is going to pay you back. 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:47.879 He's going to restore those years of harvest that you 0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:51.800