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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Jill Loustine Podcast. Help leus continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give Hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. Thanks for letting us come into 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 5: your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 5: stop buy be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 5: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas 36 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 5: right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you, But 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 5: thanks so much for tuning in. I like to start 38 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 5: with something funny and I heard about this elderly minister. 39 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 5: He was close to death. He sent word for two 40 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 5: of his members, an ours agent and a lawyer, to 41 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 5: come to his house. Upon arrival, he motioned for them 42 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 5: to sit on each side of the bed. The men 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 5: were very moved that they could be with the minister 44 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: in his final moments. One point, the lawyer asked, very sincerely, sir, 45 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 5: why did you choose both of us. The minister mustered 46 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 5: up some strength and said, Jesus died between two sinners. 47 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 5: That's the way I want to go. Say it like 48 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 49 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 50 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 51 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 52 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 53 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 54 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about miracles out 55 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 5: of mistakes. We've all made wrong choices and done things 56 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 5: that we knew were not the best. It's one thing 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 5: when other people do us wrong. We had a bad break. 58 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 5: It wasn't our fault. We can have faith that God 59 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 5: will restore. He'll pay us back. But when we bring 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 5: the trouble on ourselves, when we blow it, it's easy 61 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 5: to live in regrets thinking that God's not going to 62 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 5: help us. We made the mess. But here's the beauty. 63 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 5: God knew you would mess up before he called you. 64 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 5: He knew we would get off course at times given 65 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 5: to temptation. He didn't baste his plan for your life 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 5: on you making perfect decisions. God has a plan even 67 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 5: for your mistakes. What you think is a failure, you 68 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 5: blew it. Nothing good could come out of that. God 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 5: has a way of making miracles out of mistakes. He 70 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 5: can take what should have left you lonely disappointed, what 71 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 5: should have limited your career, instead of setting you back, 72 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 5: God knows how to turn it around and set you up, 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 5: to move you towards your destiny. But too often, when 74 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 5: we make mistakes, we go around down on ourselves, guilty, 75 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 5: not expecting anything good. Voices tell us too bad, Just 76 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 5: live with the consequences. It's all downhill from here. But 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 5: be encouraged. God is full of mercy. He doesn't turn 78 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 5: his back when we make mistakes. He doesn't say I'm 79 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 5: done with you. You'll never get it right. Just the opposite. 80 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 5: He comes running to us. He'll not only help you 81 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 5: clean up the mess you made, he'll take it one 82 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 5: step further and make miracles out of those mistakes. Paul 83 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 5: said it this way, all things work together for good. 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 5: When you love the Lord, all things means even our mistakes, 85 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 5: the times we blew it God off course, God knows 86 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 5: how to work it for our good. You may be 87 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 5: in a complicated situation, a problem that seems like it'll 88 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 5: never work out. There are other people involved, different personalities, 89 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 5: legal circumstances. It seems too complex. But God hasn't all 90 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 5: figured out. He can see things you can't see. His 91 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 5: ways are better than our ways. You may have brought 92 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 5: the trouble on yourself. God is saying, I'm going to 93 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 5: correct those complications. I'm going to resolve complex issues. I'm 94 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 5: going to make things work out that you could have 95 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 5: never made work on your own. That's what he did 96 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 5: for Abraham. In the scripture, God gave him the promise 97 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 5: that he and his wife Sarah were going to have 98 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 5: a baby. Year after year went by and nothing happened. 99 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 5: They decided to try to help God out. Sarah told 100 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 5: Abraham to sleep with her maid Hagar. He did, and 101 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 5: they had a baby boy that they named Ishmael. They 102 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 5: were so excited, thanking God for the promise, but Ishmael 103 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 5: wasn't the promised child. No disrespect to him. Ish was 104 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: a mistake. He was born out of Abraham and Sarah's impatience. 105 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 5: They got in a hurry, took matters into their own hands, 106 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 5: and had this baby. Now there was strife and division 107 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 5: in their home. Sarah was upset with Abraham, saying, what 108 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 5: in the world were you thinking sleeping with my maid? 109 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 5: He said, what do you mean? You're the one who 110 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 5: told me to do it. She said, you shouldn't have 111 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 5: listened to me. You should have known better. Every time 112 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 5: Sarah saw Hagar, she became more and more upset. Finally 113 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 5: she gave Abraham the ultimatum, either that lady in her 114 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 5: son leaves or I'm leaving. I'm not saying in the 115 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 5: house with that woman. Abraham was in a complicated situation. 116 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 5: Two women mad at him. He's trying to please both 117 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 5: of them. He needed divine intervention. He was at a crossroads. 118 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 5: He has to send his son away out into the desert. 119 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 5: Look like that would be the end of Ishmael. The 120 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 5: problem was he loved Ishmael, that was his son. He 121 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 5: was conflicted, thinking, I love Sarah and I love Ishmael. 122 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 5: How did I get myself into this mess? God could 123 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 5: have said, Abraham, you'd have listened to me, you wouldn't 124 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 5: have this mess. Should have waited, should have been more patient. 125 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 5: Was your own fault? Instead, God said, in effect, yes, Abraham, 126 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 5: it's complicated. Yes it's dysfunctional, their strife and division. But 127 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 5: I wouldn't have let you get in this mess if 128 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 5: I didn't know how to bring you out of this mess. 129 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 5: God told Abraham, I'm going to bring out of your 130 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 5: son Ishmael a great nation. I'm going to multiply his 131 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 5: descendants and make him extremely fruitful. Even though Ishmael was 132 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 5: considered a mistake born out of what the scripture calls 133 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 5: works of the fla, trying to make it happen on 134 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 5: our own, God in his mercy said, I'm going to 135 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 5: take that mistake and make a miracle. I'm going to 136 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 5: bring something significant out of him, Abraham, in spite of 137 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 5: your failures, in spite of how you blew it. Like Abraham, 138 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 5: we all have some Ishmaels. Times we blew it, tried 139 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 5: to make it happen on our own. God involved in 140 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 5: things we shouldn't have. Now it's a mess. The accuser 141 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 5: constantly whispers, God's not gonna bless you. You knew better. 142 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 5: Just sit on the sidelines of life. Don't believe those lies. 143 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 5: God has mercy for every mistake. God loves to make 144 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 5: the enemy pay for bringing that trouble. If you'll stay 145 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 5: in faith, God will not only bring you through it, 146 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 5: he'll take the mess you made, clean it up, and 147 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 5: bring you out better. Abraham had a son named Isaac. 148 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 5: Isaac had a son named Jacob. Jacob had a son 149 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 5: named Joseph. Abraham was Joseph's great great grandfather. You remember, 150 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 5: as a teenager, Joseph's brothers were jealous of him and 151 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 5: threw him into a pit. They were going to leave 152 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 5: him there to die, but the scripture says a caravan 153 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 5: of Ishmaelites came passing by. These were the descendants of Ishmael, 154 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 5: part of the great nation that God promised Abraham. When 155 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 5: Joseph's brothers saw the Ishmaelites, they changed their mind and 156 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 5: decided to sell Joseph to them. If it had not 157 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 5: been for the Ishmaelites, Joseph would have died there in 158 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 5: the pit. He would have never made it to the palace, 159 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 5: never been in charge of the food supply during the famine. 160 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 5: The Israelites years later wouldn't have had what they needed 161 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 5: to survive. What am I saying the mistake of Abraham 162 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 5: became the miracle of his great great grandson Joseph. This 163 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 5: is how amazing God is. He has a plan even 164 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 5: for our mistakes, even when we blow it. The scripture 165 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 5: says God is going to work all things for our good. 166 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: He cannot only correct a complicated situation, but he can 167 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: somehow use it years later to bless your descendants. Some 168 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 5: of you are thinking, my descendants are going to really 169 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 5: be blessed all the mistakes I've made. But sometimes we 170 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 5: make mistakes like Abraham, when we're trying to do the 171 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 5: right thing. Our heart is in the right place, but 172 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 5: we miss it. We believe God will help us because 173 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 5: He's merciful and we were doing our best. Other times, 174 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 5: we know what the right thing is, we know what 175 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 5: we should do, but we do just the opposite. This 176 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 5: is when we think I don't deserve God's goodness. Joel, 177 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 5: I made the mess. I knew I shouldn't hang around 178 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 5: these friends. I did it anyway. Now I'm in trouble. 179 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 5: Now I had this addiction. I knew I should control 180 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 5: my temper, I knew I should my tongue, but I 181 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 5: kept giving in. Now I don't have a job. Now 182 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 5: I lost a relationship. When we bring trouble on ourselves, 183 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 5: thoughts of guilt and condemnation bombard our mind, saying God's 184 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 5: not going to help you. You knew better just sit 185 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 5: on the sidelines of life. This is how Jonah felt 186 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 5: in the scripture. God told him to go to the 187 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 5: city of Nineveh. He had clear directions. He knew exactly 188 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 5: what he was supposed to do. But Jonah didn't want 189 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 5: to go to Ninevah. He got on a boat headed 190 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 5: in the opposite direction. The scripture says the Lord caused 191 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 5: a great wind to blow on the sea, and such 192 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 5: a violent storm arose that it threatened to break the 193 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 5: boat apart. It's interesting that the Lord sent the storm. 194 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 5: God knows how to get our attention. And when you 195 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 5: know you're going the wrong way like this boat, things 196 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: were going to say start to fall apart. You can't 197 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 5: pray away all the winds. You can say peace be 198 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 5: still all day long, but the winds may not calm down. 199 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 5: It is because you're causing the trouble. God loves you 200 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 5: too much to let you miss your destiny. He's not 201 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: going to let you go year after year on the 202 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 5: wrong course and never get your attention, and sometimes it's 203 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 5: the enemy fighting us, trying to keep us from our destiny. 204 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 5: That's why we have storms difficulties. Other times we're bringing 205 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 5: the trouble on ourselves. If we just get back on 206 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 5: the right course, do what we know we should do, 207 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 5: those winds would calm down the people sailing with. Jonah said, 208 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 5: who's responsible for causing all this trouble? Jonah said, it's me. 209 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 5: I'm a Hebrew, I worship God. I know where I'm 210 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,319 Speaker 5: supposed to be going, But I'm running from the Lord. 211 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 5: When you're running from the Lord, you're running from your destiny. 212 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 5: It's not only going to cause you trouble, it's going 213 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 5: to bring trouble to the people around you. When they 214 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 5: threw Jonah overboard, the winds died down, the storms stopped. 215 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 5: Our decisions don't just affect us, they affect our family. 216 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 5: They affect our children. If you don't do the right 217 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 5: thing for yourself, at least do it for your children. 218 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 5: At least do it for your family. Jonah was big 219 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 5: enough to admit I'm the cause. That's the first step 220 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 5: to victory. As long as you're making excuses, thinking it 221 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 5: doesn't matter than the winds the storms, the difficulty are 222 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 5: going to continue. Jonah was out in the ocean, thrown overboard. 223 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 5: I'm sure he thought I'm done, and I have nobody 224 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 5: to blame. It was all my fault. All of a sudden, 225 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 5: a huge fish swallowed Jonah. God in his great mercy, 226 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,119 Speaker 5: was saying, Jonah, you can run, but you can't hide. 227 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 5: I'm not finished with you. I have a destiny for 228 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 5: you to fulfill. The Psalmist said, if you go down 229 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 5: to the depths of the ocean or way up in 230 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 5: the heavens, God will be right there. You can't get 231 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 5: away from him. You haven't made too many mistakes, you 232 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 5: haven't blown it too many times. God's calling on your 233 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 5: life is irrevocable. That means God is not going to 234 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 5: change his mind because you got off course. He's not 235 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 5: going to leave you alone until you get back on 236 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 5: the right path. The sooner you do that, the better 237 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 5: off you're going to be. Jonah was sitting in the 238 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 5: belly of the well. It was dark, uncomfortable, it stunk. 239 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 5: Most people would have complained. Not Jonah. He was grateful 240 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 5: to be alive. He knew it was the mercy of 241 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 5: God having that fish. They're waiting for him. God will 242 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 5: allow storms when we get off course. He may allow 243 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 5: something to get our attention, but he's not going to 244 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 5: let those difficulties take your life. Three days later, that 245 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 5: well spit Joe up on dry ground, and the scripture says, 246 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 5: the word of the Lord came a second time to Jonah. 247 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 5: God gave him another chance. What did God say this time? 248 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 5: Go to the city of Nineveh, same thing he said 249 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 5: the first time. Friends, God is not going to change 250 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 5: his mind. You might as well do what he's asking 251 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 5: you to do. He'll give you a second chance, a 252 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 5: third chance, a twentieth chance, but it's going to be 253 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 5: storey until you get back on the right course. Yes 254 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 5: he'll have a fish there to save you. Yes he'll 255 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 5: make a miracle out of that mistake. But at some 256 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 5: point you have to take responsibility and say, I'm the Jonah. 257 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 5: I'm going against what I know is not right. I'm 258 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 5: hanging out with these friends that I know are pulling 259 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 5: me down. I'm living negative, critical hard to get along with. 260 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 5: I'm not being disciplined in what I'm watching. That's going 261 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 5: to cause it to be rocky, not just for you, 262 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 5: but for the people around you, and God is not 263 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 5: asking you to be perfect. He's not asking you to 264 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 5: never make a mistake. But he is asking us to 265 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 5: deal with the things that are holding us back, to 266 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: not let the same areas of compromise keep us down 267 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 5: year after year. He has some many of us for 268 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 5: you to go to, some people, for you to impact 269 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 5: new levels of your destiny. David said it this way. 270 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 5: The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 271 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 5: Though he fall, he will not be destroyed, for the 272 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 5: Lord will be there to pick him up. This is saying, 273 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 5: even though God is directing our steps, there will be 274 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 5: times that we fall, we make mistakes, we get off course. 275 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 5: God doesn't say that's it, I'm done with you. Just 276 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 5: like with Jonah, God will be right there to help 277 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 5: pick you up. He'll help you get back on the 278 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 5: right course. It's like the navigation system you may have 279 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 5: in your car. Most of us have a GPS system 280 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 5: on our cell phone. You type in the address and 281 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 5: the computer calculates the best route. Then it starts telling 282 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 5: you where to go, things like turn right in three 283 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 5: hundred feet state of the left and enter the freeway. 284 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 5: The other day, I was driving to a friend of 285 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 5: mine's house. He lives about thirty miles away, and the 286 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 5: lady on the GPS came on and said exit in 287 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 5: a quarter of a mile. Well, Victoria and I were talking. 288 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 5: There was a lot of traffic, and accidentally I passed 289 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 5: up that exit. If you miss a turn or you 290 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 5: don't obey what the lady's telling you to do, she 291 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 5: doesn't come back on and say, you missed your exit, 292 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 5: go back and try again, she says recalculating route. The 293 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 5: navigation system is designed for people who make mistakes. It 294 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 5: doesn't give you one way, and if you miss it, 295 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 5: that's it. As long as you have gas in your 296 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 5: car or battery in your cell phone, it's gonna tell 297 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 5: you how to get to your destination. I have never 298 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 5: missed a turn and had the lady come on and say, 299 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, you can't get there from here. You're just 300 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 5: too lost. Never once has she said you've disobeyed too 301 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 5: many of my commands. I'm done with you. You're finished. 302 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 5: One time, I knew the way I wanted to go. 303 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 5: I was in a neighborhood that I was familiar with, 304 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 5: but the GPS system was telling me to go a 305 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 5: different route. It wanted me to turn left, and then 306 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 5: go way down the street. Well, I wanted to go 307 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 5: down the street first and then turn left. Same difference. 308 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 5: But for about two miles, every block it told me 309 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 5: turn left and then said recalculating route. I heard that 310 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 5: every ten seconds, recalculating route, recalculating route. What's interesting is, 311 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 5: no matter how stubborn I was, no matter how much 312 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 5: I ignored that lady, she never got mad at me. 313 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 5: She never came on said you're a loser. Don't ever 314 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 5: get ony. I'm never gonna help you. She just kept 315 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 5: recalculating the route, trying to get me to my destination. 316 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 5: If the GPS lady can continually recalculate when we get 317 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 5: off course, how much more with the creator of the 318 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 5: universe recalculate our route when we make mistakes. If she 319 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 5: doesn't give up on us, why do we think our 320 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 5: heavenly father is going to give up on us? Well, Joe, 321 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 5: it's because I got so far off course. I shouldn't 322 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 5: have given into this addiction. I should have raised my 323 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 5: children better. I should have stayed in church, kept God 324 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 5: in first place. The good news is you haven't made 325 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 5: too many wrong terms. You haven't missed too many exits. 326 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,479 Speaker 5: Your heavenly father is not mad at you. He's saying, 327 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 5: recalculating route, I still have a way to get you 328 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 5: to your destiny. That mistake didn't stop my plan. That 329 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 5: delay didn't cancel your purpose. Why don't you quit beating 330 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: yourself up, quit reliving your failures all the time you've 331 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 5: missed it, and get back on the right path. It's 332 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 5: not too late. God's mercy is bigger than any mistake 333 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 5: you've made. Unlike the GPS lady, God knows the end 334 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 5: from the beginning. He knew every mistake you would make. 335 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: He has already recalculated your route. You can still fulfill 336 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 5: the best plan God has for your life. Abraham and 337 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 5: Sarah did. They made that mistake. Abraham had a baby 338 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 5: out of wedlock. One point. Abraham lied and told everyone 339 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 5: Sarah his wife, was his sister. God didn't say I'm 340 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 5: done with you. You are one dysfunctional family. You lie, 341 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 5: You're impatient. God kept recalculating the route, kept giving them 342 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 5: another chance. At the age of one hundred, Abraham saw 343 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 5: the promise come to pass. Isaac was born, the promised child. 344 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 5: You may have made decisions that have delayed things. You 345 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 5: got off course, but you're not stuck. God has a 346 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 5: new route. If you'll get your passion back, shake off 347 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 5: the guilt, God will get you to where you're supposed 348 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 5: to be, not some secondary place, but to the best 349 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 5: plan that He has for your life. When the Israelites 350 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 5: were in the desert, headed toward the Promised Land, they 351 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 5: got tired and started complaining. The scripture says, even though 352 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 5: they were stubborn and refused to obey God's commands, he 353 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: was still good to them. That was God recalculating their route. 354 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 5: They wouldn't obey his commands. God didn't say I'm done 355 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 5: with you. He kept giving them water when they were thirsty, 356 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 5: food when they were hungry. At one point they made 357 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 5: an idol and said, this is the God who brought 358 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 5: us out of slavery. After all God had done for them, 359 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 5: parted the Red Sea, brought them out of Pharaoh's hand. 360 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 5: You would think God was say I am done with you. 361 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 5: You are on your own, but the scripture says, in 362 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 5: his mercy, God did not abandon them. He is a 363 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 5: god of forgiveness, slow to become angry, full of unfailing 364 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 5: love and kindness. When we make mistakes, God doesn't abandon 365 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 5: us when we get off course. We'd obey his commands. 366 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 5: He doesn't write us all. You can turn your back 367 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 5: on God, but God's not going to turn his back 368 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 5: on you. You may be off course, you've made poor decisions, 369 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 5: but God has already recalculated your wrath. He already has 370 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 5: a new way to get you to your destination. My 371 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 5: father was married at a very early age. Unfortunately, that 372 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 5: marriage didn't work out. Daddy was devastated. He resigned from 373 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 5: his church. Denominational leaders told him that he would never 374 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 5: pastor again. He thought his days of ministry was over. 375 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 5: Didn't think he'd ever have a family. He left the 376 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 5: minister and started selling insurance. Every thought told him, you're 377 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 5: a failure. You blew it. Nothing good is in your future. 378 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 5: What he couldn't hear was God saying, recalculating, Ralph, I 379 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 5: still have a way. I make miracles out of mistakes. 380 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 5: God didn't abandon him when he got off course. He fell, 381 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 5: But like David said, God was right there to help 382 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 5: pick him back up, and eventually my father shook off 383 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 5: the guilt. He quit listening to the accusing voices. Two 384 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 5: years later he got back in the ministry. One day 385 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 5: he was at the hospital visiting some of his members 386 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 5: when he noticed a beautiful young nurse. It was my mother. 387 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 5: He was so taken by her he started looking for 388 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 5: any opportunity he could find to go up to that hospital. 389 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 5: He would visit your great uncle, second cousins, next door, neighbor, 390 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 5: if you ask him to. He was almost hoping some 391 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 5: of his members would get sick so he could go 392 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 5: to the hospital. My mother didn't know what was going on. 393 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 5: She told a friend that pastor has the sickest congregation 394 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 5: I've ever seen. Finally dawned on her. He was up 395 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 5: there to see her. Long story short, They fell in love, 396 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 5: got married, had five children. I'm glad God recalculated the route, 397 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 5: or I wouldn't be here today. But my father went 398 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 5: on to have a ministry, touched the world, married to 399 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 5: my mother for over forty four years. What am I saying, 400 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 5: No mistake you've made is too much for the mercy 401 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 5: of God. He knows how to rewrap. Quit beating yourself up, 402 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 5: living guilty, thinking you've seen your best days. You wouldn't 403 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 5: be alive unless God had something greater in your future. 404 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 5: This is what happened with Moses. He made a mistake. 405 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 5: As a young man, he knew God had called him 406 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 5: to deliver the Israelites from slavery, black Abraham and Sarah. 407 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 5: He got in a hurry and tried to do it 408 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 5: in his own strength. He saw a Hebrew slave being mistreated. 409 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 5: He didn't think anyone was watching, so he killed the 410 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: man who was mistreating him. The next day, somebody told 411 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 5: the fay Roh. Moses had to run for his life. 412 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 5: He spent years on the backside of the desert in hiding. 413 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 5: This is not what he had planned. It looked like 414 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 5: he had missed his destiny. It was nobody's fault except 415 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 5: his own. God didn't write him off. God didn't say, Moses, 416 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 5: you knew better. Why didn't your way? God simply said, 417 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 5: recalculating Ralph. Forty years later, Moses was still in the desert, 418 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 5: thinking he was forgotten, giving up on his dreams Suddenly 419 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 5: a bush exploded in front of him, like spontaneous combustion. 420 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 5: It burned and burned. Strange thing was the bush didn't 421 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 5: burn up. Intrigued, Moses walked over to see what was 422 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 5: going on. A voice boomed out, Moses, Moses, take off 423 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 5: your sandals you are standing on Holy gram Moses was confused, 424 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 5: thinking I failed, I've made mistakes. I thought I was done, 425 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 5: But I hear him calling my name, not once, but twice. 426 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 5: Moses most if God would have said it once, he 427 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 5: would have thought, I'm hearing things. This son is getting 428 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 5: to me. God said it twice on purpose, so there 429 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 5: would be no doubt about it. At the age of eighty, 430 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 5: after a forty year detour, God recalculated the route Moses 431 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 5: went on to deliver the Israelites. He fulfilled his purpose. 432 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 5: I believe today God is recalculating some routes. You may 433 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 5: have made mistakes. You think you've blown it too many times. 434 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 5: You need to get ready. Like Moses, a burning bush 435 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 5: is coming your way. You messed up, But if you'll listen, 436 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 5: you'll hear God calling your name. He's saying, get your 437 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 5: pa back, shake off the guilt, get ready to take 438 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 5: new ground. You can still become all God's created you 439 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 5: to be. He's not finished with you. If you will 440 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare God is going to 441 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 5: make miracles out of your mistakes. He's going to correct 442 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 5: complicated situations, restore what the enemy's stolen and take you 443 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 5: into the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. And 444 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 5: if you receive it today, can you say amen? I'd 445 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 446 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 5: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 447 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 5: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 448 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 5: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 449 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 450 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 5: in a good Bible based church, and keep God first place. Victorian, 451 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 5: I will be right back to speak a blessing over you. 452 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 453 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,239 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 454 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's inspirational series Fearless Courageous Living. 455 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 5: Every Day. 456 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 4: In this series, you'll be challenged to reject fear, to 457 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 4: activate your faith, and to watch God do the impossible. 458 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 4: Stand on God's promises and see Him do exceedingly, abundantly 459 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 4: more than you could ever ask or think. 460 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 6: You can handle whatever comes your way. Don't let thoughts 461 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 6: of fear and intimidation hold you back. God has equipped 462 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 6: you and empowered you. Be bold, be strong, and say, 463 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 6: like David, I will not fear. 464 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 5: When you choose faith over fear, God will take your 465 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 5: places that you've never dreamed. Request this resource. It will 466 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 5: be a great. 467 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 4: Help to request your copy of Fearless Today at Joelosting 468 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 4: dot com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 469 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 7: Several years ago, I was diagnosed with what's called AA 470 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 7: that's an extremely enlarged thyroid. It was the size of 471 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 7: both of my surgeon's fists, and I had to have 472 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 7: surgery and they told me I'd never sing again, and 473 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 7: I felt hopeless. But you know what this ministry teaches 474 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 7: us that we're never victims, but we are always victors, 475 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 7: and that is what gave me the hope and the 476 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 7: faith to be able to press on. I had that surgery, 477 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 7: but now I'm singing like I could before, and my 478 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 7: life has never been the same. 479 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 5: Thank you so much for your prayer and support of 480 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 5: the ministry. You're helping to change the lives all over 481 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 5: the world, and we are very grateful for your generosity. 482 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 5: A special thank you to our Champion of Whole Partners 483 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 5: for all you do to make the ministry possible. Know 484 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 5: that we pray for you. We're believing you're going to 485 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 5: see dreams come to pass and God exceed your expectations. 486 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 5: Take your places that you've never even thought possible. Stay 487 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 5: in faith, Stay encouraged. You're not average, You're not mediocre. 488 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 5: You are a child of the most high God. 489 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 8: Nice funds, soft, fluffy and ultralow neetcarbs. 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