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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 Joe Lostine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 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 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 33 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 5: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 5: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 5: I'd like to start with something funny. And one day 37 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 5: Adam was feeling very lonely. God said Adam, I'm going 38 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 5: to make you a companion. It's going to be called 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 5: a woman. This person will cook for you and wash 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 5: your clothes. She will bear you children and never ask 41 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 5: you to get up in the middle of the night. 42 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 5: She will always agree with you, and if you have 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 5: a disagreement, she'll be the first to admit she was wrong. 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 5: Adam said, wile, God, what will a woman like this cost? 45 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 5: God said an arm and a leg? Adam said, what 46 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 5: can I get for a rib? And the rest is history. 47 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 48 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 5: I am what it says. I am. I have what 49 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 51 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confessed. My mind is alert, my 52 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 53 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 54 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 5: about sleep on. It's easy to live frustrated because somebody's 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 5: not doing what we want, or discourage because of a 56 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 5: disappointment because a dream hasn't come to pass. But I've 57 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 5: learned God doesn't remove every frustration. He doesn't change every 58 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 5: person we don't like and take away everything that's bothering us. 59 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says be still and know that he is God. 60 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 5: This implies if we're not still, if we're upset, worried, frustrated, 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 5: we're not going to know that he is God. Most 62 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 5: of the times I'm frustrated, I'm trying to change things 63 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: that only God can change. I'm trying to be God 64 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 5: and fix things that I can't control. You can't make 65 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 5: people do what's right. You can't make yourself do well. 66 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 5: If you're trying to control everything, you're going to be frustrated. 67 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 5: You have to turn it over to God. Do what 68 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 5: you can, then let him take care of the rest. 69 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 5: Life is too short to live frustrated because we're not 70 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 5: getting our way, frustrated because something unfair has happened. God 71 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 5: wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep 72 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 5: you from your purpose. It's a test. Are you going 73 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 5: to let it steal your joy, live stressed out? Or 74 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 5: are you going to be still and know that He 75 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 5: is God? If God is not changing it, you have 76 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 5: to be mature enough to say, God, I don't like it, 77 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 5: but I know you've allowed it, and until you change it, 78 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 5: I'm going to stay in peace and enjoy my life. 79 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 5: The real victory is not when God does everything you 80 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 5: want removes all your frustrations. The real victory is when 81 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 5: those things happen, but it doesn't bother you anymore. You're 82 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:48,679 Speaker 5: at peace. You know God is still in control. Matthew 83 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 5: twenty six. Jesus was about to be betrayed and go 84 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 5: to the cross. He went with his disciples to a 85 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 5: place called Gasimine. He was so troubled and so overwhelmed. 86 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 5: He asked his disciples to stay there and pray for him. 87 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 5: He went away by himself, fell on the ground, said, Father, 88 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 5: if it's possible, take this cup from me. And a 89 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 5: little while. He went back to check on his disciples, 90 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 5: hoping to gain some strength, some encouragement from them. But 91 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 5: when he showed up, he found that they were all 92 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 5: sound asleep. He couldn't believe it. He woke them up 93 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 5: and said, guys, couldn't you stay up and pray for me? 94 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 5: This is the biggest challenge I've ever faced. He was 95 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 5: kind of frustrated. He asked them again, even more emphatically, 96 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 5: please stay awake. The spirit is willing, but the flesh 97 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: is weak. Pray. Jesus went away again by himself to pray. 98 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 5: He thought for sure, this time they got the message. 99 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 5: He came back a little later, same thing, still sleeping. 100 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 5: You can imagine how disappointed he was. He turned around, 101 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 5: went back to pray some more. Then he thought, I'll 102 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 5: go check on them one last time. This third time, 103 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 5: I know they'll be praying. After all I've done for them, 104 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 5: I know they'll be standing in faith with me. He 105 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 5: went back the third time, but they were still sleepy. 106 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 5: This time, he didn't try to wake them up. He 107 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 5: didn't try to get them to be for him. He 108 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 5: looked at them and said sleep on. He came to 109 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 5: the point where he didn't let it bother him anymore. 110 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 5: He could have kept waking them up, trying to make 111 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 5: it happen, being frustrated. Instead, he accepted he wasn't going 112 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 5: to have their support. He accepted it wasn't going to 113 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 5: work out his way. He didn't fight it. He didn't 114 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 5: let it frustrate him anymore. He said sleep on and 115 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 5: moved forward. There are times in life when things don't 116 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: work out the way we wanted. The people we were 117 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 5: counting on weren't there for us. The medical report wasn't good, 118 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 5: the dream isn't happening on our timetable. We could be frustrated. 119 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 5: We did the right thing, we stayed in faith, but 120 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 5: it's not working out. You have to do what Jesus did. 121 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 5: Tell the disappointment, tell the delay, tell the frustration. Sleep on, 122 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 5: You're not going to bother me anymore. I know God 123 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 5: is still on the throne. I know he's fighting my 124 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 5: battles and he will get me to where I'm supposed 125 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 5: to be. Are there some things you need to tell? 126 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 5: Sleep on? That person you've been trying to change, No 127 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,559 Speaker 5: matter how hard you try, they want do what you want. 128 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 5: It's time to say sleep on. You can't control people. 129 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 5: You can't make them do what's right. Pray for them, 130 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 5: be respectful, but don't go the next thirty years letting 131 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 5: them frustrate you. Two simple words can change your life. 132 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 5: Sleep on. Jesus wanted his disciples support. He deserved it, 133 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: he had been good to them. But sometimes God will 134 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 5: pull back people's support. He knows if they're there all 135 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 5: the time, then you would become dependent on them. You 136 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 5: would think they were your source, they were your savior. 137 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 5: You don't need everyone you think you need. God has 138 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 5: already lined up the right people to come into your 139 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 5: life to help you reach your destiny. The right people. 140 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 5: You don't have to play up to. You don't have 141 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 5: to try to manipulate. Convince them to be for you, 142 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 5: Convince them to stay awake. They'll be for you through 143 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 5: thick and thin. They'll show up when you didn't ask. 144 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 5: They'll encourage you when nobody else is around. But sometimes 145 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 5: we're being frustrated by people that are never going to 146 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 5: be for us. We're spending all this energy trying to 147 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 5: win them over, no matter how good we are to them. 148 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 5: Every time we need them, they're asleep, they're busy, they're 149 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 5: not interested. I've heard it said quit swimming across an 150 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 5: ocean to be good to someone that won't walk across 151 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 5: a puddle to be good to you. And I'm all 152 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 5: for overcoming evil with good, blessing our enemies, but the 153 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 5: scripture says, don't cast your pearl among swine. Your pearl 154 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 5: is your gift, your personality, your annoying. It's who God 155 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 5: made you to be. Some people won't value your pearl. 156 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 5: They won't respect your gift, they won't recognize what you 157 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 5: have to offer, the calling, the favor on your life 158 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 5: and your time is too valuable to waste it with 159 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 5: people that discount your pearl. Don't hang around people that 160 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 5: try to lessen you, or you feel like you have 161 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 5: to prove to them who you are, Prove to them 162 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 5: why they should be your friend. You don't need their approval. 163 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 5: You have Almighty God's approval. He breeds his life into you. 164 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 5: He crowned you with you have royal blood flowing through 165 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 5: your veins. Hang around people that celebrate your pearl, people 166 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 5: that polish your pearl, people that respect your pearl. Too 167 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 5: often we're trying to drag someone along, Convince them to 168 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: like us, Convince them to stay awake. Do yourself a favor, 169 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 5: tell them sleep on. If you'll let go of the 170 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 5: wrong people, God will bring the right people. He'll send 171 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 5: you divine connections, people that will love you for who 172 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: you are and not for what you can do for them. 173 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 5: People that will inspire you to go further, people that 174 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 5: will bring out the best in you, people that will 175 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 5: cause your pearl to shine. But Jesus was wise enough 176 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: to recognize the disciples couldn't stop the plan of God 177 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 5: for his life. Their lack of support couldn't keep him 178 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 5: from doing what his father called him to do. And 179 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 5: they were good people. They loved him. But sometimes good 180 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 5: people won't be there for you. It's a test. Are 181 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 5: you going to get frustrated and keep trying to wake 182 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 5: them up? Or are you going to recognize it's a 183 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 5: new season and say sleep on? Here's the key. If 184 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 5: they didn't wake up, you don't need them for this season. 185 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 5: If they're not giving you what they used to give you, 186 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 5: that means God has taking you to a higher level. 187 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 5: He's winning you off the support, the encouragement. It's like 188 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 5: a little baby. They love to have their bottle, makes 189 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 5: them comfortable, makes them feel secure, and that's fine as 190 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 5: long as they're a year or too old. But if 191 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 5: they're forty seven walking around with that bottle, that's a problem. 192 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: But as parents, when we take the bottle away from 193 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: our children, they don't like it, they're uncomfortable, but we 194 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 5: do it so it won't limit their growth. Sometimes God 195 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 5: will make you uncomfortable. He'll take something away that you 196 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 5: were used to. A friend that always called and encouraged you, 197 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 5: a coworker that always helped you with the report, a 198 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 5: neighbor you could always count on to go somewhere together. 199 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 5: It's because God is winning you off that bottle, so 200 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 5: to speak. As long as you're dependent on people, it 201 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 5: will limit how high you can go when God removes 202 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 5: the support. When he takes away someone that you were 203 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 5: used to, don't get mad at them, don't keep trying 204 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 5: to wake them up. God put them to sleep. You 205 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 5: can't open a door that God is closed, that friend 206 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 5: that's not there anymore. The disappointment. You may not like it, 207 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 5: it may be painful, but it's ordained by God. You 208 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 5: have to recognize that's a sign you'll come in a 209 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 5: higher That discomfort means you'll go into a new level, 210 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 5: and everyone that's with you now may not be able 211 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 5: to go where you're going. Some people are like scaffolding. 212 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 5: They come into your life for a season to help 213 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 5: you reach a certain level, but at some point God 214 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 5: is going to remove the scaffolding so you can shine. 215 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 5: It's not that they're not good people, but their part 216 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 5: in your story is over. God's taken you to a 217 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 5: higher level. Quit being frustrated by somebody that's not supporting 218 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 5: you like they used to. Why don't they call me anymore? Joel? 219 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 5: Why don't they compliment me? The right attitude is I 220 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 5: love you, I respect you, but I don't have to 221 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 5: have your support, your compliment, your encouragement. Sleep on. We 222 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 5: spend too much time trying to get people's approval, trying 223 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 5: to get them to validate us. Then we'll feel good 224 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 5: about ourselves. The problem with getting your validation from people 225 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 5: is people can change their mind. One moment people were 226 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 5: cheering for Jesus shouting Hosanna waving palm branches. A few 227 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 5: days later, if those same people were shouting crucifying. People 228 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 5: can have a short memory. People can go to sleep. 229 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 5: And if you're getting your value based on what people 230 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 5: give you, how much they compliment you, then if for 231 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 5: some reason they stop doing that, you'll forget who you are. 232 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: Your self worth is coming from them. Quit relying on 233 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 5: people and go to God. You don't need their approval. 234 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 5: You have God's approval. But in life we all go 235 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 5: through gassemone. We all have disappointments and things we don't understand. 236 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 5: But I've learned God gives us grace for every gasemone, 237 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 5: grace for every unfair situation. It's very free when you 238 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: can look at the people that have left, you can 239 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 5: look at the disappointment and say, sleep on. Amazing things 240 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 5: are up ahead. If you don't give up in gasmone. Yes, 241 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 5: there will be crosses to bear, betrayals, setbacks. Can I 242 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 5: encourage you if you keep moving forward, there will be resurrections, 243 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 5: There will be new beginnings, times where God pays you back. 244 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 5: For what was unfair. Times were God catapult you years ahead. 245 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 5: Don't get stuck in gasemone. Don't let the sickness cause 246 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 5: you to become bitter. You don't understand it. It's not fair. 247 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 5: You could say God, why this doesn't make sense? Or 248 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 5: you can look at the frustration, the discouragement, the fear 249 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 5: and say, sleep on. I'm not going to drag through 250 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 5: this day defeated. I may be in gsemone, but I 251 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 5: know a resurrection is coming. Gasemone doesn't have to stop you. 252 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 253 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 5: somehow move you towards your purpose. The next time that 254 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 5: coworker is rude to you, instead of being upset, just 255 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 5: smile and say sleep on. When that car cuts you 256 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 5: off in traffic, instead of saying what you normally say, 257 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 5: try a new approach. Sleep on. You're not approving their behavior, 258 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 5: You're not enabling them. You're simply saying your actions are 259 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 5: not going to control my life. This traffic is not 260 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 5: going to ruin my morning. This setback is not going 261 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 5: to sour the rest of my future. Maybe you need 262 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 5: to tell your past sleep on. You had a tough childhood, 263 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: You went through a rough divorce, you lost a loved one. 264 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 5: Tell the hurts, tell the questions, tell the failures. Sleep on. 265 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 5: I've learned you're either feeding your history or you're feeding 266 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 5: your destiny. But you can't feed both. You're either looking back, 267 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 5: living in regrets, thinking of everything that went wrong, or 268 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 5: you're looking ahead saying, God, I know what was meant 269 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 5: for harm. You're turning to my advantage. I know you 270 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: have beauty for these ashes. I know weeping indoors for 271 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 5: a night, but joy's coming in the morning. If you're 272 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 5: always feeding your history, you're going to be frustrated, guilty, 273 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 5: angry in self pity. Do yourself a favor. Tell your history. 274 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 5: Sleep on. You can't go forward if you're always looking backwards. 275 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 5: You can't see the new things on the horizon. If 276 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: you're focused on what's behind, Start feeding your destiny. Father, 277 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 5: Thank you that your plans for me are for good. 278 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 5: Thank you that the path of the righteous gets brighter 279 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 5: and brighter. Thank you that you hold victory in store 280 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 5: for the upright. If you'll get your mind going in 281 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 5: the right direction, your life will go in the right direction. 282 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 5: I talked to a gentleman last week. He'd gone through 283 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 5: a lot of disappointments. His marriage of many years had ended, 284 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 5: and a very successful career went downhill. Everything fell apart. 285 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 5: He was so discouraged he was going to end his life. 286 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 5: He got in his car and was driving to a 287 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 5: remote place. He turned the radio on and just so 288 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 5: happened to tune into our serious exem station. Now I 289 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 5: was talking about not looking back, not reliving the hurts 290 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 5: and failures, and how God has good things up ahead. 291 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 5: He said, when he heard that, it was like somebody 292 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 5: breathed new life into his spirit. Strongholds in his mind 293 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 5: were broken. He turned around, went back home. Today he's 294 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 5: back on track, living a life of victory. What happened 295 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 5: He quit feeding his history and he started feeding his destiny. 296 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 5: If you feed your history long enough, it will pull 297 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 5: you into depression. The enemy would love to keep you 298 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 5: so focused on your hurts and what didn't work out 299 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 5: that you're too discouraged to move forward. Don't fall into 300 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 5: that trap. You wouldn't be alive unless God had something 301 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 5: amazing in front of you. You made be in dysseimine, 302 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 5: a place of discouragement frustration. But if you'll say sleep 303 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 5: on and start thinking some new thoughts. Then you're headed 304 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 5: for a resurrection. You're headed for a new beginning, a 305 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 5: place of restoration. A few years ago, I was flying 306 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 5: to an event with some of our staff, and we 307 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 5: were on a smaller plane that held a couple dozen people. 308 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 5: After it took off, I wanted to open up my 309 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 5: tray table so I could write some notes. The table 310 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 5: was in the side of the plane, right underneath the window. 311 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 5: I pulled and pulled, but I couldn't get it open. 312 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 5: My friend was sitting across the aisle. His looked exactly 313 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 5: the same, and he pulled his straight out. No problem. 314 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 5: I went back to mine and I pulled, I yanked, 315 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 5: I struggled. I thought, I'm going to get this table 316 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,479 Speaker 5: open if it's the last thing I do. It was stuck. 317 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 5: My friend came over. He started pulling and pulling another 318 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 5: staff member. They pulled and pulled. It wouldn't budge. I 319 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 5: sat across the aisle kind of frustrated. About that time, 320 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 5: I looked up and over the window where we had 321 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 5: been pulling, there was a side with big bold letters. 322 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 5: It read not a trade table, emergency exit only. Sometimes 323 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: what we're frustrated about is God keeping us from real frustration. 324 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 5: In my case, God keeping me alive. If God answered 325 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 5: all of our prayers, opened every door we asked him 326 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 5: to open, brought every person we begged him to bring, 327 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 5: we wouldn't reach our destiny. The longer I live, the 328 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 5: easier it is for me to say sleep on. I 329 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 5: may not understand it, it may not make sense, but 330 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 5: I've learned God is smarter than I am. He can 331 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 5: see things I cannot see. He knows what he's doing. 332 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 5: I wonder if what's frustrating you has an emergency exit 333 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 5: only sign on it and you can't see it. You 334 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 5: don't understand why God won't answer the prayer, Why the 335 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 5: dream is taking so long? That guy at work you 336 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 5: liked so much hasn't even noticed you. You've worn your 337 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 5: best clothes, your best perfume, given him your best move. 338 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 5: He acts like he's dead. Maybe it's because God can 339 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 5: see something you can't see. Maybe under his shirt is 340 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 5: an emergency exit only sign that's hidden from you. God 341 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 5: has your best interests at heart. If he's not giving 342 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 5: you what you want, that means he has something better. 343 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 5: He loves you too much to let you miss your destiny. 344 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 5: A couple of years after I took over from my father. 345 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 5: The church started to grow and we needed a larger auditorium. 346 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 5: We found one hundred acre tract of land right by 347 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 5: the other location, a few miles away on the freeway. 348 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 5: It seemed perfect. The owner told us the property had 349 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 5: been on the market for twenty years. We knew God 350 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 5: had saved that property for us. He said we didn't 351 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 5: need to sign the contract right then. We could do 352 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 5: some preliminary drawings and do some soil samples while the 353 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 5: paperwork was getting taken care of. Several months later, we 354 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 5: went to close on the property. We had an eight 355 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 5: o'clock in the morning appointment. We showed up at seven 356 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 5: point forty five. The secretary walked out said, I'm sorry, 357 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 5: the owner sold the property last night. I couldn't believe it. 358 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 5: He didn't keep his word. I went home so disappointed. 359 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 5: I told Victoria what happened and how there was no 360 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 5: more property, and how now we were stuck. She looked 361 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 5: at me and said, Joel, this means God has something better. 362 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 5: He closed this door for a reason. She started preaching 363 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 5: to me one of my own sermons. I didn't want 364 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 5: to hear that. She was saying, sleep on I was saying, no, no, 365 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: wake up, this is bad. I had to do what 366 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to do. I said, God, I don't 367 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 5: understand it. It doesn't seem fair. But God, I trust you. 368 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 5: I believe you know what's best. Several months later, we 369 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 5: found another piece of property. It seemed better than the 370 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 5: first one. We went to close on it. The same 371 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 5: thing happened. They sold it out from under us. If 372 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 5: you don't pass the test the first time, you get 373 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 5: to take it again this time. I said, God, I'm 374 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 5: glad they sold the property. I didn't want it in 375 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 5: the first place. God knew I was lying, but it 376 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 5: felt good. But six months later a friend called said, Joel, 377 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 5: the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 378 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 5: Compact Center. That would be a perfect place for Lakewood. 379 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 5: When he said that, something came alive on the inside. 380 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 5: I knew that's why God had closed those doors. He 381 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 5: had something bigger, better. I never dreamed we could have 382 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 5: the Compact Center. Things fell into place. Here we are today. 383 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 5: What am I saying the things you're tempted to be 384 00:23:56,119 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 5: frustrated about today? If you will stay in faith, one 385 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 5: day you'll look back and say, like me, while God, 386 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 5: you outdid yourself. I never dreamed i'd meet somebody this great. 387 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 5: I never dreamed i'd feel this healthy. I never dreamed 388 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 5: you'd take me this far. God's plan for your life 389 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 5: is so much bigger than your own. The real question 390 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 5: is what will you do in gasemone when it's not 391 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 5: working out your way, when your friends aren't there for you, 392 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 5: when the contract doesn't go through, when the medical report 393 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 5: is not good. Too many people don't see their resurrection 394 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 5: because they get bitter in gasemone, God, Why did they 395 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 5: fall asleep? Why did they sell it out from under us? 396 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 5: Gasmone is the real test. We like when everything's going great, 397 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 5: but that's not when we grow the most. Gasemone is 398 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 5: where you can be promoted. God is seeing what you're 399 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 5: made of. He's seeing if you're ready, if you'll stay 400 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 5: in peace, if you'll be still and know that he 401 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 5: is God, that he'll take you into your resurrection. The 402 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 5: way you know you're ready to be promoted is not 403 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 5: that God has removed all your difficulties, but you don't 404 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 5: let them frustrate you anymore. You've learned this principle. Two 405 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 5: simple words sleep on. Maybe these two words could help 406 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 5: you get your joy back. Two words could help you 407 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 5: sleep through the night. Two words could bring you peace. 408 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 5: Sleep on. I read about a lady that was complaining 409 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 5: about everything that went wrong that day. She said, God, 410 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 5: why did you let so many bad things happen? My 411 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 5: alarm didn't go off, and I was late to work. 412 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 5: At lunch, they made the wrong sandwich and I had 413 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 5: to send it back. Driving home, my cell phone dropped 414 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 5: the call in the middle of the conversation. To top 415 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 5: it off, when I got home, I wanted to put 416 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 5: my feet in the foot massager, but it wouldn't turn on. 417 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 5: God said, all right, let me go down the list. 418 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: Your alarm didn't go off because there was a drunk 419 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 5: driver on the road. I delayed you on purpose so 420 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 5: you wouldn't be harmed. You had to send your sandwich 421 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 5: back because the first person that made it wasn't feeling well. 422 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 5: I didn't want you to catch what they had, so 423 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 5: I had somebody else make you a new one. The 424 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 5: cell phone dropped the call because that person was about 425 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 5: to fill you with gossip and I didn't want you 426 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 5: to be contaminated. And the foot massage it had a 427 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 5: short in it. If you would have turned it on 428 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 5: it would have knocked out the power, and I didn't 429 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 5: think you wanted to sit around in the dark all night. 430 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 5: Could it be what's frustrating you is really the hand 431 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 5: of God. Could it be He's behind the scenes doing 432 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 5: things you can't see. But it's for your good, protecting you, 433 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 5: guiding you, positioning you. Nothing happens without God's permission. We're 434 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 5: not always going to understand it. This is when we 435 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 5: have to trust him. You may be in gsemone today 436 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 5: you have a good reason to be upset, frustrated. I'm 437 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 5: asking you to do what Jesus did. Tell the frustration, 438 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 5: tell the past, tell the disappointment, sleep on. It may 439 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 5: not be fair, but God sees what's happening. He has 440 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 5: you in the palm of his hand. He's breathing in 441 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 5: your direction right now. Don't give up. In gsemone, you 442 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 5: are close to your breakthrough. You are close to a 443 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 5: new level. If you will pass this test, I believe 444 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 5: and declare, you're going to come out of Gosmone into 445 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 5: your resurrection. You're going to see promotion, healing, restoration, vindication. 446 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 5: God's going to turn the frustration into favor. You're going 447 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 5: to rise higher, accomplish dreams and become everything He's created 448 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 5: you to be in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 449 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 5: can you say men? Today, I'd like to give you 450 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 451 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 452 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 453 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 5: you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 454 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 5: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 455 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 5: Bible based church, and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll 456 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 5: be right back to speak a blessing over you. 457 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 458 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 4: this month, Jewel and Victoria would like to send you 459 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 4: a copy of Jiel's new series, The Power of Peace. 460 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 6: When you're in peace, you're in a position of power. 461 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 6: You're saying by your actions, God, I trust you. I 462 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 6: know you're in control. You will not only enjoy your 463 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 6: life more, but that's what will allow God to turn 464 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 6: negative situations around. 465 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 5: If you're going to live peaceful, you have to do 466 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 5: it on purpose. It's a choice that we have to make. 467 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 5: Because this resource, you'll learn how to stay in peace 468 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 5: and live a victorious life. 469 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 4: Request your copy of the Power of Peace today at 470 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 4: Joeluistin dot com or call eight eight eight five six 471 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 4: seven Joe. 472 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 7: Thirteen years ago, my family and I started listening to 473 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 7: Joel's messages every week. Since then, we've learned about the 474 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 7: power of prayer. We faced a challenge when my mom 475 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 7: had to have two open heart surgeries. Because of what 476 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 7: we've learned through this ministry, we were able to stand 477 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 7: faith and we saw God heal her and do a 478 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 7: great miracle in our lives. 479 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 5: Your support is making a difference around the world. Thank 480 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 5: you so much for your prayer, for your generosity. You know, 481 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 5: Victoria and I pray for you every single day. We're 482 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 5: believe in twenty seventeen you're going to see God's favor 483 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 5: in new ways. Stay encouraged, stay uplifted, and know that 484 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 5: you're in our prayers. Don't forget My new book, Blessed 485 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 5: in the Darkness, comes out this Tuesday. I hope you'll 486 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 5: pick up a copy till we meet again. Know that 487 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 5: you're redeemed, you're forgiven, You're not average, You're a child 488 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 5: of the Most High God. 489 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 8: Be a barbecue hero with delicious ultralow netcar hero bread buns. 490 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 8: And tortillas, soft and fluffy, high in fiber, and with 491 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 8: zero grams of sugar and up to ten grams of protein, 492 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 8: coming in at under one hundred calories per survey. 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