1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: God's very best in your line. May God bless you 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: the joy to come into your homes. If you're ever 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. I promise you 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: we'll make you feel right at home. But thank you 10 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: coming out today. I like to start with something funny 12 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: and one day up in heaven, God said to the men, 13 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: I want you to form two lines. One line is 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: for the men who were the head of the house, 15 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: and the other line is for the men who let 16 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: the woman be the head of the house. The line 17 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: where the woman ran the house was one hundred miles long. 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: There was only one man in the other line. God said, men, 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: I'm ashamed of you. I created you to be the head, 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: but only one man stood up to make me proud. 21 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: He looked at him and said, son, tell them, how 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: did you manage It's to be the only one in 23 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: this line. The man looked confused and said, I don't know. 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: My wife told me to stand here. Victoria says I'm 25 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: the head, but she's the neck that turns the head. 26 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: So hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 27 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 28 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 29 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 30 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 32 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 33 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about the God who closes doors. 34 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: We all know that God opens doors. We've seen him 35 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: give us favor, good breaks, promotion. That's the hand of 36 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: God opening the door. But the same God that opens 37 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: doors will close doors. You prayed, but you didn't get 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: the promotion, the loan didn't go through, the relationship didn't 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: work out. So often we get discouraged. We kind of 40 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: feel like God has let us down. But God can 41 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: see the big picture for your life. God knows where 42 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: every road is leading, he knows the dead ends. He 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: can see around the corner to us. It looks great. 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: What we can't see is there's danger, there's heartache, trouble 45 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: up ahead. God knows the roads that are a big circle. 46 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: We'd go for years and end up right back when 47 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: we started, never making any progress now. A big part 48 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: of faith is trusting God when you don't understand it. 49 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: On the surface, it looks perfect. You can't see any 50 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: reason why it shouldn't work out. But God can see 51 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: a thousand things that we cannot see. God may close 52 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: the door because you're believing too small. If he opened it, 53 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: it would limit what He wants to do in your life. 54 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: The door may close because it's not the right time. 55 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: There are other people involved and they're not ready yet. 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: If God opened it now, it wouldn't work out. Bottom 57 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: line is God has your best interest at heart. When 58 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: a door closes, you don't know what God saving you from. 59 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: If your prayers don't get answered the way you want. 60 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: Instead of being discouraged feeling like God lets you down, 61 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: why don't you have a bigger perspective. The reason the 62 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: door closed is because God has something better in store. 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: If God wanted you to have that promotion, you would 64 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: have gotten it. Shake it off and move forward. There's 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: something better coming. If God wanted that person to stay 66 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: that left you, they would have stayed. Shake it off. 67 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: The right people are in your future. Friends, that closed 68 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: doors are not an accident. You may not understand it now. 69 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: To you, it looks like the opportunity of a lifetime 70 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: just passed you by. But one day you will look 71 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: back and thank God for the close those doors, because 72 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: if God hadn't closed the door, you wouldn't have met 73 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: the right person. Or if God hadn't closed the door, 74 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: you would have gotten stuck at one level and not 75 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: seen the amazing favor that God has in your future. Now. 76 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: I used to get excited about my open doors and 77 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: really down about my closed doors. Now I thank God 78 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: for my closed doors just as much as I do 79 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: my open doors. Now I want you to come to 80 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: this place where you have such a trust in God. 81 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: You are so confident that He's directing your steps. You say, 82 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: like David, God, my life is in your hands. If 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: a door closes, you don't get your way, You don't 84 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: get upset. Your attitude is I know this door didn't 85 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: close by accident. God closed it on purpose. And what 86 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: God closes, I don't want to open I don't want 87 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: my way, I want his way. He knows what's best. 88 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: He can see what I can't see. God not my will, 89 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: but let yours be done. That's a very freeing way 90 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: to live when you really believe God didn't complete control. 91 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: Takes all the pressure off. A few years ago, this 92 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: man flew to Houston for a big job interview. He 93 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: was so excited about it. It was a top position 94 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: at one of the largest companies in the world. Looked 95 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: like a golden opportunity, a huge boost to his career. 96 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: He was ready to give up his position of nearly 97 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: thirty years and move his family here to town. He 98 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: came to the service and asked us to pray over 99 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: this big interview. We prayed that God would give him 100 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: favor and cause him to stand out. In a few days, 101 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: he called and he was on cloud nine. Everything went great, 102 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: looked very promising. Several weeks went by and they invited 103 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: him back for a second interview. He did the same thing. 104 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: Came by the church. We prayed favor, promotion, on and on. 105 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: After talking with him for several hours, that company and 106 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: he called him back in said we really like you. 107 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: You're incredibly talented. We just don't feel like you're the 108 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: right fit for our organization. It was like they let 109 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: the air out of his balloon. He came to the 110 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: service like he had lost his last friend. He looked 111 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 1: twenty years older. He was so discouraged. He said, Joel, 112 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: I don't understand it. I prayed, I believed. How could 113 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: God let this happen? I told him what I'm telling you. 114 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: The same God that opens doors will close doors. You 115 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: have to trust him. You may not understand it now, 116 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: but one day you will understand it. One day you'll 117 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: thank God that you didn't get that position. A couple 118 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: of years later, he showed up smiling from ear to ear. 119 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: He said, Joel, God knew what he was doing. He 120 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: told how that company was in bankruptcy. Thousands of people 121 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: were being laid off. It was a big mess all 122 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: over the news. The whole company ended up shutting down. 123 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: Here's how good God is. He was less than two 124 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: years away from retirement at that other company. If he 125 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: would have gotten that position, he would not only be 126 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: out of a job right now, but he would have 127 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: lost nearly thirty years of his retirement benefits. God knows 128 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: what he's doing. Don't be discouraged by your closed doors. 129 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: If God wants a door to open, you can be 130 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: certain it will open. All the forces of darkness cannot 131 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: stop it. What I want you to see is when 132 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: you pray, you believe, you stand in faith, and the 133 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: door doesn't open, take it as a sign from God. 134 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: It's not his best. Sometimes, like this man, we're so disappointed. 135 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: But the truth is God loves you too much to 136 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: open that door. God is not letting you down. He's 137 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: doing you a favor. He's keeping you from all kinds 138 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: of heartache and pain. If we're really going to trust God, 139 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: we have to be content with the answer God gives us. 140 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: So often we say we're trusting, but we're only going 141 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: to be happy if God does it our way on 142 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: our timetable. Now you have to put the dream on 143 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: the altar and say, God, if this is what you 144 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: want from me, God, if this is your best for 145 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: my life, I know you're in complete control. There's no 146 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: power greater than yours. God. I trust you. If it happens, 147 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: I'm going to be happy and thank you for it. 148 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: If it doesn't work out, I'm not going to get discouraged. 149 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: I'm not going to quit believing I know that means 150 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: you have something better in store. This takes all the 151 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: pressure off. You're not frustrated if it doesn't work out. 152 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: You don't live in self pity if it doesn't happen 153 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: your way. You know, the steps and the stops of 154 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: a good person are ordered by the Lord. And this 155 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: was difficult for me because you know how some opportunities 156 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: look so great in my mind, I thought, God, it's perfect. 157 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: There will never be anything better. The problem is our 158 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: thinking is limited. God's plan for your life is so 159 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: much bigger than your own plan that if God didn't 160 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: close certain doors, it would keep you from the fullness 161 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: of your destiny. A couple of years after my dad 162 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: went to be with the Lord and I took over, 163 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: the church really started growing. We needed property to build 164 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: a new sanctuary on My father said that he would 165 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: never move the church, and so we looked for property 166 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: as close to the other location as we could possibly find. 167 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: We found this one hundred acre tract of land right 168 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: off the freeway, about two miles from the other location. 169 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: It was perfect. We talked to the owner and he 170 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: told how it had been on the market for over 171 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: twenty years and he had never had one offer, not 172 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: one person interested. We said, thank you, Lord, You've saved 173 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: this property for us. After about six months of doing 174 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: our research and our soil test, we went to close 175 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: on the property. We had an eight o'clock meeting. We 176 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: walked in at seven point forty five. I'll never forget it. 177 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: The secretary came out and said, I'm so sorry, but 178 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: the owner sold the property last night to another party. 179 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: I was so disappointed. I just knew that was the 180 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: devil stealing our property. I went home very discouraged, and 181 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: I told Victoria what happened. She said, listen, Joel, God 182 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: closed that door for a reason. We're not going to 183 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: get discouraged. We're going to keep a good attitude. God 184 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: has something better in store. In my mind, I couldn't 185 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: believe it, But in my heart down in here, I 186 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: knew what she was saying was exactly true. I thought 187 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: God is still on the throne. His plan cannot be 188 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: stopped by a bad break, a disappointment by a person. 189 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: God had the final save. I made a decision that day. 190 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: Instead of sitting around in self pity saying God, why 191 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: didn't it work out? I chose to believe that God 192 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: was still in control. It was a few months later 193 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 1: I got a call from a friend. He said, hey, Joel, 194 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 195 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: Compact Center. That would be a great facility for Lakewood. 196 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: When he said that, something came alive on the inside. 197 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: I knew right then and there that was the reason 198 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: God closed the other door. It was too small. It 199 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: would have limited what God wanted to do. Things begin 200 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: to fall into place, and here we are today enjoying 201 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: the fullness of what God had in store. But back 202 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: then I couldn't fathom. This wasn't even on my radar. 203 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: This was exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. I would have 204 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: been happy with the other property. I would celebrated God's 205 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: goodness if he'd done it that way. But God's dream 206 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: for your life is so much bigger than your own dream. 207 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: There will be times that a door closes that you 208 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: don't understand. It doesn't make sense. They were the perfect man, 209 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: the perfect woman, but they broke off the relationship. The 210 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: house was just what you wanted. It even had the 211 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: wallpaper you would have picked in the living room, but 212 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: they didn't accept your offer. The loan didn't go through. 213 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense, But one day it will make sense. 214 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: One day you'll have your compact center. You'll look back 215 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: and say, God, thank you that the property was sold 216 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: out from under me. God, thank you that the loan 217 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: didn't go through. God, thank you that that old goat 218 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: walked out on me. I mean, that person walked out 219 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: on me. Here's the question. Will you stay in faith 220 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: while you wait to see what God is up to? 221 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: Get discouraged and start complaining nothing good ever happens to me. 222 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: Can't believe I didn't get the promotion. I've been at 223 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: the company longer than anybody else. Or I treated this 224 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: girl like a queen and she just wants to be friends. 225 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: She says, I'm just like her brother and God, I 226 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: don't want to be a brother. I want to be 227 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: a husband. All of us have been brothers before. But 228 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: trust God with your life. He knows what he's doing. 229 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: I pray every day God opened the right doors and 230 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: closed the wrong doors. God bring the right people across 231 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: my path, weed out those that shouldn't be there. I've 232 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: learned the closed doors are just as important as the 233 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: open doors. You know what brought us to this facility? 234 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: A closed door. Don't be discouraged by your closed doors. 235 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: That's God protecting you from heartache. That's God keeping you 236 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: from the wrong people. That's God not letting you live 237 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: a limited life. You may be like me, you want 238 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: the empty piece of property. But God has a building 239 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: already built for you. He has more than you can 240 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: ask or think, and exceedingly abundantly above and beyond future. 241 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: God loves you so much that he hasn't answered certain prayers. 242 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: He hasn't allowed certain people into your life that you 243 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: really wanted, because they would have limited your growth. Learn 244 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: to trust him. Thank him for your open doors, Celebrate 245 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: his goodness, but thank him just as much for your 246 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: closed doors, knowing that he's still directing your steps. Some 247 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: of you today are discouraged because your plan didn't work out. 248 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: The man, the woman, they didn't marry you. You didn't 249 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: get the position you were hoping for. Shake it off, 250 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: move forward. God has something better in front of you. 251 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: God is not hindering you, he's helping you. He's getting 252 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: you in position for the amazing future in store. There 253 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: was a young lady that came down for prayer a 254 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: few years back, right here at the Altarn. She was 255 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: so discouraged because her boyfriend had broken up with her. 256 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: She didn't think she could live without him. She knew 257 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: he was the man of her dreams. Every Sunday we 258 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: would pray that that relationship would be restored. This went 259 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: on month after month. She was as faithful as can be. Now. 260 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: I could tell, though, she was only going to be 261 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: happy if God did it her way. I tried to 262 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: encourage her, Heye, stay open. God knows what's best. He 263 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: can see the big picture. She didn't want to hear 264 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: any of that. She only wanted this young man back. Well, 265 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: unfortunately it didn't work out. He married someone else. She 266 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: was so disappointed. She felt like God had let her down. 267 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: She said, Joel, all those prayers we prayed, I quoted 268 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: the scripture, I was good to others. I did everything 269 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: I was supposed to do. She ended up dropping out 270 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: of church. The scripture says God's ways are not our ways, 271 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: they are better than our ways. Maybe, like her, your 272 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: prayer didn't get answered the way you want. It didn't 273 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: turn out the way you had hoped. Let these words 274 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: sink down into your spirit. God's way is better than 275 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His 276 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better 277 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let 278 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: God do it his way. Put the request on the altar. 279 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: It's okay to be honest and say God, this is 280 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: what I want. God. You know how badly I want it, 281 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: You know how much it means to me. But God, 282 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: if it's not your best, I don't want it. God, 283 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: I trust you. I didn't see this young lady for 284 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: the longest time. She ended up moving to another city 285 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: in about five or six years. After all of this, 286 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: she came to church with this handsome by her side. 287 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: Come to find out they were married. They had a 288 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: beautiful daughter. She was as happy as can be, and 289 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: at one point her husband stepped away and she whispered, 290 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: in my ear, Joel, you remember the young man we 291 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: used to always pray about. He's already been married and 292 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: divorced two times. He's constantly in and out of trouble. 293 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: He can't hold down a good job. She made the statement, 294 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: I thank God every day that he didn't answer my prayer. 295 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: When you want something so badly, you don't think you 296 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: can live without it, and you try to force it 297 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: to happen. God is so merciful If it's not his best, 298 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: He's not going to answer that prayer. He loves you 299 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: too much to open that door. Why don't you trust him? 300 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: He wants you to fulfill your destiny more than you do. 301 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: He is in complete control. And when you come to 302 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: a closed door, that is a test of your faith. 303 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: Are you going to get bitter, live in self pity, 304 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: give up on your dreams, or are you going to 305 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: move forward knowing that God is still in control. If 306 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: you will pass the test, God will release what he 307 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: has in your future. And many times it will be 308 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: exactly what you're praying for. God will bring that person back, 309 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: or he'll bring an opportunity or that dream to pass. 310 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: God just wants to see do you trust him enough 311 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: to be happy even if it doesn't happen your way. 312 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: That's what happened with Abraham. God instructed him to put 313 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: his own son on the altar, the thing that meant 314 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: the most to him. Just when Abraham was going to 315 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: harm him, God said, no, Abraham, don't do it. I 316 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: just wanted to see if you trusted me enough to 317 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 1: give me your own son. Abraham passed the test, and 318 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: what happened. God gave him back what he really wanted, 319 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: the thing that meant the most to him. When you 320 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: face a disappointment, a closed door, your plans don't work out, 321 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: and you keep a good attitude, you stay in faith. 322 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: You are passing the test. That's what allows God to 323 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: give you back what you really want the most. In 324 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: Proverbs twenty, verse twenty four says, since the Lord is 325 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: directing our steps, why do we try to figure out 326 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: everything that happens along the way. Some of you today 327 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: could get free if you just quit trying to figure 328 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: everything out. God, why did I go through that breakup? 329 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: I'm a good person? God? Why did they sell that 330 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: property out from under us? No, if you're trying to 331 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: figure everything out, all that's going to do is make 332 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: it confused. Let it go and move forward. God can 333 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: see things that you can't see. It may not make 334 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 1: sense right now, but one day, when God's whole plan unfolds, 335 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: you will see what God is up to. Now. Part 336 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: of trusting is saying God, I don't understand it. It 337 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: doesn't seem fair, But God, I believe that my steps 338 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: and my stops are ordered by you. I know just 339 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: as you can open doors. You will close doors. So 340 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to keep a good attitude. I'm gonna move 341 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: forward in faith, knowing that you have my best interest 342 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: at heart. I read about this lady that was complaining 343 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: about everything that went wrong that day. She said, God, 344 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: why did you let so many bad things happen to me? 345 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: My alarm didn't go off, and I was late to 346 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: work at lunch. They made my sandwich wrong and I 347 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: had to send it back. Driving home, my cell phone 348 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 1: dropped the call right in the middle of a conversation. 349 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: To top it off, God, When I got home, I 350 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: wanted to put my feet in the foot massager just 351 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: to relax, but it wouldn't turn on. God. Nothing went 352 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: right today, God said, all right, let me go down 353 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: the list. Your alarm didn't go off because there was 354 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: a drunk driver on the freeway. I delayed you on 355 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: purpose so you wouldn't be harm And your sandwich you 356 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: had to send that back because the first person that 357 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: made it wasn't feeling well and I didn't want you 358 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: to catch what they had, so I had somebody else 359 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: remake it. The phone call driving home, I caused it 360 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: to drop on purpose because that person was going to 361 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: spread rumors and fill you with all kinds of trash. 362 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: I didn't want you to be contaminated. And oh yeah, 363 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: that foot massager, it had a short in it. If 364 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: it would have turned on, it would have blown out 365 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: power to the whole house. And I didn't think you'd 366 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: want to sit around in the dark all evening, so 367 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: I caused it to not turn on. What's my point. 368 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: God knows exactly what he's doing. Everything about your life 369 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: is calculated. Take this in the right way. You may 370 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: not understand it, but it's because you're not God. God 371 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: has a reason every door that's closed, God had a 372 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: purpose for it closing. Since the Lord is directing our steps, 373 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: let's don't try to figure out everything that happens along 374 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: the way. Let's just trust him. I have a good 375 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: friend that's a minister. He and his team had this 376 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: big outdoor event planned in another country. They had spent 377 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: over two years working on it. They had government officials, 378 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: business leaders, pastors, all kinds of organizations involved. Was a 379 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: huge undertaking, costing thousands and thousands of dollars. Finally came 380 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 1: down to the week of the big event. They had 381 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: the staging out. The sound system was up all the 382 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: advertising was going through the airways. It was just about 383 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: to happen when they got word from the government that 384 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: because of the swine flew outbreak, all public meetings had 385 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: been indefinitely canceled. My friend was so disappointed. Two years 386 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: of hard work seemed like the biggest waste of time, 387 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: energy money. He and his team got on the plane, 388 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: came back home. That's all they could do. But that weekend, 389 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: right when their event was supposed to take place, the 390 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: military overthrew the government a coup. It was total chaos. 391 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: People panicked, no law, no order, shooting in the street, 392 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: all kinds of mayhem. If his event had not been canceled, 393 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: he would have been right in the middle of it. 394 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: No telling what would have happened. He said, I know 395 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: this sounds odd, but I thank God for the swine flew. 396 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: We may have lost some time, energy, money, but we 397 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: could have lost our lives. See, there may be things 398 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: that you cannot figure out why it happened. Right now 399 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: seems like a big disappointment. But like him, one day 400 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: you'll thank God the door closed. You'll be grateful that 401 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: it didn't work out. Scripture says in Corinthians. Now we 402 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: see in part, like looking through a glass dimly, but 403 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: one day we will see clearly face to face. Right now, 404 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: Notice you can't see it all clearly, you're only looking 405 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: at it in part. But it will come into focus 406 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: and you'll look back and say, wow, God, you are amazing. 407 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: You had it all figured out, all lined up. You 408 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: closed the door on purpose so your perfect will would 409 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: be done. That's what happened to this one young man. 410 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: He's a straight A student in high school. He loves 411 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: to study academically. He's in the top five percent of 412 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: the nation. His dream was to become an engineer. It's 413 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: always what he wanted to do. He applied to about 414 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 1: a dozen or so of the best engineering schools in 415 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: the nation, but he got turned down again and again. 416 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: Didn't make sense. Some of his friends were being accepted 417 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: that didn't have as good a grace as he did. 418 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: He didn't understand it. While he was waiting to hear 419 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: back from other schools, he went on a missions trip 420 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: with a group of doctors from his church. He was 421 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: there to just run errands and to help out. They 422 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: were in a very poor nation. When he saw all 423 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: the doctors taking care of the people, treating their diseases, 424 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: helping them get better. Something new was birthed on the inside. 425 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: He thought, I don't want to be an engineer. This 426 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: is what I want to do with my life. I 427 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: want to become a doctor and help to take care 428 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: of people. He went back home and he applied to 429 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: medical school, and he was immediately accepted. In fact, he 430 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: had several schools to choose from. What's interesting is the 431 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: first engineering school he applied to then sent him a 432 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: letter of acceptance. If he were to received that letter 433 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: months earlier, he would have never gone on the mission's trip, 434 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: never been open to that call to go into medicine. 435 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: God closed the doors on purpose to the engineering school 436 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: to push him into his divine destiny. What am I saying? 437 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: Don't fight your closed doors. God knows what he's doing. 438 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: He can see the big picture for your life. Some 439 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: of you are discovery is because your plans have not 440 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: worked out. Those closed doors were not an accident. That 441 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: was God directing your steps. The reason God closed them 442 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: is because he has something better in store. Will you 443 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: trust him? It may not make sense now, but one 444 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: day it will make sense. Remember you're not really trusting 445 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: if you're only going to be happy if it happens 446 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: your way, put it on the altar. God, this is 447 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: what I want, but not my will. Let your will 448 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: be done. If you'll have this perspective and not only 449 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 1: thank God for your open doors, but thank Him just 450 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: as much for your closed doors, then like Abraham, you'll 451 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: pass the test. I believe and declare you will see 452 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 1: the exceedingly abundantly above and beyond future that God has 453 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: in store in Jesus' name. Do you receive it today? 454 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 455 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 456 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 457 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 458 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 459 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 460 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 461 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 462 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: Many people believe that God can heal, But when nothing 463 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: is improving our prayers are not being answered, it's easy 464 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: to think, will God heal me? The truth is God 465 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 1: still loves to heal. I've witnessed God's healing power. Firsthand 466 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: in my own family. When situations seemed impossible and medically speaking, 467 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: there were no options, God stepped in and made away. 468 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: Now I love to send you our new devotional, God 469 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: Still Loves to Heal. It's filled with scripture and encouragement 470 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: designed to strengthen your faith and help you believe for 471 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: healing even when you can't see it. God is still 472 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: working as you stand firm and declare His promises on 473 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: the way. The same God who healed in the Bible 474 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: is still healing today. 475 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 2: Your generous support is so important to help us share 476 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 2: the message of hope, and as our way of saying 477 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 2: thank you for your gift of any amount, Pastor Joel 478 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 2: would like to send you a copy of God Still 479 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 2: Loves to Heal seventy days to receive, reflect and rest 480 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 2: in the finished work of God. This new seasonal devotional 481 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 2: will guide you through a weekly rhythm where you'll be 482 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: encouraged by life changing insight that will strengthen and encourage 483 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 2: you in your faith. 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