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It's always a joy 42 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 3: to come into your homes. We love you, and I 43 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: know God has great things in store for each one 44 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: of you. He rewards the people that seek after him. 45 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: If you're ever in our area, stop by and be 46 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: a part of one of our services. I promise you 47 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 3: we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks for tuning in, 48 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: Thanks again for coming out. I like to start with 49 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 3: something funny, and I heard about this minister. He was 50 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: walking down the street and he came upon this group 51 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 3: of young boys surrounding a small dog. He asked what 52 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 3: they were doing. They explained that they were having a contest, 53 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: and whoever could tell the biggest lie would get to 54 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: keep the dog. The minister launched into a ten minute 55 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 3: sermon on lying, starting with don't you know lying is 56 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 3: a sin? And ending with when I was your age, 57 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 3: I never told a lie. There was complete silence. Just 58 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 3: when he thought he had gotten through to them, the 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 3: youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, given the dog. 60 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 3: All right, hold up your bibles. Say it like you 61 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 62 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: says I am. I have what it says I have. 63 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today 64 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 3: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 66 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 67 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about how your 68 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: destiny supersedes your mistakes. None of us are perfect, and 69 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 3: when God designed the plans for our lives, it wasn't 70 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 3: dependent on us never making a mistake or never taking 71 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 3: a wrong turn. God knew we would all make mistakes. 72 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 3: He doesn't have just one way to get you to 73 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: your destination. He has many ways. He has detours, shortcuts, bypasses, 74 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 3: and God has already calculated the entire route for your life. 75 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 3: And the good news is nothing that you've done, no 76 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 3: mistake that you've made or ever will make, is a 77 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: surprise to God. He's already got it figured out. He's 78 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: arranged comebacks for every setback. He has grace for every weakness, 79 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 3: he has mercy for every failure. But so often when 80 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 3: we make mistakes, we get down on ourselves and think, 81 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: if I just not messed up my marriage, where would 82 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: I be. If I had just listened to my parents, 83 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 3: not hung around this crowd, I wouldn't have these addictions. 84 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 3: Or if I'd just finished college, if I'd just been 85 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 3: more disciplined. It's easy to feel like we've missed the 86 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 3: best plan for our lives. That's when we get discouraged 87 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 3: and stop pursuing our God given dreams. But understand, just 88 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: because you made a mistake or failed in some way, 89 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 3: that didn't cancel God's plan. God never disqualifies us. He 90 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 3: never says, go sit on the sidelines. You've blown it 91 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: too many times, You've got too many weaknesses. No, God 92 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 3: always gives us another chance. Some of the great people 93 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 3: in the Bible made very poor choices. It looked like 94 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 3: they would never get on the right path. The apostle 95 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 3: Paul started off as a murderer. He was the one 96 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: giving his approval when they were stone in Stephen to death. 97 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 3: Yet Paul's destiny was bigger than his mistakes. He ended 98 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 3: up becoming a great leader and writing over half of 99 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: the New Testament. What am I saying? Our mistakes, our failures, 100 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 3: our poor choices don't have to keep us from our 101 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 3: God given destiny. In the Scripture, it talks about the 102 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 3: God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God 103 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 3: of Jacob. Now I can understand how he's the God 104 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 3: of Abraham. Abraham is the father of our faith. I 105 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 3: can understand how he's the God of Isaac. Isaac was 106 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: extremely obedient, even willing to be sacrificed. But when it 107 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 3: says he's the God of Jacob, that doesn't make a 108 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 3: lot of sense. Jacob was a cheater, He went around 109 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 3: deceiving people. He stole his own brother's birthright. Jacob had 110 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 3: plenty of faults and weaknesses. Jacob made plenty of poor choices. 111 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: Yet God is called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 112 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 3: What was God saying, I'm not just the God of 113 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 3: perfect people. I'm not just the God of people that 114 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 3: never make a mistake and do everything right. I'm the 115 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 3: God of people that have failed. I'm the God of 116 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 3: people that have faults. I'm the God of people that 117 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: have even made wrong turns in life. The key was 118 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 3: Jacob had a heart to do what's right. He was 119 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 3: willing to change. He let God make him and mold him. 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 3: You may have made a lot of mistakes and you 121 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: think God is not the least bit interested in you. 122 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 3: But God is not pushing you aside, thinking keep them 123 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: away from me. They're just too messed up. I'm embarrassed 124 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: by them. If they were just as good as Abraham, 125 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: just as obedient as Isaac. No God is saying I'm 126 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 3: still your God. I'm the God of William, the God 127 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: of Frankie, the God of Susan, the God of Carmen. 128 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 3: I am the God of imperfect people. You may have 129 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 3: failed a thousand times, but God did not write you off. 130 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: He did not cancel your destiny. He has already calculated 131 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 3: another route. He still has a way to get you 132 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: to your final destination. My challenge is, since God didn't 133 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: write you off, don't write yourself off. Quit beating yourself 134 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 3: up when you make mistakes, repent and keep moving forward. 135 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 3: If you fall down, get back up and go again. 136 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 3: I know people that feel like they've wasted years of 137 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 3: their lives because of poor choices. Years in a relationship 138 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 3: that was toxic, years with an addiction, years of a 139 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: job where they weren't fulfilled. Do you have to realize 140 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: nothing you've been through has been a waste. It has 141 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 3: deposited something on the inside. It's helped make you into 142 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 3: who you are. It may have been meant for your harm, 143 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: but God has a way of using it to your advantage. 144 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 3: You may think it's a dead end, but if you'll 145 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: stay in faith, you will see God begin to open 146 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: up a new route. It'll turn out to be another 147 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: step towards your god given destiny. The truth is God 148 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 3: knew we wouldn't all be as blameless as Abraham. We 149 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 3: wouldn't all be as obedient as Isaac. Some of us 150 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 3: would be like Jacob, who didn't tell the truth all 151 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 3: the time, or like Peter who was hot tempered and 152 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 3: denied Jesus, or like David who failed morally, or like 153 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 3: Elijah who got depressed and ran from his enemies. God 154 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 3: knew we would all have times of failure, times of 155 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 3: poor choices. But he's saying, I'm still your God. Some 156 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: of you are beating yourself up, thinking that you've blown 157 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 3: it too many times. You could never be what you 158 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 3: could have been, So you need to let this take root. 159 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 3: Your destiny is bigger than your mistakes. When God designed 160 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 3: the plan for your life, he took into account every failure, 161 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: every setback, every poor choice, and in his supernatural way, 162 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 3: he has already devised a plan to get you to 163 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 3: where you're supposed to be. Now you've got to do 164 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 3: your part and shake off the guilt. Put your shoulders back, 165 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: hold your head up high, and say I may have failed, 166 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 3: but I know he's still my God. He still calls 167 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: me by name. He's still got a great plan for 168 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 3: my life. He's still directing my steps, he's still surrounding 169 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 3: me with favor. So I am not going to settle here. 170 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 3: I'm not going to give up on my dreams. I'm 171 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 3: going to keep pressing forward, knowing that my destiny is 172 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 3: bigger than my mistakes. The key is not that your 173 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: performance is perfect, not that your behavior is perfect, but 174 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 3: that your heart is perfect toward God. God is more 175 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 3: pleased with someone with a right heart that makes mistakes 176 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: every once in a while than someone that performs perfectly 177 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 3: all the time with the wrong heart. The condition of 178 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: our heart is extremely important. And when you get up 179 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 3: each day with a desire to please God, down deep, 180 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 3: you want to do what's right. When you make mistakes, 181 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 3: you don't get stuck in a rut, but you work 182 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 3: with God to change. You're willing to make adjustments to 183 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 3: receive correction so you can grow and come up higher. Then, 184 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 3: just like Jacob, when you do that, God will lead 185 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 3: you through detours and shortcuts and bypasses, and he will 186 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 3: get you to your final destination. Your destiny can supersede 187 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: those poor choices, But so often we get our identity 188 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 3: mixed up with our performance. You ask someone who are you? 189 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 3: A lot of times they'll tell you I'm a salesman, 190 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 3: I'm a minister, I'm a coach, I'm a teacher. No, 191 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: that's not who you are. That's what you do. The 192 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 3: problem with this kind of thinking is when it's in 193 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: the negative. I hear people say I'm an alcoholic. I 194 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 3: just can't beat it. Now, that's what you do. That's 195 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 3: not who you are. But if you keep thinking that 196 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 3: way and talking that way, it will become so ingrained 197 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: on the inside that you'll convince yourself that's who you are, 198 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 3: and it'll keep you from rising higher. Had somebody tell 199 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 3: me last week, Joel, I'm a drug dealer. He was 200 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 3: embarrassed by it. He didn't want to live that way. 201 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: I told him what I'm telling you. That's not who 202 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 3: you are. That's what you do. You are a child 203 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: of the most High God. You have a destiny to fulfill. 204 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 3: Don't let your performance change your identity. If you would 205 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 3: have asked Jacob back then, who are you, he'd have said, 206 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 3: I'm a cheater, I'm a deceiver, I'm a liar. No, 207 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 3: that's what he did. But God looks beyond our behavior, 208 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,959 Speaker 3: beyond our performance, and God sees us for who we 209 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 3: really are, a person of destiny, created in His image 210 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,479 Speaker 3: with a purpose to fulfill. You have got to separate 211 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 3: what you do, especially when it's negative, from who you are, 212 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 3: or it will limit your life. Those thoughts of guilt 213 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 3: and condemnation will keep you from God's best. Really, you 214 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 3: can't even receive God's mercy if you're feeling all beat 215 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 3: down and like you don't measure up. You've got to 216 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 3: shake that off and say, no, this is what I did. 217 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: I failed at my marriage, but I am not a failure. 218 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 3: I'm struggling with alcohol, but I am not an alcoholic. 219 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: I'm a child of Almighty God, and I know my 220 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 3: destiny is bigger than my mistakes. So I want to 221 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 3: receive God's mercy and move forward with my life. I 222 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 3: think about Moses as a young man. He had a 223 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 3: big dream in his heart. He knew God had called 224 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 3: him to help deliver the people of Israel. He started 225 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 3: off great. He was passionate, enthusiastic, but one day he 226 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 3: saw someone mistreating one of the Israelites, and in his 227 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 3: zeal to fulfill his purpose, he went over and killed 228 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 3: that man. He made a mistake. His heart was right, 229 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 3: but his actions were not right. I believe that's the 230 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 3: way you are today. You wouldn't be watching, you wouldn't 231 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 3: be here today if you didn't have a heart to 232 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 3: please God. That doesn't mean that we never make a mistake. 233 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 3: We never have a bad day, we never think a 234 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 3: wrong thought. No, none of us are perfect in our actions, 235 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 3: but our heart can be perfect toward God down deep. 236 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 3: You want to do what's right. You want to be 237 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: a great parent, you want to overcome an addiction, you 238 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 3: want to improve. That's what it means to have a 239 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 3: heart that's perfect toward God. That's the way Moses was. 240 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 3: But he made this mistake. Someone saw him. He had 241 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 3: to run for his life. He ended up spending forty 242 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: years on the back side of the desert. He went 243 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 3: through a detour. He missed Plan A. But the good 244 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 3: news is God had Plan B. God didn't say too bad, Moses, 245 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 3: you blew it. You had your chance. Now, if you 246 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 3: will stay in faith, your destiny will supersede those poor choices. 247 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 3: Forty years later, when God was ready for someone to 248 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: deliver his people, he didn't go find a younger man. 249 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: God didn't go find someone that had never made mistakes, 250 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 3: someone with a perfect record. He went right back to 251 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: Moses and said, Hey, Moses, I haven't forgotten about you. 252 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 3: That mistake didn't cancel your destiny. I'm ready for you. Now. 253 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 3: It's your time. Go out and deliver my people. Now, 254 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: I believe that God is saying the same thing to us. 255 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 3: You may have made mistakes, miss good opportunities. It looks 256 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 3: like the dream has died, like the promise will never 257 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 3: come to pass. But God is saying get ready. Just 258 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: like I did for Moses, I'm about to open up 259 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: a new door. I'm about to unleash my favor. That 260 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 3: setback that was meant to destroy you is a setup 261 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 3: for a comeback. That failure that's clouded your future is 262 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 3: not the end. It's a new beginning. Rise up in faith. 263 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 3: It's your time. Your future is calling out to you. 264 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: It's saying, come and get me. I'm filled with increase, 265 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 3: filled with vindication, filled with restorations. It's a future filled 266 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 3: with God's blessings and favor. Well, you say, Joel, I've 267 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 3: just blown it so many times. I had this major setback, 268 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 3: and I don't see how I could ever get to 269 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 3: where I'm supposed to be. Now take this in the 270 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 3: right way. You're not that powerful. What you're saying is 271 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 3: my mistake is too big for God. I've thrown God 272 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 3: for a loop. I'm sure God is in the heaven 273 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 3: shaking his head, saying I never dreamed he would do that. 274 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 3: He ruined my plan. No, God knew every mistake we 275 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 3: would ever make. He knew every wrong turn, and he's 276 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 3: already calculated a new route. He's already got your detour 277 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 3: figured out. The scripture says God knows the end from 278 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 3: the beginning. He already knew when we were going to 279 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 3: turn left, even when he said turn right. He knew 280 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: when we were going to hang around someone, even though 281 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: he warned us they would be a bad influence. God 282 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: knew every poor choice. The good news is He's already 283 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 3: planned a way to get you back on his best 284 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 3: path for your life. That's what happened to Jonah. God 285 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 3: told Jonah to go to Nineveh. He had very clear instructions. 286 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 3: He knew exactly what he was supposed to do. But 287 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 3: Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh. He had his 288 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 3: own plans, and he went in the exact opposite direction. 289 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 3: God told him to go left, and he went right. 290 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 3: He ended up in the middle of a huge storm. 291 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: He was on a boat. The winds were blowing, the 292 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,239 Speaker 3: waves were crashing over the side. It looked like it 293 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 3: was going to be the end of Jonah's life. The 294 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 3: truth is, every one of us has done what Jonah did. 295 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 3: Before we knew, God said stay away from that person. 296 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 3: They're going to be trouble, but we hung around with 297 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 3: them anyway. We knew we were supposed to bite our 298 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 3: tongue and not say something, but we didn't listen. We 299 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 3: said it anyway. That's what Jonah did. He did totally 300 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 3: opposite of what God asked him to do. Here's what 301 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 3: I love about God. God never gives up on us. 302 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 3: We may turn our back, but God doesn't turn his back. 303 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: We may ignore God, but God doesn't ignore us. We 304 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 3: do our own thing, get ourselves into trouble, but God 305 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: doesn't sit back and say too bad. I tried to 306 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 3: warn you, it's your problem, get yourself out of it. No, 307 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 3: God is full of mercy. One time, when our son 308 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: Jonathan was just a little boy, maybe three or four 309 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 3: years old, he loved to trees. We have some big 310 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 3: oaks in our backyard, and whenevery once in a while 311 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 3: when we're out there, he'd climb those trees and I 312 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: would be there to catch him in case he fell. 313 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 3: There was this one branch that was about five or 314 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 3: six feet off the ground, not very wide, and he 315 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 3: could climb up there by himself and hang off of it, 316 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 3: and of course I would be there to set him 317 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 3: down when he was finished. But I always told him, Jonathan, 318 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 3: don't ever go out here and climb these trees, and 319 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 3: especially don't hang from this branch. It's too high if 320 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: Daddy's not here to help you get down. One day, 321 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 3: I was inside watching the ball game on television. I 322 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 3: heard these screams coming from outside. Daddy, Daddy. I looked 323 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 3: out the window, and sure enough, Jonathan was hanging from 324 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 3: that branch, holding on for dear life. And you know 325 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 3: it's funny. I didn't think, Well, he got himself into 326 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 3: this mess, he can get himself out. I told him 327 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 3: not to do it. He knew better, of course, not 328 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 3: as a father. I took off, running ninety miles per hour, 329 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 3: and I rescued him right before he fell. He wiped 330 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 3: his brow and said, Daddy, what took you so long. 331 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 3: But that's the way God is. We think I've made 332 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 3: this mistake. God surely forgotten about me. I'm stuck out 333 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 3: here holding on for dear life. It's going to be 334 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 3: a long fault. No, God has not forgotten about you. 335 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 3: He had the solution before you even had the problem. 336 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 3: Why don't you dare do like Jonathan and rise up 337 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 3: with boldness and say God, I need your help. I'm 338 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 3: asking for your mercy. I made this mistake. It's my 339 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 3: own fault. I knew better. But God, I believe your 340 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 3: mercy is bigger than any mistake I can make. God 341 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 3: said in Jeremiah, call under me and I will answer you. 342 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 3: That's what Jonah did sitting in the belly of the well. 343 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 3: The scripture says he called out to the Lord in 344 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 3: his trouble, and the Lord answered him. Don't you know 345 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 3: it took a lot of boldness, a lot of nerve 346 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 3: for Jonah to ask God for help. Most people, when 347 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 3: they make a mistake, they think I can't talk to God, 348 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 3: I can't ask him to help me. He's the one 349 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 3: that tried to get me not to do this. Not Jonah. 350 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 3: He knew how to come boldly His attitude was, yes, 351 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 3: I brought this trouble on myself, but I know God 352 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 3: is so merciful, so good, so loving, so forgiving. He 353 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: will help me get out of this. And when we 354 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 3: make mistakes, we should not run from God. We should 355 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 3: run to God. That's what it says there in Hebrews 356 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 3: four sixteen. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace. 357 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 3: Why to obtain mercy and find grace to help in 358 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 3: our time of need. The key is you've got to 359 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 3: come with boldness. Those thoughts of guilt and condemnation will 360 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 3: try to steal your confidence and tell you that you 361 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 3: don't have a future and you don't deserve it. You've 362 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: made too many mistakes. You've got to shake that off 363 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 3: and say, now, I know I don't deserve it, but God, 364 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 3: I believe it's because of your mercy. When you do that, 365 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 3: you will see God's hand of favor begin to restore 366 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 3: you and help guide you back to the best path 367 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 3: for your life. Here's what I've learned. When everything looks 368 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 3: like it's out of control, God is still in control. 369 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 3: Jonah's whole world was intermoil, turned upside down. He was 370 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 3: on the boat in the storm, He admitted to the 371 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: captain that he was the problem, and they threw him overboard. 372 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 3: It looked like the end, It looked like he wouldn't 373 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 3: make it, But it just so happened. There was a 374 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 3: big fish going by, and it just so happened. The 375 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 3: fish was hungry. It just so happened. The fish liked 376 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 3: white meat. Just so happened. The fish didn't chew him up, 377 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 3: It just swallowed him whole. Jonah rode that tube like 378 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 3: he was at water World. What am I saying? We 379 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 3: are in a controlled environment. Even when it looks like 380 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 3: your circumstances are chaotic and out of control. Always remember 381 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 3: God is still in complete control. God was the one 382 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 3: that caused the fish to be there at the right place, 383 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 3: at the right time. That wasn't a coincidence. Here's what 384 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 3: I love. Jonah made the mess, but God, in his mercy, 385 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 3: cleaned it up. Jonah brought the setback on himself, but 386 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 3: God had already arranged his comeback. Some of you today 387 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 3: are sold down on yourself because of mistakes you've made, 388 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 3: and you're not where you want to be in life. 389 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 3: But you got to shake that off. God knew every 390 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 3: poor choice, every difficulty and He's already planned you'll come back. 391 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 3: Jonah went through a detour, took him a little bit longer, 392 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 3: But bottom line is because he called out to God 393 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 3: because he believed God not only rescued him, but God 394 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 3: got him to his final destination. That's what I want 395 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: you to get in your spirit. Failure is not fine. 396 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 3: Mistakes don't have to keep us from our destiny. God's 397 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 3: plan can override every set back. Your world may be 398 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 3: in turmoil today, in a relationship, in your finances, in 399 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,479 Speaker 3: your health, but know this, God doesn't want to just 400 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 3: rescue you and get you out to where you're barely 401 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 3: making it holding on for dear life. No, God still 402 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 3: wants to get you to your final destination. God's plan 403 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 3: for your life didn't go away when you made that mistake. 404 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 3: The promise he put on the inside didn't die because 405 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 3: you had some personal failures. The dream in your heart 406 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 3: didn't get aborted because you went through a detour. Just 407 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 3: like Jonah, God has already planned you'll come back. Now, 408 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 3: you've got to do your part and quit beating yourself up. 409 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 3: Quit going around thinking you've blown it too many times 410 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 3: and you're just all washed up. No shape that off 411 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 3: and come with boldness to the throne of grace. Just 412 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 3: say God, I need your mercy, I need your help, 413 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 3: your favor. God. I know you can still get me 414 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 3: to where I'm supposed to be. It's like the navigation 415 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 3: system in my car. I can program it to take 416 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: me to a certain location, and all along the way, 417 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 3: the announcer will give me instructions. Turn left in a 418 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 3: quarter of a mile, take this freeway three miles, exit 419 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 3: in one mile. But sometimes I don't follow the directions. 420 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 3: I may miss a turn, stop to get gas, go 421 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 3: another way, But the announcer doesn't come on and start 422 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 3: yelling at me, saying, what in the world are you doing? 423 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 3: I told you to turn left. You ruin my plan. No, 424 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 3: the moment I get off course, the computer that GPS 425 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 3: system immediately starts recalculating another plan. Within a few seconds, 426 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: it will give me new directions. It's the same way 427 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 3: with God. When you have a heart to please him. 428 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 3: You may miss an exit, you may make a wrong turn, 429 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 3: but God has already recalculated another route. He's still going 430 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 3: to get to where you're supposed to be. And I'm 431 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 3: not saying to use this as an excuse to just 432 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 3: live however we want to live. I'm talking about when 433 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 3: you get up with the desire to honor God each day, 434 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 3: but you make mistakes from time to time. You're not perfect. 435 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 3: God understands that, and like that GPS system, he's already 436 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 3: recalculated another route. Like Jonah, He's not going to let 437 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 3: you drown. He'll have the big fish waiting for you. 438 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 3: Some of you today you need to just receive God's mercy. 439 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 3: You've convinced yourself you've blown it too many times. You 440 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 3: could never fulfill your destiny. No, you may have missed 441 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 3: Plan A, but God has a Plan B, A, Plan C, 442 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 3: d FG. You got to shake that off and say, yes, 443 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 3: I blew it, But I know my destiny is bigger 444 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: than my mistakes. And if God did it for Jonah, 445 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 3: he can do it for me. Even Abraham, the father 446 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 3: of our faith. I was bragging on him. But Abraham 447 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 3: wasn't perfect. He made mistakes. He had a child with 448 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 3: someone that was not his wife. He lied and told 449 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 3: the king that his wife was his sister. Yet the 450 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 3: scripture says he did not waver in his faith. Having 451 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 3: a child out of wedlock, in my mind, would be wavering. 452 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 3: Lying not telling the truth. That seems like it's wavering 453 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 3: to me. Yet in God's eyes, he did not waver. 454 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 3: I'm convinced it's because his heart was right. When he 455 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 3: made mistakes, he repented, and he didn't waller around in 456 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 3: guilt and condemnation. He didn't sit around in self pity 457 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: thinking that he had blown his future. He shook it 458 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 3: all and kept pressing forward, knowing that his destiny was 459 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 3: bigger than his mistakes. Twenty years later, he saw that 460 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 3: original promise come to pass Isaac was born. What am 461 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 3: I saying, even when we make mistakes, we don't have 462 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 3: to settle for second best. Some of you are convinced 463 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 3: that you could never accomplished the original dream God put 464 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 3: in your heart. You pushed it down, convince yourself you 465 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 3: don't deserve it, it's never gonna happen. But God is saying, 466 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 3: if you will shake that all and get rid of 467 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 3: any feelings of guilt and unworthiness and press forward with 468 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 3: a pure heart, then just like God saw Abraham as unwavering, 469 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 3: God sees you as unwavering. And God doesn't even remember 470 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 3: those mistakes. God is not holding anything against you. Why 471 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 3: don't you quit holding something against yourself. Why don't you 472 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 3: let it go and say, if Abraham lied, if Abraham 473 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 3: had a child out of wedlock, and God said he 474 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 3: didn't waver, then God, I believe you've not only forgiven 475 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 3: me for every mistake, but you see me as not wavering, 476 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 3: and you will help me too fulfill the best plan 477 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 3: that you have for my life. You got to get 478 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 3: your fire back. Don't drag through the day focused on 479 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 3: your missed opportunities. How you sh to finish college and 480 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 3: you should have spent more time with your family. Listen, 481 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 3: you can't do anything about the past, but you can 482 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 3: do something about your future. Let go of every regret, 483 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 3: get rid of all the condemnation, and start being your 484 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 3: very best today. Nothing that's happened in your past has 485 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 3: disqualified you from the bright future God has in store. 486 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 3: Forty years later, Moses saw his promise come to fulfillment. 487 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 3: That tells me you're never too old, it's never too late, 488 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 3: and the mistake was never too big. Nothing that you've 489 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: done can supersede the destiny that God has already ordained 490 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 3: for your future. Get in agreement with God, shake off 491 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 3: everything that's holding you back. If you will rise up 492 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 3: in faith with a pure heart toward God. Then even 493 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 3: when you make mistakes, God will take that stumbling block 494 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 3: and turn it into a stepping stone. He'll take what 495 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 3: was meant to harm you and use it to increase you. 496 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 3: And just like Jonah and and David, you will fulfill 497 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: your destiny, overcoming every mistake, and you will become everything 498 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 3: that God has created you to be. Amen. Do you 499 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,959 Speaker 3: receive it today? 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