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We 43 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: love you and we know God has great things in store. 44 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 4: If you're ever in our area, stop behind be a 45 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 4: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 46 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 4: make you feel right at home. Thanks so much for 47 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: tuning in, Thanks again for coming out today. And I 48 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 4: like to start with something funny. And I heard about 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 4: this elderly man. He had a serious hearing problem for 50 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 4: many years. He went to the doctor and was fitted 51 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 4: with this new high tech hearing aid to where he 52 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 4: could hear once again one hundred percent. Went back a 53 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 4: month later for a checka. The doctor said, Wow, your 54 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 4: hearing is perfect. Your family must be so excited that 55 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 4: you can hear again. He said, now, I haven't told 56 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 4: my family yet. I just sit around and listen to 57 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 4: the different conversations, and I've changed my will three times. 58 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 4: All right, hold of your Bible. Say it like you 59 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 60 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 5: I am. 61 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 62 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 63 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 64 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 65 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 66 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about reminding God what he said. 67 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 4: One of the most powerful ways to pray is to 68 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 4: find a promise in the scripture, and remind God what 69 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 4: he said about you. God you said, I'm blessed and 70 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 4: cannot be cursed. God you said, with long life you 71 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 4: would satisfy me. God you said your favor is not 72 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 4: for a season, but for a lifetime. When you can say, God, 73 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: you said, all of heaven comes to attention. God is 74 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 4: faithful to his word. Now. Isaiah sixty two says put 75 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 4: God in remembrance of his promises. It doesn't say put 76 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 4: God in remembrance of your problems. Sometimes we use prayer 77 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 4: as an excuse to complain God. These people at work 78 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 4: are not treating me right. God, these gas prices are 79 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 4: so high. I don't know how I'm gonna make it. 80 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: And God, these children are getting on my nerves. I 81 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 4: can't take it anymore. No, you don't have to tell 82 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 4: God your problems. He already knows what you're going through. 83 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: He knows every need, every concern, He knows the number 84 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 4: of hair on our head. Sure it's okay to be 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 4: open and honest and tell God how you feel, but 86 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 4: don't turn that into a self pity session. All that's 87 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 4: going to do is make you more discouraged. If you 88 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 4: want to see things change. If you want God to 89 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 4: turn it around. Instead of complaining, find a promise you 90 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 4: can stand on. Go to God and say, God, you said, 91 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 4: when the enemy comes against me, one way, you would 92 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways. Yes, 93 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 4: these gas prices are high, but I'm not focused on that. God. 94 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 4: You said you would supply all of my needs according 95 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 4: to your riches. You said you are jehol Bajirah, the 96 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 4: Lord my provider. Yes, these people at work are not 97 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 4: treating me right, but I'm not here to complain. God. 98 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 4: You said you will be my vindicator. You said you 99 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 4: will fight my battles. You said what's meant for my harm? 100 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 4: You will turn and use to my advantage. When you 101 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 4: put God in remembrance of his promises, that's what allows 102 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 4: God to bring them to pass. You may not feel well. 103 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 4: The medical report doesn't look good. You could easily say, God, 104 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 4: I don't see how I'm going to make it. I 105 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 4: don't see how I'm ever going to get well. The 106 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 4: report is so bad. No, instead of putting God in 107 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 4: remembrance of your problems, put God in remembrance of his promises. God, 108 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 4: you said you would restore health unto me and heal 109 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 4: me of my wounds. You said I would live and 110 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 4: not die. You said, what's impossible with men is possible 111 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 4: with God. When you pray the promises instead of praying 112 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 4: the problems, you'll not only feel better, it will not 113 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 4: only change your attitude from a victim to a victor. 114 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 4: But God's word coming out of your mouth is alive 115 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 4: and powerful. When God hears his promises, he dispatches angels 116 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: with the answers, he sets the miracle into motion. He'll 117 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 4: begin to change things in your favor. And it may 118 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 4: not happen overnight. But if you'll just stay in faith 119 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: and keep reminding God what he promised you day in 120 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 4: and day out. Instead of complaining God, you said, instead 121 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: of begging God, you said, instead of describing the circumstances, God, 122 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 4: you said, If you'll get in a habit of saying God, 123 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: you said, then eventually you will see what God said 124 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 4: come to pass in your life. One day. Instead of 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 4: saying God, you said, you'll be saying God. You did. 126 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 4: You turned it around. You bless me, you healed me, 127 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 4: you favored me, you res me, You've vindicated me. You 128 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 4: are true to what you said. Think about as a parent, 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 4: when we promise our children something, we will do everything 130 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: we possibly can to bring that promise to pass. Our daughter, 131 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 4: Alexandra loves to go to Disney World. We took her 132 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 4: there when she was just three or four years old, 133 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 4: and she's been hooked ever since. Now she's twelve years 134 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 4: old and we haven't been in some time. About a 135 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 4: year ago. I was putting her in bed one night. 136 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 4: She said, Daddy, I really want to go back to 137 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 4: Disney World. Will you take me sometime. I didn't think 138 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 4: much about it. I just said in passing, sure, I'll 139 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 4: take you again. We'll go sometime. She said, you promise. 140 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 4: I said, yes, I promise. I didn't know what I 141 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: was getting myself into. The next morning, bright and early, Daddy, 142 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 4: you said, we're going to Disney World. Now, when are 143 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 4: we going? Thought man alive? I just got out of bed. 144 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 4: Every other day, Daddy, you said, you said, you said. 145 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 4: I must have heard that times. She was not about 146 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: to let me forget that promise. Do you know where 147 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 4: we're going today? After the service Disney World? If we, 148 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 4: as earthly parents, are that moved when our children remind 149 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 4: us what we've promised, if we feel such a strong 150 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 4: obligation to respond to the you said, how much more 151 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 4: will our heavenly Father stand behind his word? He cannot lie. 152 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 4: We can break promises. I could have gotten out of 153 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 4: that and not been true to my word, But God 154 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 4: cannot go against his word. All of his promises are 155 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 4: yes and amen. Some of you today you need to 156 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 4: find some you said Father. You said I will lend 157 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 4: and not borrow. Remind God of that again and again. 158 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 4: You may be struggling. Business is slow. You don't see 159 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 4: how it could work out. Don't go to God with that. 160 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 4: Take a you said, Father. You said you would open 161 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 4: the windows of heaven. You said my cup would run over. 162 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 4: You said whatever I touch will succeed. You said you 163 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: would prosper me even in a desert. When you're constantly 164 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 4: reminding God what he said, you are releasing your faith. 165 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 4: You won't have time to complain. If you'll just stay 166 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 4: focused on the you SAIDs you can't get down and 167 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 4: discourage as long as you have God's promises coming out 168 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 4: of your mouth. You may have family members that are 169 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 4: off course. They're not making good decisions. Don't go around 170 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 4: complaining telling God how bad it is. Talking about the 171 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 4: problem doesn't make anything better. Begging God to help you 172 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 4: doesn't get his attention. Now all through the day, Father, 173 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 4: you said, as for me and my house, we will 174 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 4: serve the Lord. You said, the seed of the righteous 175 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 4: is blessed. You said, my children will be mighty in 176 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 4: the land. Take a you said, and go to God. 177 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 4: That's what gets his attention. I talked to a lady 178 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 4: last week. Her marriage of seventeen years is coming to 179 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 4: an end. She was devastated. The man left for someone else, 180 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 4: and her whole world looked like it was falling apart. 181 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 4: It's easy to get depressed and fall into self pity 182 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 4: and not have any hope for the future. But I 183 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 4: told her what I'm telling you. You've got to find 184 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 4: some you said. Father, you said you would give me 185 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 4: beauty for ashes. God you said you would pay me 186 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 4: back double for the unfair things that have happened. God 187 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 4: you said my end would be better than my beginning. 188 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 4: You said, all things are going to work together for 189 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 4: my good. When you're tempted to fall into self pity, 190 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 4: just turn it around and declare a You said you 191 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 4: tempted to have a sour attitude, tempted to complain. Let 192 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 4: that be a reminder God, you said. All through the day, 193 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 4: we should be putting God in remembrance of his promises, 194 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: just like Alexandra eating breakfast out of the blue. Daddy 195 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 4: you said, we're going to Disney World. When are we going? 196 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 4: I don't know Alexandra yet, but Daddy you said I 197 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 4: would tell her. Alexandra, I know I said it. You've 198 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 4: reminded me four hundred and fifty times. Today. We are 199 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 4: going to Disney World, not because I want to, but 200 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 4: so she will leave me alone. The rest of this 201 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 4: passage says, put God in remembrance of his promises, Keep 202 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 4: not silent, give him no rest till it comes to pass. 203 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 4: That's what Alexandra did. She's an expert. She gave me 204 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 4: no rest. She kept not silent. Some of you today, 205 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 4: you're standing on a promise. You've got to you said. 206 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 4: But the problem is you're too passive. You can't remind 207 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 4: God one time and think that's good enough. It says, 208 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 4: keep not silent, give him no rest. That means you 209 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 4: have to be persistent. You've got to show God you 210 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 4: mean business. Not nagging, not begging God, but in faith, 211 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: go to God and remind him over and over what 212 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 4: he promised you. When you wake up in the morning 213 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 4: and those thoughts come saying you're never going to get well, 214 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 4: never going to accomplish your dreams, never get out of debt, 215 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 4: no kicking to gear. Father, you said the moment I prayed, 216 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 4: the tide of the battle terms taking a shower, God, 217 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 4: you said, I'm more than a conquer Driving to work, God, 218 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 4: you said, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but 219 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 4: you deliver me out of them all at the office 220 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 4: under your breath. God, you said you hold victory in 221 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 4: store for the upright. Driving home, God you said, you 222 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 4: go before me and make my crooked places straight. SE's 223 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 4: not enough to do it one time and think you're done, Joel, 224 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: I did this back in January. I did it thirty 225 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 4: seven years ago. No, you got to be persistent. It says, 226 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 4: keep not silent. Another way you could put this is 227 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 4: you have to be a pest when it comes to 228 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 4: reminding God what he promised you. Not begging, not demanding, 229 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 4: but relentless. If Alexandra had not been so persistent, we 230 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 4: wouldn't be going today. I told her we would. But 231 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 4: if she hadn't reminded me, if it wasn't a big deal. 232 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 4: I would have never brought it up. I don't really 233 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 4: want to travel. I travel all the time. I don't 234 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 4: want to go wait in lines. I'd rather stay at 235 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 4: home and relax. But the problem is I gave her 236 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 4: my word and she put me in remembrance, not once, 237 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 4: but again and again and again. If she would have 238 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 4: just done it a few times over the year, I 239 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 4: could have probably talked her out of it. But she 240 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 4: had a made up mind. She wasn't going to take 241 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 4: no for an answer. She knew I would not go 242 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 4: back on my word. Some of you would see your 243 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 4: life go to a new level if you had stop 244 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 4: being so passive and start reminding God what he said 245 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 4: about your family, about your career, about your health, about 246 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 4: your finances, about your future, not once but again and 247 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 4: again and again. Jesus told a parable in the scripture 248 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 4: about an unfair, unjust judge. This man neither feared God 249 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 4: nor respected people. One day, this widow woman came to 250 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 4: him and said, Judge, I have a problem. This man 251 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 4: is bothering me. I need you to make him leave 252 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 4: me alone. I need protection. In other words, she was saying, 253 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 4: I have a promise from the government. The law is 254 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 4: on my side. Judge, I'm asking you to enforce the law. 255 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 4: Make him leave me alone. This judge didn't give her 256 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 4: the time of day, didn't pay any attention to her. 257 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 4: He said, I'm not going to rule on your case. 258 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 4: Don't bother me with that. Just leave my courtroom. She left, 259 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 4: but she didn't get discouraged. She knew the law was 260 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 4: on her side. She kept going back day after day, 261 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 4: week after week. Every time the judge walked in his courtroom, 262 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 4: that woman was there making her case. Judge enforced this law. 263 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: It's my right, it's on my side. Finally, she wore 264 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 4: the judge down. The judge said, lady, I'm going to 265 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 4: help you, not because I want to, not because I 266 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 4: like you. I'm going to do it just so you 267 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 4: will leave me alone. One translation says, because of your 268 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 4: shameless persistence. That's the way we need to be when 269 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 4: it comes to reminding God what he said. The good 270 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 4: news is God is not like this judge. God is 271 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 4: for us. God is on our side. But if we're 272 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 4: going to see his promises come to pass, we have 273 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 4: to have this shameless persistence. Some promises you may have 274 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 4: to stand on it for a year or five years 275 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 4: or twenty years. Whatever the case. Like this, lady, you've 276 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 4: got to have a made up mind. You're not going 277 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 4: to keep silent. You know what belongs to you. Like 278 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 4: Alexandra reminded me again and again, you've got to keep 279 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 4: reminding God over and over and over until that promise 280 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 4: comes to pass. I like what my sister Lisa did. 281 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 4: She and her husband had been trying to have a 282 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 4: baby for six years with no success. Lisa wrote a 283 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 4: contract between her and God. She listed on a piece 284 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 4: of paper all the promises that she was standing on 285 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: concerning having a baby. She made it like a legal contract. 286 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 4: She even signed the bottom of it, and she had 287 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 4: Kevin sign the bottom of it. Isaiah forty one says, 288 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: present your case before God. Make your arguments, bring forth 289 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 4: your proof, Lisa wrote at the top, God, Kevin and 290 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: I are presenting our case to you. Our case is 291 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 4: based on your word. God. You said in Genesis one 292 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: twenty eight to be fruitful and multiply. God, how can 293 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 4: we do that unless you help us. God, you said 294 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 4: in Psalm one twelve, our children would be mighty in 295 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 4: the land. God, how can that be unless you give 296 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 4: us children? God, you said in Psalm thirteen, that you 297 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 4: make the bearing woman a happy mother of children. How 298 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 4: can that be God unless you bless us with children. God, 299 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 4: we've done all we know how to do. Now we're 300 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 4: presenting our case based on your word, knowing that you 301 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 4: are faithful and true to what you said. And she 302 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 4: took that contract, that piece of paper filled with scriptures, 303 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 4: and she placed it on her bathroom mirror to where 304 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 4: she could see it again and again, week after week, 305 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 4: month after month. She just kept reminding God what he 306 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 4: had promised. About two years later, God blessed them with twins, 307 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 4: and today they have three beautiful children. God is faithful 308 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: to his word. My question is, are you presenting your case? 309 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 4: Do you have any proof? Have you done like Lisa 310 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 4: and found the promises where you can say, God, you 311 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 4: said you'd make me a happy mother of children. God, 312 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 4: you said you'd restore what the enemy is stolen. God 313 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 4: you said you'd give me the desires of my heart 314 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 4: if you'll present your case before God. The good news 315 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: is Jesus is called our advocate. Another word for advocate 316 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,159 Speaker 4: is lawyer. In the courtroom of heaven, imagine Jesus is 317 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 4: our lawyer. God is the judge. As long as you 318 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 4: present your case based on God's word, you cannot lose. 319 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 4: He will be faithful and true to his word. And 320 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,120 Speaker 4: it would do good for all of us to make 321 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 4: a list, like Lisa, of the promises that we're standing on. 322 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 4: Put it up in your bathroom mirror, somewhere where you'll 323 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 4: see it often all through the day, week after week. 324 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 4: Just keep reminding God what he promised you. When those 325 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 4: thoughts come telling you that you're never going to rise higher, 326 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 4: you're seen your best days. No present your case. God, 327 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 4: you said, the path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter. 328 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 4: God you said, the glory of the latter house will 329 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 4: be greater than the glory of the former house. God, 330 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 4: my case is not based on what I feel. It's 331 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 4: not based on the economy. It's not based on a 332 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 4: medical report. It's not based on what somebody said about me. 333 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 4: My case is based solely on your word. And I 334 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: know you cannot lie what you say you will do. 335 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: That's what it means to present your case before God. 336 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 4: But sometimes, especially when it's difficult, instead of presenting our case, 337 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 4: we plead our case. God. Please, you got to help me. God. 338 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 4: I went to church last weekend. God I'm a good person. 339 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 4: I volunteered at the shelter. God, I'm begging you to 340 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 4: do something. The problem with that is you don't have 341 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 4: any proof. You're not taking any evidence. You're just describing 342 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 4: to God how you feel. You're just describing all the circumstances. 343 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: But if you're going to present your case like you 344 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 4: would go into a court of law, you've got to 345 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 4: be prepared. You don't just walk in and say, Judge, 346 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 4: I need some help. No, you take documents, you take evidence, 347 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 4: You've done your research. In the same way when you 348 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 4: go into the court of heaven, so to speak, you've 349 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 4: got to remind God what the contract says. God, you said, 350 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 4: no weapon formed against me will prosper. Here's my evidence, 351 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 4: Isaiah fifty four seventeen. God you said you're a very 352 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 4: present help in my time of trouble. Here's my evidence, 353 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 4: Psalm forty six to one. God you said, the strength 354 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 4: of the wicked is being cut off, but the power 355 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 4: of the godly is being increased. Here's my evidence, Psalm 356 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 4: seventy five to ten. When you go to God with 357 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 4: evidence with what he said, that that's a powerful case. 358 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 4: That's an unbeatable case. Some of you are busy pleading 359 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 4: your case, but if you'd switch over and start presenting 360 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 4: your case, you would see God begin to change things 361 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 4: in your favor. I know a lady that for several 362 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 4: years was at odds with her teenage daughter. She used 363 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 4: to come for prayer all the time, and she was 364 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 4: always upset and discouraged. I would do my best to 365 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 4: cheer her up and try to convince her to keep believing. 366 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 4: But more than coming for prayer, seemed like she just 367 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 4: came to want to complain about what God wasn't doing. 368 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 4: I shared with her this principle. Instead of complaining to God, 369 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 4: you need to remind God what he promised you. And 370 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 4: I gave her the scripture in Proverbs thirty one, it 371 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 4: says children will rise up and call their mother blessed. 372 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 4: At that time, this daughter was calling her mother every 373 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 4: name except blessed. The mother took it to heart. She 374 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 4: would go through the day all the time. Father, you said, 375 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 4: my children will rise up and call me blessed. When 376 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 4: the daughter was disrespectful, instead of complaining like she used to, 377 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: she would say, no, Father, you said, my daughter will 378 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 4: call me blessed. She found other promises. God, you said, 379 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 4: children are a gift from God to be enjoyed. She 380 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 4: presented her case, made her arguments, brought forth her proof. Now, 381 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 4: about three years later, that young lady had a total 382 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 4: change of heart. Today, the mother and daughter are best friends. 383 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 4: She's as kind and respectful as can be. They do 384 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 4: everything together, including come to church together. The mother told 385 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 4: me just recently, Joel, Now when I say my children 386 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 4: will rise up and call me blessed, I don't say 387 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 4: it by faith anymore. It's become a reality. God has 388 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: brought that promise to pass. That's what God wants to 389 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 4: do in all of our lives. In First crit Uncles, 390 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 4: chapter seventeen, God made David a promise that seemed almost impossible. 391 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 4: David didn't come from an influential family. He wasn't the strongest, 392 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 4: the most talented. He was just an ordinary person. Yet 393 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 4: God said to him, one of your descendants will always 394 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 4: be on the throne of Israel. Your dynasty will never 395 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 4: come to an end. David was overwhelmed. He said, God, 396 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 4: I'm just a shepherd boy. You're talking to me like 397 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 4: I'm somebody great. He could have easily dismissed that promise, 398 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 4: let it go in one ear and out the other. 399 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 4: But instead of talking himself out of it, David's attitude was, God, 400 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 4: if you're bold enough to promise it, then I'm bold 401 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 4: enough to believe it. He got in agreement with God. 402 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 4: I can imagine when times got tough, enemies were coming 403 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 4: against him, it looked like he would be defeated, he 404 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 4: would go back and remind God of that promise. God, 405 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: I would always be on the throne. You said my 406 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 4: dynasty would never come to an end. Instead of pleading 407 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 4: his case, he just kept presenting his case with God. 408 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 4: You said today that promise is still being fulfilled. When 409 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 4: we read the scripture, sometimes we see promises like David 410 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 4: that look impossible. It says we will lend and not borrow, 411 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 4: but in the natural we don't see how that could happen. 412 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 4: Or it says we're going to live healthy and strong. 413 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 4: Maybe the medical report says just the opposite. We have 414 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: the choice. We can either take hold of those promises 415 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 4: and present them to God, reminding him again and again, 416 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 4: keeping not silent, knowing that He will bring them to pass, 417 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 4: or we can talk ourselves out of it and tell 418 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 4: God all the reasons why it's not going to happen. Now, 419 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 4: let's be people like David that say, God, if you're 420 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 4: bold enough to promise it, we're bold enough to believe it. 421 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 4: In other words, God, if you say I'm blessed, then 422 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 4: when I come to you, I'm not going to remind 423 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 4: you of all my problems and how slow business is. No, 424 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 4: the words I'm going to bring you are your words. 425 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 4: I'm blessed. I'm the head. I'm not to tell I 426 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 4: am victorious. It may seem impossible, but instead of telling 427 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 4: God why you can't be successful, why don't you go 428 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 4: to God With Ephesians three twenty, God, you said you 429 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 4: would do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond in my life. 430 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 4: Are you pleading your case or are you presenting your 431 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 4: case reminding God what he promised you. There's an amazing 432 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 4: promise in Genesis twelve to two that God makes to 433 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 4: all of us as the seed of Abraham. God says, 434 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 4: I will make your name great. One translation says I 435 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 4: will make your name distinguished. That's a great promise to 436 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 4: remind God. I have a friend that comes from a 437 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 4: family that has a very bad reputation. Name was anything 438 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 4: but distinguished. They were known for crime, drugs, illegal activity, 439 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 4: many of his relatives had been in prison. This had 440 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 4: gone back for three or four generations. As a young man, 441 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: he gave his life to Christ and he headed down 442 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 4: a better path, and he was doing his best to 443 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 4: overcome all this negative baggage. But it seemed like this 444 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 4: dark cloud followed him everywhere he went. When people found 445 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 4: out his last name, especially in his community, they would 446 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 4: treat him differently, try to not have anything to do 447 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 4: with them. It was like he wore this badge of dishonor. 448 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 4: I told him that you need to remind God what 449 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 4: he promised you. Every day. You need to say God, 450 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 4: you said you'd make my name great. You said if 451 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 4: I'd honor you, you would honor me. Instead of pleading 452 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 4: his case saying God, this is not fair. Why was 453 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 4: I born into this family? Why do I have to 454 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 4: deal with this bad reputation, he started presenting his case. God, 455 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 4: you said you would make my name distinguished. He went 456 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 4: on to become a very successful coach. Several months ago, 457 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 4: he brought me a picture of himself receiving an award. 458 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 4: He was chosen as the coach of the year in 459 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 4: his school district. In that school lobby, there's a plaque 460 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 4: of all the coaches of the year, and each year 461 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 4: they add a new coach to it. He pointed to 462 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 4: the top it said Coach of the year, and under it, 463 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 4: in big bold letters, the plaque read distinguished hon Areas 464 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 4: there was his name. He smiled and said, Joel, God 465 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 4: has made my name distinguished. Friends. God is a faithful God. 466 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 4: Don't plead your case. Don't tell God why you can't 467 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 4: be successful, why you can't get well, why you'll never 468 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 4: get out of debt. No present your case. Remind God 469 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 4: what he said about you. Make a list of the 470 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 4: promises that you're standing on. When you go to the 471 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 4: courtroom of heaven, so to speak, take some evidence, bring 472 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 4: your proof. God, you said I'm blessed and cannot be 473 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 4: cursed like Lisa. God you said you'd make me the 474 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 4: happy mother of children. God you said you would restore 475 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 4: what the enemy has stolen. Don't keep silent. Remind God 476 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 4: again and again, not nagging, not begging. 477 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 3: God. 478 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 4: Now go to him in faith with a You said, 479 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 4: if you will put God in remembrance of his promises 480 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 4: and not put him in remembrance of your problems, then 481 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 4: God will be faithful to his word. What he promised 482 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 4: he will do. You will rise higher, overcoming obstacles, defeating enemies, 483 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 4: accomplishing dreams. I believe in declare You're going to become 484 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 4: everything God's created you to be. You're going to have 485 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 4: everything God intended for you to have in Jesus' name. 486 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say amen? Well, we 487 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 4: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 488 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 489 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 490 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 4: of my sins, Come into my heart. I make you 491 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 492 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 493 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 494 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 4: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 495 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the joel Oustine podcast. Help 496 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 497 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 5: all over the world. Visit Joeloustein dot com slash give 498 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 5: Hope to give a gift today. 499 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 500 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 501 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 502 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 503 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 4: next time.