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God is saying release it to me. 42 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 6: I'm in control. I'm ordering your steps. 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: I'm working behind the scenes. It may not be good, 44 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: but I'm going to turn it for your good. Hi, 45 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 4: this is Victoria. 46 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 47 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 6: the ministry. 48 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 49 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 50 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 51 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 6: your life. Well, God bless you to joy to come 52 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 6: into your homes. We're praying for you, guys, and I 53 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 6: hope you'll stay connected with us all throughout the week. 54 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 6: You can download our daily podcast or go to our 55 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 6: YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, follow us on social media. 56 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 6: We want to keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks 57 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 6: for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I like 58 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 6: to start with something funny and I heard about these 59 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 6: elderly ladies way up in their eighties. They were driving 60 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 6: down the freeway together when they were pulled. 61 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 4: Over by a policeman. 62 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 6: The officer asked the driver, ma'am, do you realize you're 63 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 6: only going thirty five miles an hour. She said, yes, Officer, 64 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 6: I realize that. He said, well, why are you going 65 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 6: so slow? She said, because that's what the SI says. 66 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 6: He kind of laughed and said, no, ma'am, that's the 67 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 6: number of the freeway. This is Highway thirty five, and 68 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 6: by the way, Why do these other passengers look so terrified? 69 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 6: She smiled and said, because we just got off Highway 70 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 6: ninety five. Say it like you mean it. This is 71 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 6: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 72 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 6: have what it says I have. I can do what 73 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 6: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 74 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 6: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 75 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 6: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 76 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 6: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 77 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 6: to you today about letting go of control. God puts 78 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 6: promises and dreams in all of our hearts. We know 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 6: we're going to get well, we know our business is 80 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 6: going to succeed. 81 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 4: We know we're going to meet the right person. 82 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 6: But God doesn't tell us how it's going to happen 83 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 6: or when it's going to happen. And too often, if 84 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 6: it's not happening the way we thought or on our timetable, 85 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 6: we get frustrated. God, when is this going to turn around? 86 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 6: When is my health going to improve? How come this 87 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 6: situation at work is not getting better? We put God 88 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 6: in a box and tell him how to do it, 89 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 6: when it should happen, and who to use If it's 90 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 6: not working out the way we think, we can get discouraged. 91 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 6: But once you pray, once you believe, you have to 92 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 6: leave how God does it and when he does it 93 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 6: up to him. If you put a time frame on 94 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 6: it and a method of how it's going to happen, 95 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 6: you're going to be frustrated because God's ways are not 96 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 6: our ways. He's working when we can't see it. Sometimes 97 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 6: it's taking longer because He has something better in store. 98 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 6: And one of the best things I've learned is to 99 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 6: trust God's timing and trust his ways. What God promised 100 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 6: will come to pass, but it may not happen the 101 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 6: way you think, may not be when you had planned. 102 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 6: If you're trying to control the outcome and control the 103 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 6: time frame. 104 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 4: You're going to live worried. 105 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 6: You have to release control, release having to have it 106 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 6: happen your way. God already has it figured out. He 107 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 6: knows the end from the beginning. 108 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 4: But here's the key. He doesn't give us the details. 109 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 6: If you knew how everything was going to work out, 110 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 6: it wouldn't take faith. If he told you three months 111 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 6: from now, a big door is going to open. It 112 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 6: looks like you're going backwards, But there's a shortcut. It's 113 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 6: going to put you ahead. You would relax and say, Okay, 114 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 6: it's all going to work out. Why don't you do 115 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 6: that now? God has it all planned out. He's doing 116 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 6: things you can't see. There are good breaks coming, healing 117 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 6: favor the right people. 118 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 4: They're already on your schedule. If you'll release. 119 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 6: Control, then you can enjoy your life while you're waiting 120 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 6: for things to change. 121 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 4: What's upsetting you? What's keeping you awake at night? God? 122 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 6: God is saying, release it to me. I'm in control. 123 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 6: I'm ordering your steps. 124 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 4: I'm working behind the scenes. It may not be good, 125 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 4: but I'm going to turn it for your good. 126 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 6: The scripture says, those who have believed in are into rest. 127 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 4: Once you believed, you. 128 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 6: Don't have to figure everything out. You may not see 129 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 6: anything changing. You'll be tempted to worry. Stay at rest. 130 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 6: When you're at rest, you're showing God that you trust him. 131 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 4: Wow. 132 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 6: Maybe you're believing for your health to improve, but the 133 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 6: medical report is not getting better. You thought it would 134 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 6: have happened by now. You could be worried, complaining, but 135 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 6: instead you're thanking God. You're declaring his promises. You're being 136 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 6: your best each day. When you're at rest, you're in faith. 137 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 4: That's what allows God to work. 138 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 6: But if you're upset over what's not changing, worried about 139 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 6: your finances, can't sleep because that childish off course, that's. 140 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: A sign that you you've stopped believing. 141 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 6: You need to enter into rest, come back to a 142 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 6: place of peace. You can't trust God and be worried 143 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 6: at the same time. When you're at rest, you know 144 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 6: God's in control. You know all things are going to 145 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 6: work for your good. You know what he started, He's 146 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 6: going to finish well. Joel, I'm worried about my finances. 147 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 6: I'm upset about the medical report. When is this pandemic 148 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 6: going to be over? It's not a surprise to God. 149 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 6: He hasn't brought you this far to leave you. Release 150 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 6: the worried, release the frustration, release having. 151 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 4: To know all the details. 152 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 6: There will always be situations that we don't understand, and 153 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 6: problems that look too big, obstacles that seem permanent. 154 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 4: That's a test. 155 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 6: Will you go through life worried, wondering if it's going 156 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 6: to work out, discourage because it's taken so long, or 157 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 6: will you enter into rest? Will you believe that God 158 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 6: is in control and that he will get you to 159 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 6: where you're supposed to be. My sister Lisa and her 160 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 6: husband Kevin tried to have a baby for many years 161 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 6: with no success. Lisa took all the fertility treatments, had 162 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 6: a couple of surgeries, but still couldn't conceive. Finally, the 163 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 6: doctors told her that she wouldn't be able to have 164 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 6: a baby in Lisa kept praying, kept believing year after year. 165 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 6: She knew that God has the final say, but at 166 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 6: one point she realized she was consumed with having that baby. 167 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 6: That was her main focus. And sometimes we want something 168 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 6: so badly it can get out of balance. We're not 169 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 6: going to be happy unless God does. 170 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 4: It our way. You have to put it on the altar. 171 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 6: Don't release the dream, don't give up on the promise, 172 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 6: but release control of how. 173 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 4: God is going to bring it to pass. 174 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 6: He may not do it a traditional way what you 175 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 6: were expecting. Anything, you have to have to be happy. 176 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 6: The enemy can use against you when you can say, God, 177 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 6: this is what I want. But even if it doesn't 178 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 6: work out my way, I'm still going to be happy. 179 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 6: I'm still going to give you praise. That takes away 180 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 6: the power of the enemy. Hold tightly to your dreams, 181 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 6: but hold loosely to how. 182 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: God is going to do it. 183 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 6: A few months after Lisa released control, she received a 184 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 6: phone call from a friend of ours in another state 185 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 6: that has a home for teenage girls. One of the 186 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 6: young ladies was about to give birth to twins. She 187 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 6: asked Lisa and Kevin if they would be interested in 188 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 6: adopting them. They didn't have to think twice. They knew 189 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 6: that was an answered prayer. A couple of months later 190 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 6: they were at the hospital when the babies were born. Today, 191 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 6: they're beautiful young ladies in their twenties. God knows how 192 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 6: to bring promises to pass, but you have to stay 193 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 6: open to how it's going to happen. If you're set 194 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 6: in having it one way, you can be frustrated. Does 195 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 6: things out of the ordinary, unusual, He may not bring 196 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 6: your dream to pass a traditional way. Seemed like Lisa 197 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 6: was falling behind. But then one phone call and she 198 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 6: had not one, but two babies. She didn't have to 199 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 6: get pregnant, she didn't have to carry the baby nine months. 200 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,479 Speaker 6: God did it an unusual way. Are you upset. 201 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 4: About something that's the hand of God. 202 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 6: It hasn't happened yet, because God's going to do something 203 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 6: better than you think. The delay, the disappointment, the setback, 204 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 6: it's not working against you, is working for you. Release 205 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 6: control of how it's going to happen. God is about 206 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 6: to do unusual things, out of the ordinary, unpreced in it. 207 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 4: You're not falling behind. 208 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 6: You're about to receive a phone call, a good break, 209 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 6: a promotion, your health suddenly turns around. I've learned God 210 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 6: doesn't always take us down a straight path. There will 211 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 6: be detours, delays, curves, these times when you feel like 212 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 6: you're going the wrong way. God, I'm believing to go 213 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 6: this direction for promotion, healing, freedom, but I'm going the 214 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,119 Speaker 6: other direction. I'm in a pandemic. I'm seeing just the opposite. 215 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 6: Don't get set on the method. The way you think 216 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 6: it's going to happen may not be the way God's 217 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 6: going to do it. What you can't see is on 218 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 6: that path there's going the wrong way. 219 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 4: There's another turn. 220 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 6: It leads to a shortcut that will catapult you ahead. 221 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 6: Lisa was believing for one child and came out with two. 222 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 4: That's the way our God is. 223 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 6: Where he's leading you is going to be better than 224 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 6: you've imagined. The reason it's taking longer is because it's 225 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 6: going to be bigger than you thought, more rewarding, more fulfilling. 226 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 6: Doors aren't opening yet. You don't know what God is 227 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 6: up to. You can't see what he's doing behind the scenes. 228 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 6: People are against you, the trouble hasn't turned around. Your 229 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 6: family member is still off course. Don't be discouraged by 230 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 6: what's not changing. Your time is coming. The scripture talks 231 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 6: about how there is a set time for God to 232 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 6: favor you, a set time to heal you, a set 233 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,199 Speaker 6: time to turn the problem around. If there's a right time, 234 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 6: that means there's a wrong time. 235 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 4: If it hasn't happened yet, then it wasn't meant to be. 236 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 6: Instead of fighting where you are, why don't you embrace. 237 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 4: Where you are? God? 238 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 6: I know you're ordering my steps. I'm right where I'm 239 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 6: supposed to be. 240 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 4: Lord. 241 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 6: I want to thank you that my set times are coming. 242 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 6: I can promise you this, God is not going to 243 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 6: be one second. Lad, He's not going to accidentally miss 244 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 6: your set time. And it's good to be passionate about 245 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 6: our dreams and passionate about healing, freedom, promotion, But don't 246 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 6: be so consumed that you're not going to be while 247 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 6: you're waiting for God to bring it to pass. Don't 248 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 6: put your happiness on hold until everything works out. 249 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 4: This day is a gift. Enjoy your life while God 250 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 4: is working. 251 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 6: Enter into rest, not uptight stressed out. When is it 252 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 6: going to change? You have to pass the test of 253 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 6: being happy where you are before God will get you 254 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 6: to where you want to be. If you can only 255 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 6: be happy when the problem turns around, when you have 256 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 6: the baby, when your business grows, that's going to delay 257 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 6: what God is going to do. 258 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 4: You have to put your foot down and say, I 259 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 4: am going to enjoy this day. 260 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 6: This pandemic is not going to stop me. These challenges, 261 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 6: this bad break. God, I know you're on the throne. 262 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 6: I trust your timing, I trust your ways. 263 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 4: In the meantime, I'm going to live my life happy. 264 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 6: Imagine if Joseph had not learned how to release control. 265 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 6: Gave him a dream as a teenager that he would 266 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 6: be in leadership, that people would bow down before him. 267 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 6: What if he had a preconceived idea of how it was. 268 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 4: Going to happen. 269 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 6: Surely someone is going to show up at my house 270 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 6: like they did for David and anoint me king. Pick 271 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 6: me out of a lineup, show me favor, and I'll 272 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 6: step into leadership. 273 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 4: But God does things unusual ways. 274 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 6: He uses adversities, bad breaks, disappointments to move us into 275 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 6: our destiny. The trouble looks like a setback, but really 276 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 6: trouble is transportation. God uses trouble to move you to 277 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 6: where he wants you to be. We think God only 278 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 6: uses favor, good breaks, open doors. 279 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 4: We know that's his blessing. We think him when that happens. 280 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 6: But I've learned God uses closed doors just as much 281 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 6: as open doors. He uses people that are against us 282 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 6: just as much as people that are for us. He 283 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 6: used his rejection, betrayals, delays to position us for promotion. 284 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 6: We can't see it at the time. We don't like it. 285 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 6: It's uncomfortable, but it's the hand of God ordering our steps. 286 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 6: Joseph had this dream. He knew God's favor was on him. 287 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 4: What happened. He was betrayed by his brothers. 288 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 6: Thrown into a pit, sold into slavery, falsely accused, put 289 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 6: in prison, one bad break after another. But Joseph understood 290 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 6: this principle. He never complained he never got bitter. I'm 291 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 6: sure there were many lonely nights, times were he felt forgotten, abandoned, 292 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 6: But deep down he could hear that still small voice 293 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 6: telling him I'm still in control. 294 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 4: I've got you in the palm of my hand. This 295 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 4: is all a part of your destiny. 296 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 6: If he would have tried to control it, tried to 297 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 6: make it happen his way, he would have lived bitter, frustrated, angry. 298 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 4: Every day he. 299 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 6: Had to release the worry, release the frustration, release how 300 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 6: he thought it would happen. Thirteen years later, he became 301 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 6: the Prime Minister of Egypt. 302 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 4: He saw that dream come to pass. 303 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 6: But when you study his journey, you see twists and turns, delays, detours, disappointments. 304 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 6: Proverb says, since the Lord is directing your steps, why 305 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 6: try to understand everything that happens along the way. 306 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 4: Are you frustrated because you. 307 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 6: Don't understand something that's happened to you, upset over a 308 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 6: bad break, worried because of a delay. 309 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 4: How do you know it's not the hand of God 310 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 4: leading you to your throne. 311 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 6: How do you know you're not a Joseph, that you're 312 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 6: not right on course on schedule to see what. 313 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 4: God promised you. It may not happen like you think. 314 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 6: God uses difficulties to position us for destiny. What you're 315 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 6: upset about a necessary step, that closed door, the delay, 316 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 6: it's intromental in you reaching your purpose. Don't try to 317 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 6: understand everything that happens along the way. 318 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 4: God works in mysterious ways. 319 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 6: If you're trying to figure everything out, you're going to 320 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 6: get confused. There are things that you're not supposed to understand. 321 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 4: That's what faith is all about. 322 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 6: If that adversity was going to stop your destiny, God 323 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 6: wouldn't have allowed it. If that disappointment was going to 324 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 6: keep you from your purpose, it. 325 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 4: Wouldn't have happened. God is seeing what you're made of. 326 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 6: This is your chance to say, like Joseph, God, I 327 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 6: trust you even. 328 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 4: When I don't understand it. 329 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 6: I'm gonna keep being my best, even when it's not fair. 330 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 6: I'm gonna keep giving you praise when I could be complaining. 331 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 6: I'm gonna keep moving forward when I feel like going backwards. 332 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 4: Luke twenty two. 333 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 6: Jesus was about to be crucified. 334 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 4: He was on the mount of Olive praying. 335 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 6: Judas came up with a group of soldiers and kissed Jesus. 336 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 4: That's how they knew who to arrest. 337 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 6: Now, when they went to take Jesus, Peter pulled out 338 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 6: his sword and cut off one of the soldier's ears. 339 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 6: He was ready to fight. He wasn't about to let 340 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 6: this go down without opposition. The other disciples said, Lord, 341 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 6: should we fight. We brought our swords. Jesus said in 342 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 6: verse fifty two, don't resist anymore. 343 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 4: He was saying, this is all a part of my plan. 344 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 6: I can't reach my destiny without Judas kissing me, without 345 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 6: this betrayal, I can't rise from the dead. I can't 346 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 6: bring salvation without these soldiers arresting me, without me being crucified. 347 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 4: And it looked like the enemy was in control. 348 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 6: The soldiers were getting the upper hand, taking Jesus away. 349 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 6: They didn't realize they were taking him into his destiny. 350 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 6: When we face hardships, the bad breaks, the disappoint ointments, 351 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 6: it seems like the enemy is in control. That's when 352 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 6: we want to fight, resist, get upset, live worried. God 353 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 6: is saying, don't resist anymore, don't fight it, don't live bitter, 354 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 6: don't try to get even trust me. I'm in control. 355 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 6: I'm still directing your steps. Yes, resist the sickness, resist 356 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 6: the addiction, but you shouldn't fight everything that comes your way. 357 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,479 Speaker 6: Live upset, can't sleep at night. The enemy didn't get 358 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 6: the upper hand. He didn't somehow get control of your life. 359 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 6: God is still on the throne. The betrayal wasn't fair. 360 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 6: God didn't stop it because it's leading you to your destiny. 361 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 4: You didn't like the disappointment. 362 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 6: Looks like the enemy is prevailing, like the opposition is 363 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 6: holding you back. 364 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 4: But you don't know what God is up to. 365 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 6: What you can't see is on the other side of 366 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 6: that crucifixion, so to speak, is a resurrection on the 367 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 6: other side of the betrayal, the sickness, the disappointment is 368 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 6: a new level of your destiny. Stop resisting and start resting. 369 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 6: Sometimes we're trying to play God. We're straighten everybody out, 370 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 6: vindicate ourselves, fix this situation at work. Why don't you 371 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 6: release control. God doesn't need our help. He's not looking 372 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 6: for some advice, hoping you'll stop those betrayals, keep those 373 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 6: bad breaks from happening. No, don't resist anymore. Let him 374 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 6: be God. You don't have to fight everything that comes 375 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 6: your way. You can't reach your destiny without a Judas kiss. 376 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 6: Don't fight Judas, kiss him back and move on. You 377 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 6: can't become who you were created to be without a 378 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 6: soul being jealous like with David, without a Potiphar's wife 379 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 6: falsely accusing you, like with Joseph, without a king Nebukinezzar 380 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 6: throwing you in to a fiery furnace, like the three 381 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 6: hebrew Children, without a pharaoh trying to hold. 382 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 4: You captive, like the Israelites. 383 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 6: The good news is the opposition is not in control. 384 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 6: They are palms in the hands of the Most High God. 385 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 4: He is ordering your steps. 386 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 6: Nothing happens without his permission. Nineteen fifty nine, my father 387 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 6: was pastoring a successful church. They had just built a 388 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 6: new auditorium. He was on the state board for his denomination. 389 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 6: Life was good, looked like he had a bright future, 390 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 6: but my sister was born with something like cerebral pauls in. 391 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 6: My father went to a hotel downtown to be alone 392 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 6: for a few days. He read the Bible like it 393 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 6: was the first time he ever read it. 394 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 4: He saw how God is a. 395 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 6: Healer, how he wants us to live a victorious, bless life. 396 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 6: He came back and started sharing his new message of 397 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 6: faith and victory with his congregation. Much to his surprise, 398 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 6: some of them didn't like it. It didn't fit into 399 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 6: their tradition. They ended up asking him to leave. He 400 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 6: was so disappointed. He had spent years pouring his heart 401 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 6: and soul into those people. My father could have fought it, 402 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 6: made a big buss, showed them that he was right 403 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 6: and they were wrong. 404 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 4: Instead, he didn't resist. He recognized that closed door was 405 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 4: the hand of God. 406 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 6: He and my mother went out and started Lakewood in 407 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 6: an abandoned fee store. 408 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 4: With ninety people. 409 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 6: Critics said it would never last, But sixty one years later, 410 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 6: here we are still going strong. 411 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 4: God knew my father couldn't. 412 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 6: Reach his destiny staying in that limited environment. Those people 413 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 6: that were against him, they couldn't help it. They weren't 414 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 6: bad people, they were pawns in the hands of God. 415 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 6: You have to be mature enough to know when to 416 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 6: resist and when not to resis. You're not supposed to 417 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 6: fight every battle. God uses betrayals, closed doors, disappointments to 418 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 6: move you into your purpose. What if my father would 419 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 6: have been bitter, stubborn, not willing to move God I 420 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 6: know you want me to pastor here, he would have 421 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 6: missed his destiny. Don't resist, rest, don't try to control 422 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 6: how it's going to happen. Release control, be open to 423 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 6: what God is going to do. 424 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 4: Act twenty seven. 425 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 6: Paul was a prisoner on a ship sailing toward Rome. 426 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 6: An angel appeared to him and said he was going 427 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 6: to stand before Caesar. On the journey, they encountered a 428 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 6: huge storm with hurricane force winds. For fourteen days, they 429 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 6: didn't see the sun nor the stars. They tried their 430 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 6: best to steer the ship to try to keep some 431 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 6: kind of control, but the winds were too much. Instead 432 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 6: of fighting it trying to force where they wanted it 433 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 6: to go, the scripture says they took down the cells 434 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 6: and let the wind blow the ship wherever the storm. 435 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 4: Wanted it to go. When you've done everything you can. 436 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 6: You prayed, you believed, you stood in faith, there comes 437 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 6: a time where you have to do like them. Quit 438 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 6: fighting it, Quit trying to force it to work out, 439 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 6: Quit losing sleep, and release control. God will not take 440 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 6: you someplace where he wants sustain you. 441 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 4: How do you release control? 442 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 6: Quit worrying about it, quit losing sleep, Quit trying to 443 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 6: make it happen your way. Say God, I trust you. 444 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 6: I know you're in control of these winds. They can 445 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 6: blow me forward, backward, left, right, But one thing I'm 446 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 6: certain of, where you take me. 447 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 4: Is exactly where I'm supposed to be. That's what my 448 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 4: father did. 449 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 6: Those winds blew him to Lakewood, the same winds that 450 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 6: were meant to stop you. If you'll stay in faith, 451 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 6: God will shift winds and instead of blowing you backwards, 452 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 6: they will blow you forward. 453 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 4: That's what the scripture says. What's meant for. 454 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 6: Your harm, God will turn to your advantage. Are you 455 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 6: resisting or are you resting? Are you trying to control everything? 456 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 6: Upset because it's not happening your way, trying to force it, 457 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 6: Why don't you take down the cells and trust what 458 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 6: God is doing. You may not understand it now, it 459 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 6: may not make sense yet, but one day you'll see 460 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 6: it was a necessary step to reach your destiny. 461 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 4: It looked like a setback, but really it was a 462 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 4: set up. I talked to a young lady. 463 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 6: Life was going great until she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. 464 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 6: She was out of work so long that she lost 465 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 6: her job. She couldn't afford an apartment. A friend gave 466 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 6: her a place to stay. She ended up getting a 467 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 6: job with the major airlines. She was so excited finally 468 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 6: getting back on her feet. Then the pandemic hit the 469 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 6: airline cut her work back to only a few hours 470 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 6: a week. She had to get an additional job working 471 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 6: with a security company. One night, her car was stolen 472 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 6: at work. It was one bad break after another. She 473 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 6: got a rental car and it had serious XM. 474 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 4: She was so discouraged, she. 475 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 6: Said she needed to laugh, so she started flipping through 476 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,479 Speaker 6: the channels looking for a comedian. She came across our station, 477 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 6: Channel one twenty eight and thought I was a comedian. 478 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 6: She started listening found out that I wasn't, but she 479 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 6: couldn't turn it off. 480 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 4: Hope began to feel her heart. 481 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 6: Dreams started coming back to life, fresh vision. She ended 482 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 6: up giving her life to Christ. Recently, her company offered 483 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 6: her the opportunity to transfer to Hawaii. She had always 484 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 6: dreamed of living there. It was a management position. Because 485 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 6: she worked for the airline, she can travel back and 486 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 6: forth at no charge. 487 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 4: She said, I look back. 488 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 6: Now at all the things that happened to me, and 489 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 6: I realize it was all working for my good. If 490 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 6: my truck hadn't have been stolen, I wouldn't have come 491 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 6: to know the Lord. 492 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 4: If I didn't work for. 493 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,479 Speaker 6: The airline, I wouldn't have these free flights. If they 494 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 6: hadn't cut my hours back, I wouldn't have taken this job. 495 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 6: I wouldn't have this new opportunity to move to Hawaii. 496 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 6: She couldn't see it at the time, but the winds 497 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 6: of that storm were blowing her to where God wanted 498 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 6: her to be. That difficulty you're facing, that trouble, It 499 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 6: is not going to stop you. The trouble is transportation. 500 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 6: Don't fight everything worried. Why did this happen? 501 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 4: God knows what he's doing. He has you in the 502 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 4: palm of his hand. 503 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 6: He may not do it the way you had planned, 504 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 6: but where He's taken you is better than you've imagined. 505 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 6: Psalm fifty five says cast your burdens on the Lord, 506 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 6: Release the weight of them, and he will sustain you. 507 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 4: How many weights are you carrying around? 508 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 6: The weight of worry, the weight of what you don't understand, 509 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 6: the weight of how am I going to make it 510 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 6: through this tough season? There's something you have to do. 511 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 6: God is not going to take the burden away. You 512 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 6: have to release the worry, release the frustration, release having 513 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 6: to figure it out, come back to a place of peace. 514 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 4: The right attitude is God. My life is in your hands. 515 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 6: I commit my dreams, my family, my finances, my health 516 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 6: to you. 517 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 4: Now. 518 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 6: I'm not going to fight everything I don't like. I'm 519 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 6: not gonna live upset when it doesn't go my way. 520 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,239 Speaker 6: I know you're working all things for my good. I 521 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 6: trust your timing, I trust your ways. 522 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 4: When you have believed, you enter into rest. 523 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 6: I'm asking you to stop resisting and start resting. If 524 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 6: you'll release control, I believe and declare, weights that have 525 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 6: burdened you. 526 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 4: Down are lifting off of you. 527 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 6: Right now, God is about to shift the winds of 528 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 6: that storm blowing you backwards. 529 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 4: It's going to blow you forward. 530 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 6: Promotion is coming, healing is coming, freedom, the fullness of 531 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 6: your destiny in Jesus' name. 532 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say amen? 533 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 3: Today? 534 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 535 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. 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