1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 6 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 2: your life. Will God bless you such a joy to 8 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: come into your homes. We love you and we know 9 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: God has great things in store for each one of you. 10 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area. 11 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: I hope that you'll come out and see us. We 12 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: give you a personal invitation, but we'd love to have 13 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: you be a part of one of our services. Thanks 14 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: for tuning in to day and I like to get 15 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: started each week with something funny, and I heard about 16 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: this man. He was the only Protestant in a large 17 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: Catholic neighborhood and every Friday during Lent, when all of 18 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: his neighbors were eating cold fish, he would be gwilling 19 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: a steak in the backyard and the neighbors just couldn't 20 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 2: stand the temptation. They decided to try to convert him 21 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: to Catholicism. He finally agreed, the pre sprinkled water over 22 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: him said you were born a Baptist. You were raised 23 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic. The next year, 24 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: on the first Friday of Lent, they smelled the same 25 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,639 Speaker 2: smell of steak in the air. They rushed to his house. 26 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 2: They saw him in the backyard. He was sprinkling water 27 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: over his steak, saying, you were born a cow, you're 28 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: raised a cow, but now you're a fish. All right, 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 2: Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 30 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 31 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 32 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 33 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 34 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 35 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 36 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how God can. 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: Turn back time. 38 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: Every one of us has had opportunities that we've missed, 39 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: chances that we've blown. We can all look back and think, 40 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: why didn't I put more effort into that relationship, Why 41 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: didn't I take make that job, or why did I 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: spend all those years running with the wrong crowd, partying 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: when I should have been getting ahead. I had a 44 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 2: man tell me last week, Joel, I'd love to believe 45 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 2: that I was coming into new seasons of increase, But 46 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: I really think I've missed my season. But God always 47 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: has another season. God always gives us another chance. Sometimes 48 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: it's not our fault. I know people that didn't have 49 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: a good childhood. They were raised in an unhealthy environment. 50 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: They weren't treated right, And it's tempting to think too 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: bad for me, I'll never get that back. 52 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: But God said here in the Book of. 53 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 2: Joel to twenty five, I will restore the years that 54 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: have been stolen. That means God can make up years 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: of your life. God can turn back time. You may 56 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: not be able to relive your childhood, but he can 57 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: make the rest of your life so rewarding and so 58 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 2: fulfilling it makes up for it. You may feel like 59 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 2: you've wasted years in a relationship that didn't work out, 60 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: years on a job that turned out to be a 61 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: dead end, but don't get discouraged. God controls time. You 62 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: need to believe that every opportunity you've missed, every chance 63 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 2: you've blown, God will turn back time and bring that 64 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 2: across your path once again. I think about Hezekiah, he 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 2: was very sick and close to death. The prophet said 66 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 2: he only had a little while to live. Hezekiah prayed 67 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 2: and asked God for his mercy, and God spoke to 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: the prophet and said, tell Hezekiah. 69 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to add fifteen years to his life. 70 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: And Hezekiah was so excited when he got the news. 71 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: Was almost too good to be true. 72 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: And he said, God, I really believe you, But will 73 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: you give me some kind of sign so that I 74 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: know it's true. Since they were dealing with time, God said, 75 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: all right, Hezekiah, go out and watch the sun dial. 76 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: They didn't have clocks like we have today. 77 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: They had these markings on the ground and where the 78 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: shadows from the position of the sun fell, that's how 79 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 2: they knew what time it was. And Hezekiah said, God, 80 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: if this promise is really going to come to pass, 81 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: if you're going to really add years to. 82 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: My life, don't just stop time. I know you can 83 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: do that. 84 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: I want you to do something more difficult, something even 85 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 2: more out of the ordinary. 86 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: God. 87 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to make the shadow go in the 88 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: wrong direction. I'm asking you to turn back time. Think 89 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,799 Speaker 2: about how bold Hezekiah was took a lot of nerve 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 2: to say, God, I believe you loved me so much. 91 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: I believe you're so concerned about me that you'll do 92 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: something that's never been done before. You'll interrupt the whole 93 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: solar system, just to prove to me that I heard 94 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: you right. 95 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: Friends, God is moved by our faith. 96 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: Sure enough, the next forty minutes, Hezekiah watched the shadow 97 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 2: go counter clockwise. 98 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: The scripture says, the sun. 99 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: When in reverse ten degrees. Now, I believe that's what 100 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: God is saying to us. I can turn back time 101 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: in your life. I can restore the years that you've lost. 102 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 2: You may think you've blown it and you've wasted so 103 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: much time, But God has new opportunities in front of you. 104 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 2: He wants the rest of your life to be better 105 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: than the first part. And if you will stay in faith, 106 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: a shift is going to happen. What was it, God's 107 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: turning back time. He's going to restore the years that 108 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 2: you were mistreated. He's going to present you with opportunities 109 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 2: that you missed because you weren't in the right position. 110 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: The fact is it was our fault. But God is 111 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: so good, he's so full of mercy. He's going to 112 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 2: give us another chance. And it's interesting how light is formed. 113 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: All these tiny molecules come together. They're red in color, 114 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: and their shape is a perfect circle. Of course we 115 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: can't see them with our natural eye. 116 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: But what causes light is. 117 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 2: They start rubbing together very very fast, and all of 118 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: a sudden, light breaks forth. I can imagine when Hezekiah 119 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 2: asked God to turn back time. God thought, that's no 120 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: problem for me, and he took those molecules that were 121 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 2: supposed to be a complete circle, and he said, watch this, Hezekiah, 122 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 2: I'm going to bend them just a little bit. I'm 123 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: going to adjust them just ten degrees. When he made 124 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 2: that small adjustment, that small shift, that's when the light 125 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 2: bent backwards. You may have wasted years of your life 126 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 2: on drugs, years in a bad relationship, years in depression. 127 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: But God is saying, watch me bend the clock, watch 128 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: me turn back time. 129 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: I can restore those years that you've wasted. Why don't 130 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: you get a vision for it. 131 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 2: Some of you think that it's been too long and 132 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: you've been through too much and you're never going to 133 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: see these new seasons of increase. But the same God 134 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 2: that still out of eternity and turned the clock back 135 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 2: for Hisekiah is saying to you, I can make up 136 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 2: for lost time. I can restore those years. A man 137 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: told me the other day how the first forty years 138 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: of his life, he was a cocaine addict. He came 139 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: from a good family, he was a bright man, had 140 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: all kinds of opportunity in front of him. But he said, Joel, 141 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: I don't even really remember the first part of my life. 142 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: I was so high and so messed up, and I 143 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: ruined my marriage, I blew my education. He thought it 144 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: was over. But today he's in his early fifties. He 145 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: has a good job, his family is back together. He 146 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 2: volunteers for us every weekend. He said, I never dreamed 147 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: God would give me another chance. 148 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: I never dreamed I could be this fulfilled. What happened. 149 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: God turned back time. 150 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: God is restoring those years, and his latter days are 151 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: going to be better than his former days. 152 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: That's the way our God is. 153 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: Why don't you be bold like Hezekiah and say, God, 154 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to give me back every. 155 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: Opportunity that I missed. 156 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: It may have been my fault, I may have blown it, 157 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: But God, I know you are so full of mercy. 158 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: I believe you love me so much you can turn 159 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: back time and give me another chance. That gets God's attention. 160 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 2: But some of you have given up on your dreams. 161 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 2: You're dragging around thinking about the years you lost in 162 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: that first marriage, and how you weren't treated right on 163 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: the job, and how you made. 164 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: Poor decisions here and there. 165 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: Now you have to get out of that defeated mindset. 166 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: God is saying, I control the whole universe, and if 167 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 2: I stop the solar system for one man, I can 168 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: turn back time in your life. 169 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: Well, you say, Joel, I don't see how it could happen. 170 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: I've been through too much. No, you don't have to 171 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: know how. 172 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: All we have to do is believe God can give 173 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: you one idea that can make up for everything that 174 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 2: you've lost. Colonel Sanders started Kentucky Fried Chicken when he 175 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: was sixty six years old. He ran a small gas 176 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 2: station in a little town. For years, he would sell 177 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 2: chicken to his customers. It got so popular he opened 178 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 2: a little restaurant across the street, and everything was going great. 179 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 2: But just when he thought it was going to take off, 180 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: the state put in a major freeway to bypass his 181 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 2: small town. His business went down to nothing. God so 182 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: bad he had to close up, and it looked like 183 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: he had wasted all those years. Looked like all that 184 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 2: hard work, that blood, sweat and tears had just gone 185 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: down the drain, and a lot of people would have 186 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: just given up. Thought too bad for me, depressed and defeated. 187 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: But not Colonel Sanders. He knew God is a god 188 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 2: of restoration. He knew God still had a way to 189 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 2: bring those dreams to pass. And after he sold his 190 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 2: business he only had one hundred and five dollars. He 191 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: didn't sit around in self pity. He started going from 192 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: town to town with his chicken fryar in the back 193 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 2: of his truck, selling his chicken with eleven herbs and 194 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: spices to any restaurant that would buy it. He met 195 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: one man and said, boy, this chicken's good. Matter of fact, 196 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 2: it's finger licking good. Colonel Sander said, I like that. 197 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 2: That's going to be my new slogan today. There are 198 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: over eleven thousand KFCs all. 199 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: Around the world. 200 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: No doubt every one of us has had a piece 201 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 2: of Colonel Sanders chicken. 202 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: Some of you look like you've had too many. 203 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 2: Pieces, But really it seemed unfair. It seemed like he 204 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: got the short end of the stick. But God knows 205 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: how to turn back time. God knows how to restore 206 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: the years. Our daughter, Alexandra was born a month and 207 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 2: a half before my father went to be with the Lord. 208 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: During that time, my dad was on dialysis and often 209 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: I would take him up to the clinic and bring 210 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: him home. 211 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: It's a very busy season in my life. 212 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: Then, when Daddy died, I was thrust into this and 213 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: I was doing my best just to stay above water. 214 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: And really, looking back, I don't remember very well the 215 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 2: first couple years of Alexandra's life. We were in such transition. 216 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: I was learning how to minister and trying. 217 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: To figure everything out. It had just consumed me. 218 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: One day I realized I don't have the same early 219 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: childhood memories of Alexandra as I do Jonathan, and I 220 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: was just praying, almost in passing. I said, God, I'm 221 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 2: asking you to make up for that lost time where 222 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 2: I was so busy and so preoccupied with other things. 223 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 2: Do you know today Alexandra and I are as close 224 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: as we can be. She likes to do everything with 225 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 2: her dad. She would rather us go outside in the 226 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 2: backyard and let me watch her do cartwheels. 227 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: Then she would go over to her friends. 228 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 2: Sometimes I need a brain, I say, Alexander, why don't 229 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 2: you go to your cousin Joe and go swimming or something. 230 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: Aren't you have some friends over? No, Daddy, I just 231 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: want to. 232 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: Stay here with you. Now. 233 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 2: I realize I'm somewhat irresistible, but I really believe that's 234 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: God turning the clock back and making up for those 235 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: lost years. 236 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: And you may feel like today you may feel like you. 237 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: Weren't as good a parent as you should have been. 238 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: You were busy doing your own thing, dealing with your 239 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: own issues, and now your relationships with your family are not. 240 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: What they should be. 241 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 2: You're a tempted to feel guilty and think, man, if 242 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 2: I just spent more time with them, if I'd have 243 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: just made them. 244 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: A higher priority. But you need to ask God, like 245 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: I did. 246 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 2: God, give me another chance restore this relationship. God, let 247 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: me put everything into them that I should have put 248 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: in them, anything that I missed God because it was 249 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 2: my fault or because of some other circumstances. God, I'm 250 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 2: asking you to make up for lost time. If you'll 251 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: be bold enough to ask, then God can turn back time. 252 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: I was at a book signing in another city several 253 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 2: years ago and I met this lady, and she later 254 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: told how she hadn't been the best mother in the world. 255 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: She and her daughter were as strange. They hadn't spoken 256 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: in years. She had reached out to her. 257 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: Several times, but the daughter wouldn't have anything to do 258 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: with her. 259 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: Now, this mom was very discouraged, feeling guilty like she 260 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: had failed as a parent. Finally, she just gave it 261 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 2: to God and said, God, only you can turn this 262 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 2: situation around. And her prayer was one day at least 263 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 2: she and her daughter could have a cordial relationship. But 264 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 2: God doesn't want to just bring you out. He wants 265 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 2: to bring you out better off than you were before. 266 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 2: He doesn't want to just restore. He wants to make 267 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 2: up for those lost years. There were several hundred people 268 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 2: in the line, and I'd been signing books for an 269 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 2: hour or so, and this lady and her daughter stepped 270 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 2: up to the table. 271 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: They had tears streaming down their faces. 272 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: Of course I didn't know what was going on, but 273 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: the mother told how they had not spoken to each 274 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: other in thirteen years, and what they didn't both know was. 275 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 2: They had been watching us on television, and that evening 276 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 2: they decided on their own individually. 277 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: To come out to the book signing. 278 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: And when they saw each other standing in the line, 279 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 2: it was like God tore down the walls that had 280 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: kept them apart, all the herd, all the pain, all 281 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: that resentment. In a split second, it was melted away. 282 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: That night was a turning point. The relationship was restored, 283 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: and today they're making up for lost time. Maybe you're 284 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: dealing with family members where the relationship has been strained, 285 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: there's been hurts and conflicts. You're not enjoying that other person. 286 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 2: You're not adding value to their life. But don't make 287 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: the mistake of just settling where you are and think 288 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: we'll never get along. We're just not compatible. Nor keep believing, 289 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 2: keep praying. If you'll stay in faith, God is not 290 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: only going to restore He's going to make up for 291 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: those lost years. God wants to turn back time. But 292 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: you have to do your part and get a vision 293 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: for it. You can't get complacent and just settled for mediocrity. 294 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: I know this man. 295 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 2: He went through a legal battle for three and a 296 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 2: half years. 297 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: It was hell on earth. 298 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: Had to do with his business and some competitors stirred 299 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: up trouble and he was having to defend himself from things. 300 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: That weren't true. 301 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 2: And at first he was strong, he was determined, he 302 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 2: was doing his best. 303 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,479 Speaker 1: But as it drug on, month after month after. 304 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 2: Month, he lost his joy. He got run down. The 305 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: fact is he got tired of fighting, and he made 306 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: a statement that really. 307 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: Got my attention. 308 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I don't really care anymore. This thing 309 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: has about ruin me. It's about run my business. I 310 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: don't think it's ever going to change. It's very unhealthy 311 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: to have an I don't care attitude. That's when people 312 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: make major mistakes and do things they pay regret later on. 313 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 2: And I told him what I'm telling you. God wants 314 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 2: to restore those years. You may not see how it 315 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: can happen, but God is a supernatural god. If you'll 316 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 2: stay in faith, he'll not only bring you out, he'll 317 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 2: turn back time and he'll make up for the joy. 318 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 2: He'll make up for the peace, he'll make up for 319 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 2: the victory that you've lost. That's exactly what happened. Several 320 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 2: years later, he came through it. God vindicated him. Today 321 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 2: he's stronger happier, more blessed than he's ever been. But 322 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 2: maybe like him, you're in a difficult situation. It's been 323 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 2: going on so long you don't know if it'll ever change. 324 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 2: It's stolen your joy, stolen your peace. Let me encourage you. 325 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 2: You've got to dig your heels in and just to 326 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: clear it. By faith, this thing is not going to 327 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 2: defeat me. I may have lost you, but I know 328 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: God's going. 329 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: To restore these years. 330 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: He's not only gonna bring me out, He's gonna bring 331 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 2: me out better off than I was before. 332 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: Get a vision for it. 333 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 2: I think about David when he was seventeen years old. 334 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 2: The prophet Samuel anointed him to be the next king 335 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: of Israel. 336 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: But David didn't take the throne immediately. 337 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 2: Thirteen years went by when he didn't see much happening. 338 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 2: At one point he was living on the run, hiding 339 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 2: in the caves from King Saul, who was trying to 340 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 2: kill him. Year after year went by, and you can 341 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: imagine David is tired, he's discouraged, and those voices start 342 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 2: whispering in his ear. It's never gonna happen. You didn't 343 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 2: hear God right, Samuel must have been wrong. It's been 344 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 2: thirteen years. He's fighting discouragement, trying to stay in faith, 345 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 2: trying to shake it off. During this time, six hundred 346 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 2: men had joined David, and they would spend their days 347 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 2: protecting the vineyards of Israel. Nobody asked them to do it. 348 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 2: They just took it upon themselves. 349 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: Now, all they asked for. 350 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: In return from the families they protected was food, and 351 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: everyone had agreed. 352 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: One day, David told his men to go ask Mabel 353 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: for some food and water. 354 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 2: After all, they had protected him and his family for years. 355 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 2: But Nabel's very name means fool, and he lived up 356 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 2: to his name. He told David's men, what are you 357 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 2: talking about, you kid? And I'm not gonna give you 358 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 2: any food. I never asked you guys to protect me. 359 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 2: And who is this man David anyway, He's just a 360 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: servant of Sawt. When David's men told him how he 361 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: had been insulted by Nabel, David was furious. 362 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: You've got to understand, David. 363 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: Was already tired, he was already kind of aggravated because 364 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 2: his dreams weren't coming to pass, and Nabel was the 365 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 2: straw that broke the camel's back. He said, get up, men, 366 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 2: we're gonna go attack Mabel. We're gonna want him out 367 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: and everything he holds. Dear David almost made a major 368 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: mistake because he did not have his future on his mind. 369 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 2: We get into trouble and make poor decisions when we 370 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 2: don't keep God's promises. 371 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: On the forefront of our thinking. The truth is deep down. 372 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 2: David knew God has spoken to him. He knew he 373 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: was annointed to be king. He knew new seasons of 374 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 2: favor were on their way. But David let his guard down. 375 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 2: He thought, I'm tired, I'm discouraged. I'm just gonna do 376 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 2: what I feel like doing. In a nutshell, he had 377 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 2: that I don't care attitude. It's easy to think, Joel, 378 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 2: I'm never gonna get married. I've been single for three years, 379 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 2: five years, six years. I'm never gonna get well. 380 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: I've had this sickness my whole life. 381 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 2: I'm never gonna get out of debt. I don't see 382 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 2: how it could happen. No, you have to keep God's 383 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: promises on the forefront of your thinking. Had the attitude 384 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 2: I may not feel like I'm gonna get well, but 385 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 2: I know God said I will live and not die. 386 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: He's restoring health. Unto me, I may not see how 387 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: I could ever get out of debt, but I know 388 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: God says I am blessed. Whatever I touch prospers. Learn 389 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: to meditate on God's word. But some of you are 390 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: at that point, like David, where you. 391 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: Could easily give up and Heaven, I don't care. What's 392 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 2: the use attitude, And that's a very critical place where 393 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: your destiny is hanging in the balance. You could either 394 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 2: give up and lose all that ground that you've gained, 395 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 2: or you could dig your heels in and say no, 396 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 2: I'm going to keep my future on the forefront of 397 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 2: my mind. 398 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: I've come too far to quit now. I believe too long. 399 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: The promise is too real. I've worked too hard. I 400 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: am not going backwards. 401 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 2: I'm not going to make a foolish decision and lose 402 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 2: this ground that I've already gained. You got to know 403 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 2: all Heaven is pulling for. The saints of old are 404 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 2: cheering you on. The heroes of faith are saying stay strong, 405 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: stay focused, to keep believing the promises will come to pass. 406 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: David's at this breaking point. He's trying to hold on, 407 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 2: but Old Nabel has just kind of ticked him off. 408 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 2: He's just about to say, forget it. I know I've 409 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: been chosen to be king, but I'm mad and I'm 410 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: gonna finish him off. In other words, he's about to 411 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 2: make a decision that will hinder his divine destiny. It 412 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: would delay the promise from coming to pass. And really, 413 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: it wasn't so much that Nabel was rude. It was 414 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 2: the fact David had thirteen years of frustration pin up 415 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 2: on the inside. 416 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: Don't you know? 417 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 2: Again and again, he could hear those voices, David, you're 418 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: a failure man. 419 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: You're supposed to be a king. You're out here living 420 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: like a caveman. It's never gonna happen. We've all heard 421 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: those kinds of lies before. 422 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 2: Now He's headed to Nabel's house with a bunch of 423 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 2: his men, and along the way he meets a young 424 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 2: lady by the name of Abigail. This is Mabel's wife. 425 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 2: She knows what Mabel has said to David. Abigail's name 426 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 2: means quick thinker. 427 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: She's a smart lady. 428 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 2: She says, David, my lord, can we talk? She called 429 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 2: him my lord, not to worship him. She knew the 430 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 2: promise that had been spoken over David. She knew he 431 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 2: was destined to be on the throne. Even though David 432 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 2: didn't look like a king, even though he looked like 433 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: a street person. Abigail looked past all that, and she 434 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 2: saw David the way God saw him. She said, my Lord, 435 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 2: She was speaking faith into him. She was reminding him 436 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: of the promise. She was saying, in effect, David, I 437 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 2: wasn't there when Samuel anointed you. I didn't see him 438 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 2: choose you. I didn't hear it with my own ears. 439 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 2: But I believe what God has said about you. I 440 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 2: believe the promise is in you. All at once, David 441 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: starts thinking about his future. I can imagine him in 442 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 2: his mind replaying that scene over and over when Samuel 443 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 2: annointed him. 444 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: Now Abigail has his attention. 445 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 2: She says, David, why are you gonna mess with my husband? 446 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 2: You're the next king of Israel. That's like swatting a 447 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 2: little fly. Don't get distracted, don't lose your focus. You 448 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 2: don't want to blow your kingdom by making a poor 449 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 2: decision just because my husband is a foolish man. 450 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: She spoke sense into David. 451 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 2: She encouraged him to keep thinking about his future. And 452 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 2: to stay the course and not give up on his dreams. 453 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: I believe God. 454 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 2: Sends us an Abigail anytime we're about to delay our 455 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: divine destiny. I'm asking you today keep God's promises on 456 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 2: the forefront of your mind. Every one of you have 457 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 2: dreams and desires. You know, one day you're gonna accomplish 458 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 2: your goals. One day you're gonna be well. One day 459 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 2: you're gonna be out of debt. One day you're gonna 460 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: be vindicated from that problem. But maybe right now, like David, 461 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: you're in one of those wilderness periods where you don't 462 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 2: see anything happening. It's very tempting to think, what's the use. 463 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 2: It's never gonna change. I've been believing for five years, 464 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 2: ten years, fifteen years. People are coming against me. I'm frustrated. 465 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna do what i want to do. 466 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 2: Now. Let me be the voice of Abigail in your life. 467 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: Stay the course, keep believing. 468 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 2: You may be tired, discouraged, frustrated, but don't give up 469 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 2: on your future. It may be taking a long time, 470 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 2: but stay focused, stay on the high road, and keep 471 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: doing what you know to do. Like Abigail, I wasn't 472 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 2: there when God spoke the promise to you. I didn't 473 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: hear it with my own ears. But I believe what 474 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 2: God has said about you. I believe each one of 475 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 2: you can overcome any obstacle. I believe you can break 476 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 2: any addiction. I believe you can live an abundant life. 477 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 2: I believe new seasons of favor and increase are come 478 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 2: in your way. I know God can restore the years, 479 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: He can turn back time. Keep believing, stay the course, 480 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: don't sell out on your future. And I know some 481 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 2: of you have been through a lot of heartache and pain. 482 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: You've had a lot of disappointments and unfair things in life. 483 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 2: But understand the depth of your past is an indication of. 484 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 1: The height of your future. 485 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 2: When a building's gonna go way up tall, they have 486 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 2: to first go way. 487 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: Down low to dig a deep foundation. 488 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: It may be taking a long time, but if you'll 489 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: stay in faith, God's getting you prepared. Don't have the attitude. 490 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: I can't take it anymore. I've had enough. 491 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 2: No stick with that marriage, stick with that child, Let 492 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 2: your guard down and compromise. You have too much to lose. 493 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 2: Your destiny is hanging in the balance. It may not 494 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: be fair, but God is fair. It may be taking 495 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 2: a long time, but God can make up for lost time. 496 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: The scripture says, be strong and of good courage, for. 497 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 2: The Lord your God is with you. I'm asking you 498 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 2: to dig your heels in and fight the good fight 499 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 2: of faith. One time, Namiyah was rebuilding the walls of 500 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 2: the city. He had all kinds of opposition. He was 501 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 2: discouraged and ready to give up. But God said, Neemiah, 502 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 2: if you will fight, then I will fight for you. 503 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 2: God is saying, if you will dig your heels in 504 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 2: and persevere even though it's difficult, and believe even though 505 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 2: you don't see anything happening, then I'm going to step 506 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 2: in and do what you can't do. I'm going to 507 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 2: make up for lost time, and I'm going to propel 508 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 2: you to new levels. I'm going to bring supernatural opportunities. 509 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna open up new doors. 510 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 2: I'm gonna cause the right people to be in your path. 511 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna heal sick bodies. I'm gonna release you from. 512 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Debt and lack. 513 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: The chains of addictions and wrong thinking are gonna be 514 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 2: broken off of you. God is saying the promises I've 515 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 2: put in you, I will bring them to pass. 516 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: Why don't you get a vision for that today? 517 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 2: Friends, God can turn back time, every opportunity that you've missed, 518 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 2: every chance that you've blown, all those years you may 519 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: have wasted. I declare over you, restoration is coming your way. 520 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 2: God's gonna restore those years. Things are changing in your favor. 521 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 2: Your latter days are gonna be better than your former days. 522 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 2: I declare the rest of your life will be better 523 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: than the first part of your life. 524 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: If you receive it. Can you say amen? Well, we 525 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: never like to. 526 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 2: Close all broadcast without giving you an opportunity to. 527 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 528 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 529 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savor. 530 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 531 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 532 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: Keep God first place. 533 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 534 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 2: It's easy to get stuck in life because of fear 535 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: and lack of confidence. We've been through disappointments, but I'm 536 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 2: excited about Victoria's new book, Grace to Go It'll help 537 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: you move past what's holding you back and step into 538 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: new levels of your destiny. 539 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 3: My heart for this book is that you will discover 540 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 3: the courage, the gifts, and the faith that God has 541 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 3: put in you so that you can see your dreams 542 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 3: come to pass. It's not too late, The obstacles are 543 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 3: not too big. The grace of God equips you to 544 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 3: go beyond your comfort zone and overcome what looks impossible. 545 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 3: You are stronger than you think. You are not alone. 546 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 3: You are Grace to Go. 547 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 4: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 548 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 4: of any amount, this month will send you Victoria Ostein's 549 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 4: brand new book, Grace to Go. Step onto the bigger, 550 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 4: bolder life that belongs to you. This inspiring resource will 551 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 4: help you break through fear, insecurity, or regret, and activate 552 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 4: the faith to move forward. Each chapter will stir your spirit, 553 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 4: renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly. You 554 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 4: don't have to wait for perfect conditions. God's grace meets 555 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 4: you where you are and propels you into a future 556 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 4: full of purpose and peace. With an additional gift, will 557 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 4: send you the Grace to Go Bold bundle featuring Grace 558 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 4: to Go by Victoria Ostein and Pray Bold by Doolo Stein. 559 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 4: These two powerful books will stir your faith, break hesitation, 560 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 4: and help you believe big again. 561 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 3: Grace is power. 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