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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 4: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 4: your life. Well, God bless you always a joy to 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: come into your homes. We love you, We know God 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 4: has great things in store. And if you're ever in 41 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 4: our area, please stop buying and be a part of 42 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you will make you 43 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 4: feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in. 44 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 4: Thanks again for coming out today as well. I like 45 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 46 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 4: kindergarten teacher. She was wanting to explain to her students 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 4: about self esteem. She said to her class, anyone who 48 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 4: feels like you're dumb, please stand up. She knew nobody 49 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 4: would stand up. She'd make the case how nobody is dumb. 50 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 4: But about that time little Johnny stood up. She thought, 51 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 4: oh no, Now what am I going to say? And 52 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 4: she looked at him and said, now, Johnny, do you 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 4: really feel like you're dumb? He said no, ma'am, I 54 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 4: just hate to see you standing there all by yourself. 55 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 4: All right, hold up your Bible. Say it like you 56 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 57 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 58 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 60 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 61 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 62 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about how God 63 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 4: has the right people in your future. God is a 64 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 4: strategic God, and he has laid out an exact plan 65 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: for our lives, down to the smallest details. God knows 66 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: the people you're going to need to fulfill your destiny. 67 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: He knows who's going to need to give you a 68 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 4: good break, and who's going to need to put in 69 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 4: a good word for you, when someone is going to 70 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 4: need to be there to help you out of a 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 4: difficult time. God has it all figured out. He's not 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 4: vague and approximate. God is orchestrating our lives down to 73 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 4: the very second, causing us to be at the right 74 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 4: place at the right time, so we can meet the 75 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: right people that He's ordained before the foundation of the world. 76 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: I can look back over my life and see time 77 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 4: and time again where God directed my step down to 78 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: the exact moment. If I had been ten seconds earlier 79 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 4: or ten seconds later, I would have missed an opportunity. 80 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 4: One Sunday morning years ago, I was in the front 81 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 4: lobby of the old church, running up the stairs to 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: the television department. The service was about to start and 83 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 4: I was in a big hurry. The stairs had a 84 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 4: railing that overlooked the front lobby, and just as I 85 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 4: was about to turn and go into this closed off area, 86 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 4: a man walked through the lobby that I had not 87 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 4: seen in many years. He hollered up to me. Joel, 88 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 4: my cousin has a construction permit for a full power 89 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 4: television station. He'd like to talk to you. Our paths 90 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 4: crossed for maybe ten seconds. But when he said that, 91 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 4: something leaped on the inside, I knew it was for me. 92 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: Long story short, the ministry put the station on the air. 93 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 4: We ended up selling the station for a significant profit. 94 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 4: That was very instrumental in us renovating this facility. But 95 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: if I had been five seconds earlier, I'd already been 96 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,799 Speaker 4: up the stairs. If he'd have been five seconds later, 97 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: if he had stopped by the water fountain to get 98 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 4: a drink or pass, would not have crossed. What am 99 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 4: I saying? God knows where you need to be to 100 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 4: see your dreams come to pass. God knows the people 101 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 4: that have information that will propel you to your destiny. 102 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 4: As long as you stay in faith, God will have 103 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 4: you at the right place at the right time, and 104 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 4: he'll bring the right people across your path. Victoria and 105 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: I were on a certain national talk show quite a 106 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: few times over the years. Recently that man retired from 107 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 4: the show and another gentleman took over. I was walking 108 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 4: downtown in New York and I saw this big billboard 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 4: advertising the new show with this man's picture on it, 110 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 4: and just in passing, I said to Victoria, I wonder 111 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 4: if this new man will ever invite us to the 112 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 4: on his program like the other man did. Didn't think 113 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:04,679 Speaker 4: much about it. Fifteen second conversation moved on. Four hours later, 114 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 4: Victoria came running into the hotel room. She was so excited. 115 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 4: She had been downstairs in the lobby. She said, Joel, 116 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 4: you'll never believe who I just met. It was this 117 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 4: man from the new program, and this is not like Victoria. 118 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 4: But she ran over to him, shook his hand and said, Hi, 119 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 4: I'm Victoria Ostein. My husband Joel and I were just 120 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 4: talking about you earlier today. He said, Wow, that's great 121 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 4: because I'd love to have you guys on my new program. Friends, 122 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 4: God has it all lined up. There are six billion 123 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 4: people on the planet. What are the chances of he 124 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 4: and Victoria meeting up like that? That's God directing our 125 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 4: steps down to the very second. God knows how to 126 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 4: get you to the people that have opportunity. He knows 127 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 4: how to connect you with people that will show you favor, 128 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 4: people that will use their influence to open new doors. 129 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 4: And in the scripture, there was a lady that had 130 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: a son that got sick and he died. She was 131 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 4: a friend of the prophet Elishasen. Elisha came to her home, 132 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 4: prayed for the little boy, and he came back to life. 133 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 4: It's one of the great miracles in the Bible. Later 134 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 4: there was a famine in the land and the lady 135 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 4: had to leave her home, leave her property, and move 136 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 4: to the land of the Philistines. Years went by and 137 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 4: the famine was over. This lady decided to go back 138 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 4: to her home there in Israel. But when she got there, 139 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 4: somebody was living in her house, farming her property. Wasn't right. 140 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 4: She went to see the king. He had the power 141 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 4: to correct things. She didn't know what the king would think, 142 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: after all, she had been gone for a long time. 143 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 4: He could have said, too bad, you lost your rights 144 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 4: when you left. Don't bother me. It's not my problem, 145 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 4: it's yours. He could have been uninterested, but it just 146 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: so happened. There was a man there with the king 147 00:07:55,320 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 4: by the name of Gehazi. Gehesi was Elisha's main assistant, 148 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 4: his right hand man, and the king asked Gehesi to 149 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 4: tell him some stories about the miracles that Elisha had performed. 150 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: Gehesi started telling this story about the woman that had 151 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 4: a son that was sick. He died and Elisha Praydeny 152 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 4: came back to life. And in Second King's Chapter eight, 153 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: verse five, it says, at that very moment, as he 154 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 4: was telling the story, the mother walked in to talk 155 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: to the king about her property. If she had have 156 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 4: walked in a day earlier, wouldn't have done any good. 157 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: She'd have walked in an hour earlier, still nothing. She 158 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 4: walked in right on cue, just like a director was 159 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 4: watching the play that knew the script and was saying, 160 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: don't go just yet. Wait another moment, let him tell 161 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 4: the climax, let him tell the miracle. Now go. She 162 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 4: walked in at the most impactful time. When Gahesi saw 163 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 4: her coming through the doors, he nearly passed out. He said, King, 164 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 4: that's the woman I'm talking talking about right there. It 165 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 4: was her sons. The King looked at her and said, 166 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 4: are you the one? She said, yes, i am. She 167 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 4: went on to tell about her dilemma of her home 168 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 4: and her property. The King looked at his assistant and said, 169 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 4: you make sure she gets her home back, her property back, 170 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 4: plus all the funds that were made off that land 171 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 4: while she was gone. Friends, when God puts in a 172 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 4: good word for you, it's going to be exceedingly abundantly 173 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 4: above and beyond. Think about it. Elisha performed a lot 174 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 4: of miracles. Gehese I could have told about the time 175 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 4: Elisha prayed and contamidated water was made pure, or the 176 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 4: time God blinded the enemies and they didn't recognize Elisha. 177 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: There were plenty of other choices, but it just so happened. 178 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 4: He told about this mother that was on her way 179 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 4: to see the King. That's the hand of God orchestrating 180 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 4: it all. When you go out this week, you need 181 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 4: to have this confidence that you are not alone. The 182 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 4: creator of the universe is directing your steps. When you 183 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 4: go into that business meeting, when you go into the classroom, 184 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 4: when you go for the job interview, don't be intimidated. 185 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: God has already lined up the right people to put 186 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 4: in a good word for you. I had a man 187 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 4: tell me a few weeks ago how he was really 188 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 4: hoping to get this big contract. He worked in heavy 189 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 4: equipment sales, and he went to meet the owner of 190 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 4: this very large company he walked into the meeting, very nervous, 191 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 4: very uptight. The owner smiled and said, my wife said 192 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 4: to tell you hello. You and her went to high 193 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 4: school together. She said she always liked you, and she 194 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 4: told me before I left the house, you make sure 195 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 4: you're good to him, and he was. He gave him 196 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 4: that contract. Now I want you to have this same 197 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: assurance that God has it all lined up for you. 198 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 4: You don't have to worry about your future. You don't 199 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: have to try to make things happen in your own strength. 200 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 4: You can go through the day in peace. God knows 201 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 4: exactly what you need in your future. He's already lined 202 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 4: up the right people, the right breaks, the good words 203 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 4: you're going to need, down to the second, down to 204 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 4: the exact moment, like that woman, God will cause you 205 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 4: to come in on queue. And if for some reason 206 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 4: it doesn't work out, you didn't get the contract, the 207 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: door didn't open up, don't get all the scurts, don't 208 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 4: get depressed. That just means God has something better in store. 209 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 4: It means he's got a bigger opportunity in your future. Listen, 210 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 4: if God wants you to have the contract, you're gonna 211 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: have the contract. If God wants you to be promoted. 212 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 4: All the forces of darkness cannot stop you. You will 213 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 4: be promoted. Well, how as you say, Joey, if I 214 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 4: could just get this one person to like me, if 215 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 4: I could convince them to put in a good word 216 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 4: for me, then maybe I'd get promoted. No, listen, you 217 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 4: don't have to make this happen in your own strength, 218 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 4: playing up to people, letting them control and manipulate you. 219 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 2: No. 220 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 4: Just stay true to who you are, be your best 221 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 4: each day and God, God will take care of the rest. 222 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: God will get you to where you're supposed to be. 223 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 4: When we were trying to acquire this facility, the former 224 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 4: Compact Center, there was one man that I really wanted 225 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 4: to get on our team. We had to have the 226 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 4: Houston City Council members to vote for us. This was 227 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 4: a city owned facility. This one man knew all the 228 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 4: people in the city. He was very influential. I thought, 229 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 4: if we could just get him on board, then surely 230 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 4: we would get the votes that we needed. I called 231 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 4: and called, but for some reason, he wouldn't call me back. 232 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 4: I knew friends that knew him, and they put in 233 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 4: a good word for me. Still nothing. One point we 234 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 4: got word back that this man was not only not 235 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 4: for us, but he was actively against us. He wasn't 236 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 4: in neutral, he was on the opposing team. At that point, 237 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: I realized I can't make this happen in my own strength. 238 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 4: I quit trying to manipulate things and trying to convince everybody, 239 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 4: and I said, God is in your hands. You've already 240 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 4: got the right people lined up. I know you've already 241 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 4: got it figured out, So God, I'm just going to 242 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 4: stay in that place of peace. We needed ten votes 243 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 4: from the city council members, and two days before the 244 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 4: main vote, we only had nine. But a young Jewish 245 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 4: council member that had been against us for two years 246 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 4: suddenly changed his mind and voted for us, and it 247 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 4: was his vote that gave us the victory. He told 248 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 4: me later, Joe, you were very persuasive, but you were 249 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,719 Speaker 4: not the reason that I changed my mind. He went 250 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 4: on to tell about this elderly Jewish lady that called 251 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 4: him out of the blue. He hadn't spoken to her 252 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 4: in over twenty years, but he had great respect for her. 253 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 4: He grew up with her, and she told him, in 254 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 4: no uncertain terms he was to vote for Lakewood having 255 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 4: the compact center. He said, it was her phone call 256 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 4: that changed my mind. I couldn't have made that happen 257 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 4: in my own stream, but God already had somebody lined 258 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 4: up that could make it happen. The amazing thing is 259 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: I didn't know the woman. Still don't never talk to her, 260 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 4: never ask her to call. That's the hand of God 261 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 4: orchestrating it all. God has it all figured out. Now. 262 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to quit worrying about your future, Quit 263 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 4: worrying about who you're going to meet. Quit being frustrated 264 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 4: because somebody's not on your team. Don't do like I 265 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 4: did and think you have to have one person or 266 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 4: you can't accomplish what God's put in your heart. No, 267 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 4: the scripture tells us it's not by our might, not 268 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 4: by our power, but it's by the spirit of the 269 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: Living God. Let me tell you, God's already lined up 270 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 4: the right people to call when you need it. He's 271 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 4: already lined up the gahese eyes to put in a 272 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 4: good word for you. He's already got your high school 273 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 4: classmate married to the right person. God's God every page 274 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 4: of your life written in his book. In other words, 275 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: God doesn't say just go down there on planet Earth 276 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 4: Earth and live for eighty ninety one hundred years and 277 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 4: then come up to be in heaven with me. No, 278 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 4: God has already planned out every detail of your life 279 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 4: down to the very second. Think about our solar system, 280 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 4: the way that it rotates. Scientists tell us that every 281 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 4: year it's exactly on time, down to the millisecond day, 282 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 4: year after year, hundreds of years from now, if the 283 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 4: Lord terrries, it will still be precise. That's because our 284 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 4: God is not an approximate God. He's an exact God, 285 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: a detailed God, a precise God. He has planned out 286 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 4: your life, not by the years, or the months or 287 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 4: the days, but down to the very second. In your future, 288 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 4: He has marked moments where time and eternity are going 289 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 4: to come together and you'll meet the person of your dreams. 290 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 4: You'll be at the right place and you'll get the 291 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: break you need. A lady out of the blue will 292 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 4: make a phone call and a dream will come together. 293 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 4: You'll meet somebody on the streets like Victoria, and a 294 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 4: new door of opportunity opens. Those are marked moments that 295 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 4: God has already ordained in your future. I believe some 296 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 4: of you, even this week, you're gonna step into one 297 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 4: of those marked moments. You're going to see the hand 298 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 4: of God connecting you with someone that could not have 299 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 4: happened in your own strength. Maybe it's a breakthrough and 300 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 4: something that you've been praying about, but somebody, for no reason, 301 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 4: decided to put in a good word for you. When 302 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 4: the city council voted for us to have this facility, 303 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 4: a company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us 304 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 4: from moving in. They said that we violated the deed restrictions. 305 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 4: They owned most of the property around the facility, and 306 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 4: we fought that battle for a year and a half. 307 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 4: But they weren't about to budge. Our attorneys told us 308 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 4: it could be tied up in the court systems easily 309 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 4: for ten years. I had already presented the vision to 310 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 4: the church, already raised funds for thought, Wow, this doesn't 311 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 4: work out, I'm gonna look like a fool. I'm gonna 312 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 4: have to give those funds back. One day, the other 313 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 4: side called and said that their CEO wanted to fly 314 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 4: in from another city and meet with us. Our attorney's 315 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 4: told us, now that's just a ploy. It's a distraction 316 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 4: to try to get us off course. But I said no, 317 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 4: I'd like to meet with the man. I walked in 318 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 4: the meeting. The CEO looked at me and said, Joel, 319 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 4: my wife and I watch you on television each week. 320 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 4: We really enjoy you. And we have a son in 321 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 4: law that's a youth pastor. I didn't say anything, but 322 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 4: on the inside I was jumping up and down. I 323 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 4: knew everything was going to be all right. Sure enough, 324 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 4: twenty four hours later, we had an agreement and the 325 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 4: building was ours. Friends. God has the right people lined 326 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: up for you. I couldn't have made that happen in 327 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 4: my own strength. But the good news is we're not 328 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 4: on our own. We have a strategic God, a detailed God. 329 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 4: He knows what you need and who you need, and 330 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 4: where they need to show up and when they need 331 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 4: to be there, down to the very second. It's very 332 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 4: freeing when you realize God is in control. You don't 333 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 4: have to worry, you don't have to try to make 334 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 4: things happen. If you will just honor God with your life, 335 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 4: his divine plan will unfold. The right people will show up, 336 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 4: the right breaks will be there. You will walk in 337 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 4: to your moments of favor. That's what happened to a 338 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: young lady in the scripture by the name of Ruth. 339 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 4: Ruth had just gone through a great disappointment. Her husband 340 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 4: was killed in a battle. Future didn't look very bright 341 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 4: for her. She moved to another city with her mother 342 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 4: in law, Naomi. But instead of sitting around saying poor 343 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 4: O me in self pity, Ruth reached out and helped 344 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: to take care of Naomi. Not only that, she got 345 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 4: up every morning very early and went out into the 346 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 4: fields and gathered up the leftover wheat the reapers had missed. 347 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 4: One day, the owner of that field noticed Ruth. His 348 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 4: name was Boas. He noticed how beautiful she was and 349 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 4: what a hard worker she was. What's interesting is Ruth 350 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 4: didn't know anybody was watching her. She didn't even know 351 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 4: who Boas was. Many of you today, you don't realize it, 352 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 4: but somebody has their eyes on you. A supervisor is 353 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 4: noticing your excellence, a manager is noticing your character. A 354 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: friend is noticing your faithfulness. You single people, you may 355 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 4: think there's nobody to meet, but you don't know who 356 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 4: God's about to bring into your life. You don't know 357 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 4: who has their eyes on you. Long story short, Ruth 358 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 4: and Boaz fell in love and ended up getting married. 359 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 4: Now Ruth didn't work in the field anymore. She owned 360 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 4: the field. And like Ruth, you may have gone through 361 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 4: a difficult time, but let me tell you God has 362 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 4: another boas out there. God is already lined up somebody 363 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 4: to notice you, somebody to befriend you, somebody to promote you, 364 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 4: somebody to make your life more fulfilled. That disappointment was 365 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 4: not the end. It's a new beginning. It may have 366 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 4: been a setback, but God's already lined up the right 367 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 4: people to help you come back. The mother of Moses 368 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 4: understood this principle. When Moses was born, the king ordered 369 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 4: all the male babies to be killed. You can imagine 370 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 4: how devastated this mother must have been. She could have 371 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 4: easily given up, but instead she chose to believe that 372 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 4: God was still in control. She put Moses into a 373 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 4: little basket and sent him down the Nile River. And 374 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 4: it just so happened that Faro's daughter was out taken 375 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 4: a bath at the right place at the right time. 376 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 4: She heard the cries coming from the basket. She opened 377 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 4: it up and saw baby Moses and fell in love 378 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 4: with the boy. She was so excited she said, I'm 379 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 4: going to take him as my own. She looked at 380 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 4: her maids and said, we need to find somebody that 381 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 4: can nurse the baby. One of the maids said, I 382 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 4: know just who to gain. She went and found who 383 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 4: Moses's mother. Moses's mother was not only able to raise 384 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 4: her son, but she got paid for doing it. On 385 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 4: top of that, only God could orchestrate all of that. 386 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 4: What am I saying, even in laws in heartach in disappointment, 387 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 4: God still has the right people lined up. God's not 388 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 4: only directing your steps, but he has strategically placed other 389 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 4: people to be there for you in your time of need. 390 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 4: I think about David. One time, he and his men 391 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 4: were out protecting the borders of Israel. When they came home, 392 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 4: they discovered their city of Ziglag had been attacked by 393 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 4: the Amalekites. The homes were burned down, their wives and 394 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 4: children were kidnapped. David prayed and asked God what to do, 395 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 4: and God said, you go attack and you will recover all. 396 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 4: David and his men they set out, but they didn't 397 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 4: really know where the Amalekites were. But at one point 398 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 4: they came across a foreigner laying in the fields. He 399 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 4: had been sick. They gave him some food and nursed 400 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 4: him back to health, and David asked, who are you. 401 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 4: He said, I'm a slave of the Amalekites. They just 402 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 4: attacked the city of Ziglag, but I was too sick 403 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 4: and couldn't travel, so my master left me behind. David said, 404 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 4: that's good, so you can lead us to the Amalekites. 405 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 4: He said, I will if you'll protect me. That young 406 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 4: man led David to the Amalekites and he defeated them, 407 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 4: got their wives and children back, recovered everything that was stolen. 408 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 4: But if that young man had not been there, David 409 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 4: might not have ever found the Amalekites. It wasn't a 410 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 4: coincidence that he got sick and had to be left behind. 411 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 4: That was the hand of Almighty God. In your times 412 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 4: of difficulty, God will always have the right people there 413 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 4: to help you make it through. When you don't know 414 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 4: what to do, God will have somebody there to give 415 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 4: you inside information. See here's the key. God's not just 416 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: in control of your life. He's even in control of 417 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 4: your enemies. He can cause them to be at the 418 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 4: right place at the right time to work for your advantage. 419 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 4: The other day, I was in another city in the 420 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 4: airport in line for security, and it was a couple 421 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 4: hundred people long, and we'd been waiting in the line 422 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 4: for fifteen minutes, and we were about halfway through when 423 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 4: I realized I left my cell phone in the car 424 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 4: that dropped us off. My friend Johnny called the driver 425 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 4: and he said he would come right back. But we'd 426 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 4: already gone through part of security, and I knew Johnny 427 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 4: was willing to go get my phone, but he couldn't 428 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 4: just leave. You'd have to get permission. Plus if he 429 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 4: went out there and had to come way through the line, 430 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 4: he would never make the flight. So I said, Johnny, 431 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 4: just hang on, let's see if somebody might help us. 432 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 4: There were all these security agents around in their blue uniforms, 433 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 4: but they were very busy. Over the next few minutes, 434 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 4: from time to time one would walk by, and I 435 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 4: was looking for the right opportunity, but it just seemed 436 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 4: like they were preoccupied. Several times Johnny started to get 437 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 4: out of the line and explain our situation, but the 438 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 4: security agent would walk away, just like it wasn't meant 439 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 4: to be. We were getting very close to the front 440 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 4: of the line where you go through the metal detectors, 441 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: and so if we're going to do something, we had 442 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 4: to do it quickly. And there were three main lines. 443 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 4: We were in this inside line. At one point a 444 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 4: security agent walked through the door and I thought, well, 445 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 4: go Johnny, there's a good one to talk to. But 446 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 4: Johnny got caught behind me, and all of a sudden, 447 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 4: there was a break in those two lines, just like 448 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: the Red Sea was opening up. And I wasn't even 449 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 4: planning on doing this, but I found myself walking through 450 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 4: that break right up to the security agent. His eyes 451 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 4: got this big. I thought he either likes me or 452 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 4: I'm in trouble. He said, I can't believe you're standing here. 453 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 4: I still didn't know if his good or bad. And 454 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 4: he said, my wife and I love you. We watch 455 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 4: you every week. I said, I love you too, and 456 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 4: I said, I need your help. Friends. God has the 457 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 4: right people lined up for you. He knows how to 458 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 4: move things out of the way. He has divine connections people, 459 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 4: He's already lined up before the foundation of the world 460 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 4: to be there in your time of need. Wasn't a 461 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 4: coincidence that those two lines opened up. Wasn't a lucky 462 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 4: break that the men knew me and liked me. That 463 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 4: was the hand of God. He told Johnny, you come 464 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 4: with me. He escorted him all the way to the 465 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 4: front of the airport, got the phone, brought him back, 466 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 4: didn't just put him in line where he was, took 467 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 4: him to the very front, moved people out of the way, 468 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 4: took him through like he was a world leader. Johnny 469 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 4: told me later I could get used to this. And 470 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 4: I asked Johnny if he got his name so we 471 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 4: could send him a thank you know, send him a 472 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 4: book or something like that. He said no. It's the 473 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 4: strangest thing. When I got my bags from the security machine, 474 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 4: I looked up to thank him, but he wasn't anywhere around. 475 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 4: It was like he came into our life on Q, 476 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 4: did his business, then went on his way. That's the 477 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 4: creator of the universe, orchestrating it all, directing our step 478 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 4: down to the very second, so you can fulfill your destiny. 479 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 4: We have a friend named Arthur Blessed. He's the man 480 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 4: that's walked around the world carrying the cross on his 481 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 4: back for over forty years. And Arthur has a great 482 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 4: way of sharing his faith in very unusual places. In fact, 483 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 4: most of his time has been spent on the streets. 484 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 4: In nineteen seventy two, during the conflict in Northern Ireland, 485 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 4: Billy Graham asked Arthur to take him to the streets 486 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 4: so he could visit with the people one on one. 487 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: Mister Graham's security team was concerned for his safety and 488 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 4: wanted to come along, but Arthur said no, that would 489 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 4: be a distraction. He talked Billy Graham into just putting 490 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 4: on some sunglasses, putting on a hat so nobody could 491 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 4: recognize him. They went to the war torn streets of Belfast. 492 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 4: At one point, Billy Graham started sharing his faith with 493 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 4: the man down in the bunkers. He was one of 494 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 4: the fighters. Mister Graham, you know, is very passionate and 495 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 4: was doing his best to win him over. But this 496 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 4: man got tired of listening. He says, Sir, I don't 497 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 4: mean to be rude, but I'm just not interested. The 498 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,959 Speaker 4: only minister that ever gets to me is Billy Graham. 499 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 4: If I ever talked to him, then I might change 500 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: my mind. Billy Graham took his hat off, took his 501 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 4: sunglasses off, said hello, I'm Billy Graham. Today is your 502 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 4: day of salvation. Friends. God is in control. He is 503 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 4: already lined up, not only the right people for you, 504 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 4: but for your loved ones that don't know. The Lord 505 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 4: God is orchestrating our steps down to the very second. 506 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: Quit worrying about your future. Quit worrying about who you're 507 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 4: gonna meet and how you're gonna accomplish your dreams. God 508 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 4: has already laid out the right people, people that will 509 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 4: come into your life on que people to promote you, friends, 510 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 4: you to be there in a time of need. God 511 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 4: has the boazes, people you don't even know that are 512 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 4: watching you. You need to get ready. You're gonna start 513 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 4: seeing more of these divine connections. You're going to be 514 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,479 Speaker 4: at the right place at the right time. Like that 515 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 4: mother that walked in when Gahesa was telling her story, 516 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 4: things are going to fall into place for you. You 517 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 4: couldn't have made it happen in your own strength. It 518 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 4: was the hand of Almighty God. Now get ready for 519 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 4: his favor, Get ready for increase. Let me declare it. 520 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 4: Supernatural opportunities are coming your way. Supernatural breakthroughs are in 521 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 4: your future, Supernatural connections that will thrust you to your destiny, 522 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 4: and you will become everything God's created you to be. 523 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 4: I declare it and believe it in Jesus' name. If 524 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: you receive it, can you say amen? Amen? I know 525 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 4: you do. We never like to close our broadcast without 526 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 4: giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 527 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 4: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 528 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 4: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 529 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 530 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 4: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 531 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 4: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 532 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 533 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. Help 534 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 5: us continue to share the message of hope with those 535 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 5: all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com slash give 536 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 5: Hope to give a gift today. 537 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 538 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 4: you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 539 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 4: keep you inspired all through the week. 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