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We 39 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 40 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 4: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 41 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, please stop buy 42 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. These are 43 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 5: the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here 44 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 5: at Lakewood. But thanks for tuning in today and thanks 45 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 5: for coming out. And I like to start with something 46 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 5: funny and I heard about this man. He was the 47 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:11,399 Speaker 5: only Protestant in this large Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday during Lent, 48 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 5: while his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was in 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 5: his backyard grilling a steak. They couldn't stand the temptation 50 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 5: and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 4: He finally agreed. 52 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 5: A priest came over sprinkled water on him, said, you 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 5: were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but. 54 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 4: Now you're a Catholic. 55 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 5: The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they 56 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 5: smelled the same smell. 57 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 4: They rushed through his house. 58 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 5: He was in his backyard sprinkling water over his steak, saying, 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 5: you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 60 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 5: but now you're a fish. All right, say it like 61 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 5: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 62 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 5: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 63 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 64 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 65 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 66 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name. 67 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 4: God bless you. 68 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about inviting God 69 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 5: into your difficulties. Most of the time we're praying, God, 70 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 5: get me out of this challenge, get me out of 71 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 5: this trouble at work, get me out of this financial setback. 72 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 4: And there's nothing wrong with that. 73 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 5: But before you get out, you have to invite God in. 74 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 5: Sometimes the miracle is not in getting out, it's in 75 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 5: what God is going to. 76 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 4: Do in the situation. 77 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 5: Instead of just praying, God, get me out, why don't 78 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 5: you start praying God, come in. 79 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 4: To this hospital room while take the treatment. 80 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 5: Come into this trouble at work where the people aren't fair, 81 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 5: Come into this anxiety that I'm dealing with. What's more 82 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 5: powerful than God bringing you out is when God comes 83 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 5: in and begins to change things. He comes in and 84 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 5: gives you fevor despite who's. 85 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: Trying to push you down. 86 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 5: He comes in and gives you strength that you can't explain, 87 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 5: grace to outlast. 88 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 4: What should stop you. 89 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 5: And if you're only focused on God bringing you out, 90 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 5: then you're going to be disappointed because God doesn't do 91 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 5: things on our timetable. Sometimes it's taking longer than we thought. 92 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 5: But when you ask God to come in, you can 93 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 5: be at rest. God, I know you're right here with me. 94 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 5: You are ordering my steps, and at the right time, 95 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 5: you'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. You 96 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 5: don't have to fight everything, live upset, can't sleep at night. 97 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 5: That happens when you're only focused on getting out. 98 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: God is waiting to come in. 99 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 5: When you ask him in, you're saying, God, don't just 100 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 5: change the circumstances, change me. 101 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 4: Help me to not just go through this situation. Help 102 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 4: me to grow through it. 103 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 5: Help me to learn, increase my faith, let my character 104 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 5: come up higher. If God delivered us out of everything instantly, 105 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 5: we would never reach our highest potential. 106 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 4: God works in the trouble. 107 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 5: He works in the uncomfortable situations. And sometimes God is 108 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 5: not bringing you out yet because He wants the odds 109 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 5: to be against you in a bigger way. So when 110 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 5: He brings you out, it will be a greater miracle. Now, 111 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 5: voices will whisper. God doesn't even. 112 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 4: Hear your prayers. That's why nothing's changing. 113 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 5: The truth is God is setting you up to show 114 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 5: out in your life. When he brings you out, no 115 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 5: one will be able to deny that His favor is 116 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 5: on you. 117 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 4: God said in Isaiah, when. 118 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 5: You go through the waters, I will be with you 119 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 5: when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. 120 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 5: When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. 121 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 5: It's interesting that God didn't say I'll keep you out 122 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 5: of every fire, you won't have to face any floods. No, 123 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 5: he said the challenges will come. There will be adversities 124 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 5: and things we don't understand. But the whole key to 125 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 5: this verse is when he said, I will be with you. 126 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 4: In the fire, in the flood, in the famine. 127 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 5: Are you trying to get out of something that God 128 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 5: is going to take you through? Are you fighting the process? 129 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 5: It's not fair, God, I can't take it anymore. 130 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 4: Everything will change. 131 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 5: If you'll start inviting God into the fire. He's already 132 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 5: promised he'll be with you. Maybe he's just waiting for 133 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 5: your invitation. The right attitude is God, I know you're 134 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 5: going to bring me out, But in the meantime, I'm 135 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 5: asking you to come in to this challenge in my health. 136 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 5: Come in to this loss I'm going through. Come into 137 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 5: this depression that's trying to stop me. When you invite 138 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 5: God into your difficulty, you'll feel him breathing in your direction, 139 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 5: empowering you, enabling you, favoring you. Is it a greater 140 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 5: testimony that God kept you out of the fire, or 141 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 5: that He came with you in the fire and brought 142 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 5: you through it. David said, though I walk through the 143 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 5: valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. 144 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 4: Why because you are with me. 145 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 5: When you know God is with you, when you've invited 146 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 5: Him into your situation, you'll have a smile in the 147 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 5: middle of the difficulty. You'll have a song of praise 148 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 5: in the prison, like Paul in silence. You won't be 149 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 5: complaining about the trouble, worried about when it's going to 150 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 5: work out. You'll be at peace in the midst of 151 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 5: the storm. The reason David didn't live afraid, even though 152 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 5: he went through valleys and all kinds of adversities, is 153 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 5: he under stood this principle to invite God into the trouble. 154 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 5: He wasn't just waiting to get out. He knew that 155 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 5: God was right there with him. If you're only praying 156 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 5: God get me out, you'll be discouraged until it changes. Joel, 157 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 5: I can enjoy my life. I have this child, this 158 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 5: off course, I'm dealing with an illness. My finances are low. 159 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 5: When it turns around, they don't have a good attitude. 160 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: You're waiting for God to bring you out, while God 161 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 5: is waiting for you. 162 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 4: To invite him in. 163 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 5: You have to do like David, Father, thank you that 164 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 5: you were with me right here in this valley. I'm 165 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 5: not going to live afraid, worried. I may not see away, 166 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 5: but I know you have a way. Instead of just 167 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 5: trying to get out of the valley, out of the trouble, 168 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 5: out of the fire, if you'll start saying God, come in, 169 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 5: let me feel your presence in the fire, show me 170 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 5: your greatness in this trouble, then you'll have a peace 171 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 5: that passes understanding, a joy when you could be discouraged, 172 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 5: a hope when you should be distraught. In the Scripture, 173 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 5: three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. 174 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 5: The king was so furious he threatened to have them 175 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 5: thrown into a fiery furnace. The teenager said, King, we're 176 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 5: not worried. We know our God will deliver us. This 177 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 5: made the king even more angry. He had the guards 178 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 5: turn up the furnace seven times hotter than normal. Why 179 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 5: did God have the king make the fire even hotter? 180 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 5: He wanted it to be a bigger miracle. He wanted 181 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 5: the odds to be more against them. The fact is 182 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 5: God could have kept them out of the fire. He's God. 183 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 5: He parted red seas, he opened blind eyes. Would have 184 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 5: been no problem for God to change the king's mind 185 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 5: or to help these teenagers escape. But God doesn't deliver 186 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 5: us from every fire. Sometimes he'll take you through the fire. 187 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 5: The good news is God knows how to make you fireproof. 188 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: People don't determine your destiny. 189 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 5: Bad breaks cannot stop God's plan for your life. Sickness, addictions, 190 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: unfair situations don't have the final saying. Now, don't be 191 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 5: discouraged because God didn't keep you out of the fire. 192 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 5: God doesn't stop every negative situation. He uses adversities to 193 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 5: move us into our purpose. We would never know his 194 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 5: power if we were never thrown into a fire. 195 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 4: So to speak. You wouldn't know he was a healer. 196 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 5: If you never had an illness, we wouldn't know he 197 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 5: could move mountains. 198 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 4: If we never face big obstacles. 199 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 5: Now quick complaining about what you're up against, It's not. 200 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 4: A surprise to God. 201 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 5: The enemy may have turned up the fires seven times 202 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 5: hotter than normal, they didn't do that without God's permission. 203 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 5: God is in control, not just of your life. He's 204 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 5: in control of your enemies. Instead of complaining about the fire, 205 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 5: start inviting him into the fire. When he's with you, 206 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 5: you cannot be defeated. 207 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 4: You and God are a majority. He is a supernatural god. 208 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 5: He's not limited by the fire, by the floods, by 209 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 5: the famines. 210 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 4: What should take you out. Cannot stop your destiny. 211 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 5: Instead of complaining about everything that you don't like, if 212 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 5: you'll recognize that God allowed the difficulty. I'm not saying 213 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 5: that he sent it, but he allowed it because he 214 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 5: had a purpose. And the purpose is not so you 215 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 5: can live miserable, worried and afraid. 216 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 4: His purpose is to show his glory through you. 217 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 5: It's so other people can see his power and fever 218 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 5: on your life. Without great test you won't have a 219 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 5: great testimony. Without big battles, we won't see big victories. 220 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 5: These teenagers said, we know our God will deliver us. 221 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 4: They made this statement of faith. Then they said something 222 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 4: even more powerful. 223 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 5: But even if he doesn't, we're still not going to 224 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 5: bow down. That's the kind of people that give the 225 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 5: enemy a nervous breakdown. When you can say God, this 226 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 5: is what I'm believing for, this is what I'm hoping 227 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 5: will happen. But God, even if it doesn't work out 228 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 5: my way, I'm still going to give you praise. 229 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 4: I'm still going to be good to others. 230 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 5: I'm still going to show up Sunday an usher. I'm 231 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 5: still going to pursue my dreams. That attitude gets God's attention. 232 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 5: You're saying, God, not my will, but let your will 233 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 5: be done. But too often we're putting conditions on God 234 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 5: and conditions on our prayer. 235 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 4: God, all be happy. 236 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: If my boss moves to the backside of Mars, when 237 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: you get him out of my life, then I'll have 238 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 5: a good attitude. Have you ever thought God may be 239 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 5: using that person to do a work in you, to 240 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 5: grow you up, to develop your character, to teach you 241 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 5: to love those that are not very lovable. 242 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 4: Instead of praying. 243 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 5: God, get me out of this situation, I'm asking you 244 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 5: to start praying, God, come into this situation, help me 245 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 5: to have a good attitude, Help me to do the 246 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 5: right thing when the. 247 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 4: Wrong thing is happening. 248 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 5: It's very powerful when you can say God, if my 249 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 5: boss never moves, if he's here. 250 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 4: Until I go to heaven. 251 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 5: I know you have given me the strength to overcome, 252 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 5: the power to be happy in the middle of this difficulty, 253 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 5: and I am not going to let this person, this sickness, 254 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 5: this injustice, still my joy. Now you're growing, Now you're 255 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 5: coming up higher, because sometimes God is waiting for us 256 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 5: to pass the test. 257 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: Before he brings us out. 258 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 5: The king had the guards tie up the teenager's hands 259 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: and feet with cords. They threw them into the furnace. 260 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 5: It was so hot that the guards were instantly killed. 261 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 5: It looked like this was the end for the teenagers. 262 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 5: But people don't have the final say. If it's not 263 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 5: your time to go, you're not going to go. Nothing 264 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 5: can snatch you out of God's hands. In a little while, 265 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 5: the king came to check on them. He looked through 266 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: the furnace window and was puzzled. He said, didn't we 267 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 5: throw three men in bound? I see four men loosed, 268 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 5: and one. 269 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 4: Looks like the son of God. 270 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: God may not keep you out of every fire, but 271 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 5: don't worry. He'll come into the fire with you. He'll 272 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 5: help you overcome what looks impossible. That illness should be 273 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 5: the end. The medical report said you were done. But 274 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 5: like with my mother. God came in the fire with you, 275 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 5: and here you are still going strong. That loved one 276 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 5: you lost, or that person that walked away broke your heart, 277 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 5: that should have soured your life, but look at you now, 278 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 5: still moving forward, doing great things, fulfilling your purpose. 279 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 4: How could that be? God came in the fire with you. 280 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 5: The Psalmist said, God is a very present help in 281 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 5: times of trouble. We know that God is always with us, 282 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 5: But when you're in difficulties and you invite him in, 283 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 5: you're going to feel his presence in a greater way. 284 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 5: You're going to be more aware that you're not alone. 285 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,239 Speaker 5: When you get thrown into. 286 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 4: The fire, so to speak, you won't be bitter. You'll 287 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 4: stay in faith knowing that the fourth Man is right 288 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 4: there with you. 289 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 5: The God who controls the fire, the God who heals, 290 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 5: who restores, who pays you back for the unjust, is 291 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 5: right there watching over you, protecting you, ordering your steps. 292 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: Moses went through a difficult situation. He didn't know how 293 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 5: it was going to work out. I'm sure he was 294 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 5: tempted to worry and think about how big his enemies were. 295 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 5: But God said to him in Exodus thirty three, Moses, 296 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 5: I will go with you. I will give you rest. 297 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 5: Everything will be fine for you. Maybe you're facing some challenges. 298 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 5: Life hasn't turned out the way you thought. You asked 299 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 5: God to keep you out of the fire, but it 300 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 5: didn't happen your way. Now you're wondering how you're going 301 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 5: to beat the illness, how your family's going to be restored. 302 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 4: God is saying to you what he said to Moses. 303 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 5: I'm going with you. You're not in that fire by yourself. 304 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 5: I have you in the palm of my hand. I'm 305 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 5: fighting your battles. That obstacle may be too much for you, 306 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 5: but it is not too much for our God. Right now, 307 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 5: he is pushing back forces of darkness. He's keeping the 308 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 5: fire from burning you. He's not letting those waters drown you. 309 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 5: He's your protector, your deliverer, your waymaker, your healer, your provider. 310 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 5: You don't have to do this on your own. You 311 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 5: don't have to figure everything out. You're not going to 312 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 5: know all the details. You have to walk by faith 313 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 5: and not by sight, knowing that he's right there with you, 314 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: that he's promised everything is going to be all right 315 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 5: for you. 316 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 4: When the King had the teenager's hands and feet tied up. 317 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 5: They could have panicked, been stressed out, but they understood 318 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 5: this principle that God doesn't keep us out of every fire, 319 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 5: but he comes into the fire with us. 320 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 4: They didn't fall apart. They stayed in peace. 321 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 5: But I can imagine how different this outcome could have been. 322 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 5: If they would have complained, been bitter, discouraged, maybe we 323 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 5: wouldn't be talking about them. Maybe the fourth man would 324 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 5: have never shown up. How we approach our difficulties makes 325 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 5: all the difference, whether we're going to come through them 326 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 5: not burned without the smell of smoke, like the teenagers, 327 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 5: or whether we're going to get stuck in them and 328 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 5: miss God's best. You may be in the fire now, 329 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 5: but this is not the time to complain. It's not 330 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 5: the time to just pray God get me out. More 331 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 5: than ever, you need to start saying, Father, thank you 332 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 5: that you are in this fire with me. Thank you 333 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 5: that no weapon formed against me is going to prosper God. 334 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 5: I am not going to worry. 335 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 4: I trust you. 336 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: I believe what you promised that everything will be fine 337 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 5: for me. Here's how amazing God is. The King said, 338 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 5: didn't we throw three men in bound. I see four 339 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 5: men loosed. When the teenagers came out, the only thing 340 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: the fire burned were the cords that were holding them back. 341 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 5: Their hair was fine, skin was fine, clothes were fine. 342 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: Just the cords. 343 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 5: And when you come out of that difficulty, the only 344 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 5: things that are going to be gone are the limitations 345 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 5: that are holding you back. The fire is going to 346 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 5: burn off the fear, burn off negative mindsets, burn off 347 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 5: relationships that were pulling you down. 348 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 4: You're going to come out. 349 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 5: Free, bold, confident, healthy, promoted, victorious, ready to fulfill your destiny. 350 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 4: I know this man. 351 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 5: He's an executive at a large company. There were several 352 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 5: people in management above him that didn't like him. He's 353 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 5: very talented. They were intimidated by him. They kept doing 354 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 5: their best to keep him down, and he was concerned 355 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 5: and trying to figure out what he should do and 356 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 5: how it was all going to work out. For several months, 357 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 5: he would come down for prayer and tell me how 358 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 5: it was getting any better, and wondering when God was 359 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 5: going to change it. 360 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 4: It was putting a strain on his marriage. 361 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 5: Physically, he was starting to get run down. I told 362 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 5: him what I'm telling you, you're just praying God get 363 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 5: me out. You need to start praying. God come into 364 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 5: this difficulty. God give me the grace to bloom where 365 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 5: I'm planning to have a good attitude even though it's 366 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 5: not fair. God showed me your favor despite who's trying 367 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 5: to push me down. He changed his attitude and quit 368 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 5: worrying about when it was going to improve, knowing that 369 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 5: God was right there with him in the fire fighting 370 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 5: his battles. 371 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 4: I saw him a couple of years later. 372 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 5: He looked as peaceful as can be, had a big smile, 373 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 5: great attitude. I thought everything had turned around, he said. Now, Joel, 374 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 5: the same people are still there, doing the same things. 375 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 5: They haven't changed, but I've changed. I don't let them 376 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 5: upset me anymore. 377 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 4: I don't live stressed out. 378 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 5: I enjoy my life despite how they're treating me. I'm 379 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 5: doing the right thing, even though they never give me credit. 380 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 4: That's passing the test. That's showing God. 381 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 5: You're not just going to be happy if he brings 382 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 5: you out, but you're going to shine even if it. 383 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 4: Doesn't happen your way. 384 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 5: You're going to be your best even if it's not 385 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 5: changing on your timetable. That's inviting God into the fire. 386 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 5: Not just God, get me out, but God give me 387 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 5: the strength to be here with a good attitude. He 388 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 5: was in the lobby about three months ago. This was 389 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 5: three years after he first came down for prayer. He 390 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 5: told how the company had just been sold. The owners 391 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 5: got rid of all the management team except for him. 392 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 5: He was the only executive they kept. He said, Joel, 393 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 5: now I'm in charge. I'm running the whole company. God 394 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 5: knows how to vindicate you, He knows how to bring 395 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 5: you out of the difficulty. The question is are you 396 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 5: inviting him into the difficulty when you're in the fire. 397 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 5: You can't complain, be discouraged. 398 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 4: God is not fair. 399 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 5: Try a different approach. God, come into this fire with me. 400 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 4: God help me to do the right thing. 401 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 5: Change me where I need to change, Burn off things 402 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 5: that are holding me back. You have to shine where 403 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 5: you are. Have a song of praise when you could 404 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 5: be complaining. Keep a smile on your face when you 405 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 5: should be discouraged. I know it's not easy, but keep 406 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 5: reminding yourself. The creator of the universe, the most High God, 407 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 5: is right there with you. 408 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 4: He sees what you're up against. He knows what's not fair. 409 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 5: The hurts the disappointments, the lonely nights. When you dig 410 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 5: your heels in and do the right thing, you will 411 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 5: feel a supernatural strength, a power to do what you 412 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 5: could not do on your own. 413 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 4: This is what happened with Joseph in the scripture. 414 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 5: As a teenager, he was betrayed by his brothers and 415 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 5: sold into slavery. He worked for a high ranking military 416 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 5: official in Egypt named Potiphar. Joseph, in one sense, had 417 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: every right to be bitter, angry. His dreams were shattered, 418 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 5: he was in a foreign country, he didn't know anyone. 419 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 5: But you never read where Joseph complained. He just kept 420 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 5: being his best where he was. He was so exceptional 421 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 5: that Potterphar put him in charge of his whole house. 422 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 5: Genesis thirty nine says the Lord was with Joseph. He 423 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 5: was successful in everything that he did. Joseph did what 424 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 5: I'm asking us to do. He didn't just pray, God, 425 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 5: get me out of this trouble and I'll have a 426 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 5: good attitude. 427 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 4: He said, God, come into this trouble, help me to shine, 428 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 4: help me to stand out. The next verse says Potter 429 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 4: forst saw that the Lord. 430 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 5: Was with Joseph, can people see that God is with 431 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 5: you in the fire. Are you being your best even 432 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 5: though it's unfair. Are you shining when you could be complaining. Later, 433 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 5: Joseph was falsely accused and put in prison for something 434 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 5: that he didn't do. Verse twenty one says, but the 435 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 5: Lord was with Joseph there too, in the prison, in 436 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 5: the betrayal, in the injustice. It's significant that the scripture 437 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 5: tells us three times, just a few verses from each other, 438 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 5: that the Lord was with Joseph. We got it the 439 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 5: first time, but God wanted us to see this principle 440 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 5: that when you invite him into the fire, you're going 441 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 5: to have a fevor that pushes you up when life 442 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 5: tries to push you down, a strength to excel when 443 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 5: you could be slacken off, a power to overcome what 444 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 5: should stop you. 445 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 4: After thirteen years of being in the. 446 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 5: Fire, God brought Joseph out, made him second in command 447 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 5: of Egypt. You may be in a situation now that 448 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 5: you don't think is ever going to change. 449 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 4: But what God started in your. 450 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 5: Life he's going to finish now. It may not happen 451 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 5: on your timetable. Instead of just praying God, get me 452 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 5: out being frustrated because it's taken longer than your thought. 453 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 5: Why don't you start inviting God in? Father, Thank you that. 454 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 4: You are with me in this battle with cancer. You 455 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 4: are with me in this struggle with the addiction. You 456 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 4: are with me in this divorce, in this breakup. 457 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 5: When you invite God in, you will feel his presence 458 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 5: in a new way. March chapter four, Jesus said to 459 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 5: the disciples, let us cross to the other side of 460 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 5: the lake. They all got in the boat, but as 461 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 5: they were sailing, a huge storm arose. The waves were 462 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 5: crashing over the boat. The wind so strong. The disciples 463 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 5: started to panic, thinking they were about to die. Jesus 464 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 5: was asleep in the back of the boat. They ran 465 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 5: as fast as they could. Jesus, wake up. Don't you 466 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 5: care that we're about to die. Jesus stood up and 467 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 5: spoke to the storm. Suddenly everything calmed down. Now these 468 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 5: disciples had seen Jesus perform great miracles, heal the lepers, 469 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 5: raise a little boy from the dead. When Jesus said, 470 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 5: we're going to the other side, you would think they 471 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 5: would be confident. Nothing for us to worry about. The 472 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 5: Son of God is in our boat. 473 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 4: He just said we're going across. But even though Jesus. 474 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 5: Was with them, they still panicked. They didn't realize the 475 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 5: winds and waves couldn't stop the God who. 476 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 4: Created the winds, and. 477 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 5: The creation couldn't stop the creator. They had no reason 478 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 5: to be afraid. The Son of God was in the 479 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 5: storm with them. I wonder if you're doing like them, 480 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 5: worried about something. Even though God is on your boat, 481 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 5: He's already promised you that he would restore healths back 482 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 5: into you, that you would lend and not borrow, that 483 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 5: as for you and your house, you would serve the Lord. 484 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 5: Now the circumstances may look the opposite. 485 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 4: The medical report's not good. You loved ones. 486 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 5: Off course, it's easy to live worried, upset, But can 487 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 5: I encourage you? The most tied God is on your boat. 488 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 5: Those winds cannot stop you. The sickness, the injustice, the people, 489 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 5: they cannot keep you from your destiny. 490 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 4: You might as well relax. 491 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,919 Speaker 5: Everything is going to be fine for you. Sure the 492 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 5: waves may be big, but you have an advantage. The 493 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 5: God who controls the universe is there with you. Now 494 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 5: do your part. Start thanking him that he's fighting your battles. 495 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 5: Start shining where you are, being your best in spite 496 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 5: of the difficulties. 497 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 4: Don't wait till it changes. 498 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 5: You have to invite him in before he brings you out. 499 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 5: And if you'll do this, I believe and declare like 500 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 5: these teenagers, that fire. 501 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 4: Is not going to burn you. 502 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 5: You're about to see the fourth man show up. 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