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That's Facet dot com. 32 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 4: This add a sponsored by Facet. Facet Wealth in Corporated 33 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 4: is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 4: offer to buy your self securities, nor is it investment, 35 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 4: legal or tax advice. 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 37 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 39 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 40 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 3: for God's very best in your life. Oh God, bless you. 41 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes. We love 42 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 3: you and we know God has great things in store 43 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: for each one of you. And if you're ever in 44 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a 45 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. I promise you will 46 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks so much 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 3: for tuning in today, and thanks again for coming out. 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: I'd like to start with something funny each week. And 49 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 3: of course you know these are not doctrinally correct. They're 50 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 3: just to make us laugh. But I heard about this 51 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: man that was walking on the beach and God said, son, 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 3: you've been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one 53 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 3: special wish. He said, God, I've always wanted to go 54 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 3: to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish 55 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 3: is that you would build me a bridge across the ocean. 56 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: God said, son, that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics 57 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: of that. Now take some time and wish again. He said, okay, God, 58 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 3: I've been divorced four times and all my ex wives 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: say that I'm so insensitive. So my wish is that 60 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 3: I would be able to understand a woman. I want 61 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 3: to know why she thinks like she thinks and why 62 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 3: she fe like she feels. There was a long pause, 63 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: and God said, do you want two lanes or four 64 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 3: lanes on that bridge? All right, hold up your Bible, 65 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 66 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 67 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 68 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 69 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 70 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 71 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 72 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: about how God is going before you, preparing the way 73 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: for victory. We all face situations that seem impossible. It's 74 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: easy to get discouraged and think that it's never going 75 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 3: to work out. But the scripture talks about how God 76 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: is going before us, making our crooked places straight. That 77 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 3: means you may not have the connections right now to 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 3: accomplish your dreams, but you don't have to worry. God 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 3: is going before you, lining up the right people. He's 80 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: arranging the right breaks, the right opportunities. You may have 81 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 3: lost a job, had your hours cut back. It's easy 82 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 3: to get negative and think nothing is ever going to change, 83 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: but you have to realize that loss is not a 84 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 3: surprise to God. He's not up in the heaven scratching 85 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 3: his head, thinking, oh no, now, what I'm going to 86 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 3: do now? God has already written every day of your 87 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: life in his book. He knew exactly when that setback 88 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 3: would occur. And the good news is He's already arranged 89 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 3: a comeback. Before you had the problem, God already had 90 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 3: the solution. He is going before you right now, preparing 91 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 3: the next chapter of your life. If you will stay 92 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: in faith and keep the right attitude, it's going to 93 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 3: be a better chapter, a chapter with greater victories and 94 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: greater fulfillment. At the office. People may be trying to 95 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 3: push you down play in politics, may have more seniority 96 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 3: than you, they may be quote more powerful. But when 97 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 3: you understand this principle, you won't get upset. You won't 98 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 3: go in there and try to play their games and 99 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: prove to them who you are. No, you'll stay in 100 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 3: peace knowing that the most High God, the creator of 101 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: the universe, the one that controls it all, is going 102 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: before you, and he promised he will fight your battles. 103 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: He will be your vindicator. He will make your wrongs right. 104 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 3: If you will stay on the high road and just 105 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 3: keep being your best, you will see the hand of 106 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 3: God at work in amazing ways. It may not happen overnight, 107 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 3: but at the right time in your due season. God 108 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 3: will not only move the wrong people out of the way, 109 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 3: but he will pay you back for every injustice. He 110 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 3: will make up for lost time and get you to 111 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 3: where you're supposed to be. But some of you today 112 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 3: are discouraged, thinking that your situation is never going to change. 113 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,679 Speaker 3: Don't see anything happening. But if the curtain were pulled 114 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 3: back to where you could see into the unseen realm, 115 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,679 Speaker 3: you would see how right now God is at work 116 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 3: arranging things in your favor. He's planning to open this 117 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 3: door and bring a certain person across your path. He's 118 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: getting you lined up in position for the exact right opportunities. 119 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 3: He's even looking years down the road and arranging solutions 120 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 3: to problems that you haven't even had. As we enter 121 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 3: into this new decade, I want us to get this 122 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: down in our spirit like never before. God is going 123 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: before me making my crooked places straight. That means you 124 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 3: may have gone through a disappointment, an unfair situation, but 125 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: don't settle there, don't sink down into self pity. In 126 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: your future, God is already lined up a new beginning, 127 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 3: new friendships, new opportunities. It's right up ahead of you. 128 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 3: Maybe last year in your finances, in your career, it 129 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: was a rough year. You had some setbacks, but don't 130 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: make the mistake of expecting this year to be the same. 131 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: Get a new vision. This is a new day. You 132 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: may have taken a couple of steps backwards in two 133 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: thousand and nine, but let me declare it over you 134 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: in twenty ten. God is going to thrust you forward. 135 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: He has explosive growth in your future. He's already lined 136 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 3: up new sells, new clients, new business, new partnerships. Our 137 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: attitude should be yes, the economy is down, but I'm 138 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: not worried. I know God is going before me, and 139 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 3: He's promised he will make rivers in the desert. He 140 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: will prosper me even in the midst of a recession. 141 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 3: Or the medical report may not look good. It says 142 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 3: that I just have to live with this sickness. But 143 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 3: I have another report and it says that God is 144 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: restoring health unto me, and I believe in my future 145 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 3: God has already released healing health and victory. Or you 146 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: may have a child that looks like they'll never get 147 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 3: back on the right course. In the natural, it seems impossible, 148 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: but our report should be. I know God can do 149 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 3: the impossible. I may not see away, but I know 150 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 3: God has a way, and I believe right now God 151 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 3: is going before my child, lining up the right people 152 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 3: to come across his path, taking away the wrong people, 153 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 3: breaking every force of darkness, opening his eyes to every deception, 154 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 3: and giving him the wisdom to make good choices to 155 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 3: fulfill his destiny. One time in the scripture, the people 156 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 3: of Israel faced an impossible situation. They could have easily 157 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 3: settled where they were, In fact, their parents, the original 158 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 3: ones that God brought out of Egypt. They did just that. 159 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: They thought their enemies were too big, their obstacles were 160 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 3: too great, and this thinking kept them from God's best. Now, 161 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 3: many years later, their children and grandchildren were standing at 162 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 3: the Jordan River, about to cross over and go into 163 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 3: the Promised Land. But this land was occupied by incredibly strong, 164 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 3: powerful people called the Anakites. They were actually descendants of 165 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 3: giants in the natural. The people of Israel didn't have 166 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 3: a chance. You can imagine how intimidated they must have felt, 167 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 3: knowing that they had to face these huge warriors as 168 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 3: they stood there at the Jordan, no doubt contemplating whether 169 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 3: or not they should go through with it. God gave 170 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 3: them a promise that helped push them over, it says 171 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 3: in Deuteronomy chapter nine. Today you are about to face 172 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 3: people much stronger and much more powerful. You've heard the saying, 173 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 3: who can stand up against the Anakites? Here's the promise. 174 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 3: But the Lord your God will cross over ahead of 175 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 3: you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will 176 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 3: subdue them so that you can quickly conquer. Some of 177 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 3: you today are fai a situation that seems impossible. Like them, 178 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: maybe the people you're up against are much more powerful, 179 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 3: or the health issue, the financial difficulty, the legal situation. 180 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 3: Looks like you don't have a chance. But God is 181 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 3: saying to us what he said to them. The Lord 182 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 3: your God will go before you and take care of 183 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 3: your enemies so that you can quickly conquer them. You 184 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 3: need to get that down in your spirit. You're going 185 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: to come out of that trouble quicker than you think. 186 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: God is fighting your battles for you. You're going to get 187 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: well quicker than you think. It's going to amaze the doctors. 188 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 3: You're going to accomplish your dreams much quicker than you think. 189 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: Supernatural breaks are coming your way? How could this be 190 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 3: the Lord, your God is crossing over ahead of you. 191 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 3: I remember when we were trying to acquire this facility, 192 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 3: the former Compact Center, a company filed a lawsuit to 193 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: try to keep us from moving in. This has been 194 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 3: going on for a little over two years now. Our 195 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 3: attorneys told us it could drag on for another eight 196 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 3: to ten years even if we were to win the 197 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 3: initial lawsuit. Because of the appeals process, it could go 198 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 3: on for many more years to where we couldn't use 199 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 3: the facility. And the people that filed the lawsuit were 200 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 3: the biggest taxpayers in Texas, a huge real estate company. 201 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: It was like David versus Goliath, and we knew that 202 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 3: God had given us the facility, but it just seemed 203 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: like they were so much bigger and stronger, and they 204 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 3: had so many more resources. But one thing I've learned 205 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 3: from my parents is to find a scripture from God's word, 206 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 3: a promise that you could stand on. And I found 207 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 3: this passage, and every day I would say, Father, I 208 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 3: want to thank you that even though our opponents are 209 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 3: bigger and stronger, I know you are going before us, 210 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: and no person, no company can stand up against you. 211 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: So I want to thank you that you will defeat 212 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 3: them and give us the victory quicker than we think. 213 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: One day, out of the blue, the CEO of the 214 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 3: company called the men that ran the whole business and 215 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 3: asked to have a meeting with us. Our attorneys told 216 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 3: us it was just deployed to try to bring more confusion, 217 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 3: but I believed it was the hand of God at work. 218 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 3: He flew in from another city in When I met him, 219 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 3: the first thing he said was Joel, my wife and 220 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 3: I watch you on television each week. My son in 221 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 3: law is a youth pastor, and I really want to 222 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 3: get this situation resolved. Two days later, we had an 223 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: agreement and the lawsuit was dropped. What could have dragged 224 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 3: on for eight or ten years happened in a fraction 225 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 3: of the time. What was that God going before us, 226 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 3: preparing the victory fighting our battles. That wasn't a coincidence 227 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 3: that the CEO watches us on television each week. That 228 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: was God lining up the right people. It wasn't a 229 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 3: lucky break that his son in law just so happened 230 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 3: to be a youth pastor. That was God arranging things 231 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 3: in our favor. The scripture says, you've heard the saying, 232 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 3: who can stand up against the Anarkites. They're big, they're strong, 233 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 3: they're descendants of giants. In modern day terms, it would 234 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: be you've heard the news the economy is down, the 235 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 3: stock market is low. You can't be blessed, you can't 236 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 3: be successful this year. Or you've heard what the medical 237 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 3: report said. You're never going to get well, or you 238 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 3: remember what that coach said about you growing up. You're 239 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 3: not talented, you don't have what it takes. No, the 240 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 3: next time someone says something discouraging about you, or the 241 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 3: next time your own thoughts try to convince you how 242 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 3: impossible it is, just answer back what God said here. 243 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 3: Yes it may look impossible. Yes they may be bigger. 244 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 3: All the odds are against me. I'm not denying the facts. 245 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 3: But the truth is I'm not worried about it. I 246 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 3: know God has the final say, and he's promised he 247 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: will cross over ahead of me and defeat them for me. 248 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 3: So my declaration is I will quickly conquer them. See 249 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 3: switch over into faith, get in agreement with God. Those 250 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 3: obstacles that are trying to hold you back, they don't 251 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 3: have a chance. Nothing can stand against our God. When 252 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 3: those thoughts come saying, well, you're never gonna get well, 253 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: you're never gonna accomplish your dreams, or man, you're never 254 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 3: gonna overcome that addiction. No, turn it around and make 255 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 3: a declaration of faith. I'm gonna overcome this addiction quicker 256 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 3: than I think. I'm gonna get well, quicker than I think. 257 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: I'm gonna accomplish my dreams, much quicker than I think. Friends, 258 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: it's not by our own strength or by our own power. 259 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 3: It's because Almighty God, the one who holds our future 260 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 3: in his hands. He is going before us, fighting our battles, 261 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 3: making crooked places straight, even causing our enemies to want 262 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 3: to be good to us. Had a friend tell me 263 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 3: not long ago, how he was at this government building 264 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: taking care of a legal situation. The man in charge, 265 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 3: the man helping him, told him it would take two 266 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 3: years for his transaction to go through. My friend asked, 267 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: very kindly and politely, is there any way that it 268 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 3: could happen sooner? The man answered back, very gruffly. I 269 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 3: said it would be two years, and I mean it's 270 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: going to be two years. The system is all backed up. 271 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 3: I've got so much work in front of you. It'll 272 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 3: be a long time before I get to your paperwork. 273 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 3: My friend said, well, that's fine, but I'm going to 274 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 3: pray and believe that somehow God will cause it to 275 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 3: happen sooner. That made him even more aggravated, and he 276 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 3: said back, sarcastically, pray all you want, but I'm in charge, 277 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 3: and I'm telling you it's going to take two years. 278 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 3: Six weeks later, the man called him back and said, 279 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 3: come on in, your paperwork is ready. My friend thought 280 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 3: it was a mistake. He said, are you sure it's fine. 281 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 3: He said yes, I'm sure. He got there as quickly 282 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 3: as he could. He said to the man, thank you 283 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 3: so much. But I thought you said it would take 284 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 3: at least two years. The man said I did. But 285 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 3: ever since I met you, I can't get you off 286 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 3: my mind. I wake up in the morning thinking about you. 287 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 3: I eat lunch thinking about you. I go to bed 288 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 3: thinking about you. And I am so sick and tired 289 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 3: of thinking about you. Take your paperwork and go. Proverbs 290 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 3: sixteen seven says, when you live a life pleasing to 291 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 3: the Lord, God will cause even your enemies to want 292 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 3: to be good to you. Had a man tell me 293 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 3: one time, Joel, I never used to like you, but 294 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: I couldn't turn you off. I couldn't quit watching you, 295 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 3: and now I'm your biggest supporter. That's God crossing over 296 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 3: ahead of us, causing our enemies to even want to 297 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 3: be at peace with us. Now. I love to think 298 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 3: about the fact that before we have the problem, God 299 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 3: already has the solution. God has people in your life 300 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 3: right now, most likely that are not necessarily there just 301 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 3: for today, but He has them there because in your 302 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 3: future they will be very instrumental. I met a man 303 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 3: one time years ago from another state. He was down 304 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 3: at the office for a couple of days installing some equipment, 305 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 3: and in that short period of time we became good friends. 306 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 3: We just really hit it off. Over the years, I 307 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 3: would only see him once or twice, but just like 308 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 3: old times, twelve years later, Victoria and I came into 309 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 3: a once in a lifetime business opportunity, and it just 310 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 3: so happened that this man was an expert in that field. 311 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 3: The first thing I did was call him. He came 312 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 3: down and over a period of a couple of months, 313 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 3: he negotiated a very complicated contract, put it all together, 314 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 3: and the business became a huge success. But I thought 315 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 3: about how I would not even have pursued that opportunity 316 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 3: had I not known that man. I realize now God 317 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,959 Speaker 3: brought him into our lives many years earlier, not just 318 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 3: for the friendship, but even for that specific purpose. See, friends, 319 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 3: God knows what's in your future. He knows every opportunity 320 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: ahead of you. That's why he's crossing over in front 321 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 3: of you to make sure the right people will be 322 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 3: there when you need them. And you may think that 323 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 3: you just met them by accident, it was just a coincidence. 324 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 3: But one day you'll look back, most likely like I did, 325 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 3: and see how God used that person in an instrumental 326 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 3: way to help you get further towards your divine destiny. 327 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 3: I love the story my brother Paul told not long ago. 328 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 3: He and a group of surgeons were in Haiti right 329 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 3: after the big earthquake. They were operating on many of 330 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 3: the injured people, but one day, the main monitor that 331 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 3: they were using during surgery to monitor the patients oxygen 332 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 3: levels and blood pressure. Paul's things like that, that monitor 333 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 3: went out and without the monitor they really couldn't do 334 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 3: any more surgeries. It was just too dangerous not to 335 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 3: know what was going on with the patient's bital signs. 336 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 3: So they told all the help around there and asked 337 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,919 Speaker 3: the people that worked at the host see if they 338 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 3: could find another monitor, but they couldn't find anything. They 339 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 3: made phone calls and did everything they could do. Still 340 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 3: with no monitor, they begin to pray and ask God 341 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: for favor to somehow bring a monitor so they could 342 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 3: continue helping the injured people. Not long after that, the 343 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 3: administrator of a hospital, a local Haitian man, came walking up. 344 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 3: His name was mister Aingoose. He was beaming from ear 345 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 3: to ear. He was carrying a brand new monitor, still 346 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 3: in the box, never been used before, and it was 347 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 3: the exact monitor that they needed. Paul and the other 348 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 3: professionals were so amazed, and Paul said, mister Angoose, where 349 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 3: in the world did you find this monitor? He said, 350 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 3: I was at a hospital administrator convention in America two 351 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 3: years ago, and everyone that attended got automatically entered in 352 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: for a door prize, and it just so happened I 353 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 3: won this monitor two years before the problem, two years 354 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 3: before the big earthquake. God had already arranged a solution, 355 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 3: and right now God is crossing over ahead of you 356 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 3: lining up the right people, the right supplies, the right circumstances, 357 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 3: Quit worrying about how it's all going to work out, 358 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 3: and dare to trust him. Dare to believe that he's 359 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 3: in control. Dare to believe that he's fighting your battles, 360 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 3: that he's preparing your way for victory. I heard a 361 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 3: story about this college professor that took a group of 362 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 3: students to China for a field trip. Several days into 363 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 3: the journey, he began to experience incredible pain in his stomach. 364 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 3: It got so bad he couldn't stand it. In the 365 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 3: middle of the night, he had a friend call an 366 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,439 Speaker 3: ambulance and they rushed him to the emergency room. They 367 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 3: were way back in a small town with no big hospitals. 368 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 3: The medical professional in charge noticed that his appendix had 369 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 3: ruptured and it was spreading poison throughout it his whole system. 370 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 3: There were no surgeons around, really nothing he could do. 371 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 3: He said to the friend. I can give him some 372 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 3: pain medication, maybe some sleeping pills, but my advice is 373 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 3: that he should make peace with his family. The professor 374 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 3: began to have convulsions, go in and out of consciousness. 375 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 3: Back at home in the states. The professor's father is 376 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 3: a pastor, and at the exact time this was happening, 377 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 3: this father was in a service at his own church, 378 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: and he began to feel an incredible burden for his son. 379 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 3: He tried to ignore it, but it just wouldn't go away. 380 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 3: Finally he stopped the service and he said to the congregation, 381 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 3: we've got to pray for my son. Something is wrong. 382 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 3: They got down on their knees and begin to pray. 383 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 3: Back at the small hospital, two o'clock in the morning, 384 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 3: in walked one of the most well known surgeons in 385 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: all of China. In fact, it's the same surgeon that 386 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 3: travels with the US President when he visited China. The 387 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 3: hospital was so amazed to see him. He said, I'm 388 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 3: here to take care of the American. They rushed him 389 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 3: into surgery. He ended up saving his life. The next day, 390 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 3: the surgeon said to the professor, who were those two 391 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 3: men that you sent into my office yesterday. The professor said, 392 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 3: I didn't send anybody in. I don't know anybody here 393 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 3: in China. I've just been here for a couple of days. 394 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 3: The surgeon said, that's odd, because two men came in 395 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 3: dressed in nice suits. They looked like they were government officials, 396 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 3: and they said you were a very important person, and 397 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 3: I needed to be here in the middle of the 398 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 3: night to operate on you. Friends. That's God crossing over 399 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 3: ahead of us, making our crooked places straight. God knows 400 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 3: how to make it all work out, even seven thousand 401 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,919 Speaker 3: miles away. God had people praying, and that's why we 402 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 3: can live life in peace, not upset, not worried, not 403 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 3: trying to figure it all. We know that God is 404 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 3: in complete control. He knows the end from the beginning. 405 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 3: God knows what you're going to need a week from now, 406 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 3: a month from now, even ten years from now. And 407 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 3: the good news is He's already got it taken care of. 408 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 3: Some of you today are so worried about your future, 409 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 3: worried about your finances, worried about a child. You just 410 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 3: don't see how it could work out. Let me encourage you. 411 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 3: God already has a way. He is already lined up 412 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 3: the right people to help you fulfill your destiny. He's 413 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 3: already arranged the right breaks to get you to where 414 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 3: you're supposed to be. The obstacles in your path may 415 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: look insurmountable. You don't see how you could ever get out. 416 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 3: But God is saying to you what he said to Joshua. 417 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 3: Be strong and of good courage. You have someone fighting 418 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 3: for you. The creator of the universe is breathing in 419 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 3: your direction. His hand of favor is upon your life. 420 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 3: Right now. He is crossing over ahead of you, making 421 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 3: your cooked places straight. As long as you live a 422 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 3: life to honor him, God has promised nothing will be 423 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 3: able to stand up against you. I think about the 424 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 3: airplane that Captain Sullenberger safely landed on the Hudson River 425 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: in New York. You remember how the plane hit those 426 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 3: large birds and both engines lost power, And now they 427 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 3: were several thousand feet in the air. One hundred and 428 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 3: fifty or so people on board the plane had no power. 429 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 3: I was reading about Captain Sullenberger's background. He is an 430 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 3: incredibly experienced pilot. As a young man, he served in 431 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 3: the US Air Force flying fighter jests. He received the 432 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 3: Outstanding Airmanship Award. He served as a safety consultant for 433 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 3: NASA and is considered one of the leading experts in 434 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: flight safety in all the world. Not only that, Captain 435 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 3: Sully is a certified glider pilot thirty six years he's 436 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 3: been flying planes with no power. There's no one that 437 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 3: has more experience and more expertise in flying a plane 438 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 3: without any engines than Captain Sully. Isn't it interesting? Of 439 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 3: the tens of thousands of flights that take off in 440 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 3: land safely every year without any problem, the one flight 441 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 3: that would lose power in all the engines would be 442 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 3: piloted by the one man that you would choose to 443 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 3: be at the controls if you had planned it ten 444 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 3: years in advance. Friends, God knows what he's doing. He 445 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 3: can see the big picture. God knows what's in your future, 446 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 3: every setback, every disappointment, every danger, and God is going 447 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 3: to make sure that you're not only at the right 448 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 3: place at the right time, but he's going to make 449 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 3: sure the people you need will be at the right 450 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 3: place at the right time. He is crossing over ahead 451 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 3: of you. And if it's not your time to go, 452 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 3: don't worry about it. You're not going to go. Nothing 453 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 3: can snatch you out of God's hands. Well, you say, Joel, 454 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 3: if God's in control, then why didn't he stop the 455 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 3: birds from hitting the engines in the first place. No, 456 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 3: God is not going to stop every adversity He's not 457 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 3: going to prevent every challenge, but if we will stay 458 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 3: in faith, God promises he will bring us through every 459 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 3: challenge and get us to where we're supposed to be. 460 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 3: You've heard that saying God never promised us smooth sailing, 461 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 3: but he did promise us a safe landing. Now I've 462 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: discovered that sometimes God will allow things just to display 463 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 3: his goodness in a greater way. Do you know what 464 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 3: a testimony that was to see an airplane safely landed 465 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 3: in the Hudson River. More people acknowledge God and his 466 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 3: goodness that day than just about anything I've ever seen 467 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 3: in my lifetime. News reports all over the world led 468 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: their newscast with that, saying miracle on the Hudson. People 469 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 3: that don't even believe in God were scratching their heads, 470 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 3: saying that had to be divine intervention. They wouldn't say God, 471 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 3: but they got close. I know people that only use 472 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: God when it's followed by a curse word. Even they 473 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 3: were saying, man, that was God looking after those people. 474 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 3: I want you to go out of here today with 475 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 3: a new confidence, a new sense of trust, knowing that 476 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 3: as a believer, you have an advantage. The creator of 477 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 3: the universe is not only fighting your battles, but he 478 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 3: is lining up the right people, the right breaks, and 479 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 3: the right opportunities. You may be facing a situation that 480 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 3: looks like that it's never gonna turn around, but let 481 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 3: me declare this over you. You're gonna see it turn around 482 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: quicker than you think you're gonna come out of debt, 483 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 3: quicker than you think you're gonna accomplish your destiny and 484 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 3: your goals, much quicker than you think. It's because the 485 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 3: Most High God is going before you right now, preparing 486 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 3: the way for victory. Just like with Joshua, God is 487 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: crossing over ahead of you. Just like with Captain Sully, 488 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 3: God's going to have the right people in your path. 489 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,479 Speaker 3: Just like with Paul and the Monitor, God has the 490 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 3: solution before you had the problem. Just like with me 491 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 3: and the lawsuit with the Compact Center, God is going 492 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 3: to cause even your enemies to want to be good 493 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 3: to you. Friends, we are entering into a decade where 494 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 3: you're going to see God going before you like you've 495 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 3: never seen before. He is going to open up doors 496 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 3: that no man can shut. He is going to turn 497 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 3: impossible situations around. God is going to take you places 498 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 3: that you've never even dreamed of. Why don't you get 499 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 3: ready for more of God's favor. Start expecting God to 500 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 3: show up an unusual ways. If you'll get in agreement 501 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 3: with God and release your faith in this area, you 502 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 3: will see God do amazing things. You will not only 503 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 3: overcome every obstacle and defeat every enemy, but I believe 504 00:28:56,120 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 3: in declare you will see an Ephesians three twenty decade 505 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 3: and exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade of God's goodness, 506 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 3: his favor, his blessing. Amen. Do you receive that today? Well? 507 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 508 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 509 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 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