1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: What a joy to be with you today. We're praying 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I know God has great 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: things in store. You wouldn't be alive if there weren't 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: more victories in front of you. So know that we 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: love you, we're praying for you. Hey, I hope you'll 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: stay tuned to the very end. We've got some special 7 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: resources to help you stay encouraged and inspired. 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 10 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week to our 11 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 1: daily podcast or YouTube channel and social media, and you 12 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: can come visit us in person. 13 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: We'd love to have you be a part of one 14 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: of our services. 15 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: I like to talk with something funny, and I heard 16 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: about this pastor that decided to skip church one Sunday 17 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: morning and. 18 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: Go play golf. 19 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: He told his assistant that he wasn't feeling well and 20 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: drove to a golf course in another city where nobody 21 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: would know him. He teed off on the first hall, 22 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: a huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it 23 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: an extra hundred yards, and dropped it right in the 24 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: hole for a four hundred and fifty yard ho in 25 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: one and Angel looked at God and said, what did 26 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: you do that for? God smiled and said, who's he 27 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: going to tell? All? 28 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: Right, y'all saying like. 29 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: You mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 30 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 31 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 32 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 33 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 34 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 35 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: I want to speak to you today on your being 36 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: talked about. God has already lined up the right people 37 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: to open doors for you and to show you favor, 38 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: to help you out of a difficulty. Some dreams we 39 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: can't accomplish on our own. Some challenges we can't get 40 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: through by ourselves. We tried our best, but we couldn't 41 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: start the business, or we weren't able to break the addiction, 42 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: or still haven't met the right person. Seems like a 43 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: stuck We don't see any other options. But what you 44 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: can't see is God is talking about you to other people. 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: He's speaking to them to be good to you. You 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: may not even know them, they're not in your contacts. 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: But God will cause them to see you. He'll put 48 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: you on their mind and give them the desire to 49 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: help you. They may not know why, but suddenly they 50 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: want to put in a good word for you. They 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: go out of their way to help your child or 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: lend their influence to move you forward. These are not 53 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: things that you could make happen. This is the hand 54 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: of God ordering your steps and ordering the steps of. 55 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: The people you need. This is why you don't have 56 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 2: to live worried, wondering how it's going to work out. 57 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: Discovery is over a situation that's not changing on your own. 58 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: You may be stuck, but you're not on your own. 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: God is working behind the scenes. He's speaking to people 60 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: right now to show you favor, to give you that 61 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: contract to be good to that loved one, to help 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: turn that problem around. 63 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: You don't have to try to manipulate people, strive. 64 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: And strain maybe they'll be good to me. That's going 65 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: to wear you out. That's not your job. That's God's job. 66 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: He will speak to people that you've never thought of. 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: Unlikely you didn't have a connection with that person. There 68 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: was no reason for them to even think about you. 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: But God put you on their mind. He gave them 70 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: the desire to be good to you. 71 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: And here's the key. Sometimes you don't even know they 72 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: did it. 73 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: You just see the good break, the promotion, the turnaround. 74 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: You don't realize behind the scenes, God used that person. 75 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: To orchestrate it all. They put in a good word, 76 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 2: They told the contract to come to you. They had 77 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: mercy and the problem worked out. 78 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: God's been talking about you your whole life, to people, 79 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: whispering to them to be good to you, causing them 80 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: to notice you want to help, giving them that feeling 81 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: to go out of their way and make you shine. 82 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: When you understand this takes the. 83 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Pressure off striving and straining thinking we're stuck or you 84 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: can live from a place of peace, a place of hope. 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,679 Speaker 2: God, My life is in your hands. Lord. 86 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: I think that you've ordered my steps and the steps 87 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: of the people that I need. That you're speaking to 88 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: those who are instrumental to my destiny, making things happen 89 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: that I could never make happen. See, in life, we 90 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: all have times when people are talking about us. Normally 91 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: that's a negative connotation, but I want you to know 92 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: today that God is talking about you. He has these 93 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: destiny moments where he'll speak to people that will do 94 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: things that thrust you into your purpose. We see this 95 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: in the scripture with Ruth husband died at a young 96 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: age and she became a widow. 97 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 2: And she was so heartbroken. 98 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: Never dream life would turn out this way. And her 99 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: mother in law, Naomi, was a widow as well. Since 100 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: both of her sons had passed, she decided to move 101 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: back home to Bethlehem. She told Ruth and her other 102 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: daughter in law Orpah, to move back to their hometowns. 103 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: And going with their life work. 104 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: We headed out, but Ruth said, no, Naomi, I'm not 105 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:27,799 Speaker 1: going to leave. 106 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: I'm going to go with you and take care of you. 107 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: They moved to Bethlehem. 108 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: The problem was they didn't have any resources, didn't have 109 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: any way to buy food, and looked like they weren't 110 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: going to make it. 111 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 2: So Ruth got up early in the morning and went 112 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: out into. 113 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: The fields to pick up the leftover grain that the 114 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: workers had missed. 115 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 2: She didn't know anyone, she didn't ask for permission, She 116 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: just took a chance, hoping that they wouldn't make her leave. 117 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: Out of all the fields, she chose the one owned 118 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: by a man named Boaz. He was very very influential, 119 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: very wealthy. He lived in a different city. Normally he 120 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't be there. But the day Ruth went out into 121 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: the fields. Verse four says, just then Boaz arrived. Of 122 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: all the times he could have come, he came the 123 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: very day that Ruth went out there. 124 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: God knows not only who you're going to need, but 125 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: when you're going to need them. 126 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: He's ordering the steps of the people that are necessary 127 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: for your destiny. Quit worrying about how it's going to 128 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: work out. God's in control of your life. He's working 129 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, arranging. 130 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: Exactly what you need. Here. 131 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: All these workers are out in the fields, acres and acres. 132 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 2: Hundreds of people. 133 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: Bo As looks out, and the first person he sees 134 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: is Ruth. She could have been hidden behind bushes, or 135 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: blocked by piles of weed, or on the other side 136 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: of the hill. God had her at the right place 137 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: at the right time, caused Boaz to notice her. She 138 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: could have blended in, looked like all the other workers. 139 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: But God knows how to make you stand out. He 140 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: knows how to. 141 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 2: Draw people to you. 142 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: You don't have to try to get attention, make yourself 143 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: be seen. Be sure people know you're there. Know what 144 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: you can do. 145 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: No, be still and trust God to do it. Be 146 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 2: your best where you are, and He will make you shine. 147 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: Ruth wasn't trying to manipulate things convince people to like her. 148 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: She was just gathering food to take care of her 149 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: mother in law, working hard, being a blessing, doing the 150 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: right thing when the wrong thing had happened. She could 151 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: have been bitter, angry, God, my husband died. This is 152 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: not fair, But in her time of need, she was 153 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: being a blessing to someone else. 154 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: When life throws you a curb, don't get bitter. Keep 155 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: doing the right thing. God sees the hurt, The loneliness 156 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 2: wasn't fair. That's not how your story ends. That's just 157 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: one chapter. Don't get stuck there. Turn the page, keep 158 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: going to work with the good attitude. 159 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: Keep being good to people when you don't feel like it, 160 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: Keep praising when you could be complaining. 161 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 2: Your time is coming. There's another chapter, a chapter of victory, 162 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: a chapter of joy, a chapter of beauty. For those ashes. 163 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: Verse five says Boas asked his workers, who is that girl? 164 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: There were hundreds of people out in the field, no doubt, 165 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: many that he didn't know but for some reason his 166 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: attention was drawn to Ruth. They told him that she 167 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: was a widow that had moved there with her mother 168 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: in law. Naomi Boaz called his foreman over said in 169 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: verse fifteen, I want you to drop handfuls of wheat 170 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: on purpose for Ruth. Leave them in her path, to 171 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: make it easy for her, make sure that no one bothers. 172 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: Before Ruth was having to work hard and strain, getting 173 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 2: a little left over here and there, And can imagine 174 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 2: people were giving her a hard time. Lady, what are 175 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 2: you doing out here? You got to leave. She wasn't wanted, 176 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: on edge, fearful. 177 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, everyone was nice to her, accommodating. 178 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: Not only that there was more wheat than she could gather. 179 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: Wasn't a struggle trying to find a little leftover piece 180 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: here and there. 181 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 2: She had abundance overflow. Filled up one bag, then another 182 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 2: and another. Here's my point. 183 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: She's being blessed over a conversation that she knew nothing about. 184 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: She see an increase in favor because someone was talking. 185 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 2: About her behind the scenes. Someone put in a. 186 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: Good word that she had never met. She didn't know 187 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: why it was happening. She couldn't figure out what had changed. 188 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: All she knew is she had stepped into abundance that 189 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: she had never seen. You don't know who God has. 190 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: Talking about you. You don't know who He's going to 191 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: cause to notice you. Now, Joey, I think I'm stuck 192 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 2: where I am. 193 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: I don't have any connections. My boss doesn't even pay 194 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: attention to me. 195 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: Your boss doesn't control the universe. People are not ordering 196 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 2: your steps. God is. 197 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: He's speaking to people about you that you know nothing about. 198 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: There are conversations happening where, like Ruth, you're gonna walk 199 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: into favor, open doors, divine connections that you can't explain. 200 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: All of a sudden opportunity, the problem turns around abundance. 201 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: You think, why did this happen? It's because God's talking 202 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: about you. He's orchestrating what you need to move you 203 00:10:51,960 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: into your purpose. When we were trying to acquire this place, 204 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: the former Compact Center, it was owned by the city, 205 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: we needed ten votes from the city council members. We 206 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: had worked for over a year, and we finally had 207 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: all ten. 208 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: We were so happy. Out of fifteen. 209 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: Members we had convinced just enough. But three days before 210 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: the final vote. One of the council members got so 211 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: much pressure from the other side he decided to be 212 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: out of town for the vote. Him not being there 213 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: meant we wouldn't get the facility. It's the last council 214 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: meeting of the year, the final one for Mayor Brown, 215 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: who had been so good to us. We were at 216 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: tempted to get discourage. All this hard work, and now 217 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: it looked like it wasn't going to happen. The day 218 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: before the vote, I went to see a council member 219 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: that had been against us the whole time. I had 220 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: given him my best speeches, told him how we were 221 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: going to be good for the city. 222 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 2: I'd put on all my charm, smiled my biggest smile. 223 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 2: None of that had worked. I thought, you know what, 224 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 2: I have nothing to lose. I'm gonna go see him 225 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: one more time. 226 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: I walked into the office, prepared for my big speech. 227 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: He said, Joe, you don't have to say anything. 228 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 2: I'm going to vote for you. I thought I was 229 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 2: hearing things. I nearly passed out. 230 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: He went on to tell how the night before he 231 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: received a call from an older Jewish woman that had 232 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: been a close friend of the family when he was 233 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: growing up, someone they greatly admired and respected. He had 234 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: not spoken with her in over twenty years, but she 235 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: told him in no uncertain terms he was to. 236 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 2: Vote for Lakewood having the Compact Center. 237 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: What's amazing is I don't know the lady. I've never 238 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: met her. I didn't ask her to call. That was 239 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: God speaking to her about us. 240 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 2: God working behind the scenes, giving. 241 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: Her that desire to pick up the phone and speak 242 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: passionately on our behalf. 243 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 2: I walked into the meeting that day. 244 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: Expecting contention, pushback, having to debate, but I had the 245 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: victory and didn't even have to fight. There were conversations 246 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: happening on my behalf that I knew nothing about, people 247 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: I had never spoken to, stepping in and using their 248 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: influence to open a door. You may have dreams that 249 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: look impossible, doors shut tightly. You don't have the experience 250 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: the funds. But you don't know who God is speaking 251 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: to about you. 252 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,719 Speaker 2: You don't know who he's causing. 253 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: To notice you. You are not doing life on your own. 254 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: The most High God is behind the scenes speaking to 255 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: people that you've never met and you may never meet, 256 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: to convince that company to do business with you, to 257 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: show mercy to your child, to introduce you to that 258 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: person where you fall in love. 259 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: God is working, not just. 260 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: Speaking to you, giving your wisdom direction, but he's speaking 261 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: to other people about you. 262 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 2: And often at the time you don't realize it. You 263 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 2: just out in the fields like Ruth. 264 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: Being your best seems like it's always going to be 265 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: a struggle. 266 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 2: No sign of things changing. 267 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: But people are having conversations about you. 268 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 2: God is whispering. 269 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: Your name in their ear, giving them the desire, that 270 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: impression to be good to you. That lady that called 271 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: for us, I don't think she really knew why she 272 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: did it. 273 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: Maybe she saw us on television. Hey, I like their services. 274 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 2: She could have never known the impact of that one call. 275 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: Without her, we may not be in this building, We 276 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: may not have seen all the lives that were changed. 277 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: But God is not going to let you miss your destiny. 278 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: And there will be times that you're over your head. 279 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 2: You're at your limits. 280 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: You've done all you can, you prayed, you believed, you 281 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: worked hard. 282 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 2: It's not improving. Don't worry. 283 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: God is speaking to the people you need that can 284 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: do what you can't do. Your boazes leave them handfuls 285 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: on purpose. Your people that need to call vote for 286 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: them having the building. Conversations are happening that you know 287 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: nothing about. God is speaking to people to open doors 288 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: for you to bring contracts to help turn problems around. 289 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: A couple of years after I started ministering, Victoria and 290 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: I went on vacation to California with our two small children. 291 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: We've been there a few days, and that Sunday I 292 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: woke up and watched a local. 293 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 2: Minister on television. He was really good. I said, Victoria, 294 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 2: let's go to his church today. 295 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: Normally, when we're on vacation, we're not looking to go 296 00:15:58,480 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: to church. 297 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 2: I think I'm holier than that. But we're in church 298 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: all the time. 299 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: And it had been so busy with my dad passing 300 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: and all the changes raising little children. But for some 301 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: reason I wanted to go to church. I went to 302 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: the bellman to get the car, and I showed him 303 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: the address and the church I wanted to go to, 304 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: and I asked him how to get there. He said, 305 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: this will take an hour and a half. It's a 306 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: long way away. We would make it in time, he said, 307 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: but I know another good church. It's just fifteen minutes 308 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: down the road. I think you'll really like it. We 309 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: were already dressed and ready, so we went. We sat 310 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: in the back and it was. 311 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 2: A great service, great worship. 312 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: The pastor came out and I thought, I know who 313 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: he is. I've seen him too on television. It was 314 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: Phil Munsey. 315 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 2: He looked back at. 316 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: One point and said, is that you, Joel, come up 317 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: and pray over the people. Well we had never met, 318 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: but that day was a divine connection. After the service, 319 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: we exchanged numbers time. I didn't know many pastors. I'd 320 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: worked behind the scenes for seventeen years, but Phil is 321 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: a fourth generation pastor. 322 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 2: He knows everyone. 323 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: He's out going, he loves encouraging ministers. A couple of 324 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: years later, we were back out in California. Phil said, Joel, 325 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: come with me to this book convention this afternoon. He said, 326 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: you'll meet a lot of publishers and I know you'll 327 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: enjoy it. Well, the last thing I wanted to do 328 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 1: was go to a book convention. 329 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 2: I wanted to go to the beach. I said, Phil, no, thanks, 330 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: I'll go there after I get my root canal, but 331 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 2: I'm not going there today. Somehow he talked me into it. 332 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: Well, that's where I met a man named Roff who 333 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: worked for Time Warner Publishing. He offered me a contract 334 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: to write my first book. Phil is now on staff 335 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: with us, part of our speaking team, heads up our 336 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: pastors network. 337 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 2: Here's my point. 338 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: The whole reason I got connected with Phil was that Bellman. 339 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 2: The interesting thing is Phil doesn't know him. 340 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: He didn't ask Hey put in a good word for me, 341 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: send people my way. I wasn't trying to go to 342 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: Phil's church. I had a better church, I mean, another church. 343 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: But God is speaking to people about you. He's putting 344 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: you on the mind of the people you need. You 345 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: can't make this happen. This is the sovereignty of God 346 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: working out his plan for your life. Only God could 347 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: have orchestrated all those things falling into place, us choosing 348 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: that city to go on vacation, and me seeing that 349 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: other minister on television, the Bellman knowing fills church. Little 350 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: did I realize that was all leading to a connection 351 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: to write my book, Your Best Life. Now it's on 352 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: the Best Settlers list for two years. I couldn't have 353 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: planned all that. It was the hand of God speaking 354 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: to the right people about my destiny. You don't know 355 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,479 Speaker 1: who God is speaking to you about right now. You 356 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: can't hear the conversations that are taking place, the desires 357 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: God's putting in people to be good to you, to 358 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: mention your name, to show your favor. You may never 359 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: meet these people, but they released the blessing. They left 360 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: handfuls on purpose. They connected to you, to someone that 361 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: was instrumental. 362 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 2: To your destiny. Think about David. He was in the 363 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 2: shepherd's fields seventeen years old, taking care of his father's sheep. 364 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: His brothers were in the army. They had a prestigious position. 365 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: People looked up to them. 366 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 2: But David was doing something that felt insignificant. He had 367 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 2: big dreams in his heart. 368 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: He could feel those seeds of greatness telling him he's 369 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: going to leave his mark. All the circumstances said he 370 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: was stuck, was lonely, out there, boring. 371 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 2: I'm sure there were times he felt for God. God, 372 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 2: is this all there is? But God is not going 373 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: to let you miss your purpose. 374 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: You are not at the mercy of just who you know, 375 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: your family, your friends, your colleagues. David didn't have any 376 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: substantial connections. 377 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 2: He came from a low income family. But God is 378 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: not limited by who's in your contacts. He will speak 379 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 2: to people that you don't have relationship with. 380 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 1: You've never interacted with them, but God will drop your 381 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: name in their spirit. He'll give them a desire to 382 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: be good to you. The prophet Samuel was in another 383 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: city minding his own business. God told him to go 384 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: to Jesse's house, David's father, and anoint one of his 385 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: sons as the next king of Israel. David was out 386 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: in the fields when Samuel came knocking on the door. 387 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: Before long, they were calling David in and Samuel anointed 388 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: him as the next king. David didn't campaign for that position, 389 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: try to convince Samuel to pick him. 390 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 2: God picked him. 391 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: God put David's name in Samuel's heart. David thought he 392 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: was stuck, but there were conversations about him that he 393 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: knew nothing about. Samuel was already on the way with 394 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: the oil in his hand, a destiny moment that would 395 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: forever change David's life. And what's interesting is David had 396 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: never met Samuel. This was all happening behind the scenes. 397 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: The sovereignty of God bringing people that are instrumental to 398 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: your destiny. 399 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 2: You couldn't make it happen, you couldn't plan it. Manipulate it. 400 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 2: This is God doing what only he can do. And 401 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 2: if you knew who God was speaking to on your behalf, 402 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 2: you wouldn't live worried thinking your stock. 403 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: Oh man, Joel, the problems too big. My child's never 404 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: going to get back on course. I don't have enough 405 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: votes for my compact center, for my dream neither. But 406 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: I can assure you God is talking about you to. 407 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: The people you need, people that will thrust you into 408 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: your purpose. 409 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: You're concerned about who you're gonna need, who you're gonna marry. 410 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 2: Do I have the connections? Stay in peace. God has 411 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 2: it all figured out. 412 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: You just keep honoring Him and he'll bring the ones 413 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: that are instrumental for your destiny. He'll talk to the 414 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: bellman to put in a good word for you, even 415 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: though you don't know him. He'll cause bo ass to 416 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: notice you and tell the workers to be kind. He'll 417 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: send that Jewish lady to convince the council member that 418 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: you couldn't convince. You're not doing this on your own. 419 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: God is working. 420 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 2: Behind the scenes. 421 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: Lady named Beverly called our Serious Sex program this week, 422 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: and she'd been perfectly healthy, but she started having really 423 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: bad headaches and they lasted all day and go to 424 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: bed at night, hoping to get some relief. The next 425 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: morning they were as strong as ever, she said, worse 426 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: than a migraine. This went on for over a month, 427 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: got to the point where they'd be these spikes of 428 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: pain so excruciating all she could do was hold her 429 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: head and tears coming down her face. One day, she 430 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: was driving home from work and her head was hurting 431 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: so badly when she pulled in the driveway she couldn't get. 432 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 2: Out of the car. She just sat there with her 433 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: head down, not knowing how she could go on. A 434 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 2: few minutes later, she heard a ping on her phone, 435 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 2: letting her know she had a message. She looked down 436 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: and saw an instant message with the name of a 437 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 2: girl she had gone to high school. 438 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: With thirty five years earlier. They're in their fifties now. 439 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: It read Beverly, please call me. I have to talk 440 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: to you left a number. Beverly wasn't friends with this girl. 441 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: They didn't hang around each other. She thought it was 442 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: probably a mistake and ignored it. Few minutes later it 443 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: deemed again. 444 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 2: She dialed the number. The voice on the other line 445 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 2: was so surprised, said Beverly, I can't believe it's you. 446 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 2: Are you okay? 447 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: Beverly was so taken aback, she said, yes, I'm fine. 448 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,479 Speaker 2: Why are you calling? 449 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: The lady said, I laid down to go to bed, 450 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: but I heard your name so clearly that I couldn't sleep. 451 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: I had to get up and call. Beverly's heart was 452 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: beating so fast she knew it was the hand of God. 453 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: The lady asked if she could pray for and she 454 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: began to pray. Beverly said, it was like someone flipped 455 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: a switch. 456 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 2: Instantly, the headache left, all the pain, the discomfort, and 457 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 2: it never did come back. That day was a turning point. 458 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: Why did that friend decide to call out of the blue? 459 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 2: Why couldn't she sleep that night? Because God is speaking 460 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 2: to people about you behind the scenes. 461 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: He's putting you on their minds, causing you to be 462 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 1: no giving them the desire to be good to you, 463 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,479 Speaker 1: show your favor, help you through the problem. Quit worrying 464 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: about how it's going to work out. Do you have 465 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: the connections? 466 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 2: What if you don't get that break. 467 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: God is in control of your life, and he's in 468 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: control of the people you need. 469 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 2: You are not at the mercy of what you can 470 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 2: do on your own. 471 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: God has already lined up people that will move you 472 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: into your destiny. The Boaz is to tell the workers 473 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: to lead the grain on purpose, people that will use 474 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: their influence to bring you into blessings. 475 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 2: You can't explain. 476 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,479 Speaker 1: When you run out of options, you don't have the 477 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: ability to change it. God has the Jewish woman like 478 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: he did for us, that change the council member's mind. 479 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 2: When you're in a challenge and you don't. 480 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: See your way out, like with Beverly, God will put 481 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: you on the right people's mind. 482 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: That will be there to do what you couldn't do. 483 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: You don't have to go after them like David, Samuel 484 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: will come looking for you. 485 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 1: When you understand that God is talking about you, you'll 486 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: go through the day filled with hope, with an expectancy 487 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: down in your spirit. 488 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 2: Knowing that at any moment, things can shift in your favor. 489 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 2: The right persons show up, the problem resolved, that new 490 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,479 Speaker 2: door open. You know that God hasn't brought you this 491 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: far to leave you. 492 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: Sure, there are times that we feel stuck and that 493 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: obstacle looks too big, but you have to remind yourself. 494 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: Conversations are happening about you that. 495 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 2: You know nothing about. 496 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: God is speaking to the people you need to become who. 497 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: You were created to be. Now, stay in faith, keep 498 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 2: doing the right thing. 499 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: I believe in declare like Ruth, You're about to come 500 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: into your handfuls on purpose, blessings you didn't see coming, 501 00:26:55,359 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: favor that catapult you ahead, problem suddenly turning around, motion 502 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: spouses healing the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's. 503 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 2: Name, and if you receive it, can you say amen? 504 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: We'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 505 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: the Lord of your life. 506 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 507 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 508 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: into my heart. 509 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 2: I make you my Lord and savior. 510 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 511 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: born again. 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