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A walk by faith Father, 40 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 5: Thank you that I've come into my midnight, that it's 41 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 5: a new day. It may still be dark out, but 42 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 5: I know you start the day in the dark. 43 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: I know that means light is on the way. Keep 44 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 4: a song of praise in your heart. 45 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 5: Hi, this is Joel and Dick t. Thanks for listening 46 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 5: to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If 47 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 5: you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing 48 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 5: and share it with a friend. We appreciate you and 49 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 5: pray for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 50 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for letting us come into your homes. 51 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 5: We are praying for you and your family for God's 52 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 5: very best. I like to start with something funny. And 53 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 5: one day Adam was feeling very lonely. God said, Adam, 54 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 5: I'm going to make you a companion. It's going to 55 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,839 Speaker 5: be called a woman. This person will cook for you 56 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 5: and wash your clothes. She will bear you children, never 57 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 5: ask you to get up in the middle of the night. 58 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 5: She will always agree with you, and if you do 59 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 5: have a disagreement, she'll be the first to admit that 60 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 5: she was wrong. Adam said, wow, God, what will a 61 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 5: woman like this cost? God said an arm and a leg. 62 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 5: Adam said, what can I get for a rib? 63 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 4: And the rest is history? 64 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 65 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 5: I am what it says. I am. I have what 66 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 67 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 68 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 69 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 70 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 5: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 71 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 5: about victory begins in the dark. 72 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 4: The book of. 73 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 5: Genesis starts off telling how God created everything. It says 74 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 5: the evening and the morning were the first day. You 75 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 5: would think it would be the reverse, the morning and 76 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 5: the evening were the first day. But God starts the 77 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 5: day in the dark. 78 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 4: At twelve a m. 79 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 5: Nothing looks any different. If you didn't have a watch, 80 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: you wouldn't know you've entered a new day. It's still 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 5: dark outside, looks the same as it did at nine o'clock, 82 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 5: at ten o'clock, at eleven o'clock, there's no sign that 83 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 5: something has changed. But when the clock strikes midnight, in 84 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 5: that one second, when nothing looks any different, it goes 85 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 5: from PM to am. 86 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 4: It's still dark, but it's a new day. 87 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 5: It would make more sense if God started the day 88 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 5: in the light, when the sun came up at six 89 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 5: or seven in the morning, when the dawn breaks the 90 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 5: light comes, then it's obvious we would know it's a 91 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 5: new day. We can see it. Things have changed. We 92 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 5: hear the birds start chirping. The sun comes over the horizon. 93 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 5: We have all this evidence that we've entered a new day. 94 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 5: But on purpose, God chose to start the day in 95 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 5: the dark. It's symbolic of how He does things in 96 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 5: our lives. He gives us a promise. He says, we've 97 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 5: come into a new day. He's restoring health back into us. 98 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 5: We're going to lend and not borrow. Our child is 99 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 5: going to get back on course. We believe, we pray, 100 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 5: we stand in faith. But nothing is changing. Nothing looks 101 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 5: any different, nothing feels any different. Still dark outside, Joe, 102 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 5: My back is still hurting, My business hasn't grown, my 103 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: health hasn't improved. This is what faith is all about. 104 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 5: You can't see it, but you have to know. You 105 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 5: passed midnight, You've gone from PM to am. Yes, it's 106 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 5: still dark outside. Yes, nothing has changed, but the sun 107 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 5: is on its way up. Healing is on the horizon. Promotion, 108 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 5: freedom the right people. It's just a matter of time 109 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 5: before you see the light come breaking forth. Now, don't 110 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 5: be discouraged by the dark. The dark doesn't mean nothing 111 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 5: has changed. The dark is not a sign that God 112 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 5: is not working, that he didn't hear your prayer. Thoughts 113 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 5: will tell you. 114 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: Would have seen something. 115 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 5: By now, you would feel a little better. One of 116 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 5: those companies would have called you back. That addiction wouldn't 117 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 5: be this strong. You have to walk by faith and 118 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 5: not by sight. If you walk by sight, you'll talk 119 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 5: yourself out of it. Because eleven thirty at night doesn't 120 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 5: look any different than midnight. Everything you can see, feel, touch, 121 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 5: smell looks just the same. There's no evidence that it's 122 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 5: a new day. But the psawmist said, the moment you pray, 123 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 5: the tide of the battle terms you can't see it. 124 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 5: But when you prayed, you left the PM and you 125 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 5: came into am, it's a new day. You may not 126 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 5: be able to see any sign of it. 127 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 4: That's okay. 128 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 5: Victory begins in the dark. And we all go through 129 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 5: these times where we don't think it's going to work out, 130 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 5: seasons where nothing is changing. We're being our best, but 131 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 5: the business is not growing. We're standing in faith, but 132 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 5: our health is not improving. It's tempting to think that 133 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 5: God has forgotten about us. We're always going to have 134 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 5: this obstacle. The fact is light is on the way. 135 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 5: What God promised you is en route. You may have 136 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 5: struggled in an area a long time. You've been believing 137 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 5: for things to change in your marriage, your finances, with 138 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 5: an addiction, it seems permanent. God is saying you've already 139 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 5: entered a new day. You've already passed midnight. You can't 140 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 5: see it yet, but victory is on. 141 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 4: The way now. 142 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 5: Instead of complaining about the dark, have a new perspective. 143 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 5: The dark means the sun is on the way up, 144 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 5: The promise is about to come forth. Who can stop 145 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 5: the sun from rising each morning? Who can keep light 146 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 5: from breaking forth over the horizon? All the forces of 147 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 5: darkness cannot stop what God has. 148 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 4: Ordained for you. 149 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 5: They cannot keep what He promised from coming to pass. 150 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: In the face of that darkness, when you don't see 151 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 5: any light, get in agreement with God Father, Thank. 152 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 4: You that it's a new day. 153 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 5: It may be still dark out, But I don't go 154 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 5: by what I see. I go by what I know, 155 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 5: and I know that I've passed midnight. That means my 156 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 5: healing is coming, my breakthrough is coming, my abundance is coming, 157 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 5: my victory is coming. When you realize God starts with 158 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 5: darkness to bring about new things in our life, then 159 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 5: you won't get discouraged by the darkness. You'll thank him 160 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 5: in the middle of the darkness. You'll praise him despite 161 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 5: what's trying to stop you. This is what Paul and 162 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 5: Silas did. They were put in prison for sharing their faith. 163 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 5: The religious leaders the saddest sees. 164 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 4: They didn't like them. 165 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 5: They accused them. 166 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: Of causing a disturbance. 167 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 5: They were in the deepest part of the dungeon to 168 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: make sure they couldn't escape. But God won't let you 169 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 5: get in a problem that he can't bring you out of. 170 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 5: If that difficulty was going to stop your destiny, God 171 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 5: wouldn't have allowed it. It may seem too big for you, 172 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 5: you could never overcome it, but it's not too big 173 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 5: for our God. He already has the solution. That trouble 174 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 5: can't keep you from your purpose. That sent back in 175 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 5: your finances. The anxiety, the depression is not permanent. It 176 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 5: may be dark now you've had some bad breaks, or 177 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 5: you brought trouble on yourself. You think you're stuck, nor 178 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 5: get ready. God is not through with you. What he 179 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 5: ordained for your life will come to pass. That difficulty 180 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 5: is a setup for Him to show out in your life. 181 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 5: He's going to do something unusual, something out of the ordinary, 182 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 5: that will thrust you into your purpose, something that will 183 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 5: suddenly change things in your favor. Paul and Silas had 184 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 5: changed around their feet guard standing outside the prison gates. 185 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 5: It looked like they would be put away and we'd 186 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 5: never hear from them again. All the odds were against them, 187 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 5: but people don't have the final say. What you're up 188 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 5: against may be bigger, more powerful, more influential, but you 189 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 5: and God are a majority. Him being for you is 190 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 5: more than the world being against you. There's not an 191 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 5: obstacle he can't move. There's not a sickness he can't heal, 192 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 5: not an addiction. 193 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 4: He can't free you from. 194 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 5: Sitting in the dungeon, falsely accused. They could have been depressed. God, 195 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 5: why is this happening. It's not fair. We were doing 196 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 5: what you wanted us to do. But the scripture says 197 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 5: at midnight they were singing praises and giving thanks to God. 198 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 5: It's interesting that we're told when this happened. Most other 199 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 5: miracles we read about we don't have the time, that 200 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 5: detail isn't recorded. But God had the writer tell us 201 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 5: this time because midnight means it was a new day. 202 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 5: As they were singing praises, suddenly there was a great earthquake. 203 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 5: The prison doors flew open, chains fell off their feet, 204 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 5: and they walked out. 205 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 4: As free men. 206 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 5: It's not a coincidence that this all happened at midnight. 207 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 5: They may have been singing at ten o'clock in the evening, 208 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 5: nothing happened, thanking God. At eleven o'clock thing happened. Praising 209 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 5: at eleven thirty, still nothing. But when they hit midnight, 210 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 5: when that new day started, suddenly things changed. God was 211 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 5: showing us It may be dark all around you, you 212 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 5: don't see a way out, but when you come into 213 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 5: that new day, when you cross from PM to am, 214 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 5: things suddenly shift. And sometimes you see it all at once, 215 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 5: like with Paul and Silas. Other times you see it later. 216 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 5: But the moment you praise, things change in your favor. 217 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 5: There may be a period of darkness where it doesn't 218 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 5: look like anything is happening. But if you'll do like 219 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 5: them and just keep thanking God that he's fighting your battles, 220 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 5: thanking him that he's making ways where you don't see away, 221 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 5: then you're going to come into these times where God 222 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 5: will suddenly show out in your life. He'll make things 223 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 5: happen that you couldn't make happen. You may have areas 224 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 5: where it feels dark right now, nothing is changing. That's 225 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 5: a test. Will you praise him in the dark? Will 226 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 5: you thank him that what he promised is on the way? 227 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 5: Will you talk like it's going to turn around? Believe 228 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 5: that healing is coming even though the medical report isn't improving. 229 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 5: Don't go by what you feel. Your feelings don't always 230 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 5: tell you the truth. Your emotions will try to convince 231 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 5: you that it's never going to work out. Your mind 232 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 5: will tell you all the reasons it's not going to happen. 233 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 5: Look how big those obstacles are. The walk by faith, Father, 234 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 5: thank you that I've come into my midnight, that it's 235 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 5: a new day. It may still be dark out, but 236 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 5: I know you start the day in the dark. 237 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 4: I know that means light is on the way. 238 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 5: Keep a song of praise in your heart. Well, Joel, 239 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 5: I've been doing this a long time. I don't understand 240 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 5: why nothing is changing. God's timing is not our timing. 241 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 5: Keep doing the right thing. You're in a new day. 242 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 5: You pass midnight, it may be in the morning you 243 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 5: have a few more hours, so to speak, before the. 244 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 4: Sun comes up. 245 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 5: I've learned the longer it's taking, the better it's going 246 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,119 Speaker 5: to be. God is getting you prepared for the blessing. 247 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 5: He's already prepared for you. And when it's taking a 248 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 5: long time, that's because the blessing is bigger than you 249 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 5: can handle. Right now, he's getting you stronger, more mature, 250 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: more confident. He's getting other people that are involved in place, 251 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: He's doing a work in them. Don't be discouraged because 252 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 5: it's been dark a long time. That's a sign God 253 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 5: is about to do something that you've never seen. It's 254 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 5: going to be bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling than you've 255 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 5: ever imagined. Now, keep praising Him in the dark, keep 256 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 5: being good to other people in the dark, giving serving. 257 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 5: When you do that, like Paul and Silas, suddenly doors 258 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 5: are going to open. Suddenly you're going to come into opportunity, 259 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 5: the right people, healing breakthroughs. It's going to catapult you ahead. 260 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 5: When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen 261 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 5: eighty one, she had been in the hospital for twenty 262 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 5: one days. One Monday evening, the doctors called my father 263 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: in and said there was nothing more they could do 264 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 5: for her. They gave her a few weeks to live. 265 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 5: My father drove her home that afternoon in the traffic. 266 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 5: It felt like the longest drive. 267 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 4: Of their life. It was a very dark time. 268 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 5: My mother could have been depressed, given up on life, 269 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 5: but she knew that God is a healer and that 270 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 5: he has the final save. She and my father went 271 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 5: to their bedroom, laid down on the floor and prayed. 272 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 5: God said in Psalm fifty, call under me in the 273 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 5: day of trouble, and. 274 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 4: I will rescue you. 275 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 5: A lot of times in our difficulties, we call people, 276 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 5: call friends, call relatives, call experts, and that's all fine, 277 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 5: but make sure you call out to God ask. 278 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 4: Him to help you. 279 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 5: He created the universe, he flung stars into place. 280 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 4: He has all power. 281 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 5: You don't have to beg him, you don't have to 282 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 5: plead with him. He's longing to be good to you. 283 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 5: The scripture says, it is the Father's good pleasure to 284 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 5: give you the kingdom. Just ask in faith for what 285 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: he's already promised. And one of the most powerful things 286 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 5: we can do is take God's word to him. Remind 287 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 5: him what he said. Father, you said you would restore 288 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 5: health backont to me. Lord, I'm asking for your healing. 289 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to do what medicine cannot do. Take 290 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 5: his word and pray bold prayers. Father, you said my 291 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 5: children will be mighty. 292 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 4: In the land. 293 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to free them from this addiction, take 294 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 5: away these wrong friends, help them to fulfill their destiny. Well, Father, 295 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 5: you said I would prosper and be in good health, 296 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 5: that I would lend and not borrow. That you are 297 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, my provider. So Lord, I'm asking 298 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 5: you to supply. 299 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 4: All of my needs. 300 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 5: Make rivers in the desert, give me overflow so I 301 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 5: can be a bigger blessing. On December eleventh, nineteen eighty one, 302 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 5: when my mother and father prayed and asked God to 303 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 5: heal her from that cancer. My mother believed that day 304 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 5: she received her healing, that she came in to her midnight, 305 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: that she went from PM to am. But here's the key. 306 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 5: Nothing looked any different. She was still very frail, her 307 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 5: skin was yellow, she only weighed eighty nine pounds. I 308 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 5: never heard her complain. She never talked defeat. She would 309 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 5: go through the house quoting scriptures. I will live and 310 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 5: not die and declare the works of the Lord. 311 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 4: It was still dark. 312 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 5: The medical report hadn't changed month after month, no sign 313 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 5: of improvement. All of her senses said it's not going 314 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 5: to work out. She didn't look good, she didn't feel well. 315 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 5: Her emotions, her thoughts said she wasn't going to make it. 316 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 5: But she wasn't moved by what she saw. She kept 317 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 5: thanking God, walking by faith and not by sight. Sight 318 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 5: said it's dark, nothing has changed. You'll never get well, 319 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 5: But faith said, I've entered a new day. 320 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: It's dark now, but light is coming. 321 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,959 Speaker 5: It's just a matter of time before the healing breaks 322 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 5: forth over the horizon. Didn't happen like Paul and Silas suddenly, 323 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 5: but over time, little by little, she started getting better 324 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 5: and better. Her skin color came back to normal, She 325 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 5: gained her weight back, got her strength. Today, almost forty 326 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 5: years later, she's perfectly healthy and whulled, no cancer in 327 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 5: her body. 328 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 4: God has the final save. 329 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 5: It may be dark in your life right now, but 330 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 5: don't let the dark fool you. The dark is not 331 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 5: a sign that you're never going to get well, sign 332 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 5: that your child is never going to do right start, 333 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 5: a sign that your business is not going to make it. 334 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 5: It may have been meant to stop you. The enemy 335 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 5: sentate to keep you from your destiny. The good news 336 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 5: God has overruled that scheme. He's thwarting the plans of 337 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 5: the enemy. That darkness is not going to last. The 338 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 5: depression is not permanent. The addiction, the sickness, that trouble 339 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 5: at work is not how your story ends. You've gone 340 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 5: from PM to am. It's a new day. The sun 341 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 5: is about to break forth. Healing is in your future. 342 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 5: Abundance is in your future. Good relationships are in your future. 343 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 5: Victory is in your future. Instead of complaining about the dark, 344 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 5: being discouraged by the dark, have a new perspective. The 345 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 5: dark means light is coming. Now do your part. Start 346 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 5: praising Him in the dark. Start thanking him that things 347 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 5: are changing in your favor. Don't be moved by what 348 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 5: you see. Eleven thirty at night doesn't look any different 349 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 5: than midnight. 350 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 4: But midnight is a new day. 351 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 5: God is saying the clock has ticked in your favor. 352 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 5: You pass midnight, things may not look any different, yet, 353 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 5: don't worry. 354 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 4: Light is on the way. 355 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 5: The sun has never once not come up. God has 356 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 5: never once not made good on his promises. It may 357 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 5: not happen on our timetable or the way we thought, 358 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 5: but I can assure you the sun is going to 359 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 5: come up in your life. You wouldn't be alive if 360 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 5: God didn't have something amazing in your future. Well, Joel, 361 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 5: it sure feels l like midnight. Midnight is a good thing. 362 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 5: God always starts in the dark. That's a sign he's 363 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 5: about to burst something new, something big, something unusual. If 364 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 5: he started in the light, it wouldn't take any faith. 365 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 5: If we could see how it was going to happen, 366 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 5: we had all the resources, the connections, the solution. 367 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 4: We wouldn't have to depend on him. 368 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 5: The time to show what you're made of is when 369 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 5: it's dark and you don't see anything changing. Thoughts will 370 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 5: tell you you'll never get out of debt, you'll never meet 371 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 5: the right person, you'll never accomplish that dream. Instead of 372 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 5: getting depressed, the right attitude is, yes, it's still dark. 373 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 5: Yes I don't see anything changing, but I'm not worried. 374 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 4: I know it's after midnight. Light is coming. 375 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 5: God is faithful what he promised you he's going to 376 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 5: bring to pass. In the scripture, Job went to a 377 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 5: dark time, everything was going great. Life was good. Then 378 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 5: the bottom fell out. He lost his health, lost his family, 379 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 5: lost his business. 380 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 4: Didn't seem fair. 381 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 5: The scripture says Job was the most righteous man of 382 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 5: his day. 383 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 4: You would think he. 384 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 5: Wouldn't have any dark seasons, he wouldn't have to deal 385 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 5: with disappoint bad breaks. But life happens to us. All 386 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 5: rain falls on the just and the unjust. The difference 387 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 5: with the just with people like you, people that honor 388 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 5: God is God promises to take what was meant for 389 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: harm and turn it for your good. There may be 390 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 5: dark seasons, but if you'll stay in faith and not 391 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 5: get bitter, God won't just bring you out. He'll bring 392 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 5: you out better than you were before. He'll make the 393 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 5: enemy pay for bringing that trouble. God said to Satan, 394 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 5: have you seen my servant Job. There's no one like 395 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 5: him in all the land. He's blameless, He's a man 396 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 5: of integrity, he has a spirit of excellence. I love 397 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 5: the fact that God was bragging on Job. If you 398 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 5: could hear what God is saying about you, you would 399 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 5: be amazed. We think God is focused on all of 400 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 5: our faults, our shortcomings, But God sees all the good 401 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 5: things in you. He sees your heart to help others. 402 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 5: He sees your sincerity, your kindness, your courage. I can 403 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 5: hear him telling the angels, have you seen my son Jim. 404 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 5: He's really amazing. Have you seen my daughter Rachel? There's 405 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 5: no one like her. God is proud of you. He 406 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 5: made you in his own image. He calls you a masterpiece. 407 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 5: And just because you're having difficulty doesn't mean you've done 408 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 5: something wrong. 409 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 4: We all go through test and. 410 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 5: Seasons that we don't understand. What I want us to 411 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 5: see is the darkness is not permanent. At some point, 412 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 5: you're going to go from PM to AM. 413 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 4: God is going to shift things. 414 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 5: You're going to come out promoted, increased, at a new 415 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 5: level of your destiny. When Job lost everything, he was 416 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 5: very discouraged. He sat down among the ashes and put 417 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 5: on sackcloth. He went through phases of being upset, bitter, frustrated. 418 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 5: But God knows we're human, we feel things. There may 419 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 5: be times where you feel those emotions. That's okay, just 420 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 5: don't stay there. Job eventually got up out of the ashes. 421 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 5: It was still dark, nothing has changed, but he made 422 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 5: the statement, I know my redeemer lives. He was saying, 423 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 5: God is still on the throne, he has the final say, 424 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna drag around sour over what I've lost. 425 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 5: I'm getting ready for the new things he has in store. 426 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 5: Few chapters later, in the middle of all the difficulty, 427 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: still as dark as ever, nothing had changed, but Job said, 428 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 5: I know God has granted me favor. He was saying, 429 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 5: I know I've entered a new day. I know I've 430 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 5: gone from PM to AM. I know this darkness is 431 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 5: not permanent. Chapter eight, A man came along to encourage him. 432 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,959 Speaker 5: He said, Job, God will yet fill your mouth with 433 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. He was 434 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 5: saying to Joe, what God is saying to us. Don't 435 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 5: let this dark season fool you. Don't let this pandemic, 436 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 5: don't let the sickness, don't let the breakup cause you 437 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 5: to live defeated. You're going to laugh again. You're going 438 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 5: to love again. You're going to dream again. You're going 439 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 5: to build again, you're going to lead again. 440 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 4: You're going to flourish again. 441 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 5: I've heard it said, what if the darkness you're going 442 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 5: through is not the darkness of the tomb, but the 443 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 5: darkness of the womb, the darkness that proceeds. 444 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 4: God doing something amazing in your life. 445 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 5: You're not in the darkness of the tomb, have a 446 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 5: new perspective. You're in the darkness of the womb. God 447 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 5: is about to do something that you haven't seen. You're 448 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 5: going to discover talent that you didn't know you had. 449 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 5: That person that broke your heart walked out on you, 450 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 5: they didn't stop your destiny. You're about to meet someone 451 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 5: better than you've ever imagined. 452 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 4: That dark time is not wasted. 453 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 5: God is using it to burst something that you could 454 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 5: have never experienced without it. When my father went to 455 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 5: be with the Lord, that was a dark time for me. 456 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 5: But I can tell you I wasn't in the darkness 457 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 5: of the tomb. I was in the darkness of the womb. 458 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 5: God burthed talent in me that I didn't know was there. 459 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 5: He took what I thought would be my darkest hour 460 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 5: and turned it into my brightest hour. The scripture says 461 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 5: God will turn your morning into dancing. He will take 462 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,719 Speaker 5: away your sadness and clothe you with joy. I believe 463 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 5: there's sadness that's about to be taken away. That darkness 464 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 5: is about to lift off of you. You're going to 465 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 5: be clothed with joy, happy, fulfilled, vibrant with fresh vision, 466 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 5: fresh passion. Not just come out okay, hey, I made 467 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 5: it through. That morning is about to be turned to dancing. 468 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 5: God is going to make up for the sadness. He's 469 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 5: going to pay you back for the sorrow, the hurt, 470 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 5: the injustice. Now get your hopes up, like Job, Keep 471 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 5: thanking him that he's granted you favor. 472 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 4: Keep declaring my redeemer lives. 473 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 5: Job went through this dark season, but that's not where 474 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 5: he ended. The scripture says God restored back to Job 475 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 5: twice what he had before. He was more blessed in 476 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 5: the second part of his life. 477 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 4: Than he was the first. 478 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 5: Yes, it was dark, but when the sun rose up, 479 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 5: he came out with double. Don't believe those lies that 480 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 5: the darkness is permanent. It's never going to change. That 481 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: darkness is a sign that Double is coming. The sun 482 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 5: is going to rise in your life again. You're going 483 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 5: to see the goodness of God in ways you've never seen. 484 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 5: He's breathing in your direction right now, in the unseen realm, 485 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 5: things are changing in your favor. Forces of darkness are 486 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 5: being pushed back, the right breaks are headed your way. 487 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,479 Speaker 5: He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 488 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 5: You're going to know it was the hand of God. 489 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 4: When we talk about. 490 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 5: Job, we think that must have been fifty years of 491 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 5: his life. 492 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 4: That was such a terrible time. 493 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 5: But some commentaries believe the difficulty was only a nine 494 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 5: month period. It wasn't years and years. What you're dealing 495 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 5: with is not going to last as long as it looks. 496 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 5: It's not going to hinder you the rest of your life. 497 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 5: The sun is going to come up sooner than you think. 498 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 5: You're already way past midnight. Daybreak is about to happen. 499 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 5: Light is about to break forth on the horizon. Get 500 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 5: ready for favor Get ready for breakthroughs, Get ready for 501 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 5: double You're not in the darkness of the tomb. You're 502 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 5: in the darkness of the womb. God is about to 503 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 5: burst something out of this that thrusts you to a 504 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 5: new level. My challenge, trust him in the dark. You 505 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 5: may not see anything improving. That's okay. Walk by faith 506 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 5: and not by sight. If you'll do this, I believe 507 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 5: and declare. God is about to turn your mourning into dancing, 508 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 5: your sadness into joy. 509 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 4: Like Job You're going to come. 510 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 5: Out restored, promoted, healthy, free, better than you were before. 511 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, I'd. 512 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 5: Like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus. 513 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 4: The Lord of your life. 514 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 515 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 516 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 5: you my Lord and save you. If you prayed that 517 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 518 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 5: to give you some literature to help you on your 519 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 5: walk with the Lord. Just text the number on the screen. 520 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 5: Get into a good Bible based church, and keep God 521 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 5: first place. 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