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It's a joy to come into your homes. 34 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: We love you and we know God has great things 35 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: in store. If you're ever in our area, I hope 36 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: you'll stop by and be a part of one of 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 2: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 38 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 2: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in today, 39 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: and again thank you for coming out. I'd like to 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: start with something funny, and I heard about these two 41 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 2: little boys, ages four and six. They were brothers. They 42 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 2: were spending the night with their grandmother and she told 43 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: them before they went to bed to make sure that 44 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: they said their prayers. They went in the room and 45 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: got down on their knees and the smallest boy began 46 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: praying at the top of his lungs. God, I pray 47 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: for a new bicycle. I pray for a new PlayStation. 48 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 2: I pray for a new DVD. It's brother Punchton said, 49 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: why are you screaming? God isn't death? He said, I 50 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: know that, but grandmother is Hold up your Bible, say 51 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 52 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 2: am what it says. 53 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 5: I am. 54 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 55 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 56 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: taught to word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 57 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 58 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 59 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about dealing with unexpected difficulties. 60 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: It's one thing to know that you're going into a 61 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 2: challenging season. You get prepared for it, you get mentally ready. 62 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: But what about the difficulties that we didn't see coming, 63 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: the unexpected crisis that catches us off guard. It's so overwhelmed, 64 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: it's almost like it knocks the wind out of us. 65 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: Few years after Victoria and I were married, there was 66 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: a knock on the door. I answered it and a 67 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: police officer was standing there. He handed me an envelope 68 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 2: and said, somebody really doesn't like you. I said, what 69 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: do you mean. I didn't think I had an enemy 70 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 2: in the world. He said, this man is suing you 71 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: over some property that you sold him. I wasn't expecting 72 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: to be in a lawsuit at twenty four years old. 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 2: One time I was driving to lunch with some friends. 74 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: We had just left the church, and I got a 75 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: phone call saying that my sister Lisa had opened a 76 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 2: mail bomb. It exploded in her lap. I wasn't expecting 77 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: to be rushing to the hospital hoping she would survive. 78 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: A gentleman was at our service last week. He came 79 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: home from work just like normal, thought it was an 80 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: ordinary day, but there was a note on the kitchen 81 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: table saying his wife had fallen in love with someone else. 82 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: In life, we all have to deal with the unexpected. 83 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: Just because we're a believer, just because we're a good 84 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: person doing the right thing, doesn't make us exempt from trouble. 85 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: The scripture says, the rain falls on the just and 86 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: the unjust. And in these times where something unexpected has happened. 87 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: The boss calls you in and said, I'm sorry, we 88 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: don't need you anymore. The doctor says, we see something 89 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 2: on your exam that doesn't look good. When you find 90 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 2: yourself facing a crisis, it's easy to panic and fall 91 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: all apart, but you have to realize that crisis is 92 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: not a surprise to God. It may be unexpected to us, 93 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 2: but God knows the end from the beginning. God has 94 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 2: solutions to problems that we haven't even had, and God 95 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: would not have allowed the difficulty unless he had a 96 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: divine purpose for it. You have to remind yourself you 97 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: are in a controlled environment. It may feel your circumstances 98 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: are out of control, but the creator of the universe 99 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 2: is in complete control. He has you in the palm 100 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: of his hand. Nothing can happen to you without God's permission. 101 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 2: In fact, God is even in control of our enemies. 102 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how God caused Faiah to harden 103 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: his heart and not let the people go Notice. God 104 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 2: caused him to be difficult. Why was that so God 105 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 2: could show his power in extraordinary ways When something unexpected 106 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: happens catches you off guard. Instead of falling apart, blaming 107 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 2: God and panicking, our attitude should be God, I know 108 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 2: you're still on the throne. This is not a surprise 109 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 2: to you. You wouldn't have allowed it unless you had 110 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 2: a purpose, and it may look like a set back, 111 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 2: but I know the truth. It's a set up for 112 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: you to show your power in a greater way. It's 113 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: a setup for you to show my unbelieving co workers 114 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: your greatness. God's purpose in the crisis is to just 115 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 2: show us his power, but to show other people what 116 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: he can do. If you will view that adversity as 117 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 2: an opportunity for God to display his greatness, then God 118 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: will use you as an example. He wants your neighbors 119 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 2: to say, how in the world did they make it? 120 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: The medical report said impossible, but look at her today, 121 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: she's as strong and healthy as can be. Or they 122 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 2: got laid off at the worst possible time, but look 123 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 2: at them now. They got a better job than we do. Friends. 124 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: God wants to turn your test into a testimony. That's 125 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: why God will not stop every adversity. Being a believer 126 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: doesn't make us immune to difficulty. But God promises, if 127 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 2: we'll stay in faith, he will take what was meant 128 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 2: for our harm and not only use it to our advantage, 129 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 2: but he will use it to display his greatness to 130 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 2: other people. And so when something unexpected happens, instead of 131 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 2: falling apart and panicking. Now, that's when, more than ever, 132 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 2: you need to expect God to show up and turn 133 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 2: the situation around. Expect God's favor, expect his supernatural power. 134 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 2: And it is true that the rain falls on the 135 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 2: just and the unjust. But here's the difference for the just, 136 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 2: for the believer, that's you and me. The scripture says 137 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 2: no weapon formed against us will ever prosper. It doesn't 138 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: say that something would never form, you'll never have any rain, 139 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: you'll never have unexpected trouble. No, it says, in effect, 140 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: you may go through some difficulties, you may get a 141 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: negative medical report, you may see a relationship turned sour. 142 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: But because you're a child of the Most High God, 143 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: that difficulty is not going to prosper against you. Mean, 144 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 2: in the end, it's not going to get the best 145 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: of you. You're going to get the best of it. 146 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: God's not only going to bring you out, He's going 147 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: to bring you out better off than you were before. 148 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 2: And when we face an unexpected challenge, it's easy to 149 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 2: get down on ourselves and think, well, I'm trying to 150 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: do my best, trying to honor God. I must be 151 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: doing something wrong. I must just not be doing good 152 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: enough well. A lot of times, the reason we have 153 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: difficulties is not because we're doing something wrong, but because 154 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 2: we're doing something right. It's because you're making a difference. 155 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 2: It's because you're taking new ground for your family. It's 156 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 2: because you're a threat to the enemy. He would leave 157 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 2: you alone if you weren't advancing the kingdom. He wouldn't 158 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 2: bother you if he didn't know. God had something amazing 159 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 2: in your future. That's why he's trying to get your 160 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: discouraged and bitter and blaming God to keep you from 161 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 2: the new levels that God has in store. You say, Joel, 162 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 2: I don't understand why these people thought off has given 163 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 2: me such a hard time. I treat them with respect, 164 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 2: I work hard, I mind my own business, but they're 165 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 2: always criticized and finding fault with me. Listen, that's not 166 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 2: because you're doing anything wrong. If you acted like them, 167 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 2: they'd leave you alone, if you were lazy and complained 168 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 2: and had a bad attitude. It's because you're doing something right. 169 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: It's because you're letting your light shine. Darkness never likes 170 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 2: the light, but don't worry about it. Light will always 171 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: overtake the darkness. Just keep shining, keep smiling, Keep treating 172 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: people good even though they're not treating you good. Keep 173 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 2: doing the right thing even though the wrong thing's happening. 174 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: That trouble is a sure sign that God has something 175 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: amazing in your future. And the enemy is not going 176 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 2: to roll out the red carpet and let us fulfill 177 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: our destiny unopposed. He's going to throw out unexpected challenges, 178 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 2: unexpected trouble, unexpected difficulties. But know this, the God we 179 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 2: serve has unexpected favor, unexpected healing, unexpected breakthroughs, unexpected turnarounds. Matthew, 180 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 2: Chapter thirteen. Jesus told us story about a man that 181 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 2: went out to his field and planted wheat in the ground. 182 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: He sowed good seed. This represents he was doing the 183 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: right thing, honoring God with his life, being good to others. 184 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 2: But it says while he slept, an enemy came in 185 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: and planted weeds in his soil. The man was asleep, 186 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 2: he didn't know what happened. He was expecting to have 187 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 2: a great harvest of wheat. He had done the right things, 188 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: he had sown the right seeds, But when it came 189 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 2: time for harvest, all of a sudden, the weeds sprung 190 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: up among his wheat. Any time you're doing the right thing, 191 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 2: you're living a life that's honoring God. You're being your 192 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 2: best each day. Don't be surprised if you find some 193 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: weeds among your weak doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. 194 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: And it's one thing to know you're sowing bad seeds 195 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: and compromising, not living right, and you can expect to 196 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 2: reap trouble and adversity. That's no big surprise. But what 197 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: about like this man, when you're doing the right things, 198 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 2: sowing the right seeds, but you look in your field 199 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 2: and you see things popping up that you didn't plant. 200 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: That doesn't seem fair. The worker said to this farmer, 201 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,079 Speaker 2: where did these weeds come from? We saw you, We 202 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: know you sowed good seeds. The farmer said, an enemy 203 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 2: has come in and sown these destructive seeds. It's the 204 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: same way today. There is an enemy that has sown 205 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 2: weeds in all of our lives. The good news is 206 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 2: those weeds do not have to keep us from our 207 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 2: God given destiny. It's interesting it says that when the 208 00:11:53,840 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: wheat was ready for harvest, the weeds sprung up unexpectedly suddenly. 209 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 2: This tells me that when we are close to our victory, 210 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 2: when we are on the verge of our greatest accomplishment, 211 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 2: our greatest breakthrough. When you're about to go into the 212 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: harvest season, that's when the unexpected challenges will pop up 213 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: to try to keep us from moving forward. I remember 214 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: when my father went to be with the Lord back 215 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety nine. I knew I was supposed to 216 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 2: step up and pasture the church. I felt a strength, 217 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 2: a confidence of peace like I'd never felt before. I 218 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: knew I was stepping into a new level of my life, 219 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 2: a new level of my destiny. But at the same time, 220 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: I never felt such fear, intimidation, feelings of inadequacy. What 221 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 2: was that there were two crops coming up. The one 222 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 2: I had planted of faith, of confidence, of victory, and 223 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 2: the one the enemy had planted of doubt, unbelief. You 224 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: can't do this. I could have easily talk myself out 225 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 2: of it, but I realized those destructive thoughts were just 226 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 2: weeds that the enemy had sown into my good soil. 227 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 2: They were popping up right when it was my time 228 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: for harvest. Now I had the attitude, Hey, I didn't 229 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: sow it. I don't have to reap it. I'm gonna 230 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 2: reap the confidence, the faith, the victory. I'm gonna step 231 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: into that new level of my destiny. And some of 232 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: you today are wondering, where did this trouble come from? 233 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 2: Doesn't make any sense. I worked for this company loyally 234 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 2: for twenty years. How could they lay me off? Or 235 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: I've done my best to stay healthy, to stay in shape, 236 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: to exercise. Why did I come down with this sickness? Friends, 237 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 2: those are simply weeds that the enemy has sown into 238 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: your life. They may pop up at just the wrong 239 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 2: time when you should be enjoying the best of life, 240 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 2: have a sickness to deal with. Business slows down, a 241 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 2: child starts acting up. Here's what I'm saying, don't panic, 242 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 2: don't start blaming God. You are close to your breakthrough. 243 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: Your harvest is coming. That's why those unexpected challenges are 244 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 2: popping up. And let me tell you, if those weeds 245 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 2: could keep you from your destiny, God would have never 246 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 2: allowed them to be planted. If that trouble could stop you, 247 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 2: God would have never permitted it to happen. It says 248 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 2: in one Peter four twelve. Don't think it's strange when 249 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 2: you encounter fiery trials. It's saying, don't be surprised by difficulties, 250 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: don't get bent out of shape when you face tough times. 251 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 2: I want us to see these unexpected challenges in a 252 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 2: new light. Instead of falling apart thinking I can't believe 253 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: this is happening. Now, our attitude should be it's just 254 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: another weed, No big deal. I didn't sow it. I 255 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: don't have to reap it. God said he would take 256 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: care of it for me. For some reason, you got 257 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 2: laid off, lost your job, don't panic. It's just the 258 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 2: weeds popping up. If you'll stay in faith, God will 259 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: not only open up another door, but he'll give you 260 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 2: a better job with better benefits, better friends, making better money. 261 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: If you were to get a bad report about your health, 262 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: don't fall apart. Why God me no view that sickness 263 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: as a weed. It's not permanent, it's temporary. It can't 264 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: keep you from your destiny. You're a child of the 265 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 2: Most High God, and if it's not your time to go, 266 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 2: you're not going to go. Or maybe a friend betrays you, 267 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 2: walks out of a relationship. Next time you see them, 268 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: just say hello, weed. You don't need them to become 269 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: who God's created you to be. All right, don't say it, 270 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: but you can sure think it. This parable ends with 271 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 2: the workers asking the farmer should we go out and 272 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 2: pull up the weeds. The farmer says no, just wait 273 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: and at the right time, the weeds will be destroyed. 274 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: That's what God is saying to us, the weeds that 275 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 2: pop up, the unexpected difficulties. You don't have to fight 276 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 2: those battles. Don't spend your life constantly trying to pull 277 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 2: up all the weeds and fix everything in your own strength. 278 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 2: If you do that, you'll end up destroying the harvest 279 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: when you were trying to destroy the weeds. Just wait 280 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: and let God take care of it for you. God 281 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 2: knows how to fight your battles. God knows how to 282 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: make your wrongs right. God knows which doors need to 283 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: be opened, which people need to be moved out of 284 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: the way, so you can get to where you're supposed 285 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 2: to be. Years ago, I was on a flight to 286 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 2: India with my father and we'd been flying for about 287 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: thirteen hours. We had another couple of hours to go. 288 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 2: Up to that point, it had been a very smooth, 289 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 2: comfortable flight, but at one point we hit some turbulence 290 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: like nothing I'd ever experienced before. It was like a 291 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 2: roller coaster. The plane was going every which way. There 292 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 2: was food and bag up on the ceiling. Then they'd 293 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 2: come down and go right back up again. For ten minutes. 294 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 2: It was the wildest ride of my life. People were hollering, 295 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 2: babies were crying. That plane was shaking so violently. You 296 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: were sure it was going to break apart. And me, 297 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 2: being the great man of faith that i am, I thought, 298 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 2: this is it. It's over. There's no way we're gonna 299 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: make it through. But sure enough, in about ten minutes, 300 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 2: it seemed like an eternity. We made it through the 301 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,719 Speaker 2: turbulence and it was just as calm and smooth as 302 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 2: it was before. An hour or two later, we landed 303 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 2: safely at our destination. And that's the way it is 304 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 2: in life. We're going along just fine, got a good job, 305 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 2: healthy children, are blessed. Then we hit some turbulence, we 306 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 2: get a negative medical report, a relationship goes through a storm, 307 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: we're named in a lawsuit. Our mind tells us this 308 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 2: is the way it's always going to be. You're never 309 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 2: going to get it. Well, that lawsuit's gonna sink you. 310 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: The relationship's never going to work out. Now, Can I 311 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 2: tell you you're just in a part of your ten 312 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 2: minutes of turbulence? This too shall pass. God is still 313 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: on the throne. He's brought you safe and sound this far. 314 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: Just because it's rocky and people around you are hollering 315 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 2: and you feel like panicking doesn't mean it's over. Sooner 316 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 2: or later, you're gonna come through that turbulence and it's 317 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 2: gonna be just as smooth and calm as it was before. 318 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 2: Now I've learned in life, basically every person is going 319 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 2: to have ten minutes of turbulence, not all at once, 320 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: but a minute or two here, minute or two there. 321 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 2: In those tough times when you feel like the plane 322 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 2: is gonna break apart, you feel like panicking, living upset 323 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: and worried, You've got to come back to that place 324 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 2: of trust and say, no, I know the creator of 325 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: the universe is piloting my plane. The most High God 326 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: is directed my steps. And he said, no weapon formed 327 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: against me is gonna prosper. He said, to not be 328 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 2: surprised by these fiery trials. So I'm not gonna panic, 329 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: get upset, drop out of church, live life bitter. Now 330 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: I'm gonna come back to that place of peace and 331 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna enjoy my life right in the midst of 332 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 2: these difficulties. I've heard it said trouble is inevitable, but 333 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: misery is optional. We're all gonna face trouble. Unfair situations 334 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,719 Speaker 2: are going to come, but it's totally up to us 335 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 2: as to whether we're gonna fall apart and panic and 336 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 2: get upset and drop out of church and live life. 337 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 2: Sour heard about this man that was out walking. He 338 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 2: got bit by a dog and he was so upset. 339 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 2: He went to the doctor and they discovered the dog 340 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: had rabies and he was gonna have to get some shots. 341 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 2: And now he was really upset and been out of 342 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 2: shape and angry. The doctor came back in to give 343 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: him the shots, and he saw the man making out 344 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 2: a list. He thought the man was writing out his will. 345 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 2: The doctor kind of laughed and said, sir, it's not 346 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 2: that bad. You're not going to die. The man said, 347 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 2: this is not my will. This is a list of 348 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 2: all the people I'm going to bite. I know people 349 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 2: like that. They encounter one of their ten minutes of 350 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 2: turbulence and they get mad at the world. They go 351 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 2: around spreading that poison everywhere they go. Don't let that 352 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 2: be you. Don't let that be me. When something unexpected happens, 353 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 2: our attitude should be I'm not impressed. This difficulty doesn't 354 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: move me. I'm not gonna complain, get bitter, start panicking. No, 355 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 2: I know this too shall pass. It's just another step 356 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 2: on the way to my divine destiny. This is what 357 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 2: Joseph had to do. He constantly was dealing with unexpected difficulties. 358 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: He never expected his own brothers to throw him into 359 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: a pit and sell him into slavery. He could have said, God, 360 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 2: that's not fair. I thought you put a dream in 361 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: my heart. No, Joseph understood this principle. He knew he 362 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 2: didn't sow those seeds, and God would take care of 363 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: the weeds, so he just kept being his best. He 364 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 2: never expected Potterphar's wife to lie about him have him 365 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 2: thrown into prison. He never expected his cellmate when he 366 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 2: got out, to forget all about Joseph, even though he 367 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 2: had done him nothing but good. It was one bad 368 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 2: break after another. Joseph could have easily gotten bitter and 369 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 2: angry and made that list of everybody he was going 370 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 2: to bite. No, his attitude was, this is all just 371 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,959 Speaker 2: a part of my ten minutes of turbulence. These are 372 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 2: weeds that the enemy has sown into my good soul. 373 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 2: So I'm not worried about it. I know these weeds 374 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 2: cannot keep me from my God given destiny. He just 375 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 2: kept being his best, and you know the story. He 376 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: ended up second in command of the whole nation. He's 377 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 2: the one that said, what was meant for my harm, 378 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 2: God used to advantage. And you may be in one 379 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 2: of your ten minutes of turbulence right now. It looks 380 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: very difficult, but I'm here to tell you this too 381 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 2: shall pass. God did not bring you this far to 382 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 2: fail you. Now. It may be rocky. The medical report 383 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 2: may say impossible, the financial situation may tell you you're 384 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 2: going under. In the natural you don't see any way. 385 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 2: But God is saying, I still have a way. I'm 386 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 2: Jehovah Jirah, the Lord your provider. I'm Jehovah Rahah, the 387 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 2: Lord your healer. I am Ilshady, the God who is 388 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 2: more than enough. If that crisis could stop you, if 389 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: those brothers throwing you into the pit, so to speak, 390 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 2: like Joseph could ruin your life. You can be assured 391 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 2: God would have never allowed it to happen. If that 392 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 2: person that hurts you, that disappointment you went through could 393 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: have kept you from your destiny, No, the most High 394 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 2: God would not have permitted that. What am I saying, 395 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: If you're alive and breathing, you can still become everything 396 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: that God has created you to be. Don't allow a 397 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 2: crisis that you've gone through, or you're going through, or 398 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 2: you ever go through, to steal your joy and keep 399 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 2: you from pressing forward. Just remember that scripture of Romans 400 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 2: eight twenty eight. All things are going to work together 401 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 2: for your good. The key word is together. A difficulty 402 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: on its own may not make sense, but when it 403 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 2: comes together one day, it will make sense. I mentioned 404 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 2: earlier how few years after Victoria now were married, we 405 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: were named in a lawsuit. The person that bought our 406 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 2: house was suing us over the plumbing. And he didn't 407 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: just sue us. He sued the builder and the architect, 408 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 2: the real estate agent, the plumber, anybody he could think of. 409 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 2: And we knew we had done nothing wrong. We didn't 410 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 2: build a house. The plumbing had worked fine for us, 411 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 2: but for six months practically. While I was in that lawsuit, 412 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 2: I was sick to my stomach. I was so worried. 413 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: I thought it was the worst thing that could have 414 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 2: ever happened to me. I let it steal my joy 415 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: and caused me to live all stressed out. At one point, 416 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: several weeks ahead, I was going to have to give 417 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 2: my deposition, my testimony. I started preparing and studying and 418 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 2: getting all my documents out and thinking about what I 419 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: was going to say. Went in and gave my testimony 420 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 2: at the lawyer's office. When I got finished, I was 421 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 2: so nauseated I couldn't drive home. I had to have 422 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 2: somebody come pick me up. Long story short, several months later, 423 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 2: the lawsuit was thrown out. We were totally clear and 424 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: very grateful. But here's the point I'm making. The lawsuit 425 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: in itself didn't seem like it was working for my good. 426 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 2: It seemed like it was a waste of a lot 427 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 2: of energy and just unnecessary stress and heartache. I didn't 428 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 2: see how anything would ever come out of that productive No. Remember, 429 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: God will not allow a difficulty unless he has a 430 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 2: divine purpose. Some fifteen years later, when we acquired this place, 431 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 2: the form of Compact Center, a company filed a lawsuit 432 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 2: to try to keep us from moving in this time. 433 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 2: When I went to give my deposition, I wouldn't the 434 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 2: least bit nervous. I knew exactly what to expect. I 435 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 2: had been through that process before. I gave my testimony, 436 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: just as calm, clear and effective as can be. Leaving 437 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 2: the lawyer's office that day after giving my testimony, I 438 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 2: realized that first lawsuit, the one I couldn't stand, the 439 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: one I thought was the worst thing in the world. 440 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 2: That was God getting me prepared for the lawsuit with 441 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: the Compact Center. Had it not been for that man 442 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: suing us over the plumbing, I would have never had 443 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 2: the confidence the experience when it came to a lawsuit 444 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 2: that really mattered, a lawsuit between me and my destiny. 445 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 2: Here's what I'm saying, nothing in life is wasted, even 446 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 2: your ten minutes of turbulence. God's going to use it 447 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: to your advantage. The enemy may have sown some seeds 448 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: weeds in your life today, and you're thinking this doesn't 449 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 2: make sense. Where did this trouble come from? No, it 450 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 2: may not make sense by itself, but I believe one 451 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 2: day when it all comes together, you will say, like me, 452 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 2: if it had not been for the man suing me 453 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: over the plumbing, I might not have made it to 454 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 2: the compact center. Like Joseph, if it had not been 455 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: for my brothers thrown me into the pit, I may 456 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 2: not have ever made it to the palace. In other words, 457 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 2: if it had not been for that turbulence, I may 458 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 2: not have fulfilled my divine destiny. We've all heard the 459 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 2: saying bad things happen to good people. That is true, 460 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 2: but it's also true that good people overcome bad things 461 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 2: and come out better off than they were before. Friends, 462 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 2: I'm here to tell you God is going to turn 463 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 2: your tests into a testimony. That difficulty that you think 464 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 2: is so bad, it's not working against you. It is 465 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 2: working for you. The creator of the universe is going 466 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 2: to use it to your advantage. Weeds may have popped 467 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 2: up in your field today, don't be discouraged by it. 468 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 2: Be encouraged. That trouble is a sure sign that God 469 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 2: has something amazing in your future. And yes, the enemy 470 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 2: has unexpected trouble, but remember our God has unexpected favor, 471 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: unexpected breakthroughs, unexpected promotion. So let me challenge you. Don't 472 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 2: be surprised by the fiery trials. The forces of darkness 473 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 2: would not be fighting you if they didn't know. God 474 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 2: had something amazing in your future. So the next time 475 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 2: you face an unexpected challenge, had the idea, no big deal. 476 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: This is just a part of my ten minutes of turbulence. 477 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 2: God has brought me through before, and I know God 478 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 2: will bring me through again if you'll have that kind 479 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 2: of attitude. And here's the promise, no weapon formed against 480 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 2: you will ever prosper. Here's what that means. You'll overcome 481 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 2: every obstacle, You'll defeat every enemy. I believe and declare 482 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 2: you will become everything God's created you to be, and 483 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 2: you will have everything God intended for you to have. Amen. 484 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 2: Do you receive it today? Well? We never like to 485 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 2: close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make 486 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 487 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 488 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends, 489 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 490 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 491 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 2: God first place. 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