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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 4: your homes and you're ever in our area. Please stop 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 4: buy and be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 4: I'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 4: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 4: about this airplane that was about to crash. There were 34 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 4: four passengers, but only three parachutes. The first passenger said, 35 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 4: I'm a leading heart surgeon. My patients need me, and 36 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 4: he took the first parachute and jumped. Second passenger said, 37 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 4: I'm a rocket scientist, one of the smartest men alive. 38 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 4: My country needs me. Took the second parachute and jumped. 39 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 4: The third passengers Pope John Paul. He said to the 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: fourth passenger, a ten year old boy scout son, I'm 41 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 4: old and frail. I don't have much time left. You 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 4: can have the last parachute. The boy scout said, don't 43 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 4: worry about it, sir, there are still two parachutes left. 44 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 4: You see the smartest man alive. He just jumped out 45 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 4: with my backpack. Say it like you mean it. This 46 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 47 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 48 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 50 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 51 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about it's all good. Life 53 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 4: is full of things that we don't like. Disappointments. A 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 4: friend betrayed us, we didn't get the promotion. We see 55 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 4: these things as being naggad thinking that was bad. Didn't 56 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 4: work out, my prayers weren't answered. But God won't allow 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 4: a difficulty unless he's going to somehow use it for 58 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 4: our good. This means everything that happens in life. We 59 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 4: may not understand it, but if you'll keep the right attitude, 60 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 4: it'll push you further into your destiny. Every closed doors, 61 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 4: the delays the person that did you wrong, The loan 62 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 4: that didn't go through. God says, it's all good. I'm 63 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 4: in control. It may not feel good, but trust me 64 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 4: and I'll use it for your good. And when you 65 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 4: understand this principle, life is much more free. You don't 66 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 4: get upset because a coworker is playing politics trying to 67 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 4: keep you down. You know it's all good. God allowed it, 68 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: and he's going to use it. You tried, but the 69 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 4: business didn't make it. You don't give up on your dreams. 70 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 4: You know it's all good. It's a part of the process. 71 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 4: Even simple things. You get stuck in traffic, you don't 72 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 4: let it frustrate you. Ruin the rest of your day. 73 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 4: You know God is directing your steps. He may be 74 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 4: keeping you from an accident, or he may be developing 75 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 4: patience in you. Whatever it is, keep the right perspective, 76 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 4: it's all good. This boils down to trusting God. We're 77 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 4: never going to understand everything that happens in life. If 78 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: you try to figure it all out, you'll be frustrated. 79 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 4: God has an advantage. He can see the big picture 80 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: for our lives. He knows where the dead ends are, 81 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 4: where the shortcuts are, where the bumpy roads are, and 82 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 4: sometimes he'll close a door that we're asking him to 83 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: open because he knows it would be a waste of 84 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 4: time when you're a mature person. Instead of getting bitter, 85 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 4: you say, God, I trust you. I may not like it, 86 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 4: but I believe you know what's best for me. Some 87 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 4: of the things that God has in your future, if 88 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 4: he gave them to you right now, you couldn't handle it. 89 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 4: He loves you too much to let it happen. He's 90 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 4: developing your character, growing you up. That boss that gets 91 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 4: on your nerves doesn't treat you right. You keep trying 92 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 4: to pray him away. The reason he's not going anywhere 93 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 4: is because God's using him like sandpaper to rub the 94 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 4: rough edges off of you. Now as you keep doing 95 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,679 Speaker 4: the right thing, keeping your mouth closed, being respectful, that's 96 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 4: doing a work in you. You couldn't develop your character 97 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 4: without him. You may not like it, but it's good. 98 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: It's getting you prepared for the next level. God is 99 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 4: asking us, do you trust me with your closed doors? 100 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: Do you trust me with your unanswered questions, with the 101 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 4: things you don't understand? Instead of fighting everything you don't like, 102 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 4: why don't you have this new perspective? It's all good. 103 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 4: This grouchy boss, I can't stand him, but I know 104 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 4: he's good for me. This child that's hard to raise, 105 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 4: this sickness. I'm dealing with this dream that's taken forever. 106 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 4: I don't like it, but I'm not going to live bitter. 107 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,679 Speaker 4: I know God is on the throne. He's in control 108 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 4: of my life. It may have been meant for my harm, 109 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 4: but he's promised he will use it to my advantage. 110 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: That's what Paul said in Romans. All things work together 111 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 4: for good to those that love the Lord. Not some things, 112 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 4: but all things. They may not be good at the time. 113 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 4: It's painful to go through a loss, discouraging when a 114 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 4: dream doesn't work out by itself. That may not be good, 115 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 4: but God is promised he's going to bring it all together. 116 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 4: One day you'll look back and say that was good. Well, Joel, 117 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: I'm discouraged because I lost a loved won er. I'm 118 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: bitter because of business partner cheated me. That wasn't good. 119 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 4: The problem is you're isolating that one incident. God hasn't 120 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 4: brought it all together yet. If that difficulty was going 121 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 4: to keep you from your destiny, God would have never 122 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 4: permitted it. That setback was really a setup for God 123 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 4: to show out in your life. So you have to 124 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 4: get rid of a victim mentality and have a victor mentality. 125 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 4: When you have this attitude, that is all good. You 126 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 4: don't go around with a chip on your shoulder because 127 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 4: you had some bad breaks. You know, no weapon formed 128 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: against you will prosper. You know. Weeping indoors for a night, 129 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 4: but joy's coming in the morning. You know, it's just 130 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 4: a matter of time before God brings it all together. 131 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: We celebrated Good Friday recently. We call it good today, 132 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,679 Speaker 4: But two thousand years ago, when Jesus was crucified didn't 133 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: look like a good Friday. The disciples thought it was 134 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: the worst day of their lives. Their dreams were shattered, 135 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,119 Speaker 4: the man they had given their lives to was gone. 136 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: Doubts filled their mind. Maybe he wasn't who he said 137 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 4: he was. Maybe he tricked us and we wasted all 138 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 4: this time. Can imagine Mary, the Mother of Christ, weeping 139 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 4: and weeping as she sees her son on the cross. 140 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: She's heartbroken, in so much pain. If someone would have suggested, Mary, 141 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 4: this is a good Friday, she'd have thought, what are 142 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 4: you talking about? Good? Look what's happening. But we all 143 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 4: face these times when life doesn't make sense, a dream dies, 144 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 4: a relationship comes to an end, or we come down 145 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 4: with an illness. Nothing about the situation seems good. Good 146 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 4: would have been the last word we would have used 147 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 4: to describe this Friday. Better description would have been tragic Friday, 148 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 4: lonely Friday, betrayed Friday in the heat of the easy 149 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: to get discouraged. The disciples could have said, God, why 150 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 4: did you let Judas betray him? Why did you let 151 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 4: the soldiers crucify him? God, why did you abandon your 152 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 4: son in his time of greatest need. But a few 153 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 4: days later, after he arose from the grave and cooked 154 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 4: them breakfast on the beach, appeared to them in the 155 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 4: upper room. They realized he was who he said he was. 156 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 4: They looked back on that Friday and said, it wasn't 157 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 4: what we thought. It wasn't depressing Friday. It wasn't tragic Friday. 158 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 4: It was all a part of his plan. It was 159 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 4: good Friday. They looked back on what they thought was 160 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 4: the darkest day of their lives, and they called it good. 161 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 4: What am I saying? It's all good? May not be 162 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 4: good right now? May not make sense on its own, 163 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 4: but God knows how to bring it all together. And 164 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 4: what you think is going to stop you hold you can. 165 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 4: I tell you, if you will stay in faith, one 166 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 4: day you will look back and say that it was good. 167 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 4: If Judas had not betrayed Jesus, we wouldn't have salvation. 168 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 4: God used the betrayal to move Jesus toward his destiny. 169 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 4: The betrayal at the time didn't seem good. Hurts when 170 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 4: somebody does you wrong, walks out on you, breaks your heart. 171 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 4: You may not see it at the time, but without 172 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 4: that betrayal, like Jesus, you couldn't become who you were 173 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 4: created to be. If they left you, you didn't need them. 174 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 4: If they walked away, they weren't a part of your destiny. 175 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 4: It may be painful Friday right now, but keep moving forward. 176 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 4: Sunday is coming. New beginnings are on the way. A 177 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 4: resurrection is in your future. When God brings it all together, 178 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 4: when you meet that person of your dream, somebody better 179 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 4: than you ever imagine, you'll look back and say with 180 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 4: a smile, it was a good Friday. When that old 181 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 4: goat left, I mean, when that man left, that supervisor. 182 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: That's tried to keep you down for years. You didn't 183 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 4: realize it, but staying there with a good attitude, giving 184 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 4: it your best, doing the right thing when the wrong 185 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 4: thing was happening. That was developing your character, getting you 186 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 4: prepared for the next level. You wouldn't be who you 187 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 4: are today without that difficulty. You may not have liked it, 188 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 4: but you can look back and say, that was a 189 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 4: good Friday. That's what happened to us. Twice we tried 190 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 4: to buy property to build a new sanctuary. On both 191 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 4: times the property was sold out from under us. The 192 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 4: first one, we had worked for six months doing soil samples, 193 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 4: preliminary drawings. We went to close on the property real 194 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 4: early in the morning. The secretary came out said, I'm sorry. 195 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 4: The owner sold the property last night to someone else. 196 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 4: It had been on the market for twenty years. We 197 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 4: were so disappointed. I went home told Victoria is no 198 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: place to build a new sanctuary. There didn't seem like 199 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: anything good about that owner, not keeping his word, not 200 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: selling us that property. If you would have told me 201 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,719 Speaker 4: it was a good friday, I'd have told you go 202 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 4: jump in a lake. A few months later, we found 203 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 4: another one hundred acre tract of land. Thought, Boy, this 204 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 4: is even better. I prayed more fervently. Lord, Thank you 205 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 4: for your favor. Thank you for opening this door. Same 206 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 4: thing they sold it out from under us didn't make 207 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 4: sense to me. I've learned God's ways are better than 208 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 4: our ways. The right way to pray is God, this 209 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 4: is what I want, this is what I'm believing for. 210 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 4: But God, you know what's best for me. I trust you. 211 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 4: If you're only going to be happy if God does 212 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 4: it your way, that's not really trusting. That's not praying. 213 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 4: That's giving God orders. God, Here's what I want you 214 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 4: to do, when to do it, where to do it, 215 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 4: here's who to use. I found God doesn't take orders. 216 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 4: But this is one of the main reasons we get 217 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 4: frustrated to discouraged because it's not happening in our way. But 218 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 4: when you develop this trust, you let God do it 219 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 4: his way. You know it's all good. If the door opens, 220 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 4: you thank God. If it doesn't open, you still thank him. 221 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 4: About six months after that last property sold, we received 222 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 4: word that this place was coming available, the former Compact Center. 223 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 4: I realize now the reason God closed those doors is 224 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 4: because he had something much better in store. God can 225 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 4: see things that we can't see. Now, I thank him 226 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 4: for those closed doors. I look back and say, that 227 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 4: wasn't a defeated Friday, after all, that was a good Friday, 228 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 4: God keeping me from less than what he had in mind. 229 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 4: Sometimes God will close a door because we're believing too small. 230 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 4: You may have dreams that haven't worked out yet. You 231 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 4: too have had some disappointed Fridays. Don't get discouraged. God 232 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. Keep honoring him. Your Sunday is coming. 233 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 4: He's going to open doors bigger, better than you ever imagine. 234 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 4: My father went through a great disappointment. He had pastored 235 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: this church for many years and given his life to 236 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: the people. They had just built a new sanctuary. The 237 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 4: church was growing. He was on the state board for 238 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 4: his denomination on his way up. His future looked very bright, 239 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 4: but my sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. 240 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 4: My dad began to search the scriptures with a new 241 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: set of eyes, fresh eyes, and he saw how Jesus 242 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 4: went about healing people and how we're supposed to live 243 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 4: in abundant, overcoming, victorious life. He went back and shared 244 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 4: this with his congregation, thinking that they would be excited too. 245 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 4: It was just the opposite. They didn't like his new message. 246 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 4: It didn't fit in with their denominational teaching. He ended 247 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 4: up having to leave that church. My mother had lifelong 248 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: friends that never spoke to her again. They felt betrayed, discouraged. 249 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 4: Nothing seemed good about having to leave a position you'd 250 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 4: work so hard for and leave people that you'd grown 251 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 4: to love. Seemed like a dark Friday, a lonely Friday, 252 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 4: a betrayed Friday. But just as God opens doors, God 253 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 4: closes doors. And God knew my father would never become 254 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 4: who he was created to be in that limited environment. 255 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 4: And we love the open doors. We celebrate God's favor, 256 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 4: but when the door closes, it takes maturity to say, 257 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 4: I don't understand it, but I'm not going to fight it. 258 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 4: I'm not going to get bitter God. I trust you. 259 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 4: My parents, instead of sitting around in self pity thinking 260 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 4: about what they had lost, they went out and started 261 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 4: Lakewood Church in an abandoned feed store with ninety people. 262 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 4: It grew and grew to a church of thousands. We're 263 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 4: still going strong today. Looking back years later, my father 264 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 4: would tell you that betrayal getting pushed out. That was 265 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 4: a good Friday in his life, that pushed him into 266 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 4: the fullness of his destiny. At the time, it didn't 267 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: seem good. When you're hurting, disappointed, every thought will tell 268 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 4: you this isn't fair. God, Why did you let this 269 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 4: happen to me. I'm asking you to trust him. God 270 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. It may not seem good, but 271 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: when he brings it all together, you'll look back and say, 272 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 4: it was a good Friday. I couldn't see it at 273 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: the time, but it was good that they sold the 274 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 4: property out from under us. Jesus would tell you it 275 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 4: was good that Judas betrayed me. My father would tell 276 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 4: you it was good that I got pushed out of 277 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 4: that position. See, sometimes your enemies will do more to 278 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 4: promote you than your friends. If my critics had not 279 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 4: been so vocal, I would have never learned to pray 280 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 4: like I pray when my dad went to be with 281 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 4: the Lord. If I had not overheard people say, and 282 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 4: he can't do it, the church is never going to last, 283 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 4: I would have never had so much determination. Some of 284 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 4: my critics, I need to write them a check. They 285 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 4: thought they were going to stop me, discourage me, intimidate me. 286 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 4: They don't realize God's use them to light a fire 287 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 4: on the inside. They helped me learn how to pray 288 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 4: bold prayers, how to declare God's favor, how to be 289 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 4: a victory and not a victim, how to stand strong 290 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 4: and fight the good fight of faith. Day. Mint it 291 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 4: for harm, God, use it to my Advantish what am 292 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 4: I saying? It's all good? Even your enemies quick complaining 293 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 4: about the opposition. The people trying to push you down, 294 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 4: make you look bad. They don't control your destiny. God does. 295 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 4: You may be in a Friday today. Nothing in your 296 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: life seems good, dealing with an illness, struggling in a relationship, 297 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 4: you have people coming against you. It seems dark, lonely, discouraging. 298 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could ever work out. Stay 299 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 4: in faith. God wouldn't have allowed that if it wasn't 300 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: going to move you toward your destiny. You're in Friday. 301 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 4: The good news Sunday is coming. When you see your resurrection, 302 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 4: when God vindicates you, promotes you, healed you, restores you, 303 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 4: when He pays you back double for that unfair situation. 304 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 4: That's what turns defeated Friday into good Friday. No more 305 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 4: betrayed Friday, no more disappointed Friday. Now it's blessed Friday. 306 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 4: It's joyful Friday, It's victorious Friday. Friend of mine told 307 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 4: about this couple. They would go up to the hospital 308 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 4: every week to visit people and encourage them. And one 309 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 4: day the man had just parked his car and he 310 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 4: was walking across the street to the main entrance. This 311 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 4: car came around the corner very fast, almost out of control, 312 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 4: and hit the man, knocked him up on the hood, 313 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 4: over the car and down to the pavement. He was 314 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 4: rushed to the emergency room, where they discovered that he 315 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 4: had bleeding on his brain. They had to take a 316 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 4: full body scan to see if there were any more injuries. 317 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 4: They were looking a course for broken bones, for any 318 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 4: more bleeding. That was all fine, but they did find 319 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 4: a tumor on his kidney. They did a biopsye and 320 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 4: found out that it was cancer. A few days after 321 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 4: the swelling went down, he had surgery to remove the kidney. 322 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: Today cancer free. The surgeon told him if they had 323 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 4: not found that cancer, it was the type that spread 324 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 4: very quickly, most likely would have taken his life. My 325 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 4: point is, it's all good, even things that at the 326 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: time seem bad. Going to the hospital to volunteer and 327 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 4: you get hit by a car man seemed like you 328 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 4: got bad luck. Nothing good happened for you. No, God 329 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 4: wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to use 330 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 4: it for good. We may not always see it, Ay, Joe, 331 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 4: I don't believe this because I've had things happen and 332 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 4: it did nothing but pull me down. You don't know 333 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 4: what God was doing behind the scenes, or maybe God 334 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 4: hasn't brought it all together yet. This is what faith 335 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 4: is all about. When things happen that we don't like, disappointments, 336 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 4: bad breaks, betrayal, we can get negative, live bitter, or 337 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 4: we can say God, I trust you. I don't understand it, 338 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 4: but I believe when you bring it together, it's going 339 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 4: to work for me against me. Two young men were 340 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 4: traveling to Kenya to work on a missions projects. They 341 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 4: were both former college basketball players. This was their first 342 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 4: trip overseas. They were so excited. They prayed that everything 343 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 4: would go smoothly, but when the plane tried to land 344 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 4: in London, it was too foggy. They missed their connecting flight. Felt, 345 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: oh gray, what a way to start. They had to 346 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 4: spend the night in the airport. The next flight, the 347 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: only seats available were up in first class. They put 348 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 4: them right up front. About midway through the flight, the 349 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 4: plane took a nose dive started heading straight toward the ground. 350 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 4: People screaming, panicking. They thought they were going to die. 351 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 4: These young men heard some noise in the cockpit, seemed 352 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 4: like a commotion. This was before nine to eleven, which 353 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 4: you could go up front. They went into the cockpit. 354 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 4: This deranged man had taken over the controls of the plane. 355 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 4: The pilots were trying to get it off, but they 356 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 4: were very small. These basketball players stood over six foot six, big, strong, 357 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 4: tough guys. They ripped him off, the controls, tied him up. 358 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 4: The plane had descended from thirty eight thousand feet down 359 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,439 Speaker 4: to four thousand feet. Another few minutes, I don't know, 360 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 4: maybe seconds, they would have all been killed. That delay 361 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 4: didn't seem like a good thing, but really it was 362 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 4: a good thing. They didn't like it didn't fit into 363 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 4: their plans. But God held them back on purpose so 364 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 4: they could save the whole plane. And sometimes God will 365 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 4: inconvenience us so we can help somebody else. Instead of 366 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 4: being frustrated when our plans don't work out. We have 367 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 4: to remember it's not all about us. We had Joe. 368 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 4: These people at work, they're negative, they complained, they compromise. 369 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 4: When is God ever going to move me out? If 370 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 4: you ever thought about maybe God has you there on 371 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 4: purpose to let your light shine. May God's counting on 372 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 4: you to be a good influence on them, Quit fighting it. 373 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 4: The Psalmist said, the steps of a good person are 374 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 4: ordered by the Lord. If God has you there, he's 375 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 4: ordered your steps. The delays, the inconveniences, the bad breaks. 376 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 4: We may not like it, it may be uncomfortable. But 377 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 4: instead of trying to pray it away, instead of resisting it, 378 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 4: why don't you embrace it and say, God, this is 379 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 4: where you have me right now. So I'm gonna be 380 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 4: my best. I'm gonna keep a good attitude. I may 381 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 4: not like it, it seems bad, but I know a secret. 382 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 4: It's all good. This is what Joseph did in the scripture. 383 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 4: Nobody had more bad breaks than him. As a teenager, 384 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 4: his brothers betrayed him, threw him into a pit. They 385 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 4: ended up selling him into slavery. He was lied about, 386 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 4: falsely accused. He spent years in prison for something that 387 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 4: he didn't do. It was one bad break after another. 388 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 4: He could have lived negative, bitter, but he understood this 389 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 4: principle that even though it may look bad, feel bad, 390 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 4: be unfair, when it comes together, God's going to use 391 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 4: it for our good. After thirteen years of trouble, God 392 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 4: not only vindicated Joseph, but he promoted him. He was 393 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: put second in command of the whole nation. Looking back, 394 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 4: Joseph would tell you that whole time that God was 395 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 4: directing his steps. All those bad breaks were a part 396 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: of God's plan to get him to where he was 397 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 4: supposed to be. The betrayal felt bad, but the truth 398 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 4: is it was good. It was another step toward his 399 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 4: destiny being sold into slavery. That was unfair, That was wrong. 400 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 4: He didn't like it, but he wouldn't change it. Without 401 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 4: that disappointment, he would have never become who God created 402 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 4: him to be. Quit fighting everything that you don't like. 403 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 4: God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 404 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 4: move you forward. The right attitude is God, This doesn't 405 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 4: make sense to me, but I believe when you bring 406 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 4: it all together one day, it will make sense. Now, 407 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 4: all those years Joseph was doing the right thing when 408 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: the wrong thing was happening. That was getting him prepared 409 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 4: for his destiny. He was developing his character, strengthening his 410 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 4: spiritual muscles. He was proving to God that he could 411 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 4: handle it. My friends, Craig and Samantha had two healthy children. 412 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 4: When little Connor was born, they soon realized that Connor 413 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 4: wasn't developing like the other children. He wouldn't talk to 414 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 4: them and interact very much. Connor was diagnosed with autism. Craig, 415 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 4: at that time was the head of our Children's ministry. 416 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 4: He and Samantha are strong believers. They loved the Lord, 417 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 4: but this was difficult on them. One day, Craig was 418 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 4: very discouraged. He said, God, understand it. Why was my 419 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 4: son born with autism? Why did this happen to me? 420 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 4: He heard God say four words, do you trust me? 421 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 4: That moment, Craig did what we all must do when 422 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 4: we face things we don't understand. He quit seeing it 423 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 4: as being negative and he embraced it as a part 424 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 4: of God's plan for his life. God will never give 425 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 4: you something that you cannot handle. When he made this 426 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 4: shift in his thinking from I'm a victim I've had 427 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 4: these bad breaks to God is in control of my life. 428 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 4: He's entrusted me with this situation. That's when things begin 429 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: to change. Not only did little Connor begin to defy 430 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 4: the odds and begin to talk and interact more than expected, 431 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 4: Craig started a ministry to help children with special needs 432 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 4: called the Champions Club. There are over thirty Champions Clubs 433 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 4: around the world. Pull Us. Craig and his associate have 434 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 4: written the first ever faith based curriculum for special needs children. 435 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 4: Looking back, Craig would tell you the same thing. Joseph 436 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 4: said that difficulty looked like a setback, but really it 437 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 4: was a set up to push him into his destiny. 438 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 4: He would tell you that it's all good. You may 439 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 4: not see it at the time, but the closed doors 440 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 4: are good, The disappointments are good. The bad breaks they 441 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 4: may be uncomfortable, but when God brings it all together, 442 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 4: it's not going to work against you. It's going to 443 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 4: work for you. I'm asking you to trust him. It 444 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 4: may be Friday in your life you don't see anything good, 445 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 4: don't worry. Sunday is coming. God is in control, and 446 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 4: I believe and declare everything that was meant to stop you. 447 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 4: God is going to use it to push you forward. 448 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 4: He's bringing it all together right now. You're coming into 449 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 4: good Friday, bless Friday, Healthy Friday, Victorious Friday. In Jesus' name. 450 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say it? Men? Today, 451 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 4: we never like to close our broadcast without giving you 452 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 453 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 454 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 455 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 456 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 457 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 458 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 4: going to take your places that you've never dreamed. 459 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 460 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 461 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new series, Expect the Unexpected. 462 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 6: God can surprise you in ways you've never dreamed. He 463 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 6: likes to do unusual things, things you don't see coming. 464 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: Raise your expectations and get ready to see God's faith 465 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 6: in new ways. 466 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 4: You may have reached your limits, but God has no limits. 467 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 4: Request this resource. It will help build your faith so 468 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 4: you can see the fullness of what God has in 469 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 4: his store. 470 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 5: Request your copy of Expect the Unexpected Today at Joeloustein 471 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 5: dot com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel. 472 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 7: Thirteen years ago, my family and I started listening to 473 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 7: Joel's messages every week. Since then, we've learned about the 474 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 7: power of prayer. We faced a challenge when my mom 475 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 7: had to have two open heart surgeries. Because of what 476 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 7: we've learned through this ministry, we were able to stand 477 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 7: faith and we saw God heal her and do a 478 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 7: great miracle in our lives. 479 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 4: Your support is making a difference. Thanks for partnering with us, 480 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 4: your prayers, your generosity is touching lives around the world. 481 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 4: And a special thank you to our champion of Hope 482 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 4: partners for all you do to make the ministry possible. 483 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 4: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day. 484 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 4: We're believing for God's very very best that you're going 485 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 4: to see a bountiful, fruitful, prosperous year. 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