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It's a joy 49 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 50 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 4: our area, please stop buy and be a part of 51 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you we will make 52 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 4: you feel right at home. But I like to start 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 4: with something funny, and I heard about this group of 54 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: school children. They were in the cafeteria line at their 55 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 4: Catholic elementary school. At the start of the line, there 56 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 4: was a big bowl of apples. A nun had written 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: a note. It said, take only one. God is watching. 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 4: At the end of the line there was a big 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: bowl of chocolate chip cookies. One of the children had 60 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: written a note. It said take all you want. God 61 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 4: is watching. The apples. Say it like you mean it. 62 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 66 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about you're still going to 69 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: make it. We all have dreams and goals and things. 70 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 4: We know that God has promised us, and we start 71 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: off excited. We're sailing along fine, making progress. Then a 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 4: storm arises, an unexpected challenge, a sickness, a breakup, we 73 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: lose a loved one, a contract we were counting on 74 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 4: doesn't go through. It's easy to get discouraged and think 75 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: it's never going to happen. But God doesn't promise something 76 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 4: and then change his way. He doesn't put a dream 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 4: in your heart and then take it back. What he 78 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 4: starts he finishes. You may not see away, but God 79 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 4: hasn't run out of options. We think natural, but God 80 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 4: is supernatural. He has ways we've never thought of. God 81 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: wouldn't have allowed that storm. If it was going to 82 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 4: keep you from your destiny, If that bad break, that loss, 83 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 4: that person that walked away, if that was going to 84 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 4: stop your purpose, God would have kept it from happening. 85 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 4: We may not like it, but it's a part of 86 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 4: the process. Storms come to us. All the good news 87 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 4: is God is in control of the winds. He's in 88 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: control of what's trying to stop you now. All he 89 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 4: has to do is shift the winds, and instead of 90 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 4: holding you back, they will prepare you forward. They were 91 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 4: meant for your harm, but he knows how to turn 92 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 4: them around and use them to your advantage. He's facing 93 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 4: a situation where you don't see how it could work 94 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 4: out in your health, your finances, a relationship. Every voice 95 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 4: says there's no way, it's too late, the obstacles are 96 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 4: too big. God is saying, You're still going to get there. 97 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 4: I'm still on the throne. I'm working behind the scenes. 98 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 4: I'm fighting your battles. I'm arranging the breaks you need. 99 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: I'm lining up the right people. When it's all said 100 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 4: and done, what God promised will come to pass. You're 101 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 4: still going to get well. You're still going to meet 102 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 4: the right person. You're still going to break that addiction. 103 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 4: You're still going to accomplish your dreams. Where you are 104 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 4: is not an accident. God may not have sent the storm, 105 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: but he is in control of the storm. Here's the test. 106 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 4: Will you trust him when you don't see any sign 107 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 4: of things improving. Will you stay in faith when every 108 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 4: thought tells you it's never going to work out? This 109 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 4: is what the apostle Paul did. He was a prisoner 110 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 4: on a boat headed to Rome. He'd been arrested in 111 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 4: Jerusalem for causing a disturbance. Even though he was found 112 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: not guilty, he had appealed to Caesar. And while they 113 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: were sailing on this several months journey, two hundred and 114 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 4: seventy six people on board, they encountered a huge storm 115 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 4: with hurricane force winds. The waves were so big they 116 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 4: were battering the boat back and forth for fourteen days. 117 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 4: They didn't see the sun nor the stars. The boat 118 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 4: was so beat up it was taking on water. The 119 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: crew started throwing cargo and supplies overboard. They were despondent. 120 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 4: They had quit eating. The scripture says all hope of 121 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 4: them being saved was gone. But in the middle of 122 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 4: the storm, an angel appeared to Paul. He said in 123 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 4: Acts twenty seven, don't be afraid, Paul, for you will 124 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 4: surely stand before Caesar. God, in his goodness, has granted 125 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 4: safety to everyone sailing with you. Paul had this promise 126 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 4: that he would make it to Rome, but all the 127 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 4: circumstances said he would never get there. Everywhere he looked, 128 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: the winds, the waves. The crew said he wasn't going 129 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: to make it. He could have thought, God, I must 130 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 4: have heard you wrong. You said I would stand before Caesar, 131 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 4: but I'm in a sinking boat in the middle of 132 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 4: the ocean, stuck in a hurricane. Sometimes what God promises 133 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 4: looks just the opposite of what we see. God, you 134 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 4: said I was going to get well, all I see 135 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 4: is sickness. You said I would lend to not borrow, 136 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 4: but I see debt, lax struggle. You said my children 137 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 4: would be mighty in the land, but I see addictions, compromise. 138 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: Here's the key. You can't be moved by what you see. 139 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 4: You have to be moved by what you know. Don't 140 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: let that storm talk you out of what God promised. 141 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 4: In the middle of the storm, when it looked impossible, 142 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 4: no sign of things improving, Paul went up to the 143 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 4: crew and said, it's going to be all right. Get 144 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 4: something to eat. God promised that I would not only 145 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar, but that all of your lives would 146 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 4: be spared. The next verse is the key, he said, 147 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 4: And I believe it will be just as God said. See. 148 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: God can make all these promises. But if we don't 149 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 4: take the next step and say, like Paul, God, I 150 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 4: believe what you promised me will come to pass. Then 151 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 4: the promises won't do any good. We have to mix 152 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 4: faith with them. When Paul told the crew that their 153 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 4: lives were going to be spared, no doubt. Waves were 154 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 4: splashing him in the face when so strong, almost knocking 155 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 4: him down. Had to hold onto the boat. It had 156 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: been this way for two weeks. He could have been 157 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 4: depressed like the rest of them, complaining. Instead, he was 158 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 4: talking about what God promised. He was speaking life in 159 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 4: the face of death. He was talking victory in the 160 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 4: middle of defeat. What you're saying in the storm will 161 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 4: have a great impact on whether you stay there or 162 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: whether you come out. If you're saying I'll never get well, 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 4: I can't break this addiction. I've had it since high school. Joel, 164 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 4: these people that did me wrong, this injustice. It ruined 165 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 4: my life. If you talk defeat, you're going to have defeat. 166 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 4: If you think I'll never get out of this trouble, 167 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 4: then you never will. In the middle of the storm, 168 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: you need to declare what God promised you. I am 169 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 4: coming out. This too shall pass. I am not moved 170 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 4: by the waves, the winds, the opposition. I know God 171 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 4: being for me is more than the world being against me. 172 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 4: Will get well. I will prosper and succeed. My children 173 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 4: will serve the Lord. Get in agreement with God. The 174 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 4: angel said, Paul, everyone sailing with you will be saved. 175 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 4: Here Paul was a prisoner on the boat. He didn't 176 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: have any influence there. The crew saw him as secondary, 177 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 4: just another inmate we have to transport. They thought Paul 178 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: was sailing with them. But notice how God sees you, 179 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 4: He said, Paul. Everyone's sailing with you will be saved. 180 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 4: You may have some enemies, people that look down on you. 181 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 4: They think they have the upper hand. Don't worry. You're 182 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 4: not sailing with them. They're sailing with you. Nothing can 183 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 4: snatch you out of God's hands. You may feel like 184 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 4: you're on the boat of the opposition, like you're at 185 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: a disadvantage at work, at school. But people don't determine 186 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: your destiny. They cannot stop God's plan for your life. 187 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 4: Be on their boat, but remember their sailing with you. 188 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 4: God is going to get you to where you're supposed 189 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 4: to be. Without Paul on the boat, all the people 190 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 4: would have perished. The hurricane would have caused it to stink. 191 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 4: There was no chance in the natural. All the circumstances 192 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 4: said it was doomed, just a bad break. But there 193 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 4: was a man on that boat with a calling on 194 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 4: his life, a man with a purpose, with a destiny. 195 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 4: This is showing us a storm cannot stop what God 196 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 4: has purposed. You may be in a situation it doesn't 197 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 4: look good. It would stop a lot of people, but 198 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 4: it can't stop you. Why you're a pall. You have 199 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 4: a purpose, you have an assignment. There's a calling on 200 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: your life, something God has ordained you to accomplish. You're 201 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 4: not just filling up space. You're a person of destiny. 202 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 4: There's a caesar you've been called to stand before. There's 203 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 4: a dream God put in your heart. It's not an option. 204 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 4: God has purposed it. There's a giant you've been called 205 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 4: to defeat. Maybe it's a generational curse, something that's held 206 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: your family back. That's why the storm is so bad. 207 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 4: The enemy would love to convince you to get discouraged, 208 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: give up. Think you heard God wrong. No, that storm 209 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 4: is a sign you are close to your destiny. The 210 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 4: enemy would not be sending the winds, the rain, the trouble, 211 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 4: the sickness, if he didn't know, Caesar was right up ahead. 212 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 4: What you've been called to do, your greatest accomplishment, something 213 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 4: more than you can imagine. Freedom that your family has 214 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 4: never seen, is right past that storm. The reason it 215 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 4: can't defeat you is your appall. Here's the key. The 216 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 4: destiny in you is greater than the storm around you. 217 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 4: The purpose in you cannot be stopped by the waves 218 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 4: by people by opposition. Stay in faith and keep declaring 219 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 4: what God said about you. I will stand before Caesar. 220 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: That means I will fulfill my destiny. I will set 221 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 4: new standards for my family. I will break these cycles 222 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 4: of defeat, depression, dysfunction that have been passed down. I 223 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 4: will pay my house off, I will keep my family together. 224 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 4: I will take new ground. If you're going to come 225 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: out of the storm, you have to know you're a 226 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 4: pau There's a calling on your life. The enemy knows it. 227 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 4: He wouldn't be fighting you if he didn't know you 228 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 4: were destined to do great things. He knows it. God 229 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 4: knows it. Now make sure that you know it. See 230 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 4: what God has spoken over you. It is not just 231 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 4: a nice thought. It's not just something that he hopes 232 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 4: will come to pass. It's a command, Paul, you will 233 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar. He didn't say, I think you will 234 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 4: if the weather holds up, if these people don't get 235 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 4: too upset what God speaks. The only thing that could 236 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 4: keep it from happening is not the storm, not the opposition, 237 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 4: not people, not the sickness. The only thing is if 238 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 4: we don't believe. God works where there's faith. If Paul 239 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 4: would have said, God, I don't think I can stand 240 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: before Caesar. I'm a prisoner, I'm in a hurricane. These 241 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 4: people don't like me. Don't let doubt stop your purpose. 242 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 4: Don't let the storm talk you out of your destiny. 243 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 4: You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 244 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 4: All you have to do is believe. In the face 245 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 4: of that storm, with the winds, the rain coming against you, 246 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 4: dare to say, like Paul, I believe God, just what 247 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 4: you said will come to pass. Here's how good God is. 248 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 4: He told Paul that everyone sailing with him would be saved. 249 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 4: Even Paul's enemy had the promise that their life would 250 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 4: be spared. If it was up to us, we would say, God, 251 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 4: wipe them out. They don't deserve it, let them have it. 252 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 4: But God is so merciful. Some of your enemies will 253 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 4: be blessed because of you. When the favor on your 254 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 4: life helps them to rise higher, they'll have a change 255 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 4: of heart. Instead of being against you, they'll be for you. 256 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 4: Instead of trying to push you down, they'll lift you up. 257 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 4: After two weeks of being battered around by the storm, 258 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 4: the crew noticed a small island off in the distance. 259 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: They tried to steer that way, but the winds were 260 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 4: too strong. When the boat got close, it hit the 261 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 4: bottom and broke totally apart. Now all the people were 262 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 4: in the water, They grabbed pieces of the boat and 263 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 4: begin to swim to shore. In a few hours, all 264 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 4: two hundred and seventy six had made it safely to 265 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 4: the island. No one lost their lives. But when the 266 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 4: boat hit bottom broke apart. I'm sure some of them 267 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 4: panicked and thought, oh great, we're done. Now we don't 268 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 4: even have the boat. There's no chance. But they made 269 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 4: it to the shore without the boat. God is saying, 270 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 4: you're going to make it without what you thought you 271 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 4: had to have. You're going to make it without what 272 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 4: you've lost. You're going to make it without what didn't 273 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 4: work out. I was very close to my father. I 274 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: worked seventeen years with him behind the scenes at Lakewood, 275 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 4: and we had traveled the world together. I used to think, 276 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 4: what's going to happen when my father is not here? 277 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 4: Nineteen ninety nine, he suddenly went to be with the Lord. 278 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 4: I still miss him, but I realize now I made 279 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 4: it without my father. I made it without going to seminary. 280 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 4: I made it without the formal training. All these things 281 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 4: I thought I had to have, I didn't need them. 282 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 4: When I stepped up to pastor of the church. Most 283 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 4: of the people were for me, but there were a 284 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 4: few that I had known for years. They were very 285 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 4: for my father, but they weren't supportive of me. They 286 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 4: loved me, but they wanted me to do it their way. 287 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: I've learned you have to be you. There's no anointing 288 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 4: on your life to be like somebody else. You're anointed 289 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 4: to be you. At first, it kind of bothered me 290 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 4: that they weren't for me, and worried about what if 291 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 4: they leave or if they don't support me. Eventually they 292 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 4: did leave, but it wasn't what I thought. Things didn't 293 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 4: fall apart. I made it without their support. I made 294 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 4: it without their encouragement. I made it without the vote. 295 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 4: Sometimes God will take things away that we think we need, 296 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 4: so we have to depend on Him and not people, 297 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 4: not the contract, not the position. Can I tell you 298 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 4: you're going to make it without that person that walked away, 299 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 4: without that friend that betrayed you, without that spouse that 300 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 4: left you. I know it's painful, but they weren't your savior. 301 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 4: You already have a savior. He's got you in the 302 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: palm of his hand. If they left you, then you 303 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 4: didn't need them. If you had to have them to 304 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 4: fulfill your purpose, they would have stayed. You have to 305 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 4: accept that they weren't a part of your destiny and 306 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 4: move forward. As long as you're looking back focused on 307 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 4: what you lost, on why didn't they stay? Why did 308 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 4: my boat break apart? You will miss the new things 309 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 4: God has in store. You can still get to the shore. 310 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 4: It just may not happen the way you think. God's 311 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 4: ways are not our ways. We can get so set 312 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 4: on how we think it's going to happen, what we need, 313 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 4: who's going to be there, that we get discouraged if 314 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 4: it doesn't fit into our plans. We have to stay open. 315 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: God knows what's best for us. You're going to make 316 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 4: it without the contract that didn't go through. You worked hard, 317 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 4: but you weren't chosen. You deserve the promotion, but you 318 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 4: got skipped over. That's not the end. That means God 319 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 4: has something better. He knows how to open new doors 320 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 4: and how to cause opportunity, promotion, contracts that you didn't 321 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 4: see coming. Finds you don't sit around discouraged all just 322 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 4: my luck? Why did this happen to me? I can 323 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 4: tell you why. There's a calling on your life. There 324 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 4: are new levels in your future. That storm cannot stop you. 325 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 4: God knows how to get you to the shore, but 326 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 4: it may happen an unconventional way. Without the boat. You 327 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 4: may have to swim to the shore, but the grace 328 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 4: will be there to do it. You're going to make 329 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 4: it like I did, without that loved one you lost. 330 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 4: Sure you still miss them, but that didn't cancel your destiny. 331 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 4: It may feel like the end, but really it's a 332 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 4: new beginning. You are stronger than you think. You have 333 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 4: more in you, more talent, more courage, more determination. God 334 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 4: is not going to leave you in that storm. The 335 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 4: boat may have broken apart, but you're still going to 336 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 4: get to the shore. Weeping may endure for a night, 337 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 4: but joy is coming in the morning. In the scripture, 338 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 4: David made it without his family believing in him. I'm 339 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 4: sure he was discouraged when his father didn't call him 340 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 4: in when the prophet Samuel was choosing one of the 341 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 4: sons as the next king. He was tempted to be 342 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 4: offended when his older brother made fun of him for 343 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 4: being the youngest and having to take care of the sheep. 344 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 4: He could have thought, God, it's not fair, my own 345 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 4: family doesn't believe in me. But David understood this principle. 346 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 4: His attitude was, I can make it without their support. 347 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 4: I can make it without their approval. I don't have 348 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 4: to have their encouragement. Instead of depending on people to 349 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 4: approve you, why don't you go to God and get 350 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 4: your approval from him instead of counting on others. He 351 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 4: encourage you. Why don't you start encouraging yourself, start speaking faith, favor, victory, 352 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 4: blessings over your own life. But if God would have 353 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 4: let the boat make it to shore, would have been 354 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,360 Speaker 4: so much easier. They wouldn't have had to go through 355 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 4: all the trauma and the stress. They could have just 356 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 4: pulled up like a cruise liner, and God often enjoyed 357 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 4: the island. But sometimes the boat doesn't make it. Paul 358 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 4: and the crew grabbed the broken pieces the wood that 359 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 4: was floating. They used that to help them swim to 360 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 4: the shore. We think we have to have the boat. 361 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 4: But God is so amazing He has a plan even 362 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 4: for the broken pieces, the remnants things most people would discard. 363 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 4: God will use them to take you to where He 364 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 4: has prepared. Their brokenness became their breakthrough. Now, quit being 365 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 4: discouraged over what you've lost. What you have left is 366 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 4: what you need. God didn't let you lose so much 367 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 4: that you can't make it to where He's taking you. 368 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 4: You didn't need the boat. What they thought was of 369 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 4: no use, discarded pieces of wood was actually what they 370 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 4: needed to make it to the shore. When you're in 371 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 4: a storm, you have to do like Paul, grab on 372 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 4: to the broken pieces. That means keep believing that you're 373 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 4: coming out, keep declaring favor over your life, keep thanking 374 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 4: God for his goodness. He didn't change his mind. The 375 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 4: boat may have fallen apart, but you're still going to 376 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar. What God promised is still going to 377 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 4: come to pass. My father had a dream as a 378 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 4: seventeen year old boy that one day he would pastor 379 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 4: a church with thousands of people. Back in the nineteen 380 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 4: thirties was unheard of. There weren't any large churches. Against 381 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 4: all odds, he was able to go to college. He 382 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 4: started pastoring a successful, growing church. They had almost a 383 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 4: thousand members. They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. 384 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 4: Everything was going great until a storm hit. My sister, 385 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 4: Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. My father 386 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 4: began to search the scriptures in a new way. He 387 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 4: started speaking to his congregation about how God is a healer, 388 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 4: how he wants us to live an abundant, victorious life. 389 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 4: Much to his surprise, they didn't like his new message 390 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 4: of faith, and they asked him to leave. He was devastating. 391 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 4: He had spent years pouring into those people. Now it 392 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 4: looked like his dream was over. But that storm is 393 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 4: not keeping you from your destiny. It's leading you to 394 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 4: your destiny. God is directing the winds. He and my 395 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 4: mother went out and started Lakewood. My father had lost 396 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 4: over ninety percent of his congregation. He was no longer 397 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 4: affiliated with his denomination. He didn't have support from his colleagues, 398 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 4: lifelong friends, never spoke to him again. But God says, 399 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 4: you're going to make it without the support, without what 400 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 4: you've lost, without the new building. The boat may have 401 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 4: fallen apart, but God is still on the throne. What 402 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 4: you lost is not near as important as what you 403 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 4: have left. My father was faithful. Lakewood grew and grew, 404 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 4: and just like God promised, he pastored a church of thousands. 405 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 4: But suppose he would have been bitter because they asked 406 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 4: him to leave. Suppose he had given up because of 407 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 4: the bad breaks, the betrayals, he'd never made it to 408 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 4: the shore, He would have never stood before Caesar, so 409 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 4: to speak. You don't know what God is up to. 410 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 4: These storms that none of us like are a part 411 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 4: of our destiny. Are you sitting on the sidelines, discouraged 412 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 4: over what you've lost, what you didn't get, who didn't stay. 413 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,719 Speaker 4: God is saying, if you'll get your passion back, if 414 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 4: you'll start believing again, You're still going to get there. 415 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 4: Despite what you've lost, despite who was against you, despite 416 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 4: the mistakes you've made, God's calling is still on your life. 417 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 4: His assignment is still in your future. New levels are 418 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 4: still waiting on you. In the scripture, there's a story 419 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 4: about a little boy named Mamphibis Chef. He was the 420 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 4: grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan. David 421 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 4: and Jonathan were best friends. Maphiba Chef was born into royalty, 422 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 4: destined to one day take the throne, but life didn't 423 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 4: turn out the way he thought. His father and grandfather 424 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: were killed on the same day in a battle. The 425 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 4: maid that took care of him. When word reached their city, 426 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: she grabbed mamphibis Chef took off running out of the house, 427 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 4: trying to hide him from enemies that were coming. She 428 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 4: tripped on the steps, dropped maphibis Chef, and both of 429 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 4: his legs were broken. He became permanently crippled. He could 430 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 4: no longer walk. Years had passed. Now instead of living 431 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 4: in the palace like he thought, he was living in 432 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 4: one of the poorest, most run down cities of that day. 433 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 4: Seemed like a bad break, just bad luck. Wasn't even 434 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 4: his fault. The maid dropped him. But God is not 435 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: dependent on what someone else does or doesn't do to 436 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 4: get you to your destiny. People may have dropped you, 437 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 4: but God knows how to pick you back up. Years later, 438 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 4: King David was reminiscing about how much he loved his 439 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 4: good friend Jonathan. He asked you men if any of 440 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 4: Jonathan's relatives were still alive. They said, yes, his son is, 441 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 4: but he's crippled living in the slums. David said, go 442 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 4: find him and bring him to me. You can imagine 443 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 4: as these officials from the palace start searching the slums. 444 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 4: Word quickly spread they're looking for Maphibi Chef. When he hears, 445 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: he thought, oh man, I'm done now. They have finally 446 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 4: found me. He expected the worst, but they picked him 447 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 4: up and carried him to the palace. They cleaned him up, 448 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 4: put new clothes on him, brought him before David. He 449 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 4: was afraid, didn't know what was going to happen. David said, 450 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 4: Maphibis Cheff, don't worry. From now on, you're going to 451 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 4: live in the palace with me. Every night, you're gonna 452 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 4: eat dinner at my table. Not only that, I am 453 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 4: giving you all the land that belonged to your father 454 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 4: and your grandfather like him. It may look like there's 455 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 4: no way what God promised you could still come to pass. 456 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 4: It's too late. You've had too many bad breaks, the 457 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 4: odds are against you. If the Phibbithship were here, he 458 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 4: would tell you you're still going to get there, despite 459 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 4: who dropped you, despite how unfair it was, despite how 460 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: impossible it looks. You're going to make it without the boat, 461 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 4: without what you thought you had to have. God has 462 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 4: the right people already lined up to help you, people 463 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 4: that will make up for what you didn't get. Now, 464 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 4: don't stay focused on what you've lost. What you have 465 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 4: left is what you need. There's power in the broken. 466 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 4: Pieces may not look like much, but when God breathes 467 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 4: on them, you will make it to the shore. Now, 468 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 4: believe in declare You're still going to get well. You're 469 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 4: still going to meet the right person. You're still going 470 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 4: to accomplish your dreams. Favor is coming, healing is coming, promotion, vindication, breakthroughs, 471 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, if you 472 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 4: receive it, can you say him in Today? I'd like 473 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 4: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 474 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 4: of your life. Would you pray with me? 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