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It's 42 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 4: a joy to come into your homes and we love you, 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: and we know God has great things in store for 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 4: each one of you. And if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 4: one of our services. I promise you will make you 47 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 4: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 48 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 4: in today, and thanks again for coming out. I'd like 49 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 4: to start with something funny each week, and of course 50 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 4: you know these are not doctrinely correct. They're just to 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 4: make us laugh. But I heard about this man that 52 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: was walking on the beach and God said, son, you've 53 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 4: been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one special wish. 54 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 4: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 55 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 4: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 57 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now 58 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: take some time and wish again. He said, okay, God, 59 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 4: I've been divorced four times and all my ex wives 60 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 4: say that I'm so insensitive. So my wish is that 61 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 4: I would be able to understand a woman. I want 62 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 4: to know why she thinks like she thinks and why 63 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 4: she feels like she feels. There was a long pause, 64 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,119 Speaker 4: and God said, do you want two lanes or four 65 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 4: lanes on that bridge? All right, hold up your Bible. 66 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 67 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 4: I am what it says. I am. I have what 68 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says 69 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 70 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 72 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 73 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 4: about how God is going before you, preparing the way 74 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 4: for victory. We all face situations that seem impossible. It's 75 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 4: easy to get discouraged and think that it's never going 76 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 4: to work out. But the scripture talks about how God 77 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 4: is going before us, making our crooked places straight. That 78 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 4: means you may not have the connections right now to 79 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 4: accomplish your dreams, but you don't have to worry. God 80 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 4: is going before you, lining up the right people. He's 81 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 4: arranging the right breaks, the right opportunities. You may have 82 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 4: lost a job, had your hours cut back. It's easy 83 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 4: to get negative and think nothing is ever going to change, 84 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 4: but you have to realize that loss is not a 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: surprise to God. He's not up in the heaven scratching 86 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: his head thinking, oh no, now what I'm going to do. 87 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 3: No. 88 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: God has already written every day of your life in 89 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,119 Speaker 4: his book. He knew exactly when that setback would occur. 90 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 4: And the good news is He's already arranged a comeback. 91 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 4: Before you had the problem, God already had the solution. 92 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 4: He is going before you right now, preparing the next 93 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 4: chapter of your life. If you will stay in faith 94 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 4: and keep the right attitude, it's going to be a 95 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 4: better chapter, a chapter with greater victories and greater fulfillment. 96 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 4: At the office. People may be trying to push you 97 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 4: down play in politics. They may have more seniority than you, 98 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 4: they may be quote more powerful. But when you understand 99 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: this principle, you won't get upset. You won't go in 100 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 4: there and try to play their games and prove to 101 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: them who you are. No, you'll stay in peace knowing 102 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 4: that the most High God, the creator of the universe, 103 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 4: the one that controls it all, is going before you, 104 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: and he promised he will fight your battles. He will 105 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 4: be your vindicator. He will make your wrongs right. If 106 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 4: you will stay on the high road and just keep 107 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 4: being your best, you will see the hand of God 108 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 4: at work in amazing ways. It may not happen overnight, 109 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: but at the right time in your due season. God 110 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 4: will not only move the wrong people out of the way, 111 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 4: but he will pay you back for every injustice. He 112 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 4: will make up for lost time and get you to 113 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 4: where you're supposed to be. But some of you today 114 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 4: are discouraged, thinking that your situation and is never going 115 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 4: to change. You don't see anything happening. But if the 116 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 4: curtain were pulled back to where you could see into 117 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 4: the unseen realm, you would see how right now God 118 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 4: is at work arranging things in your favor. He's planning 119 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 4: to open this door and bring a certain person across 120 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 4: your path. He's getting you lined up in position for 121 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 4: the exact right opportunities. He's even looking years down the 122 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 4: road and arranging solutions to problems that you haven't even had. 123 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 4: As we enter into this new decade, I want us 124 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: to get this down in our spirit like never before. 125 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 4: God is going before me making my crooked places straight. 126 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 4: That means you may have gone through a disappointment, an 127 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 4: unfair situation, but don't settle there, don't sink down into 128 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 4: self pity. In your future, God is already lined up 129 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: a new beginning, new friendships, new opportunities. It's right up 130 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 4: ahead of you. Maybe last year in your finances, in 131 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 4: your career, it was a rough year. You had some setbacks. 132 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: But don't make the mistake of expecting this year to 133 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: be the same. Get a new vision. This is a 134 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 4: new day. You may have taken a couple of steps 135 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 4: backwards in two thousand and nine, but let me declare 136 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 4: it over you in twenty ten. God is going to 137 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 4: thrust you forward. He has explosive growth in your future. 138 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 4: He's already lined up new sells, new clients, new business, 139 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 4: new partnerships. Our attitude should be yes. The economy is down, 140 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 4: but I'm not worried. I know God is going before me, 141 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 4: and He's promised he will make rivers in the desert. 142 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 4: He will prosper me even in the midst of a recession. 143 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: Or the medical report may not look good. It says 144 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 4: that I just have to live with this sickness. But 145 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: I have another report and it says that God is 146 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 4: restoring health unto me, and I believe in my future 147 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 4: God has already released healing and victory. Or you may 148 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: have a child that looks like they'll never get back 149 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 4: on the right course in the natural, it seems impossible, 150 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: but our report should be I know God can do 151 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 4: the impossible. I may not see away, but I know 152 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 4: God has a way, and I believe right now God 153 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 4: is going before my child, lining up the right people 154 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 4: to come across his path, taking away the wrong people, 155 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 4: breaking every force of darkness, opening his eyes to every deception, 156 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: and giving him the wisdom to make good choices to 157 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 4: fulfill his destiny. One time in the scripture, the people 158 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 4: of Israel faced an impossible situation. They could have easily 159 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 4: settled where they were, In fact, their parents, the original 160 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 4: ones that God brought out of Egypt. They did just that. 161 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 4: They thought their enemies were too big, their obstacles were 162 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 4: too great, and this thinking kept them from God's best. Now, 163 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 4: many years later, their children and grandchildren were standing at 164 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: the Jordan River, about to cross over and go into 165 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: the Promised Land. But this land was occupied by incredibly strong, 166 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 4: powerful people called the Anakites. They were actually descendants of 167 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 4: giants in the natural. The people of Israel didn't have 168 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 4: a chance. You can imagine how intimidated they must have felt, 169 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 4: knowing that they had to face these huge warriors. As 170 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 4: they stood there at the Jordan no doubt, contemplating whether 171 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 4: or not they should go through with it, God gave 172 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 4: them a promise that helped push them over it, says 173 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 4: in Deuteronomy chapter nine. Today you are about to face 174 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 4: people much stronger and much more powerful. You've heard the saying, 175 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 4: who can stand up against the Anakites? Here's the promise. 176 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 4: But the Lord your God will cross over ahead of 177 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 4: you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will 178 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 4: subdue them so that you can quickly conquer. Some of 179 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 4: you today are facing a situation that seems impossible. Like them, 180 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 4: maybe the people you're up against are much more powerful, 181 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 4: or the health issue, the financial difficulty, the legal situation. 182 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: Looks like you don't have a chance. But God is 183 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 4: saying to us what he said to them. The Lord 184 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 4: your God will go before you and take care of 185 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 4: your enemies so that you can quickly conquer them. You 186 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 4: need to get that down in your spirit. You're going 187 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 4: to come out of that trouble quicker than you think. 188 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 4: God is fighting your battles for you. You're going to 189 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 4: get well quicker than you think. It's going to amaze 190 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 4: the doctors. You're going to accomplish your dreams much quicker. 191 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,719 Speaker 4: Than you think supernatural breaks are coming your way? How 192 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 4: could this be the Lord, your God is crossing over 193 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 4: ahead of you. I remember when we were trying to 194 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 4: acquire this facility, the former Compact Center, a company filed 195 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 4: a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. 196 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: This has been going on for a little over two 197 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 4: years now. Our attorneys told us it could drag on 198 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 4: for another eight to ten years even if we were 199 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 4: to win the initial lawsuit. Because of the appeals process, 200 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 4: it could go on for many more years to where 201 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 4: we couldn't use the facility. And the people that filed 202 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 4: the lawsuit were the biggest taxpayers in Texas, a huge 203 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 4: real estate company. It was like David vers Goliath, and 204 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 4: we knew that God had given us the facility, but 205 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 4: it just seemed like they were so much bigger and stronger, 206 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 4: and they had so many more resources. But one thing 207 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 4: I've learned from my parents is to find a scripture 208 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 4: from God's word, a promise that you could stand on. 209 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 4: And I found this passage, and every day I would say, Father, 210 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 4: I want to thank you that even though our opponents 211 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: are bigger and stronger, I know you are going before us, 212 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 4: and no person, no company can stand up against you, 213 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 4: So I want to thank you that feat them and 214 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 4: give us the victory quicker than we think. One day, 215 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 4: out of the blue, the CEO of the company called 216 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 4: the men that ran the whole business and asked to 217 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: have a meeting with us. Our attorneys told us it 218 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: was just deployed to try to bring more confusion, but 219 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 4: I believed it was the hand of God at work. 220 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 4: He flew in from another city in When I met him, 221 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 4: the first thing he said was Joel, my wife and 222 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 4: I watch you on television each week. My son in 223 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 4: law is a youth pastor, and I really want to 224 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: get this situation resolved. Two days later, we had an 225 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 4: agreement and the lawsuit was dropped. What could have dragged 226 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 4: on for eight or ten years happened in a fraction 227 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 4: of the time. What was that God going before us, 228 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 4: preparing the victory fighting our battles. That wasn't a coincidence 229 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 4: that the CEO watches us on television each week. That 230 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 4: was God lining up the right people. It wasn't a 231 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 4: lucky break that his son in law just so happened 232 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: to be a youth pastor. That was God arranging things 233 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 4: in our favor. The scripture says, you've heard the saying, 234 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 4: who can stand up against the Anarkites. They're big, they're strong, 235 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 4: they're descendants of giants. In modern day terms, it would 236 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 4: be you've heard the news the economy is down, the 237 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 4: stock market is low. You can't be blessed, you can't 238 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 4: be successful this year. Or you've heard what the medical 239 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 4: report said. You're never going to get well, or you 240 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 4: remember what that coach said about you growing up. You're 241 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 4: not talented, you don't have what it takes. No, the 242 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 4: next time someone says something discouraging about you, or the 243 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 4: next time your own thoughts try to convince you how 244 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 4: impossible it is, just answer back what God said here. 245 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 4: Yes it may look impossible, Yes they may be bigger. 246 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 4: All the odds are against me. I'm not denying the facts. 247 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 4: But the truth is I'm not worried about it. I 248 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 4: know God has the final say, and he's promised he 249 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 4: will cross over ahead of me and defeat them for me. 250 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 4: So my declaration is I will quickly conquer them. See 251 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 4: switch over into faith, get in agreement with God. Those 252 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 4: obstacles that are trying to hold you back, they don't 253 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 4: have a chance nothing can stand against our God. When 254 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 4: those thoughts come saying, well, you're never gonna get well, 255 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 4: you're never gonna accomplish your dreams, or man, you're never 256 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 4: gonna overcome that addiction. No, turn it around and make 257 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 4: a declaration of faith. I'm gonna overcome this addiction quicker 258 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 4: than I think. I'm gonna get well, quicker than I think. 259 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 4: I'm gonna accomplish my dreams, much quicker than I think. Friends, 260 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 4: it's not by our own strength or by our own power. 261 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 4: It's because Almighty God, the one who holds our future 262 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: in his hands. He is going before us, fighting our battles, 263 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 4: making crooked places straight, even causing our enemies to want 264 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 4: to be good to us. Had a friend tell me 265 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 4: not long ago, how he was at this government building 266 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 4: taking care of a legal situation, and the man in charge, 267 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 4: the man helping him, told him it would take two 268 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 4: years for his transaction to go through. My friend asked, 269 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 4: very kindly and politely, is there any way that it 270 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 4: could happen sooner? The man answered back, very gruffly. I 271 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 4: said it would be two years, and I mean it's 272 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 4: going to be two years. The system is all backed up. 273 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: I've got so much work in front of you, it'll 274 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 4: be a long time before I get to your paperwork. 275 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 4: My friend said, well, that's fine, but I'm gonna pray 276 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 4: and believe that somehow God will cause it to happen sooner. 277 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 4: That made him even more aggravated, and he said back, sarcastically, 278 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 4: pray all you want, but I'm in charge, and I'm 279 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 4: telling you it's going to take two years. Six weeks later, 280 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 4: the man called him back and said, come on in, 281 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 4: your paperwork is ready. My friend thought it was a mistake. 282 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: He said, are you sure it's fine. He said, yes, 283 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 4: I'm sure. He got there as quickly as he could. 284 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 4: He said to the man, thank you so much. But 285 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 4: I thought you said it would take at least two years. 286 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 4: The man said I did. But ever since I met you, 287 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 4: I can't get you off my mind. I wake up 288 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 4: in the morning thinking about you. I eat lunch thinking 289 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 4: about you. I go to bed thinking about you. And 290 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: I am so sick and tired of thinking about you. 291 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 4: Take your paperwork and go. Proverbs sixteen seven says when 292 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 4: you live a life pleasing to the Lord, God will 293 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 4: cause even your enemies to want to be good to you. 294 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 4: Had a man tell me one time, Joel, I never 295 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 4: used to like you, but I couldn't turn you off. 296 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 4: I couldn't quit watching you, and now I'm your biggest supporter. 297 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 4: That's God crossing over ahead of us, causing our enemies 298 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 4: to even want to be at peace with us. And 299 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 4: I love to think about the fact that before we 300 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 4: have the problem, God already has the solution. God has 301 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 4: people in your life right now, most likely that are 302 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 4: not necessarily there just for today, but He has them 303 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: there because in your future they will be very instrumental. 304 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 4: I met a man one time years ago from another state. 305 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 4: He was down at the office for a couple of 306 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 4: days installing some equipment, and in that short period of 307 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 4: time we became good friends. We just really hit it off. 308 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 4: Over the years, I would only see him once or twice, 309 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 4: but just like old times, twelve years later, Victoria and 310 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 4: I came into a once in a lifetime business opportunity, 311 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 4: and it just so happened that this man was an 312 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 4: expert in that field. The first thing I did was 313 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 4: call him. He came down and over a period of 314 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 4: a couple of months, he negotiated a very complicated contract, 315 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 4: put it all together and the business became a huge success, 316 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 4: But I thought about how I would not even have 317 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 4: pursued that opportunity had I not known that man. I 318 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 4: realize now God brought him into our lives many years earlier, 319 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 4: not just for the friendship, but even for that specific purpose. See, friends, 320 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 4: God knows what's in your future. He knows every opportunity 321 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 4: ahead of you. That's why he's crossing over in front 322 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 4: of you to make sure the right people will be 323 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 4: there when you need them. And you may think that 324 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 4: you just met them by accident, it was just a coincidence. 325 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 4: But one day you'll look back, most likely like I did, 326 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 4: and see how God used that person in an instrumental 327 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 4: way to help you get further towards your divine destiny. 328 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 4: I love the story my brother Paul told not long ago. 329 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 4: He and a group of surgeons were in Haiti right 330 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 4: after the big earthquake. They were operating on many of 331 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 4: the injured people, but one day, the main monitor that 332 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 4: they were using during surgery to monitor the patients oxygen 333 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 4: levels and blood pressure, pauls things like that. That monitor 334 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 4: went out and without the monitor they really couldn't do 335 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,719 Speaker 4: any more surgeries. It was just too dangerous not to 336 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 4: know what was going on with the patient's vital signs. 337 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 4: So they told all the help around there and asked 338 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 4: the people that worked at the hospital see if they 339 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 4: could find another monitor. But they couldn't find anything. They 340 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 4: made phone calls and did everything they could do. Still 341 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 4: with no monitor, they begin to pray and ask God 342 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 4: for favor to somehow bring a monitor so they could 343 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 4: continue helping the injured people. Not long after that, the 344 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 4: administrator of a hospital, a local Haitian man, came walking up. 345 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 4: His name was mister Angoose. He was beaming from ear 346 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 4: to ear. He was carrying a brand new monitor, still 347 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 4: in the box, never been used before, and it was 348 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 4: the exact monitor that they needed. Paul and the other 349 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: professionals were so amazed, and Paul said, mister Angoose, where 350 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 4: in the world did you find this monitor? He said, 351 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 4: I was at a hospital administrator convention in America two 352 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 4: years ago, and everyone that attended God automatically entered in 353 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 4: for a door prize, and it just so happened I 354 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 4: won this monitor two years before the problem, two years 355 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 4: before the big earthquake, God had already arranged a solution. 356 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 4: And right now God is crossing over ahead of you, 357 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 4: lining up the right people, the right supplies, the right circumstances, 358 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 4: Quit worrying about how it's all going to work out, 359 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 4: and dare to trust him. Dare to believe that he's 360 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 4: in control. Dare to believe that he's fighting your battles, 361 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 4: that he's preparing your way for victory. I heard a 362 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: story about this college professor that took a group of 363 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 4: students to China for a field trip. Several days into 364 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 4: the journey, he began to experience incredible pain in his stomach. 365 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 4: It got so bad he couldn't stand it. In the 366 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 4: middle of the night, he had a friend call an 367 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 4: ambulance and they rushed him to the emergency room. They 368 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 4: were way back in a small town with no big hospitals. 369 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 4: The medical professional in charge noticed that his appendix had 370 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 4: run and it was spreading poison throughout his whole system. 371 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 4: There were no surgeons around, really nothing he could do. 372 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 4: He said to the friend. I can give him some 373 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 4: pain medication, maybe some sleeping pills, but my advice is 374 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 4: that he should make peace with his family. The professor 375 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 4: began to have convulsions, go in and out of consciousness. 376 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 4: Back at home, in the States. The professor's father is 377 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 4: a pastor, and at the exact time this was happening, 378 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 4: this father was in a service at his own church, 379 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 4: and he began to feel an incredible burden for his son. 380 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 4: He tried to ignore it, but it just wouldn't go away. 381 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 4: Finally he stopped the service and he said to the congregation, 382 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 4: we've got to pray for my son. Something is wrong. 383 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 4: They got down on their knees and begin to pray. 384 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 4: Back at the small hospital, two o'clock in the morning, 385 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 4: in walked one of the most well known surgeons in 386 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 4: all of China. In fact, it's the same surgeon that 387 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 4: travels with the USA as President when he visited China. 388 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 4: The hospital was so amazed to see him. He said, 389 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 4: I'm here to take care of the American. They rushed 390 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 4: him into surgery. He ended up saving his life. The 391 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 4: next day, the surgeon said to the professor, who were 392 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 4: those two men that you sent into my office yesterday. 393 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 4: The professor said, I didn't send anybody in. I don't 394 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 4: know anybody here in China. I've just been here for 395 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 4: a couple of days. The surgeon said, that's odd, because 396 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 4: two men came in dressed in nice suits. They looked 397 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 4: like they were government officials, and they said you were 398 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 4: a very important person, and I needed to be here 399 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,719 Speaker 4: in the middle of the night to operate on you. Friends. 400 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 4: That's God crossing over ahead of us, making our crooked 401 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: places straight. God knows how to make it all work out, 402 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 4: even seven thousand miles away. God had people praying, and 403 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 4: that's why we can live life in peace, not upset, worried, 404 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 4: not trying to figure it all out. We know that 405 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 4: God is in complete control. He knows the end from 406 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 4: the beginning. God knows what you're gonna need a week 407 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 4: from now, a month from now, even ten years from now. 408 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 4: And the good news is He's already got it taken 409 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 4: care of. Some of you today are so worried about 410 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 4: your future, worried about your finances, worried about a child. 411 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 4: You just don't see how it could work out. Let 412 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 4: me encourage you. God already has a way. He is 413 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 4: already lined up the right people to help you fulfill 414 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 4: your destiny. He's already arranged the right breaks to get 415 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 4: you to where you're supposed to be. The obstacles in 416 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 4: your path may look insurmountable, you don't see how you 417 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 4: could ever get out. But God is saying to you 418 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 4: what he said to Joshua, be strong and of good courage. 419 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 4: You have someone fighting for you. The creator of the 420 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 4: universe is breathing in your direction. His hand of favor 421 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 4: is a your life. Right now. He is crossing over 422 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 4: ahead of you, making your crooked places straight. As long 423 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 4: as you live a life to honor him, God has 424 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 4: promised nothing will be able to stand up against you. 425 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: I think about the airplane that Captain Sullenberger safely landed 426 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 4: on the Hudson River in New York. You remember how 427 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 4: the plane hit those large birds and both engines lost power, 428 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 4: And now they were several thousand feet in the air. 429 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 4: One hundred and fifty or so people on board the 430 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 4: plane had no power. I was reading about Captain Sullenberger's background. 431 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 4: He is an incredibly experienced pilot. As a young man, 432 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 4: he served in the US Air Force flying fighter jests. 433 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 4: He received the Outstanding Airmanship Award. He served as a 434 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 4: safety consultant for NASA and is considered one of the 435 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 4: leading experts in flight safety in all the world. Not 436 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 4: only that Captain Sully is a certified glider pilot for 437 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 4: thirty six years. He's been flying planes with no power. 438 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 4: There's no one that has more experience and more expertise 439 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 4: in flying a plane without any engines than Captain Sully. 440 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 4: Isn't it interesting? Of the tens of thousands of flights 441 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 4: that take off in land safely every year without any problem, 442 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 4: the one flight that would lose power in all the 443 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,239 Speaker 4: engines would be piloted by the one man that you 444 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 4: would choose to be at the controls if you had 445 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 4: planned it ten years in advance. Friends, God knows what 446 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 4: he's doing. He can see the big picture. God knows 447 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: what's in your future, every setback, every disappointment, every danger, 448 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 4: and God is going to make sure that you're not 449 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 4: only at the right place at the right time, but 450 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 4: he's going to make sure the people you need will 451 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 4: be at the right place at the right time. He 452 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 4: is crossing over ahead of you. And if it's not 453 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 4: your time to go, don't worry about it. You're not 454 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 4: going to go. Nothing can snatch you out of God's hands. Well, 455 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 4: you say, Joel, if God's in control, then why didn't 456 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 4: he stop the birds from hitting the engines in the 457 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 4: first place. No, God is not going to stop every adversity. 458 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 4: He's not going to prevent every challenge. But if we 459 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 4: will stay in faith, God promises he will bring us 460 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 4: through every challenge and get us to where we're supposed 461 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 4: to be. You've heard that saying God never promised us 462 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 4: smooth sailing, but he did promise us a safe landing. 463 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 4: Now I've discovered that sometimes God will allow things just 464 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 4: to display his goodness in a greater way. Do you 465 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: know what a testimony that was to see an airplane 466 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 4: safely landed in the Hudson River. More people acknowledge God 467 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 4: and his goodness that day than just about anything I've 468 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 4: ever seen in my lifetime. News reports all over the 469 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 4: world led their newscast with that, saying miracle on the Hudson. 470 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 4: People that don't even believe in God were scratching their heads, 471 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 4: saying that had to be divine intervention. They wouldn't say God, 472 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 4: but they got close. I know people that only use 473 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 4: God when it's followed by a curse word. Even they 474 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 4: were saying, man, that was God looking after those people. 475 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 4: I want you to go out of here today with 476 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 4: a new confidence, a new sense of trust, knowing that 477 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 4: as a believer, you have an advantage. The creator of 478 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 4: the universe is not only fighting your battles, but he 479 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 4: is lining up the right people, the right breaks, and 480 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 4: the right opportunities. You may be facing a situation that 481 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 4: looks like that it's never gonna turn around, But let 482 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 4: me declare this over you. You're gonna see it turn 483 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 4: around quicker than you think you're gonna come out of debt, 484 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 4: quicker than you think you're gonna accomplish your destiny in 485 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 4: your goals, much quicker than you think. It's because the 486 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 4: Most High God is going before you right now for 487 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 4: the way for victory. Just like with Joshua, God is 488 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,959 Speaker 4: crossing over ahead of you. Just like with Captain Sully, 489 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 4: God's going to have the right people in your path. 490 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 4: Just like with Paul and the Monitor, God has the 491 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 4: solution before you had the problem. Just like with me 492 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 4: and the lawsuit with the Compact Center, God is going 493 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 4: to cause even your enemies to want to be good 494 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 4: to you. Friends, we are entering into a decade where 495 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 4: you're going to see God going before you like you've 496 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 4: never seen before. He is going to open up doors 497 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 4: that no man can shut. He is going to turn 498 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 4: impossible situations around God is going to take you places 499 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 4: that you've never even dreamed of. Why don't you get 500 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 4: ready for more of God's favor. Start expecting God to 501 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 4: show up in unusual ways. If you'll get in agreement 502 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 4: with God and release your faith in this area, you 503 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 4: will see God do amazing things. You will not only 504 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 4: overcome every obstacle and defeat every enemy, but I believe 505 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 4: in declare you will see Anhesians three twenty decade and 506 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 4: exceedingly abundantly above and beyond decade of God's goodness, his favor, 507 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 4: his blessing. Amen. Do you receive that today? Well? We 508 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 4: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 509 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 510 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 4: you pray with me? 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