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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friends. 37 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 5: your life. 39 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 4: Oh God bless you. It's a joy to come into 40 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 4: your homes. 41 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 5: We love you and we know God has great things 42 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 5: in store for each one of you. If you're ever 43 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 5: in our area, stop by and be a part of 44 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 5: one of our services. I promise you we'll make you 45 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 5: feel right at home. But thanks so much for tuning 46 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 5: in today, and thank you again for coming out, and 47 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny. And I heard 48 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 5: about these three sons that left home and went out 49 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 5: and prospered. One day they got back together to discuss 50 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 5: the gifts that they bought their elderly mother. The first 51 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 5: son said, I built mother a big house. The second 52 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 5: son said, I got her a fancy car. The third 53 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 5: one said, since I know how much mother loves to 54 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 5: read the Bible, but she can barely see now, I 55 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 5: got her a specially trained parrot that can quote the 56 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 5: entire Bible. In a few days, they got a letter 57 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 5: from their mother. It said, Milton, the house you built 58 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 5: me is way too big. 59 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 4: Gerald, the car you bought me is way too small. 60 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 5: But my dearest Donald, your simple gift is my favorite. 61 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 4: The chicken was delicious. 62 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 5: Hold up by say it like you mean it. This 63 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 5: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about the. 70 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: Power of letting go. 71 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 5: We all go through disappointments and set backs and things. 72 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 4: That we don't understand. 73 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 5: Maybe you prayed for a loved one but they didn't 74 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 5: get well, or maybe you worked hard for a promotion 75 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 5: but you didn't get it. You stood in faith for 76 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 5: a relationship but it didn't work out. One of the 77 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 5: best things you can do is release it, let it go. 78 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: If you go around dwelling on it, wondering why this 79 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 5: didn't work out, why my loved one didn't get healed, 80 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 5: why didn't get that promotion, all that's going. 81 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 4: To do is lead to bitterness, resentment, elf pity. 82 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 5: Before long, you'll be blaming others, blaming yourself, maybe even 83 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 5: blaming God. You may not have understood it, it may 84 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 5: not have been fair, but when you release it, it's 85 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 5: an act of your faith. You're saying God, I trust you, 86 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 5: I know you're in control, And even though it didn't 87 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 5: work out my way, you said all things are going 88 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 5: to work together for my good, so I believe you 89 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 5: still have something good in my future. 90 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: There's power in letting go. 91 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 5: Not letting go of your dreams, don't let go of 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 5: your promises, let go of the frustration of. 93 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 4: Having to have it your way. 94 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 5: Take your hands off the wheel and say, okay, God, 95 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 5: I'm going to let you drive. You know the best 96 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 5: path for my life. You can see the detours, the 97 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 5: dead ends, you know the shortcuts. God, I'm going to 98 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 5: let you take me where you want me to go. 99 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 5: That's a very freeing way to live. But so often 100 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 5: we'll trust God. We'll stay in faith as long as 101 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 5: God does it our way. It's like this mountain climber 102 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 5: I heard about. He was climbing up this huge cliff, 103 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: almost to the top, when all of a sudden he 104 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 5: lost his footing and began to fall. He reached out 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 5: and miraculously grabbed a bush growing out of the rocks. 106 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 5: He was dangling hundreds of feet in the air, holding 107 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 5: on for dear life. He shouted out, is anybody up there? 108 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 5: In a few seconds, a voice boomed out of the 109 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: heavens and said, yes, I'm here. 110 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: What do you need? He said, God, I can't hold 111 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 4: on any longer. Please rescue me. 112 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 5: God said, okay, son, turn loose of the bush and 113 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,559 Speaker 5: I'll catch you. After a long pause, the man said, 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 5: is there anybody else up there? That's the way we 115 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 5: do many times, God help me, but do it my way, 116 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 5: the way I have planned, the way I want. 117 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 3: No. 118 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 5: In order for God to help us, we've got to 119 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 5: be willing to let go. Maybe something didn't work out 120 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 5: your way. Instead of being frustrated, why don't you have 121 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 5: a bigger view. Maybe God has something better in store. 122 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 5: Maybe God closed the door because you're believing too small. 123 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 5: Maybe it didn't work out because what you're praying for 124 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 5: would be second best, and God loves you too much 125 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 5: to do it your way. The question is will you 126 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 5: trust him to do it his way? Will you take 127 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 5: your hands off the wheel and let him do the driving. 128 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 5: A few years after Victoria and I were married, we 129 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 5: found this house that we really wanted to buy. Was 130 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 5: on a beautiful lot, had big trees, had a swimming pool. 131 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 5: This was our dream house. We were sure it was 132 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 5: supposed to be ours, and we made a very strong offer, 133 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 5: just a little less than they were asking. We didn't 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 5: hear anything back. Week after weeks, still nothing. Nobody lived 135 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 5: in the house, and so we would go out practically 136 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 5: every day and pray over the house. We would even 137 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 5: march around it like the people of Israel going around Jericho. 138 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 5: We would quote scriptures, We would bind, we would loose, 139 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 5: we'd sing, we'd shout, we'd dance, we did. 140 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 4: The Holy Macarena. 141 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 5: As far as we were concerned, that was supposed. 142 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 4: To be our house. Our mind was made up. We 143 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: were consumed by it. 144 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 5: About three weeks later, our realtor called and said, I'm 145 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 5: sorry they sold the house to somebody else. 146 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: We were so disappointed. 147 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 5: We thought God, we prayed, we believed, we stood in faith. 148 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 4: What happened. 149 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 5: The scripture says God's ways are not our ways. 150 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 4: They are higher and better than our ways. 151 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 5: Sometimes what we're believing for is not God's best. 152 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 4: We have good. 153 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 5: Intentions, but God loves us too much to answer that prayer. 154 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 5: I found anything you have to have in order to 155 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 5: be happy is out of balance. If you have to 156 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 5: have that house, you have to have that promotion, you 157 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 5: have to meet that person. 158 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: You're putting too much emphasis on it. 159 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 5: And it's good to have dreams, it's good to have goals, 160 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 5: to stand in faith, to be determined, but you have 161 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 5: to be mature enough to put that dream on the 162 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 5: altar and say, God, this is what I want, this 163 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 5: is what I'm praying and believing for. But God, you 164 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 5: know what's best for me, and if it doesn't happen 165 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 5: my way on my timetable, I'm not going to get 166 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 5: bitter and be frustrated. 167 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 4: God. I trust you, My life is in your hands. 168 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 5: At first, Victoria and I we were kind of discouraged. 169 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 5: We felt like God had let us down. The wind 170 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 5: was taken out of ourselves. Eventually we did what I'm asking. 171 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: You to do. 172 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 4: We let it go and said, God, you know what's 173 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 4: best for us. 174 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 5: About three weeks later, we came across this older, run 175 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 5: down home in a nice neighborhood close into the city. 176 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 5: Everything just fell into place and we ended up buying 177 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 5: that house, mixed it up and lived there for two years, 178 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 5: and then we sold it for twice what we had 179 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 5: paid for it. But that older home, to us, it 180 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 5: didn't make sense. It wasn't anything like what we had envisioned. 181 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 5: We wanted something. 182 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 4: Nice and new. But God knew what he was doing. 183 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 5: It was a step on the way to our divine destiny. 184 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 5: At the time, it looked like a step backwards. The 185 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 5: townhouse we were living in was much nicer than this 186 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 5: older home. 187 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 4: But God can see the big picture. 188 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 5: If he would have let us buy that house, that 189 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 5: we really wanted. We would have been stuck at that 190 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 5: same level year after year. God had to close that 191 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 5: door to move us one step closer to where he 192 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 5: wanted us to be. 193 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 3: Now. 194 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 4: I've got big dreams and big goals. 195 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 5: But one of my main prayers now is God, not 196 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 5: my will, but let your will be done. 197 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 4: If a door closes, no big deal. I let it go. 198 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 5: If my plans don't work out, no big deal. I 199 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 5: know God has something better. I've learned to not get 200 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 5: so consumed by a dream that if it doesn't happen 201 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 5: my way, I'm going to get all bent out of shape. 202 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 5: It says in Proverbs, since the Lord is directing our steps, 203 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 5: why do we try to figure out everything that happens 204 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 5: along the way. Some of you have gone through a disappointment. 205 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 4: It wasn't fair. You don't understand it. 206 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 5: You could easily be bitter, live with a chip on 207 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 5: your shoulder, give up on your dreams. No, God is 208 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 5: at work in your life right now. He is directing 209 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 5: your steps. What you thought was a set back is 210 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 5: going to turn out to be a set up. 211 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 4: God is getting you in position to take you to 212 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 4: a new level of your destiny. Now you've got to 213 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 4: get in agreement with God. 214 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 5: Shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointment. Quit 215 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 5: thinking that God has let you down and he doesn't 216 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 5: answer your prayers. 217 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 4: No, God has you in the palm of his hand. 218 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 4: He is directing you every step of the way. 219 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 5: That disappointment may not have been fair, but it's all 220 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,479 Speaker 5: a part of your divine destiny. 221 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 4: If you will let it go and move forward, then 222 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 4: you're going to. 223 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 5: Come into something awesome that God is about to do. 224 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 5: Not ordinary like you had planned, but extraordinary like God 225 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 5: has planned. This is what I did when my father 226 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord. My dad and I 227 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 5: were very close, we were best friends. At seventy seven 228 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 5: years of age, Daddy was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. 229 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 5: We prayed, we believed, we stood in faith, but unfortunately 230 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,479 Speaker 5: my father went to be with the Lord. My prayers 231 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 5: weren't answered the way I wanted. I could have thought, God, 232 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 5: you heal my mother. Why didn't you heal my father? God, 233 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 5: why wouldn't you give him more years? When we want 234 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 5: something so badly that would do at everything we can 235 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 5: to make it happen, and it doesn't work out, it's 236 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 5: easy to get negative and bitter. I was discouraged, I'd 237 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 5: lost my best friend. And sure there's a proper time 238 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 5: for mourning, but you cannot let a season of mourning 239 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 5: turn into a lifetime of mourning. At some point, you've 240 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 5: got to say, God, I'm letting it go. 241 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: Yes I'm disappointed, Yes it's hard, but just because my loved. 242 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 5: One has died doesn't mean that your plan for my 243 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 5: life has ended. And what I thought would be the 244 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 5: darkest hour of my life the death of my father. 245 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 5: And I say this respectfully because I honor and love 246 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 5: my dad, but it turned out to be the brightest 247 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 5: hour of my life. It launched me into what I'm 248 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: doing now. The death of my father was another step 249 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 5: on the way to my divine destiny. When you go 250 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: through loss, loss of a loved one, loss of a relationship, 251 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 5: loss of a job, can be very difficult. Many people 252 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 5: get negative, bitter, they have a chip on their shoulder. 253 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 5: But if you can just learn to let it go 254 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 5: and say God, I don't understand it, but I trust you, 255 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 5: I know you're still in control, then just like I did, 256 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: you're going to step in to a greater level of 257 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: your destiny. I've learned God doesn't always take us from 258 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 5: A to B to C. Sometimes God will take you 259 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 5: from A to B all the way to S and 260 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 5: then back to D, and then to K, and then 261 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 5: to F and then to Z. God's ways are not 262 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 5: our ways. Quit trying to figure it all out and 263 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 5: simply trust him. Well, Joel, why didn't my marriage make 264 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 5: it Why did this person leave me? Why did this 265 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 5: company lay me off after working there faithfully for thirty years. 266 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 4: Here's my answer. It's very profound. 267 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 5: I don't know why. You may never know why, but 268 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 5: I do know. God is directing your steps. God is 269 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 5: a just God. It may not have been fair. 270 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 4: But God is fair. 271 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 5: If you'll let it go and move forward, God has 272 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 5: promised he will pay you back for the unfair things 273 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 5: that have happened. 274 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 4: Some of you today. 275 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 5: If you just start letting things go, you'd come in 276 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 5: to breakthroughs, to promotions, to new beginnings. As long as 277 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 5: you're holding on to the old, negative, discourage, bitter, it's 278 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 5: going to keep you from the new. A lady asked 279 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 5: me one time, Joel, why did your mother get healed 280 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 5: from cancer but my mother didn't. We prayed, we believed, 281 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: we stood on the same scriptures. My answer is always 282 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 5: the same. I don't know why. I don't claim to 283 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 5: have all the answers, but I do know. 284 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 4: God is for you. He said he would give you 285 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 4: beauty for those ashes. 286 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 5: But you've got to let go of the ashes, let 287 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 5: go of the disappointments, let go of the hurts and pains. 288 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 5: Quit trying to figure out why something bad has happened 289 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 5: to you. Why did I have this miscarriage? Why was 290 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 5: I born into this family? Why did this person leave me? 291 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 5: That's just going to lead to frustration. There are some 292 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 5: situations that we face that there are no logical explanations. 293 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 4: Too. 294 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 5: You have to be big enough to say, I don't 295 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 5: understand why this has happened. And you know what, I'm 296 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 5: okay with not understanding why. I don't have to have 297 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 5: all the answers. Your God and I'm not. Your ways 298 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 5: are not my ways, and since you're directing my steps, 299 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 5: I'm not going to waste another minute of my time 300 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 5: and energy trying to figure out everything that happens along 301 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 5: the way. That's a very powerful way to live, and 302 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 5: most of the time we can deal with a situation 303 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 5: if we can find a file in our thinking to 304 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 5: put it in we think this happened because of this reason. 305 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 5: In other words, he was running with the wrong crowd 306 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 5: and he got into trouble. 307 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 4: That makes sense. 308 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 5: Or she wasn't raised in a good environment and she 309 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 5: got off course. 310 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 4: That makes sense. But what about the things that don't 311 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 4: make sense? 312 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 5: Ten years ago, when the planes crashed into the World 313 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 5: Trade Center in Pennsylvania and Washington, nearly three thousand people 314 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 5: tragically lost their lives, costs so much. 315 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 4: Hurt and pain that didn't make sense. 316 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 5: Doesn't make sense for a baby to be born with 317 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 5: a birth injury, I can't explain. That doesn't make sense 318 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 5: for a drunk driver to end someone's life. Does it 319 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 5: make sense for a good person to come down with 320 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 5: a terminal illness? What happens when we can't find a 321 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 5: file to put it in? 322 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: Here's the answer. 323 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 5: Every one of us needs to create a file in 324 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 5: our thinking called and I don't understand it file, And 325 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 5: when things come up that don't make sense that you 326 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 5: can't figure out, instead of getting frustrated confused, simply put 327 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 5: it in your I don't understand it file and leave 328 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 5: it alone. If you go through life trying to figure 329 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 5: out why something bad happened, why it didn't work out, 330 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 5: why my child didn't get healed. It's going to cause 331 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 5: you to be bitter. It's going to poison your life. Listen, 332 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 5: if God wants you to know why he's God, he'll 333 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 5: tell you. But if he's not revealing it to you, 334 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 5: you need to leave it alone. Some things God doesn't 335 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 5: want you to know. It says in Proverbs it is 336 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 5: God's privilege. 337 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 4: To conceal things. 338 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 5: If you're going to trust God, you have to accept 339 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 5: the fact that there are going to be unanswered questions. 340 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 5: Everything is not going to fit perfectly into our theology. 341 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,719 Speaker 5: But we can come back to the central theme of 342 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 5: who God is. God is good, God is loving, God 343 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 5: is kind, God is fear, God is just. Here's what 344 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 5: I've learned. Don't put a question mark where God has 345 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 5: put a period. If you prayed, you believe it didn't work. 346 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 4: Out, God put a period. Move forward. 347 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 5: When my father was sick, the whole church prayed, we 348 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 5: all stood in faith, but Daddy went to be with 349 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 5: the Lord. 350 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 4: What happened? God put a period. 351 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 5: Now we could put a question mark and say, God, 352 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 5: why didn't you hear our prayers? Why didn't you give 353 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 5: him more time? Or we could accept the fact that 354 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 5: God put a period, that that chapter is over. This 355 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 5: is a new day, and we celebrated what God had 356 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 5: done through my father, and we stepped into the new 357 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 5: beginning God had in store for us. 358 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 4: Don't put a question mark. 359 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 5: If you were hard but you didn't get the promotion, 360 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 5: dust your face off and move forward. God has something better. 361 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 5: Talk to a gentleman last week. He was very discouraged 362 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 5: because his business didn't make it. He gave it his best, 363 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 5: but it still went under him. He told how he'd 364 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 5: put in all of his savings and his time, his effort. 365 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 5: He just couldn't understand why it didn't work out. I 366 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 5: told him what I'm telling you. That's over and done. 367 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 5: God put a period. Don't put a question mark. Don't 368 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 5: live in self pity God, why did this happen? No, 369 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,199 Speaker 5: that's simply another chapter in your book. 370 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor. Turn the page. 371 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 5: If you'll move forward, you'll come into another chapter. The 372 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 5: good news is your story doesn't end in defeat. It 373 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 5: ends in victory. God always causes you to try out. 374 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 5: So if you're not victorious right now, just. 375 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 4: Keep moving forward. That means it's not the end. 376 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 5: In the scripture, David had a newborn baby that was 377 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 5: very sick and close to death. For seven days and 378 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 5: seven nights, David fasted and prayed for the baby. Wouldn't 379 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 5: eat anything, wouldn't get up off the floor. In fact, 380 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 5: his men were worried about it. It's David, you got 381 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 5: to eat something. He wouldn't do it. On the seventh day, 382 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 5: they came in with the bad news that the baby 383 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 5: had died. They weren't sure how David was going to respond, 384 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 5: but when David heard the news, he got up off 385 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 5: the ground, went home, took a shower, put on some 386 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 5: new clothes, got something to eat, and went to the 387 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 5: temple and began to worship. His men were so amazed 388 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 5: at how he could recover so quickly. David said, when 389 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 5: the baby was alive, I prayed for God to heal him. 390 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 5: But now that he is gone, I cannot bring him back. 391 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 5: He will not come to me, but one day I 392 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 5: will go to be with him. David was saying, God 393 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 5: put a period here, I'm not gonna put a question mark. 394 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 5: I prayed, I believed, I fasted, I did everything I could, 395 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 5: but it didn't work out. So I'm gonna let it go. 396 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 5: I'm going to release it and move forward with my life. 397 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 5: Maybe you've done everything you could. You prayed, you believed, 398 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 5: you gave it your all, but it didn't work out. 399 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 4: Best thing you can do is release it. Just let 400 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: it go. 401 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 5: Don't go around in self pity, defeated, thinking there's nothing 402 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 5: good in your future. Do like David freshen Up, put 403 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,239 Speaker 5: on a new attitude. Go to the mall, buy some 404 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 5: new clothes, get something good to eat, and get ready 405 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 5: for the new thing God is about to do. Now, 406 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 5: some of you ladies are thinking, I heard the word 407 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 5: I needed. 408 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 4: He said, go to the mall. 409 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 5: I think about Eve in the scripture. She went through 410 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 5: a great disappointment. Her son Cain killed her son Abel, 411 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 5: the first murder in the Bible. And I'm sure Eve, 412 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 5: like any mother, was devastated and heartbroken. She could have thought, God, 413 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 5: how could you let this happen to me? But I 414 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 5: love what Eve said Genesis four twenty five. God has 415 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 5: appointed another seed for me. She was saying, I don't understand. 416 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 5: It doesn't make sense, but I know God is still 417 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 5: in control. 418 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 4: This is not the end. 419 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 5: He has appointed another seed. God is saying, when you 420 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 5: go through things that you don't understand. It is not 421 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 5: the end. God is going to appoint another seed. The 422 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 5: reason God says seed is seed represents the future. It 423 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 5: indicates what's come. And if you'll let go of what 424 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 5: didn't work out, let go of the hurts and pains, 425 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 5: then for everything you've lost, God will appoint another seed, 426 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 5: everything that was taken away, another seed. 427 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 4: You are going to give birth to more in the. 428 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 5: Future than you've lost in the past. Now, you've got 429 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 5: to do your part and keep moving forward. When you 430 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 5: drive home today, in your car, there's a big windshield 431 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 5: in the front and then a very small rear view mirror. 432 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 5: The reason the windshield is so large and the rear 433 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 5: view mirror is so small is because what's in your 434 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 5: past is not nearly as important as what's in your future. 435 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 5: Where you are going is much more important than where 436 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 5: you've been. But if you stay focused on the past, 437 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 5: you'll get stuck right where you are. Listen, if one 438 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 5: dream has died, dream another dream. God has appointed another seed. 439 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 5: Don't let one set back define who you are are. 440 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 5: Don't let one betrayal, one mistake, one divorce, one bankruptcy 441 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 5: ruin the rest of your life that is not who 442 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 5: you are. That is just another step on the way 443 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 5: to your divine destiny. 444 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: Now let it. 445 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 5: Go and step into the new beginning God has in store. 446 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 5: Bottom line is you have to quit mourning over something 447 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 5: that you cannot change. If God put a period there, 448 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 5: don't waste another minute in self pity, defeated, wondering why 449 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 5: this has happened. Now that chapter is over and done, 450 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 5: this is. 451 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 4: A new day. 452 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 5: God has another seed in front of you. He has 453 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 5: another relationship, another business, another breakthrough, another victory. 454 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 4: Move forward into the new. 455 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 5: This is exactly what David did. He said in Psalm 456 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 5: one thirty one. I don't concern myself with matters that 457 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 5: are too great for me. 458 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 4: I have quieted and stilled my soul. 459 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 5: David knew that situation with his little baby was way 460 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 5: over his head. He knew he would never understand it, 461 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 5: so he didn't get negative and bitter. 462 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 4: He released it. He quieted and stilled his soul. 463 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 5: When you go through situations that you don't understand, that's 464 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 5: learned to do like David and say God, it doesn't 465 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 5: make sense. I don't know why this has happened, but 466 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 5: I'm not going to get bitter and upset and confused. 467 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 5: I'm going to quiet and steal my soul. Why because 468 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 5: I know God has appointed another seed. I know it's 469 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 5: not the end. Friends, When you can let things go 470 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 5: and not get bitter and upset and drop out of 471 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 5: church and start blaming God, then the creator of the 472 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 5: universe will go to work for you. God has said 473 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 5: he will take what was meant for your harm and 474 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 5: use it to your advantage. I heard about this young 475 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 5: couple that were going to visit their relatives. It was 476 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 5: September eleventh, the day of the attacks on our nation. 477 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 5: Early in the morning. 478 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 4: On the way to the. 479 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 5: Airport, they had a flat tire and ended up missing 480 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 5: their flight. It just so happened, and their plane was 481 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 5: one of the plains that went down. They had not 482 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 5: had a flat tire, they wouldn't be alive today. Of course, 483 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 5: they were very grateful. The young men's father lived in 484 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 5: New York City and he called very frantically, very worried. 485 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 5: The young man gave him the good news that they 486 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 5: weren't on that flight. This father was a retired firefighter 487 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 5: there in New York, and he told his son he 488 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 5: was going to the World Trade Center to help rescue people. 489 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 4: Well that was the last time the father and son 490 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 4: ever spoke. 491 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 5: The father was killed when the buildings came crashing down. 492 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 5: When this young couple heard the news, the joy of 493 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 5: their life being spared turned to sorrow and sadness and 494 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 5: even confusion. See, this father wouldn't have anything to do 495 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 5: with God, not open at all, and his son had 496 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 5: tried and tried to share his faith with no success. 497 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 5: The son was so heartbroken, not only of course, over 498 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,719 Speaker 5: the loss of his dad, but he just wasn't sure 499 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 5: that his father was at peace with God. About three 500 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 5: months later, there was a knock on their door and 501 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 5: was a young couple holding a little baby. 502 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 4: The man said, are you so and so? And he said, 503 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 4: I am. 504 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 5: Said would you mind if we came in for a 505 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 5: few minutes and visit it? Come to find out, The 506 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 5: wife explained how she was in the World Trade Center 507 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 5: the day of the attacks. She was seven months pregnant, 508 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 5: and this father ended up rescuing her and carrying her 509 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 5: all the way down the stairs. 510 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 4: On the way down, she began to talk. 511 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 5: To his dad about his relationship to God and about 512 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 5: receiving Christ. She said, when we got to the bottom floor, 513 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 5: your dad knelt down on his knees, and he asked 514 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 5: Christ to come into his Hearten she said, we not 515 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 5: only came to give you this good news, but we 516 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 5: wanted to introduce you to our little baby. 517 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 4: We named him after your father. 518 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 5: The scripture says, now we know in part, but one 519 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 5: day we will know in full. There are a lot 520 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 5: of things right now, all that we don't understand, but 521 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 5: I'm convinced one day they will make sense. One day 522 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 5: we'll look back in amazement and see how the hand 523 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 5: of God was always working in our lives, doing greater 524 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 5: things than we imagine. At the time, it looked bad, 525 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 5: It looked like God wasn't fair. 526 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 4: But God is fair. 527 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 5: Somehow, some way, even though we didn't know it. God 528 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 5: took the injustice and brought good out of it. He 529 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 5: took the tragedy and used it to save a loved one. 530 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 5: He took the betrayal and opened up a greater door. 531 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 5: Why don't you trust him? Why don't you take your 532 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 5: hands off the wheel and let him do the driving. 533 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 5: Let go of the frustration of having to have it 534 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 5: your way, Let go of the wives of life. Put 535 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 5: those unanswered questions in your I don't understand it file 536 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 5: The scripture says, now we see through a glass dimly, 537 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 5: but one day we will see face to face. Some 538 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 5: of you today have things that are weighing you down, 539 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 5: keeping you from God's best. 540 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 4: Make a decision right now. You're going to let it go, 541 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 4: release it to God. 542 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 5: You can walk out of here free into the bright 543 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 5: future God has in store. Remember, for everything you've lost, 544 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 5: God's already appointed another seed, another breakthrough, another victory. 545 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 4: If you'll learn to let things. 546 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 5: Go, let go of disappointments, things you don't understand. Then 547 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 5: as you let go, God will go to work. He'll 548 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 5: make your wrongs right. He'll pay you back for injustice. 549 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 5: And I believe in declare you're gonna rise higher, overcoming 550 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 5: every obstacle, defeating every enemy. You're gonna become everything God 551 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 5: created you to be. 552 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 4: If you receive it. Can you say amen today? Or 553 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 4: we never like to close. 554 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 5: Our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 555 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 556 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me, just. 557 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 5: Say, Lord, Jesus, come into my heart. 558 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. 559 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 560 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 561 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. 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