1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: for supporting the ministry. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: We believe you're going to have an. 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 6 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 12 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: about this lady. 13 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: She was on the airplane reading her Bible. 14 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: The man next to her said, you don't believe all 15 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 2: that stuff in there? Do you? 16 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: She said, certainly I do. It's the Bible. 17 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: He said, what about that guy that got swallowed by 18 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: a well? She said, oh, you mean Jonah. Yeah, I 19 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: believe that too. He said, well, how could he possibly 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: live that long inside of a well? She thought about 21 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: it a moment, said I don't know. When I get 22 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: to Heaven, i'll have to ask him. 23 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: He said, sarcastically, what if he's not in? She said, 24 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: then you'll have to ask him. Say it like you 25 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: mean it. 26 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 27 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 28 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 29 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 31 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about just one good break. 33 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 2: Sometimes we don't see how we can accomplish our dreams. 34 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: We don't have the connections, the resources, the experience. I 35 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: talk to a young man that wanted to go to college, 36 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 2: but his scholarship. 37 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: Didn't go through. 38 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: He comes from a single parent home and he doesn't 39 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: have the funds. 40 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: The odds are against him. 41 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged and think I'll never get well. 42 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: Look at the medical report. I'll never break this addiction. 43 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: I've had it for years. I can't get out of death. 44 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: I'm gone as far as I can. It may look 45 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: like it's not going to happen, But what you can't 46 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: see is you're just one good break away, just meeting 47 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: one right person, just one phone call, one contract, one healing, 48 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: and what seemed impossible will suddenly become possible. 49 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: You don't need one hundred things to go right. 50 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: Just one touch of God's favor and doors will open 51 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: that you couldn't open. Just one person being for you 52 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: will catapult you ahead. Just one breakthrough and suddenly you 53 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: get well. Suddenly you're free from the addiction. Suddenly the 54 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: depression is gone. And you may have situations that don't 55 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,119 Speaker 2: look like they'll ever change, but stay encouraged. God has 56 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: already arranged good breaks for you, things that you couldn't 57 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: make happen. You weren't next in line, you didn't have 58 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: the experience, but out of nowhere the contract came to you. 59 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: He's already lined up the right place people to help you. 60 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: You didn't ask them, you didn't have to try to 61 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: win them over for no reason. They will go out 62 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: of their way to be good to you. They'd been 63 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: ordained by God to move. 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: You into your destiny. 65 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: You don't have to worry about how it's going to 66 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: work out. God can cause one person to like you, 67 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: one person to say promote them, give them the position, 68 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: and suddenly you'll go to a new level. And instead 69 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: of thinking it's a long way off, I don't see 70 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: how it can ever happen, turn it around. Father, Thank 71 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: you that I'm just one good breakaway. Thank you that 72 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: one touch of your goodness and things will change. 73 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: In my favor. 74 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: Do you know how we got the Compact Center? Just 75 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: one phone call? That's how it all started. We were 76 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: trying to build a new auditorium, but twice the property 77 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: we found was sold out from under us. I was 78 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: disappointed we couldn't find any more land. 79 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: But when I doesn't work out. 80 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: Your way, it's because God has something better in store. 81 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: You may not be able to see it at the time, 82 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: but that's when you have. 83 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: To trust him. 84 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: One afternoon, I was at the office minding my own business. 85 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 2: A friend called that I hadn't spoken to in a 86 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: couple of years. He said, Joel, I have an idea 87 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 2: for you yet, Let's go to lunch the next day. 88 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: At lunch, he told how the Rockets basketball team was 89 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: moving out of the Compact Center and how Lakewood should 90 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 2: try to purchase it. When I heard that something came 91 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 2: alive on the inside, I knew. 92 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: We were supposed to pursue it. 93 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 2: Well, the city owned this building. So when I got 94 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: back from lunch, I called the mayor. He was a 95 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 2: friend of our family. I told him that we were interested, 96 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I think Lakewood having the Compact Center 97 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: would be great for the city of Houston. God knows 98 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 2: how to have the right people before you. You those 99 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: two owners that sold the property out from under us, I. 100 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: Didn't like it. It didn't seem fair. The truth is, 101 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: it wasn't their choice. 102 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 2: It was the hand of God. They weren't supposed to 103 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: be for us. If they would have done what I wanted, 104 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: we would have missed out on the Compact Center. When 105 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 2: somebody is not for you, don't get bent out of shape. 106 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: God has the right people already lined up that will 107 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: want to help you. People that are ordained to open 108 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: doors that you couldn't open, people that will use their 109 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: influence to thrust you ahead. But there were some people 110 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: that didn't want us to have the Compact Center. Critics 111 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 2: that said it wasn't a good fit. They brought opposition 112 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: and tried to stop us. But the mayor was in 113 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 2: charge of the city. He set the agenda. Him being 114 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: for us is what kept all the opposition from stopping us. 115 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 2: Every time they tried to keep it from happening, he 116 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 2: would adjust something in our favor and we'd keep moving forward. 117 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: I've learned you don't need everyone. 118 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 2: To be for you, You just need the right people to 119 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 2: be for you. It just so happened the man that 120 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: liked us, he was in charge, he ran the city. 121 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: God is going to cause people to be for you 122 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: that are in a position of authority, people that can 123 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 2: override your critics, people that will. 124 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: Cause things to fall into place. 125 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 2: When we moved into this facility, it catapulted us ahead, 126 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: not just in the number of people attending, but in influence, 127 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: in credibility. 128 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: It put us fifty years down the road. People didn't 129 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: look at us the same way. 130 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 2: Growing up, Lakewood was on the other side of town, 131 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 2: where it was more industrial, and over the years had 132 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: it become more run down. For years, Lakewood was in 133 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 2: metal buildings with metal folding chairs, a gravel parking lot. 134 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 2: We had portable wood buildings for our nurseries and kids' facilities. 135 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: We were seen by some people as second class. They 136 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 2: can't afford much, they're at a disadvantage. But when we 137 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 2: moved into this place, it was like coming out of the. 138 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Wilderness into the promised land. This building is on one 139 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: of the busiest. 140 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: Freeways in the nation, one of the nicest areas of town. 141 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 2: The Rockets had won two world championships here and now 142 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 2: it's Lakewood. That one good great caused people to see 143 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 2: us in a totally different light, with a whole new respect. 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: You may feel like you're falling behind. You could never 145 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: accomplish what God put in your heart. You're still in 146 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: the metal buildings. Other people discount you, don't give your credit. 147 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: Don't worry. God knows how to make up for lost time. 148 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: Just one touch of his favor will catapult you years ahead. 149 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: Just one person opening a door. There's one phone call 150 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: out of the blue, and you look up and you're 151 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 2: fifty years down the road. You're not in the portable building, 152 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 2: you're in the compact center. You're not in the Rundown area. 153 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: You're on the main freeway. People don't discount you anymore. 154 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 2: Now they look up to you. God is going to 155 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: cause you to be seen in a new light. He's 156 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: going to give you respect, credibility, influence. That's going to 157 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 2: make up for the time it looks like you've lost. 158 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: But those years where you were not being noticed, not 159 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: seeing good breaks, not having much influence, those were proving 160 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 2: years where you were showing God you could be trusted, 161 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: where you did the right thing when the wrong thing 162 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 2: was happening, Where you were being your best when you 163 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: weren't seeing growth, where you were going to work with 164 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: a good attitude even though nobody was giving you credit. 165 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: Those were important years. 166 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 2: Without you being faithful and showing God that you could 167 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 2: be trusted, you wouldn't be ready for what God has 168 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 2: in store. You have to be prepared for where God 169 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: is taking you. You're not falling behind. You're in training. 170 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: If it's taken longer than you thought, it's because God 171 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 2: has something. 172 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: Big in your future. 173 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 2: Don't slack off, don't get tired of doing the right thing. 174 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 2: If you'll keep passing the test, the scripture says your 175 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 2: due season is coming. That means God's not only going 176 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: to bring you out, He's going to thrust you ahead. 177 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: You're going to come out promoted, increased further than. 178 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: You've ever imagined. 179 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: As a teenager, David was out in the shepherd's fields 180 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 2: taking care of his father's sheep. It was boring. David 181 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 2: had big dreams in his heart. He knew he was 182 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 2: going to leave his mark, But year after year, all 183 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 2: he did was feed the sheep, clean up their waist 184 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: make sure that they were protected. It was dirty, smelly, lonely. 185 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: Nobody tho ain't him. Nobody knew that he killed a 186 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: lion and a bear to protect those animals. He could 187 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: have slacked off, had a bad attitude. God, it's not fair, 188 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 2: I'm wasting time out here. Instead, he kept passing the test, 189 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 2: doing the right thing when nothing was changing. One day, 190 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 2: the prophet Samuel came to his house to anoint the 191 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: next king of Israel. He looked at David's seven brothers, 192 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: who were older, had more experience, more training. Some of 193 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 2: them were in the military, big, strong, muscular, They looked 194 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: like a king. Samuel passed by them and eventually came 195 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 2: to David, the forgotten one, the one that had been overlooked, discounted, 196 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 2: seen as less than. 197 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: Samuel said, this is the next king of Israel. 198 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 2: I'm sure his brothers, his parents nearly passed out. You 199 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 2: mean David, the shepherd, the youngest, the smallest. 200 00:10:58,960 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: Are you sure? 201 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 2: God doesn't choose the way people choose. People look on 202 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: the outside. God looks on the heart. God found a 203 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: man in David he could trust, a man that had 204 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: proven he'd be faithful when things weren't going his way. 205 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 2: God knew if he could trust him to take care 206 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 2: of sheep, he could trust him to take care of 207 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 2: his people. When God promoted David, brought him out. 208 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: He made up for. 209 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: All the years it looked like he was losing out 210 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 2: in the shepherd's fields. He went from being a shepherd 211 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: to being a king. Nobody voted for him. This wasn't 212 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 2: a democracy. If it was, he wouldn't have received one vote. 213 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: He wasn't on the radar. Nobody in Israel knew who 214 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: he was. 215 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: His father didn't believe in him, his brothers tried to 216 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 2: belittle him. But when God is ready to promote you, 217 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: he doesn't take a vote. He doesn't check to see 218 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: who likes you, who's for. 219 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: You, how popular you are. It's not a vote, it's 220 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: an appointment. 221 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 2: It's up to one person, not your boss, not your neighbors, 222 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: not your critics, not your relatives. 223 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: Promotion doesn't come from people. 224 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: It comes from the Lord. When it's your time to 225 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 2: be promoted, no. 226 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: Person can stop you. No bad break, no disappointment, no enemy. 227 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: God has the one and only vote. 228 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 2: He has the final saying, Now, quit worrying about who's 229 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: not for you. 230 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: Why won't these people give me credit, Joel. 231 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: I'd be further along if my coworkers would quit leaving 232 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 2: me out. Can I tell you your coworkers can't hold you back. 233 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: Other people cannot keep you from your destiny. They didn't 234 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: know you before you were formed in your mother's womb. 235 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: They didn't lay out the plan for your life. They 236 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: didn't crown you with favor, they didn't put seeds of 237 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 2: greatness on the inside. Quit focusing on who's not for you, 238 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 2: Start focusing. 239 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: On who is for you. The most High God, the 240 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: creator of the. 241 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 2: Universe, the one who spoke worlds into existence, is breathing 242 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 2: in your direction. He has you in the palm of 243 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 2: his hand. His plans for you are for good. Him 244 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 2: being for you is more than the world being against you. 245 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: David's life was set on a new course by just 246 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: one person. When Samuel came to his house and anointed 247 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 2: him king. 248 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: His whole world changed. 249 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 2: And what's interesting is David didn't have to go after Samuel. 250 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 2: Samuel came after David. You don't have to go after 251 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: the blessing. Keep honoring God, and the blessing will come 252 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 2: to you. The phone call will come to you. The 253 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: compact center will come to you. The right person, the healing, 254 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 2: the promotion will find you. We spend too much time 255 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 2: trying to make things happen. Then we get frustrated because 256 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 2: it's taking so long. But you can't things happen out 257 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: of God's timing. You can't make people like you who 258 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 2: are not supposed to like you. You can't open a 259 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 2: door that God has closed. I tried to buy the 260 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 2: property to build the sanctuary. 261 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: I did my best. 262 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: I was nice to those two owners. I smiled my 263 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: biggest smile. I thanked them in advance for selling it 264 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 2: to us. No matter how charming I was or how 265 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 2: much money we offered, that door wasn't going to open. 266 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 2: Stay in peace, knowing that God will cause the right 267 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: people to find you. The right breaks will track you down, 268 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: The right opportunities will come knocking at your door. 269 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: When it's your time, Samuel will show up. 270 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 2: David's father tried to convince Samuel to anoint one of 271 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: his other seven sons. He thought David was too small, 272 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: too young, too inexperience. But no matter how hard he tried, 273 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 2: Samuel wouldn't do it. God was showing up. What has 274 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: your name on it won't go to anyone else. Quit 275 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: being upset because that coworker got the promotion that you 276 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: really wanted. If it was supposed to be yours, you 277 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 2: would have gotten it. 278 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: Or that friend married that man that you really liked. 279 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem fair. Now we're getting real. That doesn't 280 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: seem fair. 281 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 2: If you were supposed to marry him, then she wouldn't have. 282 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 2: That means that God has somebody better for you. 283 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: I've learned. You don't want what's not supposed to be yours. 284 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 2: There's no grace for it. One time I wanted a 285 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 2: business opportunity so badly I did everything I could to 286 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 2: make it happen. Sometimes God will close the door that 287 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: we can't open. But there are times if we're so 288 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: stubborn and it's not going to stop our destiny. 289 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: God will let us have it our way. 290 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: And we obtained this business, but it wasn't what I 291 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 2: thought was a constant headache, never really got off the ground, 292 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 2: drained our time in resources. Now my attitude is God, 293 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: if it doesn't have my name on it, I don't 294 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 2: want it. If it's not supposed to be yours, you're 295 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: not going to have a grace for it. 296 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: Don't try to beat the door down. 297 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 2: Be determined, pursue your dreams, but be smart enough to 298 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 2: realize what God wants to be. 299 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: Yours will come to you. It won't be a constant struggle. 300 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: Yes there'll be opposition. 301 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: Yes you'll have to work hard, you'll have to fight 302 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 2: the good fight of faith. But there will be a 303 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: grace that causes things to fall into place. The Psalmist said, 304 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: God will work out his plan for your life. 305 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: You don't have to work it out. You don't have 306 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: to struggle, live worried. 307 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 2: Try to fix every problem, straighten out every enemy, make 308 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 2: everything happen in your own strength. You can live from 309 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: a place of rest knowing that God is not only 310 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 2: fighting your battles, but He's lined up the breaks you need. 311 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: He has the right people that will help you. 312 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: He has solutions to problems that you can't see right now. 313 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 2: He's already figured out how to solve it. Don't waste 314 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 2: your time worrying. 315 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: He's on the throne. He can see things you can't see. 316 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: He's promised he. 317 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: Will work out his plan for your life. I received 318 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 2: a letter from a young lady that lives in Africa. 319 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 2: Her dream was to get her doctorate degree so she 320 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: could become a college professor. She'd finished her master's degree 321 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 2: and was preparing for the final exams to get into 322 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 2: the doctorate program when her landlord told her she had 323 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: to move out of the apartment where she was living. 324 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 2: He broke the lease in just a couple of days, 325 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: she had to leave that place and move into the dorm. 326 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: This all happened in the middle of final exams. Through 327 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: her often she couldn't study like she had hoped. She 328 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 2: ended up being turned down by the main university. 329 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: Where she wanted to attend. 330 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 2: She was not only disappointed in herself, she was angry 331 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 2: at the landlord for making her leave, especially at that 332 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 2: time she was about to meet with an attorney and take. 333 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: Legal action against him. She always watches our podcast. 334 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 2: My message that week happened to be called You Have 335 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 2: a Defender. I talked about how we all have unfair 336 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 2: things happen, but God wouldn't have allowed it if he 337 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: wasn't going. 338 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: To somehow use it for your good. 339 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 2: And how God can vindicate us better than we can 340 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 2: vindicate ourselves. 341 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: She knew that was God speaking to her. 342 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 2: She let it go After being turned down by sixteen universities. 343 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 2: She applied to a very prestigious university in Italy. 344 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: They really liked. 345 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 2: Her, but they had twelve people on the waiting list 346 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: in front of her. They told her, unfortunately, she wouldn't 347 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: be accepted. Two weeks later, they emailed back and said, 348 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: we've never done this before, but we've changed our mind 349 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: and opened up a. 350 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: Position just for you. 351 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: When she arrived, they informed her, out of hundreds of 352 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 2: doctorate students, she was one of the six chosen to 353 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 2: be in the Advanced Studies program. That meant she would 354 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 2: not only receive a full scholarship. 355 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: But she wouldn't have to live in the dorm. 356 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 2: She would have her own executive apartment in a beautiful 357 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 2: neighborhood close to the university. Her mind went back to 358 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: the man breaking the lease, making her leave her apartment. 359 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 2: How she thought that was setting her back, when in fact, 360 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 2: it was setting her up. God knows how to work 361 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: out his plan for your life. It may not seem 362 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 2: like it's going to happen, but you're just one good breakaway, 363 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 2: Just one university saying we've changed our mind, Just one 364 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 2: Samuel showing up, Just one phone call saying hey, the 365 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 2: Compact Center is available, you'll look I can say like her, Wow, God, 366 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: you've amazed me with your goodness. David said, I have 367 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: pitched my tent in the land of hope. 368 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: My question is where have you pitched your tent? Well, Joel, 369 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of disappointments. 370 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 2: I'll never get well. I can't accomplish my dreams. It's 371 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 2: been too long. The problem is not that God can't 372 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 2: do it. The problem is where you pitch your tent. 373 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 2: As long as you're thinking of all the reasons why 374 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 2: it's not going to happen, how impossible it is, that's 375 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: going to limit you. Why don't you do yourself a favor, 376 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: pull up your staks, pick up your tent. Move out 377 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 2: of the land of doubt, negativity, self pity. Move out 378 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 2: of the land of it can't happen. I'm too old, 379 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 2: I never get any good breaks. That's the wrong neighborhood. 380 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 2: Get out of that place and pitch your tent in 381 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 2: the land of With God, all things are possible. The 382 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 2: land of goodness and mercy are chasing me down, the 383 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 2: land of what was meant for my harm. God is 384 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: turning to my advantage. You are just one good break 385 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 2: away from God catapulting you to a new level. Just 386 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: one right person showing you favor would change the course 387 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: of your life. Just one touch of God's goodness and 388 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 2: you'll beat the cancer, you'll break the addiction, you'll see 389 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 2: your family restored. In Acts, chapter three, there was a 390 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,959 Speaker 2: man that had been crippled since birth. Every day his 391 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 2: family would carry him to the temple and set him. 392 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: Beside the gate so he could beg. He'd been doing 393 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:35,959 Speaker 1: this for years. 394 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 2: One day, Peter and John came walking by. The man 395 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 2: held out his cup wanting something. Peter said, I'm sorry, 396 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: we don't have any money for you, but in the 397 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: name of. 398 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: Jesus, rise and walk. Peter took him by the hand, 399 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: pulled the man up. Instantly, he was healed. 400 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 2: He was so excited he took off running through the temple, 401 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 2: thanking God. Here's my point. Man woke up that morning. 402 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 2: He thought it was just another ordinary day. He'd go 403 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: to the temple, sit by the gate and beg like 404 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 2: he'd done for years. He had no idea when he 405 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: went to bed that night he would be able to walk. 406 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 2: He didn't realize he was just one good break away 407 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 2: from having his whole life changed. Just one person ordained 408 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 2: by God to speak healing, and he would do something 409 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 2: he was told he could never do. You may have 410 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 2: some big obstacles in your path today, things that have 411 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: held you back for a long time. A sickness, an addiction, depression, loneliness. 412 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: Doesn't seem like it'll ever change. 413 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 2: You could get comfortable accept it. No, get ready, God 414 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 2: is about to surprise you. He's already spoken to the 415 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 2: right people. He's already lined up the healing, the freedom, 416 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 2: the promotion. 417 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: It's going to happen suddenly. You didn't see it coming. 418 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 2: You woke up one morning expecting more of the same. 419 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 2: You never dreamed when you went to bed that night 420 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 2: you would be healed, free, promoted, vindicated. The good news 421 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: is it could happen today. It could happen this week, 422 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 2: this month. 423 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: Your whole world. 424 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 2: Could change for the better. Now do your part. Pitch 425 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 2: your tent in the land of hope. Give God something 426 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 2: to work with that's not just being positive that your 427 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 2: faith being released. When the people saw this man up running, celebrating, 428 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 2: they looked at each other and said, isn't this the 429 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 2: guy that's been begging by the gate for the last 430 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: forty years? 431 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: They couldn't believe it. 432 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: The scripture says they were astonished. God has some things 433 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 2: in your future that are not only going to leave 434 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 2: you amazed, but people around you are going to be amazed. 435 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 2: You were not created to live in dysfunction, with addictions, 436 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 2: constantly struggling. That may be how it's been in the past, 437 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 2: but that's not how it's going to be in the future. 438 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 2: God's about to do a new thing. He's going to 439 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 2: break bondages that have held you back. He's going to 440 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 2: free you from those addictions. He's going to increase you 441 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 2: to where you have more than enough that sickness is 442 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 2: not permanent. 443 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: Healing is coming, Wholeness is. 444 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: On the way, Victory is in your future. I talked 445 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: to a young man that was on dialysis. 446 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: He was in his early thirties. 447 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 2: Three days a week, four or five hours a day, 448 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 2: he would have to go up to the clinic. My 449 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 2: father was on dialysis the end of his life, and 450 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 2: I took him up to the clinic a lot, and 451 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: you don't see many people in their thirties. My heart 452 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 2: went out to him because that's not an easy thing. 453 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 2: He told how he had had this problem since childhood. 454 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 2: He wasn't a candidate for a transplant, had a great attitude, 455 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 2: still went to work every day, and we prayed that 456 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: God would not only help him fulfill his destiny, but 457 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 2: that God God would make a way where we didn't 458 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: see away saw him a couple of years later, said Joel, 459 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 2: You'll never believe what happened. For years, doctors had told 460 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 2: him that he couldn't have a transplant, but this one 461 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 2: doctor took a special interest in him, studied his case, 462 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 2: said I can see why nobody wants to take the risk, 463 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 2: but this is what I specialize in. One night, at 464 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 2: one o'clock in the morning, he received a phone call 465 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 2: from the doctor saying, be at the hospital tomorrow morning 466 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 2: at six I have a kidney for him. The man 467 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 2: was beaming with joy. He said, Joel, I'm not on 468 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: dialysis anymore. 469 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: I have a new kidney. 470 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 2: One touch of God's favor and his whole world changed. 471 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 2: One doctor going out of his way to be good 472 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 2: to him. What you're facing may look like it's never 473 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 2: going to change. People have told you know the odds 474 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: are against you. Can I tell you you're just one 475 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 2: good breakaway, Just one touch of God's favor and Suddenly 476 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 2: you'll get well, Suddenly you'll get to kidney, Suddenly you'll 477 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 2: be free, Suddenly you'll be promoted. I'm asking you to 478 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: pitch your tent in the land of Hope, get up 479 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 2: every morning with expectancy, knowing that the Most High God 480 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: is working out his plan for your life. If you'll 481 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 2: do this, I believe and declare God is about to 482 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 2: surprise you. He's going to make things happen you didn't 483 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 2: see coming. Suddenly, healing, breakthroughs, the right people, the fullness 484 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 2: of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can. 485 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: You say amen? 486 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: Today I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 487 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 2: Jesus the. 488 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 489 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 490 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 2: into my heart. 491 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and savior. 492 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 493 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 494 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 2: and keep God for place. 495 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 3: Sometimes the difficulties of life can be so overwhelming you 496 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,479 Speaker 3: feel like you're stumbling around in the dark. Things are 497 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 3: so bad you would need a miracle to change your situation. 498 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 3: But as a miracle even possible. 499 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 2: We all face situations where we don't see a way out. 500 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged and give up on what 501 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 2: we're believing. For that's how we felt. In nineteen eighty one, 502 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 2: my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a 503 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 2: few weeks to live. Nothing could be done medically speaking, 504 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: but she chose to believe. 505 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: That God is a miracle worker. 506 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 2: Today, forty three years later, by the grace of God, 507 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: she's still healthy and strong. 508 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: I'm so grateful to be alive. I'm ninety years young. 509 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 2: I thank God every day that he still does miracles. 510 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: I'd love to send you by new book. It's called 511 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: Miracles Happen. 512 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 2: It's filled with powerful stories of miracles from the Scripture 513 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 2: and real life stories of people that have seen the 514 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: hand of God. It'll help build your faith so you 515 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 2: can believe what seems impossible. 516 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: God did it for my mother. Yes, He'll do it 517 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: for you. 518 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 519 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 3: of any amount to the ministry this month, Joel and Victoria, 520 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 3: we'd like to send you this powerful book, Miracles Happen. 521 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 3: Your journey to supernatural breakthrough. This new book details thirty 522 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 3: different miracles from the Word of God, and each one 523 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 3: comes with an encouragement and application to your own life. 524 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 3: God has miracles stored up for you, healing, freedom, favor, breakthroughs. 525 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 2: Miracles still happen today, and faith is what activates God's power. 526 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 2: When you believe all things are possible, that's when you'll 527 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 2: see the hand of God do supernatural things in your life. 528 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: Victory and I are standing in faith with you. We 529 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: pray for you every day. We appreciate your prayer and support. 530 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: Your generosity is impacting so many lives. Remember you can. 531 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 2: Watch the services live online every Sunday morning. Download our 532 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 2: daily pod podcast, watch on YouTube the new Joel Ostin Network. 533 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 2: Listen on Sirious XM until we meet again. May the 534 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 2: Lord bless. 535 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: You and keep you. 536 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of Miracles Happen your 537 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 3: journey to Supernatural breakthrough today. Visit Joelostein dot com or 538 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 3: call eight eight eight five six seven. 539 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: Joel