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Thanks for listening to our 42 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 43 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 44 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 45 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and I pray for God's very best 46 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 3: in your line. God bless you. It's great to have 47 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 3: you with us today, and if you're ever in our area, 48 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: please stop buying be a part of one of our services. 49 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 3: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas 50 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 3: right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you now. 51 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 52 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 3: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 53 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 3: follow us on social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 54 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: But thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out 55 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 3: in person. I'd like to start with something funny, and 56 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: I heard about this groom during the wedding rehearsal. He 57 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 3: said to the minister, I'll make a deal with you. 58 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 3: If you'll leave out all that honor, obey and love stuff, 59 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 3: I'll give you one hundred dollars. He slipped one hundred 60 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: dollar bill into the minister's hand walked away with a smile. 61 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said to him, 62 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 3: do you promise to bow down before your wife and 63 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: take her breakfast in bed full her every desire? He 64 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 3: gulped in astonishment, said in a weak voice, I do. 65 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: He then whispered in the minister's ear. I thought we 66 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 3: had a deal. The minister handed him his money back 67 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 3: and said, your wife made me a much better offer. 68 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 69 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 70 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 71 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 72 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 73 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 74 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 75 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 3: about beautiful in its time. Solomon was the wisest man 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: that ever lived. He wrote in the Book of Ecclesiastes, 77 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 3: there is a time for joy and a time for sadness, 78 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: a time to harvest and the time to plant, a 79 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: time to be born, and the time to die. He 80 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: was saying, life is going to happen to us, all 81 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 3: going to be different, seasons, ups and downs, victories and losses, 82 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 3: good friends and betrayals, promotions and setbacks. If he had 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 3: to stopped there, we'd think, tell me something new. We 84 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 3: know all that. That's kind of depressing. But after listing 85 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 3: all the things that can happen, the disappointments, the loss, 86 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 3: the bad breaks, he said in verse ten, I've thought 87 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 3: about this and come to the conclusion. God makes all 88 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: things beautiful in its time. He was saying, you're going 89 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 3: to go through things that are not fair, people that 90 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: do you wrong, set back in your health, a child 91 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: that's off course. It's easy to live discouraged, think that 92 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 3: it's never going to work out. But if you'll just 93 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 3: stay in faith and keep moving forward in time, God 94 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 3: will make all things beautiful. May not be beautiful right now. 95 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: Nothing beautiful about going through a loss or dealing with 96 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: an illness, a family member that won't speak to you. 97 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: Just give it some time. You don't have to live 98 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 3: worried you can't sleep at night. God is working behind 99 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: the scenes. He's going to resolve things that looked like 100 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 3: they could never resolve. What you thought was going to 101 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: limit you the rest of your life. The bad break, 102 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: the disappointment, the mistake you made that is not how 103 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 3: your story ends. Beauty is coming, Restoration is coming, healing 104 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 3: is coming. It's going to turn out better than you've imagined. 105 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 3: God will make all things beautiful. Not just the good breaks, 106 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 3: not just the promotions, the divine connections, that's obvious. But 107 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: he'll make the disappointments, the loss, the mistakes. That's how 108 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 3: awesome our God is. Don't give up on your dreams. 109 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 3: Don't live sour because of what didn't work out, bitter 110 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 3: over the person that walked away, or upset over the 111 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 3: contract that should have been yours. Let it go. God 112 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 3: saw what happened. He has beauty for the ashes, He 113 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 3: has je for the morning. He said he would pay 114 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 3: you back double for the wrongs. He just needs some 115 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: time now while you're waiting, Stay in faith. That's when 116 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: it's easy to get discouraged. Why is this happening? When 117 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 3: is it ever going to turn around? This is not fair. 118 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 3: Past the test, keep doing the right thing, keep going 119 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 3: to work with a good attitude, Keep praising when you 120 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 3: could be complaining. Keep speaking victory in the face of defeat. 121 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 3: God is still on the throne. He has you in 122 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: the palm of his hand. At the right time, you're 123 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: going to see him show out in your life in 124 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: such a way that you don't think about what you've lost. 125 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 3: You're so blessed you don't think about who did you wrong. 126 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: You're so fulfilled you don't dwell on the negative things 127 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: in your past. Maybe you didn't have a good childhood, 128 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 3: you grew up in dysfunction. You could accept that you're 129 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: at a disadvantage. You can't do anything great. That didn't 130 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: stop your destiny. You keep honoring God, and he's going 131 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: to make up for what you didn't get. He's going 132 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: to open doors that you couldn't open. He's going to 133 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 3: have the right people come to you to push you 134 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 3: into your purpose. It was unfair, but God saw it. 135 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 3: He knows who left you out, He knows the times 136 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 3: you didn't think you could go on. He's promised he's 137 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: going to make it beautiful. He's going to do something 138 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 3: awesome in your life. Perhaps you went through a breakup, 139 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 3: a divorce, your hurting, your lonely. God is not finished. 140 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 3: He's not going to leave you depressed, heartbroken. He has 141 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: someone amazing coming where you're going to be happier and 142 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: more fulfilled than you've ever been. Don't judge the rest 143 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 3: of your life by one difficult season. You may be 144 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 3: in a time of struggle, a time of loss, time 145 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 3: where things aren't fair. Thoughts will tell you it's never 146 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 3: going to change. This is your lot in life. Just 147 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 3: accept it. Don't believe those lies us. He will make 148 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 3: all things beautiful. Now here's the key. Just give it 149 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 3: some time. The scripture says the Israelites did not wait 150 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: for God's plan to unfold. They missed the promised land 151 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: because they got impatient, complained, thought God had forgotten about them. 152 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 3: The mistake we make often is we get in a hurry. 153 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 3: We don't think it's going to happen. Voices whisper. If 154 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 3: it was going to happen, Come on, man, it would 155 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 3: have happened by now. Trust the process. All things in 156 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 3: its time will be beautiful. Give God time to work 157 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 3: it out. If it hasn't happened yet, then it hasn't 158 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 3: been the right time. When God is ready, all the 159 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 3: forces of darkness cannot stop him. When it's your time 160 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: to see beauty, promotion, vindication, it will happen. People, don't 161 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 3: determine your destiny. Bad breaks didn't cancel what God has 162 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 3: ordained for you. Disappointments or even mistakes you've made. God 163 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 3: has taking that all into account. How we wait is important. 164 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 3: If we wait upset discourage God. Why did these people 165 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 3: do me wrong? That's going to delay the beauty. The 166 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 3: right way to wait is in an attitude of faith, 167 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: knowing that God is on the throne, knowing that He's 168 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 3: working all things for your good, expecting his favor, declaring 169 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 3: his promises. This difficulty didn't come to stay, it came 170 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 3: to pass. God being for me is more than the 171 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 3: world being against me. While you're waiting, be good to others. 172 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: Be a blessing to your friends, Encourage your coworkers. You're 173 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 3: waiting for your child to get back on course. Go 174 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 3: help another young person get back on course. You're waiting 175 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 3: for that promotion. Help someone else rise higher. You're waiting 176 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 3: for healing. Pray for someone else that needs healing. See, 177 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 3: when we've been through loss, hurts, disappointments, it's easy to 178 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 3: sit around nursing our wounds, thinking about what we've been through, 179 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 3: how unfair it was. Do yourself a favor, get your 180 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: mind off yourself, and go out and be a blessing. 181 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 3: As you help others, God is going to help you. 182 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 3: The scripture says everything serves his plan. Not just the 183 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 3: good breaks, the promotions, but the disappointments are serving his plan. 184 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 3: The closed doors, the people that did you wrong. Without 185 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 3: that happening, you couldn't reach your destiny. You have to 186 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 3: trust the process. God's ways are not our ways. We 187 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 3: see the bad breaks as negative the person that left 188 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 3: us out. But the truth is all that is necessary 189 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 3: to become who you were created to be. Friend of 190 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 3: mine started a new business. He and his wife worked tirelessly, 191 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 3: year after year, pouring their heart and soul into it. 192 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: I would call him some evenings and he would be 193 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 3: out meeting with clients several nights a week, and they 194 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 3: saw some success. It was profitable, but then they had 195 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 3: a limit. Couldn't seem to get pasted it. At one point, 196 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 3: the place that he leased face from closed the parking 197 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 3: lot to build a big parking garage. Now his customers 198 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: had to park off site and take a shuttle. Seemed 199 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 3: like the harder he worked, the worse it got. His 200 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: dream was to give the company to his children, to 201 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 3: leave a legacy of success. But after thirty years, they 202 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: had to close the doors. He was so disappointed. He 203 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 3: told me that he felt like a failure. He was embarrassed, ashamed, hurt. 204 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 3: He thought, God, how could you let this happen to me? 205 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: I gave it my best and I have nothing to 206 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 3: show for all these years of hard work. For several years, 207 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: he was not himself. He used to be so positive 208 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 3: and full of faith, but when I'd call, he didn't 209 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 3: have any passion. He had lost his fire. And we 210 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 3: all go through things that don't make sense. But God 211 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 3: wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to serve 212 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 3: his plan. And this is when you have to dig 213 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: down deep and say, God, I don't understand this, but 214 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 3: I trust you. I believe you're still ordering my steps, 215 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 3: that you still have good things in store for me. 216 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 3: One day, a door unexpectedly opened for my friend, a 217 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 3: position where he could use his gifts in a much 218 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 3: greater way. He was so excited. He said, I feel 219 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 3: like the thirty years I put into my former business 220 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 3: was not lost, but it was to prepare me for 221 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 3: what I'm doing now. He calls his new job the 222 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: position of a lifetime. The amount of people he used 223 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 3: to impact in a year he now does in one day. 224 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 3: God knows how to make all things beautiful if you'll 225 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 3: just give him the time. Some of the things that 226 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: you're disappointed about, you don't understand. It wasn't fair. Just 227 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 3: keep moving forward, God, is not going to waste anything 228 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 3: you went through. It feels like a setback. Really, it's 229 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 3: a setup. You're about to come out to new levels, 230 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 3: about to go places that you've never gone, see favor 231 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 3: that you've never seen. Qulit believe in those lies that 232 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 3: you've had too many bad breaks. God must have forgotten 233 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 3: about you. You have a good reason to live sour. 234 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 3: Look at what you've been through, that was all setting 235 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 3: you up for something you've never imagined. I believe even 236 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 3: now you're about to step into some of this beauty. 237 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 3: Things that were meant to harm you, struggles that have 238 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 3: tried to discourage you, people that did you wrong, bad 239 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 3: breaks that should have limited your life. This is a 240 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 3: new day. God is doing a new thing. You're about 241 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 3: to see vindication, restoration, new opportunities, divine connections. The tide 242 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 3: is turning in your favor. What was meant for your harm, 243 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: God is turning to your advantage. There's a couple that 244 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 3: have a son. He was raised here at Lakewood, very faithful, 245 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 3: but when he went off to college, he started running 246 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 3: with the wrong crowd and partying, making poor decisions. One 247 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 3: thing led to another. He ended up with the drug addiction, 248 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 3: His parents tried to help him, but he wouldn't have 249 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 3: anything to do with him. He got to the point 250 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 3: where he wouldn't speak to them or have any kind 251 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 3: of contact. It was breaking their hearts. They would come 252 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 3: down for prayer week after week and they couldn't understand it. 253 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 3: They had done the right thing, and now the wrong 254 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 3: thing happened. They could have been bitter, complaining God, where 255 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 3: were you? But they just kept doing the right thing, 256 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 3: being faithful, serving, giving, helping others. The scripture says that 257 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 3: God is the potter and we are the clay. There's 258 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 3: nothing really beautiful about the clay. It's just a lump 259 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 3: of hard dirt, some rocks in it, no form. But 260 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 3: the potter puts the clay on the wheel and begins 261 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 3: to spin it around and around. While it's spinning, the 262 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 3: clay is still wobbly, still has lumps, still doesn't look 263 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 3: like much. But the potter never takes his hands off 264 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 3: the clay. He keeps making it and molding it until 265 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 3: it begins to take shape. If someone came up to 266 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: the potter and saw the clay going around, they would think, 267 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 3: you're wasting your time. That's just a bunch of clay 268 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 3: that's never going to mount to much. The Potter would say, 269 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 3: just give me some time. You see clay, but I 270 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 3: see something beautiful. You see a bunch of dirt, but 271 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 3: I see a valuable vase. This young man was off course, 272 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: making poor decisions. But God is the potter. He never 273 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 3: takes his hands off the clay, even though it's wobbly, 274 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 3: even though it has lumps, even though it falls down 275 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 3: and he has to reshape it, he keeps working. All 276 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 3: those times you thought that God had forgotten about you, 277 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: the truth is God still had his hands on you 278 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: when you weren't making good decisions, when you were running 279 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: with the wrong crowd, giving into the temptation. The Potter 280 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 3: didn't throw you out because your claim, because he found 281 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: some lumps, you have faults and weaknesses. His hands have 282 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 3: always been on you. And the good news is he's 283 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 3: never going to take his hands off of you. The 284 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 3: scripture says his calling on your life is irrevocable. He's 285 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 3: going to keep making you and moolding you in the 286 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 3: same way the Potter's hands are on your children. They 287 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: may get off course, but the Potter doesn't give up 288 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 3: on the claim. He just spins it around a little 289 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 3: bit more. These parents understood what Solomon said, that there's 290 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 3: a time for weeping, a time for loss, a time 291 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 3: for disappointment, but that is not the end of the story. 292 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 3: God also said he will make all things beautiful in 293 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 3: its time. There's a time for restoration, a time for healing, 294 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 3: a time for deliverance, a time for celebration. Their attitude was, God, 295 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 3: we don't understand it, but we trust you. We know 296 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 3: that you're in control, that you won't take your hands 297 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 3: off of our son, that you will keep making him 298 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 3: and molding him. After thirteen years of barely speaking to them, 299 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 3: one day he called and said he wanted to come home, 300 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 3: and he wanted to make things right. He got back 301 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 3: in church, he went to treatment. He's been free for 302 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 3: six years now. Today he's helping other young people get free. 303 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 3: If you will stay in faith and give God the time, 304 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 3: he'll make all things beautiful. Like this couple. You may 305 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 3: have relationships that are strained, family members that won't have 306 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,719 Speaker 3: anything to do with you. You think it's always going 307 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 3: to be that way, and you're about to write them off. No, 308 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 3: keep loving them, keep being good to them, keep praying, 309 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 3: keep forgiving, stay on the high road. God sees what's happening. 310 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 3: He knows how to restore, He knows how to change 311 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 3: people's hearts. His hands are still on them. They may 312 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 3: need to go around the wheel a few more times. 313 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 3: The timing is not up to us. It's up to God. 314 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 3: Will you wait for his plan to unfold? Will you 315 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: not get discouraged? When is it gonna happen? Why isn't 316 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 3: it improving? It just needs some time. When you understand 317 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 3: this principle, it takes the pressure off. You won't live 318 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 3: frustrated wondering how it's going to work out. You'll say, God, 319 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 3: everything's not perfect in my life. I'm waiting for things 320 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 3: to change, but I'm going to enjoy today knowing that 321 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 3: you're on the throne, and at the right time, you're 322 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 3: going to make all things beautiful in my life. In 323 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: Exodus fifteen, Moses was leading the Israelites to the Promised Land, 324 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 3: and they were in the desert. It was so hot 325 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 3: and thirsty. They didn't think they were going to make it. 326 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 3: They desperately needed water. They finally came to this river. 327 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 3: They were so excited they rushed over to it, but 328 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 3: the water was bitter. They couldn't drink think it. Their 329 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 3: excitement turned to great disappointment. God told Moses to put 330 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 3: a certain kind of tree in the water. When he did, 331 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 3: the bitter waters became sweet. Now the people could drink 332 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: all the water that they wanted. God knows how to 333 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 3: take a bitter situation and make it sweet. A bitter loss, 334 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 3: a bitter breakup, a bitter childhood. It looks like that's 335 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 3: your destiny. Just learned to live with it in the natural, 336 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: that's true, but God is supernatural. That water should be bitter, 337 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 3: But when God touches it, the bitterness will turn sweet. 338 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 3: The relationship will be restored, the child will come home, 339 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 3: the dream will come to pass. The scripture says after 340 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 3: the Israelites left Mara, where the water was bitter, they 341 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 3: came to Elam, where there were twelve springs and seventy 342 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 3: palm trees. They came out of the bitterness into an oasis. 343 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 3: It was like a resort. I can imagine them thinking, 344 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 3: how did this play ever make it into the desert. 345 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 3: The principle is God is going to bring you out 346 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 3: of the bitter places of life, not just to where 347 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 3: you were, but to an oasis, to an abundance, joy 348 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 3: health fulfillment like you've never seen. It's going to be 349 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 3: a time of refreshing, re energizing, enjoyment that you've never experienced. 350 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 3: When God makes all things beautiful, it's going to exceed 351 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 3: your expectations. Relationships healthier than ever, your children doing awesome things, 352 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 3: going further in your career, stepping into new levels of 353 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 3: your destiny. From bitter waters to sweetwaters, from the desert 354 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 3: to an oasis. That's how God restores, that's his idea 355 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: of beauty. In the scripture the Apostle, Paul chose Barnabas 356 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 3: and his cousin John Mark to travel with him. Paul 357 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 3: could have chosen anyone. He was very influential and very respected. 358 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: They went to different cities, ministering and where having great success. 359 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 3: But when Paul decided to sell to the city of Perga, 360 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 3: the scripture says that John Mark deserted him. Doesn't give 361 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 3: any reason. He just went back home to Jerusalem. Paul 362 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 3: was upset. He thought, at least you could tell me 363 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 3: you're gonna leave. After all, I chose you and took 364 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 3: you under my wing and shared my influence with you. 365 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 3: Now you're just gonna walk away. Later, Paul was about 366 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 3: to return to a city to check on how things 367 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 3: were going. Barnabas said, let's take John Mark with us. 368 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 3: Paul wasn't so forgiving. He said, in effect, no way, 369 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 3: he's not coming back on my team. After he deserted me, 370 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 3: I'm done with him. It was such a sharp disagreement 371 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 3: that Paul and Barnabas split up. They were so at 372 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 3: odds they no longer traveled together. Paul chose Silas, Barnabas 373 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 3: chose John Mark. They went their separate ways. You don't 374 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 3: hear much more about Barnabas and John Mark, but Paul inside, 375 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 3: they did great things, saw one miracle after another. When 376 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 3: they were in prison, at midnight, they sang praises and 377 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 3: the prison doors were open. When they were shipwrecked on 378 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 3: the island of malta poisonous snake bit Paul. He shook 379 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 3: it off, didn't harm him. He prayed, and all the 380 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 3: sick people on the island were healed. There are chapters 381 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 3: and chapters of how God used them. Paul went on 382 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 3: to write almost half of the books in the New Testament. 383 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: I can imagine John Mark thinking, man, I blew it. 384 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 3: Why didn't I stick with Paul. Why did I desert him? 385 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 3: At least I should have thanked him for choosing me, 386 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 3: told him that I wanted to go back home and 387 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 3: not just disappeared. It seemed like his own mistakes, his 388 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 3: own poor choices, had soured this relationship and limited his destiny. 389 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 3: And we can all look back like John Mark and think, man, 390 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 3: if I'd only stayed in that relationship, if I'd only 391 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 3: been more committed in my marriage, if i only spent 392 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 3: more time with my children, I only finish college, where 393 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: could I be now? But God has a way of 394 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 3: making all things beautiful, even mistakes that we've made, even 395 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 3: our own shortcomings, things that we know we should have 396 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: done better. John Mark was down on himself when he 397 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 3: heard how great Paul was doing, how he was impacting cities. 398 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 3: It was like pouring salt on the wound. He thought 399 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 3: that could have been me. Fast forward many years later, 400 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 3: Paul is now an old man. He's in prison and 401 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 3: about to pass. He's writing to Timothy and says, I 402 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 3: finished my course. I've run my race. He went on 403 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 3: to say, Timothy, when you come, bring the coat I 404 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 3: left at Troas, Bring my books and my papers, and 405 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 3: one more thing. Bring John Mark with you, for he 406 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 3: is very profitable to me. Of all the things he 407 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 3: could have asked for at the end of his life, 408 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 3: he asked for John Mark. I can imagine word getting 409 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 3: to him. You're not could have believed this. But Paul 410 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 3: is asking for you. He wants me to bring you. 411 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 3: John Martin says, don't kid me like that. You know 412 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 3: I blew it with Paul. No, I'm not kidding. Timothy 413 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 3: sent the message. Paul wants you to come. He says 414 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 3: that you are very valuable to him. I can see 415 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 3: tears welling up in his eyes. Paul wasn't so forgiving 416 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 3: early on. He didn't want to have anything to do 417 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 3: with John Mark. But God knows how to soften people's hearts. 418 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 3: He knows how to give you another chance. In his time, 419 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 3: he will make all things beautiful. You may have relationships 420 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 3: that you think are too far gone, too much water 421 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 3: under the bridge. You messed up. They're not going to 422 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 3: have anything to do with you. No, another chance is coming. 423 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 3: You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to 424 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 3: do something unusual, something out of the ordinary. John Mark 425 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 3: thought that he had missed his chance, that his bad 426 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 3: choices stopped his purpose. But here's how good God is. 427 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 3: He not only saw his relationship with Paul restored, but 428 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 3: most scholars believe that he wrote the Gospel of Mark. 429 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 3: Who would have ever thought that, after deserting Paul, after 430 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 3: causing a disagreement that caused Barnabas to break away, that 431 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 3: one day, many years later, we'd be reading the book 432 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 3: that he wrote. What am I saying? God knows how 433 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 3: to make all things beautiful? Just give it some time. Well, Joel, 434 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 3: this is encouraging, but I think it's too late for me. 435 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 3: You don't know what I've done, the relationships I've soured, 436 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 3: the regrets that I have. Your mistakes are not too 437 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 3: much for the mercy of God. Your shortcomings, your failures, 438 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 3: your lack of commitment did not stop your destiny. God 439 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 3: is softening hearts right now. He's preparing the way for restoration. 440 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 3: Timothy said, word, Go find John Mark. Tell them that 441 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 3: Paul says he's profitable, he's valuable, that he needs them. 442 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 3: God is calling your name today. Go find Linda, Go 443 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 3: find Philip, Go find Rolando. Tell them that they're valuable, 444 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 3: That I have another chance, that I'm going to restore 445 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 3: what was stolen. It's not too late. You haven't made 446 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 3: too many mistakes. Like John Mark. Your latter days are 447 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 3: going to be better than your former days. Mistakes you've 448 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 3: made in the past are not going to keep you 449 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 3: from the great things God has in store. Now. Maybe 450 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 3: you're not John Mark in this story, you're Paul. God 451 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 3: is saying, give them another chance, show mercy. It's time 452 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 3: to forgive. It's time to release the hurt. It's time 453 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 3: to bury that hatchet. This is a new day. As 454 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 3: you forgive, God is going to make things beautiful in 455 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 3: your life. You're not just doing them a favor, You're 456 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 3: doing yourself a favor. Make that call, Tell your child, 457 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 3: your parent, your friend that you need them, that they're 458 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 3: valuable to you. God didn't put them in your life 459 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: by accident. The mercy you show them is the mercy 460 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 3: that's going to be shown you. Life is flying by 461 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 3: time is short. They're not always going to be here. 462 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 3: Paul waited till he was almost done, but he couldn't 463 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 3: really say I have finished my course without saying go 464 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 3: get John Mark. He was saying, I'm not going to 465 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 3: die holding this against him, letting him think that I'm 466 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 3: disappointed in him, trying to keep him feeling guilty, condemned. 467 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 3: I'm bigger than that. I'm done holding on to things 468 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 3: that are holding me down. When John Mark came and 469 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 3: felt Paul's love and acceptance, gifts that had been buried 470 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 3: in him came alive. Vision that laid dormant came back 471 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 3: to life. He stepped up and wrote his book, saw 472 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 3: God's favor in new ways. I believe today God is 473 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 3: about to make some things beautiful in your life. Whether 474 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 3: you made the mistakes like John Mark, or if life 475 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 3: threw you some curves at no fault of your own 476 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 3: bad breaks, disappointments. God saw it. Your time is coming. 477 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 3: He didn't bring you this far to leave you things 478 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 3: that look like they'll never work out. In your health, 479 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 3: your relationships, your career. Just give it some time. God 480 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 3: is still on the throne. He's working behind the scenes. 481 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: Now do your part instead of living discourage all through 482 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 3: the day. Father, thank you that you're making all things 483 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 3: beautiful in my life. If you'll do this, I believe 484 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 3: and declare things are about to happen that you couldn't 485 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 3: make happen Like John Mark. You're going to see restoration. 486 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: You're going to accomplish dreams bigger than you thought. Healing 487 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 3: is coming, freedom is coming, Promotion breakthroughs, the fullness of 488 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 3: your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 489 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 3: can you say him in Today we'd like to give 490 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 3: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 491 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 492 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 493 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 494 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 495 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 3: to send you some information on your new walk with 496 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: the Lord. 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