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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 38 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: you to joy to come into your homes. We love you, 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: and we know God has great things in store for 40 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: each one of you. 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 5: He rewards the. 42 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 3: People that seek after him. If you're ever in our area, 43 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 3: I hope you'll stop buying be a part of one 44 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: of our services. I promise you. These are the finest 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 3: people of all of Houston. Right here at Lakewood. We'll 46 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in, 47 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 3: thanks for coming out again. I like to start with 48 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 3: something funny each week. And I heard about this lady 49 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: that died, and she found herself standing at the pearly gates. 50 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 3: Saint Peter said, you can't come in yet. You have 51 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 3: to correctly spell a word. She said what word? He said, 52 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 3: any word? So she spelled the word love l ov 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: Peter said, welcome to Heaven. Then Peter asked if she 54 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: would take his place for a moment. He instructed her 55 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: to just follow the same procedure if anyone else should 56 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 3: come up. 57 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 4: Well. 58 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 5: In a few minutes, the lady sees. 59 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 3: Her ex husband walking up. She can't believe it. She says, 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 3: what are you doing here? He said, I just had 61 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: a heart attack. Did I really make it to heaven? 62 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: She said, not yet. You have to correctly spell a word. 63 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 5: He said what word? 64 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: There was a long pause, and she said, Czechoslovakia. 65 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 5: All right, hold up your bible. 66 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 67 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 68 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: I can do. Today, I will be taught the word 70 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 71 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. 72 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 5: bless you. 74 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about the God 75 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: of acceleration. One thing I've learned is God doesn't always 76 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: follow a natural timetable. You can be going along being 77 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: your best, living a life that honors Him, and all 78 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: of a sudden you come into favor to where your 79 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 3: thrust years ahead. 80 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 5: What should have taken you five. 81 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 3: Years you accomplish in less than a year. What took 82 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: your parents a lifetime to achieve, you achieve in a 83 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 3: fraction of the time. We are living in a day 84 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 3: where God is speeding things up. I want you to 85 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 3: get this down in your spirit. God is going to 86 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: take you further quicker than you've ever imagined in your career. 87 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: Maybe it should take you twenty years to work your 88 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: way up to the position you really want, or that 89 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 3: business should take twenty years to really build up and 90 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 3: make it successful. Now you need to get ready. The 91 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: God of acceleration is about to show up. He's going 92 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: to give you breaks that you didn't earn. He's going 93 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: to move people, so you can be promoted. He's going 94 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 3: to help your gifts and talents come out to the full. 95 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: It's not going to be business as usual. It's going 96 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 3: to be business as unusual. 97 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 5: You're going to look up and. 98 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: Say, how did I get to where I am so quickly? 99 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 3: Should have taken me twenty years and here I am 100 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 3: five years later. That's the God of the acceleration, speeding 101 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 3: things up, thrusting you years ahead. Maybe in your health, 102 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: you've been told that it's going to take five years 103 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 3: to recover from that illness, five years of therapy and 104 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: treatment and taking medicine. Now the good news is God 105 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 3: has another timeline, and he's saying I. 106 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 5: Made your body. 107 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 3: I know how to correct what's wrong, and if you'll 108 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 3: stay in faith, I can speed up the process. 109 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 5: You're going to get well quicker than you thought. 110 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 3: I talked to a gentleman last week that it had 111 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: a stroke a while back, and he was a young 112 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 3: man in his early fifties, and he had lost almost 113 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 3: total control of his left side. He couldn't move his 114 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: left arm and he had to drag this left leg, 115 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 3: and part of his face was paralyzed. And I asked 116 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,239 Speaker 3: him about his prognosis, and he told, through his slurred speech, 117 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 3: how the doctors had said it would probably take between 118 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 3: three and five years of going to therapy five days 119 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 3: a week for him to just regain partial control of 120 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: the left side. They clearly stated he would never be 121 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 3: able to lift this left arm like he had before. 122 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 3: I told him what I'm telling you. God can speed 123 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 3: things up. He's in control. Keep believing, keep hoping. I 124 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: saw him six months later. The first thing he did 125 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,119 Speaker 3: was lift his arm way up in the air. 126 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 5: He said, Joel, give me a high five. 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 3: I said, I thought you said it was gonna take 128 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 3: five years to do that. He said, that's what they 129 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 3: told me, But I did it in less than two months. 130 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 3: His therapist told him, I've been doing this for thirty 131 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 3: years and I've never seen anything like this. What is 132 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: that God accelerating things? God is doing it faster than 133 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: it's been done before. That's the day we're living in. 134 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: Some of you think that it's going to take years 135 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 3: to accomplish your dreams, and years to get out of debt, 136 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 3: and years to overcome that addiction. 137 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 5: No, you don't know what God is up to in 138 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 5: your future. 139 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: He has explosive bless blessings that will thrust you years ahead. 140 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 3: You may be facing a sickness, but your attitude should 141 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 3: be Father, I want to thank you that you're accelerating 142 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 3: my recovery. Thank you that I'm going to get well 143 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 3: quicker than I've been told. Maybe in your finances, when 144 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: you run all the numbers and the projections and the calculations, 145 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: you don't see how you could get out of debt 146 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: for one hundred and twenty two years. But don't ever 147 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 3: rule out the God of acceleration. 148 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 5: He has ways to promote you that don't fall into 149 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 5: your calculations. 150 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 3: Instead of going around thinking it is never gonna happen. 151 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: I'm so far behind, this is impossible. No our report 152 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: should be I know I serve the God of acceleration. 153 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 3: It may look like it's gonna take fifty years, but 154 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 3: I'm not moved by what I see. I'm moved by 155 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: what I know, and I know right now God is 156 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 3: speeding things up. He has increased and promotion come in 157 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 3: my way, and I'm expecting his favor to accelerate things 158 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 3: in my life. That's what happened to us when God 159 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: gave us this beautiful facility, the former Compact center. It 160 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: thrust our ministry probably fifty years down the road. The 161 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: respect and influence this gave us could have taken us 162 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: our whole lifetime to earn on our own, but one 163 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: touch of God's favor and it thrust us many years ahead. 164 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 3: My father went to be with the Lord eleven years 165 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 3: ago this week, and I was thinking about how just 166 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 3: eleven years ago I was working behind the scenes. I 167 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 3: had never ministered before. I didn't go to seminary, never 168 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 3: trained to do this. Most ministers start off in their 169 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 3: early twenties. By the time they're thirty five, the age 170 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 3: I was when my father went to be with the 171 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 3: Lord and I took over, they already have fifteen years experience. 172 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 3: But friends, God knows how to make up for lost time. 173 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 3: He knows how to speed things up. I went from 174 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 3: never ministering before to ministering to people all over the world. 175 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: I say this humbly and respectfully, but God has thrust 176 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: me far past the influence and the reach that my 177 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: father ever had. 178 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,119 Speaker 5: My father laid the foundation. 179 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: But here's where I've learned. God wants every generation to increase. 180 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: He wants you to accomplish what your parents did much 181 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 3: quicker and he is going to accelerate things in your 182 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: life to where you look up and say, like me, 183 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: how in the world did I get to where I am? 184 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 3: How did I end up being a minister that's seen 185 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 3: all over the world on television when a few years 186 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 3: ago I wouldn't even get up in front of the 187 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 3: church and make the announcements. 188 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 5: Friends, God's dream for your. 189 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 3: Life is much bigger than your own. There is potential 190 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: on the inside that you have not yet tapped into. 191 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 3: There are seeds of greatness that are not only going 192 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 3: to take root, but God God is going to accelerate 193 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 3: bringing them to pass. He's going to make up for 194 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 3: lost time. You may have been in the background for years, 195 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 3: working hard, or maybe you've been overlooked for promotion that 196 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: you deserved. Don't worry about it, don't get discouraged. God 197 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: is keeping the records, and when it's your time, He's 198 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 3: going to thrust you to the foreground. You're not going 199 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 3: to be sitting on the sidelines wishing you could do 200 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 3: something great. No, you'll be in the game. You'll be 201 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: making a mark that cannot be erased. God knows how 202 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 3: to make up for lost time. I think about the 203 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 3: first miracle Jesus ever performed. He turned water into wine. 204 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 3: He just attended a wedding. Afterwards. He was at this 205 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 3: big reception, a big celebration, and right in the middle, 206 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 3: they ran out of wine. Jesus' mother, Mary came up 207 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 3: and told him about the problem. Jesus said, Mom, why 208 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 3: are you telling me that I can't do anything about it? 209 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 3: My time has not yet come, I can imagine. Mary 210 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 3: just smiled, and she said, to the workers, do me 211 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 3: a favor. Whatever he asked you to do, just do it. 212 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 3: Mary knew what he was capable of. And there were 213 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: six stone water pots over to the side. They held 214 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: about thirty gallons each. Jesus said, to the workers, fill 215 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 3: those pots up with water. They filled them up, and 216 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 3: then he said, now dip out some of the water, 217 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: which was now wine, and take it to the host 218 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 3: of the party. When the host tasted it, he called 219 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 3: the groom over and. 220 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 5: Said, this is amazing. 221 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 3: Most people serve the best wine first, and then when 222 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 3: people have had a lot to drink and they don't 223 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 3: know any better, they'll bring out you know what I mean. 224 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 5: I don't I don't. 225 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 3: Drink, but anyway, then they'll bring out the less expensive wine. 226 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: But you've done just the opposite. You've saved the best 227 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 3: wine for last. 228 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 2: Now. 229 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 3: I was reading about how long it takes to make wine. 230 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 5: It's a very lengthy process. 231 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 3: It starts by, of course, planning the seed in the ground, 232 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: and the vines have to grow and produce grapes. The 233 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 3: grapes have to develop when they get mature, and just write, 234 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 3: they pick the grapes and eventually it's made into wine. 235 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 3: But the process from the time they plant the seed 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: to the time they have wine is typically three to 237 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 3: five years. 238 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 5: And that's just. 239 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 3: Average quality wine. But the better quality wine takes between 240 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 3: five and seven years to make. Not only that, to 241 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 3: increase the quality and make it more valuable. Sometimes they 242 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: will age the wine, put it up on a shelf 243 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 3: and leave it years and years. You've seen wine that's 244 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: twenty years old, wine that's thirty years old that would 245 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 3: be considered the best wine. Here's what I want you 246 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: to see. The first miracle Jesus ever performed. He took 247 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 3: what should have taken twenty years, and he did it 248 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 3: in a split second. What was normally a twenty year 249 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: process he did in a moment of time. You may think, 250 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 3: how can I ever get to where I'm so sused 251 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 3: to be, I am so far behind. No God can 252 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: take what should have taken you twenty years and get 253 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 3: you there in a split second. Maybe it should take 254 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 3: you years to get well, But just like Jesus sped 255 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 3: up the process of making wine, he can speed up 256 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: the process of you getting well. Maybe in the natural 257 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 3: it should take you twenty years to pay your house off. 258 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 3: You've run the calculations. That's according to the laws of economics. 259 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 3: But the good news is God is in the accelerating business. 260 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 3: He can give you one good break that'll thrust you 261 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 3: thirty years down the road. What happened He turned your 262 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 3: water into wine. He's sped up a natural process. This 263 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: is all a part of the Ephesians three twenty decade. 264 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: God is going to speed up natural laws and take 265 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 3: you further quicker than you've ever imagined. It's one thing 266 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 3: to go far and to accomplish a lot in eighty 267 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 3: or ninety years. That's great, that's commend But God wants 268 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: to take you further quicker. In other words, he wants 269 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 3: you to accomplish eighty years worth of goals in half 270 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 3: the time. 271 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 5: Or who knows a quarter. 272 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: Of the time. Maybe in the natural you can see 273 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 3: how one day you'll pay your house off twenty years 274 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: from now. You've got it all calculated. Or you can 275 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 3: see how one day you'll get that position that you 276 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: really want if you keep working hard. Ten years from now, 277 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 3: twenty years from now, your supervisor will retire, you'll have 278 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 3: the seniority. You've got it all figured out. It's good 279 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 3: to have goals and plans and vision. But what I 280 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 3: want you to see is God is accelerating things in 281 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 3: the coming days. He's going to turn your water into wine. 282 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 3: That promotion should have taken you five years, but you 283 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 3: need to get ready. God is spitting things up. That 284 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 3: business should take ten years to get off the ground, 285 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 3: But right now God is working behind the scenes. 286 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 5: You know what he's doing. 287 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 3: He's filling up your water pots. That problem you're dealing 288 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 3: with I could drag on for another twenty years, but 289 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 3: God is going to condense the time. It's going to 290 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 3: work out much quicker than you thought. I talked to 291 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 3: a lady several months ago. She was here in town 292 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 3: from another state. At the medical center. She had just 293 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 3: been approved to be on the list for a liver 294 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: transplant She was told it would take between three and 295 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 3: five years. 296 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 5: She didn't know she could make it that long. 297 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,479 Speaker 3: I encouraged her that God could heal her without the transplant, 298 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 3: or God could speed things up and cause it to 299 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: happen sooner. We prayed, and she went on her way. 300 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 3: A few weeks later, I saw her back in the 301 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 3: lobby again and she had a wristband from the hospital. 302 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 3: I thought maybe something was wrong. She smiled real big 303 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: and said, Joel, you are looking at a woman that 304 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 3: has a brand new liver. She got a call two 305 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 3: weeks from the hospital after she had been put on 306 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 3: that transplant list. It just so happened they had this 307 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: liver available and didn't work out for anybody else. They said, 308 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 3: if you can get here tonight, this is your liver. 309 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 3: She jumped on a plane and immediately went into surgery. 310 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 3: The good news is there were no complications. She said, Joel, 311 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 3: I feel better today than I felt since I was 312 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 3: a teenager. What happened. God turned her water into wine. 313 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: God took what should have taken five years and did 314 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: it in one month's time. 315 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 5: That's the day we're living in. 316 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: God is accelerating things. The apostle Paul said, they're in 317 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 3: Ephesians two seven. In the Ages to come, we would 318 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: see the surpassing greatness of God's favor. Paul wrote this 319 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 3: ages ago. The day we're living in is the ages 320 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 3: to come that he was talking about. Now, I don't 321 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 3: know about you, but I'm expecting acceleration. I'm expecting to 322 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 3: go further faster than I can in my own natural ability. 323 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 3: I'm expecting God to show himself strong on my behalf. 324 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 3: If you too will take the limit, it's off of God. 325 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 3: You will see God do amazing things. You look up 326 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 3: and say, how in the world did I get to 327 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: where I am. I'm not the most qualified, but I'm 328 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 3: running the company. I'm not the most talented, but they 329 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 3: all asked me for advice. Or I never went to seminary, 330 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 3: but I've got a pretty big church. Or it should 331 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 3: have taken me till I retired, but already paid. 332 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 5: My house off. 333 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 3: One touch of God's favor. 334 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 5: Can put you thirty years down the road. 335 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 3: One good break, one promotion, one inheritance, one divine connection. Well, 336 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 3: you say, Joel, you're just getting everybody's hopes up. I 337 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 3: don't believe God's going to accelerate things in my life. 338 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 3: I don't believe this is going to happen for me, 339 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 3: then this is not for you. 340 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 5: This is for believers. 341 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 3: This is for people, people who will rise up and say, yes, Lord, 342 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 3: I know you're the god of acceleration. And if you 343 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 3: did it for the wedding party years ago, if you 344 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 3: took a twenty year process and did he did in 345 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 3: a split second, then I know you can accelerate things 346 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: in my life. 347 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 5: I know you can thrust me years and years ahead. 348 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 3: I have a friend that's thirty two years old, and 349 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 3: right after he got out of college, he went to 350 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 3: work at this huge corporation. I've known his parents and 351 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 3: family for many years. They're good people, they love the Lord, 352 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 3: but they've never risen any higher than they were thirty 353 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 3: years ago. He just stayed at the same level as 354 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 3: their parents and grandparents. And there's nothing wrong with that. 355 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 3: But I believe God wants every generation to increase. This 356 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 3: young man has a big vision for his life. His 357 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 3: dream was to one day be running a major corporation. 358 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 3: He started at the very bottom level at that company, 359 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 3: working in sales. He just kept giving it his best 360 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 3: day in and day out. After three years, he was 361 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 3: already in the top five percent of seals. They promoted 362 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 3: him to a manager. The next year, he got a 363 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 3: new account. It was the largest account in the company's history. 364 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 3: That one good break immediately made him, by far, the 365 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 3: top salesperson. At twenty eight years old, he was appointed 366 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 3: vice president. He covered all the Southwest. Things continued to 367 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 3: fall into place. His boss left and went to another company. 368 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: He got another promotion. The CEO of this huge corporation 369 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 3: was only fifty one years old, looked like he had 370 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 3: another twenty years in him. But one day, unexpectedly, he 371 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: went to the board and said, I'm going to resign 372 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 3: and I would like to nominate this young man as 373 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 3: my successor. They voted, and today, at thirty two years old, 374 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 3: he is the youngest CEO in that corporation's history. 375 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 5: He is running a major company. 376 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 3: They have thousands and thousands of employees. Friends, that's God 377 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 3: accelerating things. In the old days that could have taken 378 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 3: a lifetime. But in the day we're living in, God 379 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 3: is turning water into wine. He could have taken a 380 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 3: lifetime to achieve. But if you will believe, if you 381 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 3: will put your trust in him, if you'll live your 382 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 3: life that honors God. Then, like this young man, God 383 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 3: will give you good breaks. He'll open the right doors, 384 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 3: He'll move people out of the way. He'll cause you 385 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: to stand out in the crowd. He'll let his face 386 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 3: shine down on you, and you will accomplish goals in 387 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 3: a fraction of the time. This is what happened to 388 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: David as a teenager. God put a big dream in 389 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 3: his heart. He knew one day he was going to 390 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 3: do great things. But year after year went by and 391 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 3: he didn't see anything happening. He was stuck out in 392 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 3: the lonely shepherd's fields, taking care of his father's sheep. 393 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 3: Nobody knew him, he didn't have any influence, nobody paid 394 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 3: him much attention. Now, I'm sure he felt like he 395 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 3: was falling behind, like he would never get to where 396 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 3: God wanted him to be. One day, David went out 397 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 3: and faced Goliath. He didn't have any military training. All 398 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 3: the odds were again him, but he knew the most 399 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 3: high God was with him. And when David defeated Goliath 400 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 3: in a split second, he became an instant national hero. 401 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 3: In a split second, he had this influence and credibility 402 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 3: that could have taken him his whole lifetime to earn 403 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: on his own. What happened, God turned his water into wine. 404 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 3: One touch of God's favor thrust him many many years ahead. 405 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 3: What's interesting is God used an obstacle to promote David. 406 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 3: When you face giants in your own life, disappointments, setbacks, 407 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 3: things don't work out, don't get discouraged. That adversity could 408 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 3: be the very thing God's going to use to promote you. 409 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 5: That could be where. 410 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 3: You see God's speed up the time and you accomplish 411 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 3: something that should have taken you your whole lifetime. And 412 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 3: like David, you may feel like that you've fallen behind. 413 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 3: You're not where you'd hope to be in life, and 414 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 3: you've got big dreams in your heart, but you haven't 415 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 3: had any good breaks. Doors have closed, you haven't seen 416 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 3: things work out. It's easy to get discouraged. But let 417 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 3: me challenge you. If you will just keep being your 418 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 3: best day in and day out, if you will live 419 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 3: a life that honors God, God will not only make 420 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 3: up for lost time, but he will thrust you further. 421 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 5: He will do more than you can even ask or think. 422 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 3: Years ago, a friend of mine wanted to buy some 423 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 3: property to build a school on He had a few acres, 424 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 3: but he needed more, and right behind him there were 425 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 3: ten acres directly connected to his property. He had paid 426 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 3: four thousand dollars an acre for his land, and when 427 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 3: he inquired about the ten acres behind him, they said 428 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 3: they wanted twenty five thousand dollars an acre, more than 429 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 3: five times what he had paid. He prayed about it, 430 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: but he just didn't feel good. He didn't think those 431 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 3: ten acres were worth a quarter of a million dollars, 432 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 3: so he passed. He said no, thanks. Down deep, he 433 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 3: was very disappointed. He knew he was supposed to to 434 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 3: build this school. That was the dream God put in 435 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 3: his heart. The year went by and he didn't see 436 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 3: anything happening. Another year and three years, four years. 437 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 5: He felt like he was falling way behind. 438 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: The good news is God has not forgotten how to 439 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 3: turn water into wine. God knows how to take a 440 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 3: twenty year process and cause it to happen in a 441 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 3: split second. One day, out of the blue, this government 442 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 3: official came by his office unannounced, never even invited him, 443 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 3: and he said, we've got one hundred and twenty acres 444 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 3: right out in front of your property. It all has 445 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 3: street frontage. It's been foreclosed on five times. We've sold 446 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 3: it and had to take it back again and again. 447 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 3: But he said, I've been authorized to sell you this property. 448 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 3: If you're interested in it, just make us an offer 449 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 3: and we'll see if we can't work something out. It 450 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 3: just so happened that that one hundred and twenty acres 451 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 3: had nine buildings on it that he could easily use 452 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 3: for a school. Right then and there, he offered the 453 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 3: man two hundred thousand dollars. The man shook his hand 454 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,239 Speaker 3: and said, you've got a deal. He got all one 455 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 3: hundred and twenty acres with nine buildings, much better property, 456 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,719 Speaker 3: for less money than they wanted for the ten acres 457 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 3: behind him. That one good break thrust him years ahead. 458 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 3: Now he not only has a beautiful campus, but he 459 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 3: has enough property for the next generation to expand. What 460 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 3: happened God turned his water into wine. God took what 461 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 3: should have taken him fifty years and gave it to 462 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 3: him in a split second. 463 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 5: Some of you today, you've been through. 464 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 3: Setbacks, something didn't work out. It's taken longer than you'd hoped. 465 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 3: You need to get ready. God is about to make 466 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 3: up for lost time. 467 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 5: Right now he's filling. 468 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 3: Up your water pots. You may not see how you 469 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: could ever get to where you want to be, but 470 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: don't ever rule out the God of acceleration. He can 471 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 3: give you one good break that will put you thirty 472 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 3: years down the road. One touch of God's favor, and 473 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 3: you'll go from thinking that it's never going to happen 474 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 3: to saying, Wow, God, you've amazed me with your goodness. 475 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: You've done more than I can even ask or think. 476 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 3: One time in the Old Testament, David and his men 477 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 3: were out protecting the borders of Israel. While there were away, 478 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 3: some bandits came into their hometown, attacked the city, burned 479 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 3: it down, stole all their possessions, and kidnapped their wives 480 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 3: and children. It was the greatest defeat that David had 481 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 3: ever suffered. When he and his men came back and 482 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 3: saw the city in ruins and realized that their families 483 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 3: were gone, they wept until they could not weep anymore. 484 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 3: David thought it was over. He didn't think he'd ever 485 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 3: get to where God wanted him to be. You've heard 486 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 3: that saying, when you're down to nothing, God is up 487 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 3: to something. It looked like a permanent setback. But the 488 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 3: fact is God was in complete control. God was getting 489 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 3: the water pots out. God was about to make up 490 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 3: for lost time. David and his men shook off that discouragement. 491 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 3: They went out and attacked the enemy, and the scripture 492 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 3: says they recovered everything that had been stolen. They got 493 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 3: their wives and children back, they got their possessions back. 494 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: Not only that, on that same day, King Saul was 495 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 3: killed in another battle and David was appointed king. 496 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 5: This all happened just. 497 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 3: Three days after his greatest defeat, just three days from 498 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 3: his darkest hour. 499 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 5: David not only saw God. 500 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 3: Help him overcome an obstacle, but God promoted him and 501 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 3: put him on the throne of Israel. What am I saying, 502 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: in your darkest moment, you could be just seventy two 503 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: hours from your greatest victory. Sometimes we think it's gonna 504 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,959 Speaker 3: take me years and years to get out of this problem. 505 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 5: This is a major challenge. I don't see, y'a it 506 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 5: could ever work out. 507 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 3: No, God still knows how to turn water into wine. 508 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: God can accelerate you victory. You don't know, like David, 509 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 3: it could be just seventy two hours before your situation 510 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 3: turns around. 511 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 5: It could be just seventy two. 512 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 3: Hours before you get the break you need, could be 513 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 3: just another three days before that problem is totally resolved. 514 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 3: Like David, God is not going to just bring you out. 515 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,239 Speaker 3: He's going to bring you out promoted. He's gonna use 516 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 3: that adversity to thrust you years ahead. Now, I want 517 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: you to get these two words down in your spirit 518 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 3: further quicker. God is speeding things up. You're going to 519 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 3: see acceleration in your life. It's not going to take 520 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: you your lifetime to accomplish your dreams. God is breathing 521 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 3: in your direction. It's going to happen in a fraction 522 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: of the time. It's not going to take you thirty 523 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 3: years to pay off your house. Supernatural increase is coming 524 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 3: your way. It's gonna happen quicker than you think. 525 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 5: It's not gonna take you. 526 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 3: Ten years to get out of that problem, ten years 527 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 3: to overcome that addiction, ten years to get out of debt. No, 528 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 3: God is going to cause things to fall into place 529 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 3: to where it happens suddenly, much faster than you thought. 530 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: You may be facing today the greatest challenge that you've 531 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 3: ever faced, or maybe you just went through the greatest 532 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 3: setback in your whole life to remember, just like David, 533 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 3: you could be just seventy two hours away from your 534 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 3: greatest victory. 535 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 5: Friends, we are living in the day that Paul talked. 536 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 3: About, where we're going to see the surpassing greatness of 537 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 3: God's favor. This is the day when God is speeding 538 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 3: things up. Now, I'm asking you to make room for acceleration. 539 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 3: Get up every morning, say Father, I want to thank 540 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 3: you that you're accelerating things in my life. Thank you 541 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 3: that you're turning my water into wine. If you do that, 542 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 3: you will see God do amazing things. You will not 543 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 3: only accomplish every dream and overcome every obstacle, but it 544 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 3: will happen quicker than you think, in a fraction of 545 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 3: the time to where you think, how in the world 546 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 3: did I get to where I am so quickly? Here's 547 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 3: how it was the God of acceleration. Amen. 548 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 5: Do you believe it today? Do you receive it? 549 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 550 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 551 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I 552 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. 553 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 554 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 3: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 555 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 3: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 556 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 3: Keep God first place. 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