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And if 43 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop buying and be 44 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. I promise you 45 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 5: we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks so 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 5: much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 47 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 5: out today. And I like to start with something funny. 48 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 5: And I heard about this pastor. He was asked to 49 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: inform a member of his congregation who had a heart 50 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: condition that he had just inherited ten million dollars. They 51 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 5: were concerned because of the shock that he might have 52 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 5: a heart attack. The pastor said, sir, what would you 53 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 5: do if you inherited ten million dollars? Men, said Pastor, 54 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 5: the first thing I do is give half of it 55 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 5: to the church. 56 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 4: At that point, the pastor fell over dead. 57 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 5: Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 59 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 5: I am. 60 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 61 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. 62 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 5: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 63 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 5: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 64 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God 65 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 66 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 5: an expected end. I was with a well known actor 67 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 5: a few years ago, and he not only stars in 68 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 5: major movies, he writes them. We walked into this room 69 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 5: that had a large glass wall overlooking his property. There 70 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 5: were all these five y seven index cards stuck up 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 5: on the wall, probably one hundred. 72 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 4: And fifty of them. 73 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 5: He explained how he was writing a movie, and those 74 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 5: were all the different scenes. He studies them, moves things around, 75 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 5: adds a scene here, takes away a scene there. He told, 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 5: to have a good movie, you need ups and downs, 77 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 5: conflicts and victories, good characters and bad twists and turns. 78 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 5: While it was very fascinating, it was very confusing. It 79 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 5: looked so complicated. I said to him, how do you 80 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 5: even know where to start. He said, all, that's the 81 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 5: easy part. You always start with your final scene. You 82 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 5: have to decide how you want the movie to end. 83 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 5: Once you establish the ending, then you work backwards and 84 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 5: fill in all the details, he said. 85 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: In fact, in a lot. 86 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 5: Of movies, you don't shoot insequential orders. Sometimes you shoot 87 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 5: the final scene first and then you shoot the rest 88 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 5: of the movie. This is what God has done for 89 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 5: each one of us. The scripture says, God declares the 90 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 5: end from the beginning. When God planned out your life, 91 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 5: he started with your final scene. 92 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 4: He started with where he wants you to end up. 93 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: Then he worked backwards Jeremiah said, God's plans for you 94 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 5: are for good and not harm, to give you an 95 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 5: expected end. Your end has already been established. Your final 96 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 5: scene has already been shot. 97 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 4: The good news. 98 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 5: You don't end in defeat, end in failure, end in disappointment. 99 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: You end in victory. 100 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 5: You end is more than a conquer You end fulfilling 101 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 5: your purpose. 102 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 4: When you understand your end has been established, you. 103 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 5: Won't go through life discourage because of a disappointment, bitter 104 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 5: because of a loss, frustrated because a dream hasn't come 105 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 5: to pass. You'll stay in peace knowing that in the 106 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 5: end it's all going to work out to your advantage. 107 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 108 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 5: Like any good movie, there will be twist in turns. 109 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 5: You think, I know I'm supposed to be going this way. 110 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 5: Why am I going the opposite direction? 111 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: My goal is over here? 112 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 5: Why am I headed the wrong way? There will be 113 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 5: scenes that on their own. 114 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 4: Don't make sense if you stop right there. 115 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 5: The divorce, the sickness, the loss would look like didn't 116 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 5: work for your good looks like it got the best 117 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 5: of you. 118 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 4: What you don't realize is. 119 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 5: That is not your final scene. As long as you're 120 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 5: breathing your movie is still going. You may be in 121 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 5: a difficult scene right now, something you don't understand, negative 122 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 5: medical report, set back in your finances. You have to 123 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 5: remind yourself that is not how your story ends. 124 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 4: You have an expected end. 125 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 5: The creator of the universe, the most High God, has 126 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 5: planned your days for good, not harm. If you'll keep 127 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 5: moving forward, at some point you'll come into another twist, 128 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 5: but this time a good break, a promotion, a healing. 129 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 5: God knows how to weave it all together. Your end 130 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 5: has already been established. We see this principle in the 131 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:59,239 Speaker 5: life of Joseph. God destined him to become a great leader, 132 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 5: to rule a nation, to help the Israelites during a 133 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 5: time of famine. 134 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 4: That was his end. 135 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 5: It had already been established. And Joseph started off well. 136 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 4: It's a young man. 137 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 5: He was his father's favorite child, went around wearing that 138 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 5: coat of many colors, the coat that represented favor. But 139 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: at seventeen years of age, Joseph's life had an unusual twist. 140 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 4: His brothers were jealous. 141 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 5: They sold him into slavery. He could have become discouraged 142 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 5: and thought, must not have heard God write, he showed 143 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: me a dream that I'd rule a nation, but it 144 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,239 Speaker 5: sure didn't happen. Now Joseph understood this principle. He knew 145 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 5: that was just one scene. He knew his end had 146 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: already been established, so he kept being his best. He 147 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 5: was lied about, falsely accused. They put him in prison, 148 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 5: another unusual twist. It looked like he was moving away 149 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 5: from his destiny. 150 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 4: This is the real test of life. 151 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: Will you stay in faith when you're doing the right 152 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 5: thing but the wrong thing is happening. Will you continue 153 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 5: being your best even when you're not getting the credit. 154 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 4: Will you stay passionate even. 155 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 5: Though the door closed, you didn't get the promotion, you 156 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 5: think you're moving the wrong way. This is where Joseph 157 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 5: excelled in prison. He didn't fall apart. He kept doing 158 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 5: the right thing. Thirteen years after he was sold into slavery, 159 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 5: he interpreted a dream for the pharaoh. Pharaoh was so 160 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 5: impressed that he brought him out of prison and put 161 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 5: him in charge of the whole nation. He saw his 162 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 5: dream come to pass, He saw the expected end. If 163 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 5: Joseph were standing here today, he would tell you don't 164 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 5: get discouraged by the detours, by the twist of life, 165 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 5: by the things you don't understand. They are all necessary 166 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 5: scenes in your By themselves, they may not make sense, 167 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 5: but when God brings it all together, you too will 168 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 5: come out fulfilling your purpose seeing what God has promised. 169 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 5: But this is where many people get frustrated lose their passion, Joel. 170 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 5: If God was good, why did I have the bad break? 171 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 5: Why did I go through the loss? Why didn't my 172 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 5: relationship make it? We may never understand why, but I 173 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 5: can tell you this. God wouldn't have allowed it if 174 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 5: it wasn't going to somehow work for your good. Nothing 175 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 5: that's happened to you can keep you from your destiny. 176 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 5: The only thing that can stop you is you. If 177 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 5: you get negative, bitter, lose your passion, that can keep 178 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 5: you from God's best. And you may have had unfair 179 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 5: things happen, but I've learned the depth of your pain 180 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 5: is an indication of the height of your future. 181 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 4: When construction workers are going to build a tall. 182 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 5: Building, they have to dig down many stories first for 183 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 5: the foundation. Taller the building, the deeper the foundation. When 184 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 5: you go through things that you don't understand, difficult situations, 185 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 5: you may not like it, it may be uncomfortable, but 186 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 5: God is getting you prepared to take you higher than 187 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 5: you ever imagine. You may think it's there to defeat you, 188 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 5: but God's going to use it. 189 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 4: To promote you. No bad break can stop you. 190 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 5: All the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. God 191 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 5: has an expected end for you. He's already established it. 192 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 5: But again along the way, everything is not going to 193 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 5: make sense. This is what faith is all about. You 194 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 5: have to trust that even in the twist of life, 195 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 5: in the things you don't understand, that God still knows 196 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: what he's doing. 197 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 4: That even when, like Joseph. 198 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 5: You know God promised you one thing, but you're seeing 199 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 5: just the opposite, defeat, betrayal. That's when you have to 200 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 5: dig your heels in and say, God, I don't understand it, 201 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 5: but I trust you. I believe your plans for me 202 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 5: are for good, that you've already shot my final sein, 203 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 5: You've already established my end. 204 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 4: So Lord, I want to thank you. 205 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 5: That I will fulfill my purpose, that I will become 206 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 5: everything You've created me to be. 207 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 4: I've heard it said God always ends in. 208 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 5: All is well, So if all is not well, that 209 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 5: simply means it's not the end. Well. 210 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 4: Joel is not well. 211 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 5: In my finances, I lost a big client. Last week, 212 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 5: I'm discouraged. No, stay in peace. 213 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 4: It's not the end. That's just one scene. 214 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 5: Favor is coming, promotion, good breaks are headed your way. 215 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 5: If it's not well in your health, don't settle there, 216 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 5: think well, this is the way it's always going to be. No, 217 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 5: another scene is coming. God promises the number of your 218 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 5: days he will fulfill. If it's not your time to go, 219 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 5: you're not going to go. Maybe it's not well in 220 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 5: a relationship, you went through a breakup, You lonely, You 221 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 5: don't think you'll ever meet the right person. That's not 222 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 5: the end, that one disappointment, that one person that left. 223 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 5: They can't change your ending. They can't rewrite your movie. 224 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 5: God has already established it. They don't have that much power. 225 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 5: God is already lined up the person of your dreams, 226 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 5: somebody better than. 227 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: You can imagine. 228 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 5: They're just a couple of scenes away, just a matter 229 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 5: of time before they show up. 230 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: Isaiah said, what God has purposed? Who can annall? 231 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 5: This means God has a purpose for your life. He's 232 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 5: planned out your days, lined up your scenes, and established 233 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 5: your ending. 234 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: Then it asked, who can stop it? 235 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: God is saying, I flung stars into space I spoke 236 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 5: worlds into existence. I'm the all powerful creator of the universe. Now, 237 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 5: who can stop my plan for your life? Who can 238 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 5: change your ending? People can't? Unfair situations can't, Tragedy can't. 239 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 4: God has the final say. 240 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 5: When you're on one of those detours, something that doesn't 241 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 5: make sense, you don't understand it, don't get upset. It's 242 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 5: just one scene when it all comes together. Like Joseph, 243 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 5: it's going to work for your good. 244 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 4: See. 245 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 5: If Joseph hadn't have been betrayed by his brothers, he 246 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 5: hadn't been sold into slavery, if he hadn't have been 247 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 5: put into prison, he would have never made it. 248 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 4: To his throne. 249 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 5: Those were all necessary scenes on the way to his 250 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 5: established end. What am I saying, what you may think 251 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 5: is a setback is really a set up for God 252 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 5: to get you to the fullness of your destiny. Now, 253 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 5: they'd either go through life fighting everything we don't like, upset, bitter, offended, 254 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 5: or we can stay in peace knowing that God is 255 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 5: directing our steps and even the twist the things we 256 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 5: don't understand, in the end, they will work to our advantage. 257 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: Sometimes when I'm traveling and not able to watch a 258 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 5: ball game at home, I'll record it. A few weeks back, 259 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 5: there was an important basketball game on that I missed, 260 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 5: and I sat down the next week to watch it, 261 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: and I already knew the outcome. I mean, I'd seen 262 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 5: all the highlights, read the news reports. The team I 263 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 5: was pulling for had won. But during the first quarter 264 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 5: we played really badly, could hardly make a shot, fell behind. 265 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 4: I didn't get the least bit worried. 266 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 5: I sat there, calmly, enjoying the game. The next quarter, 267 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 5: the star player got in foul trouble, had to sit 268 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 5: the bench. We fell further behind. I didn't get up tight, 269 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 5: came out. The second half started off just as badly, 270 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 5: couldn't do anything right. Normally I would have been on edge, uptight, anxious, 271 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 5: wondering what's going to happen. But since I knew the outcome, 272 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 5: it totally changed my perspective. In fact, the further behind 273 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 5: we fell, the more I thought, Wow, this is. 274 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 4: Going to be some kind of comeback. 275 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 5: I can't wait to see what's gonna happen. All the worry, 276 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 5: the anxiety was taken away because of the expected end. 277 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 4: I knew we had won. 278 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 5: There are times in life. When it looks like our opponents, 279 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 5: the depression, the sickness, the legal situation is getting. 280 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 4: The best of us. We're falling behind. 281 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 5: It's easy to get discouraged, Joel. I can't accomplish my dreams. 282 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 5: The odds are against me. I'll never get well. The 283 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 5: medical reports too bad. Just like this ballgame that was recorded. 284 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 5: You have to remind yourself that the end has already 285 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 5: been set. And when you feel like you're falling behind, 286 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 5: you're outclassed, outsized, out numb. Instead of being discouraged, had 287 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 5: this new perspective that means you're about to see a 288 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 5: major comeback. Any moment, things are gonna shift in your favor. 289 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 5: A good break, a promotion, a healing. God says he 290 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 5: always causes you to triumph. Not part of the time, 291 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 5: not most of the time. God's already lined up your 292 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 5: victory parade. He's already established you're ending Back. In the 293 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 5: nineteen seventies, a teenage girl in Iowa became pregnant with 294 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 5: the son. She was white, the father was black. Her 295 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 5: parents told her, you can't have this baby. It's a mistake. 296 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 5: It's never going to amount to anything. You're not only 297 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 5: going to ruin your life, You're going to ruin the 298 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 5: child's life. They gave her an ultimatum either abort the 299 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 5: baby or move out of the house. She wanted to 300 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 5: have her child, so she left home alone, headed for California, 301 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 5: no money, no future to speak of. She ended up 302 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 5: on drugs, struggling to survive. One day, at seventeen years old, 303 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 5: standing on a street corner, a lady came up and 304 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 5: handed her a bible, talked to her about having peace 305 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 5: with God. Right there, she gave her life to Christ. 306 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 5: She opened her Bible. The first word she saw was Israel. 307 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 5: She said, that's what I'm going to name my baby, Israel. 308 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 5: This little boy was born with all the odds against him. 309 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 5: He couldn't do anything great, he didn't have any kind 310 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 5: of future. But when God breathed his life into you, 311 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 5: he established your end. 312 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 4: First, he gave you a purpose, He set your assignment. 313 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 5: Then he put in you everything you need to fulfill 314 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 5: your destiny. He's given you the gifts, the talents, the confidence. 315 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 5: How you start is not important. Don't let what you 316 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 5: think is a limitation a disadvantage. 317 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 4: If I was a. 318 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 5: Different nationality, Joel, I come from the wrong side of 319 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 5: the neighborhood. There's dysfunction in my family. That's how you started. 320 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 4: That's not how you're going to finish. 321 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 5: The beginning does not determine your destiny. 322 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 4: That's just one scene. What matters is the expected end. 323 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 5: The creator of the universe has already destined you to 324 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 5: leave your mark on this generation. He's already put seeds 325 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 5: of greatness in you. God loves to take people who 326 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 5: start off with all the odds against them and shine 327 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 5: down his favor, promote them, give them good breaks to 328 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 5: where they rise up and do extraordinary things. 329 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 4: This is what happened with my father. He was raised 330 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 4: in a very poor family. They had no money, he 331 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 4: had no education, no future. 332 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 5: That's where he started, but that's not where he finished 333 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 5: his expected end. His final scene was pastoring a great church, 334 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 5: having a ministry that touched the world. Don't let how 335 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 5: you were raised, what you didn't get, what you think 336 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 5: is a disadvantage cause you to settle where you are. 337 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 5: The established end is not dependent on the beginning. This 338 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 5: young boy Israel could have grown up with a defeated mindset, 339 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 5: inferior chip on his shoulder, thinking why was I born 340 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 5: into this family? Why don't I have a dad? Why 341 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 5: my half white, half black? What can I become today? 342 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 5: You can become the president of the United States. It's 343 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 5: not how you start, it's how you finish. If you 344 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 5: will keep honoring God being your best, you are moving 345 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 5: toward the destiny He has designed for you. It's bigger 346 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 5: than you can imagine. It's more rewarding than you've ever dreamed. 347 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 5: As a child, this boy Israel upward that he had 348 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 5: a gift and ability to play instruments, to write songs, 349 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 5: to write music, to sing. Now, this child that some 350 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 5: people didn't want born, this little boy that some people 351 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 5: thought would be a mistake, has become one of the 352 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: great worship leaders of our time, our own Israel Hoten 353 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 5: right here. He's won many Grammys, all kinds of awards, 354 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 5: goes all over the world cheering his gifts with others. 355 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 4: Israel, you better be thankful. 356 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 5: Your mother's first words she saw wasn't never Kanezar instead Israel? 357 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 4: How about never kanezar in New Breed. Here's what I'm saying, 358 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 4: Get rid of the excuses. 359 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 5: You may have had a rough start, but you're not 360 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 5: gonna have a rough finish. Somebody may have put you 361 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 5: at a disadvantage, but they did not change your expected end, 362 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 5: Paul said in Philippians. God will bring us to a 363 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 5: flourishing finish, not a defeated finish, a mediocre finish, a 364 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 5: lonely finish, a bankrupt finish. You'll come into a victorious 365 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 5: finish and a flourishing finished. 366 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 4: When thoughts tell you otherwise. 367 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 5: You'll hear things like you have too many disadvantages, you're 368 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 5: too far behind, or you've made too many mistakes. Let 369 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 5: those lies go in one ear and out the other. 370 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 5: God is saying, I'm gonna take you further than you 371 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 5: can imagine. I have explosive blessings that can catapult you ahead. 372 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 5: I have favor that can thrust you into your destiny. 373 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 5: I'm gonna bring out those seeds of greatness that I 374 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 5: put on the inside. God has established your end. You 375 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 5: can be certain he knows how to get you there. 376 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 4: Now our part. 377 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 5: All through the day, Lord, thank you that your plans 378 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 5: for me are for good. You're not limited by where 379 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 5: I am right now. You've already shot my final scene. 380 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 5: I may not understand everything along the way, but God, 381 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 5: I trust you. 382 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 4: I believe to a flourishing finish. 383 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 5: This is what Job had to do. He had some 384 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 5: unusual twist and turns in life. Some scenes didn't make sense. 385 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 5: Everything started off great, life was good, but then the 386 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 5: bottom fell out. Job lost his health, lost his business, 387 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 5: lost his family. 388 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 4: He could have gotten discouraged and given up. His wife 389 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 4: told him. 390 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 5: Job just curse God and die. 391 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 4: You're done. 392 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 5: Nothing like having an encouraging spouse. But in the middle 393 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 5: of that discouragement, when everything had come against him, when 394 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 5: a lot of people would have been bitter, angry, complaining, 395 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 5: Job looked up to the heavens and said, I know 396 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 5: my redeemer lives. He was saying, in effect, I know 397 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 5: God's still on the throne. I know he's already shot 398 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 5: my final scene. And if this is my time to go, 399 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna go bitter. I'm not gonna go upset 400 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 5: though he slay me yet, will I trust him? When 401 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,719 Speaker 5: you can keep a good attitude when the bottom falls out, 402 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 5: when you can give God praise in the twist of life, 403 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 5: in the things that don't make sense, that's when God 404 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 5: will take you to a new level of your destiny. 405 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 5: We hear a lot about Job's loss, Job's trials, Job's suffering, 406 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 5: and yes he went through a difficult season. But here's 407 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 5: the key. He didn't stay there. That was one scene. 408 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 5: In the end, he came out with twice what he 409 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 5: had before. God paid him back with double. He had 410 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: twice the cattle, twice the sheep. God his health back, 411 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 5: his joy back, his peace back. 412 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 4: The scripture puts it this way. 413 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 5: After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and 414 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 5: saw his grandsons down to four generations. 415 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 4: Notice, after the loss. 416 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 5: After the disappointment, after the bottom fell out, he didn't 417 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 5: end on a soured, defeated note. 418 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 4: His life was not over. 419 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 5: Jobe went on to live a full, happy, blessed one 420 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 5: hundred and forty more years, enjoying his grandchildren, accomplishing his dreams, 421 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 5: fulfilling his purpose. 422 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 423 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 5: Just because you have some twist turns things you don't understand, 424 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 5: that doesn't mean your life is over. God has an 425 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 5: after this coming when thoughts whisper. 426 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: You've seen your best days. You've been through too much. 427 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: This is as good as it gets. God is saying 428 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 5: to you what he said to Job after the cancer, 429 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 5: after the divorce, after the betrayal, There's still a full life. 430 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 4: Ahead of you. 431 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 5: You haven't dreamed your best dream, you haven't danced your 432 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: best dance, you haven't laughed your best laugh. Shake off 433 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 5: the disappointment, get your passion back. God hasn't after this 434 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 5: come in your way. He's not only gonna bring you out, 435 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 5: but he's gonna pay you back for that trouble. 436 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 4: You're gonna come out. 437 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 5: Stronger, increase, promoted, better than you were before. When it 438 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 5: was all over, Job said, I'm convinced nothing and no 439 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 5: one can upset God's plans. He was saying, nothing can 440 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 5: change the expected end. God already established it. Friends, the 441 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,959 Speaker 5: enemy cannot keep you from your destiny. Satan had to 442 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 5: ask God permission to even test Job. That tells me 443 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 5: God is not only in control of your life, he's 444 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 5: in control of your enemies. 445 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 4: You have nothing to worry about it. There is a 446 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 4: hedge of protection around you that cannot be penetrated. 447 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 5: When Jesus was about to be crucified, he told people, 448 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 5: if you destroy this temple in three days, God will 449 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 5: raise it up. They thought he was talking about the building. 450 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 5: He was talking about himself. Jesus, of course, understood this 451 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 5: principle that his end had. 452 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 4: Already been established. 453 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 5: He knew his final scene had already been shot. It 454 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,479 Speaker 5: wasn't him hanging on the cross in great pain. It 455 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 5: wasn't him in a tomb, buried in grave clothes. He 456 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 5: knew his final scene was him seated at the right 457 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 5: hand of the Father with all power, with the keys 458 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 5: of death and hell. 459 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 4: That's why it. 460 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 5: Says he endured the pain of the cross looking forward 461 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 5: to the joy that was set before him. The way 462 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 5: you stay encouraged in the tough times is you keep 463 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 5: looking ahead, knowing that your end has been set, knowing 464 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 5: that you're coming to a flourishing finish, knowing that God 465 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 5: always causes you to triumph. The scripture talks about how 466 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 5: Jesus was buried in a borrowed tomb. 467 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 4: He had no place to be buried of his own. 468 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 5: A disciple came and got his body and buried him 469 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 5: in a tomb that they owned. Now I can imagine 470 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 5: Jesus before he was crucified, asking that disciple can I 471 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 5: borrow your tune? He was saying, I don't need to 472 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 5: buy it. This is not how my story ends. This 473 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 5: is only temporary. I'll just be here a few days. 474 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 5: I have an established end set by my father, and 475 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 5: no enemy can change it. They can put me in 476 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 5: the grave, but they can't keep me in the grave. 477 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 5: Our attitude, like Jesus in difficult times, this is temporary. 478 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 5: This addiction is not how my story ends. This defeat, 479 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 5: this sickness, this betrayal is just one scene. I know 480 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 5: another scene is coming, a scene of victory, a scene 481 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 5: of favor, a scene of new beginnings. 482 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 4: Friends, your final scene has already been shot. 483 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 5: Now, don't let the twist, the turns, the things you 484 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 5: don't understand cause you to get discouraged. 485 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 4: Keep moving forward. 486 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 5: In the end, it's all going to work to your advantage. 487 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 5: Like the ballgame I recorded, Oh, the final outcome. We 488 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 5: don't have to live worried and upset. God has established 489 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 5: your end if you'll stay in faith and keep honoring God. 490 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, like Job, God's going to pay 491 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 5: you back for the trouble, Like Joseph, God's gonna get 492 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 5: you to your throne like Israel. No matter how you start, 493 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 5: you're gonna come out with a flourishing finish. Accomplish in 494 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 5: your dreams, become in all God created you to be. 495 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 5: In Jesus's name, if you receive it, can you say it. 496 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 4: Men today, you never. 497 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 5: Like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity 498 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 5: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 499 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say it, Lord Jesus, 500 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 4: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 501 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 4: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 502 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 4: that simple. 503 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 5: Prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in a 504 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 5: good Bible based church. 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