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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 5: Welcome to the Joe lous Deine Podcast. Help us continue 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 5: to share the message of hope with those all over 29 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 5: the world. Visit Joeloustin dot com slash give Hope to 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 5: give a gift today. 31 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 6: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 32 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 6: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 6: stop buy and be a part of one of our services. 34 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 6: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 35 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 36 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 6: about this mother. She had two young boys that were 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 6: known for their mischievous behavior. Anytime trouble they were certain 38 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 6: to be a part. She decided to take them one 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 6: at a time to see their pastor. The pastor said 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 6: to the first young boy, son, where is God? He 41 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 6: sat there silently. He asked again, where is God? 42 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 4: Still no reply. 43 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 6: The third time the pastor asked, the young boy bolted 44 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 6: out the door, ran home and said to his brother, 45 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 6: God is missing. 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: And they think we did it. Say it like you 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 4: mean it. 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 6: This is my Bible I am what it says I am. 49 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 50 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 51 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 52 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 53 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 54 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about ease is coming. We 55 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 6: all go through seasons of struggle when it feels like 56 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 6: it's uphill. There's pressure raising children. Maybe you're believing for 57 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 6: your health to improve, but it's not getting better. 58 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 4: Too often we. 59 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 6: Get discouraged and think that's just the way life is. 60 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 6: In Matthew chapter eleven, Jesus talked about how the Kingdom 61 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 6: of Heaven suffers violence and you have to take it 62 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 6: by force. He was telling us there will be seasons 63 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 6: where you have to stand strong and really fight the 64 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 6: good fight of faith. But a few verses later in 65 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 6: the same chapter, he said, my yoke is easy and 66 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 6: my burden is light. He was saying, there will be 67 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 6: times of struggle, pressure, difficulties, but don't get discouraged. 68 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 4: That's not permanent. 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 6: What I'm putting on you. My yoke it's easy, it's light. 70 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 6: You may be struggling now, you feel pressured. You think 71 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 6: that's the way it's always going to be. You'll always 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 6: struggle with your health, struggle in a relationship, struggle in 73 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 6: your finances. No, you're going to come in to an 74 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 6: anointing of ease. When you come into this ease, what 75 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 6: once was a struggle won't be a struggle anymore. You're 76 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 6: going to have a supernatural grace of favor that will 77 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 6: lighten the load and take the pressure off. 78 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 4: God is going to make your life easier. He said, he. 79 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 6: Would go before you and make your crooked places straight. 80 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 6: That means he's going to smooth things out. You're coming 81 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 6: into a season where things are going to fall into place. 82 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 6: You're going to get breaks that you didn't see coming. 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 6: Problems that you thought were permanent are suddenly going to 84 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 6: turn around. You are not going to go through life 85 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 6: constantly struggling, pressured, weighted down by problems. 86 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 4: This is a new day. Ease is coming, David said. 87 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 6: God anoints my head with oil. Oil makes things flow. 88 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 6: When there's friction, things that are stuck. Oil is used 89 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 6: to lubricate it to make it more fluid. God is 90 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 6: going to oil your life. This anointing is going to 91 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 6: cause things to be easier. You're going to accomplish more 92 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 6: with less effort. What stopped you in the past, what's 93 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 6: caused friction, is not going to stop you anymore. 94 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 4: You're gonna flow right past that. 95 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 6: You're going to accomplish golds and think. That was easier 96 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 6: than I thought, never dreamed it happened that quickly. 97 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 4: That's this anointing of ease. 98 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 6: There's a large company that has a slogan that says 99 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 6: that was easy. A few years ago, a friend of 100 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 6: mine sent me their big red button. When you push it, 101 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 6: it says, now, I keep this by my bathroom sink 102 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 6: there on the counter. Every so often I reach over 103 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 6: and push this button. I like to get that phrase 104 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 6: down in my spirit because it's easy to go through 105 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 6: life looking at our problems, focus on our obstacles, thinking. 106 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 4: Oh man, this is gonna be so hard. I dread 107 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 4: dealing with this. It's never going to work out. 108 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 6: That's mindset is not only stealing our joy, but it's 109 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 6: keeping us from seeing God's favor. When my dad went 110 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 6: to be with the Lord and I first started ministering, 111 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 6: it took everything I had to write a message for 112 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 6: that weekend, all my focus, my creativity, my energy. 113 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 4: I was pressured, stressed. 114 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 6: When I finally finished, I felt like that's the last 115 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 6: one that I could ever do. And if I wasn't careful, 116 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 6: I was tempted to dread it and think this is 117 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 6: too hard, I'm not going to know what to say. 118 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 6: I can't do this anymore. I had to turn it around. 119 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 4: Father, Thank you that. 120 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 6: Your yoke is easy. Thank you that I'm well able. 121 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 6: Thank you that you've equipped me and empowered me. I 122 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 6: got my mind going in. 123 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 4: The right direction. 124 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 6: I went through seasons of struggle, strained, difficulty, but I 125 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 6: didn't let it become permanent in my thinking. 126 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: One day I. 127 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 6: Came into this anointing of ease. What once was a 128 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 6: struggle is not a struggle anymore. Every week when I 129 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 6: finish a message, I hit this button just to remind. 130 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 4: Me that it was easy. Quit telling yourself this is 131 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 4: so hard. 132 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 6: I'll never accomplish my dreams, I'll never get out of debt. 133 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 6: This is a new day. You are going to have 134 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 6: a strength that you did not have before. God did 135 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 6: not create you to struggle your whole life. 136 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 4: His yoke is easy. 137 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 6: You may have had that addiction for a long time. 138 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 6: It's going to be easier than you think to break it. 139 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 6: You're going to have a supernatural power. Maybe you're struggling 140 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 6: in your finances, pressure to pay the bills, pressure to 141 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 6: get ahead. I believe that pressure is coming to an end. 142 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 6: God is going to cause good breaks to find you. 143 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 4: New doors are going to open. 144 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 6: Your gifts and talents are going to come out in. 145 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 4: A new way. It's going to be easier than you think. 146 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 6: A couple of years after I wrote my first book, 147 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 6: a man was walking by Madison Square Garden one evening 148 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 6: there in New York. He was an executive at one 149 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 6: of the largest publishing companies in the world. 150 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: He saw my name on. 151 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 6: The marquee and people waiting in line to get in. 152 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 6: He'd never heard of me, and he went home and 153 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 6: did some research. He called my literary agent and said 154 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 6: that he wanted to publish my next book. She told 155 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 6: him that we already had a publisher and we were happy. 156 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 4: He asked if he could make an offer. She said, 157 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: of course you can. 158 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 6: He offered an amount more than I ever imagined. When 159 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 6: she called and told me, I nearly passed out. I said, boy, 160 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 6: you sure do great work. She said, Actually, Joel, I 161 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 6: didn't go to him, He came to me. 162 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 4: I thought to myself, that was easy. 163 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 6: That was God lining up the right people, having him 164 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 6: at the right place at. 165 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 4: The right time. 166 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 6: If he had not left to work late that night, 167 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 6: he wouldn't have seen those people in line. If he 168 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 6: had not taken that train home, he wouldn't have been 169 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 6: in that area. If he had have been preoccupied, he 170 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 6: could have walked by the arena just thought it's another ballgame, 171 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 6: another concert. All these things had to fall perfectly into place. 172 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 6: That was the hand of God making my life easier. 173 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 6: God has the right people lined up for you. He 174 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 6: has the right breaks, the right opportunities. You may not 175 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 6: have seen it, yet you keep honoring God being your best. 176 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 4: He's going to take you into overflow. 177 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 6: You are not going to go through life pressured by bills, 178 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 6: pressured to make ends meet, pressure to send your children 179 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 6: to college. God is going to do something unusual, something unexpected, 180 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 6: something that. 181 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 4: You couldn't make happen. I know a single parent mother. 182 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 6: She was working hard, raising her children, trying to make 183 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 6: ends meet. Every month, bare had enough to pay her bills. 184 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 6: She told how she dreamed of taking a vacation, but 185 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 6: every time she saved up extra funds, something would. 186 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 4: Break that had to be repaired. 187 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 6: She was being her best, but couldn't get ahead. It 188 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 6: seemed like she would struggle her whole life. When you 189 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,359 Speaker 6: keep doing the right thing, you keep passing these tests, 190 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 6: you're going to come in to this anointing of ease. 191 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 6: God is going to make things happen that will lighten 192 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 6: the load. He's going to take the pressure off. One day, 193 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 6: her supervisor unexpectedly took an early retirement and she was 194 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 6: given that position. With it came a significant increase in salary. 195 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 4: She was very grateful. 196 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 6: Several years later, her manager, one of the vice presidents 197 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 6: of this large company, suddenly resigned and she was given 198 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 6: that position. Today, she makes more than ten times what 199 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 6: she made when she started. She doesn't live under constant pressure. 200 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 6: She can take vacations whenever she wants. She supports other 201 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 6: single parent families. She said, Joel, I don't really know 202 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 6: how this happened. Everything just fell into place and here 203 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 6: I am. What she is really saying was that was easy. 204 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 6: That's what God is going to do for you. He's 205 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 6: going to put you at the right place at the 206 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 6: right time. He's going to open doors that no man 207 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 6: can shut. He's going to cause people to want to 208 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 6: be good to you. You may be struggling in some areas, 209 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,479 Speaker 6: but don't get discouraged. 210 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 4: That is not permanent. 211 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 6: Ease is coming. I talked to a young man. He 212 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 6: was finishing up his Masters. He had one final exam left. 213 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 6: It was the hardest class on his schedule, and he 214 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 6: is very stressed out and concerned that he wasn't going 215 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 6: to pass. And we prayed and asked God to give 216 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 6: him wisdom to help him to excel. He came back 217 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 6: last week so excited he had passed the test. Now 218 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 6: I ask him, how was it. He said, it's funny 219 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 6: because all of my classmates thought it was very difficult, 220 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 6: but to me, it was easier than I expected. 221 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: He did his part, he studied, he prepared. 222 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 6: Then God stepped in and made it easier than he thought. 223 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 6: Quit thinking I'll never pass, I'll never get out of debt. 224 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 4: This is too hard. 225 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 6: Sometimes we're expecting to fail, we're expecting to struggle, we're 226 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 6: expecting it to be difficult. 227 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: Turn it around. 228 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 6: Father, thank you for your anointing of ease. Thank you 229 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 6: that you're causing me to excel. Think you that you're 230 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 6: breathing in my direction. Some of the things that you're 231 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 6: worrying about. You don't see how it could ever work out. 232 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 4: It's not going to be what you think. God is 233 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 4: going before you. 234 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 6: Right now, making those crooked places straight. You're going to 235 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 6: look back like him and say it was easier than 236 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 6: I thought. The Book of First Samuel, the Philistines had 237 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 6: just defeated the Israelites in a battle. They captured the 238 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 6: Ark of the Covenant, that's where the presence of God 239 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 6: was back then. The Israelites were so distraught. When the 240 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 6: prophet Eli heard this bad news, he passed out, fell backwards. 241 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 4: And broke his neck. All of Israel was in mourning. 242 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 6: They had not only lost the Ark of the Covenant, 243 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 6: their most important possession, but thirty thousand men had been 244 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 6: killed in that battle. It looked like the Ark was 245 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 6: gone forever. The Philistines took the Ark to their temple 246 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 6: and placed it next to their god, Dagone. He was 247 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 6: a stone statue that they worshiped. In the middle of 248 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 6: the night, Dagon fell over. They thought it was a coincidence, 249 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 6: maybe the wind or something. 250 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 4: They stood him back up. 251 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 6: The next night, Dagon not only fell over, this time 252 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 6: he broke into pieces. They realized their god couldn't stand 253 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 6: in the presence of his IS's god. 254 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 4: Plegs begin to break out in the camp. 255 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 6: People started getting boils and tumors. They finally realized, it's 256 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 6: because we have the Ark of the Covenant. They decided 257 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 6: to move it to another city just to make sure 258 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 6: the same plegus and boils started afflicting those people. They 259 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 6: panicked and said, we have to get rid of this arc. 260 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 6: We can't mess with the God of Israel. Seven months 261 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 6: after they captured it, they built this wood cart, placed 262 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 6: the Ark of the Covenant on it, hooked it up 263 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 6: to two young cows. They turned it loose and let 264 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 6: those cows go wherever they wanted. They started heading straight 265 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 6: toward the Israelites camp in a few days. When the 266 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 6: Israelites saw the Arc coming, they couldn't believe their eyes. 267 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 6: They started celebrating. They never dreamed they would see the 268 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 6: Ark again. They not only got it back, but they 269 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 6: didn't have to fight for it. 270 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 4: The Arc came looking for them. 271 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 6: If they would have had one of these red buttons, 272 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 6: they would have pushed it. That was easy But during 273 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 6: those seven months, I'm sure the Israelites came up with 274 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 6: plans and strategies how to get the art back. They 275 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 6: had lost thousands of men. They knew they were going 276 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 6: to lose more. Then they saw the cows come walking up. 277 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 6: Suddenly their life got much easier. 278 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 4: They were so relieved. 279 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 6: Some of the things that you're worrying about, trying to 280 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 6: figure out how it's going to work out, how you're 281 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 6: going to get well, how you're going to get out 282 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 6: of debt, how your family's going to be restored. 283 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 4: God is going to do for you what he did 284 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 4: for them. 285 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 6: He's going to cause those things to find you. You're 286 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 6: not going to have to fight those battles. Good breaks 287 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 6: are going to come after you. The right people are 288 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 6: going to search you out. What you're believing for is 289 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 6: going to track you down. God is saying, get ready, 290 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 6: the cows are coming. What belongs to you is headed 291 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 6: your way, the health, the freedom, the abundance, the contracts, 292 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 6: the spouse. God is going to make things happen that 293 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 6: you could have never made happen. Those cows could have 294 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 6: stayed there grazing, they could have wandered aimlessly month after month. 295 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 6: But God controls the universe. That means God controls the cows. 296 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 6: He knows how to get what's yours into your hands. 297 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 6: People can't stop him. Bad breaks can't stop him. Cows 298 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 6: can't stop him. Enemies can't stop him. The Philistines took 299 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 6: the arc, but I love the fact they couldn't keep it. 300 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: It made them miserable. That tells me nobody. 301 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 6: Can keep what belongs to you. The enemy may take 302 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 6: your health for a little while, but he can't keep 303 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 6: it doesn't belong to him. You are God's properties. God 304 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 6: will send it back. He may distract your child, get 305 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 6: them off course for a season, but he can't keep 306 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 6: them there. 307 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 4: Quit worrying, quit losing sleep. They're coming back. 308 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 6: He may have taken your dream temporarily, had bad breaks, disappointments, 309 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 6: Stay encouraged. 310 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 4: What has your name on it is going to find you. 311 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 4: Some of you. 312 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 6: Your cows are going to show up sooner than you think. 313 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 4: What you thought was over and. 314 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 6: Done, it would never work out. Suddenly things are going 315 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 6: to fall into place. You don't have to fight, you 316 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 6: don't have to struggle. Just get up every morning. Father, 317 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 6: think you that my cows are coming. Isaiah said to 318 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 6: the Israelites. Your swords will be turned into plowshares, your spears. 319 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 4: Into pruning hooks. 320 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 6: God was saying, you're coming into a season where you're 321 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 6: not going to need your swords and your spears. You're 322 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 6: not going to have to fight, not going to have 323 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 6: to struggle, try to make things happen. Instead of a sword, 324 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 6: you're going to need a plow together of the harvest. 325 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 4: You can put down your spears. 326 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 6: You're not going to have to go attack, try to 327 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 6: get back what belongs to you. 328 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 4: God is fighting your battles. 329 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 6: He's putting pressure on those that have what's yours. 330 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 4: You need to get. 331 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 6: Ready, not for a fight, not for a battle, Get 332 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 6: ready for a harvest, get ready for a breakthrough, get 333 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 6: ready for healing. 334 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 4: You're coming in to this season of ease. 335 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 6: I have a friend that I grew up with that 336 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 6: struggled with an addiction for a long time, got mixed 337 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: up with the wrong students in high school, and twenty 338 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 6: years later he was still addicted. He'd gone through rehab 339 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 6: and all kinds of treatment, but it never worked. Like 340 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 6: the Israelites, he looked defeated. That addiction looks so much bigger, 341 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 6: like nothing he could ever do. 342 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 4: I saw him a couple of years ago. 343 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 6: He told how after twenty one years of being addiction 344 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 6: did he is now totally free. 345 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 4: He looks better than he looked in high school. 346 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 6: Skin had cleared up, he gained some weight, had a 347 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 6: smile on his face. 348 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 4: I asked him how he did it. 349 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 6: I thought he went through some type of special rehab, 350 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 6: he said, Joel, I didn't do anything different. I can't 351 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 6: really put my finger on it. 352 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 4: It was just like. 353 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 7: Something broke on the inside. Now I felt a shriek 354 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 7: that I'd never felt before. What was that God causing 355 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 7: his cows to find him. God gave him the victory 356 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 7: without him having to fight. Friend's freedom belongs to you. 357 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 7: Wholeness belongs to you. Quit believing those lies that you're stuck, 358 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 7: you'll never get well. It's been too long, it's too hard. 359 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 4: This is a new day. That yoke of bondage is 360 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 4: being broken. You're getting a new yoke, a yoke of ease, a. 361 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 6: Yoke of freedom, a yoke of victory. You're going to 362 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 6: break habits that looked permanent. It's not going to happen 363 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 6: just by your might, by your power. It's going to 364 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 6: happen because the Most High God. 365 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 4: Is breathing in your direction. 366 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 6: And it may have been difficult in the past. You 367 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 6: tried and it didn't work out. Try again. You're in 368 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 6: a new season. 369 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 4: You come into harvest. 370 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 6: You can put those swords down. You don't have to 371 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 6: do it in your own strength. God is fighting your battles. 372 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 6: Dare to declare, I am free, I am whole, I 373 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 6: am victorious like this man, God is going to surprise you. 374 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 6: What you thought would never turn around. Suddenly you're going 375 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 6: to see it happen. Several years before my father went 376 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 6: to be with the Lord, we came across a construction 377 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 6: permit for the last full power television station in Houston. 378 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 6: The transmitter was going to be out north. We needed 379 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 6: a place to put the station here. 380 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 4: In the city. 381 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 6: A few months earlier, a man had called me out 382 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 6: of the blue, left a message saying that he was 383 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 6: in commercial real estate that if we ever needed anything, 384 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 6: he would love to help. Normally I would have erased that, 385 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 6: not thought much about it, just another sales call. But 386 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 6: for some reason I wrote his name and number down 387 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 6: put it in my desk drawer, never realizing in a 388 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 6: few months we were going to need a place to 389 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 6: put the station. I called him. It was like we 390 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 6: were old friends. He was so likable. He took us 391 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 6: to different office buildings. They were nice, but our challenge 392 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 6: was we needed a cell phone tower close by so 393 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 6: we could microwave our signal down to the transmitter site. 394 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 4: We looked for several weeks and couldn't find anything. 395 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 6: One day, he took us to this big office complex 396 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 6: about fifty acres, very beautiful trees and lakes. There were 397 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 6: new owners and they were very excited about the possibility 398 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 6: of having a television station there. They told us we 399 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 6: would be their main tenants. They would give us the 400 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 6: signage out front. They showed us offices overlooking this lake. 401 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 6: They wanted us so badly. Their price was about half 402 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 6: of anything we'd seen. 403 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 4: We loved it. We wanted to be there. 404 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 6: The only problem was we had to see if there 405 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 6: was a cell phone tower close. We went on top 406 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 6: of the building and looked around, and we didn't see anything. 407 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 4: I was disappointed. I thought that would have been a 408 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 4: perfect location. 409 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,439 Speaker 6: Everyone left, but Victoria and I stayed and we walked 410 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 6: around the property for about thirty minutes. As we were 411 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 6: coming up the parking lot on the side of the building. 412 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 6: About forty yards from the place they showed us, I 413 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 6: could hear construction behind this wooden fence. I climbed up 414 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 6: on the fence and looked over. They were pouring a foundation. 415 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 6: I asked one of the men what they were building. 416 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 6: He said, a cell phone tower. I nearly fell off 417 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 6: that fence. I said, is there room for other clients? 418 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 6: He said, yeah, it's brand new. I called the company 419 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 6: the next day. We had a contract to microwave our signal. 420 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 6: What was that God causing things to fall into place, 421 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 6: going before us, making crooked places straight. Well, Joe, that 422 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 6: is just a lucky break. Can I tell you the 423 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 6: lucky breaks you've been having. 424 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 4: That's the hand of God. That's the yoke of ease. 425 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 6: When you recognize God's favor, when you take time to say, Lord, 426 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 6: thank you for making my life easier, thank you for 427 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 6: your goodness, then you will see more of God's favor. 428 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 4: And what's interesting is this man. 429 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 6: I met this realtor when we learned that the Compact 430 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 6: center was coming available. He was one of the first 431 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 6: people I called. He worked hand in hand on our 432 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 6: behalf with the city. 433 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 4: He was very instrumental in us getting this place. 434 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 6: What are the chances of him calling me out of 435 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 6: the blue, me keeping his him taking us to an 436 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 6: office building where they were building a self power. That 437 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 6: wasn't random, That wasn't a coincidence. That was God causing 438 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 6: our cows to find us. 439 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 4: God is in control of your life. 440 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 6: He knows what you need and he knows how to 441 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 6: get it to you. Yes, we all go through seasons 442 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 6: of struggle, seasons of pressure and difficulty, but that is 443 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 6: not your permanent home. 444 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: You are coming in to this anointing of ease, like 445 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 4: with me. 446 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 6: You're going to see things fall into place. You're going 447 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 6: to know it's the goodness of God. A friend of 448 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 6: mine grew up very poor. His family lived in public housing. 449 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 6: There was crime and drugs. His parents were migrant farmers 450 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 6: and had no education. Didn't look like this young man 451 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 6: would ever amount to too much. His mother saw that 452 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 6: he had a love for music and encouraged him to 453 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 6: join the band in school. He became one of their 454 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 6: tuba players. In the sixth grade, he already stood six foot. 455 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 4: Six inches tall. 456 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 6: He was the star player on the basketball team. When 457 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 6: he graduated from high school, he received thirty scholarship offers 458 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 6: to play in college. He was headed to the Portland 459 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 6: Trailblazers to play professionally when he suffered a career ending injury. 460 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 6: He ended up back at home in the projects, no money, 461 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 6: no education. 462 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 4: Working for the city as a dog. 463 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,439 Speaker 6: Catcher, making a little more than minimum wage. During his 464 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 6: lunch hour, he would go up to the local music 465 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 6: store and play the keyboards that were out on demo. 466 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 6: Wearing his dog catcher uniform. Customers would gather around to 467 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 6: listen to him play. They were mesburized at his ability. 468 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 6: One day, a customer told the owner she wanted to 469 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 6: buy the keyboard that the dog catcher was playing. 470 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 4: This happened again and again. 471 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 6: The owner said to this young man, people aren't buying 472 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 6: my pianos, They're buying the dog catcher sound. 473 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 4: They love what you do. 474 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 6: He offered him a full time job to come in 475 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 6: and play the piano all day. 476 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 4: That was the first step in his musical career. 477 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 6: Today, my friend Ben Tankered has become known as the 478 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 6: Godfather of gospel jazz. 479 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 4: He sold millions of albums pastors. 480 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 6: A great chirt goes around the world sharing his music. 481 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 6: Like with Ben, God is working behind the scenes, lining 482 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 6: up what you need. You're coming into a season where 483 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 6: you're not going to have to struggle. You're not going 484 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 6: to have to fight. You can put those swords down. 485 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 4: You are coming in to a harvest season. 486 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 6: You're going to see the goodness of God making your 487 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 6: life easier. You may be in a difficult time. God 488 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 6: is about to take the pressure off to have a 489 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 6: strength that you didn't have before. People are going to 490 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 6: go out of their way to be good to you. 491 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 6: That yoke of bondage is coming off. 492 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 4: The yoke of ease is coming on. 493 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 6: What's hindered you in the past is not going to 494 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 6: hinder you in the future. I believe and declare You're 495 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 6: going to overcome obstacles easier than you think. You're going 496 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 6: to accomplish dreams easier than you think. Like the Israelites, 497 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 6: those cows are going to find you. Ease is coming 498 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 6: your way in Jesus' name, if you receive it, can't 499 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 6: you say amen? 500 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 4: Today? 501 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 502 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. 503 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 504 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 505 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: you my lord. And save you. 506 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 507 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 6: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 508 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 6: God first place. Victoria and I will be right back 509 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 6: to speak a blessing over you. 510 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 511 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 5: this month, Jewel and Victoria, I w'd like to send 512 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 5: you a copy of Jewel's inspirational new series, Living Above 513 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,959 Speaker 5: and Beyond. This resource will inspire you to believe that 514 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 5: God has a new level of blessing in store for you. 515 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 8: You are made in the image of God to do 516 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 8: great things, to accomplish goals, to overcome obstacles, and to 517 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 8: leave your mark. Keep reaching, keep believing the above and 518 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 8: beyond life belongs to you. 519 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 4: Don't let negative circumstances hold you back. Request this resource. 520 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 6: It will help you reach the fullness of your destiny. 521 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 5: Request your copy of Living Above and Beyond today at 522 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 5: Joeloustein dot com or call eight eight eight five six seven. 523 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 6: Jewel, thanks so much for helping us finish twenty seventeen strong. 524 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 4: We are so grateful for your support. It's generous people. 525 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 6: Like you that make a difference around the world. We 526 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 6: pray for you and your family every day. 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