1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is joln Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 2: God bless you. Thanks so much for letting us come 7 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: into your homes. We are praying for you and your 8 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: family for God's very best. I like to start with 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: something funny, and one day Adam was feeling very lonely. 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: God said, Adam, I'm going to make you a companion. 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 2: It's going to be called a woman. This person will 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 2: cook for you and wash your clothes. She will bear 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: you children, never ask you to get up in the 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: middle of the night. She will always agree with you, 15 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: and if you do have a disagreement, she'll be the 16 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: first to admit that she was wrong. Adam said, wow, God, 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 2: what will a woman like this cost? God said, an 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: arm and a leg. Adam said, what can I get 19 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: for a rib? 20 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: And the rest is history? 21 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 22 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: Am what it says I am. I have what it 23 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: says I have, I can do what it says I 24 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: can do today. 25 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: I will be talked the word of God. 26 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,919 Speaker 2: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 27 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: victory begins in the dark. The book of Genesis starts 30 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 2: off telling how God created everything. It says the evening 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: and the morning were the first day. You would think 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: it would be the reverse, the morning and the evening 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 2: were the first day. 34 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: But God starts the day in the dark. At twelve 35 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: a m. 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,839 Speaker 2: Nothing looks any different. If you didn't have a watch, 37 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: you wouldn't know you've entered a new day. It's still 38 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 2: dark outside, looks the same as it did at nine o'clock, 39 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: at ten o'clock, at eleven o'clock, there's no sign that 40 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: something has changed. But when the clock strikes midnight, in 41 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: that one second looks any different. 42 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: It goes from PM to am. It's still dark, but 43 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: it's a new day. 44 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: It would make more sense if God started the day 45 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: in the light, when the sun came up at six 46 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: or seven in the morning, when the dawn breaks the 47 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: light comes, then it's obvious we would know it's a 48 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: new day. 49 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: We can see it. Things have changed. 50 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 2: We hear the birds start chirping, the sun comes over 51 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: the horizon. 52 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: We have all this evidence that. 53 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: We've entered a new day. But on purpose, God chose 54 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: to start the day in the dark. It's symbolic of 55 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: how He does things in our lives. 56 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: He gives us a promise. 57 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 2: He says, we've come into a new day. He's restoring 58 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: health back into us. We're going to lend and not borrow. 59 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: Our child is going to get back on course. We believe, 60 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: we pray. 61 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: We stand in faith. But nothing is changing. 62 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: Nothing looks any different, nothing feels any different. Still, dark 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: outside is still hurting. My business hasn't grown, my health 64 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: hasn't improved. This is what faith is all about. You 65 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: can't see it, but you have to know. You passed midnight. 66 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: You've gone from PM to am. Yes, it's still dark outside. Yes, 67 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: nothing has changed, but the sun is on its way up. 68 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: Healing is on the horizon. Promotion, freedom the right people. 69 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time before you see the 70 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: light come breaking forth. Now, don't be discouraged by the dark. 71 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: The dark doesn't mean nothing has changed. The dark is 72 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: not a sign that God is not working that he 73 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: didn't hear your prayer. Thoughts will tell you you would 74 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: have seen something. By now, you would feel a little better. 75 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: One of those companies would have called you back. That 76 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: addiction wouldn't be this strong. You have to walk by 77 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: faith and not by sight. If you walk by sight, 78 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: you'll talk yourself out of it. Because eleven thirty at 79 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: night does it look any different than midnight? Everything you 80 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: can see, feel, touch, smell looks just the same. There's 81 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: no evidence that it's a new day. But the psawmist said, 82 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: the moment you pray, the tide of the battle terms 83 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: you can't see it. But when you prayed, you left 84 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: the PM and you came into am, it's a new day. 85 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 2: You may not be able to see any sign of it. 86 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 2: That's okay. 87 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: Victory begins in the dark. 88 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: And we all go through these times where we don't 89 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 2: think it's going to work out, seasons where nothing is changing. 90 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 2: We're being our best, but the business is not growing. 91 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 2: We're standing in faith, but our health is not improving. 92 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: It's tempting to think. 93 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: That God has forgotten about us. We're always going to 94 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: have this obstacle. The fact is light is on the 95 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: way what God promised you is en route. You may 96 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: have struggled in an area a long time. You've been 97 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 2: believing for things to change in your marriage, finances with 98 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 2: an addiction, it seems permanent. God is saying you've already 99 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: entered a new day. You've already passed midnight. You can't 100 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,679 Speaker 2: see it yet, but victory is on the way now. 101 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining about the dark, have a new perspective. 102 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 2: The dark means the sun is on the way up. 103 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: The promise is about to come forth. Who can stop 104 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: the sun from rising each morning? Who can keep light 105 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 2: from breaking forth over the horizon? All the forces of 106 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 2: darkness cannot stop what God has. 107 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: Ordained for you. 108 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: They cannot keep what He promised from coming to pass. 109 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: In the face of that darkness, when you don't see 110 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: any light, get in agreement with God Father, Thank you 111 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: that it's a new day. It may be still dark out, 112 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: But I don't go by what I see. I go 113 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: by what I know, and I know that I've passed midnight. 114 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 2: That means my healing is coming, my breakthrough is coming, 115 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: my abundance is coming. 116 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: My victory is coming. 117 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: When you realize God starts with darkness to bring about 118 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: new things in our life. Then you won't get discouraged 119 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 2: by the darkness. You'll thank Him in the middle of 120 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 2: the darkness. You'll praise him despite what's trying to stop you. 121 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: This is what Paul and Silas did. They were put 122 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 2: in prison for sharing their faith. The religious leaders the 123 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: saddest ses. 124 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 1: They didn't like them. 125 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: They accused them of causing a disturbance. They were in 126 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 2: the deepest part of the dungeon to make sure they 127 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 2: couldn't escape. But God won't let you get in a 128 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: problem that he can't bring you out of. If that 129 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: difficulty was going to stop your destiny, God wouldn't have 130 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 2: allowed it. It may seem too big for you, you 131 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: could never overcome it. But it's not too big for 132 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: our God. He already has the solution. That trouble can't 133 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 2: keep you from your purpose. That set back in your finances, 134 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: the anxiety, the depression is not permanent. 135 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: It may be dark now, you've. 136 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: Had some bad breaks, or you brought trouble on yourself. 137 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 2: You think you're stuck, nor get ready. God is not 138 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: through with you. What he ordained for your life will 139 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: come to pass. That difficulty is a setup for him 140 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: to show out in your life. He's going to do 141 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 2: something unusual, something out of the ordinary, that will thrust 142 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: you into your purpose, something that will suddenly change things 143 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 2: in your favor. Paul and Silas had changed around their 144 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: feet and guard standing outside the prison gates. It looked 145 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: like they would be put away and we'd never hear 146 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: from them again. All the odds were against them, but 147 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: people don't have the final say. What you're up against 148 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 2: may be bigger, more powerful, more influential, but you and 149 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 2: God are a majority. Him being for you is more 150 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: than the world being against you. There's not an obstacle 151 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 2: he can't move. There's not a sickness he can't heal, 152 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 2: not an addiction. He can't free you from sitting in 153 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: the dungeon, falsely accused. They could have been depressed. God, 154 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 2: why is this happening. It's not fair. We were doing 155 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: what you wanted us to do. But the scripture says 156 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 2: at midnight they were singing praises and giving thanks to God. 157 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: It's interesting that we're told when this happened. Most other 158 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: miracles we read about we don't have the time, that 159 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 2: detail isn't recorded. But God had the writer tell us 160 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 2: this time because midnight means it was a new day. 161 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 2: As they were singing praises, suddenly there was a great earthquake. 162 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: The prison doors flew open, chains. 163 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 2: Fell off their feet, and they walked out as free men. 164 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: It's not a coincidence that this all happened at midnight. 165 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: They may have been singing at ten o'clock in the evening, 166 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 2: nothing happened, Thanking God at eleven o'clock, nothing happened. Praising 167 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: at eleven thirty, still nothing. But when they hit midnight, 168 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: when that new day started, suddenly things changed. 169 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: God was showing us. 170 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: It may be dark all around you you don't see 171 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 2: a way out, but. 172 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: When you come into that new day, when you cross. 173 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 2: From PM to am, things suddenly shift. And sometimes you 174 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: see it all at once, like with Paul and Silas. 175 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 2: Other times you see it later. But the moment you praise, 176 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 2: things change in your favor. 177 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 1: There may be a. 178 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 2: Period of darkness where it doesn't look like anything is happening. 179 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: But if you'll do like them and just keep thanking 180 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: God that he's fighting your battles, thanking him that he's 181 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 2: making ways where you don't see away, then you're going 182 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: to come into these times where God will suddenly show 183 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: out in your life. He'll make things happen that you 184 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: couldn't make happen. You may have areas where it feels 185 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 2: dark right now, nothing is changing. 186 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: That's a test. 187 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 2: Will you praise him in the dark? Will you thank 188 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: him that what he promised is on the way? Will 189 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: you talk like it's going to turn around? Believe that 190 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 2: healing is coming even though the medical report isn't improving. 191 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: Don't go by what you feel. Your feelings don't always 192 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: tell you the truth. Your emotions will try to convince 193 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 2: you that it's never going to work out. Your mind 194 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 2: will tell you all the reasons it's not going to happen. 195 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: Look how big those obstacles are. A walk by faith, Father, 196 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: Thank you that I've come into my midnight, that it's 197 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 2: a new day. It may still be dark out, but 198 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 2: I know you start the day in the dark. I 199 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: know that means light is on the way. Keep a 200 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 2: song of praise in your heart. Well, Joel, I've been 201 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 2: doing this a long time. I don't understand why nothing 202 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: is changing. God's timing is not our timing. Keep doing 203 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: the right thing. You're in a new day. You pass midnight, 204 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: it may be three in the morning. You have a 205 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: few more hours, so to speak, before the sun comes up. 206 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 2: I've learned the longer it's taking, the better it's going 207 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 2: to be. God is getting you prepared for the blessing. 208 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: He's already prepared for you. And when it's taking a 209 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: long time, that's because the blessing is bigger than you 210 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: can handle. Right now, he's getting you stronger, more mature, 211 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: more confident. He's getting other people that are involved in place, 212 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 2: He's doing a work in them. Don't be discouraged because 213 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: it's been dark a long time. That's a sign God 214 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 2: is about to do something that you've never seen. It's 215 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: going to be bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling than you've 216 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: ever imagined. Now, keep praising Him in the dark, Keep 217 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 2: being good to other people in the dark, giving serving. 218 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 2: When you do that, like Paul and Silas, suddenly doors are. 219 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: Going to open. 220 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: Suddenly you're going to come in the opportunity, the right people, 221 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: healing breakthroughs. 222 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: It's going to catapult you ahead. 223 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 2: When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in nineteen 224 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 2: eighty one, she had been in the hospital for twenty 225 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 2: one days. One Monday evening the doctors called my father 226 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 2: in and said there was nothing more they could do 227 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 2: for her. They gave her a few weeks to live. 228 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 2: My father drove her home that afternoon in the traffic. 229 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: It felt like the longest drive of their life. It 230 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 2: was a very dark time. My mother could have been depressed, 231 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: given up on life, but she knew that God is 232 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 2: a healer and that he has the final save. She 233 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: and my father went to their bedroom, laid down on 234 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 2: the floor and prayed. God said in Psalm fifty, call 235 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: under me in the day of trouble, and. 236 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: I will rescue you. 237 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: A lot of times in our difficulties, we call people, 238 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: call friends, call relatives, call experts, and that's all fine. 239 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: But make sure you call out to God ask him 240 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: to help you. 241 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: He created the universe, he flung stars into place. He 242 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 2: has all power. You don't have to beg him, you 243 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 2: don't have to plead with him. 244 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: He's longing to be good to you. 245 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 2: The scripture says, it is the Father's good pleasure to 246 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 2: give you the kingdom. Just ask in faith for what 247 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: He's already promised. One of the most powerful things we 248 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 2: can do is take God's word to him. Remind him 249 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: what he said, Father, you said you would restore health. 250 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: Beckon to me. 251 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: Lord, I'm asking for your healing. I'm asking you to 252 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: do what medicine cannot do. 253 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: Take his word and pray bold prayers. 254 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 2: Father, you said my children will be mighty in the land. 255 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 2: I'm asking you to free them from this addiction, take 256 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 2: away these wrong friends, help them to fulfill their destiny. Well, Father, 257 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 2: you said I would prosper and be in good health, 258 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 2: that I would live and did not borrow that. You 259 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: are Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, my provider. So Lord, I'm 260 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: asking you to supply all of my needs. Make rivers 261 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 2: in the desert, give me overflow so I can be 262 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: a bigger blessing. On December eleventh, nineteen eighty one, when 263 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 2: my mother and father prayed and asked God to heal 264 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 2: her from that cancer. My mother believed that day she 265 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: received her healing, that she came in to her midnight, 266 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: that she went from PM to am. But here's the key. 267 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: Nothing looked any different. She was still very frail, her 268 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 2: skin was yellow. She only weighed eighty nine pounds. I 269 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 2: never heard her complain. She never talked defeat. She would 270 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 2: go through the house quoting scriptures, I will live and 271 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 2: not die, and declare the works of the Lord. 272 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: It was still dark. 273 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: The medical report hadn't changed month after month, no sign 274 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 2: of improvement. All of her senses said, it's not going 275 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 2: to work out. Looked good, she didn't feel well. Her emotions, 276 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 2: her thoughts said she wasn't going to make it. But 277 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 2: she wasn't moved by what she saw. She kept thanking God, 278 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 2: walking by faith and not by sight. Sight said, it's dark, 279 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: nothing has changed. You'll never get well. But faith said, 280 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 2: I've entered a new day. 281 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: It's dark now, but light is coming. 282 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time before the healing breaks 283 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 2: forth over the horizon. Didn't happen like Paul and Silas suddenly, 284 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: but over time, little by little, she started getting better 285 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 2: and better. Her skin color came back to normal, She 286 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: gained her weight back, got her strength. 287 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: Today, almost forty years. 288 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: Later, she's perfectly healthy and whulled, no cancer in her body. 289 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: God has the final save. 290 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: It may be dark in your life right now, but 291 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: don't let the dark fool you. The dark is not 292 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 2: a sign that you're never going to get well. It's 293 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: not a sign that your child is never going to 294 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 2: do right. It's not a sign that your business is 295 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 2: not going to make it. It may have been meant 296 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 2: to stop you. The enemy sentate to keep you from 297 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 2: your destiny. The good news God has overruled that scheme. 298 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: He's thwarting the plans of the enemy. 299 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: That darkness is not going to last. The depression is 300 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 2: not permanent. The addiction, the sickness, that trouble at work 301 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 2: is not how your story ends. You've gone from PM 302 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: to am. It's a new day. 303 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: The sun is about. 304 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: To break forth. Healing is in your future. Abundance is 305 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 2: in your future. Good relationships are in your future. 306 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: Victory is in your future. 307 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: Instead of complaining about the dark, being discouraged by the dark, 308 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: have a new perspective. The dark means light is coming. 309 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 2: Now do your part. Start praising Him in the dark. 310 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 2: Start thinking him that things are changed in your favor. 311 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 2: Don't be moved by what you see. Eleven thirty at 312 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 2: night doesn't look any different than midnight. 313 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: But midnight is a new day. 314 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 2: God is saying the clock has ticked in your favor. 315 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 2: You pass midnight, things may not look any different, yet, 316 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 2: don't worry. 317 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: Light is on the way. 318 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 2: The sun has never once not come up. God has 319 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 2: never once not made good on his promises. It may 320 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 2: not happen on our timetable or the way we thought, 321 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 2: but I can assure you the sun is going to 322 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: come up in your life. You wouldn't be alive if 323 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 2: God didn't have something amazing in your future. Well, Joel, 324 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 2: it sure feels light midnight. Midnight is a good thing. 325 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: God always starts in the dark. That's a sign he's 326 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 2: about to burst something new, something big, something unusual. If 327 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 2: he started in the light, it wouldn't take any faith. 328 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 2: If we could see how it was going to happen, 329 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 2: we had all the resources, the connections, the solution, we 330 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 2: wouldn't have to depend on him. The time to show 331 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: what you're made of is when it's dark and you 332 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 2: don't see anything changing. Thoughts will tell you you'll never get 333 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: out of debt, you'll never meet the right person, you'll 334 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: never accomplish that dream. Instead of getting depressed, the right 335 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 2: attitude is, yes, it's still dark. Yes I don't see 336 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: anything changing, but I'm not worried. 337 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 1: I know it's after midnight. Light is coming. 338 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 2: God is faithful what he promised you He's going to 339 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 2: bring to pass in the scripture, Job went to a 340 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 2: dark time. Everything was going great, life was good. Then 341 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: the bottom fell out. He lost his health, lost his family, 342 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 2: lost his business. 343 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: Didn't seem fair. 344 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 2: The scripture says Job was the most righteous man of 345 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: his day. 346 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 1: You would think he. 347 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: Wouldn't have any dark seasons, he wouldn't have to deal 348 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 2: with disappointments, bad breaks. But life happens to us. All 349 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 2: rain falls on the just and the unjust. The difference 350 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 2: with the just with people like you, people that honor 351 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: God is God promises to take what was meant for 352 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 2: harm and turn it for your good. 353 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: There may be dark. 354 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 2: Seasons, but if you'll stay in faith and not get bitter, 355 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 2: God won't just bring you out. He'll bring you out 356 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 2: better than you were before. He'll make the enemy pay 357 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: for bringing that trouble. God said to Satan, have you 358 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 2: seen my servant Job. There's no one like him in 359 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 2: all the land. He's blameless, He's a man of integrity, 360 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 2: he has a spirit of excellence. I love the fact 361 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 2: that God was bragging on Job. If you could hear 362 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: what God is saying about you, you would be amazed. 363 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 2: We think God is focused on all of our faults, 364 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: our shortcomings. But God sees all the good things in you. 365 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 2: He sees your heart to help us. He sees your sincerity, 366 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 2: your kindness, your courage. I can hear him telling the angels, 367 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 2: have you seen my son Jim. He's really amazing. Have 368 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 2: you seen my daughter Rachel? There's no one like her. 369 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: God is proud of you. He made you in his 370 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 2: own image. 371 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: He calls you a masterpiece. 372 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: And just because you're having difficulty doesn't mean you've done 373 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: something wrong. 374 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: We all go through test and. 375 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 2: Seasons that we don't understand. What I want us to 376 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 2: see is the darkness is not permanent. At some point, 377 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 2: you're going to go from PM to AM. 378 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: God is going to shift things. 379 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 2: You're going to come out promoted, increased, at a new 380 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 2: level of your destiny. When Job lost everything, he was 381 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 2: very discouraged. He sat down among the ashes and put 382 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 2: on sackcloth. He went through phases of being upset, bitter, frustrated. 383 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: But God knows. 384 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: We're human, we feel things. There may be times where 385 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: you feel those emotions. That's okay, just don't stay there. 386 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 2: Job eventually got up out of the ashes. 387 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: It was still dark. 388 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 2: Nothing has changed, but he made the statement, I know 389 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 2: my redeemer lives. He was saying, God is still on 390 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: the throne. He has the final say, I'm not gonna 391 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: dragle around sour over what I've lost. I'm getting ready 392 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 2: for the new things he has in store. Few chapters later, 393 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 2: in the middle of all the difficulty, still as dark 394 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 2: as ever, nothing had changed, but Job said, I know 395 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 2: God has granted me favor. He was saying, I know 396 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 2: I've entered a new day. I know I've gone from 397 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 2: PM to AM. I know this darkness is not permanent. 398 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 2: Chapter eight, A man came along to encourage him. He said, Job, 399 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 2: God will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your 400 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: lips with shouts of joy. He was saying to Job, 401 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 2: what God is saying to us. Don't let this dark 402 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 2: season fool you. Don't let this pandemic, don't let the sickness, 403 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 2: don't let the breakup cause you to live defeated. You're 404 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 2: going to laugh again. You're going to love again. You're 405 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: going to dream again. You're going to build again, you're 406 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 2: going to lead again. You're going to flourish again. I've 407 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 2: heard it said, what if the darkness you're going through 408 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 2: is not the darkness of the tomb? But the darkness 409 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 2: of the womb, the darkness that proceeds God doing something 410 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 2: amazing in your life. You're not in the darkness of 411 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: the tomb. 412 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: Have a new perspective. You're in the darkness of the womb. 413 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 2: God is about to do something that you haven't seen. 414 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: You're going to discover talent that you didn't know you had. 415 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 2: That person that broke your heart walked out on you, 416 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 2: they didn't stop your destiny. You're about to meet someone 417 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 2: better than you've ever imagined. 418 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: That dark time is not wasted. 419 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: God is using it to burst something that you could 420 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 2: have never experienced without it. When my father went to 421 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 2: be with the Lord, that was a dark time for me. 422 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 2: But I can tell you I wasn't in the darkness 423 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 2: of the tomb. I was in the darkness of the womb. 424 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 2: God burthed talent in me that I didn't know was there. 425 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 2: He took what I thought would be my darkest hour 426 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 2: and turned it into my brightest hour. The scripture says 427 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: God will turn your morning into dancing. He will take 428 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 2: away your sadness and clothe you with joy. I believe 429 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: there's sadness that's about to be taken away. That darkness 430 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 2: is about to lift off of you. You're going to 431 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: be clothed with joy, happy, fulfilled, vibrant with fresh vision, 432 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 2: fresh passion. Not just come out okay, hey, I made 433 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: it through. That morning is about to be turned to dancing. 434 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: God is going to make up for the sadness. He's 435 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 2: going to pay you back for the sorrow. 436 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: The hurt, the injustice. 437 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: Now get your hopes up, like Job, keep thanking him 438 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 2: that he's granted you favor. Keep declaring my redeemer lives. 439 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: Job went through this dark season, but that's not where 440 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 2: he ended. The scripture says God restored back to Job 441 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 2: twice what he had before. He was more blessed in 442 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 2: the second part of his life than. 443 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: He was the first. 444 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 2: Yes, it was dark, but when the sun rose up, 445 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 2: he came out with double. Don't believe those lies that 446 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 2: the darkness is permanent. 447 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: It's never going to change. 448 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 2: That darkness is a sign that Double is coming. The 449 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 2: sun is going to rise in your life again. You're 450 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 2: going to see the goodness of God in ways you've 451 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 2: never seen. He's breathing in your direction right now in 452 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 2: the unseen realm. Things are changing in your favor. Forces 453 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 2: of darkness are being push back. The right breaks are 454 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 2: headed your way. He's going to make things happen that 455 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 2: you couldn't make happen. 456 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: You're going to know it was the hand of God. 457 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 2: When we talk about Job, we think that must have 458 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 2: been fifty years of his life. 459 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: That was such a terrible time. 460 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 2: But some commentaries believe the difficulty was only a nine 461 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 2: month period. 462 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: It wasn't years and years. 463 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: What you're dealing with is not going to last as 464 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 2: long as it looks. It's not going to hinder you 465 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,679 Speaker 2: the rest of your life. The sun is going to 466 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 2: come up sooner than you think. You're already way past midnight. 467 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 2: Daybreak is about to happen. Light is about to break 468 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: forth on the horizon. Get ready for favor, Get ready 469 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 2: for breakthroughs, Get ready for double You're not in the 470 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 2: darkness of the tune. You're in the darkness of the womb. 471 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 2: God is about to burst something out of this that 472 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 2: thrusts you to a new level. My challenge, trust him 473 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: in the dark. You may not see anything improving. That's okay. 474 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 2: Walk by faith and not by sight. If you'll do this, 475 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 2: I believe and declare God is about to turn your 476 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 2: mourning into dancing your sadness into joy like job. You're 477 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 2: going to come out restored, promoted, healthy, free. 478 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: Better than you were before. 479 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, I'd like to give you an opportunity 480 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 2: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 481 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 482 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins, come 483 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 2: into my heart and make you my lord and savior. 484 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 485 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 2: born again. Get into a good Bible based church, and 486 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: keep God first place. 487 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 3: Life throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 488 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 3: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 489 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 3: recognize ourselves. 490 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 2: Life has a way of changing us. At one time, 491 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 2: we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. But when 492 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 2: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 493 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: easy to lose. 494 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: That positive, passionate person that we used to be. 495 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 2: In my new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You, I'll help 496 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: you get back to who you really are, the joyful you, 497 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: the confident you, the talented you. 498 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: It's not too late. You haven't been through too much. 499 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: You may have lost part of yourself, but you can 500 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 2: find yourself. 501 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: God is in the business of restoring what was lost, 502 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: healing what was broken. 503 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 2: You haven't seen the best version of you yet it's 504 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 2: still in front of you. 505 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 3: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 506 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 3: of any amount, we would like to send you a 507 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 3: copy of Joel's brand new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten. You 508 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 3: take back your passion, reignite your dreams, and embrace the 509 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 3: life you were created to live. 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