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It's a joy to be with you. 37 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 4: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 38 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 4: be a part of one of our services. I'll promise 39 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 4: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like 40 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 4: to start with something funny, and I heard about this man. 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 4: He was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful 42 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 4: single lady. They struck up a conversation and he asked 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 4: her what kind of men she liked. She said, well, 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 4: I like Native American men with their high cheek bones 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 4: and golden tanned skin. Plus I like Jewish men. They're 46 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: so brilliant and successful. And I like good old boys 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 4: from the south with their long Southern draw what's your name, 48 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 4: he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein, but my friends 49 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 4: call me Bubba. Say it like you mean it. This 50 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 51 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 52 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 53 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 54 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 55 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 56 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about faith for the middle. 57 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 4: It's easy to have faith at the start, when that 58 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 4: new baby is born, you marry that beautiful girl, you 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 4: start that business. That's exciting, there's adrenaline flowing. It's easy 60 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 4: to have faith at the end when you can see 61 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 4: the finish line, the dream is in sight. You fought 62 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 4: the good fight. Having faith at the start and faith 63 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 4: at the end is no problem. The real challenge is 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: having faith in the middle when it's taking longer than 65 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 4: you thought, when you don't have the funds, when the 66 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: medical report wasn't good. That little baby you were so 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 4: excited about, he was so cute, He couldn't do any wrong. 68 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 4: Now he's a teenager, you're convinced he's not your child. 69 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 4: You're having his DNA tested next week. The mistake we 70 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: make is we get discouraged in the middle. We think, God, 71 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 4: I know you gave me this child, but he's making 72 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 4: my life miserable. God, you've brought this spouse into my life. 73 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 4: But there's conflict. God, you blessed me with this business. 74 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 4: I don't have the funds I need to run it. 75 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 4: In the middle is where most people lose the battle. 76 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: But God never promised that we would reach our destiny 77 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 4: without opposition, without disappointments, without things we don't understand. The 78 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: scripture says, don't think it's strange when you face fiery trials. 79 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,559 Speaker 4: That means don't be upset because that person did you wrong. 80 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 4: Don't start worrying because business went down. God is still 81 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 4: on the throne. Nothing that's happened to you has stopped 82 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 4: his plan for your life. He's not in the heaven 83 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 4: scratching his head, thinking, oh man, that one threw me off. 84 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 4: I didn't see that bad break coming. What God promised you, 85 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 4: He still has every intention of bringing it to pass. 86 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,239 Speaker 4: Now I know you can have faith at the start. 87 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 4: I know you can have faith at the end. My 88 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 4: question is, will you have faith for the middle when 89 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 4: it's not happening the way you thought, When it seems 90 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 4: like you're going backwards. Every voice tells you to give up. 91 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 4: You must have heard God wrong. You wouldn't have this 92 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 4: opposition if you were on the right course. Don't believe 93 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 4: those lies. It's all a part of the process. Here's 94 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 4: the key. When God puts a dream in your heart, 95 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 4: he'll show you the end. He gives you the promise, 96 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: but he won't show you the middle. If he told 97 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 4: us all it was going to take to see it 98 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 4: come to pass, many times we would talk ourselves out 99 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 4: of it. In the scripture, an angel appeared to a 100 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 4: young teenage girl named Mary. He said, Mary, you are 101 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 4: highly favored of God. You're going to have a baby 102 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 4: without knowing a man. He will be the Messiah, the 103 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 4: savior of the world. God showed her the end. She 104 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 4: was going to be the mother of Christ, have honored, 105 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 4: be respected, and admired for generations to come. I'm sure 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 4: Mary was excited. She couldn't believe it was happening. But 107 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 4: years later I can hear Mary saying, God, you didn't 108 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 4: tell me having this baby would cause my fiancee to 109 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 4: want to call off the engagement. You didn't tell me 110 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 4: I would have this baby in a manger with smelly animals. 111 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 4: You didn't tell me I would have to live on 112 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 4: the run two years trying to hide my baby from 113 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 4: King Herod. You didn't tell me my son would be mistreated, mocked, ridiculed. 114 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 4: I'd have to watch him be crucified, die a painful death. 115 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 4: What am I saying? God doesn't give us all the details. 116 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 4: What you're facing may be difficult. You don't understand it. 117 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 4: It doesn't make sense. This is where your faith has 118 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 4: to kick in. Are you going to get discouraged and 119 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 4: talk yourself out of it? Or are you going to 120 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 4: do like Mary and say, God, you didn't tell me 121 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 4: that these people would do me wrong. You didn't tell 122 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 4: me i'd be dealing with this illness. You didn't tell 123 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 4: me business would That's low, But God, I know you're 124 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 4: still on the throne. This is not a surprise to you. 125 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 4: It's a part of the process. So I'm not going 126 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 4: to live discouraged. I'm not going to give up on 127 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 4: my dreams. I'm going to do like Mary and have 128 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,239 Speaker 4: faith for the middle. This is what Joseph did. God 129 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 4: gave him a dream that he would rule a nation, 130 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,559 Speaker 4: that his brothers would bow down before him. God showed 131 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 4: him the end. The promise was planted in his heart. 132 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 4: But what God didn't show him was the middle. Years later, 133 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 4: when Joseph was ruling the nation of Egypt, one of 134 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 4: the most influential people of his day, the dream had 135 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 4: come to pass. I can imagine Joseph saying, God, you 136 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 4: told me that I would take the throne, but you 137 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: didn't tell me my brothers would be jealous and throw 138 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 4: me into a pit. You showed me the kingdom, but 139 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 4: you didn't show me along the way, I would be 140 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 4: sold into slavery. You didn't tell me I'd be falsely 141 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 4: accused and put in prison for something that I didn't do. 142 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 4: If Joseph were here today, he would tell you, don't 143 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 4: get discouraged in the middle, don't give up when life 144 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: doesn't make sense. You know the promise is in your heart. 145 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 4: You know God has told you that you'll be healthy again, 146 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 4: that you'll see your family restored, that you'll meet the 147 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: person of your dreams. But every circumstance may say just 148 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 4: the opposite, looks like you're going the other direction. Do 149 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 4: like Joseph, keep believing, keep being your best. God has 150 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 4: not brought you this far to leave you. He hasn't 151 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 4: failed you in the past. He's not going to fail 152 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 4: you in the future. Don't get discouraged by the process. 153 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: See the start is fun, the end is exciting, but 154 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 4: the middle can be messy in some way. We're all 155 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 4: in the middle. We're all on a journey. There are 156 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 4: things that you're believing for. You know, God has planted 157 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 4: that seed over time. It's easy to get discouraged and 158 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 4: thank God, Joe, it's never gonna happen. There are too 159 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 4: many obstacles. God has you hearing this to breathe new 160 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 4: life into your dreams. What He's promised you is already 161 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 4: en route. The process has already been started, the healing, 162 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 4: the right people, the new business, the breakthrough is already 163 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 4: on the way. Now do your part and have faith 164 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 4: for the middle. David could have said, God, you promised 165 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 4: me I would be the king, but you didn't tell 166 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 4: me I would have to face a giant twice my size. 167 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 4: You left that detail out. You didn't tell me King 168 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 4: Saul would chase me through the desert and try to 169 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 4: kill me. You didn't tell me my own son would 170 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 4: turn on me and try to take the throne. When 171 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 4: you study the great heroes of faith, one common denominator 172 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 4: you'll find is they had faith for the middle. When 173 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: it looked impossible, when the promise seemed a long way off, 174 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 4: they kept moving forward, knowing that it was a part 175 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 4: of the process. I can still remember where I was 176 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: sitting years ago in a restaurant when a friend of 177 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 4: mine told me that the Houston Rockets basketball team was 178 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 4: going to move out of the Compact Center and this 179 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 4: facility was going to become available. When I heard that something 180 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 4: came alive on the inside, I knew it was supposed 181 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 4: to be ours. God showed me the end. I could 182 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: already see us in here, having services touching the world. 183 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 4: But looking back now, I realize what God didn't show 184 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 4: me that it was going to take two years to 185 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 4: try to convince ten city council members to vote for us. 186 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 4: He didn't show me one of the largest companies in 187 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 4: Texas would follow a lawsuit to try to keep us 188 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: from moving in. He didn't tell me it was going 189 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 4: to cost one hundred million dollars to renovate. Sometimes God 190 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 4: leaves out certain details on purpose. If he would have 191 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: told me I would be responsible for those funds, I 192 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 4: would have said, God, we're fine with our old location. 193 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 4: I would have settled for less than his best. There's 194 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 4: a reason we don't know all the details. We wouldn't 195 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 4: move into the fullness of our destiny because none of 196 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 4: us like adversity. We like to be comfortable. But you 197 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 4: won't become all you were created to be without opposition, 198 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 4: without disappointments, without struggles that caused you to stretch your faith, 199 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 4: to grow, to develop your spiritual muscles. When God brought 200 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: the Israelites out of slavery, they were headed toward the 201 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 4: promised land. God showed them the destination, the land flowing 202 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 4: with milk and honey. He got them started. But in 203 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 4: the middle God didn't abandon them. He didn't say, I 204 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 4: gave you the promise, Now you're on your own. Good 205 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 4: luck in the middle. All along the way, God supernaturally 206 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 4: provided for them. He gave them manna, something like bread 207 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 4: to eat each morning out in the desert. When they 208 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 4: wanted meat, God shifted the direction of the winds and 209 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 4: hundreds of thousands of quell came into the camp. When 210 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 4: they were thirsty and couldn't find a stream, God brought 211 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 4: water out of a rock. He protected them from enemies 212 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: that were much bigger and more powerful. When Pharaoh changed 213 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 4: his mind and came chasing after the Israelites, they were 214 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 4: at a dead end at the Red Sea, and they 215 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 4: had nowhere to go. It looked like they were done. 216 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: God supernaturally parted the waters, took them through on dry ground. 217 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 4: Again and again. God showed them favor, made things happen 218 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 4: that they could never make happen. God was showing us 219 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 4: I'm not just the god of the start. I'm not 220 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 4: just the god of the finish. I'm the God of 221 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 4: the middle. I'm the God who will bring you through 222 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 4: the storm, through the trial, through the difficulty. When you're 223 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 4: in the middle, God's given you the promise. Like the Israelites, 224 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 4: you know your destination, but you're en route raising that baby, 225 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: believing for your healing. You're running your business along the way. 226 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 4: You'll face situations like them where it looks impossible. The 227 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 4: odds are against you, the opposition is much stronger. Be encouraged. 228 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 4: The God of the Middle is right there with you. 229 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 4: There may be some red seas in your path. Seems 230 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 4: like you're stuck. The good news is God knows how 231 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 4: to part the waters. He knows how to make a way. 232 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 4: You may not have the funds you need to go 233 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: to college to run your business, but God knows how 234 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 4: to shift the direction of the winds and bring quall 235 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 4: into your camp, so to speak. God can still bring 236 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 4: water out of a rock. Don't give up in the middle. 237 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: The scripture says you'll go through the flood, but you 238 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 4: will not drown. Why is that? The God of the 239 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 4: middle is with you. Goes on to say, you'll go 240 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 4: through the fire, but you won't be burned. You'll go 241 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 4: through the famine, but you won't go hungry. You may 242 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 4: be in the fire, in the flood, in the famine, 243 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 4: God is saying you're not staying there. You're going through it. 244 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 4: And when you're in the middle, you have to remind 245 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: yourself this too shall pass. It's temporary. Now. Quit giving 246 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: so much energy to something that's not going to last. 247 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 4: Quit wasting time, Worried about the situation at work, discouraged 248 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 4: over the medical report, upset over what they said. That's 249 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 4: not your destination. You're only passing through. The trouble is 250 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 4: not permanent, the sickness, the legal situation, the loneliness. It's 251 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 4: just a step along the way. But if you make 252 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 4: the mistake of letting it overwhelm you and get discouraged, 253 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 4: then you'll settle there and let what should have been 254 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 4: temporary become permanent. This is where many people miss it. 255 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 4: They give up in the middle. I'm asking you to 256 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 4: keep moving forward. David said it this way, though, I 257 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 4: walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death. He 258 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 4: didn't say I stay in the valley. I set up 259 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 4: camp in the valley. I build my house in the valley. 260 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 4: He said, the valley is not my home. I don't 261 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 4: settle in the middle. I don't get discouraged by opposition. 262 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 4: I don't give up when life doesn't make sense. He 263 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 4: had faith for the middle. When things come against you 264 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 4: you're tempted to settle, you have to dig your heels 265 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 4: in and say, like David, I know he's not just 266 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 4: the god of the finish, He's the God of the middle. 267 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: So I'm not going to settle in the valley. I'm 268 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 4: not going to get stuck in the middle. I'm going 269 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 4: to keep moving forward, knowing that God will get me 270 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 4: to where I'm supposed to be. This is what it 271 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 4: says in some one third. The Lord will work out 272 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 4: his plan for your life. Doesn't say we have to 273 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 4: work out our own plan. Make it happen in our 274 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 4: own strength, be frustrated when it's not happening the way 275 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 4: we thought. Now we can stay in peace knowing that 276 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: the Lord, the God who created the universe, the God 277 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 4: who spoke worlds into existence, He's promised he will work 278 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 4: out his plan for your life. And sometimes it does 279 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 4: feel like we're going backwards. We know we should be 280 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 4: going that way, we're going just the opposite. But God 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 4: knows what he's doing. His ways are better than our ways. 282 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 4: Right now, he's behind the scenes in your life working 283 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 4: out his plans. That means he's arranging things in your favor. 284 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 4: He's moving the wrong people out of the way. He's 285 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 4: lining up the breaks you need. You may not see anything, 286 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 4: yet you have to walk by faith and not by sight. 287 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 4: See in the middle, Joseph could have said, it's never 288 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 4: gonna work out. I'm a slave in prison in a 289 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 4: foreign land. You're telling me I'm a ruler nation. What 290 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 4: Joseph couldn't see was behind the scenes God was working 291 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 4: out the plan for his life. In the Middle, David 292 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 4: could have said, I'll never take the throne. I'm a 293 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 4: shepherd boy from a low income family. I don't have 294 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 4: the talent, the connections, the experience. But God is not 295 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 4: dependent on what you don't have. When He brethed his 296 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 4: life into you, he equipped you with everything that you need. 297 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 4: What you think you don't have enough of the favor 298 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 4: of God will make up for it. His anointing on 299 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 4: your life will cause you to go further than people 300 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 4: that have more talent than you do. In the Middle 301 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 4: Abrachaim could have said, we'll never have a baby. That's impossible, 302 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 4: we're too old. But what he couldn't see was behind 303 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 4: the SEMs, God had already ordained a little baby named 304 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 4: Isaac that had Abraham and Sarah's name on it. You 305 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 4: may not see how your dream could come to pass. 306 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 4: Medically speaking, you won't get well. Does it look like 307 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 4: you'll ever break that addiction on your own? You're out 308 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 4: of luck. The good news is you're not on your own. 309 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 4: You're not doing life by yourself. Your heavenly Father, the 310 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 4: Most High God, is working out his plans for your life. 311 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 4: There may be some obstacles that look insurmountable, but God 312 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 4: has the final say. When you have faith for the middle, 313 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 4: God will make things happen that you could never make happen. 314 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 4: He'll turn situations around that look impossible. He'll take you 315 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 4: further than you've imagined. Paul said in Ephesians, put on 316 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 4: the armor of God, so in the day of trouble 317 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 4: you can stand in life. We will all have days 318 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 4: of trouble, days of disappointments, days of opposition. But the 319 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 4: same God that said there will be a day of 320 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 4: trouble also said there will be a day when that 321 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 4: trouble comes to an end. You may be in a 322 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 4: difficulty right now, be encouraged. It's temporary. That trouble has 323 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 4: an expiration date. God has already set an end to it. 324 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 4: You're in the middle, but at the appointed time, the 325 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 4: end will come. That legal situation, it's just one of 326 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 4: those days of trouble that God talked about. Instead of 327 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 4: being discouraged, keep your minding yourself. This trouble is not permanent. 328 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 4: It has an expiration date. Just like there's a day 329 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 4: of trouble. God has a day of deliverance, a day 330 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 4: of healing, a day of abundance, a day of breakthrough. 331 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 4: This couple I know have a son that was addicted 332 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 4: to drugs for over twenty years. These parents are good people, 333 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 4: they love God. They're always giving and serving, but somehow 334 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 4: their son god on the wrong course. Year after year 335 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 4: went by, looked like nothing was changing. But I never 336 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 4: heard these parents talk about the problem. I never once 337 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 4: heard them complain God, why did this happen to our son? 338 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 4: We don't understand it. They were in the valley, but 339 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 4: they didn't make the valley their home. They knew just 340 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 4: as there was a day of trouble when their son 341 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: was addicted, there was a day of deliverance set by 342 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe where their son would be 343 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 4: free from that addiction. And they had done everything they could. 344 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 4: They prayed, they believed, they send him to rehab, but 345 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 4: none of that worked. Few months ago, some people that 346 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 4: worked with this young man took a special interest in him. 347 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 4: They're not even believers, but they befriended him and paid 348 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 4: his way to go through treatment. This time it was successful. Now, 349 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 4: for the first time in over twenty years, he's completely clean. 350 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 4: He has no desire for any of those drugs. He 351 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 4: came in to his day of deliverance. What his parents 352 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 4: couldn't do, God had somebody to do for him. When 353 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 4: you have faith for the middle, God will make things 354 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 4: happen that you could never make happen. You may be 355 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 4: in one of those days of trouble right now, Trouble 356 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 4: in your health, trouble in a relationship, trouble in your mind. 357 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 4: It's easy to think it's never going to change. I'll 358 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 4: always be depressed, I'll always struggle in my finance, and 359 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 4: always struggle with this addiction. You need to get ready 360 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,239 Speaker 4: like this young man. God is saying, your day of 361 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 4: deliverance is coming, Your day of freedom, your day of joy, 362 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 4: your day of victory is on the way. March chapter four, 363 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 4: Jesus had been teaching thousands of people. It was late 364 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 4: in the day, and he said to the disciples, let's 365 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 4: go to the other side of the lake. They got 366 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 4: in a boat and began to travel there, But along 367 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 4: the way they encountered a huge storm. The scripture describes 368 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: it as a furious squall of hurricane proportions. The winds 369 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 4: were so strong they thought the boat was going to capsize. 370 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,959 Speaker 4: The waves were coming up over the top. The disciples 371 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 4: were so panicked that Peter ran down to the stern 372 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 4: of the boat where Jesus was sleeping, and said, Jesus, 373 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 4: wake up. We're in the middle of the storm. We're 374 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 4: about to die. Jesus woke up, and he spoke to 375 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 4: the storm and everything calmed down. What's interesting is Jesus 376 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 4: knew there was going to be a storm before they 377 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 4: left that night. He's God, he knows everything. Why did 378 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 4: he tell them let's go to the other side if 379 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 4: he knew there was going to be a hurricane, a 380 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 4: major storm. Because he also knew that storm could not 381 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 4: keep them from their destiny. He knew there would be 382 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: difficulties in the middle. But when he declares we're going 383 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 4: to the other side, all the forces of darkness cannot 384 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 4: stop him. He's going to make it to the other side. 385 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 4: In the same way, when God puts a promise in 386 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 4: your heart, when he speaks into your destiny, you don't 387 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 4: have to be moved by the winds, worried by the storms, 388 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 4: upset and panic because there's a few hurricanes along the journey. 389 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 4: God is in control of the universe. What he's spoken 390 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 4: over your life will come to pass. And the reason 391 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 4: Jesus didn't wake up on his own in the middle 392 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 4: of that storm is because he knew the disciples could 393 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 4: handle it. If they were all going to die, he 394 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: would have gotten up without them having to wake him up. 395 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 4: When we're in a storm, a lot of times we 396 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 4: do like Peter and we get all upset. Panic. God, 397 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 4: you got to help me. God, You've got to fix 398 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 4: this right now. The reason it may seem like God 399 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 4: is not waking up is not because he's ignoring you, 400 00:23:55,520 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 4: not because he's uninterested. It's because he knows you can 401 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 4: handle it. He wouldn't have allowed that storm if it 402 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 4: was going to sink you. Now. Quit being upset over 403 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 4: something you can handle. Quit worrying about that situation at work. 404 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 4: God is not ignoring you. He knew there'd be a 405 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 4: storm before he sent you out. He's not waking up 406 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 4: because he's growing you up. He's teaching you to have 407 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 4: faith for the middle. If he came running every time 408 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 4: we had a difficulty, our spiritual muscles would never develop. 409 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 4: We would never really trust him. But when you're calm 410 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: despite what comes against you, that's a sign of maturity. 411 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 4: That's a sign you have faith for the middle. If 412 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 4: God is not turning it around yet, the winds are 413 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 4: still blowing, the waves are still rocking. Take it as 414 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 4: a compliment. That means you can handle it. It's not 415 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 4: too much for you. You have the most powerful force 416 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 4: in the universe breathing in your direction. Years ago, we 417 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 4: were doing a Night of Hope in Los Angeles at 418 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 4: Dodger Stadium. Alexandra, our daughter, was a little girl. She 419 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 4: would come up at the end of the program and sing. 420 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 4: There were thousands of people there was live on television. 421 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 4: Alexandra started her song, but the mic wasn't working properly. 422 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 4: He would come on for a second, go off for 423 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 4: three seconds, cutting in and out. It's hard enough to 424 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 4: sing in the big stadiums because there's so much echo. 425 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 4: But now she couldn't hear herself, and she was a 426 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 4: little girl and didn't really know what to do. As 427 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 4: she was singing, with these thoughts of confusion filling her mind, 428 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 4: saying you should stop. Nobody can hear you. You're wasting 429 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 4: your time. She looked over to the left and could 430 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 4: see Victoria, her mother, sitting on the side of the platform. 431 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 4: The whole time Victoria had a big smile on her 432 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 4: face and was nodding her head yes, just like she 433 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 4: was saying keep going, you're doing good. Alexander would sing 434 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 4: for another fifteen seconds, Mike cutting in and out. She 435 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 4: would look back over and there was Victoria, still smiling 436 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 4: from ear to ear, nodding her head yes. Alexandra made 437 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 4: it through the whole song simply because she could see 438 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 4: her mother reassuring her that everything was going to be 439 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 4: all right. Sometimes in life, the mic is not working. 440 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 4: You're in the middle of your song. You thought it 441 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 4: would be the best part of your life, but you 442 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 4: came down with an illness. Somebody walked away and broke 443 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 4: your heart. The business didn't make it. You hit one 444 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 4: of those days of trouble. Every voice will tell you 445 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 4: to stop singing. It's not making a difference. Nobody's listening. 446 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,719 Speaker 4: But if you'll look up through your eyes of faith, 447 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 4: you'll see your heavenly father nodding his head yes, saying 448 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 4: keep going, you're doing good. I'm in control. When you're 449 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 4: in the middle and the might quits working, the key 450 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 4: is just keep seeing your song, keep doing the right thing. 451 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 4: You can't control everything that happens to you just be 452 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 4: your best and trust God to take care of the rest. 453 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: He's not just the God of the start, not just 454 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 4: the god of the finish. He's the God of the middle. 455 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 4: He has you in the palm of his hand. He's 456 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 4: behind the scenes right now working out his plan for 457 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 4: your life. Don't be discouraged by the process. You may 458 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 4: be in the fire, but you're not staying there. You're 459 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 4: passing through. You're coming out now. I believe and declare, 460 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 4: if you'll have faith for the middle, the God of 461 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 4: the middle is going to show up and show out 462 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 4: in your life like the Israelites, providing for you, protecting you, 463 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 4: and you won't get stuck in the middle. You will 464 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: make it in to your promised land in Jesus' name. 465 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can just say him in Today. 466 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 467 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me, 468 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 4: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 469 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 4: into my heart. I make you my Lord and save you. 470 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 4: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 471 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 4: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Victorian. 472 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 4: I will be right back to speak a blessing over you. 473 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 474 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 5: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 475 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new series, Three Keys to Being Free. 476 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 5: In this inspiring series, you'll discover how to one forgive 477 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 5: yourself and others, two keep your peace and enjoy God's rest, 478 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 5: and three move forward in faith and into your destiny. 479 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 6: God wants you to break free from everything that's holding 480 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 6: you back. 481 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 7: There may be obstacles in your path, but the forces 482 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 7: that are for you are greater than the forces that 483 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 7: are against you. 484 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 4: This is your time to step up into a new 485 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 4: level of freedom. It's this resource. It will inspire you 486 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 4: to believe for the victorious life that belongs to you. 487 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 5: Get ready to live free. Request your copy of Three 488 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 5: Keys to Being Free today at Joelostein dot com or 489 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 5: Calm eight eight eight five six seven. Joel. 490 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 6: When we got our son's diagnosis with autism, our whole 491 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 6: world changed. We weren't sure what to do, but it 492 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 6: was Joel's message of hope that really carried us over 493 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 6: our obstacles. We thank God for the ministry of Joel 494 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 6: Ostein and everything that it meant to our family. 495 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. 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