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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 4: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 4: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny, and heard about 33 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 4: this man that called the church office. He said, I 34 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 4: want to speak to the head hog at the trough. 35 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 4: The secretary was offended. She said, if you mean the pastor, 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 4: you're going to have to call him pastor, but you 37 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 4: may not call him the head hog at the trough. 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 4: He said, well, that's fine, but I was thinking about 39 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 4: making a five thousand dollars donation to your church. She said, 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: hang on, poor Ky just walked in. Say it like 41 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 4: it says, I am, I have what it says I have. 43 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today, 44 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 45 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 46 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 47 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about unconditional trust. 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 4: It's easy to trust God when things are going our way. 49 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 4: We're getting good breaks, our business is blessed, our children 50 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 4: are healthy. That doesn't take much faith. Life is good. 51 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 4: But what about when things aren't going our way? Our 52 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 4: prayers aren't being answered. The problem isn't turning around. We're 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 4: not seeing favor. Too often we get discouraged. Think God, 54 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 4: why aren't you doing something? You can see them mistreated? 55 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 4: My health isn't good. I worked hard, but I didn't 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 4: get the promotion. We think when it changes, we'll be 57 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,279 Speaker 4: happy when I meet the right person, when my health improves, 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 4: when we have this baby, then we'll have a good attitude. 59 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 4: That's conditional trust. God. If you meet my demands, if 60 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,279 Speaker 4: you answer my prayers the way I want on my timetable, 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 4: then I'll be my best. The problem with conditional trust 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 4: is there will always be things we don't understand. Something 63 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 4: that's not happening fast enough. It didn't work out the 64 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 4: way we wanted. We prayed just as hard for my 65 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 4: father when his health went downhill as we did for 66 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 4: my mother. We quoted the same scriptures. We asked God 67 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 4: to restore his health, to let him live, But my 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 4: father went to be with the Lord. It didn't happen 69 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 4: the way I wanted. If I would have had conditional trust, 70 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 4: I would have gotten upset bitter God, What didn't you 71 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: answer my prayers? The truth is God did answer my prayer, 72 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 4: it just wasn't the way I wanted. Are you mature 73 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 4: enough to accept God's answers even though they're not what 74 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 4: you were hoping for. God is a sovereign God. We're 75 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 4: not going to understand everything that happens. Faith is trusting God. 76 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: When life doesn't make sense, there will always be unanswered questions. 77 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 4: Why didn't my loved one make it? Why am I 78 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: not getting better? Why did this person leave? Some things 79 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 4: are not going to make sense, But God wouldn't have 80 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: allowed it if he wasn't going to bring good out 81 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 4: of it. You may not see it at the time, 82 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 4: but God knows what he's doing. He has your best 83 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 4: interest at heart. It's not random. It's a part of 84 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 4: his plan. Dare to trust him. I didn't want to 85 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 4: lose my father. Of course, he was one of my 86 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 4: best friends. I'd worked with him here at Lakewood for 87 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 4: seventeen years. We had traveled the world to get other 88 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 4: I didn't know what I would do when my dad 89 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 4: was gone, But I found God had another plan. He 90 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 4: had something else for me to do. I couldn't see 91 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 4: it at the time. I wanted God to do it 92 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 4: my way, but God had a better way. I thought 93 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 4: I would spend my life behind the scenes, doing production, 94 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 4: running the cameras. I didn't think I could get up 95 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 4: here in front of people. I didn't know this ability 96 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 4: was in me. But God can see things in you 97 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 4: that you can't see in yourself. His plan for your 98 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 4: life is bigger than your plan, but it may not 99 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 4: happen the way you thought. God doesn't take us in 100 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 4: a straight line. There'll be twist turns, the disappointments, the loss, 101 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 4: the bad breaks. They're all a part of his plan. 102 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 4: But if you have conditional trust, you'll get discouraged and think, 103 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 4: why is this happening. I'm going the wrong way? But 104 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 4: God is still directing your steps. Trust him when you 105 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 4: don't understand, trust them, even when it feels like you're 106 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 4: going the wrong direction. What I thought would be my 107 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: darkest hour, the loss of my father. I say this respectfully. 108 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 4: In one sense, it turned out to be my brightest hour. 109 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 4: It launched me into what I'm doing today, into a 110 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 4: new level of my destiny. But sometimes we want things 111 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 4: so bad we're not going to be happy unless it 112 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: happens our way. I can't be happy unless I get 113 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 4: the house, unless I meet the right person, unless we 114 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 4: have the baby. That's out of balance. Anything you have 115 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 4: to have in order to be happy, the enemy can 116 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 4: use against you. And it's good to be honest with God. 117 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 4: Tell them your dreams, tell them what you're believing. For God, 118 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 4: this is what I want. I'm asking you to heal 119 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: my loved one, turn this problem around. God, open these 120 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 4: new doors. It's fine to ask, but then be mature 121 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 4: enough to say, but God, if it never happens, if 122 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 4: I don't get the promotion, if my loved one doesn't 123 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 4: make it, if my health doesn't improve, I'm still going 124 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 4: to trust you. See, we can get so consumed with 125 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 4: what we want that it can become like an idol. 126 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 4: That's all we think about, all we pray about. It's 127 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 4: always on the forefront of our minds. Turn it over 128 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 4: to God, pray, believe, then leave it in God's hands. 129 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 4: Don't get so focused on what you want that you 130 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 4: miss the beauty of this day. Everything may not be perfect, 131 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 4: there are things that need to change, but God has 132 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 4: given you the grace to be happy today. It's very 133 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 4: freeing when you can say God is in your hands. 134 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 4: I trust you, not conditionally. If it works out my way. 135 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 4: I trust you unconditionally, even when I don't understand it. 136 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 4: In the Scripture of the Apostle, Paul had what he 137 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: described as a thorn in his flesh. It was something 138 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 4: either physically or spiritually that he didn't like. It was 139 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: bothering him. Three times he asked God to take it away, 140 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 4: but God didn't remove it. Paul was honoring God, he 141 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 4: was being his best. He wrote half of the books 142 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: in the New Testament. You would think God would fix 143 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: what was bothering him, but God said to him, Paul, 144 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 4: my grace is sufficient for you. He was saying, in effect, 145 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 4: I may not remove it just yet, but I will 146 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: give you the grace to handle it. If God is 147 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 4: not removing what you want removed. If he's not changing 148 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 4: what you want changed, don't use that as an excuse 149 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: to live sour, bitter. God has given you the grace 150 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 4: to be where you are with a good attitude, you 151 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,239 Speaker 4: can enjoy your life in spite of what's not working out. 152 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 4: And sometimes the reason our prayers aren't answered the way 153 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 4: we want is because it's not the right time, or 154 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 4: God has something better that we can't see, or perhaps 155 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: he's using the difficulty to do a work in us 156 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 4: to help us grow to get stronger. Unconditional trust says God. 157 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 4: I don't like it. I'm uncomfortable, but I'm smart enough 158 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 4: to recognize you're God and I'm not. You're on the throne, 159 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 4: You're in control of my life. You said your plans 160 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 4: for me are for good. You said you would leave 161 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 4: me down the best path for my life. And even 162 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: though I don't understand it right now, God, I trust you. 163 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 4: Are you living frustrated, unhappy because something is not going 164 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 4: your way? That's conditional trust. You'll live a lot freer, 165 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 4: a lot happier if you'll quit fighting what God is 166 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 4: not changing, quit being upset over what he's not removing. 167 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 4: Paul said, I have learned how to be content. Didn't 168 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 4: happen automatically. He made this decision. I'm not going to 169 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 4: live sour because God hasn't removed this thorn. When he 170 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 4: wants to remove it, he'll remove it. But until then, 171 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 4: I'm going to be happy where i am foreign in all. 172 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 4: The truth is, we all have some thorns things that 173 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 4: God is not changing. He could if he wanted to, 174 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 4: He's God. All he'd have to do is speak, and 175 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 4: that problem would turn around. That person would treat you right. 176 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 4: Wouldn't be any big deal. But since he's not doing 177 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 4: it yet, will you do like Paul and be happy 178 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 4: where you are foreign and all trouble and all loneliness 179 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: and all. It takes a mature person to say, even 180 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 4: though God is not removing this, I'm still going to 181 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 4: have a smile. I'm still going to be good to people. 182 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 4: I'm still going to give God praise. This is what 183 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 4: happened with the three Hebrew teenagers in the scripture. They 184 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 4: wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. The king 185 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 4: was furious. He was going to have them thrown into 186 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 4: a fiery furnace. They said, King, we're not going to 187 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 4: bow down. We know our God will deliver us, but 188 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 4: even if he doesn't, we're still not going to bow down. 189 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 4: That's unconditional trust. I believe God's going to turn this 190 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 4: situation around, but even if he doesn't, I'm still going 191 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 4: to be happy. I believe I'm going to get the promotion, 192 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: believe my health is improving. I believe the right person 193 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 4: that is coming. But if it doesn't happen, I'm not 194 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 4: going to get bitter sour. I know God is still 195 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 4: on the throne. If he's not changing it, he has 196 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 4: a reason. My life is in his hands. Dare to 197 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 4: trust him, not just when things will go in your way, 198 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 4: but even when you don't understand it. The Psalmist said, 199 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 4: God will work out his plan for your life. You 200 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 4: don't have to work it all out. You don't have 201 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 4: to make it happen in your own strength, try to 202 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 4: manipulate people, fight all your battles. Why don't you relax, 203 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 4: take the pressure off yourself and let God work out 204 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: his plan for your life. He can do it better 205 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: than you can. He knows the best path. And that's 206 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: what these teenagers were saying. We know God will deliver 207 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: us from this fire. But even if he doesn't, we're 208 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 4: not going to get upset and start panicking. We know 209 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 4: we're not doing life on our own. The Most High God, 210 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe, is working out his plan 211 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 4: for our lives. All the forces of darkness cannot stop 212 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 4: what God has ordained. That sickness can't stop him. Trouble 213 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 4: at work can't stop him, the disappointments, the setbacks. You 214 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 4: may have a lot coming against you. You feel like 215 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 4: you're about to be thrown into a fire. The good 216 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 4: news is you're not going to go in there. You 217 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 4: couldn't be put in that fire unless God allowed it. 218 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 4: The enemy is not in control of your life. God 219 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 4: is in control. He is working out his plan. Sometimes 220 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:20,439 Speaker 4: his plan includes fiery furnaces. Sometimes it includes giants, red seas, pharohs, 221 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: people that don't like you, obstacles that seem insurmountable. You 222 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 4: don't see away, But since you know the Lord is 223 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 4: directing your steps, you don't try to figure it all out. 224 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 4: It may look like the end, but like these teenagers, 225 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 4: you have unconditional trust. I know God will deliver me, 226 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 4: but even if he doesn't, I'm still going to have 227 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 4: a song of praise. I'm still going to have an 228 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 4: attitude of faith. I'm still going to live my life happy. 229 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 4: The king had these teenagers thrown into the furnace. The 230 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 4: fire was so hot. When the guards opened the door, 231 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: they were killed in a few minutes. The king came 232 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 4: to check on them. He looked through the window and 233 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 4: couldn't believe his eyes. He said, didn't we throw in 234 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 4: three men bound? I see four men loosed, and one 235 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 4: looks like the son of God? What was that? God 236 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: working out his plan for their lives? But I wonder 237 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 4: what the outcome would have been if they would have 238 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 4: had conditional trust God. If you deliver us from this fire, 239 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 4: then we'll stay in faith. God, if you do it 240 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 4: our way, we'll keep a good attitude. But when the 241 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 4: king didn't change his mind, when God didn't remove the obstacle, 242 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: if they would have gotten negative, complained God, we don't 243 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 4: understand it. We prayed, we believed, we stood in faith. 244 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 4: Why didn't you turn it around? Maybe the furnace would 245 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 4: have been the end. Maybe we wouldn't be talking about 246 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: them today. If you want to get God's attention, if 247 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 4: you want him to take you where you've never dreamed, 248 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 4: and turn impossible situation around. Do like these teenagers, I 249 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 4: know God will deliver me from this fire, have a 250 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: statement of faith, but then follow it up with but 251 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: even if he doesn't, God, I'm still going to honor you. 252 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 4: I'm still going to be my best. When you live 253 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 4: like that, you take away all the enemy's power. He's 254 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 4: expecting you to get upset, to be worried if it 255 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 4: doesn't work out, to fall apart, live in self pity. 256 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 4: When you have unconditional trust, you can't be defeated. You 257 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: may have challenges that look bigger, stronger in the natural, 258 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 4: you don't have a chance. Don't be intimidated. The forces 259 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 4: that are for you are greater than the forces that 260 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 4: are against you. The scripture says in job you will 261 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 4: not be harvested before your time. You may get thrown 262 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 4: into a fire, but if it's not your time to go, 263 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 4: you're not going to go. God has the final say. 264 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 4: Right now, he is working out his plan for your life. 265 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 4: There may be some fiery furnaces. Are you only going 266 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 4: to trust him if he delivers you from the fire, 267 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 4: if he takes away all the thorns, if he does 268 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 4: it your way? Or are you going to have unconditional trust. 269 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 4: Trust him like these teenagers, even if he takes you 270 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 4: through the fire. Looking back over my life, things haven't 271 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 4: turned out the way I thought. I had a plan, 272 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 4: I had it all figured out. I told God what 273 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 4: to do, when to do it, what I needed, who 274 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 4: to use, how to get me there. I gave him 275 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 4: good information, my very best. The funny thing is God 276 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 4: didn't take my advice. He had his own plan. What 277 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 4: I found is God's plan has always been better than 278 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 4: my plan. His ways have always been more rewarding, more fulfilling, 279 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 4: bigger than my ways. If God would have done everything 280 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 4: I ask, answered my prayers the way I wanted on 281 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 4: my timetable, it would have limited my destiny. I wouldn't 282 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 4: be where I am. I couldn't see it at the time, 283 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 4: didn't make sense, seemed like a good thing. But one 284 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 4: day I learned what Isaiah said that God's ways are 285 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 4: higher than our ways. His plans are better than our plans. 286 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 4: Quit being discouraged over something that didn't work out the 287 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 4: way you wanted. Don't live frustrated because maybe somebody left 288 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 4: that you wanted to stay, a door closed that you 289 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 4: wanted open. God knows what he's doing. You may not 290 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 4: see it now, but one day, when you see what 291 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 4: God was up to, you'll be glad he closed the doors. 292 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 4: You'll thank him for not answering those prayers. The longer 293 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 4: I live, the more I pray, God, not my will, 294 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 4: but let your will be done. Fight the closed doors anymore. 295 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 4: I don't get frustrated when things aren't changing as fast 296 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 4: as I would like. I know that God is in control. 297 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 4: As long as you're honoring Him, being your best at 298 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 4: the right time, God will get you to where you're 299 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 4: supposed to be. It may not be where you thought. 300 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 4: God is going to take you further than you ever imagine. 301 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,959 Speaker 4: And I believe in praying for our dreams and praying 302 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 4: bold prayers, believing for big things. But I've learned to 303 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 4: let God do it his way. Hold tightly to what 304 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 4: God put in your heart, but hold loosely to how 305 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 4: it's going to happen. Don't get set in your ways. 306 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 4: Don't be discouraged because it hasn't happened the way you thought. 307 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 4: God is working out his plan for your life. A 308 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 4: couple of years after Victoria and I were married, we 309 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 4: sold our townhouse. We were going to buy our first 310 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 4: home We were so excited. We looked for months and 311 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: months and we found this house that we really loved. 312 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 4: It's in a beautiful lot, big trees, so picturesque. It 313 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 4: was like our dream house. We made an offer, not 314 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 4: much less than they were asking. We didn't hear back 315 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 4: for a couple of weeks, and the house was empty. 316 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 4: So we would go out at night and pray over 317 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 4: it and thank God that it was ours dream about 318 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 4: living there. Here's where we'll put our furniture, Here's where 319 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 4: we'll put a swing set. One day, we were sure 320 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 4: it was going to happen, but they called back and 321 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 4: said they weren't going to accept our offer. We knew 322 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 4: that was the devil trying to take our house, because 323 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 4: that's supposed to be ours. Have you noticed the devil 324 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 4: gets blamed for a lot of things he had nothing 325 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 4: to do with. We went back to that house and 326 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 4: we started marching around it, praying, binding loose, and doing 327 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 4: everything we could. A few days later, they sold it 328 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 4: to somebody else. Have you ever felt like God let 329 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 4: you down? He could have changed so easily. We were 330 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 4: right there, but the door closed. We said, God, where 331 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: were you? This was our dream house? But if You're 332 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 4: only going to be happy if God does it your way. 333 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 4: That's not trusting, that's giving God orders. You'll be frustrated. 334 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 4: Why don't you put your life in his hands. He 335 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 4: knows what's best for you. He can see things that 336 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 4: we can't see. A couple of months later, we found 337 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 4: another house in close to the city. We purchased that place. 338 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 4: Two years after that, we sold half of that property 339 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 4: for more than we paid for the whole property. We 340 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 4: ended up building a new house there. God blessed us 341 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 4: in ways greater than we ever imagined. But now sometimes 342 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 4: I'll drive back by that other house I wanted so 343 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 4: bad and say, Lord, thank you for closing this door. 344 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 4: Thank you that it didn't work out. Some of the 345 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 4: things that are not working out in your life. Now, 346 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: one day you'll be doing like I did. Lord, thank 347 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 4: you that it didn't work out my way. You could 348 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 4: save yourself a lot of frustration if you'd learned to 349 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 4: have unconditional trust. The closed doors, the disappointments, the delays, 350 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 4: it's all working for you. And yes, it's good to 351 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 4: be determined, be persistent, But let God do it his way. 352 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 4: If he's not changing it, not removing it, not opening it, 353 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 4: don't fight it. Learn to embrace where you are. He's 354 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 4: given you the grace not to just be there, but 355 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 4: to be there with a good attitude. If you're going 356 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 4: to pass the test, keep a smile on your face, 357 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 4: keep a song in your heart, keep passion in your spirit. 358 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 4: Don't drag through the day disappointed. This is the day 359 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 4: the Lord has made. He's still on the throne. He's 360 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 4: working out his plan for your life. He's going to 361 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 4: get you to where you're supposed to be. But living worried, frustrated, disappointed. 362 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: That takes our passion, It steals our joy, and it 363 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 4: can keep us from seeing God's favor. Sometimes, the closed doors, 364 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 4: the disappointments, they are simply a test God wants to 365 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 4: see if we'll trust him when we don't understand it, 366 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 4: when life doesn't make sense. This is what happened with Abraham. 367 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 4: He waited twenty years to have his son Isaac. He 368 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 4: and his wife Sarah were way up there in their eighties. 369 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 4: They prayed, believed, stood in faith. They finally saw the 370 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 4: promise come to pass. They were so excited. You can 371 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 4: imagine how Abraham must have felt years later when God 372 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: told him to take Isaac on top of a mountain 373 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 4: and sacrifice him. That didn't make sense. Isaac was what 374 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 4: Abraham loved the most. This was the fulfillment of the promise. 375 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: Now God was asking him to put his dream on 376 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 4: the altar. Abraham didn't understand it. It didn't seem fair, 377 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 4: but he was obedient. He passed the trust test. Just 378 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 4: as he was about to follow through, God stopped him 379 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 4: and said, Abraham, don't do it. 380 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 5: Now. 381 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 4: I can see you trust me more than anything. Like Abraham. 382 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 4: There will be times God asked us to put our 383 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 4: dream on the altar. We have to show him that 384 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 4: we don't have to have the house to be happy. 385 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 4: If we don't have the baby, we're not going to 386 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 4: live bitter and sour. You believe in for your health 387 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 4: to improve, But when you can say, if it doesn't 388 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 4: get better, God, I'm still going to honor you. I'm 389 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 4: still going to be my best. You are doing what 390 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 4: Abraham did. You are putting your dream on the altar. 391 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 4: When God sees that you don't have to have it. 392 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 4: Many times like him, God will give you back what 393 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 4: you were willing to give up. During World War Two, 394 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 4: there was a young soldier in a library in Florida. 395 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: He was reading a book. He noticed all the handwritten 396 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 4: notes in the margin. They were very thoughtful and heartwarming. 397 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 4: He turned to the front of the book. It just 398 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 4: so happened it had the previous owner's name and address. 399 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 4: It was a lady named Holly that lived in New 400 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 4: York City. He wrote her a letter, introducing himself and 401 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 4: telling how he was about to be shipped off overseas 402 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 4: to Europe. The next day, he invited her to respond 403 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 4: and they could talk about the book. Much to his surprise, 404 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 4: he received a letter in return. For the next thirteen months, 405 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 4: they wrote back and forth, again and again, getting closer 406 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,719 Speaker 4: and closer. They were actually falling in love. Yet they 407 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 4: had never seen each other. He had requested a picture, 408 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 4: but she refused. A year and a half later, he 409 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 4: was coming back home through New York City. This was 410 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 4: their big opportunity. They were going to meet for the 411 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 4: first time and go out to dinner. She said, I'll 412 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 4: be waiting for you when you get off the ship. 413 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 4: You'll know it's me by the pink rose I'll be 414 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 4: wearing sailing back across the ocean. He was so excited 415 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 4: and so nervous at the same time. He stepped off 416 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 4: the ship. The big moment finally arrived. This beautiful young 417 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: lady came walking toward him. She took his breath away. 418 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 4: She was stunning, tall, gorgeous features, in great shape. She 419 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 4: looked like a movie star. He couldn't believe what he 420 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 4: was seeing. He was so taken aback by it. He 421 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 4: didn't realize she wasn't wearing a pink rose as she 422 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: passed on by. He finally came back down to earth. 423 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 4: About that time, this lady in her forties walked up 424 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 4: to him. She wasn't necessarily attractive, had graying hair, and 425 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 4: just so happened she was wearing the pink rose. Disappointed, 426 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 4: but not owing it, he walked up to her with 427 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 4: a smile. He saluted and said, hello, ma'am. You must 428 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 4: be Holly. I'm so glad to meet you. Can I 429 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 4: take you to dinner? The lady said, son, I'm not 430 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 4: sure what's going on, but the young lady that just 431 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 4: passed you asked me to wear this pink rose. She said, 432 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 4: if you invited me to dinner, to tell you, she'll 433 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 4: be waiting for you in the restaurant across the way. 434 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 4: It was simply a test Will you do the right 435 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 4: thing when it's hard. Will you trust God when it's 436 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 4: not what you thought? When you don't understand it, God 437 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 4: said to Abraham, because you did not withhold your only son, 438 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 4: I will surely bless you and make your descendants as 439 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 4: numerous as the sand on the sea shore. When you 440 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 4: do like Abraham, you do like this young soldier, and 441 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 4: you pass the trust test, God will not only give 442 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 4: you the desires of your heart, He'll do more than 443 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 4: you can ask or think. Are you living frustrated because 444 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 4: your prayers aren't being answered the way you want, your 445 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 4: plans aren't working out. Take the pressure off. God is 446 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 4: in control. He knows what's best for you. You're not 447 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 4: always going to understand it. If you did, it wouldn't 448 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 4: take any faith. I'm asking you to trust him unconditionally. 449 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 4: If you'll do this, I believe and declare. God is 450 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 4: going to work out his plan for your life. He's 451 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 4: going to open the right doors, bring the right people, 452 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 4: turn negative situations around, and take you to the fullness 453 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 4: of your destiny. In Jesus's name, if you receive it, 454 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 4: can you say him in today? I'd like to give 455 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus, the Lord of your life. 456 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 457 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 4: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I make 458 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 459 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 460 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 461 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 4: take your place as you've never dreamed. Victor, and I'll 462 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 4: be right back to speak a blessing over you. 463 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 5: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 464 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 5: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 465 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 5: a copy of Joel's new three message series, Victory in 466 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 5: the Storm. In this new series, you'll learn you don't 467 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 5: have to stay stuck in defeat when the winds and 468 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 5: storms come. You have the power to stay strong regardless 469 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 5: of what comes against you. 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But through this ministry and Joel's message 480 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 6: of hope, I discover that God's a God of new beginnings. 481 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 6: It's been ten years and I haven't had a panic 482 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 6: attack since today. I'm married, I have two beautiful children. 483 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 6: I feel God's peace. This ministry changed my life. 484 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 4: Your support is changing lives. Thank you so much for 485 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 4: your prayer and your generosity. If you'd like to partner 486 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 4: with us to take Hope around the world, we'd love 487 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 4: to have you do it. Go to the website and 488 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 4: find out how Victoria and I pray for you and 489 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 4: your family. Every day. 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