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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 6: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 36 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 37 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray put God's very best in 38 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 5: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 39 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 5: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 5: please stop buying. 41 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: Be a part of one of our services. I promise 42 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,559 Speaker 3: you we'll make you feel right at home. 43 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 44 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,679 Speaker 5: about this pastor. He was walking down the street when 45 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 5: he came upon this group of young boys that were 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 5: surrounding a small dog. He asked what they were doing. 47 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 5: They explained they were having a contest. Whoever could tell 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 5: the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. He 49 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 5: launched into a ten minute sermon, starting with don't you 50 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 5: know lying is a sin? 51 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: And ending with when I was your age, I never 52 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: told a lie. 53 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 5: There was complete silence, and just when he thought he 54 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 5: had gotten through to them, the youngest boy spoke up 55 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 5: and said, all right, give him the dog. 56 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. 57 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 58 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 59 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 60 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 61 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 5: is alert, if our heart is receptive, I will never 62 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 5: be the same. 63 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 3: In Jesus' name, God bless you. 64 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about right on time. 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 5: We all have things we're waiting on. Waiting for a 66 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 5: dream to come to pass, waiting for a health to improve, 67 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 5: waiting to meet the right person. We know God put 68 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 5: the promise in our heart, but we wonder why it's 69 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 5: taking so long. But the scripture talks about how there 70 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: is an appointed time for the promise to be fulfilled. 71 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 5: If there's a right time, that means any other time 72 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 5: is the wrong time. And if you don't understand that 73 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 5: God will always be right on time, then the delays, 74 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 5: the detours, the waiting periods will cause you to be frustrated. 75 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 5: It's not enough to just trust God. You have to 76 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 5: trust his timing. 77 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: He knows when you're ready. 78 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: He knows when it's the right person, when to open 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 5: the door, when to. 80 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 3: Turn it around. 81 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 5: If it's not happening yet, you have to be mature 82 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 5: enough to accept that it's not the right time. Instead 83 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 5: of living upset, why don't you do like David and say, God, 84 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 5: my times. 85 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 3: Are in your hands. 86 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 5: You know when to bless me, when to promote me, 87 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 5: when to deliver me. 88 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: God, I trust your timing. 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 5: Hebrews says, through faith and patience we inherit the promises. 90 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 5: It's easy to have faith, it's easy to believe for 91 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 5: your dreams. But faith without patience can get you into trouble. 92 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 3: Just ask Moses. 93 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 5: As a young man, he knew he was supposed to. 94 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: Deliver the Israelites. 95 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 5: He had the promise, but he didn't have the patience. 96 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 5: He got in a hurry and killed a man that 97 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 5: was mistreating a Hebrew slave. 98 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 3: His heart was right, but his timing was off. He 99 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 3: had to flee for his life. 100 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 5: He spent forty years in the day, all because he 101 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: got out of God's timing. Psalm one oh six says 102 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 5: they did not wait for God's plan to unfold. What 103 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 5: you're believing for may be taking longer than you thought. 104 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 5: You're not making progress, not seeing a dream come to pass. 105 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 5: But God knows what he's doing. Don't try to force 106 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 5: things to happen. You don't have to promote yourself, manipulate people, 107 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 5: convince them. 108 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 3: To like you. 109 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 5: Yes, we should be determined, but you don't have to 110 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 5: beat down a door. 111 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 3: At the right time. 112 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 5: Things will fall into place at the right time, the 113 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 5: right people will show up. Now do your part and 114 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 5: wait for the promise to unfold. You're not falling behind, 115 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,119 Speaker 5: you're not being left out. You're right on schedule. God 116 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 5: is working behind the scenes. You may not be able 117 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 5: to see it, but he's lining up the right people, 118 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: he's arranging the right breaks, he's ordering your steps. Be 119 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 5: patient and you'll see his plan unfold. Matthew eleven. In 120 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 5: the message translation, it talks about the unforced rhythms of grace. 121 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 5: Unforced means you don't have to struggle, fight against everything, 122 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 5: make it happen. You can relax and live at rest 123 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 5: knowing that God is unfolding his plan. May not be 124 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 5: happening on your timetable, but God knows when the right 125 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 5: time is. If you don't understand this, you'll wonder, why 126 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 5: isn't it happening faster? 127 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 3: Why am I not making more progress? What's wrong? Nothing 128 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: is wrong, It's just not the right time. 129 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 5: Why don't you come into the unforced rhythms of grace? 130 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 5: Quit worrying, quit being frustrated. Your times are in his hands. 131 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 5: God that created the universe is going to. 132 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 3: Un unfold his plan for your life. 133 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 5: The scripture says, when you delight yourself and the Lord, 134 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 5: he will give you the desires of your heart. Does 135 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 5: it say you have to work for it? You have 136 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 5: to earn it, make it happen. God is going to 137 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 5: give it to you. It's going to happen without the struggle, 138 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 5: without the frustration, without all the experience. 139 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: It's going to be easier than you think. 140 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 5: You'll know it was the hand of God because you 141 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 5: didn't have to force the door to open. You didn't 142 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 5: have to manipulate people. You came into your time and 143 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 5: God made things happen that you couldn't make happen. Now, 144 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 5: I know you trust God, but I'm asking you to 145 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 5: trust his timing. Quit being frustrated because it's not happening 146 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 5: as fast as you would like. Every season is not 147 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 5: a growing season. Every season is not harvest. There are 148 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 5: seasons of planting, seasons. 149 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 3: Of watering, fertilizing, pulling up the weeds. Those are important seasons. 150 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: They are times of testing where we're showing God what 151 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 5: we're made of. Are we going to keep a good 152 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 5: attitude when we're not seeing growth, not making progress? 153 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: Are we going to have faith and patience? 154 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 5: P One tells us to meditate on God's word day 155 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 5: and night. That means we're not worried, We're not upset 156 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 5: wondering why it's taking so long. 157 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 3: We're at peace, we know God's in control. 158 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 5: When you do this, it says you will be like 159 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 5: a tree planted by the waters that brings forth fruit 160 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 5: in its season. It doesn't say it will bring forth 161 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 5: fruit three hundred and sixty five days a year. It 162 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 5: says in its season it implies there will be waiting periods, 163 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 5: periods of no growth, periods where we don't see anything happening. 164 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: We have some limit trees in our backyard at home. 165 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 5: They don't produce lemons all year long. They have a 166 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 5: season where they're full of lemons, all kinds of growth, 167 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 5: but at certain times of year when there's no growth, 168 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 5: no blossoms. If those lemon trees could talk, they wouldn't 169 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 5: be worried thinking what's wrong. 170 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 3: We don't have any lemons. We've lost our touch. God 171 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 3: has forgotten about us. 172 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 5: They would be as calm and peaceful as can be. 173 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: Why they know there's nothing wrong. They're just not in season. 174 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 3: Maybe you're not seeing any growth. 175 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 5: You feel stuck, But like those lemon trees, there's nothing wrong. 176 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 3: It's just timing. 177 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 5: You're in a waiting period or perhaps a development period. 178 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 5: But when you come into your season, you're going to 179 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 5: bear much fruit. Now, the question is, when you're not 180 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 5: in a growing season a harvest season, are you going 181 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 5: to get discouraged and think it'll never change? Are you 182 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 5: going to lose your passion and give up on what 183 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 5: God promised you? If you'll keep meditating on God's word, 184 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 5: keep your mind filled with thoughts of faith and hope. 185 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 5: Then without even trying, you're going to come into your season. 186 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 5: Those lemon trees don't have to work to produce lemons. 187 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 5: They don't have to struggle and put forth all this effort. 188 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 5: When they're in season, it happens automatically. 189 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: It's just who they are. 190 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 5: When you come into your season, you're not going to struggle. 191 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 5: You're not going to make things happen. You're going to 192 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 5: naturally bear fruit. That means God's going to cause the 193 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 5: right people to find you. Gifts and talents are going 194 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 5: to come out that you didn't know you had. Good 195 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 5: breaks are going to chase you down. You may have 196 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 5: been waiting for a long time. You attempted to get discouraged, 197 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 5: but get ready. Your season is coming. You're about to 198 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 5: see new growth, expected favor, blessings that catapult you to 199 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 5: the next level. You couldn't have made it happen on 200 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 5: your own, but because you were faithful in the waiting periods, 201 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 5: because you did the right thing when it was slow, 202 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 5: God's going to bring you into harvest season, into a 203 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 5: season of abundance. But the truth is, none of us 204 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 5: like to go through the waiting periods. It's easy to 205 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 5: get frustrated and say, God, if I'm going to come 206 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 5: into my season in six months or my season in. 207 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 3: Two years, why don't you just do it now? 208 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 5: Save me the frustration. Bring the right person. Now, give 209 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 5: me the promotion. 210 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 3: Now. God knows what he's doing. 211 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 5: If he promoted you before you were ready, it wouldn't 212 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 5: be a blessing. 213 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 3: It would be a burden. You wouldn't be able to 214 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 3: handle it. 215 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 5: He has to get you prepared for what he has 216 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 5: in store. He loves you too much to do it 217 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 5: too soon. And you may have a promise in your heart. 218 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 5: God's given it to you, but you don't see anything happening. 219 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 5: That's a season of waiting. God's using that to do 220 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 5: a work in you. If you will pass the test, 221 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 5: if you will have faith and patience, then you're growing. 222 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 5: Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger, your character is being developed. 223 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 5: Want you all my friends, they're all being promoted, but 224 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 5: not me. I don't understand it. I come to church 225 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 5: every Sunday. They only come on Easter. Now, don't compare 226 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 5: your situation to somebody else's. 227 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 3: You're not running their race. 228 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 5: God may be going to take you to a higher level. 229 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 3: It's going to. 230 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 5: Require more character, more commitment, more discipline. 231 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: Keep doing the right thing. 232 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 5: Your season is coming. When our son Jonathan was ten 233 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 5: years old, I didn't give him the car keys say, Jonathan, 234 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 5: go take a drive. I want you to have everything. 235 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 3: I have stored up for you. 236 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 5: I didn't let him have the car, not because I 237 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: wanted to keep something good from him, push him down, 238 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 5: make his life miserable. I didn't do it because I 239 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 5: loved him. I knew him having a car at ten 240 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't be a blessing. 241 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 3: It would be a curse. 242 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 5: Sometimes God shows his love for us not by what 243 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 5: he gives us, but by what he withhoves. If God 244 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 5: would have let you marry that first person you really 245 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 5: wanted to marry, you probably wouldn't be here today, at 246 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 5: least in. 247 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 3: Your right mind. 248 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 5: If he would have let you have that baby, that promotion, 249 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 5: that new house before you were ready, it would have 250 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 5: limited your future. God knows what we can handle, so 251 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 5: sometimes in order to protect us, he says. 252 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: Not now, don't fight it. Trust his timing. 253 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 5: No doesn't mean never, It means it's not the right time. 254 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 5: Jonathan has a car now. He just had to grow up. 255 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 5: It's all a part of the process. A good father 256 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 5: may have a good gift, but he won't give it 257 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 5: at the wrong time. 258 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 3: God is not a good father. He's a great father. 259 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 3: He has great gifts in store for you. He has 260 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 3: more than you can ask or think. What am I saying? 261 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 5: Don't be frustrated if he's not giving it to you yet, 262 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 5: keep growing, keep being good to people, keep passing the task. 263 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 3: God can see the big picture. He knows what you're 264 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 3: going to need. 265 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: You may think you're ready, but you can't see how 266 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 5: high God is going to take you, how much influence 267 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 5: and resources he's going to entrust you with. God not 268 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 5: only knows what you need, he knows who you're going 269 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 5: to need. Sometimes God is saying not now because somebody 270 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 5: else that's going to be involved is not ready. He's 271 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 5: still working on them. They're going to be instrumental in 272 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 5: your life. They're going to open a door, be a 273 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 5: close friend, they're going to be a spouse. Be patient 274 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 5: and go through the waiting periods with a good attitude. 275 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 5: After college, I came back to Lakewood and started the 276 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: television ministry. I love doing production, editing, putting my father's messages, 277 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 5: on television. Plus we would do big concerts and live 278 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 5: television specials. 279 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 3: My father was very supportive. 280 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 5: He let us buy the best equipment and put on 281 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 5: these exciting events. But toward the end of his life 282 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 5: he didn't want to do that anymore. And one time 283 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 5: I lined up all these radio stations to carry my 284 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 5: father's broadcast. Now, I told my dad, if you'll come 285 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 5: down once a month for less than an hour, we 286 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 5: can make the openings and closes, and the radio program 287 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 5: will go out all over the world. I'll never forget 288 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 5: what he said. He said, Joel, I don't want to 289 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 5: do that. I'm seventy five years old. I'm not looking 290 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 5: for any more work. I just want to relax and 291 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 5: pastor the church. 292 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 3: I was so disappointed. 293 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 5: I thought, God, I'm young. You put big dreams in 294 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 5: my heart. I don't want to do less. I want 295 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 5: to do more. I didn't understand it. Thought maybe it 296 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 5: was time to move on. And I had had an 297 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: offer to go work for another large ministry. But when 298 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 5: I prayed about it, when I got quiet, I could 299 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,359 Speaker 5: hear the still small voice saying, Joel. 300 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: Not yet, be patient. 301 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 5: You're in a waiting period, but your season is coming. 302 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 5: I told Victoria, this is my father's vision. He's been 303 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 5: here for nearly forty years, and I'm not going to 304 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 5: get sour because I'm not getting my way. 305 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 3: I'm going to honor my father and do what he 306 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 3: would like me to do. 307 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 5: I made the decision to be my best in the 308 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 5: waiting period, to do the right thing when I didn't 309 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 5: feel like it. I never dreamed two years later my 310 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 5: father would go to be with the Lord and I 311 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 5: would become the pastor. I realize now God put those 312 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 5: dreams in my heart from. 313 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 3: My own ministry. It just wasn't the right time. 314 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 5: Had I not passed the test and been faithful in 315 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 5: the waiting periods, I don't believe i'd be standing here today. 316 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 3: God knows what he's doing. 317 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 5: If he's asking you to wait, that means what he 318 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 5: has in store is going to be bigger than what 319 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 5: you've imagined. Is God saying to you, not now in 320 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 5: some area you're praying for something to change, believing for 321 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 5: a dream, a breakthrough, it's not happening. That's a test. 322 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 5: You're in a waiting period. Keep doing the right thing. 323 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 3: The scripture says the steps of a good person are 324 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 3: ordered by the Lord, and. 325 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 5: We're grateful that God is directing our steps. But the 326 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,719 Speaker 5: truth is he's ordering our steps when your steps are 327 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 5: or you don't have a choice. And yes we have 328 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 5: free will, but God will put us in situations on 329 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 5: purpose that we can't get out of. You can be 330 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 5: their sour, complaining fighting it, or you can say, God, 331 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 5: I know you've ordered my steps. 332 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:19,959 Speaker 3: You have me here for a reason. 333 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 5: I may be uncomfortable, it may be taken longer than 334 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 5: I would like, But God, I not only trust you, 335 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 5: I trust your timing. I know when I'm ready, you 336 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 5: will bring me into my season of much fruit. 337 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 3: This is what Joseph did. 338 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 5: He kept passing the test in the waiting periods when 339 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 5: it was unfair, when he was betrayed, when he was 340 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 5: falsely accused. Had he not gone through those tests with 341 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 5: the right attitude, developing his character, showing God what he 342 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 5: was made of, he would have never taken the throne. 343 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 5: You can have great faith, you can believe for big things. 344 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 3: But without patience, you'll get stuck. 345 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 5: Without going through the waiting periods with a good attitude. 346 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: It will limit your destiny. Joseph wasn't in a hurry. 347 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 5: He knew he had to wait for God's plan to unfold. 348 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: Now along the way, it didn't always look like his 349 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 5: steps were ordered, being thrown into a pit by his family, 350 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 5: being put in prison for something that he didn't do. 351 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 3: Could have said, God, it's not fair. Look at what 352 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 3: they're doing to me. But you're not going to understand 353 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 3: everything that happens. You may be in a. 354 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 5: Difficult place, doesn't look like it's ever going to change. 355 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 3: Stay encouraged, your steps are ordered. You're right on schedule. 356 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 3: The delay, the detour. 357 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 5: The disappointment, it's all a part of God's plan. If 358 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 5: you'll be patient and wait for that plan to unfold, 359 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 5: then like Joseph, you'll see God vindicate you, promote you, 360 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 5: and take you to a new level of your destiny. 361 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,880 Speaker 5: When God did something significant in the scripture, many times 362 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: it says it happened suddenly or immediately or at once. 363 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 5: The prison doors were open. They were in a waiting period. 364 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: They didn't see anything changing, no sign of it happening. 365 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 3: Then all the sudden it happened. 366 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 5: God was showing us he can turn things around without 367 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 5: any warning. He can increase you unexpectedly out of the ordinary. 368 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 3: You didn't see it coming. 369 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 5: You were just doing the right thing, going through the 370 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 5: difficulty with faith and patience, and suddenly you came into 371 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 5: your season. Suddenly your business took off, Suddenly your health improved. 372 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 3: One touch of God's. 373 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 5: Favor can catapult you to the next level. When you 374 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 5: know God has some suddenlies, even when it's taken a 375 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 5: long time, You'll still have an expectancy, knowing that any moment. 376 00:20:58,359 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: Your suddenly could show up. 377 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 5: One good break, one phone call, meeting one right person, 378 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 5: you'll come out of your waiting. 379 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: Period into a season of blessing. 380 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 5: See just as God order steps into times of testing, 381 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 5: times of proving, he orders steps into seasons of increase, 382 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 5: seasons of promotion. You may have been in a waiting 383 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 5: period a long time, doing the right thing, being patient. 384 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 5: God is saying, get ready, You're about to see some 385 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,239 Speaker 5: sudden LEAs. You're going to come into a season of 386 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 5: much fruit, a season of new growth where God thrusts 387 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 5: you to the next level. He's going to put you 388 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 5: at the right place at the right time. When it 389 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 5: says God orders our steps, that doesn't mean God does 390 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 5: it vaguely go over here in this general area. 391 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 3: Do it in the next week or two. 392 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 5: God is not vague. He's precise. He's detailed. He's specific, 393 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 5: down to the split second. One Sunday, when my father 394 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 5: was alive, I was up in the television control area 395 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 5: at the other facility and the service was about to start. 396 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,239 Speaker 5: I remembered I needed to tell my father something, so 397 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 5: I ran downstairs. 398 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 3: The stairs were. 399 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 5: Curved to where at one point, for four or five seconds, 400 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 5: when you were walking, you would look out over the 401 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 5: front lobby. Then they turned back toward the offices. As 402 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 5: I was running down the stairs as fast as I could, 403 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 5: in a big hurry, I came around that curve, there 404 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 5: was a man walking through the lobby right in position 405 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 5: to where our eyes met. He stopped me and said, 406 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 5: my cousin has a construction permit for a full powered 407 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 5: television station here in Houston. 408 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 3: We'd like to talk to you about it. 409 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 5: He handed me his number ten second conversation. Long story short, 410 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 5: we bought that construction permit, put the station on the air. 411 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 5: A few years later we sold it for a significant profit. 412 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 5: Those were very instrumental in us renovating displace the former 413 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 5: Compact Center. But notice how precise God is. If I 414 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 5: had been running down the stairs five seconds later. 415 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 3: I would have missed him. 416 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 5: If he would have left his house a minute earlier, 417 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 5: God caught by another stoplight, our paths wouldn't have crossed. 418 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 5: God ordered our steps down. 419 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 3: To the second. 420 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 5: You be at this place, you be at that place. 421 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 5: Suddenly we came into our season. God made things happen 422 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 5: we couldn't make happen. 423 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 3: Right now. 424 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: God is not only ordering your steps, he's ordering the steps. 425 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 3: Of the people you need. 426 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 5: He's going to cause them to come across your path 427 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 5: where opportunity finds you, where good breaks track you down. 428 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 5: What you're believing for may be taking a long time. 429 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 5: You don't see how it's ever going to change. But 430 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 5: staying courage, God has some suddenlyes lined up for you 431 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 5: things you didn't What's he coming where? He had you 432 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 5: at the right place at the right time, and unexpectedly you. 433 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 3: Met the right person. 434 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 5: Or like with me, the business fell into your lap, 435 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 5: the problem turned around. Don't be frustrated because it's not 436 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 5: happening as fast as you would like. 437 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 3: You're right on schedule. Your steps are being ordered. 438 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 5: Any moment you're going to come in to your season. 439 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 5: In March chapter five, a leader in the synagogue came 440 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: up to Jesus. He fell at his feet and said, 441 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 5: my little girl is so sick, she's close to death. 442 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 3: Please come to my house and pray for her. 443 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 5: Jesus agreed, He said he would come, and they started 444 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 5: walking that way. I can imagine this father was so excited. 445 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 5: He knew he was going to get his miracle. But 446 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 5: as they were traveling in the middle of a big crowd, 447 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 5: this lady that had been sick for twelve years, fought 448 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 5: her way through the crowd, touched the edge of jesus robe, 449 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 5: and instantly she was he Jesus stopped and asked who 450 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 5: touched him spent time. 451 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 3: Visiting with this lady. 452 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 5: While it was a great miracle, it delayed Jesus from 453 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 5: getting to the little girl's house. I'm sure the father 454 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 5: was happy this lady got healed, but because of the delayed. 455 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 3: His little girl died. 456 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 5: His friends came and said, hey, don't bother Jesus anymore. 457 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 3: It's too late. Your daughter has passed. 458 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 5: He had to watch somebody else get healed while his 459 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 5: daughter didn't get healed. Will you keep a good attitude 460 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 5: when you see other people being blessed but you're still waiting. 461 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 5: Your friend got engaged, but you're still single, waiting for. 462 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 3: The right person. 463 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 5: Your coworker moved into that new house. You're still in 464 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 5: the apartment, waiting for increase. In the middle of the commotion, 465 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 5: in the middle of all this excitement, this man felt 466 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 5: like Jesus had forgotten about him. 467 00:25:59,119 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 3: It's too late. 468 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 5: He turned to walk away. Jesus stopped him and said, 469 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 5: don't be afraid. 470 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 3: Only believe. 471 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 5: Jesus was saying, in effect, it's not too late. I 472 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 5: haven't forgotten about you. You're right on schedule. Your steps 473 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 5: are being ordered. This delay didn't stop my plan. I'm 474 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 5: still going to do what I promised. Jesus showed up 475 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 5: at the little girl's house, where she had already died. 476 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 3: He spoke to her and told. 477 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 5: Her to wake up. She woke back up and was 478 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 5: perfectly normal. The scripture says the people were completely astonished. 479 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 3: Here's the principle. 480 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 5: This man came to Jesus asking for a healing, but 481 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 5: because of the delay, he received a greater miracle, a resurrection. 482 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 3: When it's taken. 483 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 5: Longer than you thought, don't get discouraged. That means God 484 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 5: has something bigger, something better, something that you weren't expecting. 485 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 3: Like this man. He's going to do something. 486 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 5: We're not only you, but the people around you are astonished, amazed, 487 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 5: overwhelmed at his goodness. Friends, God has not forgotten about you. 488 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 5: He knows how long it's been. He's hurt all your prayers. 489 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 5: He's seen all the times you've done the right thing. 490 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 5: Circumstances may tell you it's never going to happen. 491 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 3: It's too late. 492 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 5: God is saying you're right on schedule. You're about to 493 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 5: come into your season. It's not going to be a healing. 494 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 5: It's going to be something better, a resurrection. Now do 495 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 5: your part and pass the test in the waiting periods. 496 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 3: Keep a good attitude. If you'll do this, because you 497 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 3: have faith and patience, I. 498 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 5: Believe and declare you're going to see God's plan unfold 499 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 5: for your life. Promise has come to pass, dreams, fulfilled problems, 500 00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 5: turn around the fullness of your destiny in Jesus name, 501 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 5: if you receive it, Can you say him in today? 502 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 503 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me today? 504 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 5: Just say Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 505 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 5: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 506 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 507 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 508 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 3: Keep God first place. 509 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the joelus Deine podcast. Help 510 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 7: us continue to share the message of hope with those 511 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 7: all over the world. 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