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It's always a joy to come into 44 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 4: your homes and if you're ever in our area, please 45 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 4: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas 47 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 4: right here at Lakewood. We'll make you feel right at home. 48 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 4: But thank you for tuning in, and thank you again 49 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 4: for coming out today. And I like to start with 50 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 4: something funny. And I heard about this minister. He bought 51 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 4: a new horse. He trained it to respond to praise 52 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 4: the Lord meaning giddy up, and Hallelujah meaning woe. Every 53 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: time he said praise the Lord, the horse took off running. 54 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 4: When he said woe, it would quickly stop. One day 55 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 4: he was out riding, the horse got spooked and took 56 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 4: off straight toward the cliff, running full speed. In the panic, 57 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 4: he couldn't remember what he trained the horse to respond to. 58 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 4: He said, Bless God, Glory, Amen. Nothing happened. At the 59 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 4: last second, he shouted Hallelujah. The horse came to a 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 4: screeching hawk just inches before the edge of the cliff. 61 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 4: He breathed a sigh of relief and said, Praise the Lord. Lord. 62 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 4: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 68 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about blessed in the dark places. 70 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: We all go through situations in life that we don't understand. 71 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 4: Company was downsizing and we got laid off. A friend 72 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: walked out of her relationship. Now we're having to start 73 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 4: all over. A young lady I met last week. She 74 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 4: had been pregnant for five months with her first child. 75 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 4: She was so excited, already decorated the baby's room, but 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: something went wrong and she had a miscarriage. She looked 77 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: like she was numb, no expression, a dark place. In 78 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 4: nineteen eighty one, my family thought we'd be celebrating the 79 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 4: Christmas holidays, looking forward to fun and fellowship. Instead, we 80 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 4: learned that my mother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. 81 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 4: It's a very somber Christmas. All of us at some 82 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 4: time will go through dark places. A loss, a sickness, 83 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 4: a divorce, a child that broke your heart. It's easy 84 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: to get discouraged, give up on your dreams and just 85 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 4: settle there. But God uses the dark places. They are 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 4: all a part of his divine plan. Think of it 87 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 4: like a seed. A seed cannot germinate in the light. 88 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 4: As long as the seed stays up on a shelf, 89 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 4: it will never become what it was created to be. 90 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 4: You have to plant the seed in the soil, in 91 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 4: the dark place, so that what's on the inside will 92 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 4: come to life. In the same way, there are seeds 93 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 4: in you, dreams, goals, talent, potential that that will only 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 4: come to life in a dark place. And if you 95 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: study the scripture, every person that did something significant went 96 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 4: through one of these dark places. Moses made a mistake 97 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 4: and killed a man. He spent forty years on the 98 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 4: backside of the desert alone, feeling like he had blown it. 99 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 4: But in that dark place, something was happening. On the inside. 100 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 4: It was getting him prepared. He was developing patience, humility, confidence. 101 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 4: Without the dark place, he would have never held up 102 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 4: the rod and parted the Red sea. The dark place 103 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 4: is a prerequisite to stepping into the fullness of your destiny. 104 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 4: Esther was an orphan, a young lady that had lost 105 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 4: both of her parents. She felt alone, forgotten a dark place, 106 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 4: but God used her to help save the people of Israel. 107 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 4: Elijah was so depressed he wanted to die a dark place. 108 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 4: Yet he's one of the heroes of faith. Or David. 109 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 4: He had an affair with a married woman, had her 110 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 4: husband killed. For one year, he was broken, sick, guilty, 111 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 4: yet he's called a man after God's own heart. God 112 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 4: doesn't send the difficulties, but he will use anything that 113 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 4: comes into our lives. In those dark places is where 114 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 4: we really grow. That's where our character is developed. We 115 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: learned to trust, to persevere. Our spiritual muscles are getting stronger. 116 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 4: In the dark places, you pray more, You draw closer 117 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 4: to God, You get quiet and listen to what He's saying. 118 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 4: In those dark places, you reevaluate your priorities. You spend 119 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 4: time with your family. You have a new appreciation for 120 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 4: what God has given you. A friend of mine was 121 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 4: told that he was going to lose his vision. He 122 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 4: had some kind of infection, and he had a surgery 123 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 4: and wasn't supposed to see to the operation. But it 124 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 4: wasn't what the doctors expected and they were able to 125 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 4: correct it. His vision is perfectly clear now. Every morning 126 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 4: when he wakes up, he spends the first fifteen minutes 127 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 4: staring at the sunrise, staring at the flowers staring at 128 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: his children. You may not realize it, but in the 129 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 4: dark places you're being blessed. Something's happening on the inside. 130 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 4: It's helping you to realign your vision. And when you 131 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 4: go through enough dark places, you don't complain about small things. 132 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 4: You don't get upset because you didn't get your parking spot. 133 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 4: You don't lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic. 134 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 4: You're not offended because a coworker was rude to you. 135 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 4: You've been through too much to let that sour you. You 136 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 4: got a backbone made of steal. A person said to 137 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 4: me the other day, Joel, I heard SO and SO 138 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 4: was talking about you, and I'm so sorry. They were 139 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 4: saying that. They meant well, they were being kind. But 140 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 4: I thought to myself, you don't have to feel sorry 141 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 4: for me. I buried my father, I saw my mother 142 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 4: fight through terminal cancer. I learned how to minister when 143 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 4: every voice told me I couldn't do it. I believe 144 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 4: for this place, when the odds were against us, if 145 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 4: I could make it through that, I could make it 146 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 4: through somebody not liking me. But you know, really, really, 147 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 4: that's just like a little gnat that you got to 148 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 4: flick away. When you go through a few dark places, 149 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 4: it toughens you up. The dark places are what have 150 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 4: made me into who I am today. I liked the 151 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 4: good times a lot better. I prefer everything going my way. 152 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 4: But it wasn't the good times that brought out the 153 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 4: best in me. It was the lonely nights, the times 154 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 4: I didn't think I could do it on my own, 155 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 4: the times that I didn't see away. That's when I 156 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 4: really learned how to pray. That's when I developed an 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 4: unshakable confidence in God. That's when my faith was stretched 158 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 4: and increased. Don't complain about the dark times. There are 159 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 4: blessings in the dark places. God is doing something that 160 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 4: can only happen in the fire of affliction. When my 161 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 4: father died, I was trying to learn how to minister. 162 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 4: I was so nervous to get up in front of people. 163 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 4: There were many nights after dinner I would go to 164 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 4: my closet to pray. Victoria would come looking for me, 165 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 4: ask the children, where's dad, and she would find me 166 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 4: in their praying. The fact is I never prayed like 167 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 4: that in the good times. I never went out of 168 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 4: my way to draw closer to God when everything was 169 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 4: going my way. It was the dark places that helped 170 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 4: me to really develop my spiritual muscles. And even though 171 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 4: I didn't like what I was going through, I didn't 172 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 4: like having to stretch, I was uncomfortable, I wouldn't change it. 173 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 4: It made me better. God uses the dark places. When 174 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 4: Joseph was falsely accused and put in prison for thirteen years, 175 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,599 Speaker 4: the scripture says, as he sat in those chains of iron, 176 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 4: his soul entered into that iron. He developed a strength, 177 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: a perseverance that he could not get any other way. 178 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 4: There are some things you can only learn in the 179 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 4: dark places. Quick complaining about what you're going through. Who 180 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 4: hurts you, how bad it was. It may be uncomfortable, 181 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 4: you may not like it, but it's working for you. 182 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 4: You're getting stronger. It's developing something that you could only 183 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 4: get in the dark. You cannot reach your highest potential 184 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 4: being in the light all the time, no adversity, no problems, 185 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 4: nobody coming against you. That sounds good, but it will 186 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 4: stunt your growth. David said, God enlarged me in my 187 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 4: times of distress. He wasn't enlarged in the good times. 188 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 4: He was enlarged when things weren't going his way. As 189 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 4: a teenager, he wanted to be out having fun with 190 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 4: his friends, but he got stuck taking care of his 191 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 4: father's sheep. Month after month, he was out there alone, 192 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 4: nobody to talk to. Didn't look like he could ever 193 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 4: accomplish his dreams. But those years in the lonely shepherd's 194 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 4: fields are what helped prepare him to become a champion. 195 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 4: When he went out and defeated Goliath, people called him 196 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 4: an overnight success. But the fact is it didn't happen overnight. 197 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 4: It happened because he went through the dark places with 198 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 4: a good attitude. When he didn't get his way, when 199 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 4: he didn't understand it, when he felt like God had 200 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 4: forsaken him, he just kept doing the right thing. David 201 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 4: understood this principle. His attitude was God, this is a 202 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 4: dark place now. I may not see it, but I 203 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 4: believe that it's working for my good. I believe I'm 204 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 4: getting stronger, developing character, patience, learning to trust. At the 205 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 4: right time, he not only came out, but he came 206 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 4: out increased, promoted, better than he was before. It's not 207 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 4: a coincidence that David said, the Lord is my shepherd. 208 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 4: I shall not want. He makes me lie down in 209 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 4: green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters, and 210 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, 211 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 4: I will fear no evil. David was saying, in effect, 212 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 4: the same God that leads me to the green pastures, 213 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 4: the same God that leads me beside the still waters, 214 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 4: is the same God that leads me through the valley. 215 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 4: We can all trust him in the green pastures, that's easy. 216 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 4: We can trust him beside the still waters. I'm asking 217 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 4: you to trust him even in the dark valleys. He 218 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 4: hasn't left you. You may feel alone, forgotten. Life hasn't 219 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 4: turned out the way you wanted, but God is still 220 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 4: leading you. The dark places are all a part of 221 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 4: the plan to make you into who you were created 222 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 4: to be. It may not be easy, you may not 223 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 4: understand it. But faith is trusting God when life doesn't 224 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 4: make sense. Dare to believe that He's blessing you even 225 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 4: in the dark places. That what's meant for your harm 226 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 4: He's going to use to your advantage. David went on 227 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,959 Speaker 4: to say, after you go through the valley after the 228 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 4: dark places, God will anoint your head with oil. He'll 229 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 4: prepare a table before you. In the presence of your enemies, 230 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: your cup will run over. Notice, you've got to go 231 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 4: through the valley to get to the table that's already 232 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 4: set before you. You've got to go through the loneliness, 233 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 4: through the betrayal, through the sickness, to get to the fresh, annoying, 234 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 4: the new beginning. You've got to go through the shepherd's 235 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 4: fields doing the right thing when the wrong thing is happening, 236 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 4: through the struggle, the lack the day before you come 237 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 4: to your cup that runs over. Now too often we 238 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 4: want the overflow and not the valley. God give me 239 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 4: more favor, more resources, more influence, God says, okay, fine, 240 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 4: but you've got to be willing to go through the 241 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 4: valley with me. In the dark times is where we 242 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 4: prove to God what we're really made of. Can God 243 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,239 Speaker 4: trust you with more favor, with more influence, with more resources. 244 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 4: You have to be faithful in the shepherd's fields when 245 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 4: you're not getting your way, when it's lonely with Joel. 246 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 4: I don't like my boss. That's why I show up 247 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 4: late to work. He doesn't treat me right. That's why 248 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 4: I slack off. No, if you're not faithful in the wilderness. 249 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 4: How can God trust you to be faithful in the 250 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 4: promised land? Have a new perspective. The dark places are 251 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 4: opportunities to grow. You're not thereby accident. If God wasn't 252 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: going to use that for your good, he would have 253 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 4: never allowed it. You may not understand it, it may 254 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 4: not make sense, but God knows what he's doing past 255 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 4: that test. This is what I had to do when 256 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord. It was 257 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 4: a dark place. And sometimes when you go through a loss, 258 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: it's easy to get discourage and kind of feel like 259 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 4: that God lets you down, there won't be any more 260 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 4: good days. But I've learned anytime something is dying in 261 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 4: your life, something else is coming to life. It looks 262 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 4: like the end, but God has a new beginning. A 263 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 4: friend betrayed you walked away, that relationship died. At the 264 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 4: same time, God is birthing a new relationship. He's got 265 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 4: another friend already destined to come across your path. You 266 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 4: lost a position, a client, an opportunity that may have died, 267 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 4: but God's already lined up a new position, a new opportunity, 268 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 4: a new level. And if you'll go through the valley trusting, 269 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 4: believe knowing that God is still in control. Then you'll 270 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 4: come in to the table that's already prepared for you, 271 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: to the fresh anointing to increase to where your cup 272 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 4: runs over. Friend of mine I used to play baseball 273 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 4: with many years ago, was the star player on the team. 274 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 4: He always led the league and hitting and fielding, and 275 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 4: his dream was to play professional baseball. And during the 276 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: summer he was invited to play on this highly competitive 277 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 4: team that traveled around the nation. Was a big honor. 278 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 4: You had to be extremely talented. He played that year 279 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 4: and did exceptionally well, but some of the players were 280 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 4: jealous of him. They started spreading lies and rumors about him. 281 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 4: The next year, the coach, even though he liked him 282 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 4: very much, he believed these rumors and didn't invite him 283 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 4: back to play. My friend was very discouraged. He tried 284 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 4: to get on several other teams, but there was no place. 285 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: They were already full and for the first time that 286 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 4: summer he didn't have anywhere to play. He missed the 287 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 4: whole season, no games, no opportunities, a dark place. He 288 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 4: didn't understand it. It wasn't fair, but he didn't get bitter. 289 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 4: He knew the same God that led him to the 290 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 4: green pastures and the still waters was now leading him 291 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 4: through the valley. Every night he would go up to 292 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 4: the batting cages and keep improving his skills. He kept 293 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 4: working out, lifting weight, staying in shape. No games, not 294 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 4: treated right. But he knew on the other side of 295 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 4: that valley was the table already prepared for him. You 296 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 4: gotta go through it to get to it. Don't get 297 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 4: stuck in your valley. Don't get bitter and lose your 298 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 4: passion with Joel. I don't understand why this has happened 299 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 4: to me. They laid me off after all these years. 300 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 4: They broke my heart. I'm dealing with this sickness. I 301 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 4: just don't If you're always trying to figure it out, 302 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 4: you're going to get stuck. Think about this. In punctuation, 303 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 4: an exclamation point is simply a question mark straightened out. 304 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 4: If you want God to take your question marks, the 305 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 4: things you don't understand, and turn them into an exclamation point, 306 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 4: you have to trust them in those dark places where 307 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 4: it wasn't fair, instead of wondering why did this happen 308 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 4: to me? No, turn it around, God, I know you're 309 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 4: still on the throne. I may not understand this, but 310 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 4: I believe on the other side of this valley is 311 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 4: my exclamation point, the table that's already prepared for me, 312 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 4: the fresh annoying, the right people, the new beginning, the 313 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 4: new level. If you'll go through the dark valleys like that, 314 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 4: you will come in to those exclamation points. You'll see 315 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 4: God amaze you with his goodness. When my father died, 316 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 4: I had a lot of question marks. The church make it? 317 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 4: Could I really get up here? And minister, would anybody 318 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 4: listen to me? And over time, one by one, as 319 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 4: I stayed in faith, went through the dark valleys with 320 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 4: a good attitude, I saw question marks turned into exclamation points. 321 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 4: Would the church make it? Yes? And here's a compact 322 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 4: center to hold all the people. Exclamation point, would anybody 323 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 4: listen to me? Yes? And here are some number one books, 324 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 4: here are networks that will carry your program. Here's a 325 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 4: serious XM radio channel. Exclamation point, one after another after another. 326 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 4: You may be in a dark place right now. You 327 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 4: went through a breakup, somebody broke your heart. You're hurting 328 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 4: your lonely, wondering if you'll ever be happy again. I 329 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 4: can tell you firsthand, I am a living witness. If 330 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: you will keep honoring God moving forward. God will bring 331 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 4: somebody into your life better than you ever imagine, somebody kinder, friendlier, 332 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 4: that will treat you like a queen, like a king. 333 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: You won't even miss that person that left you. God 334 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 4: has an exclamation point waiting on you. Maybe in your 335 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 4: health it's a dark place. You don't see how you're 336 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 4: going to make it. The medical report is not good. 337 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: Stay in faith. Like my mother diagnosed with terminal cancer. 338 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 4: Thirty three years later, she is still healthy and strong 339 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 4: and listen, that's great. But here's the exclamation point. Every 340 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: week my mother goes up to the medical center to 341 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 4: pray for other people that are sick. That's God making 342 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 4: the enemy pain. Or perhaps it's in your finances, a 343 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 4: dark place. You had a bad break, a disappointment, lost 344 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 4: to client. You're wondering, is it ever going to get 345 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 4: any better? Yes. On the other side of the valley 346 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 4: is your cup that runs over increase abundance, a new 347 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. They have been in the valley 348 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 4: for a long time. You need to get ready. This 349 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 4: is a new day. You're about to see the breakthrough. 350 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 4: You're about to see the overflow. That problem is about 351 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 4: to turn around, don't quit believing. God didn't bring you 352 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 4: this far to leave you. He has an exclamation point 353 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 4: come in your way. This is what my friend did, 354 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 4: the one that played baseball. One day, he was out practicing, 355 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 4: minding his own business. What he didn't know was there 356 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 4: was a scout from a professional team up in the stands. 357 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 4: This man was there to watch another player, but when 358 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 4: he saw how talented my friend was, he called him 359 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 4: over and said, I want you to try out for 360 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 4: our team. That's God putting you at the right place 361 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,719 Speaker 4: at the right time. God knows how to get you 362 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 4: to your destiny. He tried out, made the team, played 363 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 4: a couple years in minor league baseball, then he got 364 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 4: bumped up, went to the major leagues, went on to 365 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 4: have a long successful professional baseball cap. But think about 366 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 4: early on those other guys. They tried to stop him 367 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 4: by spreading rumors. But people don't determine your destiny. God does. 368 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 4: A bad break can't stop you. Rumors can't stop you. 369 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 4: Injustice can't stop you. God has the final say. And 370 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 4: if you'll go through the dark places with the right attitude, 371 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: you'll see exclamation points come in your way. The surpassing 372 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 4: greatness of God's favor. In the scripture, when Jesus had 373 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 4: the little boy's lunch, five loaves of bread and two fish, 374 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 4: it's about to feed the thousands. He lifted them up 375 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 4: and gave thanks. Then it says he broke the bread 376 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 4: and it multiplied. Notice the blessing was in the breaking. 377 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 4: The more he broke it, the more it multiplied. There 378 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 4: are times that we all feel broken, broken dreams, broken promises, 379 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 4: a broken heart. The young lady that lost her baby, 380 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 4: as she told me, big tears ran down her beautiful face. 381 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 4: She said, Joel, I wanted this baby more than anything else. 382 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 4: When you feel broken, you go through a disappointment. Don't 383 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 4: get better, don't give up on your dreams. The brokenness 384 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 4: is not the end. It's a sign that God is 385 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 4: about to multiply. That's what David said. God enlarged me 386 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 4: in my distress, in that brokenness. It may have been 387 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,239 Speaker 4: meant to stop you, but God's going to use it 388 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 4: to increase you. The loss, the disappointment, the person that 389 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 4: didn't keep their word. They thought they were hindering you, 390 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 4: but in fact they were setting you up for God 391 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 4: to multiply. You may have gone through more than your 392 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 4: share of bad breaks. But take heart, the more broken 393 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 4: you are, the more God's going to increase. The bigger 394 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: the disappointment, the bigger the blessing. God has beauty for 395 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 4: your ashes, joy for the morning. The brokenness is only temporary. Now, 396 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 4: don't settle in the valley. Don't get comfortable there. The 397 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 4: valley is not your home. The shepherd is leading you 398 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 4: through the valley. On the other side there are new beginnings, 399 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 4: fullness of joy, great relationships, health and wholeness, dreams coming 400 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 4: to pass. Jesus said in John chapter twelve. Unless a 401 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 4: kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it 402 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 4: will remain alone. But if it dies, it will produce 403 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: much fruit. He was using an example of a seed. 404 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 4: You can have a seed on your desk for a lifetime, 405 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: won't do any good until you plant it. As long 406 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 4: as it's where it's comfortable, it doesn't have to stretch 407 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 4: deal with adversity. Then its potential will remain locked up 408 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 4: on the inside. Only after it's planet it goes through 409 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 4: a process of germination. The outer shell breaks off new growth. 410 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 4: That's when it will blossom and produce much fruit. The 411 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 4: problem with some people is They want the fruit, but 412 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 4: they don't want to go through the process. They don't 413 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 4: want to be uncomfortable. They don't want to stretch and 414 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 4: have to deal with adversity, betrayal, opposition. But without the 415 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 4: dark place, your potential will not be fully released. The 416 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 4: seed can't germinate in the light. Now. I'm sure if 417 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 4: you were to ask the seed, it would say, I 418 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 4: don't want to go in the dirt. It's dark, it's lonely, 419 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 4: it's uncomfortable. I don't want people walking on top of me. 420 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 4: It looks like it's buried, like it's the end. But 421 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 4: what the seed doesn't realize is it's not buried. It's planet. 422 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 4: It has the life of Almighty God on the inside 423 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 4: those dark places. Even though it's uncomfortable, it's a critical 424 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 4: part of the process. Over a period of time, as 425 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 4: the seed germinates and grows, instead of just being one 426 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 4: seed buried, it can become a beautiful flower, blossoming, producing 427 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 4: much fruit. If you were to ask the seed after 428 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 4: the process, it would say, I didn't like the dark place, 429 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 4: but I realize now it was a blessing. Look what 430 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 4: I've become, Look what I've blossomed into. We all go 431 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 4: through these dark places, and it feels like at times 432 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 4: we're buried. Thoughts will tell you, hey, you've seen your 433 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 4: best days. That layoff ruins your career, that divorce, it 434 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 4: just tainted your future. That sickness is going to be 435 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 4: the end of you. No, have a new perspective. You're 436 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 4: not buried. You're planet. If you would have never had 437 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 4: the loss, the disappointment, the dark place, you would never 438 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 4: discover what's on the inside. Like that seed, your potential 439 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,239 Speaker 4: is about to be released. You're not only going to 440 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 4: come out, You're going to come out bearing much fruit, better, stronger, 441 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 4: fully in blossoms. See, when my father went to be 442 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 4: with the Lord, kind of felt like I was buried. 443 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 4: I could feel that pressure. But in that dark place, 444 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 4: when something was dying, something was being birthed new on 445 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 4: the inside. That's when I discovered gifts and talents that 446 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 4: I didn't know I had. I didn't like going through 447 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 4: the process, but that's what caused me to blossom. None 448 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 4: of us like to be planted. It's lonely, uncomfortable, But 449 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 4: in the dark places, you have to remind yourself new 450 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 4: growth is coming my way. Even though it feels like 451 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 4: something is dying. Something else is coming to life. You're 452 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 4: not buried, You're planted. When you come out, you're going 453 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 4: to bear much fruit. Now. My challenge to us today 454 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 4: is be willing to go through the process. Too many 455 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 4: people get bitter discouraged, Joel. If God was good, how 456 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 4: could he let this happen to me? You know, dare 457 00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 4: to trust him. God knows what he's doing. May be 458 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 4: dirt all around you right now. It's uncomfortable. That dirt 459 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 4: is not there to bury you. It's there to bring 460 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 4: out the seeds of greatness on the inside. It's just 461 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 4: a matter of time before you break out and blossom 462 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 4: into who you were created to be. If you will 463 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 4: go through these dark places with the right attitude, I 464 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 4: believe and declare God is going to turn your question 465 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 4: marks into exclamation points. You will go through every valley 466 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 4: to the table prepared for you, to the fresh anointing 467 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 4: to increase where your cup overflows. You will be able 468 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 4: to say, like David, God enlarged me in my distress. 469 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 4: He blessed me even in the dark places. In Jesus' name. 470 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say it then? Today? 471 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 4: And we never like to close our broadcast without giving 472 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 473 00:28:55,480 --> 00:29:00,239 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, pen 474 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 4: of my sins, come into my heart. I make you 475 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 476 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 477 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 4: Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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