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I promise 40 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 4: you will make you feel right at home. That thanks 41 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 4: so much much for tuning in, and thank you again 42 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 4: for coming out. I like to start with something funny, 43 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 4: and I heard about this husband that died and he 44 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 4: left his wife twenty thousand dollars. After the funeral, his 45 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 4: wife told a friend that she was totally broke. The 46 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 4: friend said, what do you mean you broke. I thought 47 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 4: you had twenty thousand dollars. She said, well, I spent 48 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 4: five thousand dollars on the funeral and fifteen thousand on 49 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: the memorial stone. The friend said, wow, that was some stone. 50 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 4: How big was it? She held up her finger and 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 4: said three and a half carrots. All right, say it 52 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 53 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 54 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 55 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 56 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 57 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 58 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 59 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 4: waiting with expectancy life. We're always waiting for something, waiting 60 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 4: for a dream to come to pass, waiting to meet 61 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: the right person, waiting for a problem to turn around. 62 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 4: Much of life is spent waiting. There's a right way 63 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 4: to wait and a wrong way to wait. Isaiah said, 64 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 4: they that wait upon the Lord will mount up with 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 4: wings as eagles. We hear that word waiting most of 66 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 4: the time we think that means do nothing, be passive. 67 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 4: But the amplified version explains what the word weight really means. 68 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 4: It says those who expect, who hope, who look for 69 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 4: God's goodness. Waiting is not supposed to be passive. True 70 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 4: waiting is actively expecting. I prayed, I believed. Now I'm 71 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 4: looking for God's goodness. I'm expecting my health to improve. 72 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 4: I'm expecting new doors to open. I'm expecting to have 73 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 4: a blessed year. That's what it really means to wait. 74 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 4: David understood this principle. He said in Psalm five, Each morning, 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 4: I bring my request to you and wait expectantly. When 76 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 4: you're waiting expectantly, you know this could be the day 77 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 4: you get the break you need. This could be the 78 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 4: day the problem turns around. There's an anticipation in your spirit. 79 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 4: You talk like it's gonna happen. You act like it's 80 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 4: gonna happen. You're on the lookout. That expectancy is your 81 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 4: faith being released. Now all through the scripture we see 82 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 4: this in David's life. He said, surely goodness and mercy 83 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: will follow me. He was expecting God's blessing. In Psalm 84 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 4: twenty seven, all kinds of bad things were happening to David. 85 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 4: Violent enemies were chasing him, people lying about him, falsely 86 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 4: accusing him. Yet right in the midst of it, he said, 87 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 4: I am confident I will see God's goodness. David not 88 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 4: only prayed, he not only believed. He took it one 89 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 4: step further. He went out looking for God's favor. Like David, 90 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 4: you may be facing difficulties in the natural. It doesn't 91 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 4: look good. But when you're waiting with expectancy, you're not 92 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: moved by what you see. You're moved by what you know. 93 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 4: Psalm one twelve says when darkness overtakes, the righteous light 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 4: will come bursting in. Notice God used the word bursting. 95 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 4: He didn't say it's going to trickle in. It's going 96 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 4: to barely get there. It's going to show up, little 97 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 4: by little. No, God said, suddenly things will turn around. 98 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 4: You may have been dealing with the situation for many years, 99 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 4: but suddenly your health will improve. Suddenly, the right person 100 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 4: will show up, Suddenly, the legal situation will resolve. The 101 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 4: right way to wait is not Oh God, this is 102 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 4: never going to change. This financial difficulty is going to 103 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 4: be the end of me. These kids are going to 104 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 4: drive me crazy. No, get up every morning and say God, 105 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 4: I'm expecting your light to come bursting in. I'm expecting 106 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 4: a sudden breakthrough, a flood of your favor, a flood 107 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 4: of healing, a flood of restoration, a flood of promotion. 108 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 4: You wait with expectancy like that, and you'll see God 109 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 4: show up and do amazing things. 110 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: Now. 111 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 4: I know some of you have had tough times. Maybe 112 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 4: you had a bad break. Now you settled where you are, 113 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 4: thinking you've reached your limits. This is as good as 114 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: it's ever going to get. You've got to kick it 115 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 4: into a new gear. Get your expectations up. Proverbs thirteen 116 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 4: says trouble chases sinners, but blessings chase the righteous. You 117 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 4: are the righteous. What should you be expecting trouble, bad breaks, heartache. No, 118 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 4: get in agreement with God and start expecting his blessings 119 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 4: to chase you down, affecting God's favor. When you go 120 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: through a disappointment and we all do you have a 121 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 4: bad break, instead of being discouraged, instead of complaining, No, 122 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 4: dig your heels in and say this medical report may 123 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 4: not look good, but I'm not worried. I know healing 124 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 4: is chasing me down. Business may be slow, I'm not discouraged. 125 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: I know opportunity sells, contracts, ideas, inventions, good breaks are 126 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 4: chasing me down. My child may be on the wrong path, 127 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 4: but it's only temporary. I know a turnaround is chasing 128 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 4: him down. That's not just being positive, that's doing what 129 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 4: David did. Waiting with expectancy, you're saying God, I know 130 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 4: you're still on the throne. You're bigger than this difficulty. 131 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 4: What you promised in my life will come to pass. 132 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 4: One reason people don't have the joy they should is 133 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 4: they're not expecting anything good. The scriptures hope deferred makes 134 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 4: the heart sick. If you're not expecting to see God's 135 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 4: favor in a new way, you're not expecting the problem 136 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 4: to turn around. It will not only limit what God 137 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 4: can do, but it'll cause your heart to be sick. 138 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 4: It'll cause you to be discouraged. Too. Many people today 139 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 4: are not healthy, not physically but emotionally because they're not 140 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 4: waiting with expectancy. At one point they had a big dream. 141 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 4: They knew it was going to work out, but it 142 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 4: didn't happen on their timetable. Now they've gotten passive and 143 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 4: they think that it's never going to happen. But you've 144 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 4: got to shake that off and get your fire back. 145 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 4: God is still on the throne. It may not have 146 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 4: happened on your timetable, but God's a faithful God. He 147 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 4: can still bring it to pass. Now, do you a 148 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: part and start expecting the light to come bursting in. 149 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 4: Start expecting God's blessings to chase you down. Don't let 150 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 4: people talk you out of it. Don't believe the never 151 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 4: lies they come to all of us. You'll never get well, 152 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 4: you'll never get married, you'll never get out of debt. 153 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 4: Let that go in one ear and out the other. 154 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 4: Our attitude should be I know my answer is already 155 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 4: on the way. I could see it before I go 156 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 4: to bed tonight. I could meet the person of my 157 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 4: dreams before I leave this building. Be sure to look 158 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 4: around before you leave. I could see my health improved 159 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 4: this week. I could get totally out of debt, pay 160 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 4: my house off this year. It may be impossible in 161 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 4: the natural, but I know I serve a supernatural God. 162 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 4: When you wait with expectancy, the most powerful force in 163 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 4: the universe goes to work. In the Book of James, 164 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 4: it tells us to wait for God's promises like a 165 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 4: farmer waits for his harvest. When a farmer plants his 166 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 4: cross pops, he doesn't wait or worried. He doesn't go 167 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 4: to bed at night stressed out, wondering if they're going 168 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 4: to come up. If somebody says to him, I don't 169 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 4: think you're going to get a harvest this year, he 170 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 4: wouldn't pay any attention. He's planted, he's watered, he has 171 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 4: no doubt that it's going to happen. So he waits 172 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 4: with a confidence, not just hoping, not just believing. He 173 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 4: takes it one step further. He knows his crops are 174 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 4: going to come up. That's the way we're supposed to 175 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 4: wait on what God promised us. Like the farmer, you prayed, 176 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 4: you've planted, you've watered your seeds. You thank God. Now 177 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: you've got to come over into this confidence, a knowing 178 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 4: that says not if it happens, but when it happens. 179 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 4: Somebody asks you, you still think you're going to get 180 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 4: out of debt with the economy like it is, Tell 181 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 4: them I don't think so. I know. 182 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: So. 183 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 4: My God is Jehovah, Jirah. He is the Lord, my provider. 184 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: He is not affected by the economy. He controls it. All. 185 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 4: You still think your child's going to straighten up. Looks 186 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 4: like they're wilder than ever to me, I don't think so. 187 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 5: I know. 188 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 4: So as for me and my house, we will serve 189 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 4: the Lord. You still think you're gonna get married, You've 190 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 4: been single a long time. I don't think so. I 191 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 4: know so God said he would give me the desires 192 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 4: of my heart, the right man, the right woman. They 193 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: are chasing me down even as we speak. You got 194 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 4: to have this unshakable confidence. Just like you know the 195 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 4: sun is going to come up in the morning, you 196 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 4: know what God promised you is going to come to pass. 197 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 4: It may happen today, may happen next week or next year. 198 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 4: But like that farmer, you know that you know your 199 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 4: harvest is on its way. This passage in James uses 200 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 4: Job as the example of how to wait. You remember, 201 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 4: Job went through a lot of ache and pain, lost 202 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: his health, his family, his business. But about nine months 203 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 4: later he came out with twice what he had before. 204 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 4: Not only saw it all restored, but he had twice 205 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 4: the cattle twice, the sheep twice, the joy twice, the peace. Now, 206 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: of all the people in the scripture, God could have 207 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 4: chosen as the example of how to wait. God chose Job. 208 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 4: I believe it's significant. God is saying, when you go 209 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 4: through a loss, a disappointment, a bad break, don't expect 210 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 4: to come out the same. Expect to come out better 211 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 4: off than you were before. Maybe you're dealing with the 212 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 4: sickness right now, or a relationship didn't work out. Somebody 213 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 4: cheated you in a business deal and you could easily 214 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 4: be negative. Discourage, settle where you are. 215 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: No. 216 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 4: God wants to take what was meant for your harm 217 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 4: and use it to your advantage to increase you. Dare 218 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 4: to believe, like Job, that you're going to come out 219 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 4: with twice what you had before. Some of you are 220 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 4: just hoping to halfway recover. If you could at least 221 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 4: get back to where you were before you got sick, 222 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 4: before you were laid off, before the disappointment, you would 223 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 4: be happy if you could just get back to even. 224 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 4: But that's not the way our God works. God is 225 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 4: going to make the enemy pay for bringing that trouble 226 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 4: into your life. God is saying, get ready for double. 227 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 4: You have not seen your best days. Weeping may endure 228 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 4: for a night, but joy is coming in the morning. 229 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 4: God is going to give you beauty for those ashes. 230 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 4: He's going to make the rest of your life better 231 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 4: than it would have been if that would have never happened. 232 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 4: But you've got to do your part and start waiting 233 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 4: with expectancy. If you're sitting around discouraged in self pity, 234 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,839 Speaker 4: thinking you've seen your best days, it will limit what 235 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 4: God can do. Shake it off and start waving like job, Father, 236 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 4: I want to thank you that double is coming my way. 237 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 4: I may be sick right now, but I'm expecting to 238 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: come out twice as healthy, with twice the energy, twice 239 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 4: the strength. I may have gotten laid off, but Lord, 240 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 4: I want to thank you for a job with twice 241 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 4: the benefits, twice the friends, twice the fulfillment, twice the income. 242 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 4: This person may have walked out on a relationship, done 243 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 4: me wrong, but Lord, I just thank you for bringing 244 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 4: me somebody twice as fun, twice as friendly, twice as 245 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 4: good looking, twice as well off. Well, you say, Joe, 246 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 4: that's kind of far out. Yeah, we serve a far 247 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: out God. He wants to do more than you can 248 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 4: ask or think. He wants to bring you out like 249 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 4: Joe with doubles. What's interesting is when a farmer is 250 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 4: waiting for his harvest. He doesn't sit around passively and 251 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 4: not do anything for months and months now. While he's waiting, 252 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 4: he sharpens his tools, He makes sure his tractor and 253 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,239 Speaker 4: equipment is maintained and ready to go. He calls his suppliers, 254 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 4: his transportation people, gets everything lined up. The fact is 255 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 4: he hasn't seen one plant come up out of the ground. 256 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: The whole field is completely empty. Yet he's making all 257 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 4: kinds of preparations for the harvest that he knows is coming. 258 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 4: He has such a confidence that he's putting actions behind 259 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 4: his faith. That's what it means to wait like a farmer. 260 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: You're not just hoping, you're not just praying. You're getting 261 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 4: prepared taking steps of faith. Years ago I went to 262 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 4: this young couple's apartment, friends of mine. It was a 263 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 4: very small place and they were happy. They were content, 264 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 4: but they knew God had put bigger things in their heart. 265 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 4: And they had bought some furniture for the apartment that 266 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 4: was much too big. One couch was crammed up against 267 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 4: another couch. You could hardly walk into the room. Look 268 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 4: like a mistaken I thought to myself, what in the 269 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 4: world were they thinking? I didn't say anything, but later 270 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 4: the young lady said, Joey, you'll have to forgive our den. 271 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 4: We bought this furniture for our new house. I didn't 272 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 4: know they were moving. I said, that's great. Where are 273 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 4: you going? She said, we don't know yet. We just 274 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: know we're not staying here. This is only temporary. They 275 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 4: sayed in that tiny apartment for several years, and when 276 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 4: I would see them just being friendly, I'd say, hey, 277 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 4: when are you moving? Their answer was always soon. That's 278 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 4: a great answer. When are you coming out of debt soon? 279 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 4: When is the problem going to turn around soon? When 280 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 4: are you gonna get married soon? When is that child 281 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 4: gonna come back home? Not any of this on Joey. 282 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 4: I don't know more. I pray the worse he gets, 283 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 4: did I tell you what he did last week? Zip 284 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 4: that up. Your answer should always be soon, Say it 285 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 4: by faith. This year, you young couple had such a 286 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: confidence like the farmer. They knew their harvest was coming. 287 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 4: And one day the lady got an unexpected promotion, a 288 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 4: huge increase, and everything fell into place. And do you 289 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 4: know where that furniture is now? It's not in their 290 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 4: new home. They gave it to another young couple that's 291 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 4: believing for their dream to come to pass. That's what 292 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 4: happens when you put actions behind your faith, it gets 293 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 4: God's attention. One time in the scripture, a paralyzed man 294 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 4: talked four of his friends into carrying him to another 295 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 4: city where Jesus was teaching. When they arrived, the house 296 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 4: was so crowded they couldn't get in. I'm sure the 297 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 4: men that carried him were tired, their shoulders were sore. 298 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 4: They wanted to rest, But the paralyzed man said, no, 299 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 4: we've come too far to stop. Now you've got to 300 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 4: take me up on the roof and let me down 301 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 4: through the ceiling. Imagine Jesus is up there teaching and 302 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 4: he sees dust start to fall, a couple ceiling dials 303 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 4: drop down. All this commotion as they lowered the man down. 304 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 4: The scripture says, when Jesus saw their faith, my question 305 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 4: today is can your faith be seen? Are you doing 306 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 4: anything to show God? You're not just hoping, You're not 307 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 4: just praying like the farmer, You're getting prepared. When Jesus 308 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 4: saw their faith, he touched the man and he was 309 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 4: made home. Now that man could have stayed at home 310 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 4: for twenty years, believing he could have prayed for the 311 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 4: rest of his life, nothing would have happened. But when 312 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 4: your faith can be seen, the creator of the universe 313 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 4: goes to work. When my father was in his sixties, 314 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 4: he had to have open heart surgery. It was a 315 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 4: very serious procedure because most of his arteries were blocked 316 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 4: and there was no guarantee that he would come out okay. 317 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 4: Our family was all in the room to go before 318 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 4: he was going to be taken into the operation, he 319 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 4: asked me if I would go back home and get 320 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 4: his tennis shoes and runing suit and lay it by 321 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 4: his bed. My mother had already brought his pajamas and 322 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 4: house shoes and everything that he would need, but my 323 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 4: father wanted those tennis shoes there as an act of 324 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 4: his faith. While he was recovering, every time he looked 325 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 4: at them, he was saying, I'm going to be out 326 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 4: running again. I'm gonna go all over the world. I've 327 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 4: got many good years left in me. You may be 328 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 4: facing a health issue as well. In the natural it 329 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 4: doesn't look good, but don't make plans to go downhill. 330 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 4: Don't tell your friends how bad it is and how 331 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 4: you're never gonna make it. Expect to get better, put 332 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 4: your tennis shoes in front of you, Plan a visit 333 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 4: to go see your relatives, renew the membership to the 334 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 4: health club. Do something so your faith can be seen. 335 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 4: When my mother was so sick with cancer, she told 336 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 4: how she would lay in bed at night, these thoughts 337 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 4: would come, telling her, you can be buried in that 338 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 4: new pink dress that you bought. See the enemy wants 339 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 4: you to make plans for your funeral. He wants you 340 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 4: to plan for defeat, for mediocrity. He would love for 341 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 4: us to go through life with the wrong expectations. You 342 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 4: got to shake that off and make plans to live, 343 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 4: make plans for victory. That Christmas in nineteen eighty one, 344 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 4: when my mother was given a few weeks to live, 345 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 4: all of us kids went in together to buy my 346 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: mother some china. That's what she wanted before she got sick. 347 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 4: When my sister Lisa went to the store to pick 348 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 4: it up, only eight pieces were in stock. The other 349 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 4: two pieces would have to be ordered and we were 350 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 4: told that could take several months to come in. Well, 351 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 4: my mother was only given a few weeks to live, 352 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 4: and that was a month or so before. When she 353 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 4: opened the china and she saw the note in it 354 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 4: saying that the rest would be delivered in the spring 355 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 4: of the next year. Her first thought in the natural 356 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 4: was I might not even be here. But we ordered 357 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 4: that china on purpose to let my mother know we 358 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 4: were expecting her to still be here. That china came 359 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 4: in thirty one years later. My mother is still here, healthy, alive, strong. 360 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 4: The funny thing is she has not served me one 361 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 4: meal on that china. I'm gonna talk about being grateful 362 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 4: next week. Can your faith be seen? Are you waiting 363 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 4: like the farmer making preparations for your harvest? The apostle 364 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 4: Paul did this. He was in prison for spreading the 365 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 4: good news. In the natural, there was no reason to 366 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 4: think that he would ever get out. It looked like 367 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 4: that was his destiny. But Paul wasn't complaining, He wasn't discouraged. 368 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 4: He was making plans to be free. He said to 369 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 4: a friend that came to visit him, keep a guest 370 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 4: room ready for me, for I am filled with hope 371 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: that God will answer my prayers. Here he's in prison, 372 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 4: he doesn't need a guest room. My mom's been given 373 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 4: a few weeks to live. We don't need to order 374 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 4: her any china. My father's recovering from a major surgery. 375 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 4: He doesn't need his tennis shoes. Now, that's what it 376 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 4: means to wait with expectancy. When God can see your faith, 377 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 4: he can do the impossible. I read about this small 378 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 4: town that had been in a drought for a long 379 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: long time, and the local pastors called for a day 380 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 4: of prayer on the town square. They ask everyone to 381 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 4: bring some kind of object of their faith, just to 382 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 4: show that they were believing, and most people brought their bibles. 383 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 4: Some wore a cross or a T shirt with an 384 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 4: inspirational message. They joined hands and begin to earnestly pray. 385 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 4: It's a very moving scene as they were all gathered 386 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 4: in faith, asking God for rain. After about ten minutes, 387 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 4: almost perfectly on queue, it began to rain. They started 388 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 4: shouting and singing, holding up their bibles their crosses in 389 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 4: praise to God. But one little eight year old girl's 390 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 4: object stood out among the rest. She opened up her 391 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 4: big yellow umbrella that she had brought. The scripture tells 392 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,719 Speaker 4: us to have the faith of a little child. If 393 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 4: you're praying for rain, it's not complicated. Bring your umbrella. 394 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 4: Let your faith be seen. You remember in the Old Testament, 395 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 4: the people of Israel came to the Jordan River they 396 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 4: needed to get across. Earlier, Moses had held up his 397 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 4: rod and the Red Sea parted a great miracle. This 398 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 4: time it didn't happen that way. The scripture tells how 399 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 4: they had to walk toward the water, and as their 400 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 4: feet and legs God wet, then the river opened up. 401 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 4: I wonder how many of us are waiting for God 402 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 4: to part the sea like he did. Last time. God 403 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 4: showed your favor, opened the door, and you walk through it. 404 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 4: But this time God has a Jordan River in front 405 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 4: of you. It's not going to open up until your 406 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 4: faith can be seen. What can you do to show 407 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 4: God that you're trusting him. I'm not suggesting that you 408 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 4: quit your job, but can you bring a big yellow umbrella. 409 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 4: Can you buy a new outfit to wear for when 410 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 4: you get healthy again? Can you take that management course 411 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 4: even though you were turned down for the promotion that's 412 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 4: waiting with expectancy, you're saying by your actions, God, I'm 413 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 4: expecting your light to come bursting in. I know this lady, 414 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 4: she's always been very heavy struggled with her waiting. She 415 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 4: heard me talking about this, and she went out and 416 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 4: bought an out fit like ten sizes too small for her. 417 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 4: People thought she was crazy. She told the lady helping her, 418 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 4: it was for someone else. She put that outfit up 419 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 4: in her closet. Every time she saw it, she would say, Lord, 420 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 4: thank you that I'm going to lose this weight, thank 421 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 4: you that I'm strong, I'm disciplined, I'm focused, and I'm 422 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 4: going to wear this outfit. No, it didn't happen overnight, 423 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: but several years later she was wearing that outfit just 424 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 4: as beautiful as could bet. A young couple I know 425 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 4: they tried for many years to have a baby with 426 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 4: no success. The medical report said that they would never 427 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 4: be able to have a child. And while we love 428 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 4: and respect doctors, we know God can do what medical 429 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 4: science cannot do. This couple went out and bought a 430 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 4: baby's outfit, just a little girl's dress, and they put 431 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 4: it in their kitchen. Every time they saw it, they 432 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 4: would say, Lord, you said, children are a gift from you, 433 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 4: so we want to thank you for one of your gifts. 434 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 4: About two years later, they came to the altar to 435 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 4: dedicate their beautiful baby girl. You know what she was 436 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 4: wearing that outfit they had bought many years before. When 437 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 4: your faith can be seen, God goes to work. I 438 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 4: heard the story of Gavin MacLeod. He's an actor, probably 439 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 4: best known for playing the Captain of the Love Boat, 440 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 4: a popular TV program years ago. He and his wife, 441 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 4: Patty were married for seven years. They hit some bumps 442 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 4: in the road, and long story short, Gavin left. They 443 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 4: went through a divorce. Patty was devastated. She never wanted 444 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 4: the divorce. Instead of giving up, she not only prayed, 445 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 4: but she put actions behind her faith. Every night, even 446 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 4: though she lived alone, she would set two places at 447 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 4: the dinner table, one for her and one for Gavin, 448 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 4: like the farmer, making preparations for her harvest. Four years later, 449 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 4: an unexpected knock at the front door. She opened it. 450 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 4: It was Gabbin. Patty smiled and said, come on in. 451 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 4: Your dinner's getting calmed today. They have been remarried for 452 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 4: over twenty six years. Friends, When with expectancy, amazing things 453 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 4: can happen. Here's my challenge. Let your faith be seen. 454 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 4: Make preparations for the harvest that you know is coming. 455 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 4: Get up every morning, bring your request to God, and then, 456 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 4: like David, go out looking for God's goodness, looking for 457 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: good breaks, expecting God's favor. When you face disappointments, something 458 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 4: doesn't go your way, don't get discouraged. God promised the 459 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 4: light is going to come bursting in suddenly. The answer 460 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 4: will come suddenly. You'll get the breaks you need. God 461 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 4: has some suddenlyes in your future. He's not only going 462 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,640 Speaker 4: to bring you out, He's going to bring you out 463 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 4: like job with double better off than you were before. 464 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 4: Now get your expectations up today. May not have happened 465 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 4: in the past, but God is still on the throne. 466 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 4: It can happen in your future if you'll learn to 467 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 4: wait with this expectancy, not get discouraged. If it doesn't 468 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 4: happen on your timetable, then like Patty, you'll see what 469 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 4: you are expecting come to pass. God's blessings will chase 470 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 4: you down. The light's going to come bursting in. And 471 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you will overcome every obstacle, defeat 472 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 4: every enemy, and you will become everything God's created you 473 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 4: to be in Jesus's name. If you receive it, can 474 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,719 Speaker 4: you say amen? Today? We never like to close our 475 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 4: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 476 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 4: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 477 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 4: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 478 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. 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