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It's a joy 43 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 4: to come into your homes and if you're in our area, 44 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 4: please stop buy and be a part of one of 45 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you we will make you feel 46 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 4: right at home. But I like to start with something funny. 47 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 4: And I heard about this group of school children. They 48 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 4: were in the cafeteria line at their Catholic elementary school. 49 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 4: At the start of the line, there was a big 50 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 4: bowl of apples. A nun had written a note. It said, 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 4: take only one. God is watching. At the end of 52 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: the line there was a big bowl of chocolate chip cookies. 53 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: One of the children had written a note. It said, 54 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 4: take all you want. God is watching. The apples. Say 55 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 4: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 56 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 4: am what it says I am. I have what it 57 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 4: says I have. I can do what it says I 58 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 4: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 59 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 4: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 61 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 62 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 4: you're still going to make it. We all have dreams 63 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 4: and goals and things we know that God has promised us, 64 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 4: and we start off excited. We're sailing along fine, making progress. 65 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 4: Then a storm arises, an unexpected challenge, a sickness, a breakup, 66 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 4: we lose a loved one, a contract we were counting 67 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 4: on doesn't go through. It's easy to get discouraged and 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 4: think it's never going to happen. But God doesn't promise 69 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 4: something and then change his mind. He doesn't put a 70 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 4: dream in your heart and then take it back. What 71 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 4: he starts he finishes. You may not see away, but 72 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 4: God hasn't run out of options. We think natural, but 73 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: God is supernatural. He has ways we've never thought of. 74 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 4: And God wouldn't have allowed that storm. If it was 75 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 4: going to keep you from your destiny. If that bad break, 76 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: that loss, that person that walked away, if that was 77 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 4: going to stop your purpose, God would have kept it 78 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: from happening. We may not like it, but it's a 79 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 4: part of the process. Storms come to us. All the 80 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 4: good news is God is in control of the winds. 81 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: He's in control of what's trying to stop you. Now. 82 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 4: All he has to do is shift the winds and 83 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 4: instead of holding you back, they will propel you forward. 84 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 4: They were meant for your harm, but He knows how 85 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 4: to turn them around and use them to your advantage. 86 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 4: You may be facing a situation where you don't see 87 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 4: how it could work out in your health, your finances, 88 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 4: a relationship, every voice says there's no way. It's too late. 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,559 Speaker 4: The obstacles are too big. God is saying, You're still 90 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: going to get there. I'm still on the throne. I'm 91 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 4: working behind the scenes. I'm fighting your battles. I'm arranging 92 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 4: the breaks you need. I'm lining up the right people. 93 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 4: When it's all well said and done, what God promised 94 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 4: will come to pass. You're still going to get well. 95 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 4: You're still going to meet the right person, You're still 96 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 4: going to break that addiction. You're still going to accomplish 97 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 4: your dreams. Where you are is not an accident. God 98 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 4: may not have sent the storm, but he is in 99 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: control of the storm. Here's the test. Will you trust 100 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 4: him when you don't see any sign of things improving. 101 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 4: Will you stay in faith when every thought tells you 102 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 4: it's never going to work out? This is what the 103 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 4: apostle Paul did. He was a prisoner on a boat 104 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 4: headed to Rome. He'd been arrested in Jerusalem for causing 105 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 4: a disturbance. Even though he was found not guilty, he 106 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 4: had appealed to Caesar, and while they were sailing on 107 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 4: this several months journey, two hundred and seventy six people 108 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 4: on board, they encountered a huge storm with hurricane force winds. 109 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 4: The waves were so big they were battering the boat 110 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 4: back and forth for fourteen days. They didn't see the 111 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 4: sun nor the stars. The boat was so beat up 112 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 4: it was taking on water. The crew started throwing cargo 113 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 4: and supplies overboard. They were despondent. They had quit eating. 114 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 4: The scripture says, all hope of them being saved was gone. 115 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 4: But in the middle of the storm, an angel appeared 116 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 4: to Paul. He said in Acts twenty seven, don't be afraid, Paul, 117 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: for you will surely stand before Caesar. God, in his goodness, 118 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 4: has granted safety to everyone sailing with you. Paul had 119 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 4: this promise that he would make it to Rome, but 120 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 4: all the circumstances said he would never get there. Everywhere 121 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 4: he looked, the winds, the waves, the crew said he 122 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 4: wasn't going to make it. He could have thought, God, 123 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: I must have heard you wrong. You said I would 124 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar, but I'm in a sinking boat in 125 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 4: the middle of the ocean, stuck in a hurricane. Sometimes 126 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 4: what God promises looks just the opposite of what we see. God, 127 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 4: you said I was going to get well, all I 128 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 4: see is sickness. You said I would lend and not borrow, 129 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 4: but I see debt, lax struggle. You said my children 130 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: would be mighty in the land, but I see addictions, compromise. 131 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 4: Here's the key. You can't be moved by what you see. 132 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 4: You have to be moved by what you know. Don't 133 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 4: let that storm talk you out of what God promised. 134 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 4: In the middle of the storm, when it looked impossible, 135 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 4: no sign of things improving, Paul went up to the 136 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: crew and said, it's going to be all right. Get 137 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 4: something to eat. God promised that I would not only 138 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar, but that all of your lives would 139 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 4: be spared. The next verse is the key, he said, 140 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 4: And I believe it will be just as God said. 141 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 4: See God can make all these promises. But if we 142 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 4: don't take the next step and say, like Paul, God, 143 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 4: I believe what you promised me will come to pass, 144 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 4: then the promises won't do any good. We have to 145 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 4: mix faith with them. When Paul told the crew that 146 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 4: their lives were going to be spared, no doubt, waves 147 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,679 Speaker 4: were splashing him in the face when so strong, almost 148 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 4: knocking him down. Had to hold onto the boat. It 149 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 4: had been this way for two weeks. He could have 150 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 4: been depressed like the rest of them, complaining. Instead, he 151 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 4: was talking about what God promised. He was speaking life 152 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 4: in the face of death. He was talking victory in 153 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 4: the middle of defeat. What you're saying in the storm 154 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 4: will have a great impact on whether you stay there 155 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 4: or whether you come out. If you're saying I'll never 156 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 4: get well, I can't break this addiction. Had it since 157 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 4: high school, Joel. These people that did me wrong, this injustice. 158 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 4: It ruined my life. If you talk defeat, you're going 159 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 4: to have defeat. If you think I'll never get out 160 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 4: of this trouble, then you never will. In the middle 161 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 4: of the storm, you need to declare what God promised you. 162 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 4: I am coming out. This too shall pass. I am 163 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 4: not moved by the waves, the winds, the opposition. I 164 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 4: know God being for me is more than the world 165 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 4: being against me. I will get well, I will prosper 166 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 4: and succeed. My children will serve the Lord. Get in 167 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 4: agreement with God. The angel said, Paul, everyone sailing with 168 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 4: you will be saved here. Paul was a prisoner on 169 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 4: the boat. He didn't have any influence there. The crew 170 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 4: saw him as secondary, just another inmate. We have to transport. 171 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: They thought Paul was sailing with them. But notice how 172 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 4: God God sees you. He said, Paul, everyone's sailing with 173 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 4: you will be saved. You may have some enemies, people 174 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 4: that look down on you. They think they have the 175 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 4: upper hand. Don't worry. You're not sailing with them. They're 176 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 4: sailing with you. Nothing can snatch you out of God's hands. 177 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 4: You may feel like you're on the boat of the opposition, 178 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 4: like you're at a disadvantage at work, at school. But 179 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 4: people don't determine your destiny. They cannot stop God's plan 180 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 4: for your life. You may be on their boat, but 181 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 4: remember their sailing with you. God is going to get 182 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 4: you to where you're supposed to be. Without Paul on 183 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 4: the boat, all the people would have perished, The hurricane 184 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 4: would have caused it to stink. There was no chance 185 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 4: in the natural All the circumstances said it was doomed, 186 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 4: just a bad break. But there was a man on 187 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 4: that boat with a calling on his life, a man 188 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 4: with a purpose, with a destiny. This is showing us 189 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 4: a storm cannot stop what God has purposed. You may 190 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 4: be in a situation that doesn't look good It would 191 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 4: stop a lot of people, but it can't stop you. 192 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 4: Why you're a pall. You have a purpose, you have 193 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 4: an assignment. There's a calling on your life, something God 194 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 4: has ordained you to accomplish. You're not just filling up space. 195 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 4: You're a person of destiny. There's a Caesar you've been 196 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 4: called to stand before. There's a dream God put in 197 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 4: your heart. It's not an option. God has purposed it. 198 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 4: There's a giant you've been called to defeat. Maybe it's 199 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 4: a generational curse, something that's held your family back. That's 200 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 4: why the storm is so bad. The enemy would love 201 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: to convince you to get discouraged, give up. Think you 202 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 4: heard God wrong. No, that storm is a sign you 203 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: are close to your destiny. The enemy would not be 204 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: sinning the winds, the rain, the trouble, the sickness if 205 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 4: he didn't know Caesar was right up ahead. What you've 206 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 4: been called to do. Your greatest accomplishment, something more than 207 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: you can imagine, freedom that your family has never seen, 208 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 4: is right past that storm. The reason it can't defeat 209 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 4: you is your appall. Here's the key. The destiny in 210 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 4: you is greater than the storm around you. The purpose 211 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 4: in You cannot be stopped by the waves, by people, 212 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 4: by opposition. Stay in faith and keep declaring what God 213 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 4: said about you. I will stand before Caesar. That means 214 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 4: I will fulfill my destiny. I will set new standards 215 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 4: for my family. I will break these cycles of defeat, depression, 216 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 4: dysfunction that have been passed down. I will pay my 217 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 4: house off, I will keep my family together. I will 218 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 4: take new ground. If you're going to come out of 219 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 4: the storm, you have to know you're a Paul. There's 220 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 4: a calling on your life. The enemy knows it. He 221 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 4: wouldn't be fighting you if he didn't know you were 222 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 4: destined to do great things. He knows it. God knows it. 223 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 4: Now make sure that you know it. See what God 224 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 4: has spoken over you is not just a nice thought. 225 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 4: It's not just something that he hopes will come to pass. 226 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 4: It's a command. Paul. You will stand before Caesar. He 227 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 4: didn't say I think you will. If the weather holds up, 228 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 4: if these people don't get too upset what God speaks. 229 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 4: The only thing that could keep it from happening is 230 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 4: not the storm, not the opposition, not people, not the sickness. 231 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 4: The only thing is if we don't believe God works 232 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 4: where there's faith. If Paul would have said, God, I 233 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: don't think I can stand before Caesar. I'm a prisoner, 234 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 4: I'm in a hurricane. These people don't like me. Don't 235 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 4: let doubt stop your purpose. Don't let the storm talk 236 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 4: you out of your destiny. You don't have to figure 237 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 4: out how it's going to happen. All you have to 238 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: do is believe. In the face of that storm, with 239 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 4: the winds, the rain coming against you, dare to say, 240 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 4: like Paul, I believe God, just what you said will 241 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 4: come to pass. Here's how good God is. He told 242 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: Paul that everyone sailing with him would be saved. Even 243 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 4: Paul's enemies had the promise that their life would be spared. 244 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: If it was up to us, we would say, God, 245 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: wipe them out. They don't deserve it, let them have it. 246 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 4: But God is so merciful. Some of your enemies will 247 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 4: be blessed because of you. When the favor on your 248 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 4: life helps them to rise higher, they'll have a change 249 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 4: of heart. Instead of being against you, they'll be for you. 250 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 4: Instead of trying to push you down, they'll lift you up. 251 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 4: Two weeks of being battered around by the storm, the 252 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 4: crew noticed a small island off in the distance. They 253 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 4: tried to steer that way, but the winds were too strong. 254 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 4: When the boat got close, it hit the bottom and 255 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 4: broke totally apart. Now all the people were in the water. 256 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 4: They grabbed pieces of the boat and began to swim 257 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 4: to shore. In a few hours, all two hundred and 258 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 4: seventy six had made it safely to the island. No 259 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 4: one lost their lives. But when the boat hit bottom 260 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 4: broke apart. I'm sure some of them panicked and thought, 261 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 4: oh great, we're done. Now we don't even have the boat. 262 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 4: There's no chance. But they made it to the shore 263 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 4: without the boat. God is saying, you're going to make 264 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 4: it without what you thought you had to have. You're 265 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: going to make it without what you've lost. You're gonna 266 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 4: make it without what didn't work out. I was very 267 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 4: close to my father. I worked seventeen years with him 268 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 4: behind the scenes at Lakewood, and we had traveled the 269 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 4: world together. I used to think, what's going to happen 270 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 4: when my father is not here? Nineteen ninety nine, he 271 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 4: suddenly went to be with the Lord. I still miss him, 272 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 4: but I realize now I made it without my father. 273 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 4: I made it without going to seminary. I made it 274 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 4: without the formal training. All these things I thought I 275 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 4: had to have, I didn't need them. When I stepped 276 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 4: up to pastor the church, most of the people were 277 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 4: for me, but there were a few that I had 278 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 4: known for years. They were very for my father, but 279 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 4: they weren't supportive of me. They loved me, but they 280 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 4: wanted me to do it their way. I've learned you 281 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 4: have to be you. There's no anointing on your life 282 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: to be like somebody else. You're anointed to be you. 283 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 4: At first, it kind of bothered me that they weren't 284 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 4: for me. Worried about what if they leave, what if 285 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 4: they don't support me. Eventually they did leave, but it 286 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 4: wasn't what I thought. Things didn't fall apart. I made 287 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 4: it without their support. I made it without their encouragement. 288 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 4: I made it without the boat. Sometimes God will take 289 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 4: things away that we think we need, so we have 290 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 4: to depend on Him and not people, not the contract, 291 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 4: not the position. Can I tell you you're going to 292 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 4: make it without that person that walked away, without that 293 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 4: friend that betrayed you, without that spouse that left you. 294 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 4: I know it's painful, but they weren't your savior. You 295 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 4: already have a savior. He's got you in the palm 296 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: of his hand. If they left you, then you didn't 297 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 4: need them. If you had to have them to fulfill 298 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 4: your purpose, they would have stayed. You have to accept 299 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 4: that they weren't a part of your destiny and move forward. 300 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 4: As long as you're looking back focused on what you lost, 301 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 4: on why didn't they stay? Why did my boat break apart? 302 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 4: You will miss the new things God has in store. 303 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 4: You can still get to the shore, it just may 304 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 4: not happen the way you think. God's ways are not 305 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 4: our ways, and we can get so set on how 306 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 4: we think it's going to happen, what we need, Who's 307 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 4: going to be there that we get discouraged if it 308 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 4: doesn't fit into our plans. We have to stay open. 309 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 4: God knows what's best for us. You're going to make 310 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 4: it without the contract that didn't go through. You worked hard, 311 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 4: but you weren't chosen. You deserve the promotion, but you 312 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 4: got skipped over. That's not the end. That means God 313 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 4: has something better. He knows how to open new doors 314 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 4: and how to cause opportunity. Promotion. Contracts that you didn't 315 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 4: see coming find you. Don't sit around discouraged all just 316 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 4: my luck? How did this happen to me? I can 317 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 4: tell you why. There's a calling on your life. There 318 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 4: are new levels in your future. That storm cannot stop you. 319 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 4: God knows how to get you to the shore, but 320 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 4: it may happen an unconventional way. Without the boat. You 321 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 4: may have to swim to the shore, but the grace 322 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 4: will be there to do it. You're going to make 323 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 4: it like I did without that loved one you lost. 324 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 4: Sure you still miss them, but that didn't cancel your destiny. 325 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 4: It may feel like the end, but really it's a 326 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 4: new beginning. You are stronger than you think. You have 327 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 4: more in you, more talent, more courage, more determination. God 328 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 4: is not going to leave you in that storm. The 329 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: boat may have broken apart, but you're still going to 330 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 4: get to the shore. Weeping may endure for a night, 331 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: but joy is coming in the morning. In the scripture, 332 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 4: David made it without his family believe in him. I'm 333 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 4: sure he was discouraged when his father didn't call him in. 334 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 4: When the prophet Samuel was choosing one of the sons 335 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 4: as the next king, he was tempted to be offended 336 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 4: when his older brother made fun of him for being 337 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: the youngest and having to take care of the sheep, 338 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 4: he could have thought, God, it's not fair, my own 339 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 4: family doesn't believe in me. But David understood this principle. 340 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 4: His attitude was, I can make it without their support. 341 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 4: I can make it without their approval. I don't have 342 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 4: to have their encouragement. Instead of depending on people to 343 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 4: approve you, why don't you go to God and get 344 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 4: your approval from him instead of counting on others to 345 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 4: encourage you. Why don't you start of encouraging yourself, start 346 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 4: speaking faith, favor, victory, blessings over your own life. But 347 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 4: if God would have let the boat make it to shore, 348 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 4: would have been so much easier. They wouldn't have had 349 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 4: to go through all the trauma and distress. They could 350 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 4: just pulled up like a cruise liner. And God often 351 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 4: enjoyed the island. But sometimes the boat doesn't make it. 352 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 4: Paul and the crew grabbed the broken pieces the wood 353 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 4: that was floating. They used that to help them swim 354 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 4: to the shore. We think we have to have the boat, 355 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 4: But God is so amazing He has a plan even 356 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 4: for the broken pieces, the remnuts things most people would discard. 357 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 4: God will use them to take you to where He 358 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 4: has prepared. Their brokenness became their breakthrough. Now quit being 359 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 4: discouraged over what you've lost. What you have left is 360 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 4: what you need. God didn't let you lose so much 361 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 4: that you can't make it to where He's taken you. 362 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 4: You didn't need the boat. What they thought was of 363 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 4: no use, discarded pieces of wood was actually what they 364 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 4: needed to make it to the shore. When you're in 365 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 4: a storm, you have to do like Paul, grab on 366 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 4: to the broken pieces. That means keep believing that you're 367 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 4: coming out, keep declaring favor over your life, keep thanking 368 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 4: God for his goodness. He didn't change his mind. The 369 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 4: boat may have fallen apart, but you're still going to 370 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 4: stand before Caesar. What God promised is still going to 371 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 4: come to pass. My father had a dream as a 372 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 4: seventeen year old boy that one day he would pastor 373 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 4: a church with thousands of people. Back in the nineteen thirties, 374 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 4: that was unheard of. There weren't any large churches. Against 375 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 4: all odds, he was able to go to college. He 376 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 4: started pastoring a successful growing church. They had almost a 377 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 4: thousand members. They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. 378 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 4: Everything was going great until a storm hit. My sister 379 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 4: Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. My father 380 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: began to search the scriptures in a new way. He 381 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,880 Speaker 4: started speaking to his congregation about how God is a healer, 382 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 4: how he wants us to live an abundant, victorious life. 383 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 4: Much to his surprise, they didn't like his new message 384 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 4: of faith, and they asked him to leave. He was devastated. 385 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 4: He had spent years pouring into those people. Now it 386 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 4: looked like his dream was over. But that storm is 387 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 4: not keeping you from your destiny. It's leading you to 388 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 4: your destiny. God is directing the winds. He and my 389 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 4: mother went out and started Lakewood. My father had lost 390 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 4: over ninety percent of his congregation. He was no longer 391 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 4: affiliated with his denomination. He didn't have support from his colleagues. 392 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 4: Lifelong friends never spoke to him again. But God says, 393 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 4: you're going to make it without the support, without what 394 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 4: you've lost, without the new building. The boat may have 395 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 4: fallen apart, but God is still on the throne, and 396 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 4: what you lost is not near as important as what 397 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 4: you have left. My father was faithful Lakewood grew and grew, 398 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 4: and just like God promised, he pastored a church of thousands. 399 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 4: But suppose he would have been bitter because they asked 400 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 4: him to leave. Suppose he had given up because of 401 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 4: the bad breaks, the betrayals, he'd have never made it 402 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 4: to the shore. He would have never stood before Caesar, 403 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 4: so to speak. You don't know what God is up to. 404 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 4: These storms that none of us like are a part 405 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 4: of our destiny. Are you sitting on the sidelines, discouraged 406 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 4: over what you've lost, what you didn't get, who didn't stay. 407 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 4: God is saying, if you'll get your passion back, if 408 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 4: you'll start believing again, You're still going to get there. 409 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: Despite what you've lost, despite who was against you, despite 410 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 4: the mistakes you've made, God's calling is still on your life. 411 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 4: His assignment is still in your future. New levels are 412 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 4: still waiting on you. In the scripture, there's a story 413 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 4: about a little boy named Mamphibischef. He was the grandson 414 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 4: of King Saul and the son of Jonathan. David and 415 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 4: Jonathan were best friends. Maphibischeff was born into royalty, destined 416 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 4: to one day take the throne, but life didn't turn 417 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 4: out the way he thought. His father and grandfather were 418 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 4: killed on the same day in a battle. The maid 419 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 4: that took care of him. When word reached their city, 420 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 4: she grabbed maphibis Cheff took off running out of the house, 421 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 4: trying to hide him from enemies that were coming. She 422 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 4: tripped on the steps, dropped Maphibischef, and both of his 423 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 4: legs were broken. He became permanently crippled. He could no 424 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 4: longer walk. Years had passed. Now instead of living in 425 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 4: the palace like he thought, he was living in one 426 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: of the poorest, most rundown cities of that day. Seemed 427 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 4: like a bad break, just bad luck. Wasn't even his fault. 428 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 4: The maid dropped him, but God is not dependent on 429 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 4: what someone else does or doesn't do to get you 430 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 4: to your destiny. People may have dropped you, but God 431 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 4: knows how to pick you back up. Years later, King 432 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 4: David was reminiscing about how much he loved his good 433 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 4: friend Jonathan. He asked his men if any of Jonathan's 434 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 4: relatives were still alive. They said, yes, his son is, 435 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 4: but he's crippled living in the slums. David said, go 436 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 4: find him and bring him to me. You can imagine 437 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 4: as these officials from the palace start searching the slums. 438 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 4: Word quickly spread they're looking for a Phibis Chef. When 439 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 4: he hears, he thought, oh man, I'm done now They 440 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 4: have finally found me. He expected the worst, but they 441 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 4: picked him up and carried him to the palace. They 442 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 4: cleaned him up, put new clothes on him, brought him 443 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: before David. He was afraid, didn't know what was going 444 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 4: to happen. David said, Mamphibi Chef, don't worry. From now on, 445 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 4: you're going to live in the palace with me. Every night. 446 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 4: You're gonna eat dinner at my table. Not only that, 447 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 4: I am giving you all the land that belonged to 448 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 4: your father and your grandfather like him. It may look 449 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 4: like there's no way what God promised you could still 450 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 4: come to pass. It's too late. You've had too many 451 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 4: bad breaks. The odds are against you. If Mamphibi Chef 452 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 4: were here, he would tell you you're still going to 453 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 4: get there, despite who dropped you, despite how unfair it was, 454 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 4: despite how impossible it looks. You're going to make it 455 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 4: without the boat, without what you thought you had to have. 456 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 4: God has the right. Eight people already lined up to 457 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 4: help you people that will make up for what you 458 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 4: didn't get. Now, don't stay focused on what you've lost. 459 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 4: What you have left is what you need. There's power 460 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 4: in the broken. Pieces may not look like much, but 461 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 4: when God breathes on them, you will make it to 462 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 4: the shore. Now I believe and declare you're still going 463 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 4: to get well. You're still going to meet the right person. 464 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 4: You're still going to accomplish your dreams. Favor is coming, 465 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 4: healing is coming, promotion, vindication, breakthroughs, the fullness of your 466 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you 467 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: say him in Today? I'd like to give you an 468 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would 469 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 470 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 4: of my sins, Come into my heart. I'll make you 471 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 4: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 472 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 473 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 4: Bible based church, Keep God first place. 474 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 475 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 6: us continue to share the message of hope with those 476 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 6: all over the world. Visit joelostin dot com, slash give 477 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 6: Hope to give a gift today. 478 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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