A Turnaround Is Coming

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There will be times 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.920 of morning, but what I want you to see is 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.400 that's not the end. We serve a turnaround. God like 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.240 with this woman, He's going to step in and turn 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:54.120 the sorrow to joy, turn the brokenness to wholeness, turn 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:58.600 the morning into dancing ty. This is Jolan Victoria. Thanks 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.000 for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.520 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.080 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.120 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:14.560 your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.560 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.519 during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:26.000 social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.400 to start with something funny, and I heard about this 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.359 elderly woman. She came to church one Sunday morning. A 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:34.640 friendly usher met her at the back door and asked 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.919 where she'd like to sit. She said, I want to 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.120 sit on the very front row. He said, oh, no, ma'am, 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.519 you don't want to sit there. Our pastor is very boring. 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:46.680 He'll put you asleep. Let me find you another seat. 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.840 She looked appalled. She said, sir, do you know who 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.640 I am? He said no, ma'am. She said, I am 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:56.760 the pastor's mother. He hung his head in embarrassment and 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.000 finally looked up and said, ma'am, do you know who 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:03.720 I am? He said no. He said, Thank God, say 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.679 it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.079 am what it says I am. I have what it 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.519 says I have. I can do what it says I 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.640 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:19.560 I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.519 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.280 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.720 a turnaround is coming. We all face situations that look 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.920 like they'll never change, and it's easy to get discouraged 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:38.160 and accept that it's never going to work out. But 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.120 God said in Zephyniah three, I will turn things around 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:46.720 for my people. He's a turnaround God. He turns bearing 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:51.760 wounds into babies. He turns red seas into dry pathways. 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:56.200 He turns five loaves and two fish into dinner for thousands. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.480 He turned skin filled with leprosy into skin as clear 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:04.320 as a little baby. When thoughts tell you your situation 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.600 is permanent, you'll never get out of this problem, never 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.320 get well, never see your family restored. No get ready. 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:15.840 A turnaround is coming. God is about to turn sickness 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:21.400 into health, turn addictions into freedom, turn lack into abundance, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.360 turn struggle in the ease. You're coming in to a 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.800 turnaround season. You're going to see the hand of God 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:33.120 do things that are unusual, uncommon, out of the ordinary. 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:37.880 This is what Zachariah said. God has turned my mountains 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:43.520 into mold hills. Mountains represent obstacles, things that look permanent, 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.880 like it's immovable. Depression can be a mountain feels like 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.159 you'll always struggle with it. A mountain can be people 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.400 at work that are not for you. They have more seniority. 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.120 What can you do about it? Or how about a 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:01.600 mountain of debt lack? Can't ahead it's been in your 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:05.440 family for years. This is a new day. That mountain 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.599 is about to be turned to a mold hill. God 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.760 is about to flatten some things out. He's about to 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.720 remove some obstacles. What used to hold you back is 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.200 not going to limit you anymore. People that weren't for 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.640 you suddenly they're out of your path. You didn't have 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.479 to do it. God turned it. That mountain of loneliness, 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.040 not having anyone in life to love, it's about to 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.200 become a mold hill. The right person is going to 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:37.760 find you, a divine connection, somebody better than you've imagined. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.640 Now you have to receive this by faith. This won't 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:44.520 do you any good if you think this is not 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:48.280 from me, Joel, my situation could never turn around. You 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.560 don't know what I'm facing. You can cancel out what 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.640 God wants to do. By doubt, by negative thinking. Why 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.640 don't you be a believer and not a doubter. Why 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.400 don't you get in agreement with God and say, God, 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.760 I believe what you promised, that a turnaround is coming 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:09.280 in my health, in my finances, my relationships, my career. 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.719 Whatever you think is permanent that you could never get past. 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.840 You need to see that mountain being turned into a 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:20.880 mold hill. David in the scripture, he went through a 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:26.320 lot of opposition, lonely nights, betrayals. King Saul was trying 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.080 to kill him. His little baby was sick and didn't 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.600 make it. There were plenty of things that could have 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.560 stopped his destiny, but he said in Psalm thirty, God, 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:40.200 you have turned my mourning into dancing. You've turned my 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:45.520 sorrow into joy. He could have lived bitter, discouraged, looking 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:49.880 into rear view mirror, but he understood, we serve a turnaround. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:50.159 God. 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.200 Yes, you may have seasons of mourning, times you go 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:58.680 through loss, disappointments, things that are not fair, but that's 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.960 not how your story is ends. A turnaround is coming. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.080 God is going to take what was meant for harm 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.720 and turn it to your advantage. He's not going to 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.480 stop all the difficulties. He won't keep you from every mountain, 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.360 but he did promise he would turn the sorrow into joy. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.280 He'll turn the mountain into a mold hill. Weeping may 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:23.520 endure for a night, but joy is coming in the morning. 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:28.480 You have to get your fireback. The disappointments, the loss, 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.720 what you're up against didn't stop your purpose. God is 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.680 still in control. He didn't bring you this far to 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.160 leave you. It seems like a setback, but really it's 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.400 a set up for God to show out in a 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:46.239 greater way. Zephaniah went on to say, when God turns 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:51.360 it around, everything you've lost will be restored. Instead of shame, 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.760 he will give you honor. Burdens you've carried will be lifted. 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.400 Verse nineteen says he will get rid of all those 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:03.000 that have made your life miserable. He will heal the sick. 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.720 He will bring home the prodigals. You will be respected 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.000 wherever you go. You need to get this down in 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:14.360 your spirit. It's turnaround time. What's limited you in the 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:18.280 past is not going to limit you anymore. When I 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.120 look back over my life, I can see the God 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.480 of the turnaround. My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.040 no treatment that they could give her. It was Christmas 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.160 of nineteen eighty one. We were expecting to have a 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:37.360 fun time with the family, altogether joyful. Instead it was 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.600 a time of weeping. I had never seen my mother 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.560 sick a day in her life. Now she was frail, 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:48.320 skin yellow, very weak. She was only forty six years old. 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.960 We did what I'm asking you to do, We said, Father, 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.839 this looks impossible to us, but we know you're a 0:08:55.920 --> 0:09:00.199 turnaround God. You can turn this mountain into a moh. 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:05.319 The scripture says, the moment you pray, the tide of 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:10.360 the battle turns. Something supernatural happens when you pray in faith, 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:14.840 the turnaround God goes to work. Miracles are set in motion, 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:19.720 angels are dispatched, favor is released. Don't just think about 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:24.040 your problems, don't just worry, live stressed. Go to God 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:28.400 in prayer. Ask him to turn it around. Ask him 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:32.719 to heal you, to free you, to favor you, to 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.559 bring that dream to pass, to move that mountain. Not 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.920 begging him, Oh God, please, you gotta do it. No, 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.960 go to him in faith. Father, I know you're bigger 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.960 than this cancer. You're stronger than this opposition. You're more 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.199 powerful than this addiction. I'm asking you to make a 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:54.240 way where I don't see away. Here's the key. Once 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:58.640 you pray, believe that it's already done. You may not 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.600 see it with your physical eyes. Most of the time, 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.240 it doesn't happen instantly. There's a period from when you 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.400 pray to when the answer will show up. That's a 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.080 test of your faith, and thoughts will say nothing happened. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.120 It's not going to work out. This turnaround thing is 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:19.120 not for you. Don't believe those lies in the unseen realm. 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:23.400 The turnaround is already in motion. What God promised is 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:28.040 already en round. Instead of going downhill. Like the medical 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:32.400 report said about my mother, she started getting better, defining 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.559 the odds. Her skin went back to a normal color, 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.520 she got her energy back, she gained her weight back. Today, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:44.040 forty one years later, she's still healthy and whole. What 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:48.520 was that the turnaround? God? We can say with David, 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:52.680 God has turned our sorrow into joy. He's turned our 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:57.360 mourning into dancing. You may have situations that look permanent. 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.280 All the circumstances say it'll never work out. It's been 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:04.839 too long. The odds are against you. God, is not 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:10.360 limited by what limits us. We're natural. He's supernatural. He's 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.280 saying to you today, a turnaround is coming. He's going 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:17.319 to turn that sickness into health like you did for 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.760 my mother. He's going to turn that loneliness into companionship. 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.320 He's going to turn that child that's off course back 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.719 into his purpose. He's going to turn those people that 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.520 are against you suddenly they're going to be for you. 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.920 He's going to turn that dream that looks too far 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:39.520 gone into a reality. This is a turnaround day. You're 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.800 going to see mountains turned into mold hills. What was 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.559 meant to stop you is going to be turned to 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.439 push you into your destiny. When we were trying to 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:53.439 acquire this place, the former Compact Center, we needed ten 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.439 votes from the city council members. We worked for a 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.840 year and a half convincing the council members. We had 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:04.120 exactly ten, just what we needed. But two days before 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.120 the main vote, one of the council members who was 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.600 for us, received so much pressure from the other side 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.280 he decided to be out of town for the vote. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:15.920 That was like a no vote. Without him being there, 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.520 we wouldn't get the facility. We couldn't believe it was 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.800 the last moment. We'd worked all this time, and now 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.120 we were one vote shy. I went to visit with 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.640 a young Jewish council member that had been against us 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.160 the whole time. I thought, I have nothing to lose. 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.199 When I walked in his office, he said, Joel, I've 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.120 changed my mind. I'm going to vote for you. I 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.400 nearly passed out. He told how there was an older 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.920 Jewish woman that he knew growing up. He always had 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.000 great respect for her, but he hadn't spoken with her 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.680 in over twenty years. She called him the day before 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.199 and told him in no uncertain terms that he was 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:59.080 to vote for Lakewood having the compact center. He changed 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:03.640 his mind. His vote gave us the facility. God knows 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.960 how to turn people that are against you and cause 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:11.719 them to before you. I had worked on him with 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.719 everything I had, giving him my best speeches, trying to 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:19.920 convince him what I couldn't do in two years. God 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.040 had a woman I had never met changed his mind 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.760 in a five minute phone call. When God is ready 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:30.800 to turn it around, no person can stop him. No sickness, 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.959 no addiction, no trouble. What God has purposed for your 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.800 life will come to pass when you face these situations 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.719 that seem permanent. You've done all you can and the 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.920 door hasn't opened. The person hasn't changed, the medical report 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.720 hasn't improved. You feel like we did it was too late. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.240 You've run out of options. Now get ready. A turnaround 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:57.760 is coming. What God started he's going to finish. There's 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:00.800 not a mountain you face that he can turn into 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.079 a mold hill. There's not a person that's against you 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.520 that he can't change their mind. You don't have to 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.880 convince people. You do your part and leave the rest 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:15.000 to God. That supervisor that's not treating you right, you 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.760 keep doing the right thing and let God deal with them. 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.760 The scripture says God can turn the heart of a king. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.560 God knows how to turn people to before you. He 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:27.800 can cause them to want to be good to you. 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.920 Friend of mine had a problem with his visa. He's 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.560 from Europe, came to the United States for work. He 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.400 went to the office to get it extended. The man 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.760 at the counter was very rude and unhelpful, like my 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:45.640 friend was bothering him. The man took his paperwork, barely 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.400 even read it, and said it will be five years 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.440 before this is approved. My friend pleaded with him, ask 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.280 if there's anything he could do to make it happen faster. 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.120 The man got more upset, said they were all backed up. 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.920 This was the policy. There's nothing more he could do 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.720 about it. My friend left very discouraged. There were no 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:10.040 good options. He couldn't operate his business without the paperwork. 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.680 Two weeks later, there was a call from that government 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.320 office saying that his paperwork had been approved and was 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:21.000 ready to be picked up. He rushed down there, believing 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.640 for the best, in the back of his mind, thinking 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.920 it was a mistake. When he walked in, the man 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:30.480 that was so rude was holding the paperwork. My friend 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.440 thanked him, said, wow, this is such a great surprise. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.360 I thought it was going to take much longer. The 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.160 men said gruffly it should have. But ever since I 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.360 met you, I can't get you off my mind. I 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.920 wake up thinking about you, I eat breakfast thinking about you, 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.320 I come to work thinking about you. Just take the 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:55.200 paperwork and go so I can have some peace. God 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:59.320 knows how to turn people around. They may not like you, 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.800 but they will help you fulfill your purpose. Luke Chapter seven, 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.240 Jesus had just left Capernium and was headed to the 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.800 city of Name. His disciples and a large group of 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.920 people were following him. When he arrived at the city, 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.920 a funeral procession was coming toward him. They were on 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.560 their way to bury this young boy. His mother was 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.200 a widow. She had already buried her husband. Now she 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.640 was about to bury her son. He was her only child. 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.720 You can imagine the sorrow, the pain she was dealing 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:37.480 with in those days. Her son represented her security. That's 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.480 how she would be taken care of. Now, her support 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.760 for her later years was gone. Verse thirteen says when 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:49.880 Jesus saw her, his heart broke. God sees when you're hurting. 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:54.040 He sees when you're lonely, you feel overwhelmed, like you 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:58.320 can't go on. He's moved with compassion, and Jesus went 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:01.560 over to the woman and said don't. He was saying, 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.200 you're weeping now, but I'm about to turn things around. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.119 This pain is not permanent, This sorrow is not how 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:13.040 your story ends. He walked over to the coffin. The 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.920 pallbearers set it down. They didn't know what was happening. 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:20.000 Jesus spoke to the little boy, said young man wake up. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.119 The little boy sat up in the coffin began to 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:26.959 look around. Jesus went over, picked him up and handed 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.760 him to his mother, alive and well. She went from 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:36.080 great sorrow to great joy, from great mourning to great rejoicing, 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.840 from being depressed distraught, not knowing how she could go on. 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.840 But then the God of the turnaround stepped in. Now 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.520 she's still weeping, but these are no longer tears of sadness. 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:53.560 They are tears of joy. Sometimes life gets tough. You 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.960 shed tears from hurts, from a bad medical report, from 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.920 a child that breaks your heart, from dreams that don't 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:04.280 work out. There will be times of mourning. But what 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.760 I want you to see is that's not the end. 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:11.200 We serve a turnaround. God, like with this woman, He's 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.080 going to step in and turn the sorrow to joy, 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.920 turn the brokenness to wholeness, turn the mourning into dancing. 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:23.520 Imagine this solemn funeral procession on their way to the 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:28.159 burial grounds, all the weeping, mourning, everyone's stepping out of 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.200 the way respectfully. Then Jesus meets the woman, raises the 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:36.600 little boy. They don't continue onto the cemetery, they don't 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.040 keep going to the burial plot. They turn around and 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:43.639 go back into the city. People start asking, why are 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:47.080 you back so soon, Why didn't you bury him? They answer, 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:52.160 there's no need. We had a turnaround. Something unexpectedly changed 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.080 in our favor. We all have these situations at times 0:18:56.240 --> 0:18:59.920 that look dead, dreams we've given up on promise that 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.480 seem like it's too late. God is saying, I'm going 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.480 to bring dead things back to life. There are going 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:10.880 to be turnarounds that leave you in awe. You left defeated, 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.639 but you're going to come back victorious. You thought your 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:19.480 business was dead. God's about to surprise you. Increase is coming, 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:23.920 favor is coming, new clients are coming. You thought you'd 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:27.359 have to live with that sickness. Just manage that depression. 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:31.320 Know a turnaround is coming. God's about to do something 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:36.360 out of the ordinary, something supernatural, Like these people. You're 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.440 going to be in awe, amazed at the greatness of 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:43.000 our God. I met a man that was very healthy, 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:48.000 had a great family, successful career, but in his mid fifties, 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:51.600 he had what appeared to be a massive stroke and 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:55.879 was left brain dead. His family was so distraught. The 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:58.960 neurosurgeon was a close friend to the family and the 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.800 leading expert. He said, unfortunately, there's nothing we could do. 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:06.520 There was no brain activity. He was on a breathing 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:10.920 machine that was keeping him alive. Family made arrangements to 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:15.040 have his organs donated. They said they're goodbyes, and they 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.840 were told once they took out the tube he would 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.159 stop breathing on his own. In a couple of minutes, 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:24.160 they removed the life's support. The family waited for him 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:27.359 to pass, but he kept breathing on his own. The 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.600 doctor said that wasn't completely uncommon, it was just a 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.840 matter of time. So the family went home and started 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.720 making plans for the funeral. A few hours later, the 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:40.920 nurse frantically called and said, you have to get up here. 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:44.760 He woke up, he's talking, he wants something to eat. 0:20:46.560 --> 0:20:52.200 The doctors had no explanation. Today, he's totally fine. God 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:55.359 has the final say, and yes, at some point, I 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:57.720 know we're all going to pass, but it's not over 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:02.360 until God says it's over. They went from making plans 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:05.760 for a funeral to making plans for dinner that night. 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:10.480 From great sorrow to great joy, we serve a turnaround. God, 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:15.359 you may have gone through disappointments, a rough childhood. The 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:19.840 pandemic set you back. Now you feel that heaviness, lost 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:22.480 your passion. You think this is all you have to 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:27.240 look forward to. No, there's a turnaround coming, something unexpected 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:31.159 that's going to change in your favor. This is what 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:34.280 happened with a young lady in the scripture named Ruth. 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:37.800 Her husband was killed. She never dreamed she would be 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.840 a widow at such a young age. You can imagine 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:45.080 the heartache, the sadness. Her mother in law, Naomi, was 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:48.639 a widow as well. She moved back with Naomi to 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:52.520 Bethlehem to help take care of her. Every morning, Ruth 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:55.440 would go out into the fields and pick up leftover 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:58.600 wheat that the workers had missed. This is how she 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:02.359 and Naomi survived. They were barely making it. They had 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:07.560 no income. They were heartbroken. It looked like lack, struggle 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:11.600 loneliness was all Ruth had to look forward to. But 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:15.720 one morning, the owner of the field noticed Ruth. He 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.800 told his workers to leave handfuls on purpose for Ruth. 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:23.639 He didn't speak to Ruth. He spoke to someone to 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:27.200 be good to Ruth. You don't know who God is 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:30.320 speaking to right now, to be good to you. You 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:34.200 don't think you have the connections. You feel stuff alone. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:38.280 God is speaking to people about you. You're going to 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:42.840 come into these handfuls on purpose. Now Ruth had more 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:46.600 weak than she could use. Wasn't a struggle. She gathered 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:49.199 it up in a fraction of the time. And if 0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:52.000 the story stopped here, it'd be a great story. God 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:55.280 took care of Ruth. But when God turns things around, 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:58.520 he pays you back for what wasn't fair. He brings 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:01.920 you out better. The owner of that field fell in 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:05.480 love with Ruth. They ended up getting married. Now she 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:08.520 didn't have to work in the fields. She owned the fields. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:14.560 God turned the lack into abundance, turned her loneliness being 0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:18.080 a widow at a young age to marrying a successful, 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:22.160 godly man. They had a baby that they named Obed. 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:26.240 Obed had a son that he named Jesse. Jesse had 0:23:26.280 --> 0:23:30.280 a son he named David. Ruth was the great grandmother 0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:34.280 of the greatest king that ever lived. God knows how 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:38.320 to turn sorrow into joy, how to turn mourning into dancing. 0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:41.880 You may have been through loss, things that weren't fair. 0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:46.080 You could easily live discouraged thinking you've seen your best days. 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.600 If you only knew what God was up to, He 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:52.960 has turned arounds in your future that are so awesome 0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:56.880 you won't think about what you've lost. You'll be so blessed, 0:23:57.280 --> 0:24:00.760 so happy, so fulfilled. You don't look bad. You keep 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:04.760 moving forward in faith, filled with gratitude, thanking God for 0:24:04.880 --> 0:24:08.400 what He's done. I talked to a single parent mother. 0:24:09.200 --> 0:24:12.920 She was struggling to make ends meet, working two jobs, 0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.159 long hours. She felt bad that she couldn't be there 0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:18.960 with her children. On top of that, she had no 0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:22.000 time for herself to date or have any kind of 0:24:22.080 --> 0:24:25.360 social life. It looked like that's the way it would 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:29.680 always be. She couldn't see anything changing. But just because 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:32.399 you don't see it doesn't mean that God is not 0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:35.879 up to something. You don't know who he's speaking to 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.000 about you, what he's lining up to come your way. 0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:42.399 You keep being faithful, and like Ruth, you're going to 0:24:42.480 --> 0:24:48.200 come in to handfuls on purpose, blessings, healing relationships that 0:24:48.320 --> 0:24:52.200 you didn't see coming. One day, a neighbor invited this 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:56.280 young lady and her children over for dinner. She had 0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:59.480 only met this couple one time. At dinner that night, 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:02.920 they told her what a great mother. She was how 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.080 she was such a hard worker. Then they said, we 0:25:06.240 --> 0:25:09.320 want to do something to make your life a little easier. 0:25:09.840 --> 0:25:12.400 They handed her the keys to a brand new car. 0:25:13.200 --> 0:25:15.960 She didn't see that coming. She couldn't believe it. She 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:19.040 was able to sell her car, pay off her debts, 0:25:19.520 --> 0:25:22.360 not have to work so much. About a year later, 0:25:22.800 --> 0:25:26.600 she met this executive from a large company. Today she's 0:25:26.680 --> 0:25:30.920 happily married. Her children are flourishing. I saw them after 0:25:31.040 --> 0:25:34.000 a service. She said, I never dreamed I could be 0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:38.639 this blessed, this fulfilled. That's the God of a turnaround. 0:25:39.600 --> 0:25:43.080 You may be in a season of struggle, season of hardships, 0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:46.840 where you're working long hours, doing your best to provide, 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:50.000 but nothing is improving. You don't see how it will 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:54.800 ever change. God is watching you, He sees your sacrifice, 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.240 he sees you going the extra mile. You're going to 0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:02.040 come in to these turnaro moments where God is going 0:26:02.119 --> 0:26:05.400 to turn the struggle in the ease, turn the lack 0:26:05.600 --> 0:26:10.520 into abundance, turn the sorrow into joy, turn the injustice, 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:15.760 what you didn't get, what wasn't fair, into fulfillment, into purpose, 0:26:16.040 --> 0:26:20.560 into a blessed, satisfied life. I was in an amusement 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:23.399 park with my children one time, and we were in 0:26:23.560 --> 0:26:26.639 line for this very popular ride. It was all single 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.600 file at first, but when you got close to the front, 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:32.240 you go into this room, this about twenty feet by 0:26:32.320 --> 0:26:35.399 twenty feet and wait. We were the first ones in 0:26:35.480 --> 0:26:38.960 the room, so we walked toward the front. Other people 0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:42.960 started coming in and maneuvering their ways around us, mainly kids. 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:45.680 And I'm more laid back and I wasn't going to 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:47.960 get in there and stand my ground fight to stay 0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:50.399 in the front. So we ended up at the very 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:53.480 back of the room. In a few minutes, a lady 0:26:53.600 --> 0:26:56.040 came out, stood at the front and told what was 0:26:56.119 --> 0:26:59.719 going on, gave instructions about the ride. There were two 0:26:59.760 --> 0:27:02.639 big doors up at the front. That's where everyone had 0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:05.560 crowded up to. We were standing at the doors where 0:27:05.560 --> 0:27:08.200 you come in. She said, okay, we're ready to go. 0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:12.160 Everyone turn around and go back out the same doors 0:27:12.240 --> 0:27:15.680 you came in. All of a sudden, instead of being 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:18.119 at the back of the line, we were at the front. 0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:23.240 You may feel like you're falling behind, everyone's getting ahead 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:26.960 of you. You had bad breaks, people are manipulating things. 0:27:27.160 --> 0:27:31.080 Don't worry. A turnaround is coming. God knows how to 0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:34.200 take you from the back to the front, from being 0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:38.399 overlooked to standing out, from working in those fields like 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:42.600 ruth to owning those fields. You are coming in to 0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:47.119 a turnaround season. Things you couldn't make happen. The turnaround 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:51.040 God is about to make happen. Even right now. He's 0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:56.200 turning sickness into hell. It's turning borrowing into lending, turning 0:27:56.480 --> 0:28:01.520 sorrows into joy, turning addictions into free what's hindered you 0:28:01.680 --> 0:28:05.120 in the past is not permanent. That trouble at work 0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:08.879 is about to turn That child that's off course is 0:28:08.920 --> 0:28:12.520 about to turn That depression you've been dealing with is 0:28:12.560 --> 0:28:16.200 about to turn around. This is a new day. Forces 0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:19.960 that have held you back are being broken. I believe 0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:24.760 and declare what zephy Andiah prophesied. Everything you've lost will 0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:29.640 be restored. Instead of shame, you will have honor. Burdens 0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:33.119 you carried are being lifted. People that have hindered you 0:28:33.480 --> 0:28:35.919 are being moved out of the way. The sick are 0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:39.320 being healed. The prodigals are coming home. You will be 0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:44.960 respected everywhere you go. It's turnaround time in Jesus' name. 0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:49.480 If you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 0:28:49.560 --> 0:28:52.320 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 0:28:52.400 --> 0:28:56.360 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:02.480 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:06.440 make you my Lord and savior. 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