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That's code iHeart fifty when you 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.920 sign up at unest dot co for a fifty dollars bonus. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.080 See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:34.200 Hi, this is Joel. Thanks so much for downloading the podcast. 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.120 I believe you'll be inspired and challenged. I hope you 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:52.560 enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.000 to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.920 our area, please stop buying. Be a part of one 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.960 of our services. I promise you will make you feel 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.920 right at home. I like to start with something funny, 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:07.840 and one Sunday morning in church, everything was going great 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.600 until a bolt of lightning hit the sanctuary. When the 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:16.720 smoke cleared, Satan himself was standing behind the podium. People 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:21.200 panicked and took off running, everyone that is, except one lady. 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.400 She sat on the front row as calmly as can be. 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.119 Satan was appalled. He said, lady, do you know who 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.600 I am? She said, I sure do. He said, aren't 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.120 you afraid of me? She said not in the least bit. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.480 He said why not? She said, why should I be? 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:42.160 I've been married to your brother for thirty years. All right, 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.960 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.760 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.320 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.200 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:57.400 of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.720 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.920 Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.040 you today about by this time next year, we all 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:13.240 face challenges that look permanent, like they'll never turn around, 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.120 dreams and goals that seem like they're a long way off. 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.720 It's easy to get discouraged and accept that it's never 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.280 going to work out. But what you can't see is 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:28.480 God is working behind the scenes, and what he promised you, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:33.120 he still has every intention of bringing it to pass. Now, 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.840 all the circumstances may say it's going to take years 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.760 to get out of death, years to meet the right person, 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.680 But God is going to surprise you. It's going to 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:47.280 happen sooner than it looks. There wasn't any sign of it. 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:51.520 You weren't expecting it out of nowhere. Your health improves, 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.840 your business takes off. You break the addiction. Don't believe 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.920 the lies that is permanent. You may not see anything change, 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:03.680 and yet stay in faith. You are closer than you think. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:07.720 Second King, Chapter four. There was a wealthy lady that 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.400 lived in the town of Shunam. When the prophet Elisha 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.680 came through, she would invite him to come to dinner 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.960 with her and her husband. She could sense there was 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:22.040 something special about Elisha. She told her husband, he's a 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.479 man of God and we need to take care of him. 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.200 She had them build a room on top of her house, 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:31.960 a guest suite, so Elisha could stay there when he 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.240 was in town. She could have just kept inviting him 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.600 to dinner. That would have been nice. She could have 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.280 rented him a room at the local end that would 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:44.000 have been kind, But this lady went to great links 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.559 to take care of Elisha. He had his own room 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:52.680 on top of her house, beautiful bed windows, nice carpet 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:56.839 on the ground. One day, Elisha was in town resting 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.360 in that bed. He began to think about how the 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.040 lady was, how she'd gone to great expense to make 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.960 sure he was comfortable. He said to his assistant, go 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.800 ask her what she wants me to do for her. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:15.919 He asked. The lady said, I don't need anything. We're blessed, 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:20.280 we're healthy, life is good. But Elisha was determined to 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.360 do something. He said, We'll go back and ask if 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.159 she wants me to put in a good word for 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:30.080 her to the commander of the army. He asked, came back, Elisha. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.480 She said no to that too. She knows the King, 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:36.480 she knows the commander. They're all friends. You would think 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.599 Elisha would say, all right, I tried my best. I'm 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.760 glad this lady is blessed. But he didn't stop there. 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.400 He asked his assistant, what do you think I can 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.400 do for her? He said, the only thing I can 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:53.679 think of is she's never had children. She's been bearing 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.880 her whole life. Elisha said, go get her, I want 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.080 to speak to her. The lady came to the doorway. 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:04.560 Elisha said, by this time next year, you're going to 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:08.680 be holding a son in your arms. She nearly passed out. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.960 That was her dream. She said, sir, please don't lie 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.800 to me like that. You know my husband is an 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.720 old man. Even though she thought it was too good 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.279 to be true, even though she didn't really believe. A 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:27.359 year later, she gave birth to a healthy son. Now 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.880 I can imagine that bed she built for the prophet. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.440 Now her little baby was in that bed. That extra 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.560 room she added to take care of the man of God. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.840 She never dreamed one day her own child would be 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:46.760 using that room. When you give to take care of 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.800 God's work, when you're generous with your tithes and offerings 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.799 like this lady, God will always take care of you. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.440 You cannot give God something without him giving you more 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.839 back in return. And this lady didn't need anything. She 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:06.719 was blessed, happy. But God won't allow you to just 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:10.280 be a giver. When you give, it will come back 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:15.559 to you good measure, press down, running over. This lady 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:19.320 had already accepted that she couldn't have children. It was 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:23.360 too late. She had missed her window of opportunity. But 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:27.960 God is not limited by the natural He's a supernatural God. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.440 He can make things happen out of season. It may 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:36.200 look like you could never have a baby, never accomplish 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.800 a dream, never get out of debt. God is saying 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.080 to you what he said to her. By this time 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.560 next year, you're going to see things happen that you 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:51.119 never dreamed would happened. The medical report may not look good, 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.360 but God can do what medicine cannot do. By this 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:59.400 time next year, you could be cancer free. You've been 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.000 single a long time. Get ready. By this time next year, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:07.640 you could be happily married. Business is slow, stay encouraged. 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.480 By this time next year, you could be out of debt. 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.760 Not me, Joel, You should see my finances. You should 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:19.360 see my God. One touch of his favor, one good, great, 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:25.120 one promotion will put you into overflow. When you hear this, 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.080 it can sound too good to be true. That's the 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.480 way this lady felt. She said, in effect, Elisha, don't 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.480 get my hopes up. You know I've dreamed of having 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.080 a baby. Her mind told her that it wasn't going 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:42.000 to happen. But down in her spirit something whispered, this 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.600 is for you. Receive it. Your baby is on the way. 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.920 Your mind will tell you all the reasons why you 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.920 won't get well, how you can't get out of debt, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.120 especially in a year. Your kid is going to take 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.880 you thirty years. Your mind may say no, But if 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.800 you'll listen down in your spirit, you will hear that 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:05.240 still small voice saying, yes, it is on the way. 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.920 I talked to a lady that had a child born prematurely. 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.040 Her son spent the first year of his life in 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.520 the hospital. She has insurance, but it didn't cover the 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.400 full amount. The part she owed was three million dollars. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.440 She was grateful that her son was alive, but she's 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.480 a school teacher. It looked like she would be paying 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:31.840 on that debt her whole life. Just recently, she received 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.199 a letter from the hospital. The board of directors said, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.040 we have decided to forgive your three million dollar debt. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:45.600 Not only that, they refunded several years worth the payments 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:49.959 that she had already made. But if that lady would 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:54.040 have heard this message before she received the letter, she 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.040 would have thought, Joel, you have the wrong person. Me 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.800 be out of debt in a year. That's not possible. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.840 But if she were here today, she would tell you 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:07.360 God can do the impossible. Just because you don't see 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.880 a way doesn't mean God doesn't have a way. It's 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:15.000 because he's going to do it out of the ordinary, unusual. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:19.000 You didn't see it coming. Now, our part is to 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.880 do like the lady in the scripture. Be a giver, 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:26.280 have a generous spirit. When you're always being a blessing, 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.240 God will make sure that you're always blessed. Now, I 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.960 don't mean just with material things. God can give you 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.520 what money cannot buy. This lady in the scripture she 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.040 had wealth, influence, she knew the right people, but she 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:44.880 didn't have children. God said to her, in effect, I'm 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.640 gonna give you something that you can't buy. Here's a sun. 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:52.640 God can bring you a divine connection somebody in your 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.520 life to love. You can't buy that. God can give 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.160 you peace in your mind where you can lay down 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:03.440 at night and well, you can't purchase that. Perhaps you're 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.880 fighting in illness. Every report says it's permanent. Just learn 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.720 to live with it. Receive this into your spirit. By 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:15.480 this time next year, you're going to be healthy. Whole 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:19.960 back on your feet, enjoying life. Well, Joel, how could 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:23.320 that be possible? The medical report says there's no way. 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.839 There's another report. God says he is restoring health back 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.640 into youth. He said, the number of your days he 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.720 will fulfill. Heard a story about a twelve year old girl. 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.280 She had a rare form of incurable cancer. Instead of 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:43.160 going to school playing with her friends, she spent her 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.000 days in the hospital, very sick. Didn't look like she 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:51.960 would make it much longer. These researchers received approval to 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.680 use an experimental drug they'd never tried it on people. 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.880 She took the treatment. After two months, the cancer started 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:03.360 to shrink. Six months later, she was able to go 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:08.120 back to school today at fourteen, against all odds, she 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:13.280 is cancer free. But if you would have told this 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:18.560 young lady in the hospital with terminal cancer that by 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.920 this time next year you're going to be back at school, 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.480 no cancer, full of energy, enjoy and life, she could 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.920 have thought it's not possible. It's never happened with this 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:34.360 type of cancer. But God has the final say. And 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:38.400 what you think is permanent your marriage is too far gone. 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:42.280 You've had the addiction so long you could never break it, 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:46.680 never get well, never meet the right person. God is saying, 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:51.640 by this time next year, it's going to happen dreams 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:55.280 that look like they'll take a lifetime to accomplish. Get ready, 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.880 it's going to happen sooner than you think. Things are 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.360 about to fall into place. The right people are going 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.760 to find you, good breaks are going to track you down. 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.440 You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:14.280 do something amazing, something out of the ordinary. When we 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.920 were trying to find property to build a new sanctuary, 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:22.960 the doors kept closing, everything fell through. I didn't see 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:26.120 any more options. I didn't think we could keep growing. 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:28.560 We looked like we were stuck. We didn't have any 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.720 more room. If you would have told me back then, 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.680 when I was so discouraged that by this time next 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.839 year we would have a building already built on the 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:43.800 main freeway, one of the most recognized buildings in the city, 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:47.240 the Compact Center, I would have thought, there's no way, 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.560 how could that happen? That was so far out of 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.560 my thinking. But even though I couldn't fathom it, it 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.600 didn't mean it didn't happen. Here we are today, What 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.160 am I saying some of these things. You may not 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.560 be able to see it yet, seems so far out, 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:08.439 so unlikely. But our God is so great. That doesn't 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:11.760 mean it's going to keep him from doing it because 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.640 you honor him like this lady in the scripture. God 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.760 is not only going to do more than you can imagine, 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.720 but it's going to happen sooner than you think. It 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.480 is not going to take your whole lifetime to accomplish 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.480 the dream God put in your heart. By this time 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.240 next year, you're going to be amazed at where you are. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.000 If you would have told me when I was twenty 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:41.120 two years old and single, playing baseball every night, never 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.040 really dated anyone, that by that time next year I 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:50.120 would be engaged to a beautiful, talented, fun, hot, fine, 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:54.000 good looking girl named Victoria, I wouldn't have believed it, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:58.720 but that didn't stop God from doing it. Thirty one 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:02.200 years later, we're still married. I'm still just as good looking. 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.960 I mean, she's still just as good looking. But God 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:10.000 has some of these by this time next year lined 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.520 up for you where you're gonna look back and say, Wow, 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.320 I never dreamed i'd have this position, never dreamed my 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.480 children would be doing this great never dreamed I could 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.560 build that orphanage. Get ready for God to show out 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:28.320 in your life. Growing up, we knew this very successful businessman. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.880 He built his company into this global brand that was 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:36.800 known all over the world. His name was the company's name. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:41.720 He was very well respected and influential. But later in life, 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:46.760 the economy went down and his business slowed. After years 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.080 of being successful and seeing blessings, it looked like he 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.600 would end his life having to close his business with 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:58.720 his reputation tarnished. He was in his late eighties and old. 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:02.040 Millions of dollars debt didn't look like there was any 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:06.280 way he could pay it. At his lowest moment, when 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.400 it looked so impossible, he didn't think it ever work out. 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.880 He received a phone call out of the blue. This 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.840 man said, we'd like to purchase your company. We'll pay 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.720 off all the debt, we'll renovate all the facilities, and 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.880 we'll keep your name to honor your legacy. That company 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:29.320 spent over one hundred million dollars renovating their headquarters. Today, 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:33.080 that business is thriving more than ever. But if you 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.600 would have told this man in the middle of the downturn, 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:40.840 when it seemed so impossible that by this time next 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:44.040 year you will not only be out of debt, but 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:48.560 your business will be flourishing and your legacy will continue on. 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.640 He couldn't have fathomed it. He never dreamed it would 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.640 turn out that good. And some of these things that 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.880 seemed so impossible seemed so far out to you. Like 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.560 with him, by this time next year, you're going to 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.679 be amazed. You couldn't have made it happen. It was 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:10.720 the hand of God breathing on your life. Think about 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:15.800 Joseph sitting in a prison, betrayed by his brothers, falsely 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:20.280 accused by the boss's wife. For twelve years, one bad 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:25.119 break after another. There was nothing in his circumstances that 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:29.400 looked like he would ever accomplish that dream of ruling 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:33.359 a nation. It looked just the opposite. If Joseph would 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.359 have turned on the television, he could have said, Joel, 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:42.360 I appreciate your encouragement, but I'm in prison. I'm a slave. 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.480 I had no trial, I have no lawyer, I don't 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.800 have anyone to stand up for me. He could have 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:53.639 been discouraged. I believe, deep down Joseph could hear this 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:58.080 still small voice saying, this is not your destiny. Your 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:02.399 time is coming. One day, the guard came over and 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:06.560 told Joseph that the Pharaoh wanted to see him. Joseph 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:10.159 went in and interpreted the Pharaoh's dream. He was so 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:15.520 impressed he made Joseph the prime minister of all of Egypt. 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.960 You don't need everyone to be for you, You just 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:22.960 need the right people to be for you. God has 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:28.480 already lined up people in positions of influence that will 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:32.920 open doors you couldn't open, bring you opportunity and promotion 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.960 that you didn't see coming. You don't have to find them, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.720 like Joseph, they will find you. But if you told Joseph, 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:47.359 sitting in prison after twelve years of bad breaks injustice, 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.960 that by this time next year he was going to 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:54.600 be second in command of the nation. Instead of being 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:59.639 in prison, he was going to be in charge, respected, admired, 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:03.280 with people serving him, he could have thought, are you kidding? 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.560 Do you see these bars I behind? Do you realize 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.560 the boss's wife is against me. It's one thing to 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:14.359 have a man against you, but when you have a 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.600 lady mad at you and she happens to be married 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.639 to your boss, you are going to need a miracle. 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:24.480 You may be in one of these situations where it 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:28.160 seems unfair, like it's never going to turn around. God 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:32.000 is saying, by this time next year, it's going to change. 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.480 By this time next year, you're going to be vindicated, 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:40.000 promoted in a position of honor. Why are you worrying? 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.880 Why are you losing sleep? God is still on the throne. 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:48.160 He hasn't forgotten about you. Your time is coming. This 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.119 looks like a stumbling block that you can't get past. 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:54.800 The truth is it's a stepping stone that's about to 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:58.639 take you to a new level of your destiny. In 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:02.080 the Scripture, a man named Hayman worked for the King 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:06.560 of Persia. He had a very influential position, but he 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.360 let it go to his head. People would bow down 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:14.800 before him, everyone that is, except Mordecai. Mordecai was a 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:19.119 relative of Queen Esther. They were Jews. He knew you 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:23.640 only bowed down before God. This made Haman so upset 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.760 that he went to the king and said, there's this 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:31.080 group of people that don't obey your commands. They're troublemakers 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.520 and they need to be killed. The king issued a 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:38.080 decree that on a certain date you could wipe out 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:41.840 all the Jews. But one night this king couldn't sleep. 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:45.119 He asked his assistant to bring him one of the 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:48.879 books that had the city's history recorded in it. The 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.520 assistant randomly grabbed a book and gave it to the king. 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:56.240 The king opened to a random page and started reading 0:20:57.040 --> 0:21:00.680 Just so happened. It talked about a good day that 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:04.199 Mordecai had done for the city. The king was so 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:08.960 impressed that next morning he called Haman in said, Hayman, 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:11.400 what do you think we should do for a man 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:15.400 that's done a good deed and has never been recognized 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.920 by the city. Well, Hayman was so arrogant he thought 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:21.440 the king was talking about him, so he played it 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:24.640 up real big. He said, King, I think we should 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:27.920 put a royal robe on him, have a big parade, 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:31.440 march him up and down the streets, with someone shouting 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:34.320 what a great man he is. The King said, I 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:38.159 love that idea. Now go find Mordecai and do just 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:43.959 what you said. Queen Esther told the king what Haman 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:47.240 was really trying to do. Instead of getting rid of 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:50.680 all the Jews, the king got rid of Haman. He 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:56.199 reversed the decree and gave Mordecai Haman's position. If you 0:21:56.400 --> 0:22:00.480 told Mordecai in the middle of the trouble, when it 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.720 looked like the Jews would be annihilated, that by this 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:07.119 time next year, Hayman is going to be gone, the 0:22:07.200 --> 0:22:10.160 king's decree is going to be reversed, and you're going 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:12.720 to be in a position of honor. He could have 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:15.920 thought that's too good to be true. How could all 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:20.639 that possibly happen? God has ways that we've never thought of. 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:25.600 You may be in a difficult situation. People coming against you. 0:22:26.119 --> 0:22:30.320 Finances don't look good, trouble in a relationship. You could 0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:35.399 be upset, worried. Stay in peace. It is not permanent 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:40.119 life with Mordecai. By this time next year, it's all 0:22:40.160 --> 0:22:44.119 going to be turned in your favor because you honor God. 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:48.800 He's dealing with those enemies. He's fighting your battles. Those 0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:51.840 people that are trying to stop you are not going 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:55.200 to succeed. It looks like they have the upper hand, 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:59.040 they have more authority. They may be over you. The 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:03.080 good news is our God is over them. He controls 0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:07.360 the universe. Keep doing the right thing, don't take matters 0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:11.720 into your own hands. Let God be your vindicator, and 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:15.240 by this time next year, the enemies you see today 0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.520 you will see no more. By this time next year, 0:23:18.880 --> 0:23:21.439 what was meant for your harm will be turned to 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:25.640 your advantage. Now, Joel, this is encouraging, but I don't 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.680 see how it can happen for me. Neither did Mordecai, 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:32.760 Neither did Joseph, needed did that twelve year old girl. 0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:35.879 You don't have to see how. All you have to 0:23:35.920 --> 0:23:39.720 do is believe. When you believe, angels go to work. 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:43.280 When you believe, forces of darkness are pushed back. When 0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:47.199 you believe, things begin to change in your favor. I 0:23:47.240 --> 0:23:49.760 talked to a man that had been in prison since 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:53.200 he was seventeen years old. He was convicted of selling 0:23:53.280 --> 0:23:57.200 drugs and sentenced to forty years. He'd been watching us 0:23:57.200 --> 0:24:00.280 in prison with the other inmates. He'd give in his 0:24:00.359 --> 0:24:04.240 life to Christ and had a whole new outlook. One message, 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:07.119 I talked about how God is going to do things 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:10.679 sooner than expected. That took root down in his spirit. 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:13.919 He started telling the other inmates he was going to 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:17.240 get out soon. They looked at him like he wasn't 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.960 all there. He had twenty five more years left. Six 0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:25.120 months later, the warden called him in and said, because 0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:28.320 of good behavior, we're going to commute the rest of 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:33.400 your sentence. You were free to go. Those other prisoners 0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:37.080 looked at him, like, will you pray for us? He 0:24:37.200 --> 0:24:40.320 was released last week. The first place he came was 0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:46.760 to Lakewood. He flew here from another city. I met 0:24:46.840 --> 0:24:50.440 him afterwards. He had big tears running down his cheeks, 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:54.600 so grateful, so overcome with emotion, he could hardly speak. 0:24:55.440 --> 0:24:58.879 Like with him. By this time next year, you're going 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:01.960 to see things happen that you never dreamed what happened. 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:06.560 By this time next year, you're going to be at 0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:10.560 a new level in your health, in your finances, in 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:13.159 your career. By this time next year, you're going to 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:16.760 be free from that addiction. God is up to something 0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:20.320 he's about to show out in your life. Well, Joe, 0:25:20.359 --> 0:25:23.080 you're just getting people's hopes up. I don't think this 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:25.840 is going to happen for me. You're right, it's not 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:29.080 going to happen. This is for people who believe you 0:25:29.240 --> 0:25:34.600 have to let the seed take root. Here's the key. 0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:38.440 Don't talk yourself out of it, talk yourself into it. 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:43.520 Second King, Chapter seven, The Syrian army had surrounded the 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:47.480 city of Samaria and cut off the Israelites food supply. 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:51.160 The people were desperate. It looked like it was the end. 0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:55.440 The prophet Elisha showed up and said to the Israelites, 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:59.840 by this time tomorrow, there will be so much food 0:26:00.280 --> 0:26:02.720 that you could buy bread for a penny a loaf. 0:26:03.480 --> 0:26:06.320 People looked at Elisha like he had lost his mind. 0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:10.919 They were surrounded, starving to death seemed impossible. One of 0:26:10.920 --> 0:26:14.240 the main leaders said, Elisha, even if God opened the 0:26:14.280 --> 0:26:18.200 windows of heaven, that still wouldn't happen. There were four 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:22.440 leopers sitting outside the city gates of Samaria. They thought, 0:26:22.640 --> 0:26:25.520 we have nothing to lose. We're going to die anyway. 0:26:26.160 --> 0:26:29.040 Let's walk down to the enemy's camp and see what 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:34.199 they're doing. They started walking. God multiplied the sound of 0:26:34.280 --> 0:26:38.760 their footsteps. The enemy thought a huge army was attacking. 0:26:39.080 --> 0:26:42.560 They panicked and took off, running for their lives. They 0:26:42.640 --> 0:26:46.760 left all of their food, their supplies, their gold, their silver. 0:26:47.359 --> 0:26:50.959 The lepers went back and told the Israelites, just like 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.720 Elisha said, there was so much food, you could buy 0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:58.240 a loaf of bread for one penny. Joel, I thought, 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:01.800 you said, by this time next year, Yes, but God 0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:06.880 has some of these. By this time tomorrow, it may 0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:12.160 not take a full year. God knows how to accelerate things. 0:27:12.920 --> 0:27:17.120 It's going to happen sooner than you think. You are 0:27:17.280 --> 0:27:22.280 closer than it looks. All the circumstances may say it's impossible. 0:27:22.680 --> 0:27:26.040 Could never get well that soon, My business could never 0:27:26.119 --> 0:27:29.280 turn around overnight. Joey, you know I can't break this 0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:32.639 addiction by tomorrow. It's gonna take years. You don't know 0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:35.359 what God is up to. You're looking at it in 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:39.159 the natural. We serve a supernatural God. Don't be like 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:42.119 that one leader and think all the reasons why it 0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:46.160 can't happen. Get in agreement with God. Believe something good 0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:48.760 is on the way all through the day. Thank him 0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:51.520 that he's working in your life. If you do this, 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:55.800 I believe and declare like the lady with Elisha, by 0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.720 this time next year, you're going to have your baby. 0:27:59.119 --> 0:28:01.920 That dream is going to come to pass. That problem 0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:05.480 is going to be resolved in Jesus' name, and if 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:09.679 you receive it, can you save men? Today? I'd like 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:12.760 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:15.960 of your life. 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