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He was taking his nephew 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:20.360 camping for the first time. His nephew had five degrees, 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.600 was one of the smartest men alive. They set up 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:27.040 their tent and quickly fell asleep. The middle of the night, 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.399 the farmer woke up his nephew and said, look up. 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:30.480 What do you see. 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.119 The nephew said, I see millions of stars. Farmer said, 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:35.839 I know that, But what does it tell you? 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:36.640 He said? 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:41.400 Astronomically, it tells me there are billions of galaxies. Meteorologically 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.600 tells me it's going to be a beautiful day. Theologically, 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.200 it tells me God is a great creator. What does 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.239 it tell you the whole Farmer shook his head, said, 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:56.160 it tells me somebody stole our tent. This is my Bible. 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.840 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.280 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.080 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:08.160 of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:12.720 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:14.040 God bless you. 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:15.600 I want to. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.160 Talk to you today about coming out better. We all 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:23.560 go through disappointments and things we don't understand. Sometimes life 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.720 is not fair, and it's one thing to come through 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:32.120 a difficulty, beat up, bedraggled, where you look worn and tired. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.359 We're grateful that we made it. 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.160 But when God restores, you're not going to look like 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:39.320 what you've been through. 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.680 Nobody is going to be able to tell that. 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.760 You went through the sickness, through the divorce, through the 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.839 unfair childhood. He's going to restore you back to your 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:54.640 original condition, who you were created to be, before the heartache, 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.360 before the bad break. Some people made it out, but 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:02.040 they aged ten years. The challenge took so much out 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.480 of them. They look run down, tired. 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:05.839 That's not you. 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.119 God is not going to just bring you through. He's 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:13.760 going to bring you out better, refreshed, renewed, re energized, 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.440 where nobody will know what you went through. I met 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.160 a young lady recently and she was visiting with her 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:21.560 husband and children. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.360 She's a sharp girl in her mid twenties. 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:27.320 She handed me a copy of her book. It's called 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.560 Beauty for Ashes. I asked what it was about and 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.600 she said it was her life story. She told how 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.520 as a little girl, her parents abandoned her, they were 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:38.840 on drugs. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.360 And left her on the streets. 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.599 She was passed from foster home to foster home and 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:48.279 went through abuse, neglect, and all kinds of unfair things. 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:53.040 When I saw her, what she was saying didn't match 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.039 up to who I was seeing. I should have seen 0:04:56.120 --> 0:05:03.599 someone battlescarred, run down, insecure, but I saw someone beautiful, strong, confident, 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:04.880 well spoken. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.479 I never dreamed she had gone through that. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.560 I thought she had come from a loving family, healthy environment. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:13.360 Just the opposite. 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.480 All the odds were against her, but she had her 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.799 college degree to beautiful children. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:23.279 Successful career. That's how God restores. 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.880 He brings you through with no sign of the difficulty, 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.320 no sign of the betrayal, no sign of the loss. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.719 You may be in a challenging time. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.840 It feels like it's taken something out of you that 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:38.080 can't be replaced. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.720 You've lost that spring in your step. Get ready. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.200 God is about to breathe new life into your spirit. 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.080 He is going to renew your strength and renew your 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:52.840 youth like the eagles. What that challenge took out of you? 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:59.960 God is about to put back in health, vitality, freshness, vision, passion. 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:05.880 He's going to bring new opportunities, the right people favor. 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:07.440 That catapults you ahead. 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.080 He is not going to just bring you through. He's 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:15.200 going to make up for what was unfair. The scripture says, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.719 because you've got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:23.000 will be double, and your joy will go on forever. 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:27.440 When you come into double nobody's going to know that 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:28.880 business partner cheated you. 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:33.120 Nobody will know you went through an unfair childhood. Nobody 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.960 will know you fought that battle with that sickness. You're 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.919 going to be so blessed, so strong, so favored. People 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.080 won't be able to tell what you've been through. In 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:47.160 the Book of Daniel, three Hebrew teenagers wouldn't bow down 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.800 to the king's golden idol. He was so furious he 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.120 had them thrown into a fiery furnace. They should have 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:58.039 instantly been killed, But the scripture says, not a hair 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:01.839 on their head was sins, their clothing was not skorts. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:06.479 They didn't even smell like smoke. They came out with 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:07.640 no sign. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:08.719 They had been in the fire. 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.880 We would rejoice if they had just made it out alive, 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.560 beat up, bedraggled, hair burn It would have been a 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.320 great miracle if they just came out. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.920 But notice how God works. When he restores, there's no. 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.320 Sign of the trouble, no sign of the injustice, no 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.960 sign of the bad break. He went as far as 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.640 to not even have them smell like smoke. It's one 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.440 thing to not see any sign, to not look like 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.080 what you've been through, But God is so amazing when 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:41.960 he restores, you're not even. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.679 Going to smell like what you've been through. 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:48.480 Isaiah said, when you go through the fire, you will 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.880 not be burned. The flames will not harm you. It 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.960 doesn't say if you go through the fire. It says, 0:07:56.000 --> 0:08:00.480 when we all have these difficulties in the fire, you 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.880 have to remind yourself these flames are not going to 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:07.040 harm me. This challenge is not going to keep me 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.880 from my dreams. This sickness is not going. 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:10.760 To stop my purpose. 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:16.080 When people met these three teenagers years later, some of 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.720 them never knew they were thrown into the fire. 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.520 They never knew they faced this huge ordeal. 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:27.200 There were no scars, no bruises, no permanent damage. They 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.880 just saw three men, healthy and hall. You may be 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:34.160 in the fire now, but like with them, it is 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:38.160 not going to set you back permanently. When you come out, 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.240 you're not going to be scarred for life. There's not 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.319 going to be any sign of the fire, any sign 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.120 of the addiction, any sign of the sickness. 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.600 You're going to come out without the smell of smoke. 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:54.240 My mother went through terminal cancer in nineteen eighty one. 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:58.640 She was very sick. She weighed eighty nine pounds. When 0:08:58.640 --> 0:08:59.840 I flew home from. 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:03.480 College to see her, I was shocked. Her skin was 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:04.800 as yellow as can be. 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.120 She looked like she was close to death, and there 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.439 was no treatment that the doctors could give her. 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:12.319 For several years, she. 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.760 Fought the good fight of faith, and there were struggles. 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.600 Wasn't easy, plenty of lonely nights. 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.800 Thoughts told her that she wasn't going to make it, 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.640 how she should be buried in a certain dress. She 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:29.880 was in the fire, flames all around her, But like 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.600 with these teenagers, God didn't let the fire burn her. 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:38.760 When you see my mom now, healthy, strong, beautiful, she 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:43.160 doesn't look like what she's been through. She doesn't look 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:47.120 like she spent years fighting the good fight of faith. 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.400 She didn't look like she had to raise my brother, Paul. 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:56.080 You may be in the fire now, dealing with the sickness, 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.719 financial difficulty, a child that's off course. You need to 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.240 get this down in your spirit. That fire is not 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.120 going to burn you. What's come against. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:07.199 You is not permanent. 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.640 Don't believe those thoughts that it's all downhill from here. 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:16.000 This will always taint your future, always hinder your dreams. 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.960 Know what was meant for your harm. God is turning 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:19.959 to your advantage. 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.240 When people see you, they are not going to see 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.240 what you've been through, not going to see the mistakes 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:30.000 you've made, not going to see the disappointments like my mother. 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.920 You're going to be so strong, so healthy, so blessed. 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.640 They're going to see who you are and not what 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.559 you've been through. The Israelites were in slavery for four 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:44.480 hundred and thirty years, mistreated and taken advantage of. It 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.600 looked like that was their destiny. But God supernaturally brought 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:52.360 them out. As they were leaving, the people that held 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:57.679 them captive all those years gave them their gold, their silver, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:03.640 their clothing. Imagine the Israelites walking out with new clothes 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:08.720 on and new shoes, wearing jewelry. They didn't leave there 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:13.280 looking like slaves. They were loaded down with gifts. They 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:17.199 traveled the desert for many years. The scripture says there 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.800 was not one sick or feeble one among them two 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:24.440 million people. Their clothes and shoes didn't wear out for 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:28.960 forty years. There were no grocery stores out there, no malls, 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:30.160 no hospitals. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.720 It was hot and dry. They lived on the move. 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:38.280 Yet when people saw them, nobody knew they were former slaves. 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:43.079 Nobody knew they had been mistreated. Why when God restores, 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:44.440 there's no sign. 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:45.400 Of what you've been through. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.360 Now, you may have been a slave to some things, 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:54.400 slave to an addiction, slave to depression, a slave to poverty. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.800 It's been in your family line for generations. You think 0:11:57.840 --> 0:11:59.920 you're going to look like those that have gone before. 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:04.080 You know your days of captivity have come to an end. 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:05.680 Freedom is here. 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.199 God is not only going to deliver you. He's not 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:14.040 only going to break bondages. He's going to restore back 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.880 to you to where no one will ever know you 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:20.280 were a slave. They will never know you were addicted, 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.480 never know you were depressed, or never know you came 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.640 out of a dysfunctional environment. I love the story of 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.240 our friend Tyler Perry. 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:30.800 Tylerant grew up. 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.640 Very poor and mistreated by his father. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:34.960 It's a little boy. 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.200 He had to hide under the front porch of his 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:41.360 house to escape the drama and dysfunction in his home. 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.040 He was in the fire. It looked like that fire 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.960 would stop his destiny. A little boy, he had no control. 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.640 But the scripture says God is a father to the fatherless. 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:55.120 When you're in the. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.520 Fire, you can be assured you're not there by yourself. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:01.360 God shows up in fiery places. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:05.480 He comes when it's unfair, when you're outnumbered, when it's 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:09.319 beyond your control. Tyler would go under the house as 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:13.240 a little boy and make up stories, had a very 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:17.640 vivid imagination. Those stories would take him to another place 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.320 where he could get a break from the pain and 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:24.120 turmoil that he was dealing with. It was those stories 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.400 and that imagination that opened the door. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.040 To the films and the plays. 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:33.400 Tyler Perry has become one of the most successful entertainers 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.679 and filmmakers of our day. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:36.760 When you see. 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:42.920 Tyler now blessed, successful, loving God, making people laugh, always smiling, 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.640 he doesn't look like what he's been through, you'd never 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:48.760 dream he didn't have a great childhood. 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.960 What happened, God brought him out without the smell of smoke. 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:58.240 Nothing that's coming against you is going to stop your destiny. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.080 Nothing that you've been through is going to keep you 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.400 from your purpose. Now, don't believe those lies. That you've 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.679 been through too much. The sickness is too big, the 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:11.760 past is too painful. All that is setting you up 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.199 for God to show out in your life. Psalm seventy 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:19.320 one says God will restore you to greater honor. The 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:23.160 greater the difficulty, the greater the honor. You are not 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.200 going to look like what you've been through. 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:26.440 You're going to look like. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:32.880 Who you are, blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, victorious. As a teenager, 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.960 God gave Joseph a dream that one day he would 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.400 be in leadership. He started off great. He was his 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:44.040 father's favorite child. Then the bottom fell out. His brothers 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.880 were jealous and threw him into a pit, eventually sold 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.360 him as a slave. He worked for an army captain, 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.000 cleaning his house and doing repairs. 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.640 Someone lied about him and he was put in prison. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:02.080 He spent years in that lone sail feeling forgotten. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.920 It looked like it was permanent. But God will. 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:09.000 Not let the actions of other people keep you from 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.800 your purpose. If that was the case, they would control 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:17.840 your destiny and not God. When unfair things happen, you 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.600 may not like it, but it's a part of God's 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.000 plan to get you to. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:22.960 Where you're supposed to be. 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.480 God wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have a purpose. 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:31.800 One day, Joseph interpreted the Pharaoh's dream. Pharaoh was so 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:36.840 impressed he made Joseph the prime Minister of Egypt. Joseph 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.840 became one of the most powerful people of that day. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.720 He was in charge of the whole country. What's interesting 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.760 is Joseph wasn't even from Egypt. He didn't have any 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:52.080 formal training. He wasn't related to the Pharaoh. But God 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:55.840 knows how to restore you to greater honor. He knows 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.920 how to make up for what you've been through. I 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.880 can imagine when people came to the palace and saw Joseph. 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.640 They thought he was born into royalty. 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.280 They thought he was raised in the palace, related to 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.800 the Pharaoh, educated in the finest schools. They didn't know 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.440 a few years earlier he was in. 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:16.960 A pit betrayed. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.240 They didn't know he was a former slave cleaning houses. 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.080 They didn't know he had spent years in prison. 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.600 There was no sign of the injustice, no sign of 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:32.360 the bad breaks, no sign of the lonely nights. All 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:36.880 they saw is this man has influence, favor, prestige. He's 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:41.760 running our country. That's the way God restores. People are 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.240 not going to be able to see what you've been through. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.920 You may be in a situation like Joseph, where it's unfair. 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.400 You're doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is happening. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.600 Don't worry. Your time is coming. God is a god 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:57.560 of justice. 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:02.640 He sees the wrongs, he sees what's unfair. Who betrayed you, 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:04.159 who left you out. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:05.520 You're going to be. 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:09.880 Restored to greater honor because of what tried to stop you. 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.760 God is going to take you further than if that 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:16.040 had not happened. When you get a double dose of trouble, 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.920 you're going to get a double dose of fever. Now 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:24.200 quit telling yourself that you're stuck. You'll never get past 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:28.560 the divorce, the financial difficulty, the sickness. That is not 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:32.240 how your story ends. God has the final saying. 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:34.280 He is saying, I'm. 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.720 Going to restore the years that were stolen. I'm going 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.199 to pay you back for what was unfair. You are 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.960 not going to come out beat up, bedraggled, hair burned. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.560 You're going to come out without the smell of smoke. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:52.080 Nobody is going to know what you've been through. Like Joseph, 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:53.760 all they're going to see is you. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:58.600 Promoted, honored, doing great things. I know this couple. 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:02.280 They were living a very bless life. Then the perfect 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:07.320 storm hit. Their business went down, the lady had health issues. 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:11.040 One of their in laws suddenly died. Because of the 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:15.080 unexpected bills, they ended up losing their house. They were 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.720 so discouraged. I told them what I'm telling you. We 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.360 all get thrown into the fire. But those flames are 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.880 not going to harm you. God is in control. When 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.240 you stay in faith. 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:28.240 He'll bring you out better. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:32.120 But when we hear this, sometimes our mind says, there's 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:35.920 no way, Joel, how could I move past this difficulty? 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:39.119 How could I get well? Or Joseph, how could I 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.760 get out of prison. I'm a slave, a foreigner, I 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.880 have no rights. You don't have to figure it out. 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.159 All you have to do is believe God. 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:52.480 Works where there's an attitude of faith when you're in 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:56.280 the fire, instead of complaining talking about how it's not 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:58.560 going to work out, turn it around. 0:18:59.160 --> 0:18:59.400 Father. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.160 Thank you that you're making a way where I don't 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:04.880 see away. Thank you that you're gonna bring me out 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:08.960 without the smell of smoke. That's not just being positive, 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:13.879 that's releasing your faith. I saw this couple several years later. 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:17.520 The lady showed me a picture of a new house 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:21.520 that just moved into. She told how in their old house, 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.960 the children had to share a bedroom, but in this 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:29.119 new house, each child had their own bedroom, how it 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.760 was much closer to their work, and how their business. 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:33.240 Had taken off. 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:37.399 She had big tears running down her cheeks, thanking God 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:40.800 for his goodness. As I looked at the picture of 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:44.439 that new house and looked at this lady, healthy in home, 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.880 and looked at her husband beaming with joy, I thought 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.160 to myself, you don't look like what you've been through. 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:55.160 God brought you out without the smell of smoke. That's 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:58.359 what God wants to do for you. Restore you to 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:02.439 greater honor. Now get a vision for it. Don't go 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.520 through life with a chip on your shoulder, bitter over 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:08.960 who did you wrong, discourage over what didn't work out, 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:11.080 Give God something to work with. 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:12.000 Father. 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.399 Thank you that what was meant from my harm you 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.240 are turning to my advantage. Thank you that I'm not 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:19.840 going to look like what I've been through, but I'm 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:25.360 going to look like who you created me to be. Blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:30.040 and hold March chapter five. There was a man living 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:34.200 among the tombs that was possessed with evil spirits. He 0:20:34.320 --> 0:20:38.720 was deranged. He wouldn't wear clothes, He couldn't be restrained. 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:41.600 They tried to put his arms in chains, his feet 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:45.479 in shackles. Every time he would break the chains. No 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:49.040 one had the power to control him. All through the 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.600 day and the night, he would wander through the tombs, 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:54.760 screaming and cutting himself. 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:56.760 This had gone on for years. 0:20:57.080 --> 0:21:01.160 Everyone knew to stay away from this crazy man. One day, 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:04.879 Jesus got in a boat and crossed the lake and 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:06.439 went to where the man lived. 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:08.640 The men fell at Jesus' feet. 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:13.280 Jesus prayed for him, cast those spirits out. Instantly, the 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.840 man was healed, His mind went back to normal. Some 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:20.360 people saw went to the town and told everyone. They 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:24.360 came running out to see the man. He cleaned himself up, 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:28.160 cut his hair, put on clothes. The scripture says they 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:33.480 saw him sitting there, clothed in his right mind, perfectly, 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:37.160 saying they were amazed. They thought, wait a minute, we've 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:38.439 seen this guy for years. 0:21:38.480 --> 0:21:41.960 We know he's deranged. How could this happen? Was so 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:43.920 far out they could hardly believe it. 0:21:44.680 --> 0:21:49.280 What's interesting is Jesus made a special trip to cross 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:52.600 the lake just to get to that man. Once he 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:55.760 healed him, Jesus got in the boat and went back across. 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:01.160 And sometimes forces of darkness come again, like. 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:04.440 With this man. You can't get free by yourself. 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:08.679 The good news is our God still crosses lakes. 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:11.679 When you can't get to him, he'll come to you. 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.200 You may be in a situation that looks too far gone. 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:21.040 An addiction seems too strong, sickness, too big, family member, 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:22.159 too far off course. 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:24.879 Nothing is too much for our God. 0:22:25.359 --> 0:22:28.800 His power is greater than any power that's trying to 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:29.320 stop you. 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:33.360 He's crossing the lake right now. You are not going to. 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:39.200 Live addicted, depressed, sick, fearful. Chains are being loose, strongholds 0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:42.320 are being broken. What you couldn't make happen. The most 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:47.200 high God is about to make happen. My father had 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:51.399 a sister named Marian. In her late forties, Mary became 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:56.080 very ill. She couldn't get out of bed, couldn't walk, talk, 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.240 feed herself. She got to the point where she didn't 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:03.000 recognize people. She was going in and out of consciousness, 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:04.880 basically at home giving. 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:06.000 Up to die. 0:23:06.160 --> 0:23:09.480 When my father found out how sick she was, he 0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:12.520 decided to drive to Dallas and pray for her. She 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:16.119 walked in the room and Mary didn't recognize him. Daddy 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:18.240 took her by the hand and said, Mary, in the 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:23.320 name of Jesus, rise and walk. Instantly, Mary woke up. 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:26.240 She got out of the bed. She was able to 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.919 walk and talk that day, for the first time in months, 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:32.640 she fed herself. It was a turning point. 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:34.040 She was instantly healed. 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.760 Later that night, my father asked her, Mary, why did 0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:39.160 you get up so quickly? 0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:43.520 She said, I heard God say Mary, rise and walk. 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:46.320 My father kind of laughed and said, no, Mary, I 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:49.840 said that. She said, no, John, I heard God say 0:23:50.160 --> 0:23:54.920 rise and walk. My dad said, Mary, I was standing 0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:57.240 right there. I'm telling you I'm the one that said it. 0:23:57.480 --> 0:23:59.560 She got up in his face and said, listen here, John, 0:24:00.040 --> 0:24:02.440 I heard the creator of the universe, the. 0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:07.000 Most of God, tell me to rise and walk. And 0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:10.480 when he said that, I felt something go through my 0:24:10.600 --> 0:24:14.280 body that I have never felt before. What was that? 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:15.760 God crossing the lake? 0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:20.000 God breaking forces of darkness. Mary went on to live 0:24:20.080 --> 0:24:24.200 many years healthy in hall. I can imagine when people 0:24:24.280 --> 0:24:26.719 saw the man that had been deranged, they'd come up 0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:29.919 to him say, are you really that same man that 0:24:30.040 --> 0:24:31.360 used to live out in the tombs? 0:24:31.720 --> 0:24:33.879 Are you really that guy we were all afraid of 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:35.919 screaming crazy. 0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:39.159 What they were saying was, you don't look like what 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:39.919 you've been through. 0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:42.280 We've seen you for years one way. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:47.399 Now you're blessed, healthy, free. As this man was playing 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:51.760 with his grandchildren down through the years, enjoying life, I'm 0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:55.960 sure many times he paused and said, God, thank you 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:58.800 for crossing the lake. Thank you for coming to me 0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:02.600 when I couldn't get to you. How many times has 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:05.920 God crossed the lake for us, freed us when we 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:09.800 couldn't free ourselves, brought us out of trouble that we 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:13.840 got ourselves into, turned a family member around that didn't 0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:17.040 deserve it, healed us when the medical report said we 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:21.399 were done. That's the mercy of God. It's from everlasting 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:25.680 to everlasting. That means God will never stop crossing the 0:25:25.760 --> 0:25:29.199 lake for you. In the story Jesus told of the 0:25:29.200 --> 0:25:33.560 Prodigal Son, the young man took his inheritance, left home, 0:25:33.960 --> 0:25:37.680 and wasted all of his money. Eventually he ran out 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:40.840 of funds. The only job he could find was working 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:44.520 at a hog pen. He got so low, so desperate, 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:48.640 he had to eat hogfood to survive. Finally he decided 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:51.719 to go back home. He thought, my father has staff 0:25:51.800 --> 0:25:54.760 members that lived better than me. Maybe he'll give me 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:58.480 a job. When he went home, his father was out 0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:01.840 looking for him. He saw the sun a great distanced 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:04.240 all took off, running toward him. 0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.560 Hugged his son and kissed him. The son went into 0:26:07.600 --> 0:26:09.960 his feet. Dad, I've blown it, Dad, I know I 0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:10.440 was wrong. 0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:13.840 His father didn't even let him finish. He said to 0:26:13.920 --> 0:26:17.280 his assistant, quick, go get the best robe in the 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.440 house and put it on him. Go get new shoes 0:26:20.480 --> 0:26:22.919 for his feet, put a ring on his finger. 0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:25.800 Kill the fatted calf. We're going to have a party. 0:26:26.680 --> 0:26:28.800 Imagine the sun was cleaned up. 0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:32.960 Now, wearing his new robe, his new shoes, his ring 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:36.159 of honor. He didn't look like the guy from the 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:39.160 hog pen. He didn't look like the son that blew 0:26:39.240 --> 0:26:43.720 his inheritance. This shows us the heart of God, even 0:26:43.720 --> 0:26:47.480 when it's our fault, even when we bring trouble on ourselves. 0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:50.480 God doesn't want us to look like what we've been through. 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:53.679 He doesn't want you to be in constant memory of 0:26:53.720 --> 0:26:58.800 your failures, the hurts, the injustices, whether you made the 0:26:58.880 --> 0:27:03.000 mistakes or like the deranged man, forces of darkness are 0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:03.960 trying to stop you. 0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:06.160 God still crosses. 0:27:05.840 --> 0:27:09.040 Legs, He still says, go get the best robe. He 0:27:09.200 --> 0:27:13.000 still restores back to honor. You would think this father 0:27:13.040 --> 0:27:14.960 would say, all right, you can come back home, but 0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:17.520 you need to be guilty. You need to know how 0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:21.240 wrong you were. The father didn't even bring up his past. 0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:24.760 You may have blown it, done things that you're not 0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:28.639 proud of. You think you'll always be hindered by the past. 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:33.479 Quit listening to the accusing voices. You are forgiven, You 0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:37.119 are redeemed. Now do your part. Put on your robe 0:27:37.160 --> 0:27:41.639 of honor, start receiving the mercy that your heavenly father 0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:42.680 is offering you. 0:27:43.480 --> 0:27:46.880 If you will shake off the guilt and keep moving forward. 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.280 Nobody will be able to tell what you've been through. 0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:54.000 You mean, you struggled for years with an addiction. You 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:57.919 don't look like it. You're free, clean, helping others. You 0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:01.679 don't look like you've had cancer, healthy and home. You 0:28:01.720 --> 0:28:05.480 don't look like you've been through a divorce. You're happy, remarried, 0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:09.000 have a great spouse. That's God's dream to bring you 0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:13.360 out better. You may have had unfair things happen. Seems 0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:16.320 like you're at a disadvantage. Or get ready, God is 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:19.080 about to do a new thing. He is crossing that 0:28:19.160 --> 0:28:21.000 lake right now, coming after you. 0:28:21.560 --> 0:28:23.680 I believe and declare. 0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:27.280 God is going to restore you to greater honor. You 0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:30.600 are coming out without the smell of smoke. Things are 0:28:30.720 --> 0:28:36.760 changing in your favor. Freedom, healing, vindication, promotion, the fullness 0:28:36.760 --> 0:28:40.760 of your destinies in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:41.760 can you say amen? 0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:42.200 Today? 0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:46.400 Well, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 0:28:46.520 --> 0:28:47.280 Jesus the. 0:28:47.160 --> 0:28:51.640 Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:52.800 --> 0:28:54.200 I repent of my sins. 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:59.560 Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 0:29:00.920 --> 0:29:03.560 If you prayed that simple prayer. We believe you got 0:29:03.600 --> 0:29:06.920 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, Keep 0:29:06.960 --> 0:29:08.080 God first place. 0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:12.800 Thank you for listening to the Joelostine podcast. 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