God Has The Final Say

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See terms and conditions at UNEs 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:30.080 dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:38.679 leave Inspire. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.959 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.240 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:02:00.000 Enjoy the message. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:00.640 God bless you. 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.640 It's a joy to come into your homes and if 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.320 you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:08.120 a part of one of our services. 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.840 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.680 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.040 about this elderly lady. She was at the store. She 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.639 accidentally locked her keys in the car. She had a 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:22.720 coat hanger, and she was trying and trying to get 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.520 it unlocked, but she just couldn't get it open. She 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:29.280 prayed and asked God to help her. About that time, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.000 this guy pulls up on a motorcycle, rough looking, dressed 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:37.040 in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. Fifteen seconds he had 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.320 the car open. She hugged him and said, Lord, thank 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.400 you for sending me this nice man. He said, Lady, 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.680 I'm not a nice man. I just got out of 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:49.800 prison for auto theft. She hugged him again and said, Lord, 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:54.640 thank you. You even sent me a professional. Say it 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.600 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:58.280 what it says. 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.239 I am. I have what it says. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.320 As I have, I can do what it says I 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:05.440 can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:10.200 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.160 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.480 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:18.600 God has. 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:19.440 The final say. 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:23.799 We all face situations that look permanent, like they're never 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.800 going to work out, and it's easy to get discouraged 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.800 and accept that it wasn't meant to be. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.400 But it's not over until God says it's over. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.760 The medical report may not look good, but that sickness 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:38.320 doesn't have the last word. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:40.400 God has the final say. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.360 You may have struggled with an addiction for years, but 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.640 the addiction doesn't have the final say. 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:49.600 People may be against you. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:53.119 You have opposition, but people don't have the final say 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:58.240 no disrespect. But the doctor, the banker, the lawyer, the expert, 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.080 the judge. They may be good peace people, but they're 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:02.480 not on the throne. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.120 God is on the throne. 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.600 Him being for you is more than the world being 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.760 against you. God won't let you get in a problem. 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:12.840 That he can't get you out of. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.120 He wouldn't have let the three Hebrew teenagers be thrown 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.840 into a furnace if he didn't know the fire wasn't 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:25.160 going to harm them. King Nebukinezzar thought he was in control. 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.200 He thought he had the final saying that the fire 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.479 would finish them off. That's what always happened. But this 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.600 time he wasn't dealing with ordinary people. He was dealing 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:37.880 with children of the Most High God. 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.960 They came out without the smell of smoke. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:45.640 There's something about you that makes you unstoppable. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:47.600 You have an advantage. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.839 God not only breathed life into you, but he put 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:55.120 a hedge of protection around you. Nothing can touch you 0:04:55.600 --> 0:05:01.440 without his permission. You're not at the mercy of bad breaks, sicknesses, accidents, 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:02.480 people against you. 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.599 None of that can stop your destiny. 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.320 Well, if I can get this supervisor to like me, 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:10.080 maybe I'll get the promotion. 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.520 Now. You don't have to play up to. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.240 People when you go to work, be your best, let 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.200 your talent shine. Then when it's time for you to 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.960 be promoted, all the forces of darkness cannot. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:23.360 Hold you back. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.520 Well, my boss doesn't like me. Your boss doesn't have 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:31.160 the final say. They are a pawn in the hands 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.279 of God. You are not doing life by yourself. God 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:40.960 is behind the scenes, pulling strings orchestrating things in your favor. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:44.440 At the right time, God will either cause that person 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.800 to like you or move them out of the way. 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.320 But they cannot stop your purpose. And when you know 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:54.320 that God has the final say, you don't live frustrated 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.080 trying to manipulate people worried about your children. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:02.640 You stay in peace, knowing that nothing can stop God's plan. 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:07.320 When the prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house to choose 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.120 one of his sons as the next king of Israel, 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.400 Jesse lined up seven of his sons. 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.039 Said all right, Samuel, take your pick. 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.400 He didn't bother to bring his youngest son, David in 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:20.880 from the shepherd's fields. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:22.800 He had already ruled him out. 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:27.279 Thought he's too young, too small, not talented. David's not 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:32.240 king material. If people had the final say. 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:32.839 This would be a problem. 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.480 If people determined our destiny, we would have never heard 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:37.200 of David. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:39.080 When people leave. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.240 You out, it may hurt, but that doesn't stop your purpose. 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.040 Samuel said Jesse, I don't see a king in these sons. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:50.000 Do you have any other sons? This shows us that 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.320 what God has for you won't go to anyone else. 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.280 People may try to manipulate things, discredit you. 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.640 Leave you out. Don't worry. God is on the throne. 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:02.480 He's pulling the strings. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.920 He knew who wasn't going to like you, who was 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:07.359 going to try to push you down. 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:09.120 You don't have to try. 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.760 To get even stay on the high road, and what 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.320 has your name on it will come to you. Jesse 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.760 sent word for David to come into the house. When 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:22.000 Samuel saw him, first thing, he said, there's the next 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:23.040 king of Israel. 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.280 God doesn't choose the way we choose. 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.800 We look on the outside, the size, the talent, the personality. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:32.320 God looks at the heart. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.440 People may have counted you out, but God has already 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:41.200 counted you in. He overrides what people say, He overrides 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.840 the injustice. Well, Joel, I'm in an unfair situation, but 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:46.800 nothing's changing. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:48.360 It's not over yet. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.480 That's not how your story ends. Your time is coming. 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.160 Like with David, you're going to be called into the house. 0:07:56.800 --> 0:08:01.320 God has not forgotten about you. What He's is still 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:05.040 on the way. Bad breaks didn't stop it, people didn't 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.520 cancel it. Delays doesn't mean it's not going to happen. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.240 What God started he's going to finish. He has the 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:16.160 final say. Now, don't go around talking about how it's 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.800 not going to happen and this illness is going to 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.040 be the end of me and I'll never accomplish my dreams. 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:23.440 You know what you're doing. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:28.040 You're putting your circumstances on the throne. You're saying they 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:32.000 have the final say. They control my destiny. You need 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.560 to take the problem off the throne. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.640 And put God back on the throne. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:42.640 God is sovereign over your circumstances. That means God reigns 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.520 over everything in your life, not just over the universe. 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.480 He rains over the sickness. He rains over your children, 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:55.400 over your finances. One Peter three says Jesus has the 0:08:55.480 --> 0:09:01.400 last word on everything and everyone, from an angels to armies. 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:05.720 He's standing right alongside God, and what he says goes. 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.560 Now, you may be dealing with the sickness. The medical 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.600 report says you're not going to make it. That's one word. 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:17.360 But God has the last word. The sovereign God, the 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.440 God who reigns, says, I am restoring health back unto you. 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.800 Now keep God on the throne. When thoughts say you 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.920 you'll never get well, just say no, thanks. I know 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:33.120 a secret. My God has the last saying sickness. You 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.880 may have a say injustice, You may have a say, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:40.160 but I have bad news. What you say is subject 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.440 to the God who created me. What you say is 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:48.160 overruled by the most time. He has the final say 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:54.000 on everyone and everything. God promised Abraham and Sarah that 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.240 they were going to have a baby, but they were 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.520 both way too old. Abraham was in his eighties, Sarah 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.120 had gone through the change of life. There was no 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:04.839 way in the natural for them to. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:05.520 Have a child. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.600 And sometimes God will put things in our heart that 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:13.319 don't make sense to our mind. It's easy to dismiss 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.720 it and think, well, that'll never happen. The scripture says 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.800 Abraham considered not the weakness of his own body nor 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:26.400 the deadness of Sarah's womb. He didn't deny that Sarah's 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:30.320 womb was dead. He didn't ignore the facts. He just 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.640 chose not to dwell on them. He didn't go around 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:37.280 talking about how impossible it was. If you're going to 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.560 stay in faith, you have to do like Abraham and 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.000 not consider what looks dead. 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:45.960 Don't dwell on what seems impossible. 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:50.280 Are you spending more time thinking about the problem or 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.480 the promises? Are you talking more about how big the 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.400 challenge is or about how. 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.560 Big your God is. When we received word. 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:02.160 That the Rockets basket team was moving out of this building, 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.880 the former Compact Center, and it was going to be 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:09.200 for sell, something came alive on the inside. I knew 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.920 God put that promise in my heart. But like Abraham, 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.839 all the odds were against us. We didn't have the finances, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.440 didn't have the experience. Necessarily, the people that wanted the 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:25.320 building were a huge real estate company, one of the 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:29.840 largest taxpayers in Texas. But instead of focusing on how 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.680 impossible it was, Victoria and I would come up at night, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:38.080 when the rockets weren't playing, nobody was around. We would 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.559 walk around the outside of the building and thank God 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.840 that it was ours and thank Him that he was 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.680 fighting our battles, thank him that he was making a 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:52.640 way or we didn't see away. Instead of considering the circumstances, 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:57.000 we chose to consider the greatness of our God. I've 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:01.200 learned the bigger you make God, the smaller become, the 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.760 more faith rises in your heart. As we walked around 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.960 the building, we were saying, Lord, we know you can 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:09.839 open doors that no men can shut. 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.560 We know you can take us where we can't go 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:13.319 on our own. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.880 When you get in agreement with God, he will make 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:21.840 things happen that you could have never made happen. If 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.200 Sarah would have gone for a checkup, the doctor would 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:26.679 have said, I'm sorry, ma'am. 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.319 You're too old. You waited too late. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:33.000 Plus your husband is an old man. Even if your 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:37.040 womb was somehow fertile, he doesn't have the seed. No 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.880 doctor would have given them a chance. Medically speaking, it 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.679 was impossible. But don't let people talk you out of 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.920 what God put in your heart. Don't let the experts 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.480 convince you that it's not going to happen. Remember, experts 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.360 built a Titanic in its sank. 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.120 Amateur has built the Ark and it floated. 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:03.240 No disrespect, but sometimes the experts can be wrong. 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.200 They don't know what God put in you. 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.679 They can't see your seeds of greatness on your own. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.920 What they're saying about you may be true, but you're 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:17.080 not on your own. You have the most powerful force 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:20.760 in the universe breathing in your direction. He has the 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:25.000 final say over your dreams. People may have discouraged you, 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:28.600 but what he promised is on the way. He has 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.280 the final say over your health. May not have happened yet, 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.760 but healing is coming. He has the final say over 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.280 your children. That child, that's of course. God knows how 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.000 to get their attention. He says, as for you and 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:42.800 your house, you. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:43.839 Will serve the Lord. 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:48.160 When Abraham was one hundred years old, Sarah was eighty. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:52.240 This was twenty years after the promise. They came into 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.280 a final word. Sarah gave birth to a son. 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.840 God overrode the laws of nature. He overrode what they 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:00.839 expert said. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:05.359 He even overrode mistakes that they had made. If Abraham 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:09.520 were here today, he would tell you, don't let circumstances 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.559 talk you out of what God put in you. It 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.520 may look dead, seem impossible. The experts say, no way, 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.200 But I can tell you first hand. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:23.440 God has the final save. Think about Joseph. His brothers 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:24.040 had a say. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:28.560 They were jealous of him, betrayed him, sold him into slavery. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.920 Potiphar's wife, the man Joseph worked for, she had a say. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.200 She lied about him. Joseph was put in prison. 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:42.000 He had all these negative voices, negative circumstances in Joseph's life. 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.720 He could have lived bitter, but he understood this principle. 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.760 After all the bad breaks, he was suddenly brought out 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.960 of prison and made the Prime Minister of Egypt second 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.400 in command. What am I saying? When God has the 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:01.479 final say, it will make up for all the injustice, 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.960 all the delays. You are not falling behind, You're not 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.760 losing ground. One touch of God's favor will put you 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.880 fifty years down the road, not in age, but in influence, 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:19.880 in position, in opportunity. I believe, like Joseph, You're about 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:23.480 to see God step in and override what's. 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:24.920 Been hindering you. 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.680 You're about to come into a final word in your health, 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:34.200 in your relationships, in your finances. That struggle may seem permanent, 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:38.200 like you'll never get ahead. God is about to override 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.560 the lack, the limitations, the people that have held you back, 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:47.520 and release you into new levels of influence, increase, abundance. 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.920 The final word is you will lend and not borrow. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:55.200 You are above and not beneath. Or maybe you were 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.680 raised in dysfunctions, depression, addictions. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:03.000 The final world is coming. God is about to break 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:04.080 those yokes that. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.000 Have held you back so you can step up to 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:13.000 who you were created to be. The final word is freedom, wholeness, abundance, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:17.360 and victory. In the Scripture, two sisters Mary and Martha 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:22.640 and their brother Lazarus were close friends with Jesus. Lazarus 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.920 became very sick. Jesus was in another city, so Martha 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.680 sent word for Jesus to come pray for their brother. 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.560 They had seen Jesus heal people, open the eyes of 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.920 the blind, turn water into wine. 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.800 They knew he could do miracles. 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.560 Jesus got the word, but he stayed in that city 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:46.040 for a day, two days, three days. Then their worst 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:51.840 nightmare came true. Lazarus died. They were devastated. Four days later, 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:56.240 Jesus showed up. Has it ever felt like God. 0:16:56.120 --> 0:17:00.120 Came too late? You prayed, you believed, you asked, but 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:01.680 the problem didn't turn around. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.040 Martha said, Jesus, if you would have been here, if 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.240 you'd have just come when we asked, my brother wouldn't 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:13.360 have died. She could have turned away, lived bitter, angry. 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.119 That would be the end of the story. But she 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:20.919 went on to say, Lord, even now, I know whatever. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.640 You ask, God will do it for you. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.360 She was saying, Yes, it looks bad, it seems impossible, 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:30.800 but I know you have the final say. Jesus said 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.560 to them, take me to where you buried Lazarus. 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:38.199 Take me to the tomb. He was saying, take me 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:40.480 to the place where you quit believing. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.720 Take me to where you decided you're not going to 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.560 get well. You'll never meet the right person unless you 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.760 go back to that place and stir your faith up, 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:51.560 it will. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.439 Limit what God can do. They went to the tomb. 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:59.119 Jesus told them to roll away the stone. Martha said, Lord, 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.000 he's been dead for four days. He's going to stink. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.480 The stone represents what you've given up on. You think 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.520 it's been too long, too late, it's never going to happen. 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:12.920 So you put the stone on the promise, the stone 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:13.639 on the dream. 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:18.080 You have to do your part and roll away the stone. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.280 You have to start believing again, get your passion back. 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.880 They removed the stone, but Jesus didn't go in the 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.520 tomb and lay hands on Lazarus like he did the 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.720 blind man and some other people that he healed. This 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:38.920 time he spoke, said Lazarus, come forth. Instantly Lazarus woke up. 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:42.320 He came out of the tomb on a word from 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:46.560 the Lord. Now Jesus may not be here in person today, 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:50.240 but we have what Lazarus had. You can come out 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:54.800 on a word from God. God says you will live. 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.120 And not die. Let that take root. 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.800 You can come out on that word says whatever you 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.360 touch will prosper and succeed. There's a word you can 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:08.560 come out on, or whom the sun sets free is free. Indeed, 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.000 there's a word that breaks bondages. 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:15.200 What God says in the scripture is the final word. 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:20.320 It's significant that Jesus waited four days to pray for Lazarus. 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:22.720 He could have healed him the first day he knew 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.320 he was sick, or at least the second day, and 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:26.400 not made them go. 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:30.600 Through so much. But there's always a reason for a delay. 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:35.000 We may not understand it, but God knows what he's doing. 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.760 And while you're waiting for a situation to turn around, 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.400 waiting for your health to improve, waiting for your child 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:45.600 to get on the right track, that's a critical time 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.919 you have to pass the test of waiting. If Martha 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.800 would have stayed negative, bitter, complaining, she could have stopped 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:54.440 the miracle. 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.200 Will you stay in faith when heaven is silent? 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:01.880 Will you wait with a good attitude and keep thanking 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:04.040 God that he has the final say. 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.000 When you don't see anything improving. 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:11.400 How you wait will determine whether or not the situation changes. 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:15.760 And back in those days, the Sadducees, these were the 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:19.119 people that were very against Jesus. They believed that the 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:23.320 spirit left the body three days after the person died. 0:20:24.200 --> 0:20:28.600 It wasn't a coincidence that Jesus waited till the fourth day. 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:31.720 He did it so that when he raised Lazarus there 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:36.040 wouldn't be any doubt about it. And sometimes God will 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.920 wait on purpose, so you not only know it's his favor, 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.760 but so all of your critics, your neighbors, your relatives, 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:47.760 your coworkers, they won't be able to deny the goodness 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:48.960 of God in your life. 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:51.080 I talked to this lady. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.639 Her son was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.080 six years old, and he got to the point where 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.760 he couldn't walk. When he was twelve, he had to 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:02.879 have surgery on his feet and heels. It was a 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:06.879 routine procedure, but something went wrong. He ended up in 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:11.399 ICU on a ventilator, couldn't breathe on his own. His 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:15.639 other organs started to shut down his hearts, livers, kidneys. 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:17.600 He had to go on dialysis. 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:21.600 The doctors told this mother that they didn't think he 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.639 was going to make it. She kept praying and believing, 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:29.280 but everything went downhill got so bad they needed to 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:33.000 put him on a machine to bypass his heart and lungs. 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:35.040 Basically, he would. 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:38.600 Be on life support, just waiting to pass. They went 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:40.800 to get the paperwork for the mother to sign to 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:44.920 give them permission. While she was waiting, the doctors came 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:48.560 running in. They said, hang on, you don't need to sign. 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:53.040 There's been a sudden change. They couldn't explain it, but 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:57.640 his heart started working, his blood pressure stabilized, his lungs 0:21:57.720 --> 0:22:01.719 begin to function. They couldn't under stand how one moment 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:05.200 he was dying and the next moment he was coming 0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:05.920 back to life. 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:10.360 Friends, God has the final say. If it's not your 0:22:10.440 --> 0:22:14.840 time to go, you're not going to go. The scripture 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:17.119 says the number of your. 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:21.159 Days God will fulfill. You don't have to fulfill it. 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:25.040 God's going to fulfill it. Nothing can snatch you out 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:28.920 of his hands. Cancer can't take one day that God 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:32.360 has planned for you. That sickness cannot take. 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:33.520 You before your time. 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.880 Well, Joe, my loved one, didn't make it. Then their 0:22:36.920 --> 0:22:40.840 time was up. They fulfilled the days that God planned 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:44.719 for them. They didn't show up in heaven unannounced. They 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:46.679 didn't get there, and God say, wow, I didn't know 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:50.080 you were coming. God was the one beckoning them to come. 0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:54.439 He was the one receiving them with open arms. We 0:22:54.480 --> 0:22:57.359 may not always understand it or like it, but you 0:22:57.440 --> 0:22:58.520 can rest assured. 0:22:58.840 --> 0:23:00.360 God has the final say. 0:23:01.119 --> 0:23:04.359 He planned all of your days before you were born, 0:23:04.880 --> 0:23:08.480 and he's promised to fulfill the number of your days. 0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:13.879 This young man totally recovered. It's no longer on dialysis. 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:17.440 His heart is fine, his lungs are fine. He's fulfilling 0:23:17.520 --> 0:23:21.119 his purpose. But you may be in a situation like 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:24.960 the mother doesn't seem like it'll ever turn around. Dream 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:29.439 that looks impossible, an addiction that seems permanent. I believe 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:33.160 you're going to hear what she heard. There's been a 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:37.919 sudden change. Something has happened that we can't explain. You 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:42.040 thought you'd reach your limits. Suddenly you're promoted. The company 0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:45.119 wants you to run the department. You thought you'd always 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.920 struggle with the illness, the addiction. Get ready for a 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:54.320 sudden change. Forces of darkness are being broken. Any area 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:57.240 where you're not living in victory is not permanent. 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:00.320 It's temporary. God has the final say. 0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:04.480 My brother in law, Don, graduated from Texas A and 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:05.439 M University. 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:08.040 He's a huge Aggie football fan. 0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:12.119 Last year, he was watching a big game on television 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.520 with one of their main rivals. The score was going 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:19.679 back and forth. Came down to the final possession. The 0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:23.400 Aggies had the ball few seconds left to go. They 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:26.679 needed to score in order to tie the game, but 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:30.600 the Aggie quarterback through an interception the other team got 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:34.000 the ball. Looked like the game was over. They poured 0:24:34.040 --> 0:24:37.040 gatorade on the coach. The team members came on the 0:24:37.040 --> 0:24:41.760 field celebrating. The opposing fans were going wild. Don was 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:45.480 so frustrated he not only turned the television off, he 0:24:45.600 --> 0:24:47.520 deleted the recording. 0:24:47.119 --> 0:24:50.280 From his DVR. He didn't even want that game in 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:51.040 his files. 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:55.200 Half an hour later, a friend texted him saying, Wow, 0:24:55.320 --> 0:24:59.400 this game is unbelievable. He thought the friend had recorded 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:02.399 it and was watching it late. He checked Twitter and 0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:06.119 saw the other comments. Come to find out, before the 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:10.720 Aggie quarterback through the interception, his knee touched the ground, 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:15.160 so the play was dead. The referees reviewed it and 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:18.159 gave the ball back to the Aggies. They went on 0:25:18.320 --> 0:25:22.119 to score and tie the game. The game went into overtime. 0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:26.359 First overtime still tied, second tied, third, fourth In the 0:25:26.520 --> 0:25:28.479 seventh overtime. 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:29.480 The Aggies won the game. 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:33.159 It was one of the greatest games in college football history. 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:38.080 But sometimes we do like Dawn. We turned the game 0:25:38.119 --> 0:25:38.880 off too soon. 0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:42.920 We think we'll never get well, we'll ever meet the 0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:43.640 right person. 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:47.640 Whenever accomplished a dream we tried it didn't work out. 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:52.320 Feels like the opposing team is won. They're celebrating. They 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:55.400 poured gatorade on the coach. Can I tell you it's 0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:57.280 not over until God. 0:25:57.080 --> 0:26:00.760 Says it's over. You better go back and look again. 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:06.320 Your story doesn't end to defeat, It ends in victory. 0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:10.960 As long as you're breathing, the game is still going. Yes, 0:26:11.000 --> 0:26:13.200 there will be times it looks like it's too late. 0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:17.440 It's impossible. God has ways you've never thought of. Get 0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:19.800 your passion back, start believing again. 0:26:20.119 --> 0:26:21.560 The game is still on. 0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:26.359 This is what happened two thousand years ago. Satan and 0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:30.680 all the forces of darkness were celebrating. They already shot 0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:34.840 the confetti, poured the gatorade, and started their victory party. 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:38.680 They finally defeated Jesus nailed them to a cross. 0:26:39.400 --> 0:26:41.440 What they didn't realize. 0:26:41.320 --> 0:26:46.080 Was Jesus prophesied not only his death, but his resurrection. 0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:50.240 They got the first part of the information, but they 0:26:50.280 --> 0:26:51.639 didn't get the final word. 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:56.120 Jesus said, destroy this temple, and in three days God 0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:57.000 will raise it up. 0:26:58.080 --> 0:27:02.639 Jesus asked to borrow Joseph's tone. He was saying, I 0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:04.720 don't need to buy it. I'm only going to be 0:27:04.800 --> 0:27:09.560 there three days. Satan had selective hearing. While they were 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:14.720 partying having their celebration, Jesus came walking in, took. 0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:17.960 Away the keys of death, and Hell said, I am 0:27:18.040 --> 0:27:22.600 he that lives. I was dead, but I'm alive forevermore. 0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:29.639 Now the enemy may be celebrating over you, thinking that 0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:35.800 you're done. You've seen your best days. You'll always be lonely, struggling, addicted, mediocre. 0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:38.600 You need to let him know you didn't hear the 0:27:38.680 --> 0:27:39.720 last word. 0:27:39.960 --> 0:27:43.160 I may be down, but I will arise. I may 0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:46.560 be facing this illness, but healing is coming. This set 0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:50.119 back in my finances and not permanent abundance is in 0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:55.040 my future. The final word says, your latter days will 0:27:55.080 --> 0:27:56.720 be better than your former days. 0:27:57.440 --> 0:27:58.080 Now get in. 0:27:58.080 --> 0:28:01.800 Agreement with God, go back to those places where you 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:05.800 quit believing, and roll away the tomb who told you 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:06.520 it was over. 0:28:07.000 --> 0:28:08.359 That wasn't the final word. 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.400 Like with Lazarus. It may look dead, but I believe 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:15.960 and declare it's about to come back to life. There's 0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:22.080 a sudden change coming, sudden healing, sudden promotion, sudden opportunity. 0:28:22.320 --> 0:28:26.080 What you thought was permanent is about to suddenly change 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:29.920 in your favor in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:34.280 can you say himn today? But I'd like to give 0:28:34.320 --> 0:28:36.880 you an opportunity to make Jesus. 0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:39.200 The lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:28:39.880 --> 0:28:43.880 Just say it, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. 0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:49.480 Come into my heart. I'll make you my Lord in savior. 0:28:51.040 --> 0:28:53.480 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.920 born again. 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