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Grace for Every Season of Life
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You may be facing a difficulty, but that’s not a surprise to God. He’s already lined up favor and grace. You’re not only going to get through it, you’re going to soar through it. Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with the message of God's hope and love. To give visit JoelOsteen.com/GiveHope See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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I promise you 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.800 we'll make you feel right at home. These are the 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.760 finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.400 Lakewood so come on out and see us sometime. Thank 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.520 you for being a part of our services today. And 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.720 I like to start with something funny each week. And 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:28.040 I heard about this eighty five year old woman that 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.720 went on a blind date with a ninety year old man. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.480 She returned to our daughter's home later that evening and 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:38.080 seemed upset. The daughter said, Mom, what's wrong? She said, 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.280 I had to slap him three times. She said, you 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:42.000 mean he's. 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:42.880 Tried to get fresh. 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:47.600 She said, no, I thought he was dead. Hold up 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.160 your Bible, say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.200 my Bible. I am what it says. I am. I 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.800 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.680 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:02.720 the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.160 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.639 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:14.400 to you today about how God has grace for every 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:19.280 season of our life. Too many people worry about their future. 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.639 They live stressed out, wondering what's going to happen if 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.720 I get laid off? How am I going to handle it? 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.959 If my loved one doesn't make it, or my parents 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.440 are getting older. How can I take care of them 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.440 and my own family as well. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:35.800 Here's the answer. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.920 God's grace is going to be there at every stage 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.320 of your life to help you do what you need 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.760 to do. His grace is not just to save us. 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.680 It's an enabling power. God's grace will give you the strength, 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.960 the wisdom, the favor to accomplish what you could not 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:59.680 normally accomplish on your own. If you're in a difficult marriage, 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.960 if you're raising a child that's hard, if you're facing 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.320 a sickness, one thing you can count on is the 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.280 grace of God will be there some of you. When 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.200 you look up ahead into your future, they are very 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.520 difficult things in the natural. 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:16.200 You don't see how you're going to make it. 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.880 Business is slow. Somebody walked out of a relationship. People 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.280 are talking about you. It'd be easy to get discouraged 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.159 and let that overwhelm you. But I want you to 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.520 have a new perspective. Nothing that you're facing is a 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.560 surprise to God. It didn't catch him off guard. God 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:40.320 is already lined up the grace, the favor. He's already 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:45.000 set into motion everything you need not to just endure 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:49.520 it barely make it through, defeated, depressed in self pity. No, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:54.239 you're going to feel a supernatural force breathing in your direction. 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:58.520 That's the grace of Almighty God. It's going to cause 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.919 you to rise up with eagles wings, and you're not 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.240 going to just get through it. You're going to soar 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:05.839 through it, coming out. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.359 Better off than you were before. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.760 One day, you're going to look back in amazement of 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.560 what God has done. You'll be able to say with 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.560 the apostle Paul, I am who I am today and 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:18.120 I am. 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.520 Where I am because of the grace of God. 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:24.920 But you say, Joel, I'm very worried my company is downsizing. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:26.599 I might get laid off. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.480 I don't know what I'm going to do. Listen, I 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.920 hope that doesn't happen. But can I speak faith over you? 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.680 Can I declare something into your future because you're a 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:40.039 child of the Most High God, because you know who 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.599 you are in Christ. Even if it did happen, you're 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.480 not going to fall apart. You're not going to be depressed. 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.159 You're not going to have a chip on your shoulder. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.360 You're going to feel a power that you've never felt before. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.680 You're going to have a strength. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.760 Or resolve a determination like. 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:56.479 You've never known. 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:01.040 That's the creator of the universe, relief, seeing his grace 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.479 in a greater way. That's why we don't have to 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.159 be worried about our future. God's got us covered. He 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.679 has promised he will not allow a situation to come 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.360 without giving us the grace to make it through victoriously. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.800 Well what if the economy goes down even more, then 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:23.479 God's grace will be poured out even stronger. Well what 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.280 if my loved one that I'm praying for doesn't make it, 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.800 then God's peace is going to show up in a 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:33.039 greater way. What if this lawsuit drags on another five years, 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.440 then God's grace is going to give you the strength 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:36.760 to keep on keeping on. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:38.839 That's what the scripture says. 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:44.919 Where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. Notice the 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.920 principle grace always supersedes the opposition. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.159 That means, if. 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.279 You have a big problem, then you need to get 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:57.280 ready because grace is coming in a big way. If 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.719 people are talking about you at the office, play in politics, 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.039 trying to make you look bad, don't get worried. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:04.080 Get ready. 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:08.200 Vindication is coming in a great way. Or maybe you 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.400 have a major opportunity. God has opened a new door 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.640 to start a business, to purchase a new home, to 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.120 go on that missions trip. Get ready, God's about to 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:24.240 release his favor in a major way. When the opportunity abounds, 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.320 God's grace will much more abound. When the problems abound, 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:33.840 his solutions will much more abound. His grace always supersedes 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:37.080 what you're up against. I can look back in my 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.000 own life and see the times when God's grace showed 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:45.000 up and empowered me far beyond my natural ability. Nineteen 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.440 ninety nine, when my father went to be with the Lord. 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.320 I had never ministered before. 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.040 I didn't know how to prepare a sermon, never been 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.720 to seminary, never spoken in public. But all of a sudden, 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.520 somehow I was able to come up with these messages. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.320 Week after week, I was speaking in front of thousands 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:06.679 of people. Looking back now, I realized that was God's 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.160 grace coming on my life in a greater way for 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.800 that season that I was in. When the opportunity abounds, 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.360 God doesn't sit back and say, Okay, show me what 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.520 you're made of. Let's see what you can do now. 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.200 When you stay in faith, when you say God I'm 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.440 trusting you, He says, all right, here's my grace, here's 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:29.160 my favor, here's my wisdom, here's my ideas. Some of 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:33.160 you today have a major opportunity in front of you, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.720 but you don't feel qualified. All those thoughts are telling 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.960 you you don't have what it takes. You better play 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.560 it safe, You better just stay in the boat. No, 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.360 just like with me, You're going to feel a power 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.720 that you've never felt before. God's grace is going to 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:51.960 cause you to go further, to accomplish more, to overcome 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.480 what you thought was impossible. You need to get ready 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.960 because new opportunities are coming your way. New doors are 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:04.840 about to open, new businesses, new friendships, new ideas. 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:06.560 Here's the good news. 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.600 With the new opportunities comes a new level of God's grace, 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.679 a new level of his favor. He is going to 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:17.480 equip you and empower you to go through those new 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.960 doors and become all He's created you to be. Another time, 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.280 when we were trying to acquire this facility, the former 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.719 Compact Center, you remember how we needed ten votes from 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:32.440 the Houston City Council members. I had never done anything 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.800 in city government or didn't have any kind of political experience, 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.160 and my personality is not to try to win people 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.319 over and convince them to do something for us. I'm 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.760 much more quiet and reserved. But for that year or 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:49.199 two that we were trying to get this building, practically 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.640 every other week, I was down at city Hall visiting 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:56.520 with the council members making our case. When I look back, 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:00.240 that doesn't even seem like me. Once again, I can 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.200 see that was God's grace coming on me for the 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.440 season I was in. What I want you to see 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:10.640 is what every stage of your life, God's grace is 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:14.040 going to be there to help you make it through victoriously. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.360 And some of you today, when you look out into 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.280 your future, you don't really feel like you have what 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.160 you need to accomplish what God's put in your heart. 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.560 But don't worry about that, because when you get to 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:30.440 that season, you will have it. When you're faced with 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.600 a task that you don't feel like you're very good at, 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.800 like I was, you will discover on the inside talent 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:40.120 and ability that you didn't know you had. When you 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:43.319 find yourself up over your head yet you know it's 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.719 where you're supposed to be, you can rest assured the 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.120 power of the most high. God is going to come 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.520 on you to accomplish what he wants you to accomplish. 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.840 That means there's going to be a favor that causes 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.000 you to stand out in the crowd, A strength when 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.480 you should have given up, a peace when you should 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.080 have been overwhelmed. What is that. That's God's grace showing 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:09.080 up at every season in your life. I read recently 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.760 about this man and his friend. They were working on 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.960 an automobile and all of a sudden, the jack slipped 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.719 and his friend was pinned underneath the car. This man 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.880 went over, just an average sized person, and he was 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:25.440 able to lift a two thousand pound car off of 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.920 his friend, and it saved his life. That was God's 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.560 grace showing up in his time of need. When I 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:34.240 was eight years old, one time I was in my 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.920 backyard playing baseball with my friends. At one point the 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.000 ball went over the fence into our neighbor's yard. And 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:44.360 our neighbors had a great, big german shepherd. He was 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.400 as mean as can be. As children, we were scared 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.280 to death of that doll, and even though their yard 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.600 was fenced in, they normally kept him on a leash. Anyway, 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.400 I was very small, and we had a six foot fence. 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.440 So I got this ladder and I leaned it up 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:00.720 against our fence, and I looked over and I could 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:04.160 see my ball about forty feet away. Their yard was 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:04.720 very big. 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:05.040 Well. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.000 On the other side, maybe about one hundred and fifty feet, 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.520 I could see the German shepherd looked like he had 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.720 his chain, and so I very quietly snuck over the 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.280 fence and went out there and got my ball. Everything 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.160 was going great. All of a sudden that dog saw 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.720 me and started running toward me ninety miles per hour. 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.880 He hit the end of that chain so hard he 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.760 pulled the chain off of the. 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.280 Pole that was holding him. 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.840 So now he was coming toward me chain and awe. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:37.280 Let me tell you, my heart sunk. I prayed the 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:41.760 sinner's prayer. I asked for forgiveness for all those mean 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:46.720 things I said about Paul. I took off running, and 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.600 when I got to our fence, I promise you have 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.480 never seen a white boy jump like this. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:53.400 White boy jump. 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.560 I didn't need a ladder, I didn't need a boose. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.120 I didn't need anybody to urriage me. I was only 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:05.320 about half the size. Somehow I got over that six 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.959 foot fence, and it's funny. I've played basketball my whole life, 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:13.400 I've still never jumped that high. That was God's grace 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.680 showing up in my time of need. 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:18.760 What am I saying? 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.360 Quit worrying about your future. Quit worrying about how you're 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.319 going to overcome that obstacle. God knows how to get 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.680 you over the fence. Quit worrying about the changes that 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:33.480 are in your future. God is in complete control, he said, 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.280 they're in Second Corinthians twelve nine. My grace is sufficient 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.840 for you. That means my grace will not only always 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.480 be there, but it will always be more than enough 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.760 for the challenge or for the opportunity that's in front 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.200 of you. Now it's up to you and I to 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.079 learn how to receive that grace. How do we do it? 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:56.080 Get up every morning and say, Father, I want to 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.319 thank you that your grace is bigger than anything that. 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:00.160 I'll face today. 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.280 If somebody does me wrong, I know I have the 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.480 grace to forgive them. If I get stuck in traffic, 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.440 I have the grace to keep a good attitude. If 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:13.120 my marriage gets difficult, if my child acts up, I 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:17.040 know that's not a surprise to you. You've already empowered me, 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:21.280 so I refuse to worry. I take hold of your strength. 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.720 I receive your favor. I know I have the grace 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.800 to live this day in victory. See, you have to 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.320 get your mind going in the right direction. I've discovered 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.720 it's best to do it the very first thing in 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:37.560 the morning, then all through the day. It's very empowering 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:41.040 to go around in your thoughts saying, Father, I receive 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:45.560 your grace, I receive your favor, I receive your strength. 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.720 When you do that, you'll not only feel stronger and 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.720 more confident, but your faith is what allows God to 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.320 release his goodness in a greater way. The scripture says, 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.120 take hold of his strength in the same way we 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.720 have to take hold of his grace. From time to time, 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.680 Victoria will say, Joel, I don't know what I'm going 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.560 to do when Jonathan leaves home and goes off to college. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:12.640 That's going to be so hard to handle. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:13.640 Our son. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.040 Jonathan is fifteen now, so he's got. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:17.240 Several more years at home. 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.520 But Victoria could easily dread that day and think, oh, 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.000 I just not gonna be able to handle it. But 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.480 whenever I see her start to get worried or discouraged. 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:31.200 I remind her of this principle I'm sharing with you, Victoria. 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:34.760 When you come to that season, God will not only 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.200 give you the grace to make it through, but there'll 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.440 be a peace. You'll feel good on the inside. You'll 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:41.640 know it's the right thing. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:43.240 Some of you too. 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.200 When you look up ahead, there's a thousand things you 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.440 could worry about, a thousand things you could wonder. How 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.520 you're gonna handle What if I did get laid off? 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:54.640 What am I gonna do when my loved one goes 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.880 to be with the Lord? What about when my child 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:57.920 leaves for college. 0:15:58.360 --> 0:15:59.240 Listen, here's the key. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.920 You don't have grace for five years from now, or 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:06.440 next year, or next month or even tomorrow. You have 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:10.760 grace for today. And if you will stay in faith today, 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.960 then when you get to tomorrow, there will be grace 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:20.840 for that day. But as long as you're looking ahead, living, worried, wondering, 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.920 then you're going to be frustrated. You've got to learn 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.360 to live one day at a time. This is the 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.920 only day that we have grace for. Maybe you're in 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.600 a marriage that's difficult, or you're raising a child that's harder. 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.040 Perhaps you're unemployed and you really need a job. It's 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.160 easy to think I just can't do this for another year. 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.600 It's just too hard. Listen, God's not asking you to 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.520 do it another year, another month, another week. He's asking 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.720 you to do it one more day. Can you stand 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:55.000 strong twenty four more hours? Can you keep a smile 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:58.200 a good attitude one more afternoon. If you can make 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.800 it one more day, then when you wake up in 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:04.239 the morning, God will have a fresh new supply of 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:08.000 grace waiting on you. This is the principle we see 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.400 all through the scripture. When the people of Israel were 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.720 in the wilderness, headed toward the promised land, God gave 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:15.920 them manna each. 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:16.520 Morning to eat. 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:20.280 It would appear on the ground, but he specifically instructed 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:24.040 them to gather up only enough for one day's supply. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.359 In fact, if they got more, it wouldn't last, it 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:31.119 would spoil. In the same way, God doesn't give us 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.680 grace for a year at a time, a month at 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:37.520 a time. No, every twenty four hours, God has a 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:41.639 fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:43.680 How are you going to make it through the slow 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.840 season at work one day at a time. 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.480 How are you going to raise that child? That's hard? 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.240 One day at a time. I heard Corey ten Boom 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.480 tell something very interesting. She was the lady that during 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:59.000 World War II hid the Jews from the Nazis and 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.399 spared many of them their lives. Eventually, she was caught 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:06.040 and put in prison. In the concentration camp, she saw 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.800 all kinds of atrocities. She even witnessed the death of 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:13.439 her own father and her own sister. Through a series 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:17.320 of unusual events, she was accidentally released and her life 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.080 was spared. And in spite of seeing all the senseless killings, 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:25.119 she never really got bitter. In fact, she even forgave 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:25.920 the man. 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:26.960 That killed her family. 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.440 Somebody asked her how she could make it through those 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:34.359 dark days of seeing such terrible acts of hatred and 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:38.520 still be loving and kind and forgiving. She answered back 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:41.359 with the story. She told how when she was a 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:44.720 little girl, her father would take her on train rides 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.840 throughout Europe. He would always purchase the tickets several weeks 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:51.760 in advance, but he would never give her the ticket 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:55.280 until right before they were going to get on board. Course, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.720 she was a small girl and he was concerned she 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.920 might lose it, leave it at home, something like that. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.600 But whenever he saw the headlights of the train pulling 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.320 into the station, he would hand his little daughter the 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:09.600 ticket and they would step on board together. She said 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:13.000 to the person that asked the reason you can't fathom 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.360 how I could forgive the person that killed my family, 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.320 how I could not be filled with bitterness and hatred 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:23.879 is because just like my father and the tickets, God 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.240 doesn't give us the grace we need until we're about 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.800 to step on board. But if you were to ever 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.840 go through something like I went through, I can assure 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:36.200 you God's grace will be there to help you make 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:39.240 it through the dark valleys and still keep your head 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.320 held high and your heart filled with love. And maybe 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:47.439 today when you look out, you don't see how you 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.119 could overcome an obstacle, how you could accomplish a dream, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.639 how you could forgive somebody that hurts you. But understand, 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:57.840 when you get there, God will hand you the ticket. 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:01.359 He already purchased it to two thousand years ago on 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:02.679 a cross at Calvary. 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:07.080 Now, when you come to a dark valley. 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.359 A difficult season, a sickness, don't worry about it. 0:20:10.720 --> 0:20:12.919 Your heavenly father will hand you the ticket. 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:16.199 He'll give you the grace, the strength, the favor, the 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.440 forgiveness to do what you need to do. I think 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.840 about Mary, the mother of Jesus, when the angel appeared 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.960 into her and said she was going to have a 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.040 child without knowing a man she dared to believe. 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.520 Said, yes, let it happen. But think about this. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.840 Mary didn't ask to have this baby. Yes, it was 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:39.600 a great blessing, course she went down in history, But 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:42.840 in a sense, it was a great burden. Here. 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:45.720 Mary was planning her wedding, no doubt. 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:49.360 She had already invited the bride'smaids, she had already made 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:54.480 arrangements for the reception. Now her plans are interrupted. Imagine 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:56.840 she's got to go tell her friends and family. For 0:20:56.880 --> 0:21:01.720 some reason, the wedding is called off. Her fiance, the 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:04.560 man she greatly loves, she doesn't know is he going 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:07.720 to stay or is he going to leave? Instead of 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.119 having this big wedding, a great celebration, she has to 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:16.040 quietly move off to another city. Mary never planned on 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:19.719 having her first baby in a manger. She never planned 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:23.040 on having to hide the child for two years. Some 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:25.760 of you today are not where you planned to be 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:29.439 in life. You never planned on raising a child with 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:33.480 special needs, You never planned on being alone and single 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.600 after many years of marriage, or you never planned on 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:39.760 dealing with that sickness or taking care of a loved 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:40.520 one that's ill. 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.280 You could say, like Mary. 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.199 God, I didn't ask for this, this is not what 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:50.359 I planned. But just like with her, God has given 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:53.040 you the grace to do what he has put before you. 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:56.560 He will never give you an assignment without giving you 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:01.160 the ability the strength to make it through victoriously. Some 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.680 of you are even dealing with the situation that wasn't 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:07.120 your fault. Other people did you wrong, but now you're 0:22:07.160 --> 0:22:08.800 having to bear the brunt of it. 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:09.679 It wasn't fair. 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:13.240 It may be a heavy load to carry, but know this, 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:17.640 With every right choice you make, there will be a reward. 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:21.120 May not seem like it. You're taking the high road. 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:24.080 You're doing all the work not getting any of the credit. 0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:28.760 May be tempted to be discouraged, even embarrassed. You think 0:22:28.800 --> 0:22:30.760 this is not what I asked for, It's not what 0:22:30.840 --> 0:22:34.720 I had planned. Somebody else messed up my life. Let 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:37.159 me challenge you, if you can just shake off the 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:41.520 self pity. Shake off the bitterness. You will discover that 0:22:41.640 --> 0:22:45.560 God is a god of justice. He will pay you 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:48.639 back for every unfair thing that has happened to you. 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:53.119 There will be a reward for carrying out his assignment. 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:56.560 I have a friend that was married to a professional 0:22:56.560 --> 0:23:00.000 football player, big strong man that has served in the military. 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:04.439 Later in life, he developed diabetes. He ended up losing 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:08.359 both of his legs. My friend, his wife. She took 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:11.159 care of this man like he was a king. She 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:13.960 would get up at four o'clock in the morning before 0:23:14.000 --> 0:23:16.159 she had to go to work and make sure that 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:19.280 he was bathed and dressed and ready for a new day. 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:21.359 She's a large woman. 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:24.080 And she would actually physically pick him up out of 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:27.400 the bed and carry him around the house month after month, 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:28.440 year after year. 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.480 She could have thought, God, I didn't ask for this, 0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:34.080 This is not what I had planned. 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:38.159 Why me, God. Now she understood this principle, and she 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:42.200 tapped into that supernatural grace. She knew she was equipped, 0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:45.440 she was empowered. She didn't go around thinking, oh, man, 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.000 I can't do this for another thirty years. No, she 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:51.960 took it one day at a time. Eventually, her husband 0:23:52.040 --> 0:23:54.160 went to be with the Lord, But I still see 0:23:54.160 --> 0:23:58.480 her today. She's beautiful, she's strong, she's healthy, she's blessed. 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:03.919 She's enjoying the reward. You too, may be required to 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:07.000 do a hard thing, but God has given you the 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:11.080 grace for the season that you're in, and that difficulty 0:24:11.240 --> 0:24:14.639 is not going to last forever. And in the hard times, 0:24:14.800 --> 0:24:18.720 you have to keep reminding yourself that a reward is coming. 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:21.040 God has promised he will. 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:24.439 Give you beauty for your ashes. He will pay you 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:28.199 back for the sacrifices that you've made. And some of 0:24:28.240 --> 0:24:31.960 you are very close to your payday. You have done 0:24:32.000 --> 0:24:35.359 the right thing month after month, year after year. You 0:24:35.400 --> 0:24:38.760 are just around the corner from seeing God turn that 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:42.480 situation around. He is going to pour out his favor 0:24:42.920 --> 0:24:45.280 in ways that you've never seen. He is going to 0:24:45.280 --> 0:24:49.399 make sure you are well compensated. Part of receiving God's 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:53.280 grace is programming our mind with the right thoughts. Maybe 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:55.800 you have elderly parents that you're going to have to 0:24:55.840 --> 0:24:59.360 take care of soon, Well, don't start telling yourself. 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.680 This is going to be so hard. It's just not fair. 0:25:01.720 --> 0:25:03.760 As soon as I get my children raised, now look 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.919 what I have to do. No, take the ticket, you 0:25:06.960 --> 0:25:10.639 are well able, have the attitude I can do what 0:25:10.800 --> 0:25:11.560 I need to do. 0:25:12.000 --> 0:25:13.080 God, just like Mary. 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:15.119 I may not have asked for this, but I know 0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:18.360 you've given me the grace for the season that i'm in. Now, 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:21.880 I believe you will multiply my time, multiply my strength. 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:25.280 You have to make sure you're thinking the right thoughts, 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:28.520 because as long as you're dwelling on things like it's 0:25:28.560 --> 0:25:32.160 too hard, it's not fair. I can't take this any longer, 0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:36.400 then your own thoughts will defeat you. You would see 0:25:36.400 --> 0:25:38.760 a major change in your life if you could just 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.160 get up in the morning and instead. 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:42.480 Of saying I can't do this another day. 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:46.000 I can't change another dirty diaper, I can't deal with 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.760 another grouchy customer at the office. Now get rid of 0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:51.159 that and say, with the Apostle Paul, I can do 0:25:51.320 --> 0:25:53.520 all things through Christ, who strengthens me. 0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:56.399 God, I know you've given me the grace for the 0:25:56.440 --> 0:25:57.320 season i'm in. 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:01.359 So I'm making the decision to take the ticket that 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:05.200 you provided. I know a man that has chronic leukemia. 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:07.879 Every two years, he has to go in the hospital 0:26:08.080 --> 0:26:11.080 and take six months worth of chemo. I saw him 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:13.440 the other day and invited him to come see us. 0:26:13.960 --> 0:26:16.879 He mentioned how he couldn't anytime soon because he was 0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:19.560 about to start on his third batch of chemo. Well, 0:26:19.560 --> 0:26:22.080 I didn't know anything was wrong with it. But before 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:25.320 I could respond, he said, Now, Joel, don't feel sorry 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:28.920 for me. I'm getting to encourage so many people at 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:29.639 the hospital. 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:32.040 I have never felt so rewarded. 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:35.159 Even the chaplain has me go by different rooms and 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:38.200 pray for people. You know what he's doing. He's taking 0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:42.000 the ticket. He could be sitting at home saying, poor 0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:45.199 old me, God, this is not what I had planned. 0:26:45.240 --> 0:26:46.360 I didn't ask for this. 0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:51.400 No, sometimes we're asked to carry a cross that's heavier. 0:26:52.119 --> 0:26:57.159 Sometimes life gets interrupted with disappointments and adversities. But the 0:26:57.200 --> 0:27:00.719 good news is with the disappointments, with the things we 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:04.040 didn't plan, we didn't ask for, comes a new level 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:07.280 of God's grace, a new level of his favor, not 0:27:07.359 --> 0:27:10.639 to just sustain us, but to help us overcome, to 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:14.040 be victorious even in the midst of the difficulty. And 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:17.080 some of you, I know, just like him, you have 0:27:17.119 --> 0:27:20.160 gone through things that the average person would have given 0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:23.639 up and gone under betrayals that should have caused you 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:24.280 to be bitter. 0:27:24.480 --> 0:27:25.280 But what happened. 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:29.000 Like Corey ten Boone, you took the ticket and instead 0:27:29.119 --> 0:27:32.280 forgave the person anyway, and God not only. 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:34.320 Brought you out, but look at you today, you're better 0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:34.800 than ever. 0:27:35.600 --> 0:27:38.159 Some of you, like my mother, you went through a sickness, 0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:42.159 a difficult season that should have ended your life. But 0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:45.040 instead you took the ticket, and one day at a 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:47.840 time you fought the good fight of faith, and now 0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:51.240 you're a living example of God's goodness. Some of you 0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:54.040 got off to a rough start in life. People tried 0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:56.880 to push you down, tell you what you couldn't become. 0:27:57.359 --> 0:27:59.200 You've been lied about, you've. 0:27:59.040 --> 0:28:03.200 Been through disappointments, but instead you took the ticket, and 0:28:03.240 --> 0:28:06.840 now you're having the last laugh. You're enjoying God's blessings 0:28:06.840 --> 0:28:08.359 and favor as never before. 0:28:09.320 --> 0:28:11.120 That's my prayer today that. 0:28:11.200 --> 0:28:14.360 On a daily basis, we will all learn to take 0:28:14.440 --> 0:28:17.000 the ticket. We'll get up in the morning and say, Father, 0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:20.800 I receive your grace for today. I know I'm equipped 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:24.760 and empowered for anything that comes my way. I'm asking 0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:28.439 you to quit worrying about tomorrow. When you get to 0:28:28.520 --> 0:28:31.119 that day, God will have a fresh new supply of 0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:34.400 grace waiting on you. Learn to live one day at 0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:38.320 a time, and remember this, Nothing that you're facing now 0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:41.360 and nothing that you're going to face in the future, 0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:45.400 is a surprise to God. His grace will always be 0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:49.200 sufficient in every season of your life. If you will 0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:52.440 learn to receive that grace and not get bitter and 0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:56.600 discouraged when your cross gets heavy, then God promises He's 0:28:56.640 --> 0:28:59.080 not going to just bring you through, but He's going 0:28:59.120 --> 0:29:01.440 to give you a set of eagles wings so you 0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:06.160 can soar higher and higher, overcome your obstacles, defeat your enemies, 0:29:06.200 --> 0:29:09.400 accomplish your dreams, and I believe in declare you will 0:29:09.400 --> 0:29:11.120 live that life of victory he. 0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:11.800 Has in story. 0:29:11.800 --> 0:29:13.200 Amen, do you receive that today? 0:29:14.920 --> 0:29:15.680 Well, we never like. 0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:18.680 To close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.560 make Jesus the lord of your life. 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