In The Middle Of A Miracle

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The enemy can't stop God's plan 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:38.880 for your live. Healing is coming, Freedom is coming, Breakthroughs 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:42.440 your coming. God is about to show out in your line. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.080 He's going to do things that you can't do on 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:49.880 your own. It's going to be uncommon, unusual. That's why 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.480 you can't figure it out. It's not going to be natural. 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:54.400 It's going to be supernatural. 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:56.280 Hi, this is. 0:01:56.280 --> 0:02:00.840 Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast joy Spending 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:01.680 this time with you. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.560 I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspire. 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.880 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.600 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.200 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:15.760 Enjoy the message. 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.800 Thanks for letting us come into your homes. We are 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.839 praying for you and your family. I know God has 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.640 you in the palm of his hand, and during this 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.760 season where we can't gather in person, this is a 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.280 great time to stay connected with us through our social media, 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:36.040 our podcast, or any of our online platforms. Maybe you've 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.959 never visited our YouTube channel. It's the easiest and quickest 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.200 way to get access to all these messages that can 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.880 keep you encouraged and inspired throughout the week. But great 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.760 to have you today. Let's get started with our confession. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.440 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.520 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.120 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.960 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.920 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:09.400 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.120 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.600 about in the middle of a miracle. When we go 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.720 through challenges, it's easy to live worried and stressed. We 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.239 wonder when it's going to change, and when is God 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:27.280 going to do something, When in fact God is doing something. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.080 He's keeping the sickness from taking us out. He's holding 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:34.800 back the opposition. He's not letting the addiction defeat us. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.000 We don't realize it, but we're in the middle of 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.680 a miracle. God is in the process of bringing us out. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:46.560 Without his favor, we would be overcome. Without his protection, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.080 we would be defeated. One day we'll look back and say, 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.200 look what the Lord has done. Look at how God 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.120 sustained me in that tough time. Look at how he 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.080 healed me from that disease. Look at how he promoted 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:04.360 me despite the opposition. Right now, God is working behind 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:08.360 the scenes, making things happen that you can't see. If 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:12.040 it wasn't for his goodness, his favor, his mercy, you 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.920 wouldn't be able to withstand what's trying to stop you. 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.240 You're not in this difficulty by yourself. The Most High 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:24.120 God is pushing back forces of darkness. One time, Joshua 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.800 and his men were in a valley fighting the Amalekites. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.680 They had attacked the Israelites. They were bigger and stronger, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.960 But against all odds, Joshua was winning. The whole time, 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.839 Moses was on a hill holding his staff in the air, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.080 and as long as he had his staff up, Joshua 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:47.200 was winning. I can imagine Joshua thought he was defeating 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:51.120 the opposition in his own strength. He didn't realize the 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:55.039 only reason he was winning was because Moses was holding 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:59.080 up his staff. And sometimes we think we're making it 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:03.200 through the difficulty because we're tough, we're determined, we're smart. 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.960 That's part of it. But what you can't see is 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.239 the creator of the universe is breathing in your direction. 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:14.520 The God who spoke worlds into existence, is sustaining you, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.680 favoring you, healing you. Like Moses up on the hill. 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.840 You can't see him, but God is causing you to win. 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.520 That's why that car barely missed you on the freeway. 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.600 That's why that addiction couldn't finish you off. That's why 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.200 the virus can't stop your destiny. The forces that are 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.599 for you are greater than the forces that are against you. 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:42.080 Paul said, God always causes us to triumph. If you're 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.480 not seeing the victory yet, don't panic. You're in the middle. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.640 That's not how your story ends. God is holding up 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:51.120 the staff, so to speak. 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:52.440 You can't be defeated. 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:56.400 The enemy can't stop God's plan for your life. Healing 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.680 is coming, freedom is coming, Breakthroughs are coming. God is 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.560 about to show out in your life. He's going to 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.440 do things that you can't do on your own. It's 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:10.960 going to be uncommon, unusual. That's why you can't figure 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.360 it out. It's not going to be natural. It's going 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.440 to be supernatural. But in the middle, it can be frightening. 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.480 In the middle, all you see is the opposition, how 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.279 big the obstacles are, how bad the problem is. Thoughts 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.040 will tell you it's never going to work out, you'll 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.080 never get well, never break the addiction. You have to 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:36.160 remind yourself things are happening that you can't see. It 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.960 may look permanent, you don't see anything improving. The truth 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:44.960 is it's only the middle. Your time is coming. God 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.320 wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:51.120 you from your destiny. Now keep the right perspective. You're 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.800 not just fighting cancer. You're in the middle of a miracle. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.560 God is in the process of restoring your health. That 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:02.720 test one day will be your testimony. You'll look back 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.800 and say, with David, where would I be without the 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.440 goodness of God. You're not just struggling in your finances. 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.920 You're in the middle of a miracle. The enemy thought 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.840 he was setting you back. He didn't realize he was 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.960 setting you up. Your story doesn't end in defeat. God 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.440 is about to do a new thing. Promotion is coming, 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.920 opportunities are coming. The right people well, Joel. The stock 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.640 market is down, the economy is slow. I don't have 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.400 the work I used to. The economy is not your source. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:40.520 God is your source. The stock market may be down, 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:44.000 but God is not having a bad year. He owns 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.360 it all. One touch of his favor will put you 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:51.640 into overflow. When you keep God first place, when you 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.800 honor Him with your life, you are connected to a 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:59.280 supply line that will never run drive. The scripture says, 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:03.800 even in famine, you will have more than enough. When 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.920 things are drying up all around you, you should be 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:13.960 in lack struggling. You will see supernatural provision, increase, promotion, opportunity. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:18.680 That doesn't make sense. Isaiah said, God makes rivers in 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.720 the desert. He makes streams in the barren places. You 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.640 can't have a river in the desert. If it's barren, 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.640 you couldn't have water freely flowing. This is showing us 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.280 God is going to do unusual things. He's going to 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.439 take you up when all the circumstances say you should 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:40.760 be going down. He's going to bring opportunity, promotion when 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.880 things should be drying up. You're not only going to 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.959 be amazed, but other people are going to see the 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.400 favor of God is on your life. Well, Joel, this 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.240 sounds good, but I don't know. It's tough. 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:54.160 In my life. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.760 Things are slow at work. This virus has me so worried. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.600 I don't know how I'm going to make it. Calling 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.360 in more defeat, turn it around. Yes, things are slow, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.920 but I know a secret. I'm in the middle of 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.880 a miracle. God is working behind the scenes. He's supplying 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.680 all of my needs. He has a hedge of protection 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:18.120 around my family. Get in agreement with God. You can't 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:22.120 talk defeat and have victory. You can't think negative and 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:26.959 live positive. Can't go around afraid panic and reach your destiny. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:31.480 You are drawing in what you're thinking about. Don't use 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:36.000 your energy to worry, use your energy to believe. After 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.800 God delivered the Israelites out of slavery, they headed toward 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:43.880 the Promised Land, but Pharaoh changed his mind and sent 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.880 six hundred of his fastest chariots and most skilled warriors 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.840 to recapture them. These two million Israelites were at a 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.840 dead end at the Red Sea, had nowhere to go. 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.440 Moses held up his staff and the water's parted. But 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:03.000 it's seeing how God brought them out. We read about 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:07.440 it now and it's so encouraging, inspiring, these huge walls 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.679 of water being held back, the people walking through on 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:15.439 dry ground. In the movies, they're going through so calm, peaceful, 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.160 rejoicing what God had done. But I don't think that's 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:23.960 how it happened. Imagine being there with twenty feet walls 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:27.640 of water on each side, not knowing if at any 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:31.319 moment the walls were going to collapse. Mothers were holding 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:35.040 onto their babies for dear life, Fathers grabbing their little 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.920 children's hands, running as fast as they could, people carrying 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:43.640 the elderly. It wasn't peaceful. It was chaotic. The wind 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:49.560 was holding back, the water was incredibly noisy. There was confusion, turmoil. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.920 People were panicked, worried, thinking any moment those walls could 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:58.199 come crashing down. They weren't calm and collected. They were afraid. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.719 They finally made it through to the other side, and 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:06.040 then they started rejoicing. Then they started giving God praise. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.560 When you're in the middle of a miracle, sometimes it 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:14.600 will feel chaotic. You may not hear angels playing harps 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:19.160 and the Heavenly Choir singing. The circumstances may not be 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:23.200 calm and reassuring. It may look like all hell is 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:27.480 breaking loose. The medical report looks worse. The virus is 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.520 spreading faster, the economy is taking a nosedive. It's easy 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.080 to live panicked, worried, not able to sleep at night. 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:40.040 God is saying, be still and know that I am God. 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.480 Those walls of water may look scary. You could think 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.480 of one hundred things that could go wrong. But God 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.560 didn't bring you this far to leave you. He's the 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:54.720 one holding up the walls. He's pushing back the darkness. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.880 He's keeping the trouble from defeating you. It may look frightening, 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:03.440 the circumstance answers seem overwhelming. Stay in peace. You're in 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:07.360 the middle of a miracle. God may not deliver you 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:10.800 from the trouble, he may take you through the trouble. 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.080 Those walls of water that look so intimidating, that's not 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:18.920 a sign that you're done. That's a sign that breakthroughs 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:24.240 are up ahead. Promotion, freedom, healing is in your future. Yes, 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:29.160 the winds are strong, the opposition bigger than anything you faced, 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.719 but it's not a surprise to God. He's not going 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.360 to let the water collapse. He's going to bring you 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:40.080 safely through to the other side. But it's interesting how 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.840 God brought the Israelites out. He didn't give them a 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.840 bridge across the Red Sea. That would have been so 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.920 much more peaceful. They wouldn't have had to worry about 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.840 the walls of water. He could have sent them a 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:56.640 big ship, had Carnival crews pull up with several of 0:12:56.679 --> 0:13:01.760 their cruise liners. The Israelites could have gone across in comfort, secure, 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:06.200 not had any fears. But God doesn't always bring us 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:10.080 out the most comfortable way. He doesn't always make it 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.960 easy to where we don't have any opposition, any reason 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.240 to live worried or afraid. This is what faith is 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:21.760 all about trusting him between the walls of water. Be 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.280 it at peace when others are panicked. Stay in calm 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.640 when you don't know how it's going to work out. 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:32.880 The scripture says God sent a strong east wind to 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:37.319 blow the water's back. Imagine how strong that wind had 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:40.440 to be to blow back twenty feet of water and 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:44.800 sustain it. That means it had to keep blowing. It 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:50.120 was loud, noisy, chaotic. In one sense, God sent a 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.080 storm on top of another storm. You could think this 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.400 couldn't be God. Things are getting worse instead of better. 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:01.160 You don't know what God is up to those winds 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:04.800 that are so noisy. The trouble, the opposition that's not 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.800 going to keep you from your destiny, is leading you 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:12.760 to your destiny. You're not close to your miracle only 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:17.719 when everything is calm and peaceful. Sometimes it's the opposite, 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:22.680 when it's chaotic, When you're tempted to panic, live afraid, 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:27.440 that means your miracle is on the way. Right now, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.480 we're dealing with this virus. We could live worried. What 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.880 if I can't go to work, what about my finances. 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.160 I'm afraid I'm gonna get sick? I'm worried about my children. 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:42.479 Come back to a place of peace. Yes, there's uncertainty. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.760 We don't know what the future holds, but we do 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:50.280 know who holds the future. God is still on the throne. 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.760 You can't see it, but he's holding up walls of water. 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.760 He's keeping you from evil and harm. He's sustaining you 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:04.120 in the famine. He's bringing he feeling and wholeness. He's protecting, providing, favoring. 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:08.000 You're in the middle of a miracle. Now do like 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.840 Paul and Silas. They were arrested for sharing their faith 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.480 and put in the deepest dungeon. They were locked behind 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.320 prison doors, had chains around their feet. They could have 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:24.880 been depressed, complaining, worried, but they understood this principle. They 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.680 were not just in the middle of a dungeon. They 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.960 were in the middle of a miracle. They knew the 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.080 same God that sent the wind to blow back the 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.840 Red Sea for the Israelites could make a way where 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.720 they didn't see away. Now at midnight they started singing 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.840 praises to God. When you can sing in the storm, 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:49.560 when you can praise through the pain, when you can 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.960 thank God he's working. Instead of complaining about the trouble. 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.960 Get ready, your miracle is on the way. All of 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:01.200 a sudden, there was a great earthquake, and doors flung open, 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.280 chains fell off their feet, and they walked out as 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:09.480 free men. God sent an earthquake, He used another storm 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:13.200 to get them out of a storm. Don't be surprised 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:18.120 if God does it an unusual way. Like Paul and Silas, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.840 you may feel like you're in the middle of trouble, 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:25.080 dealing with an illness, worried about your finances, concerned about 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:29.960 your children. What you're up against seems bigger, stronger. But 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.480 you have to do like them and recognize you're not 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.560 just in the middle of difficulty. You're in the middle 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.720 of a miracle. If you will start thanking God that 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.200 he's working, thanking him that he's bigger than what you're facing, 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.800 thanking him that he's holding up the walls of water, 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:50.920 then you're going to see situations suddenly turn around. Suddenly 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:55.320 you get well, Suddenly your child gets back on course, Suddenly. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.200 That problem resolves. 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:58.840 When you're in the middle, you have to turn up 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:03.080 your praise Father, Thank you that no weapon formed against 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.440 me will prosper. Thank You that this difficulty didn't come 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.240 to stay, it came to pass. Thank you that even 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.119 now things are changing in my favor. I know a 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.400 young man named Chris that's been attending Lakewood with his 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.600 family since he was nine years old. He grew up 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:23.760 healthy and very active, but at seventeen, he started having 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:28.159 fever and fluctuation in his way. He eventually lost the 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.040 strength and mobility in his legs. After two weeks in 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.960 the hospital, he was diagnosed with a rare form of lupus. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.720 He could have been discouraged, given up on life, but 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:43.320 Chris is a fighter. He knew he wasn't just in 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.800 the middle of a rare sickness. He was in the 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:49.320 middle of a miracle. He decorated the walls of his 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:53.160 house with scripture verses, I will live and not die 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.399 and declare the works of the Lord by his stripes, 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.920 I am healed. Chris started volunteering here at length. I 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:05.080 would see him faithfully serving, helping others year after year. 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:09.520 I've never heard Chris complain, never seen him without a smile. 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:11.840 If you ask him how he's doing, he's going to 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.280 tell you that he's blessed, that he's healed, that he 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.840 has the favor of God. It's one thing to believe 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:21.520 that when everything's going your way, that's easy. The real 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:25.000 test comes when life throws you a cur when you're 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:29.159 facing something that's out of your control. Chris continued to 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.200 struggle with his health. One day he looked like he'd 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:35.360 gained fifty pounds, another day he looked skin in bones. 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.959 He spent time in and out of the hospital fighting 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.879 the good fight of faith. Didn't seem like he was 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:45.080 in the middle of a miracle. The medical report said 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.640 he would never get well, but God can do what 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.919 medicine cannot do. Medical science may run out of options, 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:56.480 but God never runs out of options. He breathed life 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.200 into you. He has the final say. Chris is fourty 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:04.080 years old now. Last year, after fighting over twenty years, 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:08.280 his heart and kidneys began to fail. In October. He 0:19:08.359 --> 0:19:11.800 was hospitalized and given a temporary pump to keep his 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.560 heart beating. The doctor said his only chance of survival 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.160 was a heart transplant. He was placed on the waiting list, 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:21.919 but there were so many ahead of him it seemed 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:24.879 unlikely that he would make it. He's been in the 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:29.160 hospital the last five months. In ICU, the doctors told 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.080 him that all of his organs would start to shut down. 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:36.800 Chris wouldn't hear of it. He kept declaring health, wholeness, victory, 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:40.199 and much to their surprise, he defied the odds and 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:45.560 his other organs remained healthy. Last week, his wife unexpectedly 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.399 received the call that they had been praying for so 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:52.520 long there was a donor for Chris. It just so happened. 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.159 It was a perfect match. Not only a heart like 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:59.480 they were praying for, but there were two kidneys as well. 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:03.800 The family stood outside and took pictures of the ambulance 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.919 arriving with Chris's new organs. He had the heart and 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:12.760 kidney transplant at the same time. The surgery was successful 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:15.680 and Chris is well on his way to the life 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:20.280 he's always been dreaming about, healthy and whole. There was 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.320 a prayer he prayed every day from Psalm fifty one. 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:27.920 God create in me a clean heart, he said. God 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.240 not only gave me a new heart, but he gave 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:31.919 me kidneys as well. 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:33.560 That's the way our God is. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:39.160 He exceeds our expectations. It may look like that sickness 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.760 is permanent, that addiction is never going to change. You'll 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:46.120 never see your family restored it's too late, the problem's 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:49.719 too big. Can I encourage you? You're in the middle 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:54.680 of a miracle. God already has the solution. He's already 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:58.320 lined up the good breaks, the healing, the right people. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.919 Don't believe the lie that you've seen your best days. 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:05.679 Do like Chris, live from a place of faith, a 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:09.359 place of trust. When you look at the circumstances, you 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:12.880 could be negative, worried, think it is never going to change. 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:16.399 But if Chris were here, he would tell you God 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:20.639 is a faithful god. Your time is coming. He's not 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:22.960 only going to do what you ask, but he's going 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:28.119 to exceed your expectations. The scripture says, is there anything 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:32.719 too hard for the Lord? He spoke worlds into existence, 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.000 He flung stars into space. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.440 He has you in the palm of his hand. 0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:41.280 What He's destined for your life will come to pass. 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:45.080 I believe right now. Faith is rising in your heart. 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:49.359 Dreams are coming back to life. Promises that you've given 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.879 up on are about to be fulfilled. You may be 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:56.240 in a difficult time, but have a new perspective. You're 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:59.840 in the middle of a miracle. The enemy wouldn't become 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:03.560 against you if he didn't know something amazing was in 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:07.359 your future. This is not the time to live worried afraid. 0:22:07.800 --> 0:22:11.640 The God who breathed life into you is watching over you. 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:15.840 He's keeping the walls up, he's pushing back the opposition. 0:22:16.160 --> 0:22:19.560 He's ordering your steps, putting you at the right place 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:24.600 at the right time. Isaiah said, say to the righteous, 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:29.040 it shall be well with you. You are the righteous. 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:31.720 You wouldn't be listening if you didn't have a heart 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:34.960 after God. There's a lot of fear and panic in 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:38.439 the world, but this virus is not going to stop 0:22:38.480 --> 0:22:39.320 your destiny. 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:41.480 It shall be well with you. 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:45.800 The medical report may not look good. You've been dealing 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:48.760 with that sickness for years. It's not permanent. 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:51.000 It shall be well with you. 0:22:51.320 --> 0:22:54.440 Healing is on the way. You lost a loved one. 0:22:55.000 --> 0:22:57.920 You don't think you can go on. It's not the end. 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:02.000 God has a new beginning. Let this phrase sink down 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:05.919 in your spirit. It shall be well with you. You 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:09.280 had a set back in your finances. Business is slow. 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:11.960 You don't know how you're going to make it. God 0:23:12.000 --> 0:23:15.960 has it all figured out. He's your provider. He closed 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:19.080 the lilies of the field, He feeds the birds of 0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:21.720 the air. He knows how to take care of you. 0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:26.119 New doors are going to open, Opportunities are going to 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:27.120 come looking for you. 0:23:27.560 --> 0:23:29.560 It shall be well with you. 0:23:30.480 --> 0:23:34.280 Now. The circumstances may look the opposite. Things are coming 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:38.680 against you, in your health, your finances, or relationship. It 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:41.800 may not be well now, but you have this promise 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:46.280 it shall be well. The opposition, the trouble of the lack, 0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:49.479 is not the end. Why you're in the middle of 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:54.359 a miracle. Victory is coming, healing is coming, freedom is coming, 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:59.160 New levels are coming. Tewod King, chapter seven. The Syrian 0:23:59.359 --> 0:24:03.000 army had surrounded the city of Samaria and cut off 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:07.440 their food supply. The Israelites were starving and faced certain death. 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:12.160 There were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. They said, 0:24:12.400 --> 0:24:15.399 we're gonna die here anyway. Let's go down to the 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:19.199 enemy's camp and see what they're doing. They started walking 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:23.760 toward the Syrians. God caused the sound of their footsteps 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:28.480 to be multiplied. The scripture says the Syrian army heard 0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:32.639 the clatter of thousands of speeding chariots and the sound 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:37.160 of a vast army approaching. They were so afraid they 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:41.119 panicked and took off, running into the desert, fleeing for 0:24:41.200 --> 0:24:44.600 their lives. They left in such a hurry they didn't 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:48.679 take any of their possessions, any of their food supplies, 0:24:48.720 --> 0:24:52.600 their gold, their silver, They left everything behind. When the 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:56.600 Lepers arrived, they couldn't believe it. They didn't know what happened. 0:24:56.840 --> 0:25:00.439 They went back and told the Israelites they came, gathered 0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:04.240 up all their food and belonging. It was a great victory. 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:08.639 But what's interesting is when the Lepers were walking to 0:25:08.720 --> 0:25:13.000 the enemy's camp, they didn't hear anything different. Even though 0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:16.919 God multiplied the sound of their footsteps, they couldn't hear it. 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:21.199 Everything seemed normal to them. They were just doing what 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:24.840 they knew to do. What they couldn't see was God 0:25:25.000 --> 0:25:28.840 was working behind the scenes, doing things they never dreamed. 0:25:29.520 --> 0:25:32.600 In the natural, they didn't have a chance. But we 0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:36.640 served a supernatural God. They thought it was the end. 0:25:36.960 --> 0:25:39.639 There was no way they could live. All the odds 0:25:39.680 --> 0:25:43.280 were against them. They didn't realize they were in the 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:47.159 middle of a miracle. God was making things happen that 0:25:47.200 --> 0:25:51.040 they knew nothing about. When you're doing the right thing, 0:25:51.720 --> 0:25:56.080 making decisions that honor God, you may not see anything improving, 0:25:56.680 --> 0:25:59.560 you still have that problem at work. Your health hasn't 0:25:59.600 --> 0:26:03.800 gotten your finances look just the same. What you can't 0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:08.280 see is God is behind the scenes, orchestrating things in 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:11.840 your favor, lining up the brakes you need, moving the 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:15.000 wrong people out of the way. Seems like where you 0:26:15.119 --> 0:26:18.760 are is permanent. But God is causing people to hear 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:22.679 what they need to hear. He's multiplying what you know 0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:26.119 nothing about. You're going to see things fall into place 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:30.160 that don't make sense. Like these lepers, You'll be scratching 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:33.159 your head thinking how did that happen? You thought you 0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:36.120 were stuck in your career, gone as far as you can, 0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:39.639 but out of nowhere, promotion came to you. A door 0:26:39.720 --> 0:26:43.000 opened that you could never open. You thought you would 0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.520 never get well, but it wasn't the end. Like Chris, 0:26:46.880 --> 0:26:50.120 you were in the middle of a miracle. Against all odds, 0:26:50.240 --> 0:26:53.400 your health began to turn around. Now, what if these 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:56.560 lepers were to thought, we don't have a chance, No 0:26:56.720 --> 0:27:00.400 use walking down there, that's wasting our time. They would 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:04.640 have missed their miracle. Every circumstance said they were done, 0:27:05.080 --> 0:27:09.080 they were outnumbered, they had a dreaded disease. But when 0:27:09.119 --> 0:27:13.000 they dared to take that step of faith, things supernaturally 0:27:13.040 --> 0:27:18.000 turned around. You may have opposition and things coming against you. 0:27:18.000 --> 0:27:21.240 You don't see how your situation could resolve. But if 0:27:21.240 --> 0:27:25.080 you'll just keep moving forward in faith, knowing that God 0:27:25.160 --> 0:27:28.000 is in the process of bringing you out, that he's 0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:31.199 making things happen that you can't see. Not believe in 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:34.200 those lies that where you are is permanent, then you're 0:27:34.240 --> 0:27:37.320 going to come into these times where God shows out 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:40.399 in your life, where he makes things happen that you 0:27:40.440 --> 0:27:44.040 couldn't make happen. Don't let the fact that it's stressful 0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:47.439 and you're tempted to be panicked and worried convince you 0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:51.800 that it's not going to work out. Most of the time, 0:27:52.080 --> 0:27:55.280 when you're in the middle of a miracle, it's not peaceful. 0:27:55.880 --> 0:27:59.320 There are walls of water on each side that could collapse, 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:04.920 Pharaoh chasing you, there's wind and noise. Don't panic. God 0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:08.280 has you right where he wants you. He's in control. 0:28:08.720 --> 0:28:12.040 He's keeping the opposition from defeating you. It's just a 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:15.359 matter of time before you make it to the other side. 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:19.359 I'm asking you to live from a place of peace, 0:28:19.920 --> 0:28:23.280 a place of trust. If you'll do this, I believe 0:28:23.520 --> 0:28:26.680 and declare the forces that are trying to stop you 0:28:26.960 --> 0:28:31.200 are being broken. 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