It's Still Going To Happen

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It's great to be with you today. 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.400 I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.920 through our daily podcast, YouTube channel, social media, and you 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.680 can come visit us in person. Love to have you 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.080 be a part of one of our services. But I 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.560 like to start with something funny, and I heard about 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.440 this six year old little boy. He was standing in 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.400 the church lobby. Staring at a plaque on the wall 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.600 was filled with names with small American flags by their side. 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:17.720 He asked the pastor what it meant. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.639 The pastor explained how that was a memorial to all 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.680 the young men and women that died in the service. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.440 The little boy stood there very silently and very concerned. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.079 He finally looked up and asked, was it the eight 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:32.840 thirty or eleven o'clock service? 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.360 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:37.720 I am what it says. 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:38.160 I am. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.960 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.640 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.600 taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.040 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.919 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.720 to talk to you today about it's still going to happen. 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.720 Have things that we're believing for. We prayed, We've done 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:07.520 our best, but the medical report hasn't improved. We didn't 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:11.520 get the promotion, we haven't met the right person. We 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.560 wanted to go back to school, but nobody supported us. 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.880 Tried to start our business, we had opposition, delays. 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.440 People did us wrong. Now we think it wasn't meant 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:23.880 to be, but we. 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.120 May have given up. The good news is God hasn't 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:31.240 given up. He doesn't abort dreams. He's called the author 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.120 and the finisher of our faith. The dreams He's whispered 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:38.680 in your spirit, the promises you're standing on. It may 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.200 be too much for you, but it's not too much 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:45.160 for him. He's saying, today, it's still going to happen. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.840 You're still going to get well, You're still going to 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.080 meet the right person, you're still going to have that baby, 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.360 you're still going to pay your house off, you're still 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.400 going to break that addiction. You're still going to see 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:03.559 your children fulfilled their purpose. See, sometimes you just need faith. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.120 Spoken over you. Words have power. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.880 When you've heard for so long that it's not going 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.680 to happen, that negativity can take root. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:13.280 You have to let all. 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:17.320 That go and by faith, receive this phrase into your spirit. 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:19.000 Is still going to happen. 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.520 Now, every voice may tell you the opposite. There's no 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.800 way what happened by now. You don't have the resources. 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.840 You tried before and it didn't work out. Let that 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:31.640 go in one ear and out the other. 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:35.240 Don't get in agreement. With the doubt, get in agreement 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:35.839 with God. 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.599 You don't have to see how it's going to happen. 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:42.600 All you have to do is believe. Start declaring favor 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.520 over your life. Start talking like it's going to happen. 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:50.000 Start thanking God that he's working. When those negative thoughts 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:53.640 come telling you it's too late, just answer back, no thanks, 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.360 it's still going to happen. Well, the medical report doesn't 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.839 look good. That's one report, But I have another report. 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:04.279 It says I'm still going to get well. Well, you've 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.839 had a lot of bad breaks. Looks like that set 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.320 you back. No thanks, I'm still going to accomplish my dreams. 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.160 Your children are off course, seems like the more you pray, 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:15.240 the worse they get. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:16.320 No thanks. 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.640 As for me and my house, We're still going to 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.960 serve the Lord. Yeah, but what you're believing for is 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.880 way over your head. You don't have the resources, the connections, 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.360 the experience. No way that dream could come to pass. No, 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.360 you're looking at it in the natural. But the God I. 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:36.160 Serve is supernatural. He's saying it's still going to happen. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.680 In the face of doubt, negative voices, people telling you 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.000 it's not going to work out. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:46.480 It's very powerful to answer back with this declaration of faith. 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.120 It's still going to happen. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.400 You're saying, God, my hope is in you. I know 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:56.039 you're the all powerful creator of the universe. What you 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.920 promise will come to pass. No person can stop him. 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:05.039 No sickness, no addiction, no delay, All the forces of 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.799 darkness cannot stop what God has purposed for your life. 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:12.640 The only one that can stop him is you. 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.920 If you get discourage negative, lose your passion. It says 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:22.680 in Psalms, they limited the Holy One of Israel. God 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.200 told them they were going to go into the Promised Land. 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:29.760 Along the way, they had delays, setbacks, opposition. 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.039 That was all a part of God's plan. 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:36.200 But what we do in the difficult times will determine 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:40.039 whether we see the fullness of our destiny. They got 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.000 discouraged and started complaining, what are we going to eat 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:43.839 out in the desert? 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:45.600 How are we going to survive? 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.320 Those people in the Promised Land are too big, They 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:50.359 look like giants. 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:51.440 We don't have a chance. 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:55.640 The whole time, God was whispering, It's still going to happen. 0:06:56.360 --> 0:07:00.040 I'm in control. I'm going to defeat those enemies. For you. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.400 I have provision for every season. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.719 But they let the doubt what they saw talk them 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.279 out of what God promised. 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.040 Don't be like them. 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.920 God puts things in our spirit on purpose that are 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:18.000 too big for us. He allows us in situations where 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:19.559 we can't get out on our own. 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:20.920 It's a test. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.120 Are we going to do like them and get discouraged 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:25.400 miss our purpose? 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:29.280 Or are we going to let what God says override the. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:33.360 Doubt and believe that it's still going to happen despite 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.760 the giants. I'm still going to go into my promised land, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.520 despite this medical report. I'm still going to get well, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.600 despite the opposition. I'm still going to accomplish my dreams. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:49.800 Let me declare it over you. Despite the delays, the setbacks, 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:54.080 how you were raised, You're still going to live a blessed, fulfilled, 0:07:54.320 --> 0:08:00.920 victorious life. Despite the breakup, despite who walked away, the hurts, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:05.720 the loneliness. That's not how your story ends. That's one chapter. 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.720 But you have a whole book. You're still going to 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.600 meet someone great. You're still going to laugh again, love again, 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.320 dream again. God says your latter days will be better 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.960 than your former days. Now, when the thoughts whisper, Now, No, 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.440 it's too late. You've been through too much. It's never 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.720 going to work out. Recognize what's happening. That's the enemy 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.960 trying to keep you from the awesome future God has 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:34.400 in store. Tune that out and get an agreement with 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.760 your creator. He's saying, it's still going to happen. It's 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:42.680 not too late. The giants aren't too big, the opposition 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.640 is not too strong. He's in control. You wouldn't be 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.520 hearing this if there wasn't something amazing about to happen. 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.560 New doors are about to open. The right people are 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.800 about to show up. Your health is going to suddenly 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:02.680 turn around, a shift in your finances, your career where 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.600 you're suddenly catapulted where you never dreamed. 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.400 What God has in mind is. 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.680 Much bigger, better, more rewarding than what you had in mind. 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.320 There was a man in the scripture named zerube Bel. 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.400 God put the dream in his heart to rebuild the 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.920 temple in Jerusalem. The king gave him permission to start 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.960 the project, and he took fifty thousand men and they 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.000 laid the foundation. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:28.520 Took two years. 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:34.439 They were so excited they had a big celebration, singing, dancing, trumpets, 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.520 blowing symbols, clashing. 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.040 The scripture says the people let out a great shout 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:41.360 praising God. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:46.400 Because the foundation had been laid, Zerube Bell knew God's 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:50.040 favor was on his life. Everything was falling into place, 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:54.880 the supplies, the people, the foundation looked beautiful, and they 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.800 were about to start the next phase. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.480 When opposition arose. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.320 The enemies of Judah heard about the progress and they 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:03.080 didn't like it. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:04.960 They didn't want the temple. 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:09.360 Rebuilt, so they started stirring up trouble. It's amazing how 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.800 when you start to make some progress. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:13.520 You see favor promotion. 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:18.960 How that stirs people up, jealousy, gossip, slander. They had 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.239 no problem with Saruba Bel as long as he was average. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.520 Stay in your corner, don't make any waves. But God 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:30.160 has put greatness in you. He's called you to stand out, 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.440 to be a difference maker, to take your family to 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:37.200 a new level. Don't be surprised when you take steps 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.400 of faith. You get out of your comfort zone, you 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:44.680 start the business, go back to school, you break the addiction, 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.680 you get your family back in church. If you don't 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.520 see people find fault, criticize why are they doing that? 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.080 They want you to stay average. They want you to 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:59.120 be mediocre, but that's not your destiny. God is going 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.480 to take you place, says where no one in your 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.560 family has gone. He's going to cause you to set 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.480 a new standard. Now, one requirement is you have to 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.600 be thick skinned. You can't get drawn into petty things 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:16.080 that will pull you away from your destiny. The trick 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.680 of the enemy is to get you distracted, focused on 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.959 what they're saying, trying to prove to them that you're okay, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:27.760 worried about what they think. Don't waste your time trying 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.480 to win people over that are determined to misunderstand you. 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.600 They're not coming against you, They're coming against the greatness 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.160 God put in you. They're coming against the favor, the anointing, 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.199 the calling on your life. You have to be an 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.800 eagle and rise above it. Everyone's not going to be 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.760 happy when you succeed. That's okay. Stay focused on what 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.480 God has called you to do. Don't come down to 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.760 their level and get involved in battles that don't matter. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:12:00.080 These people continue to stir up trouble and lie about 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:00.840 Zeruba Bell. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.199 They sent a letter to the king. 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.840 Saying that Zeruba Bell and the people of Judah were troublemakers, 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.480 that they weren't going to pay their taxes, that they 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.920 were trying to take over the city, none of which 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:16.000 was true. They were so convincing that the king issued 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:18.239 an order stopping all construction. 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:20.240 No work could be done. 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.480 Week after week went by, month after month, even year 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:29.240 after year, the foundation just sitting there, empty, weeds growing up, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:34.040 the property run down. Can imagine Zeruba Bell stopping by 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.680 at night and walking around seeing the lumbers starting to 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.760 rot and the supplies. 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:40.840 Going to waste. 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.960 How God, I know you told me to rebuild. I 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.800 know what was doing the right thing, but all this opposition, 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:48.680 these people lied about me. 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.600 The authorities have been poisoned. God, it's not fair. He 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.560 was discouraged. Thoughts told him you wasted your time. It's 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.400 never going to work out. Just go back home. 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.720 But God doesn't make a promise and then change his mind. 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:04.560 He doesn't speak. 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.760 Something to you and then let the circumstances talk him 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:08.240 out of it. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.640 The scripture says everything serves his plan. 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.680 We're not going to understand everything that happens, but the 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.880 right attitude is God. This doesn't make sense to me, 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.400 but I trust you. I know it's serving your plan. See, 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:27.920 nothing happens without God's permission. Just because he put that 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.719 dream in your heart doesn't mean there won't be delays, critics, 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.880 bad breaks, even times when it seems like the enemy 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.280 got the best of you. These people lied and shut 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.240 down the project, Joel, This person walked away. 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.920 The loan didn't go through, My health didn't improve. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.079 Right when I started to get ahead, the pandemic hit 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.720 set me back. You're right whereas Eruba bel was, he 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:56.480 had seen God's favor. Things had fallen into place, and 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:57.760 then the bottom fell out. 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.520 That's when these lines will come. It'll never happen now. 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.480 He'll never get well, never see your business succeed, never. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.000 Meet the right person. No, God has not changed his mind. 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.240 Despite the delays, the opposition, what wasn't fair. 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.080 He's saying, it's still going to happen. 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.720 You're still going to accomplish the dream. You're still going 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.600 to get well, You're still going to have that baby. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:23.480 God said in. 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:28.160 Philippians, I will bring you to a flourishing finish, not 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:32.760 a defeated finish, a bankrupt finished, a lonely finish, a 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:33.720 betrayed finish. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.640 God has a victorious finish for. 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:43.280 You, an abundant finish, a flourishing finish that means you're blossoming, blooming, 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:49.680 seeing dreams come to pass, going further than you've imagined, healthy, whole, fulfilled, 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:51.160 being a bigger. 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.920 Blessing than you've ever dreamed. I've heard it said. 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.800 God always ends on all is well. If all is 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:00.040 not well, then is. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:00.720 It's not the end. 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.680 If it's not good, then God is not done. It's 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.160 just another step on the way to your destiny. 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.600 Now the mistake we make is we quit believing. 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:15.440 Along the way we laid the foundation, we saw God's favor, 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:20.800 had a big celebration. Then we had setbacks, the lays, disappointments. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:25.000 Now every circumstance says it's not going to happen. Well, 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.840 sixteen years later, the foundation was still just sitting there. 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:34.479 Nothing had changed. When two prophets showed up, Zachariah and Hagia. 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:38.560 They said, zerube bel it's time to start rebuilding the temple. 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.480 He could have thought, what do you mean? Do you 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.720 realize it's been sixteen years? Do you know what we've 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.960 been through? What hasn't worked out? Who's against us? 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.560 I thought this project was done Zachariah said, no, Zeruba bel, 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:54.560 God sent us to tell. 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:56.400 You it's still going to happen. 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:01.600 I love how Zarubabau responded, because he could have made excuses. 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:05.160 We tried and it didn't work out. The opposition is 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.320 still there. I'm too old man, I missed my chance. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.400 You know, the scripture says Zerube bell rose up and 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.760 begin the task of rebuilding the temple. 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.120 Every thought trying to talk him out of it, keep 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:18.880 him defeated. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.960 But when he heard God say it's still going to happen, 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:26.160 he rose up. That means he got in agreement with God. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:30.640 He started thinking differently. Yes, this is my time. He 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:35.440 started talking differently. I'm equipped, empowered, anointed, The favor of 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.560 God is on my life. He took steps of faith, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:43.080 got his men back together, got his passion back, his fireback, 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:47.160 and they started rebuilding. Well, the same jerks, I mean, 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:48.520 the same critics went. 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:49.080 Back to the king. 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.360 They went back to the king, said this man we 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.520 told you about, he's trying to rebuild the temple again. 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.960 You have to stop him. This time it was a 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:03.560 new king. There had been a change in leadership. Sometimes 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.800 God has to move someone out. 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.360 For your dream to come to pass. 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.679 He has to weed out the wrong people so he 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:11.960 can put people in. 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:16.760 That will serve his plan. Trust his timy, trust his ways. 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.640 Just because you laid the foundation and things didn't work 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:24.720 out doesn't mean God is through what he started. He's 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.960 going to finish this new king told the critics he 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.040 was going to have the official record searched to see 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:35.400 what was said about this temple. They found a decree 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.520 where the temple was supposed to be rebuilt and paid 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:43.119 for out of the city treasury. When the king found 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.280 out it was for the Israelites God, he was afraid. 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.960 He had heard about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:54.240 He told his people to not only leave Zerubabel alone 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.600 to let him rebuild the temple, but he said, you 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.080 are to pay for the full construction car and you 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:06.119 are to provide them food and provisions each day weat grain, salt, 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:11.200 olive oil. God not only helped them finish rebuilding the temple, 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.640 but he made the enemy pay for it. There are 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.879 dreams God has put in your heart. May seem like 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:21.520 it's too late, too big. You don't have the resources. 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:25.000 God wouldn't have given you the dream, wouldn't have put 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:27.920 the promise in your heart if he didn't know how 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:31.640 to bring it to pass. Like with Zaruba bel It's 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:34.439 not only going to still happen, but there's going to 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:42.040 be supernatural provision, supernatural healing, supernatural flavor, uncommon, unusual things. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.400 You can't explain it. People helping you that don't even 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:45.920 like you. 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.720 God purpose for them to push you into your destiny. 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:52.360 Now you have a part in this. 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.560 You can't sit back thinking, oh not me, Joel, I'll 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:58.840 never get well. This child will never get back on course. 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.960 It's been so long, the odds are against me. Just 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:07.879 like God sent Zachariah after sixteen years of silence to 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:11.320 prophesy that they were going to rebuild the temple, God 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.399 sent me to tell you it's still going to happen. 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:18.040 Now you may be in a silence season as well. 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.120 You don't see anything improving, no good breaks, no open doors, 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:24.320 your health. 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:26.080 Family, finance, it's just the same. 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.840 You're about to see a shift. God is doing a 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:33.240 new thing. The silence was all a part of his plan. 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:39.320 The delays, closed doors, people that walked away were necessary. 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:41.399 It was setting you up for this moment. 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:45.080 The delay doesn't mean that God said no, it just 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:48.720 wasn't the right time. He's saying, you're still going to 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:51.800 accompass that dream. You're still going to get out of debt, 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:54.600 You're still going to see your family restored. 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:57.440 Now your part is to rise. 0:19:57.240 --> 0:20:01.240 Up, get your passion back, get your fire back, start 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:06.320 believing again what you let go of. Revisit didn't work 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:07.240 out the first time. 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.159 This is a new day. Things have shifted. 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:13.639 God's about to show you why it hasn't worked out yet. 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:15.480 He's gonna make the enemy pay. 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:20.320 There's going to be opportunity, resources, favor that you've never seen. 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:22.800 You're gonna know it was a hand of God. 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:26.800 I talked to a lady that had been healthy her 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:31.879 whole life, very strong, energetic, vibrant. She noticed she wasn't 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:35.720 feeling well. She had some digestive issues. She went to 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:39.520 get checked out, and after many tests, she was diagnosed 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:41.040 with pancreatic cancer. 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:44.240 Didn't look good at all. The doctors told. 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.119 Her that the demise would happen quickly, that while she 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:50.400 was able, she needed to get everything in order, make 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:53.840 out her will, visit with family members. They gave her 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:57.440 less than a year to live. Of course, she was devastated. 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:03.760 She never saw this coming. Sometimes we face these unexpected challenges. 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.000 That's when the enemy works overtime in our mind. 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:08.439 This is the end. 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:12.000 Man too bad, you'll never get well, never see your 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:12.920 children graduate. 0:21:13.119 --> 0:21:13.840 Just accept it. 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:18.159 When we start dwelling on the negative, we're giving it life. 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:22.199 We draw in what we're constantly thinking about. You have 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:25.880 to guard your mind, fill it with what God promised you. 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:29.080 In the first several weeks, she was so upset and 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:33.080 so overwhelmed. She couldn't sleep at night and could hardly function. 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:37.480 She flipped on our serious XM radio channel. She heard 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:41.000 me talking about how God has the final saying, how 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:44.040 he can do what medicine cannot do. How when we 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:46.800 put our trust in him, he can make ways where 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:50.680 we don't see away. Instead of dwelling on all the negative, 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:54.760 playing the medical report over and over, she started playing 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:58.359 another report what God said about her. I will live 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.560 and not die. God is restoring health back into me 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:06.120 despite this diagnosis. I'm still going to get well. Six 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:09.439 weeks later, she went in for surgery. They thought they 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:11.840 could do this procedure and prolong her life. A little 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:16.160 bit afterwards, the surgeon came out with a very puzzled. Look, 0:22:16.600 --> 0:22:19.160 he said, I have all the X rays right here 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:21.960 that show all the cancer, but when we went in, 0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:23.920 we couldn't find any cancer. 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:28.520 You are perfectly healthy. They had no explanation. 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:31.800 These were some of the leading experts, one of the 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:34.000 most renowned hospitals. 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:36.399 In the world. That was God doing what only he 0:22:36.400 --> 0:22:36.840 can do. 0:22:37.840 --> 0:22:40.480 And I realized, it doesn't happen that way for everyone. 0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:42.800 But how do you know you're not going to be 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:44.760 the one of the ones that it does happen for. 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:47.720 Why not be a believer and not a doubter. 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:52.000 God is saying, despite the diagnosis, you're still going to 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.920 get well, despite the setbacks, You're still going to accomplish 0:22:55.920 --> 0:22:58.240 your dream, despite the delays. 0:22:58.520 --> 0:23:01.520 You're still going to meet the right person. Despite what 0:23:01.600 --> 0:23:04.520 experts have told you. You're still going to have that baby. 0:23:05.400 --> 0:23:08.720 Don't talk yourself out of it, talk yourself into it. 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:11.280 It's easy to think nothing goods in my future. I've 0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:13.800 reached my limits. That's going to keep you where you are. 0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:18.200 What God promised you is still going to happen. Now. 0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:22.040 Your part is to rise up, believe it, and watch 0:23:22.080 --> 0:23:26.080 what God will do. I think about Jacob in the scripture, 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:30.000 his youngest son. Joseph had a big dream. He was 0:23:30.040 --> 0:23:33.600 going to do great things as a father. Jacob was 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:36.159 so proud of Joseph. When he looked at him, he 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:39.399 beamed with joy. He even gave him his coat of 0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:43.720 many colors, which represented the favor on his life. One day, 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:46.760 he sent Joseph to check on his brothers who were 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:50.600 in another city. They were jealous and ended up selling 0:23:50.680 --> 0:23:53.840 him as a slave. They killed an animal, put blood 0:23:53.880 --> 0:23:57.359 on Joseph's coat, and came home showed their father Dad, 0:23:57.359 --> 0:23:58.240 look what happened. 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:02.159 Joseph must have been killed by our wild animal. Jacob 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:04.879 was so heartbroken he tore his clothes. 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:09.800 He put on sycloth For weeks, he mourned month after month. 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:13.040 His family tried to comfort him, but it was no use. 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:16.160 He said, I will die in mourning for my son. 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:17.360 Well. 0:24:17.400 --> 0:24:20.240 Thirteen years later, there was a great famine in the land. 0:24:20.760 --> 0:24:24.119 Jacob sent those other brothers to Egypt looking for food. 0:24:24.760 --> 0:24:27.520 Little did they know Joseph was in charge of the 0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:28.159 food supply. 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:31.840 They came back home and told their father. 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:36.320 This amazing news that Joseph was still alive. Jacob couldn't 0:24:36.320 --> 0:24:40.800 believe it. He was in awe so overjoyed. Eventually, he 0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:44.400 and his whole family moved to Egypt to live with Joseph. 0:24:45.280 --> 0:24:48.320 When Jacob was one hundred and forty years old, he 0:24:48.440 --> 0:24:51.880 was about to pass he called Joseph and his grandson's 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:56.560 inn to give them the blessing. Imagine how Jacob must 0:24:56.560 --> 0:24:59.720 have felt. He never thought he would see his son again. 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:01.960 Now he not only. 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:05.920 Has Joseph, but his grandsons are standing in front of him. 0:25:06.600 --> 0:25:07.199 If you would have. 0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:10.840 Told Jacob this was all going to happen thirteen years earlier, 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:14.800 when he was heartbroken in mourning, he would have said, 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:18.280 there's no way. That's impossible. My son is gone. 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:19.240 How could I. 0:25:19.200 --> 0:25:22.840 Ever see his grandchildren? But look at how awesome our 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:26.600 God is. He's working in ways that we could never imagine. 0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:32.080 We all have dreams that we've given up on, golds promises. 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:33.400 I think there's no way. 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:37.960 Been through too much, Joel, that door is closed. I've 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:41.119 made mistakes, I've missed too many opportunities. 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.479 No, God is about to surprise you. 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:47.080 He's going to do something out of the ordinary, something 0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:48.640 that you didn't see coming. 0:25:48.560 --> 0:25:49.960 That will boggle your mind. 0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:53.520 You quit believing for it, You accepted that it's never 0:25:53.600 --> 0:25:56.800 going to work out, But like with Jacob, you're going 0:25:56.880 --> 0:26:00.399 to stand in awe, not believe in your eyes thinking 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:02.760 I could have never fad them, this would happen. 0:26:03.320 --> 0:26:05.040 That's how amazing our God is. 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:08.040 Now. You may be in the middle of a setback, 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:11.280 in the middle of a silent season, in the middle 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:13.720 of the morning, that is not the end. 0:26:14.119 --> 0:26:17.680 God has a flourishing finish for you. He hasn't brought you. 0:26:17.720 --> 0:26:20.960 This far to leave you. Your greatest victories are not 0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:24.600 behind you. They're still in front of you. Stay in faith, 0:26:24.760 --> 0:26:27.800 It's still going to happen. It was a young woman 0:26:28.119 --> 0:26:30.640 raised by a single mother and growing up she began 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:34.000 to wonder about her father and who he was and. 0:26:33.600 --> 0:26:35.040 Why he wasn't in her life and. 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:38.080 Her mother had conceived her with this man that she 0:26:38.160 --> 0:26:41.560 didn't really know, just a one night fleeing. This mother 0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:45.160 was kind of embarrassed and didn't want to elaborate, especially 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:48.960 to her young daughter. As this child got older, the 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:51.520 mother tried several times to reach out to the father, 0:26:51.640 --> 0:26:55.560 but he wasn't around, wouldn't return phone calls, didn't want 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.679 to have anything to do with this child. After she 0:26:58.800 --> 0:27:03.360 graduated from college, started her own family she still had 0:27:03.359 --> 0:27:06.479 this longing deep down to know her father. She had 0:27:06.520 --> 0:27:09.840 two beautiful children, thought about all the moments that they 0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:14.040 could be sharing together. She shirts the internet, tried several 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:17.280 other ways, but still nothing. She finally accepted that it 0:27:17.320 --> 0:27:20.560 just wasn't meant to be. But just because we give 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:24.119 up doesn't mean God gives up. One day, she received 0:27:24.160 --> 0:27:26.680 a note in the mail out of the blue said 0:27:26.680 --> 0:27:29.280 this is your father. If you would like to connect, 0:27:29.400 --> 0:27:30.600 I'd love to talk to you. 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:32.200 She couldn't believe it. 0:27:32.359 --> 0:27:35.560 After thirty nine years, she was able to meet her father. 0:27:36.160 --> 0:27:40.560 There was no anger, no bitterness, just a joyful reunion, tears, 0:27:40.760 --> 0:27:44.359 laughter and hugs. Was just in time for her father 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:47.399 to come to the baby dedication of her second child. 0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:50.960 She had given up, but God said, I have a 0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:53.480 surprise for you. I'm going to bring you to a 0:27:53.520 --> 0:27:57.600 flourishing finish. Are there things that you've given up on? 0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:01.200 You think it's too late to you, far gone, never 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:04.679 gonna work out. God is saying it's still going to happen. 0:28:05.359 --> 0:28:08.520 The dreams he's placed in your heart, the desires he's 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:11.040 put in you, they're already on the schedule. 0:28:11.640 --> 0:28:13.280 Now do like Zaruba, bel and. 0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:17.840 Rise up, get your passion back, start believing again, start 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:22.120 pursuing again. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:25.440 you're about to come out of a silent season into 0:28:25.560 --> 0:28:29.399 a surprise. Things are about to shift. New doors are 0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:32.400 about to open. The right people are going to show up. 0:28:32.720 --> 0:28:37.919 Healing is coming, breakthroughs, promotion, new levels of your destiny 0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:39.680 in Jesus's. 0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:42.080 Name, and if you receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.800 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:48.000 the Lord of your life. 0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:49.440 Would you pray with me? 0:28:50.120 --> 0:28:55.240 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 0:28:55.240 --> 0:28:56.040 into my heart. 0:28:57.240 --> 0:28:59.120 I make you my Lord and savior. 0:29:00.520 --> 0:29:02.800 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:29:02.840 --> 0:29:05.880 born again. 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