Just A Matter of Time

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It's closer than you think. 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.680 You wouldn't be hearing this if it wasn't about to happen. 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:05.160 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria, thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:08.320 We enjoy spending this time with you. I know you're 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.160 going to leave encouraged and inspire. 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:13.400 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.200 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:19.800 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:25.440 Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.080 It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.120 you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.080 part of one of our services. I promise you we 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.960 will make you feel right at home. I'd like to 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.880 start with something funny, and one day up in heaven, 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.600 God said to the men, I want you to form 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:46.000 two lines. One line is for the men who were 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.560 the head of the house. The other line is for 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.200 the men who let the woman be the head of 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:54.120 the house. The line where the woman ran the house 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.280 was one hundred miles long. There was only one man 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.480 in the other line. God said, men, I'm a shame you. 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.440 I created you to be the head, but only one 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:04.440 man stood up. 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:05.440 To make me proud. 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.239 He looked at him and said, tell them, son, how 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.000 did you manage to be the only one in this line? 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.840 The man looked confused, he said, I don't know. 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.800 My wife told me to stand here. All right. All 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.080 the men said amen, But here we go. This is 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.680 my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.560 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.280 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:33.320 taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.680 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:42.080 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.840 to talk to you today about it's just a matter 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:49.200 of time. We all have things that we're believing will change. 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.720 We're fighting in illness. We're struggling with an addiction. We're 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:58.640 dealing with fear, depression, anxiety. We know what God promised, 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.600 that he would restore our health, that he would free 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.080 us from the fear. We prayed, We believe, but we 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:09.760 don't see anything improving. But what you can't see is 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:14.280 the moment you prayed in the unseen realm, the source 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.840 of what was coming against you was cut off. The 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.880 source of the fear, the source of the addiction, the 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.360 source of the sickness. Now you may not see any 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:29.000 manifestation for some time. There may not be any evidence 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.440 that things have changed, and this is when many people 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.279 get discouraged. But there will always be a period of 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:40.359 time where it looks like God didn't do what he promised. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.960 The fear still comes. The medical report hasn't improved, the 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:49.240 addiction looks just the same. But what's feeding those things 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.919 has been cut off. May seem like it's still alive. 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.760 But the truth is the fear is dead, the sickness 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.320 is dead, the trouble at work is dead. Won't be 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.279 discouraged because you don't see anything happening. 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.200 It's just a matter of time. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.480 One day Jesus was leaving Bethany. He saw a fig 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.479 tree off in the distance. He was hungry, so he 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.240 went over to get something to eat, but the tree 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:16.920 didn't have any figs. 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:19.560 Jesus said to the tree, may no. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.919 Person ever eat fruit from you? 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:22.480 Again. 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.800 He cursed the tree, but when he said it, nothing 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.360 on the outside looked any different. The tree was still 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.760 just as full and healthy as before. I can hear 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.800 the disciples begin to whisper what happened? 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.560 It didn't work? Did he lose his power? 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.360 They had seen Jesus speak to a blind man and 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.440 heal his eyes. They had heard him speak to the 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:51.159 storm and calm the sea. But this time when Jesus spoke, 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.720 nothing changed. There was no evidence that what he said 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.920 had happened. But the next morning, as the disciples were 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:04.000 passing by, they saw the tree. The scripture says the 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:08.880 tree had withered from the roots. When Jesus spoke to 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:13.800 the tree, nothing happened on the outside, but on the inside, 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.800 down in the roots, the source was cut off. When 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.320 the roots are dead, the tree is dead. It may 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:25.080 still look alive. It may still have green leaves, still 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.480 have wide branches, but it's just a matter of time 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:33.760 before the outside catches up with the inside. It may 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:37.440 look like that sickness you're dealing with is still alive. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.719 That anxiety just as bad as ever, the addiction just 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.960 as strong. You prayed, wondered why God won't do something. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.560 God did do something the moment you prayed. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.080 He cut off the source. 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.880 That addiction may look like it's alive, But if you 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.159 could see the roots, you would realize it's dead. It's 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.520 just a matter of time before the outside catches up. 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.279 That sickness may seem permanent, like you'll never get well. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.240 Have a new perspective. The roots have been cut off. 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:15.080 Now, don't be discouraged because it still has green leaves. 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:19.760 You don't see anything changing. The Psalmist said, the strength 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.040 of the wicked is being cut off, and the power 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.240 of the godly is being increased. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:27.520 Everything that's trying. 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.040 To stop you, you need to see that power as 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:33.920 being cut off. It may be hindering you now, but 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:37.800 it's not permanent. It's not going to last. Why it 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:42.640 lost its source. Every day it's withering. Every day, it's 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:43.480 getting weaker. 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:44.600 May look the. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.480 Same on the outside, but on the inside it's drying up. 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:53.240 When Jesus spoke to the tree, there was no evidence 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:58.280 that anything changed. Maybe you're believing for something and you 0:07:58.280 --> 0:07:59.320 don't see any. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:00.760 Sign of things improving. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.960 You're speaking faith over your health, but the medical reports 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.480 not getting better. You're praying for your child, but he's 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:12.560 not getting back on track. If you just had some evidence, 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:17.000 if you just saw a little sign, then you would believe. Now, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.520 this is what faith is all about. You can't be 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.400 moved by what you don't see. You have to be 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:24.600 moved by what you know. 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.640 Father. I want to thank you that the moment I. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.640 Prayed, you cut off the roots. I know this sickness 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:32.640 is not permanent. 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.560 Healing is coming. I know this addiction is not how 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.000 my story ends. Freedom is coming. 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.360 I know this depression doesn't have the final Say Father, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:47.320 I thank you that it's withering up. Some of the 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:48.959 things that you're concerned about. 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.160 God has already done. 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.959 You haven't seen it yet, But in the unseen realm. 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:55.880 Things have changed. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.960 That anxiety you've been praying about, asking God to take 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:04.520 it away, it's already dead. That trouble at work. God 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.240 has already cut off the source. Now do your part. 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:13.520 Stay in faith until it manifest Keep thanking God, keep 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:17.000 talking like you're free, keep thinking like you're healthy. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:20.560 Keep living like you're victorious. I talked to a. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.840 Man that had struggled with an addiction for many years. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.440 He said, Joeli, I asked God to help me, but 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:31.360 nothing happened. He didn't see anything on the outside. Changing 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.439 wasn't getting any easier, so he assumed that God wasn't 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:36.200 doing anything. 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:37.559 He lived with. 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.880 The mindset, I'm addicted. I'll never be free. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.160 It's too strong. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:47.400 He was waiting to see the manifestation before he believed 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:51.480 God was working. But faith says you have to believe 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.040 that when you prayed the miracle was set into motion. 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.640 You can't wait to see the evidence and then you're 0:09:58.679 --> 0:09:59.360 going to believe. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:00.960 You have to believe first. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.160 And you may not see any sign of it, but 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.720 deep down you have to know the source of that 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:11.760 addiction has been cut off. When you know the roots 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:15.800 have been cursed, you'll have a different mindset. Instead of 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.720 thinking maybe one day it will happen, you'll know it's 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.720 just a matter of time. God has already spoken it. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.920 He's already cut off the source. Now all you have 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:26.520 to do. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.679 Is walk it out. And I told him what I'm 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:30.719 telling you. 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.680 You may not see anything happening, but the moment you prayed, 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:39.600 God did something. Instead of thinking, one day I'll be free, 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:40.920 try a new approach. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.480 Father, thank you that I am free. 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:47.000 Think you that this addiction is dead, that it doesn't 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:50.160 control me, that you've already put an end to it. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.479 He started living with the attitude that it was already 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:55.040 cut off. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:57.040 He kept thanking. 0:10:56.679 --> 0:11:00.400 God he was free, talking like he was free. I 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.040 saw him about six months later. He said, after twenty 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:08.240 two years of being addicted, today I am totally free. 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:13.040 Are you waiting for the evidence to believe what God 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.079 said about you? Are you talking yourself out of it 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:17.839 because you don't see any sign. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.840 If you'll get in agreement. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.679 With God, you'll see what he's done on the inside 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.760 show up on the outside. The source of what's trying 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:28.600 to stop. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.240 You has been cut off. Well, Joey, it. 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:34.800 Seems like it's still alive, seems like as strong as ever. 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:39.280 Don't be fooled by the outside. Victoria was in our 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:43.800 backyard one time. We had these beautiful rose bushes. She's 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.440 got some scissors and cut off one of the roses 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.560 and brought it inside. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.960 The moment she cut it off, it was dead. It 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:56.480 was separated from its source of life. What's interesting is 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:57.600 it didn't look dead. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.200 It didn't look any different on the other roses that 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:05.199 were still on the bush. It was still beautiful, still colorful, 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:09.200 still smelled good. She put it in a vase for 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.120 a couple of weeks. It was right by our kitchen sink. 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.960 Still look beautiful, healthy. 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:17.880 But the whole time it was dead. It was just 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.240 a matter of time before it withered up. 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.160 You may have things in your life like that rose. 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:29.480 The sickness has already been cut off, the depression, the fear, 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:34.240 the addiction, the moment you prayed, it died, but it 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:35.880 still looks just the same. 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:41.200 You don't feel any different. Nothing is changing. That's okay. 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:42.760 That doesn't mean. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:46.640 That it's still alive like that rose. At some point 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:48.040 it's going to wither. 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.640 You're going to see what God promised you. Now. 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.800 The scripture says, don't faint in your mind. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.120 The first place we lose the battle is in our 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.960 own thinking thoughts. I will tell you nothing happened when 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:02.600 you prayed. 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:06.520 You'll never get well, you'll never break the addiction. You've 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:10.400 had it too long. Don't believe those lies. The roots 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.480 have been cut off. It's just a matter of time 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:17.680 before you see things change in your favor. We have 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:23.120 some friends. Every Easter they send us a dozen rose buds. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.640 They come in this large box. 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.000 They have a long stem with the rosebud on the top. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:34.160 What's interesting is even though the rose is dead, even 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.000 though it's been cut off from the bush, when you 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:41.920 put that stem in water, the rose will bloom. It's dead, 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.520 but it will still blossom. It has no life, but 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:50.360 it will still get bigger, increase and expand. There are 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:54.360 times when even though God has cut something off, it 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.920 will get bigger. Even though he cut off the trouble, 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:02.320 it will blossom. Be tempted to think, Joel, this sickness 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:06.439 isn't dead, it's getting worse. This anxiety is not dead, 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.280 it's increasing instead of decreasing. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.880 No, stay in faith. It may bloom, it may. 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:16.680 Blossom, but it's still dead all through the day. Father, 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:20.080 Thank you that the source of this trouble has been 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.040 cut off. Thank you that you have cursed the roots 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.320 of this fear. Thank you that you said this sickness. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:26.480 Has to go. 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.080 So Lord, I'm going to stay in agreement with you. 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.240 I know it's just a matter of time before it 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:36.400 withers up. When we were trying to acquire this building, 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.680 the former Compact Center, we had all kinds of opposition, 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:45.280 but after two years, we finally got enough city council 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.680 members to before us and we won the vote. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.119 We were so excited. 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.720 We knew that God gave us the building. But three 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.800 days later, a company that owned most of the property 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:01.840 around the facility filed up federal lawsuit to try to 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:05.880 keep us from moving in. I thought the opposition was over, 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:06.800 but it. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:11.680 Was just beginning. We had this huge company coming against us. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:16.160 They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a big real 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.720 estate company. I was tempted to think, God, what are 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:23.720 we gonna do. They have more resources, they have more influence. 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:27.960 But I did what I'm asking you to do. I said, Father, 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.920 I want to thank you that the source of those 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:35.400 coming against us has been cut off. They may be bigger, stronger, 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.200 but God, I know you being for us is more 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:42.440 than the world being against us. Like that rosebud that 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:47.200 blooms even though it's dead, don't be surprised if opposition 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:52.560 blossoms against you. Adversity blooms. Giants try to stop you. 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.760 It looks like they have the upper hand. No, stay 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.480 in peace. Their source has been cut off. 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:00.200 It is not permit it. 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.520 It is just a matter of time before you see 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:07.520 the hand of God. All the odds were against us. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.560 It looked like this building could be tied up in 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.120 the courts. For many years we were told that the 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:18.080 other side would never back down. But one day they 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.000 called out of the blue and said they wanted to meet. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:22.280 We met. 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.640 They agreed to not only let us have the building, 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:30.240 but to lease us nine thousand covered parking spaces. That 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.520 two year legal battle suddenly came to an end. 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.000 You may have things that you. 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:40.440 Thought were dead, the addiction, the trouble at work, the 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:45.440 legal situation. But now it's blooming. It's getting bigger. You 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:47.760 think that your prayers must not have worked. 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:49.960 No, the roots have been cut off. 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:54.880 It may bloom, but it lost its source. What you're 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.239 dealing with is only temporary. 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.960 It cannot last without the source. 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:05.120 That rose bloom looks so beautiful for a couple of weeks, 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:09.840 seems so vibrant and so healthy, but then it suddenly 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.800 begins to wither. You're about to see some of these 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.760 suddenlies things you've been praying about. 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.800 You believe that the source has. 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.240 Been cut off, but it seems like it's still alive. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.320 You know, get ready that addiction is about to suddenly go, 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:31.879 That depression is about to suddenly stop, That opposition is 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:37.000 about to suddenly be defeated, that sickness about to suddenly change. 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:39.000 It may be blooming now. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.600 That's a sign that it's on the way out. That's 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:44.440 a sign that you are close. 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:45.119 To your breakthrough. 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.600 You are close to a new level. You are close 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:52.680 to seeing freedom like you've never seen. When you walk 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.760 into someone's house and see a beautiful bouquet of flowers, 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:00.800 they can smell nice, they can look nice. You never 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.320 think about the fact that the flowers are dead, that 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.400 in a few weeks they're going to be thrown out. 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:12.240 When negative things are blooming in your life, like those roses, 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.159 it may seem like they're permanent, like they're going to 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:16.040 be there forever. 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.800 You have to remind yourself it's only temporary. 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:24.840 That sickness may be blooming. It looks so impressive. I 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:28.680 know a secret. It's not going to last. That trouble 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.560 in your marriage looks permanent. 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:32.439 Know this too shall pass. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:36.800 Your child's off course looks like he'll miss his destiny. 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.359 Know the source of that trouble has been cut off. 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:45.040 May be blooming now, that doesn't mean that it's not dead. 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:49.200 God is already put an end to it. Now. 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:52.879 It may take a little time to see what God promised. 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:53.600 But it's on the way. 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.640 Don't talk yourself out of it. Don't get discouraged by 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:01.920 what's not happening. I've heard it said the enemy makes 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:03.800 the most noise when. 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:04.760 He's on his way out. 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:10.840 You think about how when Jesus told demons to lead people, 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.920 very often they'd let out a loud scream, they'd make 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:19.040 all this noise, all this commotion, when the enemy's stirring 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.120 up trouble in your life, making a lot of noise. 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.920 Your health went down. Finance is not good. Your child 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.359 is acting worse. Don't panic. That's a sign he's on 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:30.000 the way out. 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.520 He makes the most commotion when he's about to leave. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:38.480 There was a lady that had a dream. In this dream, 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.120 she was in her house. She saw this very evil 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:46.760 looking person come in and start taking her possessions. She 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.600 was watching from the second floor over the banister. He 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:54.719 was putting her things in this large bag. In this dream, 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:58.440 she began to pray. She said, in the name of Jesus, 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:02.919 I have authority over you. Leave my things alone. The 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:06.360 men begin to mock her. He said, I don't have 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.160 to listen to you. I'm not afraid of you or 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:13.280 your prayers. He continued through the house, putting her things 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:14.040 in that bag. 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:16.560 She said it again, you have to go. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.760 He laughed and said I don't have to leave your prayers. 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:23.639 Don't stop me. You have no authority over me. 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:27.800 But this time she noticed while he was saying that, 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.160 he started putting all of her things back. He kept 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:36.920 making her laughing, causing a commotion. At the same time, 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:38.840 he was returning. 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:39.720 Everything that he took. 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.760 This went on until he put everything back in its 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:47.159 proper place. As he was running out of the house, 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.800 she could hear him down the street, still saying, I'm 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:52.080 not afraid of you. 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:53.439 You have no authority over me. 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:59.520 See the scripture says the enemy comes like a roaring lion. 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:03.000 He's not a lion, but he'll make a lot of noise. 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:06.880 He'll talk a lot of trash, but his bite is 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:11.960 not near as much as his bar. Sometimes, though we're 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:15.920 praying and it doesn't seem like anything is happening. It's 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:19.479 like the enemy is mocking us, saying you'll never get well, 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:23.080 you'll never break the addiction. Your child will never get 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:27.560 back on track. If you'll just stay in faith, keep praying, 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:32.400 keep believing. All that time he's stirring up trouble, causing 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.760 a commotion. What he wants tell you is he's putting 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:39.919 everything back. He may laugh, but he's putting your children back. 0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:43.639 He's putting your health back, putting your freedom back, putting 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:48.760 your dreams back. Don't get discouraged when things get worse. 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:53.200 What you lost is only temporary. It's all coming back 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:59.040 Jesus said in Mark eleven, whatever you desire when you pray, 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:04.040 believe that you receive it, and you will have it. 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:07.240 It doesn't say believe that you receive it when you 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:11.760 see it when your health turns around, when the breakthrough comes. 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:16.000 The key is you have to believe that it happens 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:21.040 when you pray. When nothing has changed, the medical report 0:22:21.119 --> 0:22:25.239 hasn't improved, the fig tree looks just the same. You 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:27.160 don't have any evidence, but. 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:30.600 You believe when you prayed your healing came. 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:35.200 You have to receive it in your spirit before you'll 0:22:35.200 --> 0:22:36.800 ever see it in the natural. 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:39.040 You have to be healed in. 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:43.200 Your spirit before you'll be healed in your physical body. 0:22:43.520 --> 0:22:47.920 But too often we believe we're going to receive it 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.359 one day, I'm going to get well, I'm going. 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:52.920 To be free. That will limit us. 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:57.080 The Prayer of Faith says, when I pray according to 0:22:57.119 --> 0:23:00.760 God's word, I believe it happens. Right when I pray, 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:04.400 I have it in my spirit. You have to receive 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:07.159 it in your spirit or you won't see it in 0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:11.160 the natural. When my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, 0:23:11.760 --> 0:23:17.560 she and my father prayed on December eleventh, nineteen eighty one. 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:21.640 That day, my mother believed she received her healing. 0:23:22.480 --> 0:23:24.840 She had just been given a few weeks to live. 0:23:25.480 --> 0:23:29.359 She looked so yellow, she only weighed eighty nine pounds. 0:23:30.160 --> 0:23:34.160 Nothing in the natural said she was healed. For months, 0:23:34.200 --> 0:23:37.879 nothing even looked any different. She didn't feel any better. 0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:41.480 In fact, it looked like the cancer was winning. But 0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:44.760 my mother just kept saying, Father, thank you that on 0:23:44.840 --> 0:23:49.480 December eleventh, when we prayed, I received my healing. Thank 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:52.880 you that that day the tide of the battle turned 0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:57.439 in my health. She kept thanking God, She kept calling 0:23:57.480 --> 0:23:58.440 herself healthy. 0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:01.359 She kept declaring skin scriptures over her life. 0:24:01.720 --> 0:24:04.880 I will live and not die with long life. God 0:24:05.000 --> 0:24:10.200 will satisfy me. Eventually, the healing she received in her 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:14.000 spirit when she wasn't well begin to show up in 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:15.440 her physical body. 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:17.359 She started getting better and better. 0:24:17.680 --> 0:24:20.840 Today, thirty eight years later, my mom is so healthy 0:24:20.880 --> 0:24:27.640 and home. But when you believe that you receive when 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:31.120 you pray, you don't keep asking God to do it. 0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:32.840 You start thanking him. 0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:36.919 If I've already received my healing, I don't have to 0:24:37.000 --> 0:24:40.200 keep asking God to heal me, keep begging him, God, 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:43.680 please heal me. Go Instead, you start saying Father, Thank 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:47.080 you that I am healed, Thank you that I am free, 0:24:47.400 --> 0:24:51.119 think you that I am blessed. Maybe you're believing for 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:55.360 a scholarship. Father, I'm asking you for this scholarship so 0:24:55.400 --> 0:24:59.600 I can continue my education. Lord, I believe I'll receive 0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:02.800 it right now in my spirit. You receive it by 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:06.600 faith from then on. Father, thank you for that scholarship. 0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:10.600 You keep thanking God, you keep talking like it's coming. 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:15.000 Every circumstance may say it's never going to work out. 0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:18.879 You may not see anything changing. That's when you have 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:21.960 to dig down deep and say, I am not going. 0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:23.840 To give up on what God promised me. 0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:26.720 I am not going to let negative thoughts talk me 0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:30.040 out of it. I know what I've received in my 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:35.760 spirit is already on the way. Hebrew says, hold fast 0:25:36.119 --> 0:25:37.720 the profession of your faith. 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:41.280 You have to hold fast what God put in your heart. 0:25:41.880 --> 0:25:45.680 There are forces constantly trying to convince us that. 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:48.800 What God said is never going to happen. It's been 0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:49.480 too long. 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.320 There's no sign it would have happened by now. No, 0:25:53.560 --> 0:25:58.080 in the unseen realm, things have already changed. The miracle 0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:02.280 has already been set into the roots of what's been 0:26:02.320 --> 0:26:03.080 trying to stop. 0:26:03.119 --> 0:26:05.160 You have already been cut off. 0:26:05.760 --> 0:26:10.200 Now stay in faith until you see the manifestations. Don't 0:26:10.200 --> 0:26:13.119 talk yourself out of it. You may be tempted to 0:26:13.560 --> 0:26:16.760 let it go. You're about to give up on your dream, 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:20.600 your health, your children. No get a new grip. 0:26:21.160 --> 0:26:24.360 It's closer than you think. You wouldn't be hearing. 0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:27.520 This if it wasn't about to happen. When I was 0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:31.440 growing up, my father would always have a big conference 0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.199 at Lakewood every Thanksgiving. It's one of the highlights of 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:38.800 the year. He would fly in missionaries that we support 0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:42.679 from all over the world. One year, he decided he 0:26:42.720 --> 0:26:47.240 wanted to feed everyone at Lakewood, so months before the conference, 0:26:47.560 --> 0:26:50.680 he prayed and asked God to give him two cows. 0:26:51.240 --> 0:26:53.960 That way we would have enough food to feed all 0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:57.840 the people. He believed he received it when he prayed, 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:02.080 But after week went and there were no sign of 0:27:02.119 --> 0:27:05.800 any cows. He kept believing, telling the church that the 0:27:05.840 --> 0:27:10.560 cows were coming. But every voice said, you're wasting your time. 0:27:11.280 --> 0:27:14.320 Nobody has ever given you a cow. You better go 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:18.040 down to Chick fil aane eat more chicken. As it 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:22.400 got closer, thoughts whispered, just buy the cows. 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:25.439 You have the money, it's never going to happen. 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:29.480 He finally got so worn down he quit talking about 0:27:29.520 --> 0:27:30.880 the cows and went. 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:32.879 Out and bought the meat for the conference. 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:36.720 A couple of weeks later, he had a dream one night. 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:41.199 In this dream, he saw this huge snake out in 0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:41.840 a field. 0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:44.080 Inside this snake. 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:48.199 He could see the distinct outline of two cows. He 0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:50.680 woke up and it was like God said to him, 0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:53.600 I just want you to know you let the enemy 0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:59.760 have your cows. Those cows already belonged to my father 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:01.480 in the unseen realm. 0:28:01.520 --> 0:28:02.960 They were on the way. 0:28:03.080 --> 0:28:06.920 But when we get discouraged, when we quit believing it's 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:10.399 never gonna happen, I'll never get well, never meet the 0:28:10.520 --> 0:28:12.959 right person. Joe, a look at the fig tree. It 0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:17.000 hasn't changed now. My challenge to you is, don't lose 0:28:17.040 --> 0:28:21.639 your cows. What you've received in your spirit is already 0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:22.480 en route. 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.480 It's just a matter of time before it shows up. 0:28:26.960 --> 0:28:32.119 Hold fast your profession, keep believing, keep thanking God that 0:28:32.160 --> 0:28:32.920 it's on the way. 0:28:33.400 --> 0:28:34.720 God is faithful. 0:28:35.359 --> 0:28:38.640 Don't let the lack of evidence convince you that nothing 0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:41.280 is happening in the unseen realm. 0:28:41.560 --> 0:28:42.680 Things are changing. 0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:46.320 Forces that have stopped you in the past have been broken. 0:28:46.960 --> 0:28:50.400 The roots have been cut off of that depression, that addiction, 0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:54.160 that sickness may look like it's still alive, but it's 0:28:54.240 --> 0:28:55.360 just a matter of time. 0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:57.480 You're going to see what God promised. 0:28:57.880 --> 0:29:01.120 And the reason it's more difficult, it seems like it's 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:03.640 getting worse is because the enemy. 0:29:03.760 --> 0:29:04.960 Is on his way out. 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:10.000 I believe and declare what you've received in your spirit 0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:13.040 is about to show up in the natural. 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