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Be a part of one of our services. 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.600 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.040 I'd like to start with something funny. And one day 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.880 Adam was feeling very lonely. God said Adam, I'm going 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.960 to make you a companion. It's going to be called 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:03.080 a woman. This person will cook for you and wash 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:06.960 your clothes. She will bear you children and never ask 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:08.560 you to get up in the middle of the night. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.800 She will always agree with you, and if you have 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:15.120 a disagreement, she'll be the first to admit she was wrong. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:19.200 Adam said, wile, God, what will a woman like this cost? 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:23.320 God said an arm and a leg? Adam said, what 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.920 can I get for a rib? And the rest is history. 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.440 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.080 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.520 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.240 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:42.320 of God. I boldly confessed. My mind is alert, my 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:46.760 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.640 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:55.720 about sleep on. It's easy to live frustrated because somebody's 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.639 not doing what we want, or discourage because of a 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:03.160 disappointment because a dream hasn't come to pass. But I've 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:08.640 learned God doesn't remove every frustration. He doesn't change every 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.520 person we don't like and take away everything that's bothering us. 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:17.120 The scripture says be still and know that he is God. 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:23.480 This implies if we're not still, if we're upset, worried, frustrated, 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.440 we're not going to know that he is God. Most 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.519 of the times I'm frustrated, I'm trying to change things 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.280 that only God can change. I'm trying to be God 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.360 and fix things that I can't control. You can't make 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.720 people do what's right. You can't make yourself do well. 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:47.600 If you're trying to control everything, you're going to be frustrated. 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.120 You have to turn it over to God. Do what 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.200 you can, then let him take care of the rest. 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.920 Life is too short to live frustrated because we're not 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:04.440 getting our way, frustrated because something unfair has happened. God 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.200 wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.200 you from your purpose. It's a test. Are you going 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:14.560 to let it steal your joy, live stressed out? Or 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.400 are you going to be still and know that He 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.520 is God? If God is not changing it, you have 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:25.040 to be mature enough to say, God, I don't like it, 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.800 but I know you've allowed it, and until you change it, 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.360 I'm going to stay in peace and enjoy my life. 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.960 The real victory is not when God does everything you 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:40.640 want removes all your frustrations. The real victory is when 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.479 those things happen, but it doesn't bother you anymore. You're 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.679 at peace. You know God is still in control. Matthew 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.000 twenty six. Jesus was about to be betrayed and go 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.359 to the cross. He went with his disciples to a 0:04:55.400 --> 0:05:00.320 place called Gasimine. He was so troubled and so overwhelmed. 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.599 He asked his disciples to stay there and pray for him. 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.120 He went away by himself, fell on the ground, said, Father, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.960 if it's possible, take this cup from me. And a 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.680 little while. He went back to check on his disciples, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.640 hoping to gain some strength, some encouragement from them. But 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.360 when he showed up, he found that they were all 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:25.240 sound asleep. He couldn't believe it. He woke them up 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.159 and said, guys, couldn't you stay up and pray for me? 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.440 This is the biggest challenge I've ever faced. He was 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:36.320 kind of frustrated. He asked them again, even more emphatically, 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.440 please stay awake. The spirit is willing, but the flesh 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:45.080 is weak. Pray. Jesus went away again by himself to pray. 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.040 He thought for sure, this time they got the message. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.839 He came back a little later, same thing, still sleeping. 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.440 You can imagine how disappointed he was. He turned around, 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:00.440 went back to pray some more. Then he thought, I'll 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.520 go check on them one last time. This third time, 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.440 I know they'll be praying. After all I've done for them, 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.599 I know they'll be standing in faith with me. He 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:12.360 went back the third time, but they were still sleepy. 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.000 This time, he didn't try to wake them up. He 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.080 didn't try to get them to be for him. He 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:24.000 looked at them and said sleep on. He came to 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.120 the point where he didn't let it bother him anymore. 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.320 He could have kept waking them up, trying to make 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:35.960 it happen, being frustrated. Instead, he accepted he wasn't going 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:39.240 to have their support. He accepted it wasn't going to 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:43.279 work out his way. He didn't fight it. He didn't 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:47.200 let it frustrate him anymore. He said sleep on and 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.880 moved forward. There are times in life when things don't 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.760 work out the way we wanted. The people we were 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.960 counting on weren't there for us. The medical report wasn't good, 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:04.120 the dream isn't happening on our timetable. We could be frustrated. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.200 We did the right thing, we stayed in faith, but 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.239 it's not working out. You have to do what Jesus did. 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:16.840 Tell the disappointment, tell the delay, tell the frustration. Sleep on, 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.840 You're not going to bother me anymore. I know God 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.560 is still on the throne. I know he's fighting my 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.600 battles and he will get me to where I'm supposed 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.640 to be. Are there some things you need to tell? 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.160 Sleep on? That person you've been trying to change, No 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:37.559 matter how hard you try, they want do what you want. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:42.120 It's time to say sleep on. You can't control people. 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.520 You can't make them do what's right. Pray for them, 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:50.360 be respectful, but don't go the next thirty years letting 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:54.200 them frustrate you. Two simple words can change your life. 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:59.880 Sleep on. Jesus wanted his disciples support. He deserved it, 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.240 he had been good to them. But sometimes God will 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.320 pull back people's support. He knows if they're there all 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:12.280 the time, then you would become dependent on them. You 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.080 would think they were your source, they were your savior. 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.600 You don't need everyone you think you need. God has 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.720 already lined up the right people to come into your 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:26.960 life to help you reach your destiny. The right people. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.080 You don't have to play up to. You don't have 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.560 to try to manipulate. Convince them to be for you, 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.960 Convince them to stay awake. They'll be for you through 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.200 thick and thin. They'll show up when you didn't ask. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:44.800 They'll encourage you when nobody else is around. But sometimes 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.240 we're being frustrated by people that are never going to 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.760 be for us. We're spending all this energy trying to 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.080 win them over, no matter how good we are to them. 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:59.680 Every time we need them, they're asleep, they're busy, they're 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:04.120 not interested. I've heard it said quit swimming across an 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:08.040 ocean to be good to someone that won't walk across 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:12.000 a puddle to be good to you. And I'm all 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:16.600 for overcoming evil with good, blessing our enemies, but the 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:21.720 scripture says, don't cast your pearl among swine. Your pearl 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:25.600 is your gift, your personality, your annoying. It's who God 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:29.559 made you to be. Some people won't value your pearl. 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.560 They won't respect your gift, they won't recognize what you 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.840 have to offer, the calling, the favor on your life 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.800 and your time is too valuable to waste it with 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.880 people that discount your pearl. Don't hang around people that 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.360 try to lessen you, or you feel like you have 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.120 to prove to them who you are, Prove to them 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.839 why they should be your friend. You don't need their approval. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:58.080 You have Almighty God's approval. He breeds his life into you. 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.880 He crowned you with you have royal blood flowing through 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:07.560 your veins. Hang around people that celebrate your pearl, people 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.600 that polish your pearl, people that respect your pearl. Too 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:15.400 often we're trying to drag someone along, Convince them to 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.880 like us, Convince them to stay awake. Do yourself a favor, 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.320 tell them sleep on. If you'll let go of the 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.960 wrong people, God will bring the right people. He'll send 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:31.040 you divine connections, people that will love you for who 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.920 you are and not for what you can do for them. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.360 People that will inspire you to go further, people that 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.920 will bring out the best in you, people that will 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.760 cause your pearl to shine. But Jesus was wise enough 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:48.040 to recognize the disciples couldn't stop the plan of God 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.920 for his life. Their lack of support couldn't keep him 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.079 from doing what his father called him to do. And 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:59.600 they were good people. They loved him. But sometimes good 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:04.000 people won't be there for you. It's a test. Are 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.480 you going to get frustrated and keep trying to wake 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.440 them up? Or are you going to recognize it's a 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:15.320 new season and say sleep on? Here's the key. If 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.679 they didn't wake up, you don't need them for this season. 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.280 If they're not giving you what they used to give you, 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.760 that means God has taking you to a higher level. 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:30.240 He's winning you off the support, the encouragement. It's like 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.520 a little baby. They love to have their bottle, makes 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:37.800 them comfortable, makes them feel secure, and that's fine as 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:39.920 long as they're a year or too old. But if 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:43.520 they're forty seven walking around with that bottle, that's a problem. 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.520 But as parents, when we take the bottle away from 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:52.000 our children, they don't like it, they're uncomfortable, but we 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:57.360 do it so it won't limit their growth. Sometimes God 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.200 will make you uncomfortable. He'll take something away that you 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.840 were used to. A friend that always called and encouraged you, 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.240 a coworker that always helped you with the report, a 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.000 neighbor you could always count on to go somewhere together. 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:15.000 It's because God is winning you off that bottle, so 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:19.360 to speak. As long as you're dependent on people, it 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:23.480 will limit how high you can go when God removes 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.880 the support. When he takes away someone that you were 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.320 used to, don't get mad at them, don't keep trying 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.480 to wake them up. God put them to sleep. You 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:37.200 can't open a door that God is closed, that friend 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.240 that's not there anymore. The disappointment. You may not like it, 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:45.360 it may be painful, but it's ordained by God. You 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.439 have to recognize that's a sign you'll come in a 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:52.480 higher That discomfort means you'll go into a new level, 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.880 and everyone that's with you now may not be able 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.920 to go where you're going. Some people are like scaffolding. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.520 They come into your life for a season to help 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.839 you reach a certain level, but at some point God 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.199 is going to remove the scaffolding so you can shine. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.040 It's not that they're not good people, but their part 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.440 in your story is over. God's taken you to a 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:23.480 higher level. Quit being frustrated by somebody that's not supporting 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.199 you like they used to. Why don't they call me anymore? Joel? 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.520 Why don't they compliment me? The right attitude is I 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.520 love you, I respect you, but I don't have to 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:37.560 have your support, your compliment, your encouragement. Sleep on. We 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:42.360 spend too much time trying to get people's approval, trying 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.840 to get them to validate us. Then we'll feel good 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:49.280 about ourselves. The problem with getting your validation from people 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.800 is people can change their mind. One moment people were 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:59.319 cheering for Jesus shouting Hosanna waving palm branches. A few 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:03.959 days later, if those same people were shouting crucifying. People 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.240 can have a short memory. People can go to sleep. 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.760 And if you're getting your value based on what people 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.679 give you, how much they compliment you, then if for 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.120 some reason they stop doing that, you'll forget who you are. 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.120 Your self worth is coming from them. Quit relying on 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.520 people and go to God. You don't need their approval. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:29.120 You have God's approval. But in life we all go 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:34.280 through gassemone. We all have disappointments and things we don't understand. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.520 But I've learned God gives us grace for every gasemone, 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:44.040 grace for every unfair situation. It's very free when you 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.600 can look at the people that have left, you can 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:51.240 look at the disappointment and say, sleep on. Amazing things 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:55.920 are up ahead. If you don't give up in gasmone. Yes, 0:14:56.040 --> 0:15:00.360 there will be crosses to bear, betrayals, setbacks. Can I 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:04.800 encourage you if you keep moving forward, there will be resurrections, 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.720 There will be new beginnings, times where God pays you back. 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:13.400 For what was unfair. Times were God catapult you years ahead. 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:18.760 Don't get stuck in gasemone. Don't let the sickness cause 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.480 you to become bitter. You don't understand it. It's not fair. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.680 You could say God, why this doesn't make sense? Or 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:30.120 you can look at the frustration, the discouragement, the fear 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.360 and say, sleep on. I'm not going to drag through 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.720 this day defeated. I may be in gsemone, but I 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:41.600 know a resurrection is coming. Gasemone doesn't have to stop you. 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.360 God wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:49.840 somehow move you towards your purpose. The next time that 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.480 coworker is rude to you, instead of being upset, just 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.840 smile and say sleep on. When that car cuts you 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.840 off in traffic, instead of saying what you normally say, 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:06.400 try a new approach. Sleep on. You're not approving their behavior, 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:11.320 You're not enabling them. You're simply saying your actions are 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.520 not going to control my life. This traffic is not 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.840 going to ruin my morning. This setback is not going 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:21.600 to sour the rest of my future. Maybe you need 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.960 to tell your past sleep on. You had a tough childhood, 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.440 You went through a rough divorce, you lost a loved one. 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:34.480 Tell the hurts, tell the questions, tell the failures. Sleep on. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:39.560 I've learned you're either feeding your history or you're feeding 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:44.000 your destiny. But you can't feed both. You're either looking back, 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:49.240 living in regrets, thinking of everything that went wrong, or 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.800 you're looking ahead saying, God, I know what was meant 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.960 for harm. You're turning to my advantage. I know you 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.280 have beauty for these ashes. I know weeping indoors for 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.800 a night, but joy's coming in the morning. If you're 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:07.359 always feeding your history, you're going to be frustrated, guilty, 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:12.000 angry in self pity. Do yourself a favor. Tell your history. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:17.320 Sleep on. You can't go forward if you're always looking backwards. 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.120 You can't see the new things on the horizon. If 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:25.520 you're focused on what's behind, Start feeding your destiny. Father, 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.320 Thank you that your plans for me are for good. 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.959 Thank you that the path of the righteous gets brighter 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.639 and brighter. Thank you that you hold victory in store 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.919 for the upright. If you'll get your mind going in 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.240 the right direction, your life will go in the right direction. 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.760 I talked to a gentleman last week. He'd gone through 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:47.440 a lot of disappointments. His marriage of many years had ended, 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:51.760 and a very successful career went downhill. Everything fell apart. 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:55.160 He was so discouraged he was going to end his life. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:57.919 He got in his car and was driving to a 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:01.679 remote place. He turned the radio on and just so 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:05.159 happened to tune into our serious exem station. Now I 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.720 was talking about not looking back, not reliving the hurts 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.800 and failures, and how God has good things up ahead. 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.920 He said, when he heard that, it was like somebody 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:20.480 breathed new life into his spirit. Strongholds in his mind 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:24.520 were broken. He turned around, went back home. Today he's 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:28.240 back on track, living a life of victory. What happened 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:33.200 He quit feeding his history and he started feeding his destiny. 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:37.080 If you feed your history long enough, it will pull 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:40.720 you into depression. The enemy would love to keep you 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.800 so focused on your hurts and what didn't work out 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:48.240 that you're too discouraged to move forward. Don't fall into 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.760 that trap. You wouldn't be alive unless God had something 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.199 amazing in front of you. You made be in dysseimine, 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.480 a place of discouragement frustration. But if you'll say sleep 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.600 on and start thinking some new thoughts. Then you're headed 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.600 for a resurrection. You're headed for a new beginning, a 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:09.560 place of restoration. A few years ago, I was flying 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.040 to an event with some of our staff, and we 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:15.040 were on a smaller plane that held a couple dozen people. 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:17.960 After it took off, I wanted to open up my 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.520 tray table so I could write some notes. The table 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.840 was in the side of the plane, right underneath the window. 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.760 I pulled and pulled, but I couldn't get it open. 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.720 My friend was sitting across the aisle. His looked exactly 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:35.000 the same, and he pulled his straight out. No problem. 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.320 I went back to mine and I pulled, I yanked, 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.240 I struggled. I thought, I'm going to get this table 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.479 open if it's the last thing I do. It was stuck. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.840 My friend came over. He started pulling and pulling another 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.119 staff member. They pulled and pulled. It wouldn't budge. I 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:54.840 sat across the aisle kind of frustrated. About that time, 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:58.160 I looked up and over the window where we had 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:02.200 been pulling, there was a side with big bold letters. 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:09.480 It read not a trade table, emergency exit only. Sometimes 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:14.560 what we're frustrated about is God keeping us from real frustration. 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:21.960 In my case, God keeping me alive. If God answered 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:25.400 all of our prayers, opened every door we asked him 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:28.520 to open, brought every person we begged him to bring, 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:33.000 we wouldn't reach our destiny. The longer I live, the 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.439 easier it is for me to say sleep on. I 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:39.399 may not understand it, it may not make sense, but 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:42.760 I've learned God is smarter than I am. He can 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:45.520 see things I cannot see. He knows what he's doing. 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:51.480 I wonder if what's frustrating you has an emergency exit 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:54.800 only sign on it and you can't see it. You 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.760 don't understand why God won't answer the prayer, Why the 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:01.439 dream is taking so long? That guy at work you 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:05.520 liked so much hasn't even noticed you. You've worn your 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.520 best clothes, your best perfume, given him your best move. 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.120 He acts like he's dead. Maybe it's because God can 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:17.919 see something you can't see. Maybe under his shirt is 0:21:17.960 --> 0:21:23.560 an emergency exit only sign that's hidden from you. God 0:21:23.680 --> 0:21:27.439 has your best interests at heart. If he's not giving 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:30.320 you what you want, that means he has something better. 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:33.800 He loves you too much to let you miss your destiny. 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:37.520 A couple of years after I took over from my father. 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.560 The church started to grow and we needed a larger auditorium. 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:45.600 We found one hundred acre tract of land right by 0:21:45.640 --> 0:21:48.600 the other location, a few miles away on the freeway. 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:52.640 It seemed perfect. The owner told us the property had 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:55.520 been on the market for twenty years. We knew God 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:58.920 had saved that property for us. He said we didn't 0:21:58.920 --> 0:22:01.479 need to sign the contract right then. We could do 0:22:01.560 --> 0:22:05.159 some preliminary drawings and do some soil samples while the 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:08.879 paperwork was getting taken care of. Several months later, we 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:11.760 went to close on the property. We had an eight 0:22:11.760 --> 0:22:15.000 o'clock in the morning appointment. We showed up at seven 0:22:15.000 --> 0:22:18.879 point forty five. The secretary walked out said, I'm sorry, 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:23.560 the owner sold the property last night. I couldn't believe it. 0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:27.240 He didn't keep his word. I went home so disappointed. 0:22:27.720 --> 0:22:30.480 I told Victoria what happened and how there was no 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.280 more property, and how now we were stuck. She looked 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:37.119 at me and said, Joel, this means God has something better. 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:41.520 He closed this door for a reason. She started preaching 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.720 to me one of my own sermons. I didn't want 0:22:44.760 --> 0:22:48.400 to hear that. She was saying, sleep on I was saying, no, no, 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:52.800 wake up, this is bad. I had to do what 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:55.280 I'm asking you to do. I said, God, I don't 0:22:55.359 --> 0:22:59.440 understand it. It doesn't seem fair. But God, I trust you. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:03.840 I believe you know what's best. Several months later, we 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:06.840 found another piece of property. It seemed better than the 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:10.119 first one. We went to close on it. The same 0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:14.000 thing happened. They sold it out from under us. If 0:23:14.000 --> 0:23:16.600 you don't pass the test the first time, you get 0:23:16.600 --> 0:23:20.160 to take it again this time. I said, God, I'm 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.480 glad they sold the property. I didn't want it in 0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:26.280 the first place. God knew I was lying, but it 0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:31.600 felt good. But six months later a friend called said, Joel, 0:23:32.200 --> 0:23:35.199 the Houston Rockets basketball team is moving out of the 0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:38.720 Compact Center. That would be a perfect place for Lakewood. 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:42.720 When he said that, something came alive on the inside. 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:45.879 I knew that's why God had closed those doors. He 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:49.199 had something bigger, better. I never dreamed we could have 0:23:49.240 --> 0:23:52.760 the Compact Center. Things fell into place. Here we are today. 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:56.040 What am I saying the things you're tempted to be 0:23:56.119 --> 0:24:00.360 frustrated about today? If you will stay in faith, one 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:04.720 day you'll look back and say, like me, while God, 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:09.879 you outdid yourself. I never dreamed i'd meet somebody this great. 0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:13.840 I never dreamed i'd feel this healthy. I never dreamed 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:16.919 you'd take me this far. God's plan for your life 0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:20.320 is so much bigger than your own. The real question 0:24:20.600 --> 0:24:24.480 is what will you do in gasemone when it's not 0:24:24.600 --> 0:24:27.800 working out your way, when your friends aren't there for you, 0:24:28.040 --> 0:24:30.840 when the contract doesn't go through, when the medical report 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:34.960 is not good. Too many people don't see their resurrection 0:24:35.720 --> 0:24:39.679 because they get bitter in gasemone, God, Why did they 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:42.880 fall asleep? Why did they sell it out from under us? 0:24:43.280 --> 0:24:47.879 Gasmone is the real test. We like when everything's going great, 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.639 but that's not when we grow the most. Gasemone is 0:24:51.680 --> 0:24:54.960 where you can be promoted. God is seeing what you're 0:24:55.000 --> 0:24:58.320 made of. He's seeing if you're ready, if you'll stay 0:24:58.359 --> 0:25:01.159 in peace, if you'll be still and know that he 0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:05.199 is God, that he'll take you into your resurrection. The 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:07.840 way you know you're ready to be promoted is not 0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:11.800 that God has removed all your difficulties, but you don't 0:25:11.880 --> 0:25:16.360 let them frustrate you anymore. You've learned this principle. Two 0:25:16.440 --> 0:25:21.720 simple words sleep on. Maybe these two words could help 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:24.840 you get your joy back. Two words could help you 0:25:24.920 --> 0:25:27.280 sleep through the night. Two words could bring you peace. 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:31.119 Sleep on. I read about a lady that was complaining 0:25:31.160 --> 0:25:34.480 about everything that went wrong that day. She said, God, 0:25:34.520 --> 0:25:37.560 why did you let so many bad things happen? My 0:25:37.680 --> 0:25:40.440 alarm didn't go off, and I was late to work. 0:25:41.200 --> 0:25:43.439 At lunch, they made the wrong sandwich and I had 0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:46.760 to send it back. Driving home, my cell phone dropped 0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:50.080 the call in the middle of the conversation. To top 0:25:50.119 --> 0:25:52.240 it off, when I got home, I wanted to put 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:54.840 my feet in the foot massager, but it wouldn't turn on. 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:57.560 God said, all right, let me go down the list. 0:25:58.080 --> 0:26:00.920 Your alarm didn't go off because there was a drunk 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:04.320 driver on the road. I delayed you on purpose so 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:07.320 you wouldn't be harmed. You had to send your sandwich 0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:11.160 back because the first person that made it wasn't feeling well. 0:26:11.720 --> 0:26:13.960 I didn't want you to catch what they had, so 0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:16.600 I had somebody else make you a new one. The 0:26:16.680 --> 0:26:20.160 cell phone dropped the call because that person was about 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:22.439 to fill you with gossip and I didn't want you 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:26.399 to be contaminated. And the foot massage it had a 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:28.600 short in it. If you would have turned it on 0:26:29.080 --> 0:26:31.440 it would have knocked out the power, and I didn't 0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:34.840 think you wanted to sit around in the dark all night. 0:26:35.320 --> 0:26:39.080 Could it be what's frustrating you is really the hand 0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:42.720 of God. Could it be He's behind the scenes doing 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:46.760 things you can't see. But it's for your good, protecting you, 0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:54.080 guiding you, positioning you. Nothing happens without God's permission. We're 0:26:54.080 --> 0:26:57.199 not always going to understand it. This is when we 0:26:57.320 --> 0:27:01.320 have to trust him. You may be in gsemone today 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:05.600 you have a good reason to be upset, frustrated. I'm 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.919 asking you to do what Jesus did. Tell the frustration, 0:27:09.160 --> 0:27:13.640 tell the past, tell the disappointment, sleep on. It may 0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:17.280 not be fair, but God sees what's happening. He has 0:27:17.320 --> 0:27:20.639 you in the palm of his hand. He's breathing in 0:27:20.680 --> 0:27:24.639 your direction right now. Don't give up. In gsemone, you 0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:28.000 are close to your breakthrough. You are close to a 0:27:28.040 --> 0:27:31.800 new level. If you will pass this test, I believe 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:35.480 and declare, you're going to come out of Gosmone into 0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:40.800 your resurrection. You're going to see promotion, healing, restoration, vindication. 0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:44.959 God's going to turn the frustration into favor. You're going 0:27:45.000 --> 0:27:49.800 to rise higher, accomplish dreams and become everything He's created 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:53.320 you to be in Jesus's name, And if you receive it, 0:27:53.640 --> 0:27:57.399 can you say men? Today, I'd like to give you 0:27:57.440 --> 0:28:00.720 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:01.160 --> 0:28:05.720 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:10.560 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 0:28:10.640 --> 0:28:15.080 you my lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 0:28:15.200 --> 0:28:17.840 we believe you got born again. Get in a good 0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:22.000 Bible based church, and keep God first place. Victorian, I'll 0:28:22.040 --> 0:28:24.400 be right back to speak a blessing over you. 0:28:25.640 --> 0:28:28.160 As a thank you for your support of our ministry 0:28:28.160 --> 0:28:30.840 this month, Jewel and Victoria would like to send you 0:28:30.880 --> 0:28:34.439 a copy of Jiel's new series, The Power of Peace. 0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:37.320 When you're in peace, you're in a position of power. 0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.840 You're saying by your actions, God, I trust you. I 0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:44.040 know you're in control. You will not only enjoy your 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:46.680 life more, but that's what will allow God to turn 0:28:46.760 --> 0:28:48.280 negative situations around. 0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.440 If you're going to live peaceful, you have to do 0:28:50.480 --> 0:28:53.120 it on purpose. It's a choice that we have to make. 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.440 Because this resource, you'll learn how to stay in peace 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:58.280 and live a victorious life. 0:28:58.560 --> 0:29:01.600 Request your copy of the Power of Peace today at 0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:05.200 Joeluistin dot com or call eight eight eight five six 0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:05.960 seven Joe. 0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:09.040 Thirteen years ago, my family and I started listening to 0:29:09.120 --> 0:29:11.920 Joel's messages every week. Since then, we've learned about the 0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:14.600 power of prayer. We faced a challenge when my mom 0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:17.400 had to have two open heart surgeries. 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