The Twenty-First Day

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One line is for the men 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.559 who were the head of the house. The other line 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.240 is for the men who let the woman be the 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.040 head of the house. The line where the woman ran 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.000 the house was one hundred miles long. There was only 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.040 one man in the other line. God said, man, I'm 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.480 ashamed of you. I created you to be the head, 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.520 but only one man stood up to make me proud. 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.440 He looked at him and says, son, tell them, how 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.239 did you manage to be the only one in this line? 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.880 The man looked confused and said, I don't know. My 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:22.000 wife told me to send here. Say it like you 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.360 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.360 I am. I have what it says I have. I 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.120 can do what it says I can do. Today I 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:34.519 will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.560 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:42.520 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.280 I want to talk to you today about the twenty 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.000 first day. We all have things that were believing, for 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.720 a dream to come to pass, our health to turn around, 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.920 to meet the right person. We've been praying for a 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:01.480 long time, standing on the promises. We don't see anything happening. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.920 Seems like God is on vacation, like it's not doing 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.600 any good. But what you can't see is behind the scenes, 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:13.000 God is at work. He not only heard you when 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.600 you prayed, he took it one step further and put 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:21.680 the miracle into motion. The Psalmist said, the moment you pray, 0:03:22.200 --> 0:03:25.600 the tide of the battle begins to turn. And just 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:29.560 because you don't see anything happening doesn't mean the answer 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.959 is not on the way. And the people that see 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:37.040 promise is fulfilled. The people that see breakthroughs are the 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:41.120 people that keep praying, keep believing, keep standing in faith. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.000 In First John, it says, this is the confidence we 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:49.640 have in God. If we ask anything according to his will, 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.640 we know that he hears us. Thoughts will tell you 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.240 it's not making a difference to pray. You're wasting your 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:01.040 time getting your hopes up, believing that you'll get well. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.560 You saw the medical report. You'll never break the addiction. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.680 You've had it so long. Don't believe those thoughts. The 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.640 moment you prayed, the creator of the universe goes to work. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.839 It may not happen on your timetable or the way 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.640 you thought, but he is a faithful god. What he 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.640 promised you he will bring to pass. You may have 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:27.880 been waiting for a long time, but down in your 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:32.440 spirit there has to be a resolve, a confidence that says, 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:36.080 I know the answer is on the way, I know 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:40.080 the miracle is in motion. I've asked according to his will, 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.200 and I know it's just a matter of time before 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:47.000 it shows up. Don't talk yourself out of it. Don't 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:51.960 let delays, detours, disappointments cause you to give up on 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.839 what God has put in your heart. The healing is 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.839 en route, the promotion is on the way, The breakthrough 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.520 is own schedule. The right person is headed your way. 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:07.039 In Daniel, chapter ten, Daniel had been praying and fasting 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:11.480 for a long time, asking God for help. Day after day. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.839 Didn't seem like it was doing any good. Nothing was changing. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:20.080 But one morning Daniel was out at a river. He 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:24.040 saw a vision. An angel appeared to him. He said 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:28.359 in verse twelve, Daniel, since the first day you begin 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:32.599 to pray, your request was heard in heaven. I was 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:36.560 sent with the answer. But for twenty one days, the 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:40.839 Prince of Persia blocked me. Then Michael, the archangel came 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.599 to help me break through the opposition. Notice the first 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:50.279 time Daniel prayed, God heard him. The first time he prayed, 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:55.040 God sent the angel with the answer. Like with Daniel, 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.800 the first time you prayed, God began to change things 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.880 in your favor. We begin to move out the wrong people, 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:07.160 line up the right people, arrange healing, good breaks favor. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.479 It's right up in front of you. What's the delay? 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.800 What's taking it so long? There are forces trying to 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.440 keep you from your healing, keep you from your abundance 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.279 keep you from your freedom. The good news is the 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.640 forces that are for you are greater than the forces 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.480 that are against you. It took the Angel twenty one 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.440 days to get to Daniel what you're praying about. Maybe 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.080 taking a long time, you don't see anything improving. You 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.320 think it's never going to happen, or get ready. Your 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:44.880 twenty first day is coming. The Angel has already been dispatched. 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.120 God has already sent the healing. He's already sent the vindication, 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:54.080 already sent the promotion. Right now, the Angel is fighting 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:58.120 through the forces of darkness. Every time you thank God 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.239 that it's on the way, every time you say Lord, 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:05.120 I believe my healing is coming. I believe the right 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.359 person is coming. I believe a new level is coming. 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.120 When you stay in faith, you know what's happening. The 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:14.119 Angel is getting closer. It's just a matter of time 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.720 before that shows up. I talk to a young man. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.600 He'd struggle with an addiction most of his life. He's 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.560 in his late twenties, and he started listening to our 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.720 messages about how God wants you to be free and 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.280 how you were created to live a victorious life. Every 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.600 day he started praying and asking God to help him. 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.040 He would make declarations, I am free, I am whole. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:43.280 This addiction doesn't control me. Month after month, praying, believing, 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:48.120 declaring the promises, but nothing was getting any better. He 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.559 went to rehab and that didn't help. He could have thought, 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.880 this is my lot in life. I'll always be addicted. 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.800 But from the time you pray till the time the 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:03.520 answer comes, that's called the trial of your faith. That's 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.120 when it's easy to get discouraged and give up. It's 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.160 easy to talk yourself out of it. I tried. I 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.880 did my best. It's never going to happen. No, keep praying, 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:18.080 keep believing. It may not have happened yet, but what 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:21.239 God promised you he's still going to bring to pass. 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:25.040 That twenty first day is on the way. And this 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.720 is what this young man did. About two months ago. 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:32.680 After being addicted for years, he woke up one morning 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.880 and had no desire for the drugs. When his friends 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:40.280 came over and started smoking, it made him sick to 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:44.080 his stomach. He said, Joel, I can't explain it. I 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:48.040 didn't do anything differently. I didn't try to gradually cut back. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:52.599 Suddenly the addiction was broken. Suddenly he came in to 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.760 his twenty first day. You may have struggled with an 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:00.400 addiction for a long time, but that addiction has a 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.240 twenty first day. Your healing, your abundance has a twenty 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:08.240 first day. God has already set the time to turn 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.520 it around. When you come into your twenty first day, 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.920 every force that's held you back will be broken. But 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.520 when we've struggled in an area for a long time, 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:22.600 it's easy to accept it and think, maybe I'm not 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.920 supposed to accomplish this dream. I tried and it didn't 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.439 work out. I've been single a long time. Maybe I'm 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:33.160 not supposed to get married. I've had this depression for years. 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.680 Maybe I'm not supposed to be happy now. That may 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.560 have been your past, but that is not your future. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:44.960 God is about to break stubborn things, strongholds that look 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:49.160 permanent you've dealt with for years, those forces that have 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:53.360 held you back. Like with Daniel, God sent Michael to 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:57.880 assist him. God is going to send reinforcements to loose 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:03.000 what belongs to you. It's going to turn around. Suddenly. 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.600 The depression is going to break. Suddenly your business is 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.560 going to take off. What happened you came in to 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:13.760 your twenty first day. It's closer than you think. You're 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.520 close to your healing, You're close to meeting the right person. 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.560 You're close to a new level. Now, don't give up 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:24.800 on what you're believing for it may be taken a 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.559 long time, but what you can't see is the Angel 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:32.600 is on the way. Your twenty first day could be 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:36.240 this week, it could be this month. What if you 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:40.240 knew your twenty first day was next Friday, you would 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:44.640 quit worrying and you would start worshiping. You'd quit being discouraged, 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.480 and you'd start thanking God, Lord, thank you that it's 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.800 on the way. Thank you for your goodness, Thank you 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:55.199 that you're at work in my life. David said, each morning, 0:10:55.720 --> 0:11:00.800 I bring my request before God and wait expectantly. He 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.640 didn't just pray and say okay, I did my part. 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:08.720 He prayed and then waited with expectation. He went through 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.480 the day looking for God's goodness, believe in for favor, 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.120 talking like it was going to happen. Not I'll never 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.440 defeat this giant. Look how big he is. It's twice 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.360 my size. I don't have a chance. David had a 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.000 report of victory. He looked at Goliath and said, this 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.440 day I will defeat you and feed your head to 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:34.040 the birds of the air. He expected God's favor, he said, Surely, 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:38.200 goodness mercy follows me everywhere that I go. He would saying, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.120 in effect, I know my twenty first day is coming. 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.840 I know the Angel is on the way. I know 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.720 the forces that are for me are greater than the 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:50.240 forces that are against me. What am I saying? It's 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.440 not enough to just pray. You have to follow it 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:57.760 up with expectancy, with a knowing that God not only 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.960 heard you because you prayed according to his will, but 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:06.320 that he dispatched the angel with the answer. And I'm 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.440 not saying that it's going to happen in three weeks. 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:13.840 God has his own timetable. The twenty one days is symbolic. 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.880 It means there is a set time for God to 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:21.520 break through with the answer to your prayer. No person 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:26.120 can stop him. No addiction, no sickness, all the forces 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:31.360 of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained for your life. Now, 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:36.400 I believe, even right now, as faith is rising, strongholds 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:40.720 are being broken, Promises are about to spring forth, Dreams 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:45.960 are about to come to pass, addictions, depression, sicknesses are leaving. 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.160 God is going to make things happen that you couldn't 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.080 make happen. You're going to know you came in to 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.760 your twenty first day. Well you say, Joel, this all 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.520 sounds good, it's encouraging, But I don't believe it's going 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.360 to happen from me. I don't believe that just because 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.520 you said something, anything's going to change. Then this is 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.640 not for you. This is for believers. This is for 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:14.200 people that no God is in control, that he set 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:17.600 the miracle into motion, that the angels on the way, 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.440 that the twenty first day is coming. One time, I 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:26.400 ordered some custom running shoes online. When I clicked to purchase, 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.560 it said there was a four to six week delivery time. 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:33.440 In a couple of hours, I received an email with 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:37.120 a confirmation number where I could track the order. You 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.280 could go on the company's website anytime and find the status. 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.640 The first couple of weeks, when I tracked it, it 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:47.960 said in production the shoes were being made. About a 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:51.120 week later, I received another email that said that they 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.400 had been shipped. This time, when I went online to 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:59.000 check the status, it said in transit. I didn't know 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.800 where the shoes were. I didn't know when they were 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.560 going to be delivered. All I knew is that they 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.360 were on the way. I didn't worry about how they 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:12.720 had been shipped, what route they had chosen. The shoes 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.719 could have been made overseas, put on a plane to 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:19.320 New York City, put on a truck down here to Houston, 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.640 went to the main post office. The routing didn't concern me. 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:26.200 Why I knew those shoes had my name on them. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.600 I had a confirmation number. It was just a matter 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.720 of time before they were going to show up. In 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.360 a couple of days, there was a knock on the door, 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:39.040 and there were the shoes. When God puts a promise 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.040 in your heart, you don't know how it's going to happen. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:44.920 You don't know what route God is going to choose. 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.400 You don't know the exact time. But what you do 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:52.760 know is you have a confirmation number, so to speak. 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:57.160 You can find the promise in the scripture. God, you 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:01.160 said you would restore health back into me. You said 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:04.560 I would lend and not borrow. You said my children 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.200 will be mighty in the land. You said you'd get 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:11.440 beauty for these ashes. When you let the promise take root. 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.200 In effect, God puts your name on it. If you 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.120 could check that promise on your computer, what you would 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:22.440 see is in transit on the way. Now you don't 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.360 have to worry about how it's going to be delivered, 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.360 what route God is going to use when it's going 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.280 to happen. God knows how to get it to you. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.200 What has your name on it is headed your way. 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.600 No disrespect to FedEx or ups. But they can make 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:45.120 a mistake, but God doesn't make any mistakes. His delivery 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:49.760 service is one hundred percent accurate, and it will be 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:54.280 one hundred percent on time if you will stay in faith, 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:58.760 if you will keep believing, what belongs to you will 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.560 come to you at the exact right time. And some 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.920 of the things you think will never happen. It's been 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:09.920 too long, The situation has gotten too bad. If you 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.960 could check the promise on the heavenly computer, you wouldn't 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:19.680 see canceled, disregard too late. You would see on schedule, 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:24.040 on time to be delivered. It's not too late. You 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:28.400 haven't made too many mistakes. You haven't missed too many opportunities. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.240 God put the promise in your heart. It has your 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:36.200 name on it. And God doesn't change his mind. He's 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:40.000 not moved by negative circumstances, by how long it's been 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.520 by who doesn't like you? What has your name on it? 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.280 God is going to bring to you. The psalm is said, 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:52.080 God has blessings stored up for the righteous. There is 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:55.160 healing with your name on it. There's a baby, a 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:58.520 spouse with your name on them. There is a business 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:02.520 abundance with your name on it. Here's the beauty. We 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.680 didn't have to pay for it. God sent his son 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.119 to pay the price so that we could live an abundant, 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:14.679 faith filled, victorious life. Why don't you start believing for 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:19.440 what already belongs to you. God has some twenty first 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:24.679 days for you, not singular plural. God has blessings stored 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.320 up for the righteous. When you're tempted to get discouraged 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.320 and give up on what you're believing for, go get 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.879 your confirmation number out. Find the promise. God, you said 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.159 I can do all things through Christ. You said I 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.120 am strong in the Lord. So Father, thank you that 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:46.760 strength is intransit. Think you that breakthroughs are intransit. The 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.840 reason you need your confirmation number, the reason you need 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:54.600 the promise is. God is not obligated to bring the 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.480 past what we say, but he is obligated to bring 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.560 the past what he said. When you can say, God, 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:06.000 you said, as for me and my house, we will 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.560 serve the Lord you're believing. For a child, God, you 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.560 said in Psalms, you would make me the happy mother 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:16.560 of children. When you remind God what he said, you're 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.840 going to see some twenty first days. God is faithful 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:25.040 to his word. God kept a promise to David hundreds 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.760 of years after David had died. God could have thought 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:32.399 he's gone. He'll never know. But God is so true 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.840 to what he said. Three hundred and five years after 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.400 David had died, one of his relatives was on the throne, 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:44.040 not making good decisions. God said, in effect, I would 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.679 have taken away the throne, but for David's sake, I 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.879 will not do it. That's how committed God is to 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:55.240 what he promised. Imagine what happens when God hears you 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:59.920 praying the promises, declaring the promises, thanking him for the promises. 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.320 I can imagine that's when Heaven comes to attention. That's 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.320 when God says to Michael, go down there and break 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:10.720 through the forces of darkness. Give them what they're praying about. 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.600 They believe I will do what I promise. There was 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:18.760 a salesman going door to door selling vacuum cleaners. He 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.520 came to a house and a young man answered the door, 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:25.400 and the salesman went through his pitch. The young man says, Sir, 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.560 I don't need a vacuum cleaner. I need a kidney. 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.479 I'm waiting for a transplant. There were five hundred people 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:36.160 in line in front of him. The salesman said, I understand. 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.640 I'm sorry to have bothered you. He turned to leave. 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.320 As he was walking away, something said to him so strongly, 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.879 you need to give that young man a kidney. I 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:49.679 sent you to this house for a reason, not to 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:52.520 sell a vacuum, but to give him his health. Back 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:56.280 right there, standing in the front lawn. He called his 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.520 wife and asked what she thought about him donating a kidney. 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:02.520 She was fine. Called his dad, he was fine. Ten 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.880 minutes later, went back to the door, told the young man, 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:08.000 let's go see a doctor. I want to give you 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:11.520 a kidney. It just so happened he was a perfect match. 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:15.639 Don edd the kidney. Today, both men healthy, whole soul. 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.560 What am I saying that young man may not have 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.919 realized there was a kidney with his name on it 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:27.480 and it was already in transit. God knows what you 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.600 need and he knows how to get it to you. 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.280 You don't have to figure out how God's going to 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:37.520 do it. The scripture says, lean not to your own understanding. 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.040 If you try to figure it out, you're going to 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:43.679 get confused. When we were trying to buy property to 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:48.119 build a new sanctuary, everything fell through. I was disappointed. 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:50.200 I didn't see how it could work at I thought 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:55.160 we were stuck. But I was thinking one way, natural ordinary. 0:20:55.520 --> 0:21:00.040 God was thinking supernatural, extraordinary. What I couldn't say. He 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:05.320 is the compact center. This place was in transit and 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.639 it had our name on it. It was more than 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:11.040 I could ever ask or think. What God brings you 0:21:11.920 --> 0:21:14.800 It may not be exactly what you thought the way 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:18.119 you thought, but I can tell you firsthand what God 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:22.520 has in store will be bigger, better, more rewarding than 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:27.159 you ever imagined. Don't put God in a box. You 0:21:27.200 --> 0:21:30.199 may not see how it can happen. The medical report 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:33.600 is not good. You don't have the finances, the connections. 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:36.760 God has ways to do it. That you've never thought of. 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:41.840 David used a slingshot to defeat Goliath. He didn't have 0:21:41.880 --> 0:21:46.879 the training, the experience, the equipment, But a slingshot with 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:50.320 the favor of God is more powerful than a whole 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:56.400 army without it. This young man probably never dreamed somebody 0:21:56.440 --> 0:22:00.480 would come knocking on his door to give him a kidney. 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:04.159 If you knew all the things that are intransit for 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:07.639 you right now, all the things that not only have 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:10.879 your name on them, but they're already on the way, 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:14.560 you wouldn't live worried, wondering if it's going to happen, 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:19.399 frustrated because you didn't get the promotion. When it's your time, 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:22.960 when you come into your twenty first day, the promotion 0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:25.800 will come to you, The kidney will come to you, 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:29.280 The compact center will come to you. You single people, 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:32.160 the husband, the wife, they'll come to you. Quit worrying. 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:36.720 They're intransit, they're right on schedule, and they're good looking. 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:41.159 Might as well throw that is. I can't find that 0:22:41.200 --> 0:22:44.720 in the scripture, but I like it. But while you're 0:22:44.760 --> 0:22:47.919 waiting for the promises, while you're waiting for the twenty 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:52.359 first day, do your part, keep praying, keep believing, keep expecting. 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:55.240 Too often we give up on what we're believing for. 0:22:56.160 --> 0:23:00.520 In Luke eighteen, Jesus told his disciples a story, the 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:04.560 scripture says to show them that they must keep praying 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:09.320 until the answer comes. That's the key. Maybe taking a 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:13.639 long time, keep praying, Joey, you're saying twenty one days. 0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:16.359 I've been believing for my child to get back on 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:20.520 course for twenty one years. Don't stop praying. Now. God's 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:24.399 working on him. He's in transit. Behind the scenes. Things 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:27.920 are happening that you cannot see that twenty first day 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:32.000 is on the way. I read about an American Indian 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.840 tribe that were known for their rain dances. They had 0:23:35.840 --> 0:23:40.280 a reputation that anytime they danced, it would rain. When 0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:43.840 the surrounding community needed water, they would call on this 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:47.240 one particular tribe, and without fail, it would rain. A 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:51.000 community leader said to the Indian chief, how is it 0:23:51.400 --> 0:23:55.280 that every time you dance it always rains. The chief said, 0:23:55.359 --> 0:24:00.400 It's very simple. We dance until it rains. You're going 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:03.480 to see everything God has in store for you. You 0:24:03.600 --> 0:24:07.159 have to pray until it rains, believe until it rains, 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:13.440 expect until it rains. Not begging God. God, please help me, God, 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:18.200 please turn this around. Turn your prayer into praise. Lord, 0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:20.680 thank you that you're making a way right. I don't 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:24.280 see away. Lord, Thank you that you're bringing the right person. Lord, 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:26.840 thank you that you're increasing me so I can be 0:24:27.080 --> 0:24:30.800 a bigger blessing. Praise in the scripture brought down the 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:35.320 walls of Jericho. Praise open prison doors of their own accord. 0:24:36.240 --> 0:24:39.520 Years ago, people didn't use credit cards as much as 0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:42.719 they do today. When they wanted to purchase something they 0:24:42.720 --> 0:24:46.000 couldn't afford, many times they would put it on layaway, 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:50.720 a dishwasher, piece of furniture. They would put something down, 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.199 but unlike a credit card, the store would keep the 0:24:54.320 --> 0:24:57.840 item until it was paid off. So every week or 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:00.000 so they'd pay a little bit more, a little bit more, 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:03.520 week after week, month after month, until it was paid off. 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:09.000 In the same way, prayer is not a one time payment. God, 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:12.320 I prayed for two minutes. I told you what I needed. Now, 0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:15.880 if you're serious about what you're believing for, you have 0:25:15.960 --> 0:25:18.800 to pay it down, so to speak. You have to 0:25:18.880 --> 0:25:21.960 show God that you're not going to give up because 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:24.919 it's not happening on your timetable. You're not going to 0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:28.600 get discouraged because you don't see anything changing. You just 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:31.520 keep paying it down. A better way to put it 0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:35.640 is praising it down every time you. Thank God you're 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:39.400 getting closer. Driving to work in the morning, Lord, thank 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:42.159 you that you're restoring health back into me. You just 0:25:42.240 --> 0:25:45.600 made a payment at the office under your breath. Father, 0:25:45.720 --> 0:25:49.320 Thank you that you're fighting my battles. Another payment at home, 0:25:49.400 --> 0:25:53.200 cooking dinner. Lord, thank you that I'm getting better, stronger, healthier. 0:25:53.600 --> 0:25:56.320 You keep that up. Before long, you'll pay it off. 0:25:57.040 --> 0:26:00.560 This is what Abraham did. He waited twenty years to 0:26:00.640 --> 0:26:04.359 have the child that God promised him. The scripture says, 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:09.880 Abraham grew strong in faith, giving praise to God. How 0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:13.199 did he wait twenty years? Complaining God, why is it 0:26:13.240 --> 0:26:17.160 taking so long? No, he kept thanking God. Lord, thank 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:19.520 you that my baby's on the way. Thank you that 0:26:19.560 --> 0:26:22.280 you're faithful to what you promised. He paid it down, 0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:26.520 paid it down. Finally, little Isaac showed up the promised child. 0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:31.679 Like Abraham, many of you have done this. You're constantly 0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:36.560 thanking God. You live with faith and expectancy. God is 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:40.480 saying to you today you are close to seeing that promise, 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:44.080 the Angel is about to break through with the answer. 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:49.000 Don't stop praising, don't stop believing. What God put in 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:53.679 your heart is intransit It's headed your direction. It's just 0:26:53.720 --> 0:26:56.960 a matter of time before it shows up. If you'll 0:26:57.000 --> 0:27:01.200 do this, I believe and declare like Daniel, You're going 0:27:01.240 --> 0:27:04.080 to come in to your twenty first day. You're going 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:08.040 to see your healing, your promotion, your breakthrough, your victory. 0:27:08.520 --> 0:27:11.280 God is going to open doors no man can shut 0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:15.560 and take you to the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, 0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:18.240 if you receive it, can you say him in Today? 0:27:19.680 --> 0:27:22.800 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:25.480 the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:31.640 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:35.600 into my heart. 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