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This is not an 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.759 offer to buy your self securities snor is it investment, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:30.760 legal or tax advice. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.440 That trouble looks permanent, but God is saying it's not 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.640 going to last very long. You're about to see his 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:44.119 hand bring healing, restoration, divine connections, promotion. It's not by 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.160 your mind, not by your power, but by the spirit 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:48.240 of the Living God. 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.400 Hi. This is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.480 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.400 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.640 be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:04.360 appreciate you and pray of God's very best in your life. 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:06.760 Well, God bless you. 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.880 It's great to be with you today, and I hope 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.720 you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. We have 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.920 a daily podcast that you can download. You can go 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.200 to our YouTube channel listen to the messages anytime, or 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.880 you can follow us on social medium. I'll promise you 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.120 we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.040 in and thanks again for coming out today. I like 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.600 to start with something funny, and I heard about these 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:34.240 three men that were traveling together. It was a Hindu priest, 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.080 a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist. 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:38.400 They stopped at. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.680 A farmhouse for lodging. The farmer said, I only have 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.160 room for two of you in the house. Somebody will 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.519 have to stay in the barn. The Hindu priest said, 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.800 I'll do it. A few minutes there was a knock 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.280 on the door, said, I can't stay out there. There's 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.600 a cow and cows are sacred in our religion. The 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.160 Jewish rabbi said, I'll do it. A few minutes later, 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:58.800 a knock on the door said, I. 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.800 Can't stay out there. A pig that wouldn't be kosher. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.840 The televangelist finally said, all right, I'll do it. 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:05.800 In a few minutes. 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:07.720 There was a knock on the door. It was the 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:11.680 cow and the pig. I'm the only one that got it. 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:15.200 Here we go, ready, this is my Bible. I am 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:17.520 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:19.919 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.079 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:27.440 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.400 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.840 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:39.760 trouble is temporary. We all face difficulties that don't look 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.800 like they'll ever change. Seems like the more we pray, 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:43.920 the worse it gets. 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.360 We don't see any sign of things improving. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.880 It's easy to live discouraged and accept that it's not 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:54.000 meant to be. But Paul said in Second Corinthians, our 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:58.720 present troubles are small and won't last very long. These 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.200 troubles will soon be over, but the joy to come 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:06.640 will last forever. What you're up against may look permanent, 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.520 seems like it's going to take years to get well. 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.240 Years to get out of debt, years to meet the 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.000 right person. Don't be fooled by what you see. God 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.760 is saying, the trouble is only temporary. It's not going 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:20.960 to last very long. 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.640 Soon, it's going to be over. Soon. 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.599 You're going to see the breakthrough. Soon, your health is 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.359 going to turn around. Soon, you're going to meet the 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.440 person of your dreams. You may not see how this 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.000 can happen. Everything in your reasoning says it's not possible. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.120 You're looking at it in the natural. We serve a 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.760 supernatural God. He can make things happen that you can't 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:46.040 make happen. And instead of thinking of all the reasons 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.400 why it's not going to work out, how it's going 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:52.000 to take forever, try a different approach. Father, Thank you 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.640 that this difficulty will soon be over. Thank you that 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.720 this sickness, this depression, this family problem will not last 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.080 very long. Joel, it's already been a long time. That 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.040 means you are very close to seeing it turn around. 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.080 You're on the verge of a breakthrough. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:15.159 You're about to see freedom, promotion, problems suddenly resolved, dreams 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.360 suddenly come to pass. Not in the suite by and by, 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.440 but soon things are going to change soon. That child 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.080 is going to get back on course soon. That new 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.159 door is going to open soon. The right person is 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:29.040 going to show up. 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.719 Soon. You're going to come into overflow. Now. 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.120 You have to get in agreement with God and have 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.680 assuon mentality. As long as you think it's going to 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.320 take years, that's going to stop God from working. When 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.280 you have this soon mentality, you get up each morning 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:48.919 with expectancy, knowing that this could be the day that 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:50.440 God shows out in your life. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.840 When is your health going to turn around? 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.200 I don't know, Joel. This medical report doesn't look very 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.440 good at all. That's one report. I'm giving you another 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.400 report soon. Things are going to change in your favor. 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:04.640 When are you going to get out of debt? 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.320 Looks like it's gonna take me one hundred and twelve 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.880 years to pay everything off. You're gonna be in heaven 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:13.520 by then. How about soon? I'm coming out of debt soon. 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.280 I'm on lend and not borrow. How can that happen? 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:18.719 God owns it all. 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.680 One touch of his favor and you'll have more than 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:26.200 an hour. One good break, one idea, one contract. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.080 In everything will change. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:31.000 When are you going to overcome that addiction soon. When 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.159 are you going to meet the right person soon? 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:34.200 When is that. 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.359 Legal issue going to resolve soon? When are you going 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.240 to sell that property soon? When are you going to 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.920 start your business soon? Your mind will tell you all 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:47.320 the reasons it's not going to happen. Your problem's too big. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.599 The people that you're up against are too powerful. It's 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:54.599 been that way too long. Don't believe those lies. Receive 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:58.240 this into your spirit. The problem will soon be over. 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:03.320 The loneliness will soon be gone. The anxiety, the grief, 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.919 the barrenness, not able to have a child is coming 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:11.640 to an end soon. These present troubles will not last 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.840 very long. Job went through a great difficulty. He was 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:19.480 doing the right thing, honoring God, and the bottom fell out. 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:23.400 He lost his business, lost his children, lost his health, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:27.560 head boils all over his body. Just because we're people 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.560 of faith doesn't mean we won't have difficulties. You can 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.840 be doing the right thing and come into trouble. The 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.640 scripture says, rain falls on the just and the unjust. 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.680 When it rains at my house, my property gets wet, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:46.640 My next door neighbors, people across the street, everyone in 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:52.160 the neighborhood. The rain doesn't discriminate. Don't get discouraged by difficulties. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:53.120 It's just life. 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:57.000 The promise we have is not that trouble won't come, 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.400 but the trouble is not going to last. Soon, the 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:04.920 trouble will be over. When you're in difficulties, things happened 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:08.200 like with Job that you don't understand. He came down 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:09.000 with an illness. 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.840 People at work turned on you. You had to set 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:12.960 back in your business. 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.320 It's easy to live worried thinking that it's never going 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.840 to work out. You have to remind yourself it is 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:23.480 not permanent. It is not going to last long. Soon, 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.640 it will resolve all. 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.560 Through the day. You need to keep this in your heart. 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.840 Father, thank you that this trouble is only temporary, that 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.600 it didn't come to stay. It came to pass, thinking 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:38.040 that it will soon be over. When Job looked at 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:42.040 all his circumstances, everything that went wrong, all that he 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:45.600 had lost, he got depressed. He sat down in the 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.480 ashes and wanted to die. One reason he was so 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.640 discouraged is he solved the trouble as permanent. He didn't 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.559 see any way he could get out as long as 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.720 he had this forever mentality. This is how my life 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.959 is all always going to be, He felt overwhelmed. When 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.040 you have a setback, thoughts will tell you it's permanent. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.600 You'll never get well, you'll never be happy again, you'll 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.880 never meet someone. If you believe those forever lies, you'll 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.760 get discouraged and lose your passion. God won't let you 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.000 get in a situation that he can't bring you out of. 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.880 If the trouble was too much, the sickness too great, 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.079 the opposition too strong, he wouldn't. 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:31.040 Have allowed it. It's a test. What are you going 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:31.400 to do? 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:36.480 Get discouraged, give up on dreams, live defeated, or are 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.640 you going to believe that God is on the throne, 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.840 that he's bigger than what you're facing, that the trouble 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:43.720 is temporary, that it's not. 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:44.720 Going to last long. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.400 What you believe in times of trouble will determine whether 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.520 you come out or whether you get stuck there. And 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:56.680 at one point Job changed his attitude. Instead of sitting 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.920 around defeated, he got up out of the ashes, looked 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:04.200 toward the heavens and said, I know my Redeemer lives. 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.560 He was saying, I know God is still on the throne. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.920 I know this difficulty can't stop my destiny. What He 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.360 has purposed for my life will come to pass. He 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:19.160 shifted to an attitude of faith. God, let us see 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:23.800 both sides of job, him discouraged, despondent, then him switching 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.880 over to faith, to let us know. 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:28.000 It's okay to feel things. 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.720 It's okay to have times when you feel discouraged. You 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.760 don't see how it can work out. It's okay to 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:36.000 start there, but. 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:36.960 Don't finish there. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:41.240 Don't stay in the ashes, don't stay defeated. At some 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.520 point you have to do like job and say, I 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:48.000 know my redeemer lives. I know God didn't bring me 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.000 this far to leave me. I know this problem is 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.600 not permanent. Lord, thank you that it will soon be over. 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.400 Do you know what that does to the enemy when 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.960 he hits you with his best shot But you don't 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.480 start complaining, You don't stay in the ashes. You start 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.840 declaring Soon, It's going to turn around soon. I'm gonna 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.440 get well soon. I'm gonna meet someone new soon. My 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.280 business is going to take off soon. I'm gonna laugh again. 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.960 Love again, lead again, run again. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:22.160 When you live with this soon mentality, all the forces 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:27.080 of darkness cannot keep you down. In Job's situation look permanent, 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.400 looked like he had seen his best days. But God 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.360 not only turned it around, but Job came out with 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:36.400 twice what he had before. The scripture says he had 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:40.199 twice the cattle, twice the sheep. He got his business back. 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:43.520 God never brings you out the same. He makes the 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.560 enemy pay for bringing the trouble. And we hear a 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.440 lot about the suffering of Job. All that he went 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.000 through seems like that was his whole life. The entire 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.800 book of Job is about his struggle. You would think 0:11:55.840 --> 0:12:00.240 it went on for forty years, trouble, heartache, pain, But 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:04.600 some commentaries believe the whole struggle was only nine months. 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.760 All the sickness, all the trouble didn't last years. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:13.160 It was months. What you think is going to take years? 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.760 What looks like it's going to be a long time 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.600 to resolve, Like with Job, it's going to happen sooner 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:23.200 than you think. That trouble looks permanent, but God is 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:27.080 saying it's not going to last very long. You're about 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:32.800 to see his hand bring healing, restoration, divine connections, promotion. 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.400 It's not by your mind, not by your power. But 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:40.480 by the spirit of the Living God. Two thousand and three, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.080 the Houston City Council voted for us to have the 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:48.160 Compact Center. This was a city owned building. We had 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:51.120 worked for two years presenting our case and trying to 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.520 convince council members. When we won the vote, we were 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:55.359 so excited. 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.160 It was like God opened a door that we never 0:12:58.280 --> 0:12:59.280 dreamed would open. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.760 The next day, a company that owns all the high 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.959 rises around this property filed a federal lawsuit to. 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:08.440 Try to keep us from moving in. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.920 They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:15.760 estate company with property all over the state. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.080 It was like David versus Goliath. 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.560 Our attorneys told us that it could be tied up 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.520 in the courts for ten years. How these kinds of 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:29.080 legal proceedings can be extremely slow. That meant we couldn't 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:33.400 move in. We couldn't start our renovations. Our future concerning 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.199 this building was on hold. The problem was I had 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:39.559 already presented the Compact Center. 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:39.880 To the church. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:44.040 People had already given to support it. Everyone was excited 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.559 asking when are we moving in. I would wake up 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.439 in the middle of the night in a cold sweat 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.560 thoughts telling me you're going to look like a fool. 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:55.960 What are you going to do if you don't win 0:13:56.040 --> 0:14:00.880 the lawsuit. I was tempted to live, worried, stre but 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.960 I did what I'm asking you to do, despite what 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:08.560 the experts were saying, despite how permanent it looked, I said, father, 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.000 I want to thank you that this trouble is only temporary, 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:16.160 that it won't last very long. Lord, I know you're 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:20.200 working behind the scenes, fighting our battles, making our crooked 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.200 places straight, shining down your favor on us. I would 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:27.760 check with the attorneys every week, looking for some sign 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:28.400 of hope. 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:29.360 Is there anything new? 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:34.160 Nothing we haven't heard from them. They didn't want to negotiate. 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:37.240 They were going to sit back and wait, drag it 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:40.080 out for years until we had to do something else. 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:44.680 I could hear that promise, that still small voice saying, Joel, 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:48.760 trust me, this trouble is only temporary. Soon it will 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.000 be over. But my mind would say, are you kidding? 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:57.240 Nothing is improving. You're years away from even finding out if. 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.760 It's going to be yours. The battle is. 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.520 Taking place in our thinking. Don't accept the lies that 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.760 it's permanent. It's going to take a long long time. 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.480 You have to turn it around and say Father, thank you, 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:13.760 that this will resolve sooner than it looks. About eight 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.400 months after the lawsuit was filed, we received a call 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.040 from the other side saying they wanted to meet. 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:21.680 I was excited. 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.440 I believed it was the hand of God. Our attorneys 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.720 were more skeptical. They said it was a ploy. They 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:30.600 were just trying to complicate things. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.120 We met with them. 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:36.160 Not only did they agree to let us have this building, 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.920 but to lease us nine thousand coupboed parking spaces. They 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:44.000 dropped the lawsuit, The facility. 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.400 Was ours, free and clear. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:49.800 What looked like would take years to happen took place. 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:50.440 In a few months. 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.960 God is saying to you what you're up against is 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.960 going to resolve much sooner than it looks. That trouble 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.080 is not going to lie long. That addiction is not 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:06.040 going to hinder you your whole life. The sickness, depression, 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:10.120 anxiety is not going to stop your destiny. Soon it's 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:14.240 going to be over, not years, but months. Why don't 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.160 you get in agreement with God? You may not see 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.920 how the giant looks too big, the sickness too great, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:22.720 the opposition too strong. 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.160 You're not in this by yourself. The most High. 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.360 God is fighting for you. He knows how to move 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.160 people out of the way. He can do what medicine 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:36.960 cannot do. He can restore what's been solen. Sooner than later, 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.440 you're going to see the hand of God making things 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.880 happen that you couldn't make happen, opening doors that no 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:49.160 person can shut, turning situations around that look impossible. But 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.480 it's easy to live with this forever mindset. It's never 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.600 going to work out, or maybe years down the road, 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:57.359 maybe one day, Joel. 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:01.600 I'll get a good break. Switch over to a sou mentality. Now. 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.800 I know some things take time, but God promises us 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.840 in this verse soon the trouble will be over. He's 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:12.159 about to do something out of a normal time frame, 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.960 something unusual, sooner than you think, Well, what if I 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:18.840 believe and this doesn't happen. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.199 What if you believe and it does happen. 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.919 It probably won't happen if you've already accepted it's going 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.199 to be a long time to get out of this trouble, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.200 a long time to get well, to meet the right 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:35.520 person to accomplish that dream. That's limiting what God will do. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:40.880 I'm asking you to believe for sooner than later, even 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.480 if it doesn't happen as soon as you like. Yes, 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:45.920 we all have to wait. But I've made up my mind. 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.760 I'm gonna live with a soon mentality. I'm gonna keep 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:52.520 release in my faith, reminding God what he promised, that 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:57.160 this difficulty will soon be over. There are forty two 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:01.560 chapters in the Book of Job, and two talk about 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.479 what he went through. Seems like this struggle with his 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:08.000 whole life, but the last two verses of the Book 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:13.440 of Job are very significant. After describing the trouble, the heartache, 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:17.840 the loss for forty two chapters, the last thing written says, 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:22.919 after this Job lived one hundred and forty years and 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:27.560 saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. Then he 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.920 died an old man, having lived a long, good life. 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:37.679 Job's struggle was approximately nine months, but after that struggle 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:42.240 he lived one hundred and forty good years, happy years, 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:46.240 healthy years, years where he enjoyed his children, years where 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:49.880 there was great joy and laughter in his house. God 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:52.840 was showing us the trouble is temporary. 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.920 The trouble is not going to last forever. 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.639 You may be in a difficult time, but that's not 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:03.240 how your story ends. That loss is not going to 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:06.560 define you. That sickness is not going to ruin the 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.080 rest of your life. That person that walked away, the 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.800 bad break, the unfair situation is not going to stop 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:19.040 your purpose. God has an after this for you, after 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:22.760 the trouble. There's going to be great joy in your life, 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:26.719 after the loss, after the sickness, after the legal battle. 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.920 You're going to see new friendships, new opportunities, new growth. 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:35.720 Don't be discouraged by the trouble. It's not stopping anything 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:39.359 God has for you. God is storing up all the joy, 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:43.359 all the good breaks, the favor, the resources that have 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:46.920 been put on hold because of this temporary trouble. 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:48.920 You're not losing anything. 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:52.880 What belongs to you is still coming your way. Your 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:56.920 latter days will be better than your former days. Your 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.360 story doesn't end in defeat. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:00.760 It doesn't end in. 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:06.880 Failure, injustice, sorrow, Those are temporary seasons. Your story ends 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.560 in victory. God has already lined up and after this 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.280 for you. He said, what was meant for your harm, 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:17.280 He's turning to your advantage. Even now, God is turning 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:21.560 some things. He's turning the trouble, turning the sickness turning 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:24.600 the people that are against you. You're about to step 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:28.600 in to an advantage, step into favor that God has 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:33.000 already lined up for you. When we walked into that meeting, 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:37.320 the CEO of the company had already changed his mind. 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:41.080 God had already turned his heart. He was against us. 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.440 But no person can stand against our God. No bad break, 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:51.200 no sickness, no trouble. God controls the universe, he said. 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:54.960 Weeping may endure for a night, but joy is coming 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:55.600 in the morning. 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:58.400 You may be in a night season. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.000 Can I encourage you It's temporary. 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:02.640 Joy is on the way. 0:21:03.119 --> 0:21:06.240 God is going to turn your mourning into dancing, your 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:10.040 sorrow into joy. What's holding you back is not going 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:11.320 to last much longer. 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:13.000 Soon it will be over. 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:16.879 One time I was flying to India with my father. 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.800 It was a fifteen hour flight. Everything was going fine, 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:25.119 cruising along very smoothly, but about twelve hours in, the 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:28.919 plane hit this turbulence and started bouncing around like a 0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:34.280 roller coaster, up and down. Everything started flying, laptops hitting 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:37.199 the ceiling. Some of the flight attendants had gone up 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.840 in the air landed on top of other passengers. People 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:45.119 were screaming, panicking for about ten minutes. It was chaos. 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:48.439 You had to hold on for dear life. Eventually it 0:21:48.480 --> 0:21:52.240 all calmed down, thankfully, nobody was injured, went back to 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:56.400 smooth sailing. The last several hours were as peaceful as 0:21:56.400 --> 0:22:00.320 can be. This is how it is in life, going 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:04.840 along fine, everyone is healthy, were getting good breaks. Then 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:09.880 we hit some turbulence, an unexpected challenge, a sickness, a layoff, 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:11.720 a friend betrays you. 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:12.800 You didn't see it coming. 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.240 It's easy to panic God, what's happening? 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:17.439 Can I encourage you? 0:22:17.880 --> 0:22:20.960 It's just a part of your ten minutes of turbulence. 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:22.639 It's not going to last. 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:26.040 It may be chaotic, feel stressful, but. 0:22:26.040 --> 0:22:27.240 It's going to calm down. 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:30.879 There's going to be and after this for you, after 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:32.520 the turbulence, you're going to. 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:34.400 Come out just fine. 0:22:34.480 --> 0:22:37.879 I've discovered we're all going to have about ten minutes 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:41.280 of turbulence, not at once, but a minute here, a 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:45.520 minute there. Our mind will tell us it's permanent. I'll 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:49.320 never get through this difficulty. It's bumpier than I've ever felt. 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:51.600 God is still in control. 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:55.639 He's not only flying your plane, but he controls the weather. 0:22:56.160 --> 0:22:59.520 He speaks to storms and they calm down A friend 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:02.760 of mine recently lost his job. He'd been there for 0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:06.600 many years and wasn't about his performance. They just didn't 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:09.840 have the funds to pay him. He was tempted to panic, 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.840 be upset. I told him what I'm telling you. This 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:17.080 is not how your story ends. The trouble is going 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:19.920 to pass, and the rest of your flight is going 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.640 to be smooth. God has it already figured out. There's 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.120 another position already lined up, has your name on it. 0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:30.440 If you'll stay in faith and keep being your best, 0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:34.120 you're going to come in to your after this, You'll say, 0:23:34.240 --> 0:23:37.760 after the layoff, I got a better position. After they 0:23:37.800 --> 0:23:41.480 walked away, I met someone better. After the sickness, I 0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:45.840 came out stronger. What's interesting is that ten minutes of 0:23:45.880 --> 0:23:50.040 turbulence felt like ten hours to me. I was sweating, 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:54.040 holding on for dear life, praying the Sinner's prayer forty 0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.800 two times, God, please forgive me. I'm about to come 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:00.960 see you. I was afraid and stressed out. If I 0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:04.399 had known it was temporary, I would have enjoyed the ride. 0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:06.440 Pay a lot of money to go to. 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:09.360 Disneyland to ride a ride like that. If I had 0:24:09.440 --> 0:24:12.000 known it wasn't going to last very long. 0:24:12.480 --> 0:24:14.440 If I had known everything. 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.320 Was going to be all right, I would have stayed 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:18.000 in peace, said Lord. 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:21.040 Thank you. I know this too shall pass. I know 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:22.479 this temporary. 0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:24.440 Problem is not going to stop your plan. 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:25.840 For my life. 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:28.639 I could have relaxed and saved myself a lot of 0:24:28.720 --> 0:24:33.159 heartache if I had only remembered the trouble was temporary. 0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:37.240 Maybe you're in part of your ten minutes of turbulence 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:40.080 now it feels like it's going to be ten years. 0:24:40.520 --> 0:24:43.920 You're worried, losing sleep, trying to figure it all out. 0:24:44.520 --> 0:24:46.159 Come back to a place of peace. 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:50.480 It's not permanent. Things are going to work out. God 0:24:50.560 --> 0:24:53.600 is going to get you to your destiny. You may 0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:57.240 not see how the winds are strong, the plane is 0:24:57.280 --> 0:25:02.000 bouncing around. God controls the wind ends. That cancer is 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:05.920 not bigger than our God. That breakup didn't stop your purpose. 0:25:06.400 --> 0:25:09.720 The trouble at work is not going to last. God 0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:13.280 is behind the scenes right now working in your life. 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:16.800 Your time is coming. It's going to happen sooner. 0:25:16.400 --> 0:25:17.040 Than you think. 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:20.960 In the Book of Genesis, God told Noah that there 0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:23.480 was going to be a great flood. He was to 0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:27.080 build an arc, a huge boat. Take two of every 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:30.960 kind of animal on it. While he was building. I'm 0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:32.440 sure people made fun of him. 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:33.440 Thought what's this. 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:37.840 Crazy man doing. There's no water around here. At that time, 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:40.879 it had never rained. The dew came up from the 0:25:40.920 --> 0:25:44.359 ground and watered the earth. You can imagine how odd 0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:49.160 that seemed. But the scripture says Noah did exactly what 0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:50.240 God asked him to do. 0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:55.560 He was obedient. The rain came for forty days, the whole. 0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.639 Earth was flooded. Noah and his family were on the boat. 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:02.359 Months and months went by. Noah didn't know he was 0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:04.719 going to be like that the rest of his life. 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:07.440 He sent a bird out to see if the waters 0:26:07.520 --> 0:26:10.720 were receding, but the bird came back it could land. 0:26:11.240 --> 0:26:15.000 This happened again and again. It looked like this was permanent. 0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:20.119 But Chapter eight says God remembered Noah. He sent a 0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:23.840 wind to blow across the waters, and the floods begin 0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:24.719 to disappear. 0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:27.560 God remembers your faithfulness. 0:26:27.960 --> 0:26:31.840 He remembers your obedience the times Like Noah, you did 0:26:31.880 --> 0:26:35.760 the right thing when it was hard. You kept giving, serving, 0:26:36.000 --> 0:26:39.879 being good to people. Not seeing anything change, nothing was 0:26:39.920 --> 0:26:40.560 getting better. 0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:41.720 Don't worry. 0:26:41.960 --> 0:26:45.399 Your time is coming. God sent a wind and the 0:26:45.480 --> 0:26:49.399 waters begin to disappear. A year later, Noah and his 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:53.000 family were able to get off the boat. Now I believe, 0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:56.720 like with him, God is about to breathe on your life, 0:26:57.240 --> 0:27:01.480 and problems that look permanent are about to disappear. That 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:05.560 sickness you've been dealing with, the child, you're so concerned about, 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:09.560 the trouble at work that's hindering you. By faith, I 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:13.159 can see the wind of God's spirit causing it to disappear. 0:27:13.800 --> 0:27:20.600 Addictions disappearing, depression disappearing, lack, not having enough disappearing. 0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:22.120 This is a new day. 0:27:22.680 --> 0:27:26.679 God is breathing his favor, his blessing, his healing on 0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:31.360 your life right now. The next verse says, the underground 0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:36.680 water sources cease their gushing. The torrential rains stopped flowing. 0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:40.760 There are things that you can't see. They're underground, so 0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:44.480 to speak. They're about to cease in your life. God 0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:47.240 is going to cut off the source of what's limiting you, 0:27:47.680 --> 0:27:50.680 the source of what's holding you back. The sickness is 0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:54.280 about to cease, the addiction is about to cease, The 0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:58.760 trouble is about to cease. When those waters ceased, it 0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.240 took a few months before or Noah and his family 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:04.280 could come off the boat. You may not see anything 0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:08.280 happening yet, but that doesn't mean things haven changed. It's 0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:11.200 just a matter of time before you see what God 0:28:11.320 --> 0:28:15.000 was up to. Now, keep the right perspective. The trouble 0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:18.720 is temporary. It's not going to last as long as 0:28:18.760 --> 0:28:22.720 it looks. Live with this soon mentality not it's way 0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.679 off in the future. Soon things are going to change 0:28:25.680 --> 0:28:29.120 in my favor. If you'll do this, I believe and declare. 0:28:29.359 --> 0:28:33.520 Healing is coming, freedom is coming, breakthroughs are coming soon. 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:36.040 You're going to get well soon. You're going to meet 0:28:36.080 --> 0:28:39.240 the right person soon. That problem's going to turn around. 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:42.880 Soon. You're going to see God's favor in new ways. 0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:44.680 In Jesus' name. 0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:49.040 If you receive it, can you say amen? Today I'd 0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:51.760 like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:51.800 --> 0:28:56.120 Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:57.200 --> 0:28:59.000 I repent of my sins. 0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:03.920 Into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. 0:29:05.120 --> 0:29:08.240 Do you pray that simple prayer. 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