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It's great to be with 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.280 you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.800 during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.760 social media, and you can come visit us in We'd 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:02.560 love to have you be a part of one of 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.559 our services. So I like to start with something funny, 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.760 and I heard about these three men, a Baptist a 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:12.280 Catholic and a Charismatic. They died on the same day 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.880 and went to heaven. Saint Peter met him at the 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.560 pearly gates and said, I'm so sorry, men, but your 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.799 rooms are not available yet. He didn't know what to do, 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.679 so he decided to call Satan and see if he 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.280 would keep them for a little while. Satan reluctantly agreed. 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.200 A few hours later, Satan called back said, Peter, you 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.680 have to come get these guys. The Baptist man is 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:37.160 saving everyone, Catholic man is forgiving everyone, and the Charismatic 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:42.040 has already raised enough money for air conditioning. Say it 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.960 like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.560 what it says I am. I have what it says 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:50.160 I have. I can do what it says I can do. 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.440 Today I will be taught the word of God. I 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.760 boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:02.360 I will never be the same. Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.200 I want to talk to you today about you're going 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:10.240 to laugh again. We all go through seasons of struggle 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.600 and seasons where we're dealing with an illness, the loss 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:18.040 of a loved wanna relationship, didn't work out. We don't understand, 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:22.120 doesn't seem fair. It's easy to think that the suffering, 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.359 the struggle, the weeping is the way it's always going 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.400 to be. I met a young couple. They were in 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.240 town for treatment at the medical center, and he had 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.800 just been diagnosed with a very serious illness. As they 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.840 held their little children, they wept and wept so devastated. 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.920 But God never promised that we wouldn't have seasons of weeping, 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:47.600 seasons of struggle. But Jesus said in Luke six, blessed 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.920 are those who weep now, for in due time you 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:55.040 will laugh. The promise God makes us is the suffering 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.560 is only a season. The weeping is not how your 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:03.520 story ends. To laugh again. God sees what you're going through. 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.400 He knows what wasn't fair, the lonely nights, the pain, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.640 the heart ache. The scripture says He's collected all of 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.000 your tears. You may have felt alone, but he's been 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.120 right there with you. And the good news is he's 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.880 not going to leave you in suffering. It's not going 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.920 to leave you broken hearted, weighed down with burdens. First 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:28.039 Peter says, after you have suffered a little while, not 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:31.400 your whole life, not the next twenty years, but after 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:35.200 a little while. It goes on to say, God himself 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.800 will strengthen you, establish you, and put you back on 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:42.200 your feet. You may be in a season of suffering, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.279 season of struggle. You feel stuck in your health, your marriage, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:49.680 your finances, seems like it's never going to get better. No, 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:53.120 God himself is about to step in and do what 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.000 only he can do. And when you see how he 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.640 restores you, how he pays you back for what was unfair, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.400 he brings you out better. Your mourning is going to 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.920 be turned to dancing. Your sorrow turned to joy, that 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:11.160 weeping turn to laughter. Don't believe those lies that you'll 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:15.120 always be lonely. You'll always mourn that loss, always be 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:19.000 broken hearted over that child. No, your time is coming. 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:23.960 The psalmist said, weeping may endure for a night, but 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:28.880 joy is coming in the morning. Notice weeping may endure, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:33.560 may means, it's not certain, it's questionable. But here's the promise. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.880 Joy is coming, not maybe not hope. So there's a 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.120 good chance. The most o God says, joy is on 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.360 the way. You're going to laugh again, You're going to 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.600 dream again, You're going to love again. You're going to 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.400 see God's blessing in such a way that all you 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:54.280 can do is laugh, laugh in amazement, laugh in gratitude, 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.719 laugh at the goodness of God. This is what happened 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.360 to the Israelites. They had been living in Jerusalem when 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.760 King Nebuka Nezar came and attacked the city, and he 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:08.440 captured them, put them in chains, took them to Babylon. 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.919 Here they were enjoying life, raising their children, going to work. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:17.240 Everything changed. Now they were in this season of suffering, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:21.960 being mistreated, wondering, God, where are you? Why is this happening. 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:26.640 Year went by, they prayed for freedom, believed they'd be released, 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.560 but nothing. Two years, three years, four years. Finally they 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:35.480 accepted it. This suffering is our destiny, being mistreated, taking 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.480 advantage of We just have to get used to it, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.200 says in Psalm thirty seven. They went down to the 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:46.600 rivers in Babylon and wept as they remembered Jerusalem, as 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.160 they thought about what used to be the joy they 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.240 used to have. All they could do was weak. The 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:56.120 Babylonians asked them to sing the songs of Jerusalem. Let 0:06:56.200 --> 0:07:01.080 us hear those joyful melodies. We've heard about, said, how 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:05.599 can we sing. We're in mourning. We're captive. Our hearts 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:09.159 are heavy, the pain is too real, the suffering too great. 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.800 They hung up their hearts on the willow trees, put 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:16.000 away their instruments. They were in a season of weeping. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.880 Sometimes we think it's weak to weep. Come on, be strong, 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.240 get it together. But God made us to feel things. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.040 There are times the pressure is so great, the loss 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.840 so heavy, the disappointment is so discouraging. We don't think 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:35.160 we can go on. That's why he said, weeping may 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.400 endure for a night. You may go through a season 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:42.040 of weeping. Something that's breaking your heart feels too much 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.960 to carry. Weeping is not a lack of faith. Doesn't 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.560 mean you're not tough enough. It means that your heart 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:52.360 is working. It means that you care deeply. One time 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.360 David came back home and saw that his city had 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.960 been attacked, and all the wives and children had been kidnapped. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.960 The scripture said he wept until he could not weep anymore. 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.840 Now David was a warrior. He'd killed a lion and 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.000 a bear with his hands. He had defeated Goliath. He 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:14.400 was this strong, feared courageous leader, but there were times 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.600 he felt so overcome, so heavy, that he wept. That's 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.360 the way the Israelites were. There was nothing they could do. 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:26.720 They were slaves. The Babylonians were bigger, stronger, had more people, 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:31.120 more equipment. Looked like the suffering, the heartache, the weeping 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.720 was permanent. How could they ever break free? But here's 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.600 the key. God has already scheduled a time to end 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:42.920 the suffering. He's already set the time to end the heartache, 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.160 to bring you out of what's held you captive, to 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:51.000 turn around was causing the tears. After the Israelites had suffered, 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.760 a little while after they'd gone through that season of weeping, 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:59.120 God himself said, I'm coming down to do something about it. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.520 God is not going to let someone continue to mistreat you, 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.240 to keep you at a disadvantage. Where that burden, that 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.960 heaviness becomes permanent. You may not be able to do 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.920 anything about it. It's too much for you, but it's 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.000 not too much for our God. One touch of his 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:21.000 favor and things will shift. Chains will break, that child 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.760 will turn around, that addiction will be broken, that sickness 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.439 will come to an end. The scripture says God. Turn 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:33.400 the captivity of the Israelites. God freed them. God is 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:37.520 about to turn some things in your life. Turn problems around, 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:42.000 turn loneliness around, turn finances around, turn your health around. 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.680 The Israelites were weeping. It's not like they had this 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:49.800 great faith, they were super strong. They were discouraged. They 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:54.760 had accepted the suffering, the struggle, the hardship was their destiny. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.839 But God is so merciful He's not going to let 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.920 the suffering continue. You may go through seasons of weeping, 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.280 seasons of sorrow. It's not fair. You don't understand. But 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.559 it's only a season. It's not permanent. Well, Joel, I 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.360 don't see how my situation could ever work out. With 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.320 what I'm bid through, with what I'm up against now, 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.640 how could I ever be happy again? You're looking at 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.360 it in the natural, But God is supernatural. He is 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:26.520 not going to leave you in a broken place, a 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:30.520 wounded place, a lonely place. He wouldn't have allowed the 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.440 suffering if he wasn't going to bring you out better. 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.080 The suffering is a setup for God to show out 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:42.040 in your life. He turns mourning into dancing, sorrow into joy. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.920 The greater the adversity, the greater the joy. The greater 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:50.480 the suffering, the greater the blessing. The message translation says, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.920 the suffering is not forever. It won't be long before 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.280 our great God will have you put together and back 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.839 on your feet. He has the final say. Yes he does. 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.760 You may be in a season of struggle. God is saying, 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.720 it won't belong till I have you back on your feet. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.440 It won't be long till your health turns around. Won't 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.400 belong till that child gets back on course, to that 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:19.240 situation in your marriage resolved. How it may look like 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.800 the enemy has won, Like with the Israelites, he has 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.800 you captive. It seems permanent. The good news is God 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.800 has the final say. He's in control, not just of 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:35.000 your life, He's in control of your circumstances. Nothing can 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:38.920 stand against him. When it's your time, doors will open, 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.600 freedom will come, healing will show up, The good breaks 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:46.440 will find you. The scripture says, when God turned the 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.600 captivity of the Israelites, it was like a dream. Their 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.280 mouth was filled with laughter, and their lips with songs 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:59.600 of joy. Imagine the Israelites back home in Jerusalem laughing 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.280 with their families singing songs of joy. These were the 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:07.560 same people that earlier thought the suffering was permanent, the 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.679 same ones that were sitting by the rivers in Babylon, 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.600 weeping and weeping, thinking they had seen their best days. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:19.200 Now they're not only free, not just back home, but 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.720 they're filled with laughter. Their joy is overflowing. That's the 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.720 way our God is. He's not going to just bring 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:30.160 you out. He's going to make the enemy pay all 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.640 the suffering, sadness, heartache. God's going to pay you back 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.240 with more joy. You're gonna be happier than you've ever been. 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.880 You're gonna laugh more than you've ever laughed, Like with them. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.559 When you see what God does is gonna be like 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:48.439 a dream. You're gonna be amazed at how God restores you, 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:52.480 re energizes you, takes you where you never thought possible. 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.320 When my father passed, that was the biggest challenge that 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.280 I ever faced, and I didn't see that coming. And 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.280 I went through that season of sorrow miss my father 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.360 and a season of suffering, trying to learn how to 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.640 minister and figure out who I was, how to overcome 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:12.040 negative voices. Many nights, I'd get up at three in 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.720 the morning to write my messages, not sure if I 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:19.320 would finish in time, was stressful, had times I felt overwhelmed. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:24.480 But I've learned in those seasons of suffering, seasons of struggle, 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:28.520 something is happening on the inside of us. There's a 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:33.640 strength of perseverance or resolve that's being developed. If we 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.760 have the right attitude, we're learning to trust God in 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:40.640 a greater way, even when we feel weak, when we 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.560 don't think we have the faith. God is using that 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.840 struggle in ways that we can't see. It's not working 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:50.640 against you, it's working for you. It's getting you prepared 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.960 for something amazing that's coming. And after I had suffered 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.600 a little while, not my whole life, God turned things 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.959 in my favor. I can say, like the Israelites, it's 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.880 been like a dream. I never imagined where God was 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.360 taking me. But here's the point. When you're in the suffering, 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.079 in the struggle in the morning, you can't see what 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.320 God is about to do. Most of the time God 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.400 doesn't show you what's in store. All you can see 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.000 is more of the same. The Babylonians are bigger. It's 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.760 no way I can get out, no way I can 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.840 get well, No way, I'll be happy after this breakup. 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.280 Don't let the size of the Babylonians fool you. Don't 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.840 let those bad breaks, what you've been through convince you 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.520 that the suffering is permanent. In just a little while, 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.280 our great God is not only gonna show up, not 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.040 only turn it around, but he's gonna fill your mouth 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:50.280 with laughter. That means, no more heart ache, no more suffering, 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.680 no more loneliness. God is about to do a new thing. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:58.080 He's saying, you've suffered long enough. You put up with 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.640 the trouble, the heartache, the So momorrow, those tears of 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.600 sadness are coming to an end. You're going to see 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:09.400 tears of joy, tears of gratitude, tears of thanksgiving, amazed 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.640 at the goodness of God. There was a young woman 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.480 that came down for prayer with her husband and she 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.640 was expecting her first child, twelve weeks pregnant, but she 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.640 lost the baby. This was her sixth miscarriage. She had 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.800 not carried a child this long, and she had hoped 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.600 that this would be the one, but unfortunately it didn't happen. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.800 And she was telling me these big tears were streaming 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:38.040 down her cheeks. Her husband weeping beside her. The pain 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.760 is real, the heartbreak is heavy. The beauty of our 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.600 God is he can feel what we feel. When Jesus 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.680 saw Mary and Martha weeping at the death of their brother, 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:54.040 the scripture says, Jesus wept. What's interesting is he already 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:57.080 knew he was going to raise Lazareth. He already knew 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.760 it was going to have a good outcome. But he 0:15:59.920 --> 0:16:03.440 was moved by Mary and Martha's tears. He could feel 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.479 their heart break, their sorrow. He begin to weep with them. 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.680 There are times when life throws us such a blow. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:14.000 All we can do is weep. But know this when 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:18.680 you weep, God weeps. When you're heartbroken. God feels it. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.240 When you don't think you can go on, you feel overwhelmed, 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.720 God is right there with you. The scripture says, He's 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:29.120 close to the broken hearted. Now. I told that couple 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.120 what I'm telling you. You may be weeping now, but 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:36.680 joy is coming. Being heartbroken is not how your story ends. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.760 I love what Jesus promised. Blessed are those who weep, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.680 for in due time you will laugh. It seems like 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.960 he would say you're blessed when the problem turns around 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.480 not when you weep, you're blessed. When you're promoted. You're 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.400 blessed when the healing comes. But he said, when you weep, 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.400 when your heart is broken, when the load seems too heavy, 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.880 blessed because He's about to step in and turn things around. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:07.200 He's about to make up for what you've lost. He's 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:11.040 about to pay you back for the trouble. Those tears 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.399 are painful, but God's about to fill your mouth with laughter. 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:19.520 When you're in those suffering seasons, those weeping seasons, those 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.520 seasons of struggle, you need to keep this promise in 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.480 your spirit. I may be weeping now, but I know 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:29.000 joy is coming. These may be tears of sadness, but 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.960 I know I'm gonna laugh again. We prayed, and the 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:36.400 couple went back to their seat. Two years later, they 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.199 came to the reception after the service. She had the 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.520 biggest smile. Her husband was beaming from ear to ear. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.480 They were each holding a nine month old baby. They 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:52.520 had twin girls. Those same tears were flowing down their faces, 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:56.040 but this time they were tears of joy. They were 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.360 tears of gratefulness. She said, we are so happy. We 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.720 were believing one child. We never dream God would give 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.919 us two. That's the way God is. He's going to 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:08.919 pay you back for the suffering. He's gonna take what 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.800 was meant for harm and turn it to your advantage. Now, 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.000 I can't promise you that you want to have suffering, 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.000 You want to have tears, things that are not fair, 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.800 burdens you don't deserve. But I can promise you that 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:25.000 God feels what you feel, that He's right there with you, 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.919 and that the suffering is not permanent. There will be 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:31.960 a time when the suffering is gone and you have 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:35.160 the baby, you have the promise, you have the healing, 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.360 you have the victory. You're not just out of the hardship, 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:43.359 but you're amazed at what God has done. Someone six says, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:47.160 those who went off with heavy hearts will come home 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:51.960 laughing with armloads of blessings. Yes, we all have times 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:55.640 where our hearts are heavy. Go through a loss, bad 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:59.399 medical report, being mistreated on the job, can feel like 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.600 a deady. It'll never change, No, look at the rest 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.920 of the scripture. Your heart may be heavy, but you're 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:10.960 going to come home laughing, how with armloads of blessings. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.159 That tells me God is going to make the enemy 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.840 pay for the trouble. He's going to bring you out 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:20.240 better than you were before. That young couple standing in 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:23.360 front of me were holding two babies. That was literally 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:28.119 armloads of blessings. You may have something heavy on you today, 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.720 like you're carrying sorrow, carrying pain. God's about to do 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.720 in exchange instead of carrying the pain not being able 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:40.159 to have the children, how about carrying two babies instead 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:43.639 of carrying the sorrow. How about carrying joy instead of 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:47.400 carrying the hurt from the breakup, carrying the loneliness. How 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:51.480 about someone great walking into your life. Now you're laughing, 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:55.440 Now you're dreaming. Now you're living a victorious life. That's 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:58.280 how good God is. You go out with a heavy 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:02.160 heart and you come back laughing, loaded down with blessings, 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:07.000 with peace, with favor, with victory. In the scripture, Job 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.440 went through a season of suffering. There was a lot 0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:13.200 of pain at heartache. He had done nothing wrong. Job 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:16.240 was a good man. The scripture says he was blameless, 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:20.199 had integrity, that he stayed away from evil. Everything was 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.760 going great. Then the bottom fell out, lost his business, 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:28.280 lost his children, lost his health. Sometimes when it rains, 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.320 it pours, thoughts will try to convince you that the 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.639 suffering is permanent. It's too bad, it's been too long. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:37.960 No way it could work out now. But God won't 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:40.480 let you get in a problem that he can't bring 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:43.639 you out of. The Enemy is not in control of 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:47.119 your life. God is Satan. Had to ask God for 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.479 permission to test Joe. He didn't just come put all 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:54.200 this trouble on him. There's a bloodline around your life 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:58.960 that the enemy cannot cross without God's permission. That's why 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:02.280 we can stay in peace even in times of trouble. 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:05.440 Sometimes it's simply a test. How are we going to 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:09.320 respond in the suffering seasons, in the seasons of struggle 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:12.359 when it's not fair. We're doing the right thing, but 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:16.359 the wrong thing has happened. Job was so distraught that 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.200 he tore his robe in grief and sat down among 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:24.119 the ashes. After all the heartache, all the loss, he 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:28.400 was overwhelmed. You can't just pray this away. Have enough 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.960 faith so it doesn't affect you. It's okay to feel things. 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:34.639 It's not a lack of faith to say, God, my 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:37.800 heart is heavy, I'm grieving. I don't think I can 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:41.840 go on. When Jesus was on his way to be crucified. 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:45.000 He fell down under the weight of the cross. He 0:21:45.040 --> 0:21:48.040 couldn't carry it anymore. Here he's the son of God, 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:51.240 Yet in his human body he didn't have the strength. 0:21:51.880 --> 0:21:54.440 God didn't say, son, what's wrong with you? You need 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:56.920 to be strong or tougher. No. God sent a man 0:21:57.000 --> 0:22:01.320 named Simon to carry it for him. Sometimes you can't 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:04.359 carry the weight of what you're under. He can't carry 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:08.200 the pressure. Job was honest. He sat down, said, God, 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:12.359 I can't take it anymore. He started complaining. He said, 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:15.160 why was I born? You should have let me die 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:17.960 at birth. God, I hate my life. He didn't hold 0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:22.040 anything back. One thing I love about God is he's merciful. 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.239 He doesn't hold things against us. If we had to 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:31.200 perform perfectly, never complain, always have strong, unwavering faith, none 0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:34.320 of us would have a chance. God knows when the 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:37.600 pressure is so strong, the weight's so heavy, that you 0:22:37.680 --> 0:22:41.399 can't carry it by yourself. Job finally got past all 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:44.320 the doubt, the fear, the self pity. He looked up 0:22:44.480 --> 0:22:48.320 and said, I know my redeemer lives. God. Even if 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:52.399 you slay me, I'm still gonna trust you. While Job 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:55.880 was sitting in the ashes, boils all over his body. 0:22:56.200 --> 0:23:00.000 Going through loss and heartache. God said, I will, yeah, 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:03.720 fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:06.600 of joy. I'm sure. Job thought, God, are you kidding? 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:10.280 You're telling me, with all my trouble, that I'm gonna 0:23:10.320 --> 0:23:13.320 laugh again, that I'm gonna be happy, that I'm still 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:16.960 going to enjoy my life. That's the promise all through 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:21.000 the scripture. Weeping indoors for a night, but joy is coming. 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:24.439 After you've suffered her a little while, God will step 0:23:24.480 --> 0:23:27.160 in and put your back on your feet. And that's 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:30.360 what happened with Job. God not only healed him, not 0:23:30.440 --> 0:23:33.520 only restored what he'd lost, but he gave him twice 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:36.399 what he had before. He came out with twice the cattle, 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:40.520 twice the sheep, had twice the children. Like the Israelites. 0:23:40.680 --> 0:23:43.200 He went out with a heavy heart, but he came 0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:48.560 back full of joy, with armloads of blessings. The scripture says, 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:52.360 after this challenge, Job lived one hundred and forty years, 0:23:52.720 --> 0:23:56.879 saw his children and grandchildren down to four generations. He 0:23:57.040 --> 0:24:01.640 died an old man, having lived a long, good, good life. 0:24:01.720 --> 0:24:05.480 Some scholars say that whole trial lasted less than a year. 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:09.200 Wasn't decades of his life. It was just a season. 0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:12.280 All of us are going to have some of these 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:16.320 seasons of suffering, seasons of struggle, seasons when it's not 0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:21.000 fair like job. You'll be tempted to get bitter, blame God, 0:24:21.200 --> 0:24:24.080 give up on your dreams. But you have to remember 0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:27.200 God is still on the throne. The enemy didn't take 0:24:27.240 --> 0:24:30.400 control of your life. God is yet going to fill 0:24:30.440 --> 0:24:33.280 your mouth with laughter. He's still going to bring you 0:24:33.359 --> 0:24:37.240 home with armloads of blessings. Not the same way you were, 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:42.000 but stronger, healthier, promoted at a new level of your destiny. 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:46.200 I talked to a young woman from Africa. Her dream 0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:49.160 was to get her doctorate so she could become a professor. 0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:52.840 She finished her masters and was studying for her final 0:24:52.920 --> 0:24:56.879 exams to get into the doctorate program, but her landlord 0:24:56.960 --> 0:24:59.480 told her she had to move out of her apartment. 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:02.680 He broke the lease without any warning and she had 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:05.119 to move into the dorm. Was right in the middle 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:08.040 of her main exams and threw things off to where 0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:11.080 she couldn't study, and she ended up getting turned down 0:25:11.119 --> 0:25:14.920 for the program. She was so discouraged, mad at herself, 0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:18.480 mad at the landlord. She had applied to sixteen different 0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:22.800 universities and was turned down by each one. Every door 0:25:22.840 --> 0:25:26.560 closed looked like her dream had died, and she told 0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:30.639 how she was heartbroken, how it felt unfair. She was 0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:34.320 in a season of struggle, a season of weeping for 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:37.520 a time like job. She sat down among the ashes. 0:25:37.840 --> 0:25:40.600 She thought it just wasn't meant to be. She had 0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:45.280 applied to this very prestigious university in Italy. They liked her, 0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:48.159 but they had twelve people on the waiting list in 0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:52.280 front of her. Two weeks before school started, they emailed 0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:55.159 back and said, we've never done this, but we're going 0:25:55.240 --> 0:25:58.800 to open a position just for you. When she arrived, 0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:02.200 they informed her that out of hundreds of doctorate students, 0:26:02.480 --> 0:26:05.439 she had been chosen as one of the six to 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:09.440 be enrolled in the Advanced Study program. That meant she 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:12.199 not only had a full scholarship, but she didn't have 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:14.840 to live in the dorm. She would have her own 0:26:14.880 --> 0:26:20.679 executive apartment in a beautiful neighborhood by the university. She 0:26:20.840 --> 0:26:24.000 was so excited, she said, this was more than I 0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:27.720 ever imagined. God knows how to pay you back for 0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:31.479 the wrongs. He knows how to turn your sorrow into joy. 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:34.400 She went out with a heavy heart, but she came 0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:39.440 back laughing with armloads of blessings. The suffering is a setup. 0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:45.920 It's positioning you for something greater. It's going to feel unfair, overwhelming. 0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:49.320 Why is this happening? God knows what he's doing. He 0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:51.520 may not have sent it, but he's going to use 0:26:51.560 --> 0:26:55.440 it to move you into your purpose. God told Abraham 0:26:55.480 --> 0:26:57.439 and Saram that they were going to have a baby, 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:00.520 but they were both way too old. Sarahah had been 0:27:00.560 --> 0:27:04.040 baring her whole life, and Sarah heard this promise, but 0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:08.480 it was so far out she laughed in disbelief. She said, 0:27:08.720 --> 0:27:11.600 how could an old woman like me have a child? 0:27:12.440 --> 0:27:15.679 Years went by and no sign of a baby. I 0:27:15.680 --> 0:27:20.360 can imagine Sarah seeing other women having children, laughing, playing. 0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:23.560 She thought, God, why won't it happen for me? She 0:27:23.680 --> 0:27:27.240 finally accepted that it wasn't meant to be. But just 0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:30.840 because you give up doesn't mean God gives up. At 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:35.240 ninety years old, against all odds, Sarah got pregnant and 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:39.040 gave birth to a son. She named him Isaac, which 0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:43.520 means laughter. She said in Genesis, God has brought me laughter, 0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:46.600 and all who hear about this, will laugh with me. 0:27:47.640 --> 0:27:51.000 She laughed the first time in doubt, thinking there's no way. 0:27:51.560 --> 0:27:54.520 She thought she was done, but her next laugh was 0:27:54.560 --> 0:27:59.119 in amazement. You may have had disappointments and things haven't 0:27:59.160 --> 0:28:03.320 worked out. You're in that suffering season. You think the struggle, 0:28:03.560 --> 0:28:06.520 the weeping is the way it's always going to be. No, 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:09.560 like God did for Sarah, You're going to laugh again. 0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:13.720 It's not too late. You haven't had too many bad breaks. 0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:17.560 God sees what you've been through, he sees what wasn't fair, 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.919 and he is yet going to fill your mouth with laughter. 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:25.520 I believe and declare that season of struggle is coming 0:28:25.560 --> 0:28:29.000 to an end. The suffering season has run its course. 0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:31.879 You're going to feel that heaviness lift off of you. 0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:35.719 You're about to come into armloads of blessings, something that 0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:40.240 you cannot explain the goodness of God in Jesus' name, 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:44.880 And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:47.480 like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 0:28:47.520 --> 0:28:52.280 lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:56.760 I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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