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You're still going 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.800 to accomplish your dreams Ay. This is Joel and Victoria. 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.559 Thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this time 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.840 with you. I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.079 Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.840 and follow us on social media to stay connected. 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.440 We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:26.080 Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.480 to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.400 our area, please stop buy and be a part of 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.400 one of our services. I promise you we will make 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:37.000 you feel right at home. But I like to start 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.320 with something funny, and I heard about this group of 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:43.160 school children. They were in the cafeteria line at their 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:46.400 Catholic elementary school. At the start of the line, there 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.400 was a big bowl of apples. A nun had written 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:53.000 a note. It said, take only one. God is watching. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:55.519 At the end of the line there was a big 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.560 bowl of chocolate chip cookies. One of the children had 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.600 written a note. It said take all you want. God 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:05.440 is watching. The apples. Say it like you mean it. 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.840 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.760 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.360 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:18.359 taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.760 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:26.680 the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.200 to talk to you today about you're still going to 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.200 make it. We all have dreams and goals and things. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.000 We know that God has promised us, and we start 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:41.280 off excited. We're sailing along fine, making progress. Then a 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:47.680 storm arises, an unexpected challenge, a sickness, a breakup, we 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.720 lose a loved one, a contract we were counting on 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:54.680 doesn't go through. It's easy to get discouraged and think 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:58.600 it's never going to happen. But God doesn't promise something 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.160 and then change his way. He doesn't put a dream 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.280 in your heart and then take it back. What he 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:10.000 starts he finishes. You may not see away, but God 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.880 hasn't run out of options. We think natural, but God 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:18.080 is supernatural. He has ways we've never thought of. God 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.000 wouldn't have allowed that storm. If it was going to 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:25.800 keep you from your destiny, If that bad break, that loss, 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.880 that person that walked away, if that was going to 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:32.120 stop your purpose, God would have kept it from happening. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.039 We may not like it, but it's a part of 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:39.040 the process. Storms come to us. All the good news 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:43.160 is God is in control of the winds. He's in 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.400 control of what's trying to stop you now. All he 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.800 has to do is shift the winds, and instead of 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.360 holding you back, they will prepare you forward. They were 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.159 meant for your harm, but he knows how to turn 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.520 them around and use them to your advantage. He's facing 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.279 a situation where you don't see how it could work 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:08.560 out in your health, your finances, a relationship. Every voice 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.760 says there's no way, it's too late, the obstacles are 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:16.680 too big. God is saying, You're still going to get there. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:21.000 I'm still on the throne. I'm working behind the scenes. 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:25.039 I'm fighting your battles. I'm arranging the breaks you need. 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.640 I'm lining up the right people. When it's all said 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.680 and done, what God promised will come to pass. You're 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.839 still going to get well. You're still going to meet 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.960 the right person. You're still going to break that addiction. 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:43.560 You're still going to accomplish your dreams. Where you are 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:47.479 is not an accident. God may not have sent the storm, 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.200 but he is in control of the storm. Here's the test. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.920 Will you trust him when you don't see any sign 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.520 of things improving. Will you stay in faith when every 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.760 thought tells you it's never going to work out? This 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.920 is what the apostle Paul did. He was a prisoner 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.719 on a boat headed to Rome. He'd been arrested in 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:12.960 Jerusalem for causing a disturbance. Even though he was found 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.680 not guilty, he had appealed to Caesar. And while they 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.080 were sailing on this several months journey, two hundred and 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:24.480 seventy six people on board, they encountered a huge storm 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:28.880 with hurricane force winds. The waves were so big they 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:33.120 were battering the boat back and forth for fourteen days. 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.479 They didn't see the sun nor the stars. The boat 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.279 was so beat up it was taking on water. The 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:44.080 crew started throwing cargo and supplies overboard. They were despondent. 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.280 They had quit eating. The scripture says all hope of 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.440 them being saved was gone. But in the middle of 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:55.520 the storm, an angel appeared to Paul. He said in 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.680 Acts twenty seven, don't be afraid, Paul, for you will 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:04.960 surely stand before Caesar. God, in his goodness, has granted 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:09.760 safety to everyone sailing with you. Paul had this promise 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.560 that he would make it to Rome, but all the 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.920 circumstances said he would never get there. Everywhere he looked, 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:20.560 the winds, the waves. The crew said he wasn't going 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.560 to make it. He could have thought, God, I must 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.080 have heard you wrong. You said I would stand before Caesar, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.520 but I'm in a sinking boat in the middle of 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:35.840 the ocean, stuck in a hurricane. Sometimes what God promises 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.880 looks just the opposite of what we see. God, you 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.440 said I was going to get well, all I see 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.800 is sickness. You said I would lend to not borrow, 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:50.400 but I see debt, lax struggle. You said my children 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:54.320 would be mighty in the land, but I see addictions, compromise. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.080 Here's the key. You can't be moved by what you see. 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.280 You have to be moved by what you know. Don't 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.600 let that storm talk you out of what God promised. 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:09.080 In the middle of the storm, when it looked impossible, 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.640 no sign of things improving, Paul went up to the 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.880 crew and said, it's going to be all right. Get 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:19.800 something to eat. God promised that I would not only 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.240 stand before Caesar, but that all of your lives would 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:27.000 be spared. The next verse is the key, he said, 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:32.040 And I believe it will be just as God said. See. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.480 God can make all these promises. But if we don't 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.800 take the next step and say, like Paul, God, I 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.800 believe what you promised me will come to pass. Then 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.520 the promises won't do any good. We have to mix 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.640 faith with them. When Paul told the crew that their 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.719 lives were going to be spared, no doubt. Waves were 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.360 splashing him in the face when so strong, almost knocking 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.319 him down. Had to hold onto the boat. It had 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:02.120 been this way for two weeks. He could have been 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:06.640 depressed like the rest of them, complaining. Instead, he was 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:11.000 talking about what God promised. He was speaking life in 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.400 the face of death. He was talking victory in the 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:18.960 middle of defeat. What you're saying in the storm will 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:22.160 have a great impact on whether you stay there or 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.720 whether you come out. If you're saying I'll never get well, 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:30.280 I can't break this addiction. I've had it since high school. Joel, 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.600 these people that did me wrong, this injustice. It ruined 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:37.520 my life. If you talk defeat, you're going to have defeat. 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.360 If you think I'll never get out of this trouble, 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.080 then you never will. In the middle of the storm, 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.520 you need to declare what God promised you. I am 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:51.800 coming out. This too shall pass. I am not moved 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:56.200 by the waves, the winds, the opposition. I know God 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:59.160 being for me is more than the world being against me. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:04.440 Will get well. I will prosper and succeed. My children 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:08.400 will serve the Lord. Get in agreement with God. The 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:13.000 angel said, Paul, everyone sailing with you will be saved. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.960 Here Paul was a prisoner on the boat. He didn't 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.880 have any influence there. The crew saw him as secondary, 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.679 just another inmate we have to transport. They thought Paul 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.000 was sailing with them. But notice how God sees you, 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:33.000 He said, Paul. Everyone's sailing with you will be saved. 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.800 You may have some enemies, people that look down on you. 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.040 They think they have the upper hand. Don't worry. You're 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.959 not sailing with them. They're sailing with you. Nothing can 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:48.320 snatch you out of God's hands. You may feel like 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.360 you're on the boat of the opposition, like you're at 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:55.760 a disadvantage at work, at school. But people don't determine 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.640 your destiny. They cannot stop God's plan for your life. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.240 Be on their boat, but remember their sailing with you. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.200 God is going to get you to where you're supposed 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:10.240 to be. Without Paul on the boat, all the people 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.640 would have perished. The hurricane would have caused it to stink. 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.520 There was no chance in the natural. All the circumstances 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:21.160 said it was doomed, just a bad break. But there 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:24.120 was a man on that boat with a calling on 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.439 his life, a man with a purpose, with a destiny. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:32.839 This is showing us a storm cannot stop what God 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:36.319 has purposed. You may be in a situation it doesn't 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.320 look good. It would stop a lot of people, but 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:43.240 it can't stop you. Why you're a pall. You have 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:47.240 a purpose, you have an assignment. There's a calling on 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:52.000 your life, something God has ordained you to accomplish. You're 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:56.120 not just filling up space. You're a person of destiny. 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.840 There's a caesar you've been called to stand before. There's 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.920 a dream God put in your heart. It's not an option. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:07.240 God has purposed it. There's a giant you've been called 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:11.360 to defeat. Maybe it's a generational curse, something that's held 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:15.120 your family back. That's why the storm is so bad. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.760 The enemy would love to convince you to get discouraged, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.680 give up. Think you heard God wrong. No, that storm 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.680 is a sign you are close to your destiny. The 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:30.520 enemy would not be sending the winds, the rain, the trouble, 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.280 the sickness, if he didn't know, Caesar was right up ahead. 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:39.800 What you've been called to do, your greatest accomplishment, something 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.959 more than you can imagine. Freedom that your family has 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:47.560 never seen, is right past that storm. The reason it 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.920 can't defeat you is your appall. Here's the key. The 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:55.959 destiny in you is greater than the storm around you. 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.839 The purpose in you cannot be stopped by the waves 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:04.800 by people by opposition. Stay in faith and keep declaring 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.480 what God said about you. I will stand before Caesar. 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:13.160 That means I will fulfill my destiny. I will set 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:17.199 new standards for my family. I will break these cycles 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:21.720 of defeat, depression, dysfunction that have been passed down. I 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.120 will pay my house off, I will keep my family together. 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.439 I will take new ground. If you're going to come 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.880 out of the storm, you have to know you're a 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:35.440 pau There's a calling on your life. The enemy knows it. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.240 He wouldn't be fighting you if he didn't know you 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:43.120 were destined to do great things. He knows it. God 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.880 knows it. Now make sure that you know it. See 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.640 what God has spoken over you. It is not just 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.840 a nice thought. It's not just something that he hopes 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:56.720 will come to pass. It's a command, Paul, you will 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:00.680 stand before Caesar. He didn't say, I think you will 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.440 if the weather holds up, if these people don't get 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:09.320 too upset what God speaks. The only thing that could 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.520 keep it from happening is not the storm, not the opposition, 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.960 not people, not the sickness. The only thing is if 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:21.440 we don't believe. God works where there's faith. If Paul 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.840 would have said, God, I don't think I can stand 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:28.000 before Caesar. I'm a prisoner, I'm in a hurricane. These 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:32.120 people don't like me. Don't let doubt stop your purpose. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.840 Don't let the storm talk you out of your destiny. 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.200 You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.600 All you have to do is believe. In the face 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.160 of that storm, with the winds, the rain coming against you, 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.480 dare to say, like Paul, I believe God, just what 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:53.560 you said will come to pass. Here's how good God is. 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.880 He told Paul that everyone sailing with him would be saved. 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:02.520 Even Paul's enemy had the promise that their life would 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.920 be spared. If it was up to us, we would say, God, 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:09.280 wipe them out. They don't deserve it, let them have it. 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.200 But God is so merciful. Some of your enemies will 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:17.120 be blessed because of you. When the favor on your 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.680 life helps them to rise higher, they'll have a change 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.800 of heart. Instead of being against you, they'll be for you. 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.720 Instead of trying to push you down, they'll lift you up. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.040 After two weeks of being battered around by the storm, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:35.120 the crew noticed a small island off in the distance. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.800 They tried to steer that way, but the winds were 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:41.960 too strong. When the boat got close, it hit the 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:45.880 bottom and broke totally apart. Now all the people were 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.800 in the water, They grabbed pieces of the boat and 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.960 begin to swim to shore. In a few hours, all 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.160 two hundred and seventy six had made it safely to 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.760 the island. No one lost their lives. But when the 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.640 boat hit bottom broke apart. I'm sure some of them 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:07.000 panicked and thought, oh great, we're done. Now we don't 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:10.840 even have the boat. There's no chance. But they made 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.840 it to the shore without the boat. God is saying, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.680 you're going to make it without what you thought you 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:21.760 had to have. You're going to make it without what 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:25.000 you've lost. You're going to make it without what didn't 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:29.040 work out. I was very close to my father. I 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.520 worked seventeen years with him behind the scenes at Lakewood, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.760 and we had traveled the world together. I used to think, 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.560 what's going to happen when my father is not here? 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.520 Nineteen ninety nine, he suddenly went to be with the Lord. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.760 I still miss him, but I realize now I made 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.760 it without my father. I made it without going to seminary. 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.640 I made it without the formal training. All these things 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.920 I thought I had to have, I didn't need them. 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.680 When I stepped up to pastor of the church. Most 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.280 of the people were for me, but there were a 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:08.119 few that I had known for years. They were very 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.920 for my father, but they weren't supportive of me. They 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.680 loved me, but they wanted me to do it their way. 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:19.520 I've learned you have to be you. There's no anointing 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:23.159 on your life to be like somebody else. You're anointed 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.639 to be you. At first, it kind of bothered me 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.520 that they weren't for me, and worried about what if 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:33.480 they leave or if they don't support me. Eventually they 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:37.160 did leave, but it wasn't what I thought. Things didn't 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.640 fall apart. I made it without their support. I made 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.160 it without their encouragement. I made it without the vote. 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:50.120 Sometimes God will take things away that we think we need, 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.479 so we have to depend on Him and not people, 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:58.520 not the contract, not the position. Can I tell you 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:02.040 you're going to make it without that person that walked away, 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.359 without that friend that betrayed you, without that spouse that 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:10.320 left you. I know it's painful, but they weren't your savior. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.320 You already have a savior. He's got you in the 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:17.760 palm of his hand. If they left you, then you 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.080 didn't need them. If you had to have them to 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.879 fulfill your purpose, they would have stayed. You have to 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.960 accept that they weren't a part of your destiny and 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.000 move forward. As long as you're looking back focused on 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:35.080 what you lost, on why didn't they stay? Why did 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.919 my boat break apart? You will miss the new things 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:41.359 God has in store. You can still get to the shore. 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.800 It just may not happen the way you think. God's 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:49.480 ways are not our ways. We can get so set 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.359 on how we think it's going to happen, what we need, 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.600 who's going to be there, that we get discouraged if 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.800 it doesn't fit into our plans. We have to stay open. 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.600 God knows what's best for us. You're going to make 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:06.800 it without the contract that didn't go through. You worked hard, 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:10.840 but you weren't chosen. You deserve the promotion, but you 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.760 got skipped over. That's not the end. That means God 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:18.520 has something better. He knows how to open new doors 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:23.280 and how to cause opportunity, promotion, contracts that you didn't 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:27.240 see coming. Finds you don't sit around discouraged all just 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.720 my luck? Why did this happen to me? I can 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.920 tell you why. There's a calling on your life. There 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.960 are new levels in your future. That storm cannot stop you. 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:40.359 God knows how to get you to the shore, but 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:45.480 it may happen an unconventional way. Without the boat. You 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.280 may have to swim to the shore, but the grace 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.240 will be there to do it. You're going to make 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.879 it like I did, without that loved one you lost. 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:59.359 Sure you still miss them, but that didn't cancel your destiny. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.879 It may feel like the end, but really it's a 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:07.040 new beginning. You are stronger than you think. You have 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:12.000 more in you, more talent, more courage, more determination. God 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:14.720 is not going to leave you in that storm. The 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:17.879 boat may have broken apart, but you're still going to 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:20.920 get to the shore. Weeping may endure for a night, 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:25.120 but joy is coming in the morning. In the scripture, 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:29.600 David made it without his family believing in him. I'm 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:32.880 sure he was discouraged when his father didn't call him 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.960 in when the prophet Samuel was choosing one of the 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.000 sons as the next king. He was tempted to be 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:42.359 offended when his older brother made fun of him for 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:45.080 being the youngest and having to take care of the sheep. 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:48.560 He could have thought, God, it's not fair, my own 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:52.920 family doesn't believe in me. But David understood this principle. 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:56.640 His attitude was, I can make it without their support. 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.600 I can make it without their approval. I don't have 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:03.840 to have their encouragement. Instead of depending on people to 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:06.840 approve you, why don't you go to God and get 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:10.440 your approval from him instead of counting on others. He 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:16.520 encourage you. Why don't you start encouraging yourself, start speaking faith, favor, victory, 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:20.159 blessings over your own life. But if God would have 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.679 let the boat make it to shore, would have been 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:25.360 so much easier. They wouldn't have had to go through 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:28.480 all the trauma and the stress. They could have just 0:21:28.560 --> 0:21:31.440 pulled up like a cruise liner, and God often enjoyed 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:36.000 the island. But sometimes the boat doesn't make it. Paul 0:21:36.119 --> 0:21:39.439 and the crew grabbed the broken pieces the wood that 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:42.720 was floating. They used that to help them swim to 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:46.199 the shore. We think we have to have the boat. 0:21:46.520 --> 0:21:50.040 But God is so amazing He has a plan even 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:55.159 for the broken pieces, the remnants things most people would discard. 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.639 God will use them to take you to where He 0:21:58.760 --> 0:22:04.400 has prepared. Their brokenness became their breakthrough. Now, quit being 0:22:04.440 --> 0:22:08.320 discouraged over what you've lost. What you have left is 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:12.200 what you need. God didn't let you lose so much 0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:15.440 that you can't make it to where He's taking you. 0:22:15.440 --> 0:22:19.000 You didn't need the boat. What they thought was of 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:23.360 no use, discarded pieces of wood was actually what they 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.520 needed to make it to the shore. When you're in 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:29.639 a storm, you have to do like Paul, grab on 0:22:29.760 --> 0:22:33.560 to the broken pieces. That means keep believing that you're 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:37.679 coming out, keep declaring favor over your life, keep thanking 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:41.879 God for his goodness. He didn't change his mind. The 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:45.159 boat may have fallen apart, but you're still going to 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.720 stand before Caesar. What God promised is still going to 0:22:48.720 --> 0:22:52.439 come to pass. My father had a dream as a 0:22:52.480 --> 0:22:55.600 seventeen year old boy that one day he would pastor 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:58.960 a church with thousands of people. Back in the nineteen 0:22:59.040 --> 0:23:03.800 thirties was unheard of. There weren't any large churches. Against 0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:06.560 all odds, he was able to go to college. He 0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:11.159 started pastoring a successful, growing church. They had almost a 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.880 thousand members. They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.560 Everything was going great until a storm hit. My sister, 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:23.800 Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy. My father 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:27.359 began to search the scriptures in a new way. He 0:23:27.480 --> 0:23:32.160 started speaking to his congregation about how God is a healer, 0:23:32.720 --> 0:23:36.040 how he wants us to live an abundant, victorious life. 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:40.600 Much to his surprise, they didn't like his new message 0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:44.879 of faith, and they asked him to leave. He was devastating. 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:49.199 He had spent years pouring into those people. Now it 0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:52.840 looked like his dream was over. But that storm is 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:56.160 not keeping you from your destiny. It's leading you to 0:23:56.200 --> 0:24:00.679 your destiny. God is directing the winds. He and my 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:04.760 mother went out and started Lakewood. My father had lost 0:24:04.880 --> 0:24:08.880 over ninety percent of his congregation. He was no longer 0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:13.639 affiliated with his denomination. He didn't have support from his colleagues, 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:17.960 lifelong friends, never spoke to him again. But God says, 0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:21.639 you're going to make it without the support, without what 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:25.439 you've lost, without the new building. The boat may have 0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:29.080 fallen apart, but God is still on the throne. What 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:32.199 you lost is not near as important as what you 0:24:32.280 --> 0:24:37.200 have left. My father was faithful. Lakewood grew and grew, 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:41.320 and just like God promised, he pastored a church of thousands. 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:45.040 But suppose he would have been bitter because they asked 0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:48.200 him to leave. Suppose he had given up because of 0:24:48.240 --> 0:24:51.919 the bad breaks, the betrayals, he'd never made it to 0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:55.199 the shore, He would have never stood before Caesar, so 0:24:55.320 --> 0:24:58.159 to speak. You don't know what God is up to. 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:01.800 These storms that none of us like are a part 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:06.640 of our destiny. Are you sitting on the sidelines, discouraged 0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:10.359 over what you've lost, what you didn't get, who didn't stay. 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:14.719 God is saying, if you'll get your passion back, if 0:25:14.760 --> 0:25:18.320 you'll start believing again, You're still going to get there. 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:23.760 Despite what you've lost, despite who was against you, despite 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:28.960 the mistakes you've made, God's calling is still on your life. 0:25:29.000 --> 0:25:32.960 His assignment is still in your future. New levels are 0:25:33.000 --> 0:25:37.000 still waiting on you. In the scripture, there's a story 0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:40.280 about a little boy named Mamphibis Chef. He was the 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:45.000 grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan. David 0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:50.080 and Jonathan were best friends. Maphiba Chef was born into royalty, 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:54.119 destined to one day take the throne, but life didn't 0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:58.200 turn out the way he thought. His father and grandfather 0:25:58.560 --> 0:26:02.000 were killed on the same day in a battle. The 0:26:02.080 --> 0:26:05.560 maid that took care of him. When word reached their city, 0:26:05.960 --> 0:26:09.520 she grabbed mamphibis Chef took off running out of the house, 0:26:09.960 --> 0:26:12.960 trying to hide him from enemies that were coming. She 0:26:13.160 --> 0:26:17.399 tripped on the steps, dropped maphibis Chef, and both of 0:26:17.480 --> 0:26:21.600 his legs were broken. He became permanently crippled. He could 0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:26.080 no longer walk. Years had passed. Now instead of living 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:29.000 in the palace like he thought, he was living in 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:32.200 one of the poorest, most run down cities of that day. 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:36.720 Seemed like a bad break, just bad luck. Wasn't even 0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:40.080 his fault. The maid dropped him. But God is not 0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:44.480 dependent on what someone else does or doesn't do to 0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:47.879 get you to your destiny. People may have dropped you, 0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:52.720 but God knows how to pick you back up. Years later, 0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:57.760 King David was reminiscing about how much he loved his 0:26:57.880 --> 0:27:01.439 good friend Jonathan. He asked you men if any of 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:05.800 Jonathan's relatives were still alive. They said, yes, his son is, 0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:10.240 but he's crippled living in the slums. David said, go 0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:14.000 find him and bring him to me. You can imagine 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:17.800 as these officials from the palace start searching the slums. 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:23.040 Word quickly spread they're looking for Maphibi Chef. When he hears, 0:27:23.080 --> 0:27:26.600 he thought, oh man, I'm done now. They have finally 0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:30.240 found me. He expected the worst, but they picked him 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:33.960 up and carried him to the palace. They cleaned him up, 0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:37.920 put new clothes on him, brought him before David. He 0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:41.520 was afraid, didn't know what was going to happen. David said, 0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:45.560 Maphibis Cheff, don't worry. From now on, you're going to 0:27:45.680 --> 0:27:49.280 live in the palace with me. Every night, you're gonna 0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:53.760 eat dinner at my table. Not only that, I am 0:27:53.840 --> 0:27:56.919 giving you all the land that belonged to your father 0:27:57.359 --> 0:28:01.560 and your grandfather like him. It may look like there's 0:28:01.720 --> 0:28:05.600 no way what God promised you could still come to pass. 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:08.919 It's too late. You've had too many bad breaks, the 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.520 odds are against you. If the Phibbithship were here, he 0:28:12.560 --> 0:28:16.160 would tell you you're still going to get there, despite 0:28:16.200 --> 0:28:20.320 who dropped you, despite how unfair it was, despite how 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:23.960 impossible it looks. You're going to make it without the boat, 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:27.880 without what you thought you had to have. God has 0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:31.679 the right people already lined up to help you, people 0:28:31.680 --> 0:28:34.640 that will make up for what you didn't get. Now, 0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:37.840 don't stay focused on what you've lost. What you have 0:28:38.120 --> 0:28:42.240 left is what you need. There's power in the broken. 0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:46.040 Pieces may not look like much, but when God breathes 0:28:46.080 --> 0:28:49.040 on them, you will make it to the shore. Now, 0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:52.960 believe in declare You're still going to get well. You're 0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:55.800 still going to meet the right person. You're still going 0:28:55.840 --> 0:29:03.200 to accomplish your dreams. Favor is coming, healing is coming, promotion, vindication, breakthroughs, 0:29:03.480 --> 0:29:07.720 the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, if you 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:11.840 receive it, can you say him in Today? I'd like 0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:14.640 to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:17.800 of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:23.920 Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:28.960 I'll make you my lord and Savior. 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