Donate

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Joel Osteen

July 26, 2020

27:30

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

Closed captions

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Show timecode

Hide timecode

.
00:00:02.025 --> 00:00:04.527
.> (MUSIC PLAYING)
00:00:04.527 --> 00:00:07.664
> (MUSIC PLAYING)> (MUSIC PLAYING)
00:00:07.664 --> 00:00:09.933
> (MUSIC PLAYING).
00:00:09.933 --> 00:00:11.034
.> JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU,
00:00:11.034 --> 00:00:11.534
> JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU,IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
00:00:11.534 --> 00:00:12.936
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOUWITH US TODAY. WE ARE
00:00:12.936 --> 00:00:14.037
WITH US TODAY. WE AREPRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR
00:00:14.037 --> 00:00:15.338
PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURFAMILY.
00:00:15.338 --> 00:00:16.239
FAMILY.I HOPE YOU'LL STAY CONNECTED
00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:17.507
I HOPE YOU'LL STAY CONNECTEDWITH US DURING THE WEEK,
00:00:17.507 --> 00:00:18.508
WITH US DURING THE WEEK,THROUGH OUR PODCAST,
00:00:18.508 --> 00:00:20.243
THROUGH OUR PODCAST,YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SIRIUS XM,
00:00:20.243 --> 00:00:21.644
YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SIRIUS XM,SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:00:21.644 --> 00:00:23.246
SOCIAL MEDIA.WE WANT TO KEEP YOU INSPIRED
00:00:23.246 --> 00:00:24.581
WE WANT TO KEEP YOU INSPIREDAND ENCOURAGED, BUT THANKS
00:00:24.581 --> 00:00:25.381
AND ENCOURAGED, BUT THANKSFOR TUNING IN.
00:00:25.381 --> 00:00:26.416
FOR TUNING IN.I LIKE TO START WITH
00:00:26.416 --> 00:00:27.417
I LIKE TO START WITHSOMETHING FUNNY.
00:00:27.417 --> 00:00:28.985
SOMETHING FUNNY.I HEARD ABOUT THIS PASTOR.
00:00:28.985 --> 00:00:30.453
I HEARD ABOUT THIS PASTOR.HE WAS RAISING FUNDS FOR A
00:00:30.453 --> 00:00:32.055
HE WAS RAISING FUNDS FOR ANEW AUDITORIUM. HE SAID TO
00:00:32.055 --> 00:00:33.490
NEW AUDITORIUM. HE SAID TOTHE CONGREGATION, "ANYONE
00:00:33.490 --> 00:00:34.657
THE CONGREGATION, "ANYONETHAT WILL GIVE A THOUSAND
00:00:34.657 --> 00:00:36.025
THAT WILL GIVE A THOUSANDDOLLARS CAN PICK OUT THE
00:00:36.025 --> 00:00:38.027
DOLLARS CAN PICK OUT THENEXT THREE HYMNS."
00:00:38.027 --> 00:00:39.229
NEXT THREE HYMNS."A LITTLE OLD LADY IN THE
00:00:39.229 --> 00:00:40.296
A LITTLE OLD LADY IN THEBACK RAISED HER HAND AND
00:00:40.296 --> 00:00:41.731
BACK RAISED HER HAND ANDSAID, "PASTOR, I'LL DO IT."
00:00:41.731 --> 00:00:43.566
SAID, "PASTOR, I'LL DO IT."HE WAS SO EXCITED, HE SAID,
00:00:43.566 --> 00:00:44.534
HE WAS SO EXCITED, HE SAID,"THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW
00:00:44.534 --> 00:00:45.635
"THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOWWHICH THREE HYMNS WOULD
00:00:45.635 --> 00:00:46.870
WHICH THREE HYMNS WOULDYOU LIKE?"
00:00:46.870 --> 00:00:47.770
YOU LIKE?"SHE LOOKED OVER THE
00:00:47.770 --> 00:00:48.705
SHE LOOKED OVER THECONGREGATION AND SAID,
00:00:48.705 --> 00:00:50.373
CONGREGATION AND SAID,"I'LL TAKE HIM AND HIM
00:00:50.373 --> 00:00:51.407
"I'LL TAKE HIM AND HIMAND HIM."
00:00:51.407 --> 00:00:52.842
AND HIM."SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
00:00:52.842 --> 00:00:54.844
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.THIS IS MY BIBLE.
00:00:54.844 --> 00:00:56.513
THIS IS MY BIBLE.I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
00:00:56.513 --> 00:00:58.214
I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
00:00:58.214 --> 00:00:59.215
I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS
00:00:59.215 --> 00:01:00.583
I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYSI CAN DO.
00:01:00.583 --> 00:01:01.784
I CAN DO.TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT
00:01:01.784 --> 00:01:03.153
TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHTTHE WORD OF GOD.
00:01:03.153 --> 00:01:04.754
THE WORD OF GOD.I BOLDLY CONFESS:
00:01:04.754 --> 00:01:05.889
I BOLDLY CONFESS:MY MIND IS ALERT.
00:01:05.889 --> 00:01:07.590
MY MIND IS ALERT.MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
00:01:07.590 --> 00:01:09.192
IN JESUS' NAME.
00:01:10.793 --> 00:01:12.729
IN JESUS' NAME.GOD BLESS YOU.
00:01:12.729 --> 00:01:13.630
GOD BLESS YOU.I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
00:01:13.630 --> 00:01:15.231
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAYABOUT TRUSTING WHEN YOU
00:01:15.231 --> 00:01:17.000
WE ALL GO THROUGH THINGS IN
00:01:17.967 --> 00:01:19.602
WE ALL GO THROUGH THINGS INLIFE THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.
00:01:19.602 --> 00:01:20.803
LIFE THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.A FRIEND WALKED OUT OF A
00:01:20.803 --> 00:01:22.438
A FRIEND WALKED OUT OF ARELATIONSHIP, THE COMPANY IS
00:01:22.438 --> 00:01:24.073
RELATIONSHIP, THE COMPANY ISDOWNSIZING, AND THEY DON'T
00:01:24.073 --> 00:01:25.375
DOWNSIZING, AND THEY DON'TNEED US ANYMORE.
00:01:25.375 --> 00:01:26.976
NEED US ANYMORE.WE WERE BEING OUR BEST THEN
00:01:26.976 --> 00:01:28.511
WE WERE BEING OUR BEST THENTHIS PANDEMIC HIT, BUSINESS
00:01:28.511 --> 00:01:30.079
THIS PANDEMIC HIT, BUSINESSWENT DOWN, CHILDREN CAN'T GO
00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:31.548
WENT DOWN, CHILDREN CAN'T GOTO SCHOOL, DREAMS ARE PUT ON
00:01:31.548 --> 00:01:32.982
TO SCHOOL, DREAMS ARE PUT ONHOLD.
00:01:32.982 --> 00:01:34.484
HOLD.SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE
00:01:34.484 --> 00:01:35.785
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKEWE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
00:01:35.785 --> 00:01:37.420
WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.IT'S EASY TO LIVE FRUSTRATED
00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:38.555
IT'S EASY TO LIVE FRUSTRATEDAND THINK, "GOD WHY IS THIS
00:01:38.555 --> 00:01:39.889
AND THINK, "GOD WHY IS THISHAPPENING?"
00:01:39.889 --> 00:01:40.757
HAPPENING?"BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
00:01:40.757 --> 00:01:42.158
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TOUNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT
00:01:42.158 --> 00:01:43.159
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THATHAPPENS.
00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:44.961
HAPPENS.GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS.
00:01:44.961 --> 00:01:46.296
GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS.HE CAN SEE THINGS THAT WE
00:01:46.296 --> 00:01:48.097
HE CAN SEE THINGS THAT WECAN'T SEE.
00:01:48.097 --> 00:01:49.365
CAN'T SEE.JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR
00:01:49.365 --> 00:01:50.900
JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIRDOESN'T MEAN GOD IS NOT IN
00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:52.402
DOESN'T MEAN GOD IS NOT INCONTROL.
00:01:52.402 --> 00:01:53.870
CONTROL.YOUR STEPS ARE BEING ORDERED
00:01:53.870 --> 00:01:55.538
YOUR STEPS ARE BEING ORDEREDBY THE LORD.
00:01:55.538 --> 00:01:56.839
BY THE LORD.IF HE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN,
00:01:56.839 --> 00:01:57.941
IF HE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN,HE'S GOING TO BRING GOOD OUT
00:01:57.941 --> 00:01:59.275
HE'S GOING TO BRING GOOD OUTOF IT.
00:01:59.275 --> 00:02:00.610
OF IT.HE PROMISES ALL THINGS WORK
00:02:00.610 --> 00:02:03.079
HE PROMISES ALL THINGS WORKTOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD.
00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:04.113
TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD.ON ITS OWN IT MAY NOT BE
00:02:04.113 --> 00:02:05.515
ON ITS OWN IT MAY NOT BEGOOD.
00:02:05.515 --> 00:02:06.549
GOOD.IT WASN'T FAIR, YOU'RE
00:02:06.549 --> 00:02:07.917
IT WASN'T FAIR, YOU'REUNCOMFORTABLE, BUT WHEN IT
00:02:07.917 --> 00:02:09.719
UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT WHEN ITALL COMES TOGETHER YOU'RE
00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:10.987
ALL COMES TOGETHER YOU'REGOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS
00:02:10.987 --> 00:02:12.855
GOING TO SEE HOW IT WORKSTO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
00:02:12.855 --> 00:02:14.023
TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.THE DIFFICULTY, THE DELAY,
00:02:14.023 --> 00:02:15.258
THE DIFFICULTY, THE DELAY,THE BETRAYAL WAS ALL
00:02:15.258 --> 00:02:17.060
THE BETRAYAL WAS ALLINSTRUMENTAL IN YOU REACHING
00:02:17.060 --> 00:02:18.494
INSTRUMENTAL IN YOU REACHINGYOUR DESTINY.
00:02:18.494 --> 00:02:20.563
YOUR DESTINY.NONE OF US LIKE BAD BREAKS,
00:02:20.563 --> 00:02:23.099
NONE OF US LIKE BAD BREAKS,LOSS, DELAY, BUT WITHOUT
00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:24.667
LOSS, DELAY, BUT WITHOUTTHAT DIFFICULTY YOU COULDN'T
00:02:24.667 --> 00:02:26.336
THAT DIFFICULTY YOU COULDN'TBECOME WHO YOU WERE CREATED
00:02:26.336 --> 00:02:27.570
BECOME WHO YOU WERE CREATEDTO BE.
00:02:27.570 --> 00:02:29.072
TO BE.IT MAY LOOK LIKE A DEAD END
00:02:29.072 --> 00:02:30.673
IT MAY LOOK LIKE A DEAD ENDBUT REALLY, IT'S SETTING YOU
00:02:30.673 --> 00:02:32.375
BUT REALLY, IT'S SETTING YOUUP FOR PROMOTION, THAT DOOR
00:02:32.375 --> 00:02:34.043
UP FOR PROMOTION, THAT DOORCLOSED SO A BIGGER DOOR
00:02:34.043 --> 00:02:35.378
CLOSED SO A BIGGER DOORCOULD OPEN.
00:02:35.378 --> 00:02:36.679
COULD OPEN.THAT PERSON THAT LEFT YOU,
00:02:36.679 --> 00:02:38.014
THAT PERSON THAT LEFT YOU,IT WAS HURTFUL, BUT IT
00:02:38.014 --> 00:02:39.916
IT WAS HURTFUL, BUT ITWASN'T JUST THEIR CHOICE.
00:02:39.916 --> 00:02:41.084
WASN'T JUST THEIR CHOICE.GOD MOVED THEM OUT OF THE
00:02:41.084 --> 00:02:42.452
GOD MOVED THEM OUT OF THEWAY SO HE COULD BRING
00:02:42.452 --> 00:02:43.987
WAY SO HE COULD BRINGSOMEONE BETTER.
00:02:43.987 --> 00:02:45.688
SOMEONE BETTER.THAT STRUGGLE WAS DIFFICULT,
00:02:45.688 --> 00:02:46.990
THAT STRUGGLE WAS DIFFICULT,YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG
00:02:46.990 --> 00:02:48.625
YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONGBUT YOU HAD OPPOSITION AT
00:02:48.625 --> 00:02:49.892
BUT YOU HAD OPPOSITION ATWORK, YOUR CHILD WOULDN'T DO
00:02:49.892 --> 00:02:51.027
WORK, YOUR CHILD WOULDN'T DOWHAT'S RIGHT; IT WASN'T FAIR
00:02:51.027 --> 00:02:53.329
WHAT'S RIGHT; IT WASN'T FAIRBUT WHAT YOU COULDN'T SEE IS
00:02:53.329 --> 00:02:55.231
BUT WHAT YOU COULDN'T SEE ISIT WAS GROWING YOU UP,
00:02:55.231 --> 00:02:56.566
IT WAS GROWING YOU UP,DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTER,
00:02:56.566 --> 00:02:58.167
DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTER,GETTING YOU STRONGER, MORE
00:02:58.167 --> 00:03:00.169
GETTING YOU STRONGER, MORECONFIDENT, MORE DETERMINED.
00:03:00.169 --> 00:03:01.537
CONFIDENT, MORE DETERMINED.WITHOUT IT YOU WOULDN'T BE
00:03:01.537 --> 00:03:03.406
WITHOUT IT YOU WOULDN'T BEPREPARED FOR THE BLESSING,
00:03:03.406 --> 00:03:04.774
PREPARED FOR THE BLESSING,THE INCREASE, THE NEW LEVELS
00:03:04.774 --> 00:03:06.342
THE INCREASE, THE NEW LEVELSTHAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY.
00:03:06.342 --> 00:03:07.944
THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY.YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:03:07.944 --> 00:03:09.379
YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHATYOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:10.246
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.YOU COULD LIVE WORRIED,
00:03:10.246 --> 00:03:11.180
YOU COULD LIVE WORRIED,DISCOURAGED.
00:03:11.180 --> 00:03:12.582
DISCOURAGED.TRY A NEW APPROACH, "GOD I
00:03:12.582 --> 00:03:13.983
TRY A NEW APPROACH, "GOD IDON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I
00:03:13.983 --> 00:03:15.318
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT ITRUST YOU.
00:03:15.318 --> 00:03:16.819
TRUST YOU.I KNOW YOU'RE IN CONTROL,
00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:17.854
I KNOW YOU'RE IN CONTROL,YOU'RE WORKING ALL THINGS
00:03:17.854 --> 00:03:19.355
YOU'RE WORKING ALL THINGSFOR MY GOOD, SO I'M NOT
00:03:19.355 --> 00:03:20.857
FOR MY GOOD, SO I'M NOTGOING TO LIVE UPSET, I'M
00:03:20.857 --> 00:03:21.991
GOING TO LIVE UPSET, I'MGOING TO STAY IN PEACE
00:03:21.991 --> 00:03:23.459
GOING TO STAY IN PEACEKNOWING THAT YOU WILL GET ME
00:03:23.459 --> 00:03:24.594
KNOWING THAT YOU WILL GET METO WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO
00:03:24.594 --> 00:03:25.662
TO WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TOBE."
00:03:25.662 --> 00:03:27.630
BE."IN JOHN 13, JESUS WAS ABOUT
00:03:27.630 --> 00:03:29.198
IN JOHN 13, JESUS WAS ABOUTTO BE CRUCIFIED.
00:03:29.198 --> 00:03:30.533
TO BE CRUCIFIED.HE AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE
00:03:30.533 --> 00:03:31.834
HE AND HIS DISCIPLES WEREEATING DINNER TOGETHER AT
00:03:31.834 --> 00:03:33.169
EATING DINNER TOGETHER ATWHAT WE KNOW AS THE LAST
00:03:33.169 --> 00:03:34.904
WHAT WE KNOW AS THE LASTSUPPER.
00:03:34.904 --> 00:03:36.372
SUPPER.THESE DISCIPLES HAD SPENT
00:03:36.372 --> 00:03:37.440
THESE DISCIPLES HAD SPENTTHE LAST FEW YEARS WITH
00:03:37.440 --> 00:03:38.608
THE LAST FEW YEARS WITHJESUS, SEEING INCREDIBLE
00:03:38.608 --> 00:03:40.576
JESUS, SEEING INCREDIBLEMIRACLES, HIM HEAL THE SICK,
00:03:40.576 --> 00:03:43.012
MIRACLES, HIM HEAL THE SICK,RAISE LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD,
00:03:43.012 --> 00:03:44.447
RAISE LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD,FEED THOUSANDS WITH A LITTLE
00:03:44.447 --> 00:03:45.715
FEED THOUSANDS WITH A LITTLEBOY'S LUNCH.
00:03:45.715 --> 00:03:46.816
BOY'S LUNCH.THEY WERE WITH JESUS WHEN HE
00:03:46.816 --> 00:03:48.251
THEY WERE WITH JESUS WHEN HEMADE HIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRY
00:03:48.251 --> 00:03:49.786
MADE HIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRYINTO JERUSALEM WITH PEOPLE
00:03:49.786 --> 00:03:50.987
INTO JERUSALEM WITH PEOPLELINING THE STREETS,
00:03:50.987 --> 00:03:52.622
LINING THE STREETS,SHOUTING, "HOSANNA."
00:03:52.622 --> 00:03:53.723
SHOUTING, "HOSANNA."IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE GREATER
00:03:53.723 --> 00:03:55.692
IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE GREATERTHAN THEY EVER IMAGINED.
00:03:55.692 --> 00:03:57.226
THAN THEY EVER IMAGINED.BUT THAT EVENING AS THEY
00:03:57.226 --> 00:03:58.861
BUT THAT EVENING AS THEYGATHERED FOR DINNER, THE
00:03:58.861 --> 00:04:01.030
GATHERED FOR DINNER, THEMOOD QUICKLY CHANGED.
00:04:01.030 --> 00:04:02.899
MOOD QUICKLY CHANGED.JESUS TOLD THEM HOW HIS HOUR
00:04:02.899 --> 00:04:04.600
JESUS TOLD THEM HOW HIS HOURHAD COME AND HOW HE WAS
00:04:04.600 --> 00:04:05.768
HAD COME AND HOW HE WASGOING TO BE BETRAYED AND
00:04:05.768 --> 00:04:07.203
GOING TO BE BETRAYED ANDCRUCIFIED.
00:04:07.203 --> 00:04:07.904
CRUCIFIED.INSTEAD OF PEOPLE
00:04:07.904 --> 00:04:08.805
INSTEAD OF PEOPLECELEBRATING, THEY WOULD MOCK
00:04:08.805 --> 00:04:09.939
CELEBRATING, THEY WOULD MOCKHIM.
00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:11.374
HIM.AFTER DINNER JESUS TOOK A
00:04:11.374 --> 00:04:12.809
AFTER DINNER JESUS TOOK ABOWL OF WATER AND A TOWEL,
00:04:12.809 --> 00:04:14.510
BOWL OF WATER AND A TOWEL,AND HE WASHED THE DISCIPLE'S
00:04:14.510 --> 00:04:16.012
AND HE WASHED THE DISCIPLE'SFEET.
00:04:16.012 --> 00:04:17.280
FEET.HE SAID IN VERSE 7, "YOU
00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:19.182
HE SAID IN VERSE 7, "YOUDON'T REALIZE NOW WHAT I'M
00:04:19.182 --> 00:04:21.050
DON'T REALIZE NOW WHAT I'MDOING, BUT ONE DAY YOU WILL
00:04:21.050 --> 00:04:22.819
DOING, BUT ONE DAY YOU WILLUNDERSTAND."
00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:24.087
UNDERSTAND."JESUS WAS TELLING THE
00:04:24.087 --> 00:04:25.788
JESUS WAS TELLING THEDISCIPLES IN EFFECT, "YOU'RE
00:04:25.788 --> 00:04:27.423
DISCIPLES IN EFFECT, "YOU'REGOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME
00:04:27.423 --> 00:04:28.991
GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOMETHINGS IN THE DAYS TO COME
00:04:28.991 --> 00:04:30.526
THINGS IN THE DAYS TO COMETHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:04:30.526 --> 00:04:31.894
THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.UP TO THIS POINT, THERE'S
00:04:31.894 --> 00:04:33.696
UP TO THIS POINT, THERE'SBEEN PEOPLE CHEERING ME ON,
00:04:33.696 --> 00:04:34.931
BEEN PEOPLE CHEERING ME ON,BUT NOW I'M ABOUT TO BE
00:04:34.931 --> 00:04:36.165
BUT NOW I'M ABOUT TO BEBETRAYED.
00:04:36.165 --> 00:04:36.966
BETRAYED.THERE'S GOING TO BE
00:04:36.966 --> 00:04:38.634
THERE'S GOING TO BEOPPOSITION, PERSECUTION, I
00:04:38.634 --> 00:04:40.269
OPPOSITION, PERSECUTION, ISAID I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU
00:04:40.269 --> 00:04:41.471
SAID I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOUBUT I'M ABOUT TO BE TAKEN
00:04:41.471 --> 00:04:43.172
BUT I'M ABOUT TO BE TAKENAWAY."
00:04:43.172 --> 00:04:44.607
AWAY."HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO
00:04:44.607 --> 00:04:46.342
HE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TOFEEL LONELY, CONFUSED,
00:04:46.342 --> 00:04:47.744
FEEL LONELY, CONFUSED,AFRAID, SO HE TOLD THEM
00:04:47.744 --> 00:04:49.112
AFRAID, SO HE TOLD THEMRIGHT UP FRONT, YOU'RE NOT
00:04:49.112 --> 00:04:51.013
RIGHT UP FRONT, YOU'RE NOTGOING TO UNDERSTAND IT NOW,
00:04:51.013 --> 00:04:53.082
GOING TO UNDERSTAND IT NOW,BUT ONE DAY YOU WILL.
00:04:53.082 --> 00:04:54.984
BUT ONE DAY YOU WILL.LIKE THESE DISCIPLES, THERE
00:04:54.984 --> 00:04:56.953
LIKE THESE DISCIPLES, THEREWILL BE TIMES IN LIFE THAT
00:04:56.953 --> 00:04:57.987
WILL BE TIMES IN LIFE THATYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:04:57.987 --> 00:04:59.522
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHATGOD IS DOING.
00:04:59.522 --> 00:05:01.023
GOD IS DOING.THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE,
00:05:01.023 --> 00:05:02.759
THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE,TROUBLE, DELAYS, CLOSED
00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:04.494
TROUBLE, DELAYS, CLOSEDDOORS, PEOPLE THAT BETRAYED
00:05:04.494 --> 00:05:05.661
DOORS, PEOPLE THAT BETRAYEDYOU, PRAYERS THAT HAVEN'T
00:05:05.661 --> 00:05:07.096
YOU, PRAYERS THAT HAVEN'TBEEN ANSWERED.
00:05:07.096 --> 00:05:08.931
BEEN ANSWERED.IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE NOW,
00:05:08.931 --> 00:05:10.400
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE NOW,BUT DON'T WORRY, ONE DAY
00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:12.702
BUT DON'T WORRY, ONE DAYYOU'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND.
00:05:12.702 --> 00:05:14.170
YOU'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND.GOD IS GOING TO CONNECT ALL
00:05:14.170 --> 00:05:15.872
GOD IS GOING TO CONNECT ALLTHE DOTS.
00:05:15.872 --> 00:05:17.073
THE DOTS.HE DOESN'T ALLOW THINGS THAT
00:05:17.073 --> 00:05:18.241
HE DOESN'T ALLOW THINGS THATHE DOESN'T HAVE A PURPOSE
00:05:18.241 --> 00:05:19.409
HE DOESN'T HAVE A PURPOSEFOR.
00:05:19.409 --> 00:05:20.576
FOR.THAT TROUBLE IS NOT A
00:05:20.576 --> 00:05:22.178
THE SICKNESS DIDN'T CATCH
00:05:23.212 --> 00:05:24.580
THE SICKNESS DIDN'T CATCHHIM OFF GUARD.
00:05:24.580 --> 00:05:25.815
HIM OFF GUARD.THE CHILD GETTING OFF COURSE
00:05:25.815 --> 00:05:27.083
THE CHILD GETTING OFF COURSEIS NOT GOING TO STOP HIS
00:05:27.083 --> 00:05:28.551
IS NOT GOING TO STOP HISDESTINY.
00:05:28.551 --> 00:05:30.486
DESTINY.GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE.
00:05:30.486 --> 00:05:31.554
GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE.HE'S STILL ORDERING YOUR
00:05:31.554 --> 00:05:32.822
HE'S STILL ORDERING YOURSTEPS.
00:05:32.822 --> 00:05:34.157
STEPS.YOU CAN'T SEE IT RIGHT NOW
00:05:34.157 --> 00:05:35.925
LINING UP THINGS IN YOUR
00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:38.795
LINING UP THINGS IN YOURFAVOR.
00:05:38.795 --> 00:05:39.862
FAVOR.WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT TIME,
00:05:39.862 --> 00:05:41.364
WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT TIME,WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER
00:05:41.364 --> 00:05:42.565
WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHERIT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOUR
00:05:42.565 --> 00:05:43.566
IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOURGOOD.
00:05:43.566 --> 00:05:44.500
GOOD.YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE HAND
00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:45.501
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE HANDOF GOD.
00:05:45.501 --> 00:05:47.003
OF GOD.YOU'LL LOOK BACK AND SAY,
00:05:47.003 --> 00:05:48.404
I WOULDN'T HAVE THIS
00:05:49.338 --> 00:05:50.373
I WOULDN'T HAVE THISPOSITION.
00:05:50.373 --> 00:05:51.841
POSITION.IF THAT DOOR HADN'T OF
00:05:51.841 --> 00:05:52.775
IF THAT DOOR HADN'T OFCLOSED, I WOULDN'T HAVE MET
00:05:52.775 --> 00:05:53.876
CLOSED, I WOULDN'T HAVE METTHIS PERSON.
00:05:53.876 --> 00:05:54.777
THIS PERSON.IF I HADN'T GONE THROUGH
00:05:54.777 --> 00:05:56.145
IF I HADN'T GONE THROUGHTHAT DIFFICULTY, I WOULDN'T
00:05:56.145 --> 00:05:57.213
THAT DIFFICULTY, I WOULDN'THAVE STEPPED UP TO THIS NEW
00:05:57.213 --> 00:05:58.915
HAVE STEPPED UP TO THIS NEWLEVEL."
00:05:58.915 --> 00:06:00.249
LEVEL."NOW DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
00:06:00.249 --> 00:06:01.918
NOW DON'T WASTE YOUR TIMETRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING
00:06:01.918 --> 00:06:03.119
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU'RE
00:06:04.020 --> 00:06:05.621
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU'RENOT SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND
00:06:05.621 --> 00:06:07.490
NOT SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTANDRIGHT NOW.
00:06:07.490 --> 00:06:08.658
RIGHT NOW.WE CAN'T SEE THE PLAN OF
00:06:08.658 --> 00:06:09.692
WE CAN'T SEE THE PLAN OFGOD.
00:06:09.692 --> 00:06:10.993
GOD.WE CAN'T FATHOM HOW HE DOES
00:06:10.993 --> 00:06:12.128
WE CAN'T FATHOM HOW HE DOESTHINGS.
00:06:12.128 --> 00:06:13.329
THINGS.WE THINK NATURAL, HE'S
00:06:13.329 --> 00:06:15.031
WE THINK NATURAL, HE'SSUPERNATURAL.
00:06:15.031 --> 00:06:16.232
SUPERNATURAL.IF YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO
00:06:16.232 --> 00:06:17.333
IF YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TOFIGURE IT OUT, IT'S GOING TO
00:06:17.333 --> 00:06:18.668
FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S GOING TOFRUSTRATE YOU.
00:06:18.668 --> 00:06:20.136
FRUSTRATE YOU.INSTEAD OF USING THAT ENERGY
00:06:20.136 --> 00:06:21.704
INSTEAD OF USING THAT ENERGYTRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
00:06:21.704 --> 00:06:23.172
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'SHAPPENING, USE IT TO THANK
00:06:23.172 --> 00:06:24.740
HAPPENING, USE IT TO THANKGOD THAT HE'S WORKING, THANK
00:06:24.740 --> 00:06:26.542
GOD THAT HE'S WORKING, THANKHIM THAT HE'S FIGHTING YOUR
00:06:26.542 --> 00:06:27.577
HIM THAT HE'S FIGHTING YOURBATTLES, THANK HIM THAT HE'S
00:06:27.577 --> 00:06:28.778
BATTLES, THANK HIM THAT HE'SMAKING CROOKED PLACES
00:06:28.778 --> 00:06:30.279
MAKING CROOKED PLACESSTRAIGHT, THANK HIM THAT
00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:31.714
STRAIGHT, THANK HIM THATYOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH HIS
00:06:31.714 --> 00:06:33.049
YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH HISFAVOR.
00:06:33.049 --> 00:06:34.851
FAVOR.THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GOD
00:06:34.851 --> 00:06:36.252
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GODWILL WORK OUT HIS PLAN FOR
00:06:36.252 --> 00:06:38.054
WILL WORK OUT HIS PLAN FORYOUR LIFE."
00:06:38.054 --> 00:06:38.754
YOUR LIFE."YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK IT
00:06:38.754 --> 00:06:39.555
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK ITOUT.
00:06:39.555 --> 00:06:40.256
OUT.YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE
00:06:40.256 --> 00:06:41.524
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVEFRUSTRATED OVER WHAT'S NOT
00:06:41.524 --> 00:06:43.226
FRUSTRATED OVER WHAT'S NOTHAPPENING, DISCOURAGED OVER
00:06:43.226 --> 00:06:45.127
HAPPENING, DISCOURAGED OVERDISAPPOINTMENTS, YOU'RE NOT
00:06:45.127 --> 00:06:47.129
DISAPPOINTMENTS, YOU'RE NOTDOING LIFE BY YOURSELF.
00:06:47.129 --> 00:06:48.498
DOING LIFE BY YOURSELF.THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
00:06:48.498 --> 00:06:49.665
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSEIS BREATHING IN YOUR
00:06:49.665 --> 00:06:51.300
IS BREATHING IN YOURDIRECTION.
00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:52.235
DIRECTION.YOU KEEP HONORING HIM AND
00:06:52.235 --> 00:06:54.070
YOU KEEP HONORING HIM ANDHE'LL OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS,
00:06:54.070 --> 00:06:55.071
HE'LL OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS,HE'LL BRING THE RIGHT
00:06:55.071 --> 00:06:56.706
HE'LL BRING THE RIGHTPEOPLE, HE'LL TURN NEGATIVE
00:06:56.706 --> 00:06:58.074
PEOPLE, HE'LL TURN NEGATIVESITUATIONS AROUND.
00:06:58.074 --> 00:06:59.242
SITUATIONS AROUND.HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
00:06:59.242 --> 00:07:00.443
HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPENTHAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE
00:07:00.443 --> 00:07:01.644
THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKEHAPPEN.
00:07:01.644 --> 00:07:02.945
HAPPEN.HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE IS
00:07:02.945 --> 00:07:05.181
HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE ISMUCH BIGGER THAN YOUR OWN.
00:07:05.181 --> 00:07:06.282
MUCH BIGGER THAN YOUR OWN.IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN
00:07:06.282 --> 00:07:07.950
IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY INFAITH YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO
00:07:07.950 --> 00:07:08.918
FAITH YOU HAVE TO LEARN TOTRUST WHEN YOU DON'T
00:07:08.918 --> 00:07:10.286
AFTER JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED,
00:07:12.221 --> 00:07:13.856
AFTER JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED,I'M SURE THE DISCIPLES
00:07:13.856 --> 00:07:15.391
I'M SURE THE DISCIPLESTHOUGHT, "WAS HE REALLY THE
00:07:15.391 --> 00:07:16.726
THOUGHT, "WAS HE REALLY THESON OF GOD?
00:07:16.726 --> 00:07:17.560
SON OF GOD?DID WE WASTE OUR TIME WITH
00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:18.895
DID WE WASTE OUR TIME WITHHIM?
00:07:18.895 --> 00:07:19.562
HIM?I THOUGHT HE SAID HE WOULD
00:07:19.562 --> 00:07:20.830
I THOUGHT HE SAID HE WOULDNEVER LEAVE US."
00:07:20.830 --> 00:07:22.164
NEVER LEAVE US."THERE WAS A TIME OF DOUBT,
00:07:22.164 --> 00:07:23.966
THERE WAS A TIME OF DOUBT,CONFUSION, WHERE IT LOOKED
00:07:23.966 --> 00:07:26.168
CONFUSION, WHERE IT LOOKEDLIKE JESUS ABANDONED THEM.
00:07:26.168 --> 00:07:27.503
LIKE JESUS ABANDONED THEM.BUT AS TIME WENT ON, THEY
00:07:27.503 --> 00:07:28.771
BUT AS TIME WENT ON, THEYBEGAN TO REALIZE THE
00:07:28.771 --> 00:07:30.506
BEGAN TO REALIZE THECRUCIFIXION WAS A PART OF
00:07:30.506 --> 00:07:32.675
CRUCIFIXION WAS A PART OFGOD'S PLAN, JUDAS' BETRAYAL
00:07:32.675 --> 00:07:34.577
GOD'S PLAN, JUDAS' BETRAYALWAS A PART OF THE PLAN, THE
00:07:34.577 --> 00:07:36.379
WAS A PART OF THE PLAN, THEOPPOSITION, THE MOCKING, THE
00:07:36.379 --> 00:07:38.247
OPPOSITION, THE MOCKING, THERIDICULE IT ALL HAD TO
00:07:38.247 --> 00:07:39.348
IT WAS LEADING TO
00:07:40.316 --> 00:07:42.552
IT WAS LEADING TOREDEMPTION, TO SALVATION.
00:07:42.552 --> 00:07:44.587
REDEMPTION, TO SALVATION.ARE YOU FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
00:07:44.587 --> 00:07:45.688
ARE YOU FRUSTRATED BECAUSEYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:07:45.688 --> 00:07:47.056
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHATGOD IS DOING?
00:07:47.056 --> 00:07:48.491
GOD IS DOING?UPSET BECAUSE THAT FRIEND
00:07:48.491 --> 00:07:50.026
UPSET BECAUSE THAT FRIENDBETRAYED YOU, DISCOURAGED
00:07:50.026 --> 00:07:52.228
BETRAYED YOU, DISCOURAGEDOVER THE CONTRACT YOU LOST?
00:07:52.228 --> 00:07:53.963
OVER THE CONTRACT YOU LOST?HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT
00:07:53.963 --> 00:07:56.399
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT'S NOTLEADING YOU TO YOUR DESTINY?
00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:57.333
LEADING YOU TO YOUR DESTINY?WITHOUT THE BETRAYAL WE
00:07:57.333 --> 00:07:59.235
WITHOUT THE BETRAYAL WEWOULDN'T HAVE SALVATION.
00:07:59.235 --> 00:08:00.736
WOULDN'T HAVE SALVATION.WITHOUT THAT SITUATION YOU
00:08:00.736 --> 00:08:02.104
WITHOUT THAT SITUATION YOUDON'T UNDERSTAND YOU
00:08:02.104 --> 00:08:03.573
DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUCOULDN'T SEE THE FULLNESS OF
00:08:03.573 --> 00:08:05.908
COULDN'T SEE THE FULLNESS OFWHAT GOD HAS IN STORE.
00:08:05.908 --> 00:08:07.376
WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE.SOMETIMES WE'RE TRYING TO
00:08:07.376 --> 00:08:09.111
SOMETIMES WE'RE TRYING TOPRAY AWAY WHAT GOD IS GOING
00:08:09.111 --> 00:08:10.646
PRAY AWAY WHAT GOD IS GOINGTO USE TO TAKE US TO THE
00:08:10.646 --> 00:08:11.847
TO USE TO TAKE US TO THENEXT LEVEL.
00:08:11.847 --> 00:08:13.382
NEXT LEVEL.I KNOW IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,
00:08:13.382 --> 00:08:14.817
I KNOW IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,BUT THE BETRAYALS ARE
00:08:14.817 --> 00:08:15.952
BUT THE BETRAYALS ARENECESSARY, THE LONELY NIGHTS
00:08:15.952 --> 00:08:17.987
NECESSARY, THE LONELY NIGHTSARE NECESSARY, THE DELAYS,
00:08:17.987 --> 00:08:19.288
ARE NECESSARY, THE DELAYS,THE STRUGGLES, IT'S ALL
00:08:19.288 --> 00:08:20.990
THE STRUGGLES, IT'S ALLNECESSARY.
00:08:20.990 --> 00:08:22.091
NECESSARY.IF JESUS COULDN'T REACH HIS
00:08:22.091 --> 00:08:23.726
IF JESUS COULDN'T REACH HISDESTINY WITHOUT THESE THINGS
00:08:23.726 --> 00:08:25.361
DESTINY WITHOUT THESE THINGSTHAT DON'T MAKE SENSE, THAT
00:08:25.361 --> 00:08:26.963
THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE, THATWEREN'T FAIR, PEOPLE THAT
00:08:26.963 --> 00:08:28.497
WEREN'T FAIR, PEOPLE THATDID HIM WRONG, HOW CAN WE
00:08:28.497 --> 00:08:29.832
DID HIM WRONG, HOW CAN WEREACH OUR DESTINY WITHOUT
00:08:29.832 --> 00:08:31.367
REACH OUR DESTINY WITHOUTTHEM.
00:08:31.367 --> 00:08:32.935
THEM.THE WAY TO STAY IN FAITH IS
00:08:32.935 --> 00:08:34.770
THE WAY TO STAY IN FAITH ISTO RECOGNIZE IT'S ALL A PART
00:08:34.770 --> 00:08:37.006
TO RECOGNIZE IT'S ALL A PARTOF GOD'S PLAN.
00:08:37.006 --> 00:08:38.040
OF GOD'S PLAN.IT'S NOT HAPPENING BY
00:08:38.040 --> 00:08:39.408
IT'S NOT HAPPENING BYACCIDENT.
00:08:39.408 --> 00:08:40.476
ACCIDENT.THE ENEMY DIDN'T SOMEHOW GET
00:08:40.476 --> 00:08:42.478
THE ENEMY DIDN'T SOMEHOW GETTHE CONTROLS OF YOUR LIFE,
00:08:42.478 --> 00:08:43.646
THE CONTROLS OF YOUR LIFE,WRESTLED THEM AWAY FROM GOD.
00:08:43.646 --> 00:08:45.648
WRESTLED THEM AWAY FROM GOD.NOW GOD IS STANDING BY
00:08:45.648 --> 00:08:47.383
NOW GOD IS STANDING BYHOPING THINGS WORK OUT.
00:08:47.383 --> 00:08:49.018
HOPING THINGS WORK OUT.GOD HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF
00:08:49.018 --> 00:08:50.186
GOD HAS YOU IN THE PALM OFHIS HAND.
00:08:50.186 --> 00:08:52.054
HIS HAND.NOTHING CAN SNATCH YOU AWAY.
00:08:52.054 --> 00:08:53.656
NOTHING CAN SNATCH YOU AWAY.HIM BEING FOR YOU IS MORE
00:08:53.656 --> 00:08:54.624
HIM BEING FOR YOU IS MORETHAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINST
00:08:54.624 --> 00:08:55.825
THAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINSTYOU.
00:08:55.825 --> 00:08:56.926
YOU.IT'S VERY FREEING WHEN YOU
00:08:56.926 --> 00:08:58.194
IT'S VERY FREEING WHEN YOUCAN SAY, "GOD I DON'T
00:08:58.194 --> 00:08:59.328
CAN SAY, "GOD I DON'TUNDERSTAND IT, BUT I TRUST
00:08:59.328 --> 00:09:00.429
IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR, BUT
00:09:01.530 --> 00:09:02.365
IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR, BUTI'M NOT GOING TO LIVE
00:09:02.365 --> 00:09:03.499
I'M NOT GOING TO LIVEBITTER.
00:09:03.499 --> 00:09:04.634
BITTER.I'VE HAD SOME BAD BREAKS,
00:09:04.634 --> 00:09:06.235
I'VE HAD SOME BAD BREAKS,DISAPPOINTMENTS BUT I'M NOT
00:09:06.235 --> 00:09:07.536
DISAPPOINTMENTS BUT I'M NOTGOING TO GO AROUND SOUR.
00:09:07.536 --> 00:09:08.904
GOING TO GO AROUND SOUR.I KNOW YOU'RE STILL IN
00:09:08.904 --> 00:09:10.506
I KNOW YOU'RE STILL INCONTROL AND YOU WILL WORK
00:09:10.506 --> 00:09:12.675
CONTROL AND YOU WILL WORKOUT YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE."
00:09:12.675 --> 00:09:14.377
OUT YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE."A FRIEND OF MINE IS IN
00:09:14.377 --> 00:09:15.811
A FRIEND OF MINE IS INCOMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, HE
00:09:15.811 --> 00:09:17.847
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, HESPECIALIZES IN HOTELS.
00:09:17.847 --> 00:09:19.281
SPECIALIZES IN HOTELS.HE'LL BUY THEM AND RUN THEM
00:09:19.281 --> 00:09:20.816
HE'LL BUY THEM AND RUN THEMFOR A FEW YEARS, THEN TURN
00:09:20.816 --> 00:09:22.451
FOR A FEW YEARS, THEN TURNAROUND AND SELL THEM.
00:09:22.451 --> 00:09:23.719
AROUND AND SELL THEM.AT ONE POINT HE OWNED OVER
00:09:23.719 --> 00:09:25.254
AT ONE POINT HE OWNED OVERTWO HUNDRED HOTELS.
00:09:25.254 --> 00:09:26.722
TWO HUNDRED HOTELS.MOST OF THEM WERE SMALL IN
00:09:26.722 --> 00:09:28.591
MOST OF THEM WERE SMALL INTHE RURAL AREAS.
00:09:28.591 --> 00:09:31.060
THE RURAL AREAS.HIS DREAM WAS TO OWN A LARGE
00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:32.662
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE
00:09:33.796 --> 00:09:35.264
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HEHAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:09:35.264 --> 00:09:37.099
HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TOPURCHASE THIS PRESTIGIOUS
00:09:37.099 --> 00:09:39.168
PURCHASE THIS PRESTIGIOUSHOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY.
00:09:39.168 --> 00:09:40.569
HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY.IT WAS IN A PREMIER
00:09:40.569 --> 00:09:42.004
IT WAS IN A PREMIERLOCATION, OVERLOOKING
00:09:42.004 --> 00:09:43.039
LOCATION, OVERLOOKINGCENTRAL PARK.
00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:44.674
CENTRAL PARK.HE WAS SO EXCITED.
00:09:44.674 --> 00:09:45.808
HE WAS SO EXCITED.HE WORKED FOR MONTHS AND
00:09:45.808 --> 00:09:46.676
HE WORKED FOR MONTHS ANDMONTHS ARRANGING THE
00:09:46.676 --> 00:09:47.743
MONTHS ARRANGING THEFUNDING.
00:09:47.743 --> 00:09:48.878
FUNDING.HE FOUND A PARTNER THAT
00:09:48.878 --> 00:09:50.279
FINANCIALLY THIS WAS A HUGE
00:09:51.414 --> 00:09:53.082
FINANCIALLY THIS WAS A HUGEUNDERTAKING.
00:09:53.082 --> 00:09:53.983
UNDERTAKING.HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO
00:09:53.983 --> 00:09:55.351
HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TOSTRETCH AND LEVERAGE
00:09:55.351 --> 00:09:56.352
STRETCH AND LEVERAGEEVERYTHING HE HAD, INCLUDING
00:09:56.352 --> 00:09:58.154
EVERYTHING HE HAD, INCLUDINGHIS HOUSE.
00:09:58.154 --> 00:09:59.055
HIS HOUSE.FOR IT TO WORK, OCCUPANCY
00:09:59.055 --> 00:10:01.323
HAD TO BE GOOD, THIS WAS THE
00:10:02.825 --> 00:10:03.993
HAD TO BE GOOD, THIS WAS THEONLY WAY HE COULD MAKE THIS
00:10:03.993 --> 00:10:05.561
ONLY WAY HE COULD MAKE THISHUGE PAYMENT.
00:10:05.561 --> 00:10:07.296
HUGE PAYMENT.AFTER OVER TWO YEARS OF
00:10:07.296 --> 00:10:08.497
AFTER OVER TWO YEARS OFPUTTING IT TOGETHER, THIS
00:10:08.497 --> 00:10:10.499
PUTTING IT TOGETHER, THISJANUARY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
00:10:10.499 --> 00:10:12.068
JANUARY HE WAS SUPPOSED TOFINALLY CLOSE ON THE
00:10:12.068 --> 00:10:13.569
FINALLY CLOSE ON THEPROPERTY, BUT AT THE LAST
00:10:13.569 --> 00:10:14.870
PROPERTY, BUT AT THE LASTMINUTE HIS BUSINESS PARTNER
00:10:14.870 --> 00:10:16.472
MINUTE HIS BUSINESS PARTNERBACKED OUT.
00:10:16.472 --> 00:10:17.540
BACKED OUT.HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:10:17.540 --> 00:10:18.774
HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.HE SCRAMBLED TO FIND ANOTHER
00:10:18.774 --> 00:10:20.042
HE SCRAMBLED TO FIND ANOTHERLOAN, STRETCHED EVEN
00:10:20.042 --> 00:10:21.677
LOAN, STRETCHED EVENFURTHER, NOW HE WAS WAY OVER
00:10:21.677 --> 00:10:23.179
FURTHER, NOW HE WAS WAY OVERHIS HEAD.
00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:24.814
HIS HEAD.THE DAY HE WENT TO CLOSING,
00:10:24.814 --> 00:10:26.248
THE DAY HE WENT TO CLOSING,HIS BANK CALLED AND SAID
00:10:26.248 --> 00:10:27.616
HIS BANK CALLED AND SAIDTHEY'D CHANGED THEIR MIND
00:10:27.616 --> 00:10:28.651
THEY'D CHANGED THEIR MINDAND WOULDN'T LEND HIM THE
00:10:28.651 --> 00:10:29.819
AND WOULDN'T LEND HIM THEFUNDS.
00:10:29.819 --> 00:10:31.120
FUNDS.HE WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.
00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.621
HE WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.THIS WAS HIS DREAM, A
00:10:32.621 --> 00:10:34.290
THIS WAS HIS DREAM, APRESTIGIOUS HOTEL, TWO
00:10:34.290 --> 00:10:35.491
PRESTIGIOUS HOTEL, TWOYEARS' WORTH OF WORK, ALL
00:10:35.491 --> 00:10:36.992
YEARS' WORTH OF WORK, ALLFOR NAUGHT.
00:10:36.992 --> 00:10:38.060
FOR NAUGHT.HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
00:10:38.060 --> 00:10:39.895
HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHYIT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
00:10:39.895 --> 00:10:41.731
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.WHAT HE COULDN'T SEE WAS
00:10:41.731 --> 00:10:43.466
WHAT HE COULDN'T SEE WASTHREE MONTHS LATER THIS
00:10:43.466 --> 00:10:45.101
THREE MONTHS LATER THISPANDEMIC WOULD HIT AND NEW
00:10:45.101 --> 00:10:46.635
PANDEMIC WOULD HIT AND NEWYORK CITY WOULD BE THE
00:10:46.635 --> 00:10:48.070
YORK CITY WOULD BE THEEPICENTER.
00:10:48.070 --> 00:10:49.305
EPICENTER.ALL THE HOTELS HAD TO CLOSE,
00:10:49.305 --> 00:10:50.906
ALL THE HOTELS HAD TO CLOSE,NO INCOME, NO BUSINESS, NO
00:10:50.906 --> 00:10:53.109
NO INCOME, NO BUSINESS, NOCUSTOMERS.
00:10:53.109 --> 00:10:54.210
CUSTOMERS.HE WOULD HAVE THIS HUGE
00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:55.511
HE WOULD HAVE THIS HUGEPAYMENT AND NO WAY TO MAKE
00:10:55.511 --> 00:10:56.579
HE TOLD ME IF THAT DEAL
00:10:58.247 --> 00:10:59.348
HE TOLD ME IF THAT DEALWOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH, HE
00:10:59.348 --> 00:11:00.750
WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH, HEWOULD BE BANKRUPT, HE WOULD
00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:01.784
WOULD BE BANKRUPT, HE WOULDHAVE LOST ALL HIS OTHER
00:11:01.784 --> 00:11:03.119
HAVE LOST ALL HIS OTHERHOTELS.
00:11:03.119 --> 00:11:04.487
HOTELS.HIS PERSONAL FINANCES WOULD
00:11:04.487 --> 00:11:05.955
HIS PERSONAL FINANCES WOULDBE GONE.
00:11:05.955 --> 00:11:07.790
BE GONE.SOMETIMES WHAT WE THINK IS A
00:11:07.790 --> 00:11:09.158
SOMETIMES WHAT WE THINK IS ABAD BREAK IS REALLY GOD
00:11:09.158 --> 00:11:10.926
BAD BREAK IS REALLY GODPROTECTING US.
00:11:10.926 --> 00:11:12.394
PROTECTING US.YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:11:12.394 --> 00:11:13.863
YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHATGOD IS DOING NOW, BUT ONE
00:11:13.863 --> 00:11:15.865
GOD IS DOING NOW, BUT ONEDAY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND.
00:11:15.865 --> 00:11:17.333
DAY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND.ONE DAY YOU'LL SAY, "I'M
00:11:17.333 --> 00:11:19.268
ONE DAY YOU'LL SAY, "I'MGLAD THAT DOOR DIDN'T OPEN,
00:11:19.268 --> 00:11:20.703
GLAD THAT DOOR DIDN'T OPEN,I'M GLAD THAT PRAYER DIDN'T
00:11:20.703 --> 00:11:21.804
I'M GLAD THAT PRAYER DIDN'TGET ANSWERED, I'M GLAD THAT
00:11:21.804 --> 00:11:22.972
GET ANSWERED, I'M GLAD THATRELATIONSHIP DIDN'T GET
00:11:22.972 --> 00:11:25.107
I'M ASKING YOU TO TRUST WHEN
00:11:26.542 --> 00:11:28.911
I'M ASKING YOU TO TRUST WHENYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:11:28.911 --> 00:11:30.412
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.GOD CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE
00:11:30.412 --> 00:11:31.947
GOD CAN SEE THE BIG PICTUREFOR OUR LIVES.
00:11:31.947 --> 00:11:33.082
FOR OUR LIVES.ALL WE CAN SEE IS A LITTLE
00:11:33.082 --> 00:11:34.583
ALL WE CAN SEE IS A LITTLEDOWN THE ROAD.
00:11:34.583 --> 00:11:35.451
DOWN THE ROAD.GOD KNOWS WHERE THE DEAD
00:11:35.451 --> 00:11:36.418
GOD KNOWS WHERE THE DEADENDS ARE.
00:11:36.418 --> 00:11:37.520
ENDS ARE.HE KNOWS WHERE THE SHORT
00:11:37.520 --> 00:11:38.454
HE KNOWS WHERE THE SHORTCUTS ARE.
00:11:38.454 --> 00:11:40.356
CUTS ARE.HE'S ORDERING YOUR STEPS.
00:11:40.356 --> 00:11:41.724
HE'S ORDERING YOUR STEPS.I USED TO JUST THANK HIM FOR
00:11:41.724 --> 00:11:43.359
I USED TO JUST THANK HIM FORTHE OPEN DOORS BUT NOW I
00:11:43.359 --> 00:11:44.927
THE OPEN DOORS BUT NOW ITHANK HIM JUST AS MUCH FOR
00:11:44.927 --> 00:11:46.462
THANK HIM JUST AS MUCH FORTHE CLOSED DOORS.
00:11:46.462 --> 00:11:47.930
THE CLOSED DOORS.BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT SUPPOSED
00:11:47.930 --> 00:11:49.832
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT SUPPOSEDTO BE MINE, I DON'T WANT IT.
00:11:49.832 --> 00:11:51.567
TO BE MINE, I DON'T WANT IT.IF GOD IS CLOSING A DOOR,
00:11:51.567 --> 00:11:52.668
IF GOD IS CLOSING A DOOR,DON'T FIGHT IT.
00:11:52.668 --> 00:11:54.403
DON'T FIGHT IT.IF YOU TRIED YOUR BEST AND
00:11:54.403 --> 00:11:56.405
IF YOU TRIED YOUR BEST ANDIT DIDN'T WORK OUT, YES BE
00:11:56.405 --> 00:11:57.740
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, YES BEPERSISTENT, BUT AT SOME
00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:59.742
PERSISTENT, BUT AT SOMEPOINT, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT
00:11:59.742 --> 00:12:02.344
POINT, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT ITAS GOD'S PLAN AND MOVE ON.
00:12:02.344 --> 00:12:03.779
AS GOD'S PLAN AND MOVE ON.THAT'S A SIGN THAT GOD HAS
00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:05.147
THAT'S A SIGN THAT GOD HASSOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING
00:12:05.147 --> 00:12:06.515
SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHINGMORE FULFILLING, MORE
00:12:06.515 --> 00:12:07.983
MORE FULFILLING, MOREREWARDING.
00:12:07.983 --> 00:12:08.617
REWARDING.IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S
00:12:08.617 --> 00:12:09.785
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'SNEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:12:09.785 --> 00:12:11.086
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.IT MAY JUST MEAN THAT IT'S
00:12:11.086 --> 00:12:12.855
IT MAY JUST MEAN THAT IT'SNOT THE RIGHT TIME.
00:12:12.855 --> 00:12:14.256
NOT THE RIGHT TIME.TOO OFTEN WE GET
00:12:14.256 --> 00:12:15.758
TOO OFTEN WE GETDISCOURAGED, BITTER, IT'S
00:12:15.758 --> 00:12:17.026
DISCOURAGED, BITTER, IT'SNOT FAIR.
00:12:17.026 --> 00:12:18.394
NOT FAIR.BUT IF YOU BELIEVE GOD IS
00:12:18.394 --> 00:12:20.529
BUT IF YOU BELIEVE GOD ISORDERING YOUR STEPS THEN
00:12:20.529 --> 00:12:21.363
ORDERING YOUR STEPS THENYOU'LL TRUST HIM WITH THE
00:12:21.363 --> 00:12:22.765
YOU'LL TRUST HIM WITH THEOPEN DOORS AND TRUST HIM
00:12:22.765 --> 00:12:24.333
OPEN DOORS AND TRUST HIMWITH THE CLOSED DOORS.
00:12:24.333 --> 00:12:25.301
WITH THE CLOSED DOORS.YOU'LL TRUST HIM WITH THE
00:12:25.301 --> 00:12:26.569
YOU'LL TRUST HIM WITH THEGOOD BREAKS AND TRUST HIM
00:12:26.569 --> 00:12:28.337
GOOD BREAKS AND TRUST HIMWITH THE BAD BREAKS.
00:12:28.337 --> 00:12:30.039
WITH THE BAD BREAKS.HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE
00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.807
HOW WE RESPOND TO THESETESTS HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON
00:12:31.807 --> 00:12:33.375
TESTS HAS A GREAT IMPACT ONWHETHER NEW DOORS ARE GOING
00:12:33.375 --> 00:12:34.643
WHETHER NEW DOORS ARE GOINGTO OPEN, WHETHER WE SEE
00:12:34.643 --> 00:12:36.278
TO OPEN, WHETHER WE SEETHINGS TURN AROUND.
00:12:36.278 --> 00:12:37.513
THINGS TURN AROUND.IF WE GO THROUGH
00:12:37.513 --> 00:12:38.814
"GOD WHY DID THIS HAPPEN,
00:12:40.583 --> 00:12:42.151
"GOD WHY DID THIS HAPPEN,WHY DID THEY DO ME WRONG,
00:12:42.151 --> 00:12:43.419
WHY DID THEY DO ME WRONG,WHY DID MY BUSINESS PARTNER
00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:44.920
WHY DID MY BUSINESS PARTNERBACK OUT, WHY DID MY HEALTH
00:12:44.920 --> 00:12:46.188
BACK OUT, WHY DID MY HEALTHGO DOWN?"
00:12:46.188 --> 00:12:47.289
GO DOWN?"THAT'S GOING TO KEEP US
00:12:47.289 --> 00:12:48.757
THAT'S GOING TO KEEP USWHERE WE ARE.
00:12:48.757 --> 00:12:50.359
WHERE WE ARE.IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT JESUS
00:12:50.359 --> 00:12:52.561
IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT JESUSWASHED THE DISCIPLE'S FEET.
00:12:52.561 --> 00:12:53.829
WASHED THE DISCIPLE'S FEET.THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO
00:12:53.829 --> 00:12:56.131
THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US TOPUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.
00:12:56.131 --> 00:12:57.166
PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.PART OF THE ARMOR IS OUR
00:12:57.166 --> 00:12:58.901
PART OF THE ARMOR IS OURSHOES OF PEACE.
00:12:58.901 --> 00:13:00.269
SHOES OF PEACE.WHEN HE WASHED THEIR FEET,
00:13:00.269 --> 00:13:02.171
WHEN HE WASHED THEIR FEET,HE WAS SAYING, "AS YOU GO
00:13:02.171 --> 00:13:03.606
HE WAS SAYING, "AS YOU GOOUT AND WALK THROUGH THINGS
00:13:03.606 --> 00:13:04.773
OUT AND WALK THROUGH THINGSYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, STAY
00:13:04.773 --> 00:13:06.775
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, STAYIN PEACE."
00:13:06.775 --> 00:13:08.711
IN PEACE."HE DIDN'T WASH THEIR EYES;
00:13:08.711 --> 00:13:09.545
HE DIDN'T WASH THEIR EYES;HE KNEW THEY WOULDN'T BE
00:13:09.545 --> 00:13:10.546
HE KNEW THEY WOULDN'T BEABLE TO SEE WHAT HE WAS
00:13:10.546 --> 00:13:11.947
HE DIDN'T WASH THEIR EARS;
00:13:12.748 --> 00:13:13.616
HE DIDN'T WASH THEIR EARS;HE KNEW THEY WOULDN'T
00:13:13.616 --> 00:13:14.783
HE KNEW THEY WOULDN'TUNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
00:13:14.783 --> 00:13:16.085
UNDERSTAND WHAT WASHAPPENING.
00:13:16.085 --> 00:13:17.620
HAPPENING.SO, HE WASHED THEIR FEET AND
00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.154
SO, HE WASHED THEIR FEET ANDSENT THEM OUT INTO SOMETHING
00:13:19.154 --> 00:13:20.890
SENT THEM OUT INTO SOMETHINGTHEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
00:13:20.890 --> 00:13:22.691
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.IT'S LIKE US TODAY.
00:13:22.691 --> 00:13:24.159
IT'S LIKE US TODAY.WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT
00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:25.761
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHTTHIS YEAR WOULD TURN OUT
00:13:25.761 --> 00:13:26.662
THIS YEAR WOULD TURN OUTLIKE IT HAS?
00:13:26.662 --> 00:13:28.063
LIKE IT HAS?A PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY
00:13:28.063 --> 00:13:29.798
A PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMYSHUTTING DOWN, NOT ABLE TO
00:13:29.798 --> 00:13:31.400
SHUTTING DOWN, NOT ABLE TOGO TO WORK, PEOPLE'S LIVES
00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:33.102
GO TO WORK, PEOPLE'S LIVESPUT ON HOLD, SO MUCH
00:13:33.102 --> 00:13:35.170
PUT ON HOLD, SO MUCHUNCERTAINTY, UNREST,
00:13:35.170 --> 00:13:36.372
UNCERTAINTY, UNREST,TENSION.
00:13:36.372 --> 00:13:37.773
TENSION.THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE
00:13:37.773 --> 00:13:38.974
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WEDON'T UNDERSTAND, TROUBLE
00:13:38.974 --> 00:13:40.376
DON'T UNDERSTAND, TROUBLETHAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN.
00:13:40.376 --> 00:13:42.344
THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN.LIKE JESUS WASHED THE
00:13:42.344 --> 00:13:43.712
LIKE JESUS WASHED THEDISCIPLES' FEET.
00:13:43.712 --> 00:13:45.414
DISCIPLES' FEET.YOU'RE HIS DISCIPLE.
00:13:45.414 --> 00:13:46.515
YOU'RE HIS DISCIPLE.IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:13:46.515 --> 00:13:47.316
IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEENTHERE, HE WOULD HAVE WASHED
00:13:47.316 --> 00:13:48.284
THERE, HE WOULD HAVE WASHEDYOUR FEET.
00:13:48.284 --> 00:13:49.451
YOUR FEET.I CAN IMAGINE HIM DOING THAT
00:13:49.451 --> 00:13:50.819
I CAN IMAGINE HIM DOING THATTODAY.
00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:51.921
TODAY.HE'S SAYING, "YOU'RE GOING
00:13:51.921 --> 00:13:53.155
HE'S SAYING, "YOU'RE GOINGTO WALK THROUGH THINGS YOU
00:13:53.155 --> 00:13:54.723
TO WALK THROUGH THINGS YOUDON'T UNDERSTAND, SEE
00:13:54.723 --> 00:13:55.791
DON'T UNDERSTAND, SEEDIFFICULTIES THAT YOU'VE
00:13:55.791 --> 00:13:57.226
DIFFICULTIES THAT YOU'VENEVER SEEN.
00:13:57.226 --> 00:13:58.127
NEVER SEEN.THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY
00:13:58.127 --> 00:13:59.528
THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTYOF OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE
00:13:59.528 --> 00:14:01.397
OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVEUPSET AND AFRAID, BUT DON'T
00:14:01.397 --> 00:14:02.364
UPSET AND AFRAID, BUT DON'TWORRY, I'VE WASHED YOUR
00:14:02.364 --> 00:14:03.899
WORRY, I'VE WASHED YOURFEET.
00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:05.167
FEET.I'VE PREPARED YOU FOR WHAT
00:14:05.167 --> 00:14:07.036
I'VE PREPARED YOU FOR WHATYOU'RE GOING TO FACE.
00:14:07.036 --> 00:14:08.203
YOU'RE GOING TO FACE.I'VE ARMED YOU WITH STRENGTH
00:14:08.203 --> 00:14:09.238
I'VE ARMED YOU WITH STRENGTHFOR THE BATTLE.
00:14:09.238 --> 00:14:10.539
FOR THE BATTLE.IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE BUT
00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:12.908
GOD IS GETTING YOU READY FOR
00:14:14.610 --> 00:14:16.412
GOD IS GETTING YOU READY FORNEW LEVELS OF INFLUENCE, NEW
00:14:16.412 --> 00:14:18.347
NEW LEVELS OF INFLUENCE, NEWLEVELS OF FAVOR, NEW LEVELS
00:14:18.347 --> 00:14:19.882
LEVELS OF FAVOR, NEW LEVELSOF LEADERSHIP, NEW LEVELS OF
00:14:19.882 --> 00:14:21.650
OF LEADERSHIP, NEW LEVELS OFRESOURCES.
00:14:21.650 --> 00:14:23.118
RESOURCES.NOW MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR
00:14:23.118 --> 00:14:25.254
NOW MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOURSHOES OF PEACE ON.
00:14:25.254 --> 00:14:26.689
SHOES OF PEACE ON.DON'T PANIC OVER THE
00:14:26.689 --> 00:14:28.590
UNKNOWN, DON'T LOSE SLEEP
00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:31.560
UNKNOWN, DON'T LOSE SLEEPOVER WHAT DOESN'T MAKE
00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:32.761
OVER WHAT DOESN'T MAKESENSE.
00:14:32.761 --> 00:14:34.863
SENSE.GOD HAS EQUIPPED YOU,
00:14:34.863 --> 00:14:35.831
GOD HAS EQUIPPED YOU,EMPOWERED YOU AND ANOINTED
00:14:35.831 --> 00:14:36.932
EMPOWERED YOU AND ANOINTEDYOU.
00:14:36.932 --> 00:14:37.967
YOU.YOU'VE BEEN RAISED UP FOR
00:14:37.967 --> 00:14:39.935
YOU'VE BEEN RAISED UP FORSUCH A TIME AS THIS.
00:14:39.935 --> 00:14:41.570
SUCH A TIME AS THIS.NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU
00:14:41.570 --> 00:14:42.805
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOUWILL PROSPER.
00:14:42.805 --> 00:14:44.306
WILL PROSPER.YOU KEEP WALKING IN FAITH,
00:14:44.306 --> 00:14:45.507
YOU KEEP WALKING IN FAITH,TRUSTING WHEN YOU DON'T
00:14:45.507 --> 00:14:47.042
TRUSTING WHEN YOU DON'TUNDERSTAND AND YOU'RE GOING
00:14:47.042 --> 00:14:48.811
UNDERSTAND AND YOU'RE GOINGTO WALK INTO BLESSINGS,
00:14:48.811 --> 00:14:51.246
TO WALK INTO BLESSINGS,FAVOR, HEALING, FREEDOM,
00:14:51.246 --> 00:14:53.115
FAVOR, HEALING, FREEDOM,ABUNDANCE, VICTORY LIKE
00:14:53.115 --> 00:14:54.817
ABUNDANCE, VICTORY LIKEYOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
00:14:54.817 --> 00:14:56.251
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.I'VE LEARNED WHEN YOU STAY
00:14:56.251 --> 00:14:58.087
I'VE LEARNED WHEN YOU STAYIN FAITH WHEN YOU DON'T
00:14:58.087 --> 00:14:59.355
IN FAITH WHEN YOU DON'TUNDERSTAND, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:14:59.355 --> 00:15:00.589
UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE GOING TOCOME INTO BLESSINGS THAT YOU
00:15:00.589 --> 00:15:01.857
COME INTO BLESSINGS THAT YOUDON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:15:01.857 --> 00:15:03.092
DON'T UNDERSTAND.WHEN YOU TRUST GOD WHEN IT
00:15:03.092 --> 00:15:04.560
WHEN YOU TRUST GOD WHEN ITDOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU'RE
00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.995
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU'REGOING TO COME IN TO FAVOR
00:15:05.995 --> 00:15:07.730
GOING TO COME IN TO FAVORTHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
00:15:07.730 --> 00:15:08.964
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.COULD IT BE THAT THE
00:15:08.964 --> 00:15:10.299
COULD IT BE THAT THEDISAPPOINTMENT YOU'RE SO
00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.967
DISAPPOINTMENT YOU'RE SOUPSET ABOUT IS REALLY A
00:15:11.967 --> 00:15:14.436
UPSET ABOUT IS REALLY ABLESSING IN DISGUISE?
00:15:14.436 --> 00:15:15.604
BLESSING IN DISGUISE?YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT IT'S A
00:15:15.604 --> 00:15:17.506
YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT IT'S APART OF A DIVINE PLAN, A
00:15:17.506 --> 00:15:19.008
PART OF A DIVINE PLAN, ACRITICAL PIECE THAT GOD IS
00:15:19.008 --> 00:15:21.010
CRITICAL PIECE THAT GOD ISGOING USE YEARS DOWN THE
00:15:21.010 --> 00:15:22.544
GOING USE YEARS DOWN THEROAD TO TAKE YOU WHERE
00:15:22.544 --> 00:15:24.446
ROAD TO TAKE YOU WHEREYOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
00:15:24.446 --> 00:15:25.280
YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT
00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:27.016
BUT RIGHT NOW, THATSITUATION BY ITSELF DOESN'T
00:15:27.016 --> 00:15:28.117
SITUATION BY ITSELF DOESN'TMAKE SENSE.
00:15:28.117 --> 00:15:29.752
MAKE SENSE.IT SEEMS RANDOM, JUST A BAD
00:15:29.752 --> 00:15:31.653
IT SEEMS RANDOM, JUST A BADBREAK WHEN IN FACT IT'S THE
00:15:31.653 --> 00:15:33.288
BREAK WHEN IN FACT IT'S THEHAND OF GOD SETTING YOU UP
00:15:33.288 --> 00:15:35.024
HAND OF GOD SETTING YOU UPFOR INCREASE.
00:15:35.024 --> 00:15:36.825
FOR INCREASE.WITHOUT THAT CHALLENGE YOU
00:15:36.825 --> 00:15:38.327
WITHOUT THAT CHALLENGE YOUWON'T SEE THE FAR AND BEYOND
00:15:38.327 --> 00:15:40.462
WON'T SEE THE FAR AND BEYONDFAVOR THAT BELONGS TO YOU.
00:15:40.462 --> 00:15:41.897
FAVOR THAT BELONGS TO YOU.TRUST HIM WHEN IT DOESN'T
00:15:41.897 --> 00:15:43.265
TRUST HIM WHEN IT DOESN'TMAKE SENSE.
00:15:43.265 --> 00:15:45.300
MAKE SENSE.I KNOW THIS IS NOT EASY.
00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:46.835
I KNOW THIS IS NOT EASY.WE DON'T LIKE CLOSED DOORS,
00:15:46.835 --> 00:15:48.937
WE DON'T LIKE CLOSED DOORS,UNFAIR SITUATIONS, BEING
00:15:48.937 --> 00:15:50.873
UNFAIR SITUATIONS, BEINGUNCOMFORTABLE, BUT GOD USES
00:15:50.873 --> 00:15:52.875
UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT GOD USESTHESE THINGS TO MOVE US INTO
00:15:52.875 --> 00:15:54.243
THESE THINGS TO MOVE US INTOOUR PURPOSE.
00:15:54.243 --> 00:15:55.411
OUR PURPOSE.IT'S NOT JUST THE GOOD
00:15:55.411 --> 00:15:56.612
IT'S NOT JUST THE GOODBREAKS THAT WILL TAKE YOU
00:15:56.612 --> 00:15:58.080
BREAKS THAT WILL TAKE YOUINTO YOUR DESTINY, THE
00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.515
INTO YOUR DESTINY, THECLOSED DOORS ARE AS
00:15:59.515 --> 00:16:01.517
CLOSED DOORS ARE ASIMPORTANT AS THE OPEN DOORS.
00:16:01.517 --> 00:16:03.352
IMPORTANT AS THE OPEN DOORS.THE BETRAYALS ARE JUST AS
00:16:03.352 --> 00:16:04.420
THE BETRAYALS ARE JUST ASIMPORTANT AS THE DIVINE
00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:06.221
IMPORTANT AS THE DIVINECONNECTIONS.
00:16:06.221 --> 00:16:07.923
CONNECTIONS.GOD USES THEM ALL.
00:16:07.923 --> 00:16:09.224
GOD USES THEM ALL.WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS,
00:16:09.224 --> 00:16:10.959
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS,YOU WON'T LIVE UPSET WHEN
00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:12.728
YOU WON'T LIVE UPSET WHENYOUR PLANS DON'T WORK OUT,
00:16:12.728 --> 00:16:14.129
YOUR PLANS DON'T WORK OUT,YOU WON'T GO AROUND SOUR
00:16:14.129 --> 00:16:15.130
YOU WON'T GO AROUND SOURBECAUSE SOMEBODY DID YOU
00:16:15.130 --> 00:16:16.165
BECAUSE SOMEBODY DID YOUWRONG.
00:16:16.165 --> 00:16:17.800
WRONG.YOU'LL STAY IN PEACE KNOWING
00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:19.068
YOU'LL STAY IN PEACE KNOWINGTHAT GOD WOULDN'T HAVE
00:16:19.068 --> 00:16:20.269
THAT GOD WOULDN'T HAVEALLOWED IT IF HE WASN'T
00:16:20.269 --> 00:16:21.170
ALLOWED IT IF HE WASN'TGOING TO USE IT FOR YOUR
00:16:21.170 --> 00:16:22.271
GOING TO USE IT FOR YOURGOOD.
00:16:22.271 --> 00:16:24.239
GOOD.IT MAY NOT FEEL GOOD, BUT
00:16:24.239 --> 00:16:25.441
IT MAY NOT FEEL GOOD, BUTTHIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO
00:16:25.441 --> 00:16:26.542
THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TOSHOW GOD WHAT YOU'RE MADE
00:16:26.542 --> 00:16:27.443
SHOW GOD WHAT YOU'RE MADEOF.
00:16:27.443 --> 00:16:28.677
OF.ANYONE CAN BE HAPPY WHEN
00:16:28.677 --> 00:16:30.446
ANYONE CAN BE HAPPY WHENTHINGS ARE GOING THEIR WAY.
00:16:30.446 --> 00:16:31.814
THINGS ARE GOING THEIR WAY.ANYONE CAN THANK GOD WHEN
00:16:31.814 --> 00:16:33.449
ANYONE CAN THANK GOD WHENDOORS ARE OPENING, BUT IF
00:16:33.449 --> 00:16:35.150
DOORS ARE OPENING, BUT IFYOU WANT TO PASS THIS TEST
00:16:35.150 --> 00:16:37.052
YOU WANT TO PASS THIS TESTAND SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN NEW
00:16:37.052 --> 00:16:38.554
AND SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN NEWWAYS, YOU HAVE TO THANK HIM
00:16:38.554 --> 00:16:40.322
WAYS, YOU HAVE TO THANK HIMWHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT,
00:16:40.322 --> 00:16:41.690
WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT,YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMILE
00:16:41.690 --> 00:16:42.958
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMILEWHEN YOU COULD BE
00:16:42.958 --> 00:16:44.326
WHEN YOU COULD BECOMPLAINING, BE GOOD TO
00:16:44.326 --> 00:16:45.394
COMPLAINING, BE GOOD TOOTHERS WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT
00:16:45.394 --> 00:16:47.463
OTHERS WHEN SOMEONE IS NOTBEING GOOD TO YOU.
00:16:47.463 --> 00:16:48.363
BEING GOOD TO YOU.THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL
00:16:48.363 --> 00:16:49.698
THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALLABOUT.
00:16:49.698 --> 00:16:51.166
ABOUT.NOT, "GOD I'LL TRUST YOU AS
00:16:51.166 --> 00:16:52.734
NOT, "GOD I'LL TRUST YOU ASLONG AS YOU KEEP ME HAPPY,
00:16:52.734 --> 00:16:54.536
LONG AS YOU KEEP ME HAPPY,ANSWER MY PRAYERS, CHANGE MY
00:16:54.536 --> 00:16:56.271
ANSWER MY PRAYERS, CHANGE MYHUSBAND, MOVE MY BOSS, KEEP
00:16:56.271 --> 00:16:57.606
HUSBAND, MOVE MY BOSS, KEEPME IN THE A/C, IT'S HOT
00:16:57.606 --> 00:16:59.007
ME IN THE A/C, IT'S HOTOUTSIDE."
00:16:59.007 --> 00:17:00.242
OUTSIDE."THE PROBLEM WITH THAT
00:17:00.242 --> 00:17:01.677
THE PROBLEM WITH THATTHINKING IS GOD USES
00:17:01.677 --> 00:17:03.679
THINKING IS GOD USESDIFFICULTIES TO GET US TO
00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.380
DIFFICULTIES TO GET US TOOUR DESTINY.
00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.415
OUR DESTINY.IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO BE
00:17:06.415 --> 00:17:08.417
IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO BEUNCOMFORTABLE AND KEEP A
00:17:08.417 --> 00:17:09.751
UNCOMFORTABLE AND KEEP AGOOD ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS
00:17:09.751 --> 00:17:10.953
GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN THINGSDON'T WORK OUT, IT WILL KEEP
00:17:10.953 --> 00:17:12.821
WHEN I WAS IN MY LATE
00:17:14.089 --> 00:17:15.424
WHEN I WAS IN MY LATETWENTIES, I RECEIVED A
00:17:15.424 --> 00:17:17.326
TWENTIES, I RECEIVED ACERTIFIED LETTER IN THE MAIL
00:17:17.326 --> 00:17:18.760
CERTIFIED LETTER IN THE MAILSAYING THAT WE HADN'T FILED
00:17:18.760 --> 00:17:20.829
SAYING THAT WE HADN'T FILEDOUR TAX RETURNS PROPERLY AND
00:17:20.829 --> 00:17:21.897
OUR TAX RETURNS PROPERLY ANDNOW WE OWED THOUSANDS OF
00:17:21.897 --> 00:17:23.432
NOW WE OWED THOUSANDS OFDOLLARS.
00:17:23.432 --> 00:17:24.199
DOLLARS.THE MAN THAT DID OUR TAXES
00:17:24.199 --> 00:17:26.068
THE MAN THAT DID OUR TAXESLIVED IN ANOTHER STATE.
00:17:26.068 --> 00:17:27.202
LIVED IN ANOTHER STATE.HE WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH A
00:17:27.202 --> 00:17:28.837
HE WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH ACERTAIN LAW IN TEXAS.
00:17:28.837 --> 00:17:30.205
CERTAIN LAW IN TEXAS.NOW WE HAD THIS UNEXPECTED
00:17:30.205 --> 00:17:31.240
NOW WE HAD THIS UNEXPECTEDBILL.
00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.474
BILL.TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE ABOUT
00:17:32.474 --> 00:17:34.042
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE ABOUTHALF OF WHAT WE OWED WAS IN
00:17:34.042 --> 00:17:35.744
HALF OF WHAT WE OWED WAS INPENALTIES.
00:17:35.744 --> 00:17:37.012
PENALTIES.WE WERE A YOUNG COUPLE,
00:17:37.012 --> 00:17:38.213
WE WERE A YOUNG COUPLE,SAVING UP FOR A DOWN PAYMENT
00:17:38.213 --> 00:17:39.681
SAVING UP FOR A DOWN PAYMENTFOR A HOUSE.
00:17:39.681 --> 00:17:40.582
FOR A HOUSE.THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL
00:17:40.582 --> 00:17:42.384
I THOUGHT, "GOD THIS IS NOT
00:17:43.051 --> 00:17:43.919
I THOUGHT, "GOD THIS IS NOTFAIR.
00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:45.154
FAIR.WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL.
00:17:45.154 --> 00:17:46.588
WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL.HE MESSED UP AND NOW I'M
00:17:46.588 --> 00:17:47.523
HE MESSED UP AND NOW I'MHAVING TO PAY FOR HIS
00:17:47.523 --> 00:17:48.690
HAVING TO PAY FOR HISMISTAKE."
00:17:48.690 --> 00:17:50.292
MISTAKE."NOTHING ABOUT THAT SITUATION
00:17:50.292 --> 00:17:52.060
NOTHING ABOUT THAT SITUATIONSEEMED GOOD.
00:17:52.060 --> 00:17:53.028
SEEMED GOOD.I THOUGHT, "IT'S JUST A BAD
00:17:53.028 --> 00:17:53.929
I THOUGHT, "IT'S JUST A BADBREAK, LETS PAY IT AND MOVE
00:17:53.929 --> 00:17:55.297
BREAK, LETS PAY IT AND MOVEON."
00:17:55.297 --> 00:17:56.665
ON."WE ENDED UP FINDING A MAN
00:17:56.665 --> 00:17:58.200
WE ENDED UP FINDING A MANTHAT HELPED US GET THAT
00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.201
THAT HELPED US GET THATSTRAIGHTENED OUT.
00:17:59.201 --> 00:18:00.469
STRAIGHTENED OUT.HE'S A TAX ATTORNEY.
00:18:00.469 --> 00:18:02.004
HE'S A TAX ATTORNEY.HE CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE
00:18:02.004 --> 00:18:03.372
HE CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSEEVERY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL
00:18:03.372 --> 00:18:04.907
EVERY NIGHT FOR SEVERALWEEKS; WE FILED THE FORMS,
00:18:04.907 --> 00:18:06.208
WEEKS; WE FILED THE FORMS,DID THE PAPERWORK.
00:18:06.208 --> 00:18:07.876
DID THE PAPERWORK.WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.
00:18:07.876 --> 00:18:08.944
WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.WE'D GO OUT TO EAT AND RUN
00:18:08.944 --> 00:18:10.546
WE'D GO OUT TO EAT AND RUNERRANDS TOGETHER.
00:18:10.546 --> 00:18:12.648
ERRANDS TOGETHER.TEN YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS
00:18:12.648 --> 00:18:13.849
TEN YEARS LATER WHEN I WASWORKING FOR MY FATHER IN THE
00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:15.450
WORKING FOR MY FATHER IN THETELEVISION DEPARTMENT AT
00:18:15.450 --> 00:18:16.618
TELEVISION DEPARTMENT ATLAKEWOOD, SOMEONE OFFERED US
00:18:16.618 --> 00:18:18.687
LAKEWOOD, SOMEONE OFFERED USA CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR
00:18:18.687 --> 00:18:20.155
A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FORTHE LAST FULL POWERED
00:18:20.155 --> 00:18:21.056
THE LAST FULL POWEREDTELEVISION STATION IN
00:18:21.056 --> 00:18:22.491
TV STATIONS IN MAJOR CITIES
00:18:24.526 --> 00:18:26.094
TV STATIONS IN MAJOR CITIESARE VERY VALUABLE BUT I
00:18:26.094 --> 00:18:27.629
ARE VERY VALUABLE BUT IDIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
00:18:27.629 --> 00:18:29.164
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START.I WAS YOUNG; I DIDN'T KNOW
00:18:29.164 --> 00:18:30.532
I WAS YOUNG; I DIDN'T KNOWANYTHING ABOUT BUYING A
00:18:30.532 --> 00:18:31.433
ANYTHING ABOUT BUYING APERMIT FOR A TELEVISION
00:18:31.433 --> 00:18:32.668
PERMIT FOR A TELEVISIONSTATION.
00:18:32.668 --> 00:18:33.769
STATION.THEN I THOUGHT, "I'LL CALL
00:18:33.769 --> 00:18:35.070
THEN I THOUGHT, "I'LL CALLMY FRIEND."
00:18:35.070 --> 00:18:36.138
MY FRIEND."THE ONE I MET DURING THAT
00:18:36.138 --> 00:18:37.005
THE ONE I MET DURING THATTAX ISSUE.
00:18:37.005 --> 00:18:38.507
TAX ISSUE.THREE MONTHS LATER WE HAD A
00:18:38.507 --> 00:18:40.075
THREE MONTHS LATER WE HAD ASIGNED CONTRACT.
00:18:40.075 --> 00:18:41.043
SIGNED CONTRACT.WE PUT THE STATION ON THE
00:18:41.043 --> 00:18:41.977
WE PUT THE STATION ON THEAIR.
00:18:41.977 --> 00:18:42.878
AIR.MY FATHER WENT TO BE WITH
00:18:42.878 --> 00:18:44.179
MY FATHER WENT TO BE WITHTHE LORD, AND I BECAME THE
00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.347
THE LORD, AND I BECAME THEPASTOR.
00:18:45.347 --> 00:18:46.582
PASTOR.A FEW YEARS LATER WE
00:18:46.582 --> 00:18:48.116
A FEW YEARS LATER WEACQUIRED THE COMPAQ CENTER.
00:18:48.116 --> 00:18:49.451
ACQUIRED THE COMPAQ CENTER.IT WAS GOING TO COST A
00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:50.519
IT WAS GOING TO COST AHUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO
00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.386
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TORENOVATE.
00:18:51.386 --> 00:18:52.554
RENOVATE.WE DECIDED TO SELL THE
00:18:52.554 --> 00:18:53.689
WE DECIDED TO SELL THESTATION.
00:18:53.689 --> 00:18:55.023
MAN THAT SELLS MORE STATIONS
00:18:57.125 --> 00:18:58.260
MAN THAT SELLS MORE STATIONSIN THE UNITED STATES THAN
00:18:58.260 --> 00:19:00.128
IN THE UNITED STATES THANANYONE ELSE, THAT WE WOULD
00:19:00.128 --> 00:19:01.630
ANYONE ELSE, THAT WE WOULDGET A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
00:19:01.630 --> 00:19:02.798
GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT.WE BELIEVED IT WAS WORTH
00:19:02.798 --> 00:19:04.299
WE BELIEVED IT WAS WORTHMUCH MORE, BUT HE WAS VERY
00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:06.034
MUCH MORE, BUT HE WAS VERYVOCAL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD
00:19:06.034 --> 00:19:07.069
VOCAL ABOUT HOW IT WOULDNEVER SELL FOR THAT AMOUNT
00:19:07.069 --> 00:19:08.770
NEVER SELL FOR THAT AMOUNTAND HOW WE WERE WASTING OUR
00:19:08.770 --> 00:19:09.605
AND HOW WE WERE WASTING OURTIME TRYING TO GET THAT
00:19:09.605 --> 00:19:10.772
TIME TRYING TO GET THATMUCH.
00:19:10.772 --> 00:19:11.873
MUCH.HE GAVE US ALL THE REASONS
00:19:11.873 --> 00:19:13.308
HE GAVE US ALL THE REASONSWHY IT WASN'T GOING TO
00:19:13.308 --> 00:19:14.710
WHY IT WASN'T GOING TOHAPPEN, THE MARKET WAS DOWN,
00:19:14.710 --> 00:19:16.612
HAPPEN, THE MARKET WAS DOWN,THERE WAS TOO MUCH SUPPLY,
00:19:16.612 --> 00:19:17.813
THERE WAS TOO MUCH SUPPLY,TOO MANY STATIONS FOR SELL.
00:19:17.813 --> 00:19:19.881
TOO MANY STATIONS FOR SELL.HE HAD ALL THE FACTS AS TO
00:19:19.881 --> 00:19:21.617
HE HAD ALL THE FACTS AS TOWHY IT WASN'T AS VALUABLE,
00:19:21.617 --> 00:19:22.884
WHY IT WASN'T AS VALUABLE,AND WHY IT WASN'T GOING TO
00:19:22.884 --> 00:19:24.753
AND WHY IT WASN'T GOING TOATTRACT A BUYER.
00:19:24.753 --> 00:19:26.355
ATTRACT A BUYER.WE LET THAT GO IN ONE EAR
00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:28.156
WE LET THAT GO IN ONE EARAND OUT THE OTHER.
00:19:28.156 --> 00:19:29.658
AND OUT THE OTHER.DON'T LET PEOPLE TALK YOU
00:19:29.658 --> 00:19:30.726
DON'T LET PEOPLE TALK YOUOUT OF WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR
00:19:30.726 --> 00:19:31.960
OUT OF WHAT GOD PUT IN YOURHEART.
00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.428
HEART.SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TOO
00:19:33.428 --> 00:19:35.097
SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TOOMANY FACTS.
00:19:35.097 --> 00:19:35.998
MANY FACTS.THEY HAVE TOO MUCH
00:19:35.998 --> 00:19:37.065
THEY HAVE TOO MUCHINFORMATION.
00:19:37.065 --> 00:19:38.166
INFORMATION.DON'T LET THEIR DOUBT GET
00:19:38.166 --> 00:19:39.835
DON'T LET THEIR DOUBT GETOFF ON YOU.
00:19:39.835 --> 00:19:41.470
OFF ON YOU.GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY WHAT
00:19:41.470 --> 00:19:43.205
GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY WHATTHE EXPERTS SAY.
00:19:43.205 --> 00:19:45.240
THE EXPERTS SAY.HIS FAVOR ON YOUR PROPERTY,
00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.942
HIS FAVOR ON YOUR PROPERTY,YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR GIFTS,
00:19:46.942 --> 00:19:48.176
YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR GIFTS,YOUR TALENTS WILL CAUSE
00:19:48.176 --> 00:19:49.411
YOUR TALENTS WILL CAUSETHINGS TO HAPPEN THAT
00:19:49.411 --> 00:19:50.912
WE HAD A BUYER COME TO US
00:19:52.581 --> 00:19:55.217
WE HAD A BUYER COME TO USAND OFFER ALMOST TWICE WHAT
00:19:55.217 --> 00:19:57.286
AND OFFER ALMOST TWICE WHATHE SAID WE WOULD NEVER GET.
00:19:57.286 --> 00:19:58.287
HE SAID WE WOULD NEVER GET.WHEN HE HEARD THE FIGURE HE
00:19:58.287 --> 00:19:59.688
WHEN HE HEARD THE FIGURE HENEARLY PASSED OUT.
00:19:59.688 --> 00:20:01.290
NEARLY PASSED OUT.WE SOLD THE STATION AND USED
00:20:01.290 --> 00:20:03.025
WE SOLD THE STATION AND USEDTHOSE FUNDS TO HELP RENOVATE
00:20:03.025 --> 00:20:04.760
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NONE
00:20:06.395 --> 00:20:07.763
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NONEOF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
00:20:07.763 --> 00:20:09.431
OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENEDIF I HAD NOT HAD THE TAX
00:20:09.431 --> 00:20:11.166
IF I HAD NOT HAD THE TAXPROBLEM SOME TWENTY YEARS
00:20:11.166 --> 00:20:12.634
PROBLEM SOME TWENTY YEARSEARLIER.
00:20:12.634 --> 00:20:13.935
EARLIER.I WAS DISCOURAGED BY IT, IT
00:20:13.935 --> 00:20:15.470
I WAS DISCOURAGED BY IT, ITWAS A BAD BREAK, IT WASN'T
00:20:15.470 --> 00:20:16.605
WAS A BAD BREAK, IT WASN'TMY FAULT.
00:20:16.605 --> 00:20:18.740
MY FAULT.I DIDN'T REALIZE GOD WAS
00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:20.342
I DIDN'T REALIZE GOD WASORDERING MY STEPS, THAT WAS
00:20:20.342 --> 00:20:22.411
ORDERING MY STEPS, THAT WASA CRITICAL PIECE FOR ME TO
00:20:22.411 --> 00:20:24.746
A CRITICAL PIECE FOR ME TOFULFILL MY DESTINY.
00:20:24.746 --> 00:20:25.814
FULFILL MY DESTINY.I THOUGHT BACK THEN IT WOULD
00:20:25.814 --> 00:20:27.349
I THOUGHT BACK THEN IT WOULDONLY BE THE GOOD BREAKS,
00:20:27.349 --> 00:20:29.151
ONLY BE THE GOOD BREAKS,OPEN DOORS, THINGS FALLING
00:20:29.151 --> 00:20:30.652
OPEN DOORS, THINGS FALLINGINTO PLACE.
00:20:30.652 --> 00:20:31.820
INTO PLACE.I DIDN'T KNOW GOD WOULD USE
00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:34.056
I DIDN'T KNOW GOD WOULD USEDISAPPOINTMENTS, BAD BREAKS,
00:20:34.056 --> 00:20:35.891
DISAPPOINTMENTS, BAD BREAKS,THINGS THAT WEREN'T FAIR.
00:20:35.891 --> 00:20:37.092
THINGS THAT WEREN'T FAIR.LIKE JESUS TOLD THE
00:20:37.092 --> 00:20:38.360
LIKE JESUS TOLD THEDISCIPLES, YOU'RE NOT GOING
00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:39.795
DISCIPLES, YOU'RE NOT GOINGTO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M DOING
00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:41.763
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M DOINGNOW, BUT ONE DAY YOU WILL
00:20:41.763 --> 00:20:43.365
NOW, BUT ONE DAY YOU WILLUNDERSTAND.
00:20:43.365 --> 00:20:45.000
UNDERSTAND.NOW, LOOKING BACK, I CAN SEE
00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.368
NOW, LOOKING BACK, I CAN SEEIT SO CLEARLY.
00:20:46.368 --> 00:20:48.170
IT SO CLEARLY.IF I HAD NOT HAD THE TAX
00:20:48.170 --> 00:20:49.404
IF I HAD NOT HAD THE TAXPROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE NEVER
00:20:49.404 --> 00:20:50.906
PROBLEM, I WOULD HAVE NEVERMET THE ATTORNEY.
00:20:50.906 --> 00:20:52.140
MET THE ATTORNEY.WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY FRIEND,
00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:53.642
WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY FRIEND,I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURSUED
00:20:53.642 --> 00:20:55.043
I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURSUEDTHE TELEVISION STATION.
00:20:55.043 --> 00:20:56.178
THE TELEVISION STATION.WITHOUT THE STATION, WE
00:20:56.178 --> 00:20:57.312
WITHOUT THE STATION, WEWOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE FUNDS
00:20:57.312 --> 00:20:58.180
WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE FUNDSTO RENOVATE THE COMPAQ
00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.247
TO RENOVATE THE COMPAQCENTER.
00:20:59.247 --> 00:21:01.049
CENTER.I WONDER IF YOU'RE UPSET
00:21:01.049 --> 00:21:03.185
I WONDER IF YOU'RE UPSETABOUT SOMETHING NOW, THAT
00:21:03.185 --> 00:21:04.453
ABOUT SOMETHING NOW, THATLATER ON YOU'RE GOING TO
00:21:04.453 --> 00:21:06.421
LATER ON YOU'RE GOING TOREALIZE, IT HAD TO HAPPEN TO
00:21:06.421 --> 00:21:07.456
REALIZE, IT HAD TO HAPPEN TOGET YOU TO YOUR DESTINY.
00:21:07.456 --> 00:21:09.591
GET YOU TO YOUR DESTINY.YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, IT
00:21:09.591 --> 00:21:12.094
YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, ITWASN'T FAIR, BUT GOD USED IT
00:21:12.094 --> 00:21:14.296
WASN'T FAIR, BUT GOD USED ITTO CONNECT THE DOTS.
00:21:14.296 --> 00:21:15.197
TO CONNECT THE DOTS.IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL.
00:21:15.197 --> 00:21:16.264
IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL.YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MET THE
00:21:16.264 --> 00:21:17.299
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MET THEPERSON, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.600
PERSON, YOU WOULDN'T HAVEBEEN AT THE RIGHT PLACE, YOU
00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.735
BEEN AT THE RIGHT PLACE, YOUWOULDN'T HAVE SOLD THE
00:21:19.735 --> 00:21:20.635
WOULDN'T HAVE SOLD THEPROPERTY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
00:21:20.635 --> 00:21:22.037
PROPERTY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVESTARTED THE BUSINESS.
00:21:22.037 --> 00:21:23.672
STARTED THE BUSINESS.MAYBE LIKE WITH ME, WHAT
00:21:23.672 --> 00:21:25.507
MAYBE LIKE WITH ME, WHATYOU'RE DISCOURAGED OVER NOW
00:21:25.507 --> 00:21:27.943
YOU'RE DISCOURAGED OVER NOWIS REALLY A BLESSING.
00:21:27.943 --> 00:21:29.411
IS REALLY A BLESSING.YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT GOD IS UP
00:21:29.411 --> 00:21:31.046
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT GOD IS UPTO, BUT LATER ON YOU'RE
00:21:31.046 --> 00:21:32.848
TO, BUT LATER ON YOU'REGOING TO UNDERSTAND.
00:21:32.848 --> 00:21:34.483
GOING TO UNDERSTAND.GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE GOING
00:21:34.483 --> 00:21:35.917
GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE GOINGTO NEED TWENTY YEARS FROM
00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:37.219
TO NEED TWENTY YEARS FROMNOW.
00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:38.620
NOW.A DISAPPOINTMENT TODAY, A
00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:40.756
A DISAPPOINTMENT TODAY, ASETBACK, A BETRAYAL, YOU MAY
00:21:40.756 --> 00:21:42.090
SETBACK, A BETRAYAL, YOU MAYNOT SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT
00:21:42.090 --> 00:21:43.558
NOT SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUTFOR YOUR GOOD UNTIL YEARS
00:21:43.558 --> 00:21:45.360
WHEN OUR DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA
00:21:46.461 --> 00:21:48.430
WHEN OUR DAUGHTER ALEXANDRAWAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE LOVED
00:21:48.430 --> 00:21:50.165
WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE LOVEDTO PUT PUZZLES TOGETHER.
00:21:50.165 --> 00:21:51.900
TO PUT PUZZLES TOGETHER.EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'D
00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.968
EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'DGET A NEW PUZZLE AND WORK ON
00:21:52.968 --> 00:21:53.835
GET A NEW PUZZLE AND WORK ONIT.
00:21:53.835 --> 00:21:54.803
IT.SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE TWO
00:21:54.803 --> 00:21:56.071
SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE TWOOR THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE.
00:21:56.071 --> 00:21:57.906
OR THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE.INVARIABLY WE WOULD FIND A
00:21:57.906 --> 00:21:59.040
INVARIABLY WE WOULD FIND APIECE THAT WOULDN'T FIT
00:21:59.040 --> 00:22:00.542
PIECE THAT WOULDN'T FITANYWHERE.
00:22:00.542 --> 00:22:01.710
ANYWHERE.WE WOULD TRY EVERY OPTION.
00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:03.512
WE WOULD TRY EVERY OPTION.PUT IT HERE, THERE, STILL
00:22:03.512 --> 00:22:04.479
PUT IT HERE, THERE, STILLNOTHING.
00:22:04.479 --> 00:22:05.747
NOTHING.I WAS CONVINCED THAT THE
00:22:05.747 --> 00:22:07.649
I WAS CONVINCED THAT THEMANUFACTURER MADE A MISTAKE.
00:22:07.649 --> 00:22:08.750
MANUFACTURER MADE A MISTAKE.THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG,
00:22:08.750 --> 00:22:10.085
THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG,LEFT SOMETHING OUT.
00:22:10.085 --> 00:22:11.319
LEFT SOMETHING OUT.THEY PUT THIS PIECE IN FROM
00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.954
THEY PUT THIS PIECE IN FROMANOTHER PUZZLE BECAUSE IT
00:22:12.954 --> 00:22:14.456
IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING.
00:22:15.524 --> 00:22:17.125
IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING.WHAT'S INTERESTING IS EVERY
00:22:17.125 --> 00:22:19.127
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS EVERYTIME WE GOT CLOSE TO THE END
00:22:19.127 --> 00:22:21.196
TIME WE GOT CLOSE TO THE ENDAND MORE OF THE PIECES CAME
00:22:21.196 --> 00:22:23.031
AND MORE OF THE PIECES CAMETOGETHER, ALL OF THE SUDDEN
00:22:23.031 --> 00:22:24.766
TOGETHER, ALL OF THE SUDDENTHAT PIECE THAT I WAS SO
00:22:24.766 --> 00:22:26.735
THAT PIECE THAT I WAS SOSURE WAS A MISTAKE WOULD FIT
00:22:26.735 --> 00:22:28.370
SURE WAS A MISTAKE WOULD FITPERFECTLY INTO PLACE.
00:22:28.370 --> 00:22:29.738
PERFECTLY INTO PLACE.IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ON ITS
00:22:29.738 --> 00:22:31.406
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ON ITSOWN, I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE
00:22:31.406 --> 00:22:33.909
OWN, I HAD TO WAIT FOR THEPIECES TO COME TOGETHER.
00:22:33.909 --> 00:22:35.110
PIECES TO COME TOGETHER.YOU MAY HAVE SOME PIECES IN
00:22:35.110 --> 00:22:36.445
YOU MAY HAVE SOME PIECES INYOUR LIFE THAT DON'T MAKE
00:22:36.445 --> 00:22:37.913
YOUR LIFE THAT DON'T MAKESENSE.
00:22:37.913 --> 00:22:38.413
SENSE."WHY DID I NOT GET THAT
00:22:38.413 --> 00:22:40.382
"WHY DID I NOT GET THATPROMOTION I WORKED SO HARD
00:22:40.382 --> 00:22:41.450
PROMOTION I WORKED SO HARDFOR, WHY DID I HAVE THAT TAX
00:22:41.450 --> 00:22:43.518
FOR, WHY DID I HAVE THAT TAXISSUE, IT WASN'T MY FAULT,
00:22:43.518 --> 00:22:44.486
ISSUE, IT WASN'T MY FAULT,WHY DID THAT PERSON WALK OUT
00:22:44.486 --> 00:22:46.388
WHY DID THAT PERSON WALK OUTOF A RELATIONSHIP?"
00:22:46.388 --> 00:22:48.256
OF A RELATIONSHIP?"BY ITSELF THAT PIECE DOESN'T
00:22:48.256 --> 00:22:49.724
BY ITSELF THAT PIECE DOESN'TFIT.
00:22:49.724 --> 00:22:50.792
FIT.RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO
00:22:50.792 --> 00:22:52.260
RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TOMAKE SENSE.
00:22:52.260 --> 00:22:53.628
MAKE SENSE.YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR OTHER
00:22:53.628 --> 00:22:55.797
YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR OTHERPIECES TO COME TOGETHER.
00:22:55.797 --> 00:22:56.932
PIECES TO COME TOGETHER.THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "ALL
00:22:56.932 --> 00:22:58.200
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "ALLTHINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR
00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.734
THINGS WORK TOGETHER FORGOOD."
00:22:59.734 --> 00:23:01.102
GOOD."GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF
00:23:01.102 --> 00:23:03.171
GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OFCONNECTING THE DOTS IN YOUR
00:23:03.171 --> 00:23:04.673
CONNECTING THE DOTS IN YOURLIFE.
00:23:04.673 --> 00:23:06.041
LIFE.BE PATIENT AND LET HIM WORK
00:23:06.041 --> 00:23:07.809
BE PATIENT AND LET HIM WORKOUT HIS PLAN.
00:23:07.809 --> 00:23:09.144
OUT HIS PLAN.TRUST HIM WHEN THE PIECE
00:23:09.144 --> 00:23:10.745
TRUST HIM WHEN THE PIECEDOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
00:23:10.745 --> 00:23:12.314
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.I CAN ASSURE YOU YOUR
00:23:12.314 --> 00:23:13.615
I CAN ASSURE YOU YOURMANUFACTURER DIDN'T MAKE A
00:23:13.615 --> 00:23:15.183
MANUFACTURER DIDN'T MAKE AMISTAKE.
00:23:15.183 --> 00:23:16.418
MISTAKE.WHEN GOD DESIGNED THE PLAN
00:23:16.418 --> 00:23:17.686
WHEN GOD DESIGNED THE PLANFOR YOUR LIFE, WHEN HE MADE
00:23:17.686 --> 00:23:19.354
FOR YOUR LIFE, WHEN HE MADEYOUR PUZZLE SO TO SPEAK, HE
00:23:19.354 --> 00:23:21.056
YOUR PUZZLE SO TO SPEAK, HEDIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY PUT IN A
00:23:21.056 --> 00:23:22.557
DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY PUT IN AWRONG PIECE, SOMETHING THAT
00:23:22.557 --> 00:23:24.125
WRONG PIECE, SOMETHING THATDIDN'T FIT.
00:23:24.125 --> 00:23:25.060
DIDN'T FIT.HE DIDN'T LEAVE SOMETHING
00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.694
HE DIDN'T LEAVE SOMETHINGOUT.
00:23:25.694 --> 00:23:26.728
OUT.YOU HAVE BEEN FEARFULLY AND
00:23:26.728 --> 00:23:28.530
YOU HAVE BEEN FEARFULLY ANDWONDERFULLY MADE.
00:23:28.530 --> 00:23:29.631
WONDERFULLY MADE.EVERYTHING IS SERVING HIS
00:23:29.631 --> 00:23:30.966
BUT HERE'S A KEY.
00:23:32.334 --> 00:23:33.568
BUT HERE'S A KEY.HE NEVER SAID, "YOU'RE GOING
00:23:33.568 --> 00:23:35.437
HE NEVER SAID, "YOU'RE GOINGTO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.
00:23:35.437 --> 00:23:36.671
TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT
00:23:36.671 --> 00:23:37.539
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHATI'M DOING.
00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.139
I'M DOING.IT'S ALL GOING TO MAKE
00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.107
IT'S ALL GOING TO MAKESENSE."
00:23:39.107 --> 00:23:40.542
SENSE."HE SAID, "MY WAYS ARE NOT
00:23:40.542 --> 00:23:41.776
HE SAID, "MY WAYS ARE NOTYOUR WAYS."
00:23:41.776 --> 00:23:42.878
YOUR WAYS."HE SAID, "WALK BY FAITH AND
00:23:42.878 --> 00:23:44.679
YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM WHEN
00:23:45.814 --> 00:23:47.782
YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM WHENYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:23:47.782 --> 00:23:48.717
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.STAY IN FAITH WHEN IT
00:23:48.717 --> 00:23:50.619
STAY IN FAITH WHEN ITDOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.920
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.GOD IS WORKING BEHIND THE
00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.321
GOD IS WORKING BEHIND THESCENES IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT
00:23:53.321 --> 00:23:54.689
SCENES IN YOUR LIFE RIGHTNOW.
00:23:54.689 --> 00:23:55.490
NOW.YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF
00:23:55.490 --> 00:23:56.725
YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OFSEEING HIM CONNECT SOME
00:23:56.725 --> 00:23:58.360
SEEING HIM CONNECT SOMEDOTS.
00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.327
DOTS.THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE
00:23:59.327 --> 00:24:00.896
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BEDISCOURAGED, THIS IS THE
00:24:00.896 --> 00:24:02.831
DISCOURAGED, THIS IS THETIME TO STIR YOUR FAITH UP.
00:24:02.831 --> 00:24:04.633
TIME TO STIR YOUR FAITH UP.IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I BELIEVE
00:24:04.633 --> 00:24:06.234
IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I BELIEVEAND DECLARE, YOU'RE ABOUT TO
00:24:06.234 --> 00:24:08.169
FAVOR, BREAKTHROUGHS,
00:24:09.671 --> 00:24:12.040
FAVOR, BREAKTHROUGHS,HEALING, DIVINE CONNECTIONS.
00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:13.108
HEALING, DIVINE CONNECTIONS.THINGS YOU HAVEN'T
00:24:13.108 --> 00:24:14.342
THINGS YOU HAVEN'TUNDERSTOOD IN THE PAST,
00:24:14.342 --> 00:24:15.911
UNDERSTOOD IN THE PAST,YOU'RE ABOUT TO UNDERSTAND.
00:24:15.911 --> 00:24:17.145
YOU'RE ABOUT TO UNDERSTAND.GOD IS ABOUT TO BRING IT
00:24:17.145 --> 00:24:18.647
GOD IS ABOUT TO BRING ITTOGETHER, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:24:18.647 --> 00:24:20.448
JESUS' NAME.
00:24:21.950 --> 00:24:23.118
JESUS' NAME.IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU
00:24:23.118 --> 00:24:25.453
IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOUSAY AMEN?
00:24:25.453 --> 00:24:26.788
SAY AMEN?I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
00:24:26.788 --> 00:24:28.390
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU ANOPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
00:24:28.390 --> 00:24:30.225
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUSTHE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
00:24:30.225 --> 00:24:31.426
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
00:24:31.426 --> 00:24:33.728
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS, I
00:24:33.728 --> 00:24:35.830
JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS, IREPENT OF MY SINS.
00:24:35.830 --> 00:24:37.432
REPENT OF MY SINS.COME INTO MY HEART.
00:24:37.432 --> 00:24:38.767
COME INTO MY HEART.I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
00:24:38.767 --> 00:24:40.669
IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
00:24:41.603 --> 00:24:42.704
IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLEPRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT
00:24:42.704 --> 00:24:44.105
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOTBORN AGAIN.
00:24:44.105 --> 00:24:45.106
BORN AGAIN.WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU SOME
00:24:45.106 --> 00:24:46.675
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU SOMEFREE INFORMATION.
00:24:46.675 --> 00:24:47.909
FREE INFORMATION.JUST TEXT THE NUMBER ON THE
00:24:47.909 --> 00:24:48.977
JUST TEXT THE NUMBER ON THESCREEN AND WE'LL GET IT TO
00:24:48.977 --> 00:24:49.945
SCREEN AND WE'LL GET IT TOYOU.
00:24:49.945 --> 00:24:50.845
YOU.I HOPE YOU GET INTO A GOOD
00:24:50.845 --> 00:24:52.280
I HOPE YOU GET INTO A GOODBIBLE-BASED CHURCH AND KEEP
00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:53.715
BIBLE-BASED CHURCH AND KEEPGOD FIRST PLACE.
00:24:53.715 --> 00:24:54.783
GOD FIRST PLACE.HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU
00:24:54.783 --> 00:24:55.684
HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOUPLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER
00:24:55.684 --> 00:24:56.885
VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHT
00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:59.220
VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHTBACK TO SPEAK A BLESSING
00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.988
BACK TO SPEAK A BLESSINGOVER YOU.
00:24:59.988 --> 00:25:00.255
.
00:25:00.522 --> 00:25:01.089
.> ANNCR: AS A THANK YOU FOR
00:25:01.089 --> 00:25:02.824
> ANNCR: AS A THANK YOU FORYOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY
00:25:02.824 --> 00:25:03.959
YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRYTHIS MONTH, JOEL AND VICTORIA
00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:06.127
THIS MONTH, JOEL AND VICTORIAWOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A COPY
00:25:06.127 --> 00:25:07.696
RESOURCE, "THE ABUNDANCE
00:25:09.331 --> 00:25:10.599
RESOURCE, "THE ABUNDANCEMIND SET".
00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.634
YOU TO EXPAND THE VISION YOU
00:25:14.002 --> 00:25:15.637
YOU TO EXPAND THE VISION YOUHAVE FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:25:15.637 --> 00:25:17.906
HAVE FOR YOUR LIFE.DON'T LIMIT GOD. SEE YOURSELF
00:25:17.906 --> 00:25:20.108
DON'T LIMIT GOD. SEE YOURSELFRISING HIGHER, OVERCOMING
00:25:20.108 --> 00:25:21.876
RISING HIGHER, OVERCOMINGOBSTACLES AND LIVING OUT
00:25:21.876 --> 00:25:23.645
OBSTACLES AND LIVING OUTYOUR DREAMS.
00:25:23.645 --> 00:25:24.212
YOUR DREAMS.> VICTORIA: YOU WERE CREATED
00:25:24.212 --> 00:25:25.614
> VICTORIA: YOU WERE CREATEDTO LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE
00:25:25.614 --> 00:25:27.282
TO LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFEFILLED WITH FAVOR, INFLUENCE,
00:25:27.282 --> 00:25:28.917
FILLED WITH FAVOR, INFLUENCE,AND RESOURCES. YOU MAY HAVE
00:25:28.917 --> 00:25:30.318
AND RESOURCES. YOU MAY HAVEAREAS YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN
00:25:30.318 --> 00:25:32.420
AREAS YOU'RE STRUGGLING INBUT THAT'S NOT YOUR DESTINY.
00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.189
BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR DESTINY.WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU
00:25:34.189 --> 00:25:36.458
WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOUWILL EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
00:25:36.458 --> 00:25:37.158
WILL EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.> JOEL: GOD IS GOING TO TAKE
00:25:37.158 --> 00:25:38.360
> JOEL: GOD IS GOING TO TAKEYOU WHERE YOU COULDN'T GO ON
00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:40.195
YOU WHERE YOU COULDN'T GO ONYOUR OWN. REQUEST THIS RESOURCE.
00:25:40.195 --> 00:25:41.563
YOUR OWN. REQUEST THIS RESOURCE.IT WILL HELP YOU LIVE THE
00:25:41.563 --> 00:25:43.298
IT WILL HELP YOU LIVE THEABUNDANT LIFE THAT BELONGS
00:25:43.298 --> 00:25:45.333
> ANNCR: REQUEST YOUR COPY
00:25:46.334 --> 00:25:47.869
> ANNCR: REQUEST YOUR COPYOF "THE ABUNDANCE MIND SET"
00:25:47.869 --> 00:25:49.871
OF "THE ABUNDANCE MIND SET"TODAY AT JOELOSTEEN.COM OR
00:25:49.871 --> 00:25:55.610
> JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT IS
00:25:56.378 --> 00:25:57.679
> JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT ISMAKING A DIFFERENCE. THANK
00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:58.780
MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
00:25:58.780 --> 00:26:00.015
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOURGENEROSITY. IT'S LETTING THE
00:26:00.015 --> 00:26:01.683
GENEROSITY. IT'S LETTING THEMESSAGE OF HOPE GO AROUND THE
00:26:01.683 --> 00:26:03.385
MESSAGE OF HOPE GO AROUND THEWORLD. BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE
00:26:03.385 --> 00:26:05.020
WORLD. BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'REABLE TO HELP OUR FIRST
00:26:05.020 --> 00:26:06.388
ABLE TO HELP OUR FIRSTRESPONDERS, MEDICAL
00:26:06.388 --> 00:26:08.356
RESPONDERS, MEDICALPROFESSIONALS PROVIDING THEM
00:26:08.356 --> 00:26:09.858
PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING THEMFOOD AND THE MASKS THAT THEY
00:26:09.858 --> 00:26:11.259
FOOD AND THE MASKS THAT THEYNEED. OUR BOXES OF HOPE GO OUT
00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:14.329
NEED. OUR BOXES OF HOPE GO OUTTO THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE AND
00:26:14.329 --> 00:26:15.563
TO THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE ANDELDERLY AND THOSE THAT HAVE
00:26:15.563 --> 00:26:17.432
ELDERLY AND THOSE THAT HAVELOST THEIR JOBS.
00:26:17.432 --> 00:26:18.833
LOST THEIR JOBS.WE CONTINUE TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVES
00:26:18.833 --> 00:26:20.402
WE CONTINUE TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVESHERE AT LAKEWOOD. JUST HELPING
00:26:20.402 --> 00:26:22.404
HERE AT LAKEWOOD. JUST HELPINGOUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD IN
00:26:22.404 --> 00:26:23.838
OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD INANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
00:26:23.838 --> 00:26:25.306
ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR
00:26:25.306 --> 00:26:26.941
AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OURCHAMPION OF HOPE PARTNERS FOR
00:26:26.941 --> 00:26:28.576
CHAMPION OF HOPE PARTNERS FORALL YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY
00:26:28.576 --> 00:26:30.779
ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRYPOSSIBLE. KNOW THAT WE PRAY FOR
00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.681
POSSIBLE. KNOW THAT WE PRAY FORYOU EVERY DAY. WE BELIEVE YOU'RE
00:26:32.681 --> 00:26:34.015
YOU EVERY DAY. WE BELIEVE YOU'REGOING TO HAVE A GREAT SUMMER;
00:26:34.015 --> 00:26:35.417
GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SUMMER;THAT GOD IS TAKING YOU FROM
00:26:35.417 --> 00:26:37.052
THAT GOD IS TAKING YOU FROMGLORY TO GLORY.
00:26:37.052 --> 00:26:38.420
GLORY TO GLORY.REMEMBER, THE ECONOMY IS NOT
00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:40.422
REMEMBER, THE ECONOMY IS NOTOUR SOURCE; GOD IS OUR SOURCE.
00:26:40.422 --> 00:26:41.890
OUR SOURCE; GOD IS OUR SOURCE.HE HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS
00:26:41.890 --> 00:26:43.792
HE HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF HISHAND. LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.
00:26:43.792 --> 00:26:45.160
HAND. LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.LORD, WE DO LIFT UP ALL OF OUR
00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:47.862
LORD, WE DO LIFT UP ALL OF OURFRIENDS, OUR PARTNERS. LORD,
00:26:47.862 --> 00:26:49.030
FRIENDS, OUR PARTNERS. LORD,I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
00:26:49.030 --> 00:26:50.098
I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW YOU'REAT WORK IN THEIR LIVES, FIGHTING
00:26:50.098 --> 00:26:51.666
AT WORK IN THEIR LIVES, FIGHTINGTHEIR BATTLES, MAKING THEIR
00:26:51.666 --> 00:26:52.934
THEIR BATTLES, MAKING THEIRCROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT.
00:26:52.934 --> 00:26:54.536
CROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT.LORD, HEAL THE SICK BODIES.
00:26:54.536 --> 00:26:56.137
LORD, HEAL THE SICK BODIES.RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS.
00:26:56.137 --> 00:26:57.739
RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS.GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES.
00:26:57.739 --> 00:26:59.040
GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES.TAKE THEM WHERE THEY COULDN'T
00:26:59.040 --> 00:27:00.742
TAKE THEM WHERE THEY COULDN'TGO ON THEIR OWN.
00:27:00.742 --> 00:27:01.743
GO ON THEIR OWN.I PRAY IT, IT BELIEVE IT,
00:27:01.743 --> 00:27:03.545
I PRAY IT, IT BELIEVE IT,IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:27:03.545 --> 00:27:04.479
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT AVERAGE.
00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.747
REMEMBER, YOU'RE NOT AVERAGE.YOU'RE NOT MEDIOCRE.
00:27:05.747 --> 00:27:06.748
YOU'RE NOT MEDIOCRE.YOU'RE A CHILD OF THE MOST
00:27:06.748 --> 00:27:08.583
.
00:27:09.517 --> 00:27:10.318
.>ANNCR: STAY CONNECTED AND
00:27:10.318 --> 00:27:11.953
>ANNCR: STAY CONNECTED ANDRECEIVE DAILY INSPIRATION BY
00:27:11.953 --> 00:27:13.388
RECEIVE DAILY INSPIRATION BYFOLLOWING JOEL OSTEEN ON
00:27:13.388 --> 00:27:15.156
FOLLOWING JOEL OSTEEN ONFACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND
00:27:15.156 --> 00:27:16.958
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, ANDTWITTER. WATCH NEW MESSAGES ON
00:27:16.958 --> 00:27:19.227
TWITTER. WATCH NEW MESSAGES ONON YOUTUBE. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOD
00:27:19.227 --> 00:27:20.662
ON YOUTUBE. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLODTHE WEEKLY PODCAST
00:27:20.662 --> 00:27:21.930
THE WEEKLY PODCASTAND BE ENCOURAGED TO LIVE
00:27:21.930 --> 00:27:23.665
AND BE ENCOURAGED TO LIVEYOUR BEST LIFE.
00:27:23.665 --> 00:27:26.401

Menu Top

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Video Keywords

Menu Top

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Trusting When You Don't Understand

Video Keywords

Stay Up to Date With Our Newsletter