JOEL: THANKS FOR LETTING
US COME INTO YOUR HOMES.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW GOD HAS YOU IN THE
PALM OF HIS HAND.
DURING THIS SEASON WHERE WE
CAN'T GATHER IN PERSON, THIS
IS A GREAT TIME TO STAY
CONNECTED WITH US THROUGH OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR PODCASTS,
OR ANY OF OUR ONLINE
PLATFORMS.
MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER VISITED
OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
IT'S THE EASIEST AND QUICKEST
WAY TO GET ACCESS TO ALL
THESE MESSAGES THAT CAN KEEP
YOU ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU TODAY.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR
CONFESSION.
SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
THIS IS MY BIBLE.
I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS
I CAN DO.
TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT
THE WORD OF GOD.
I BOLDLY CONFESS:
MY MIND IS ALERT.
MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
IN JESUS' NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT "IN THE MIDDLE OF
A MIRACLE".
WHEN WE GO THROUGH
CHALLENGES, IT'S EASY TO LIVE
WORRIED AND STRESSED.
WE WONDER WHEN IT'S GOING TO
CHANGE AND WHEN IS GOD GOING
TO DO SOMETHING.
WHEN, IN FACT, GOD IS DOING
SOMETHING.
HE'S KEEPING THE SICKNESS
FROM TAKING US OUT.
HE'S HOLDING BACK THE
OPPOSITION.
HE'S NOT LETTING THE
ADDICTION DEFEAT US.
WE DON'T REALIZE IT BUT WE'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF
BRINGING US OUT.
WITHOUT HIS FAVOR, WE WOULD
BE OVERCOME.
WITHOUT HIS PROTECTION, WE
WOULD BE DEFEATED.
ONE DAY WE'LL LOOK BACK AND
SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS
DONE."
LOOK AT HOW GOD SUSTAINED ME
IN THAT TOUGH TIME.
LOOK AT HOW HE HEALED ME FROM
THAT DISEASE.
LOOK AT HOW HE PROMOTED ME
DESPITE THE OPPOSITION.
RIGHT NOW, GOD IS WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU CAN'T
SEE.
IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS
GOODNESS, HIS FAVOR, HIS
MERCY, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO WITHSTAND WHAT'S TRYING
TO STOP YOU.
YOU'RE NOT IN THIS DIFFICULTY
BY YOURSELF.
THE MOST HIGH GOD IS PUSHING
BACK FORCES OF DARKNESS.
ONE TIME, JOSHUA AND HIS MEN
WERE IN A VALLEY FIGHTING THE
AMALEKITES.
THEY HAD ATTACKED THE
ISRAELITES.
THEY WERE BIGGER AND
STRONGER.
BUT AGAINST ALL ODDS, JOSHUA
WAS WINNING.
THE WHOLE TIME MOSES WAS ON A
HILL HOLDING HIS STAFF IN THE
AIR.
AS LONG AS HE HAD HIS STAFF
UP, JOSHUA WAS WINNING.
I CAN IMAGINE JOSHUA THOUGHT
HE WAS DEFEATING THE
OPPOSITION IN HIS OWN
STRENGTH.
HE DIDN'T REALIZE THE ONLY
REASON HE WAS WINNING WAS
BECAUSE MOSES WAS HOLDING UP
HIS STAFF.
SOMETIMES, WE THINK WE'RE
MAKING IT THROUGH THE
DIFFICULTY BECAUSE WE'RE
TOUGH, WE'RE DETERMINED,
WE'RE SMART.
THAT'S PART OF IT BUT WHAT
YOU CAN'T SEE IS THE CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE IS BREATHING
IN YOUR DIRECTION.
THE GOD WHO SPOKE WORLDS INTO
EXISTENCE IS SUSTAINING YOU,
FAVORING YOU, HEALING YOU.
LIKE MOSES, UP ON THE HILL,
YOU CAN'T SEE HIM BUT GOD IS
CAUSING YOU TO WIN.
THAT'S WHY THAT CAR BARELY
MISSED YOU ON THE FREEWAY.
THAT'S WHY THAT ADDICTION
COULDN'T FINISH YOU OFF.
THAT'S WHY THE VIRUS CAN'T
STOP YOUR DESTINY.
THE FORCES THAT ARE FOR YOU
ARE GREATER THAN THE FORCES
THAT ARE AGAINST YOU.
PAUL SAID, "GOD ALWAYS CAUSES
US TO TRIUMPH."
IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE
VICTORY YET, DON'T PANIC.
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOUR STORY
ENDS.
GOD IS HOLDING UP THE STAFF
SO TO SPEAK.
YOU CAN'T BE DEFEATED.
THE ENEMY CAN'T STOP GOD'S
PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.
HEALING IS COMING.
FREEDOM IS COMING.
BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING.
GOD IS ABOUT TO SHOW OUT IN
YOUR LIFE.
HE'S GOING TO DO THINGS THAT
YOU CAN'T DO ON YOUR OWN.
IT'S GOING TO BE UNCOMMON,
UNUSUAL.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T FIGURE
IT OUT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NATURAL.
IT'S GOING TO BE
SUPERNATURAL.
BUT IN THE MIDDLE, IT CAN BE
FRIGHTENING.
IN THE MIDDLE, ALL YOU SEE IS
THE OPPOSITION, HOW BIG THE
OBSTACLES ARE, HOW BAD THE
PROBLEM IS.
THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU IT'S
NEVER GOING TO WORK OUT.
YOU'LL NEVER GET WELL; NEVER
BREAK THE ADDICTION.
YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF
THINGS ARE HAPPENING THAT YOU
CAN'T SEE.
IT MAY LOOK PERMANENT.
YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
IMPROVING.
THE TRUTH IS IT'S ONLY THE
MIDDLE.
YOUR TIME IS COMING.
GOD WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED IT
IF IT WAS GOING TO KEEP YOU
FROM YOUR DESTINY.
NOW KEEP THE RIGHT
PERSPECTIVE: YOU'RE NOT JUST
FIGHTING CANCER, YOU'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF
RESTORING YOUR HEALTH.
THAT TEST ONE DAY WILL BE
YOUR TESTIMONY.
YOU'LL LOOK BACK AND SAY WITH
DAVID, "WHERE WOULD I BE
WITHOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD."
YOU'RE NOT JUST STRUGGLING IN
YOUR FINANCES, YOU'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
THE ENEMY THOUGHT HE WAS
SETTING YOU BACK, HE DIDN'T
REALIZE HE WAS SETTING YOU
UP.
YOUR STORY DOESN'T END IN
DEFEAT.
GOD IS ABOUT TO DO A NEW
THING.
PROMOTION IS COMING.
OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
"WELL, JOEL, THE STOCK MARKET
IS DOWN.
THE ECONOMY IS SLOW.
I DON'T HAVE THE WORK I USED
TO."
THE ECONOMY IS NOT YOUR
SOURCE.
GOD IS YOUR SOURCE.
THE STOCK MARKET MAY BE DOWN
BUT GOD IS NOT HAVING A BAD
YEAR, HE OWNS IT ALL.
ONE TOUCH OF HIS FAVOR WILL
PUT YOU INTO OVERFLOW.
WHEN YOU KEEP GOD FIRST
PLACE, WHEN YOU HONOR HIM
WITH YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE
CONNECTED TO A SUPPLY LINE
THAT WILL NEVER RUN DRY.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "EVEN IN
FAMINE, YOU WILL HAVE MORE
THAN ENOUGH."
WHEN THINGS ARE DRYING UP ALL
AROUND YOU, YOU SHOULD BE IN
LACK, STRUGGLING; YOU WILL
SEE SUPERNATURAL PROVISION,
INCREASE, PROMOTION,
OPPORTUNITY THAT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE.
ISAIAH SAID, "GOD MAKES
RIVERS IN THE DESERT.
HE MAKES STREAMS IN THE
BARREN PLACES."
YOU CAN'T HAVE A RIVER IN THE
DESERT.
IF IT'S BARREN, YOU COULDN'T
HAVE WATER FREELY FLOWING.
THIS IS SHOWING US GOD IS
GOING TO DO UNUSUAL THINGS.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU UP
WHEN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SAY YOU SHOULD BE GOING DOWN.
HE'S GOING TO BRING
OPPORTUNITY, PROMOTION, WHEN
THINGS SHOULD BE DRYING UP.
YOU'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO BE
AMAZED BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO SEE THE FAVOR OF GOD
THAT'S ON YOUR LIFE.
"WELL, JOEL, THIS SOUNDS GOOD
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TOUGH IN MY LIFE.
THINGS ARE SLOW AT WORK.
THIS VIRUS HAS ME SO WORRIED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO
MAKE IT.
THAT'S CALLING IN MORE
DEFEAT. TURN IT AROUND.
YES, THINGS ARE SLOW BUT I
KNOW A SECRET: I'M IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
GOD IS WORKING BEHIND THE
SCENES.
HE'S SUPPLYING ALL OF MY
NEEDS.
HE HAS A HEDGE OF PROTECTION
AROUND MY FAMILY.
GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
YOU CAN'T TALK DEFEAT AND
HAVE VICTORY.
YOU CAN'T THINK NEGATIVE AND
LIVE POSITIVE.
YOU CAN'T GO AROUND AFRAID,
PANICKED, AND REACH YOUR
DESTINY.
YOU ARE DRAWING WHAT YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT.
DON'T USE YOUR ENERGY TO
WORRY; USE YOUR ENERGY TO
BELIEVE.
AFTER GOD DELIVERED THE
ISRAELITES OUT OF SLAVERY,
THEY HEADED TOWARD THE
PROMISED LAND.
BUT PHARAOH CHANGED HIS MIND
AND SENT 600 OF HIS FASTEST
CHARIOTS AND MOST SKILLED
WARRIORS TO RECAPTURE THEM.
AND THESE 2 MILLION
ISRAELITES WERE AT A DEAD END
AT THE RED SEA.
THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
MOSES HELD UP HIS STAFF AND
THE WATERS PARTED.
IT'S INTERESTING HOW GOD
BROUGHT THEM OUT.
WE READ ABOUT IT NOW AND IT'S
SO ENCOURAGING, INSPIRING.
THESE HUGE WALLS OF WATER
BEING HELD BACK.
THE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH ON
DRY GROUND.
IN THE MOVIES, THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH SO CALM, PEACEFUL,
REJOICING WHAT GOD HAD DONE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW
IT HAPPENED.
IMAGINE BEING THERE WITH 20
FEET WALLS OF WATER ON EACH
SIDE.
NOT KNOWING IF AT ANY MOMENT
THE WALLS WERE GOING TO
COLLAPSE.
MOTHERS ARE HOLDING ON TO
THEIR BABIES FOR DEAR LIFE.
FATHERS GRABBING THEIR LITTLE
CHILDREN'S HANDS RUNNING AS
FAST AS THEY COULD.
PEOPLE CARRYING THE ELDERLY.
IT WASN'T PEACEFUL, IT WAS
CHAOTIC.
THE WIND WAS HOLDING BACK THE
WATER.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY NOISY.
THERE WAS CONFUSION, TURMOIL;
PEOPLE WERE PANICKED,
WORRIED, THINKING ANY MOMENT
THOSE WALLS COULD COME
CRASHING DOWN.
THEY WEREN'T CALM AND
COLLECTED; THEY WERE AFRAID.
THEY FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH
TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THEN THEY STARTED REJOICING.
THEN THEY STARTED GIVING GOD
PRAISE.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
A MIRACLE SOMETIMES IT WILL
FEEL CHAOTIC.
YOU MAY NOT HEAR ANGELS
PLAYING HARPS AND THE
HEAVENLY CHOIRS SINGING.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY NOT BE
CALM AND REASSURING.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE ALL HELL IS
BREAKING LOOSE.
THE MEDICAL REPORT MAY LOOK
WORSE.
THE VIRUS IS SPREADING
FASTER.
THE ECONOMY IS TAKING A
NOSEDIVE.
IT'S EASY TO LIVE PANICKED,
WORRIED, NOT ABLE TO SLEEP AT
NIGHT.
GOD IS SAYING, "BE STILL AND
KNOW THAT I AM GOD."
THOSE WALLS OF WATER MAY LOOK
SCARY.
YOU COULD THINK OF A HUNDRED
THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG
BUT GOD DIDN'T BRING YOU THIS
FAR TO LEAVE YOU.
HE'S THE ONE HOLDING UP THE
WALLS.
HE'S PUSHING BACK THE
DARKNESS.
HE'S KEEPING THE TROUBLE FROM
DEFEATING YOU.
IT MAY LOOK FRIGHTENING.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM
OVERWHELMING.
STAY IN PEACE.
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
GOD MAY NOT DELIVER YOU FROM
THE TROUBLE.
HE MAY TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
TROUBLE.
THOSE WALLS OF WATER THAT
LOOK SO INTIMIDATING, THAT'S
NOT A SIGN THAT YOU'RE DONE.
THAT'S A SIGN THAT
BREAKTHROUGHS ARE UP AHEAD.
PROMOTION, FREEDOM, HEALING
IS IN YOUR FUTURE.
YES, THE WINDS ARE STRONG.
THE OPPOSITION IS BIGGER THAN
ANYTHING YOU'VE FACED.
BUT IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO
GOD.
HE'S NOT GOING TO LET THE
WATER COLLAPSE.
HE'S GOING TO BRING YOU
SAFELY THROUGH TO THE OTHER
SIDE.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING HOW GOD
BROUGHT THE ISRAELITES OUT.
HE DIDN'T GIVE THEM A BRIDGE
ACROSS THE RED SEA.
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
SO MUCH MORE PEACEFUL.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO
WORRY ABOUT THE WALLS OF
WATER.
HE COULD HAVE SENT THEM A BIG
SHIP.
HAD CARNIVAL CRUISE PULL UP
WITH SEVERAL OF THEIR
CRUISELINERS.
THE ISRAELITES COULD HAVE
GONE ACROSS IN COMFORT,
SECURE, AND NOT HAD ANY
FEARS.
BUT GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS BRING
US OUT THE MOST COMFORTABLE
WAY.
HE DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT
EASY TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE
ANY OPPOSITION, ANY REASON TO
LIVE WORRIED OR AFRAID.
THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL
ABOUT.
TRUSTING HIM BETWEEN THE
WALLS OF WATER.
BEING AT PEACE WHEN OTHERS
ARE PANICKED.
STAYING CALM WHEN YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK
OUT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GOD SENT
A STRONG EAST WIND TO BLOW
THE WATERS BACK."
IMAGINE HOW STRONG THAT WIND
HAD TO BE TO BLOW BACK 20
FEET OF WATER AND SUSTAIN IT.
THAT MEANS IT HAD TO KEEP
BLOWING.
IT WAS LOUD, NOISY, CHAOTIC.
IN ONE SENSE, GOD SENT A
STORM ON TOP OF ANOTHER
STORM.
YOU COULD THINK, "THIS
COULDN'T BE GOD.
THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE
INSTEAD OF BETTER."
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD IS
UP TO.
THOSE WINDS THAT ARE SO
NOISY, THE TROUBLE, THE
OPPOSITION.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU
FROM YOUR DESTINY; IT'S
LEADING YOU TO YOUR DESTINY.
YOU'RE NOT CLOSE TO YOUR
MIRACLE ONLY WHEN EVERYTHING
IS CALM AND PEACEFUL.
SOMETIMES, IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
WHEN IT'S CHAOTIC, WHEN
YOU'RE TEMPTED TO PANIC, LIVE
AFRAID, THAT MEANS YOUR
MIRACLE IS ON THE WAY.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH
THIS VIRUS.
WE COULD LIVE WORRIED.
WHAT IF I CAN'T GO TO WORK?
WHAT ABOUT MY FINANCES.
I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO GET
SICK.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY
CHILDREN."
COME BACK TO A PLACE OF
PEACE.
YES, THERE'S UNCERTAINTY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS.
BUT WE DO KNOW WHO HOLDS THE
FUTURE.
GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT BUT HE'S
KEEPING YOU FROM EVIL AND
HARM.
HE'S SUSTAINING YOU IN THE
FAMINE.
HE'S BRINGING HEALING AND
WHOLENESS.
HE'S PROTECTING, PROVIDING,
FAVORING.
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
NOW DO LIKE PAUL AND SILAS.
THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR
SHARING THEIR FAITH AND PUT
IN THE DEEPEST DUNGEON.
THEY WERE LOCKED BEHIND
PRISON DOORS, HAD CHAINS
AROUND THEIR FEET.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
DEPRESSED, COMPLAINING,
WORRIED.
BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS
PRINCIPLE.
THEY WERE NOT JUST IN THE
MIDDLE OF A DUNGEON BUT THEY
WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
THEY KNEW THE SAME GOD THAT
SENT THE WIND TO BLOW BACK
THE RED SEA FOR THE
ISRAELITES COULD MAKE A WAY
WHERE THEY DIDN'T SEE A WAY.
AT MIDNIGHT, THEY STARTED
SINGING PRAISES TO GOD.
WHEN YOU CAN SING IN THE
STORM, WHEN YOU CAN PRAISE
THROUGH THE PAIN, WHEN YOU
CAN THANK GOD HE'S WORKING
INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE TROUBLE.
GET READY, YOUR MIRACLE IS ON
THE WAY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A
GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
THE PRISON DOORS FLUNG OPEN.
CHAINS FELL OFF THEIR FEET.
THEY WALKED OUT AS FREE MEN.
GOD SENT AN EARTHQUAKE.
HE USED ANOTHER STORM TO GET
THEM OUT OF A STORM.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF GOD
DOES IT IN AN UNUSUAL WAY.
LIKE PAUL AND SILAS, YOU MAY
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF TROUBLE.
DEALING WITH AN ILLNESS,
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FINANCES,
CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR
CHILDREN.
WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST SEEMS
BIGGER, STRONGER.
BUT YOU HAVE DO TO LIKE THEM
AND RECOGNIZE YOU'RE NOT JUST
IN THE MIDDLE OF DIFFICULTY,
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
IF YOU WILL START THANKING
GOD THAT HE'S WORKING,
THANKING HIM THAT HE'S BIGGER
THAN WHAT YOU'RE FACING,
THANKING HIM THAT HE'S
HOLDING UP THE WALLS OF
WATER; THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE SITUATIONS SUDDENLY TURN
AROUND.
SUDDENLY YOU GET WELL.
SUDDENLY YOUR CHILD GETS BACK
ON COURSE.
SUDDENLY THAT PROBLEM
RESOLVES.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE,
YOU HAVE TO TURN UP YOUR
PRAISE.
"FATHER, THANK YOU THAT NO
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL
PROSPER. THANK YOU THAT THIS
DIFFICULTY DIDN'T COME TO
STAY, IT CAME TO PASS.
THANK YOU THAT EVEN NOW
THINGS ARE CHANGING IN MY
FAVOR."
I KNOW A YOUNG MAN NAMED
CHRIS THAT'S BEEN ATTENDING
LAKEWOOD WITH HIS FAMILY
SINCE HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
HE GREW UP HEALTHY AND VERY
ACTIVE BUT AT 17, HE STARTED
HAVING FEVER AND FLUCTUATION
IN HIS WEIGHT.
HE EVENTUALLY LOST THE
STRENGTH AND MOBILITY IN HIS
LEGS.
AFTER TWO WEEKS IN THE
HOSPITAL, HE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A RARE FORM OF LUPUS.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN
DISCOURAGED, GIVEN UP ON
LIFE; BUT CHRIS IS A FIGHTER.
HE KNEW HE WASN'T JUST IN THE
MIDDLE OF A RARE SICKNESS; HE
WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
HE DECORATED THE WALLS OF HIS
HOUSE WITH SCRIPTURE VERSES.
"I WILL LIVE AND NOT DIE AND
DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE
LORD."
"BY HIS STRIPES, I AM
HEALED."
CHRIS STARTED VOLUNTEERING
HERE AT LAKEWOOD.
I WOULD SEE HIM FAITHFULLY
SERVING, HELPING OTHERS YEAR
AFTER YEAR.
I'VE NEVER HEARD CHRIS
COMPLAIN.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM WITHOUT
A SMILE.
IF YOU ASK HIM HOW HE'S
DOING, HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU
THAT HE'S BLESSED, THAT HE'S
HEALED, THAT HE HAS THE FAVOR
OF GOD.
IT'S ONE THING TO BELIEVE
THAT WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING
YOUR WAY, THAT'S EASY.
THE REAL TEST COMES WHEN LIFE
THROWS YOU A CURVE, WHEN
YOU'RE FACING SOMETHING
THAT'S OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.
CHRIS CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE
WITH HIS HEALTH.
ONE DAY HE LOOKED LIKE HE
GAINED 50 POUNDS, ANOTHER DAY
HE LOOKED SKIN AND BONES.
HE SPENT TIME IN AND OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL, FIGHTING THE
GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE HE WAS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
THE MEDICAL REPORT SAID HE
WOULD NEVER GET WELL.
BUT GOD CAN DO WHAT MEDICINE
CANNOT DO.
MEDICAL SCIENCE MAY RUN OUT
OF OPTIONS, BUT GOD NEVER
RUNS OUT OF OPTIONS.
HE BREATHED LIFE INTO YOU, HE
HAS THE FINAL SAY.
CHRIS IS 40 YEARS OLD NOW.
LAST YEAR, AFTER FIGHTING
OVER 20 YEARS, HIS HEART AND
KIDNEYS BEGAN TO FAIL.
IN OCTOBER, HE WAS
HOSPITALIZED AND GIVEN A
TEMPORARY PUMP TO KEEP HIS
HEART BEATING.
THE DOCTORS SAID HIS ONLY
CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WAS A
HEART TRANSPLANT.
HE WAS PLACED ON THE WAITING
LIST BUT THERE WERE SO MANY
AHEAD OF HIM, IT SEEMED
UNLIKELY THAT HE WOULD MAKE
IT.
HE'S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL THE
LAST 5 MONTHS IN ICU.
THE DOCTORS TOLD HIM THAT ALL
OF HIS ORGANS WOULD START TO
SHUT DOWN.
CHRIS WOULDN'T HEAR OF IT.
HE KEPT DECLARING HEALTH,
WHOLENESS, VICTORY, AND MUCH
TO THEIR SURPRISE HE DEFIED
THE ODDS AND HIS OTHER ORGANS
REMAINED HEALTHY.
LAST WEEK, HIS WIFE
UNEXPECTEDLY RECEIVED THE
CALL THAT THEY HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR SO LONG.
THERE WAS A DONOR FOR CHRIS.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED IT WAS A
PERFECT MATCH.
NOT ONLY A HEART LIKE THEY
WERE PRAYING FOR BUT THERE
WERE TWO KIDNEYS AS WELL.
THE FAMILY STOOD OUTSIDE AND
TOOK PICTURES OF THE
AMBULANCE ARRIVING WITH
CHRIS'S NEW ORGANS.
HE HAD THE HEART AND KIDNEY
TRANSPLANT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL
AND CHRIS IS WELL ON HIS WAY
TO THE LIFE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN
DREAMING ABOUT -
HEALTHY AND WHOLE.
THERE WAS A PRAYER HE PRAYED
EVERY DAY FROM PSALM 51.
"GOD, CREATE IN ME A CLEAN
HEART."
HE SAID, "GOD NOT ONLY GAVE
ME A NEW HEART BUT HE GAVE ME
KIDNEYS AS WELL."
THAT'S THE WAY OUR GOD IS.
HE EXCEEDS OUR EXPECTATIONS.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE THAT
SICKNESS IS PERMANENT.
THAT ADDICTION IS NEVER GOING
TO CHANGE.
YOU'LL NEVER SEE YOUR FAMILY
RESTORED, IT'S TOO LATE.
THE PROBLEM IS TOO BIG.
CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU?
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
GOD ALREADY HAS THE SOLUTION.
HE'S ALREADY LINED UP THE
GOOD BREAKS, THE HEALING,
THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
DON'T BELIEVE THE LIES THAT
YOU'VE SEEN YOUR BEST DAYS.
DO LIKE CHRIS, LIVE FROM A
PLACE OF FAITH, A PLACE OF
TRUST.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU COULD BE
NEGATIVE, WORRIED, THINKING
IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
BUT IF CHRIS WERE HERE, HE
WOULD TELL YOU, GOD IS A
FAITHFUL GOD.
YOUR TIME IS COMING.
HE'S NOT ONLY GOING TO DO
WHAT YOU ASKED BUT HE'S GOING
TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IS THERE
ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE
LORD?"
HE SPOKE WORLDS INTO
EXISTENCE.
HE FLUNG STARS INTO SPACE.
HE HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS
HAND.
WHAT HE'S DESTINED FOR YOUR
LIFE WILL COME TO PASS.
I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW FAITH IS
RISING IN YOUR HEART.
DREAMS ARE COMING BACK TO
LIFE.
PROMISES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN UP
ON ARE ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED.
YOU MAY BE IN A DIFFICULT
TIME BUT HAVE A NEW
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
MIRACLE.
THE ENEMY WOULDN'T BE COMING
AGAINST YOU IF HE DIDN'T KNOW
SOMETHING AMAZING WAS IN YOUR
FUTURE.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO LIVE
WORRIED, AFRAID.
THE GOD WHO BREATHED LIFE
INTO YOU IS WATCHING OVER
YOU.
HE'S KEEPING THE WALLS UP.
HE'S PUSHING BACK THE
OPPOSITION.
HE'S ORDERING YOUR STEPS.
PUTTING YOU AT THE RIGHT
PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
ISAIAH SAID, "SAY TO THE
RIGHTEOUS, IT SHALL BE WELL
WITH YOU."
YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUS.
YOU WOULDN'T BE LISTENING IF
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A HEART AFTER
GOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR AND
PANIC IN THE WORLD BUT THIS
VIRUS IS NOT GOING TO STOP
YOUR DESTINY.
IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU.
THE MEDICAL REPORT MAY NOT
LOOK GOOD.
YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT
SICKNESS FOR YEARS.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT, IT SHALL
BE WELL WITH YOU.
HEALING IS ON THE WAY.
YOU LOST A LOVED ONE.
YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO
ON. IT'S NOT THE END.
GOD HAS A NEW BEGINNING.
LET THIS PHRASE SINK DOWN IN
YOUR SPIRIT: IT SHALL BE WELL
WITH YOU.
YOU HAD A SETBACK IN YOUR
FINANCES. BUSINESS IS SLOW;
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE IT.
GOD HAS IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
HE'S YOUR PROVIDER.
HE CLOTHED THE LILIES OF THE
FIELD.
HE FEEDS THE BIRDS OF THE
AIR.
HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF
YOU.
NEW DOORS ARE GOING TO OPEN.
OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO
COME LOOKING FOR YOU.
IT SHALL BE WELL WITH YOU.
NOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY
LOOK THE OPPOSITE.
THINGS ARE COMING AGAINST YOU
IN YOUR HEALTH, YOUR
FINANCES, A RELATIONSHIP.
IT MAY NOT BE WELL NOW, BUT
YOU HAVE THIS PROMISE, IT
SHALL BE WELL.
THE OPPOSITION, THE TROUBLE,
THE LACK, IT'S NOT THE END.
WHY? YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A MIRACLE.
VICTORY IS COMING.
HEALING IS COMING.
FREEDOM IS COMING.
NEW LEVELS ARE COMING.
SECOND KINGS, CHAPTER 7, THE
SYRIAN ARMY HAD SURROUNDED
THE CITY OF SAMARIA AND CUT
OFF THEIR FOOD SUPPLY.
THE ISRAELITES WERE STARVING
AND FACED CERTAIN DEATH.
THERE WERE FOUR LEPERS
SITTING OUTSIDE THE CITY
GATES.
THEY SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO
DIE HERE ANYWAY, LET'S GO
DOWN TO THE ENEMY'S CAMP AND
SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING."
THEY STARTED WALKING TOWARD
THE SYRIANS, GOD CAUSED THE
SOUND OF THEIR FOOTSTEPS TO
BE MULTIPLIED.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "THE
SYRIAN ARMY HEARD THE CLATTER
OF THOUSANDS OF SPEEDING
CHARIOTS AND THE SOUND OF A
VAST ARMY APPROACHING."
THEY WERE SO AFRAID, THEY
PANICKED AND TOOK OFF RUNNING
INTO THE DESERT FLEEING FOR
THEIR LIVES.
THEY LEFT IN SUCH A HURRY,
THEY DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THEIR
POSSESSIONS, ANY OF THEIR
FOOD, SUPPLIES, THEIR GOLD,
THEIR SILVER.
THEY LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND.
WHEN THE LEPERS ARRIVED, THEY
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
THEY WENT BACK AND TOLD THE
ISRAELITES.
THEY CAME AND GATHERED UP ALL
THEIR FOOD AND BELONGINGS.
IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
WHEN THE LEPERS WERE WALKING
TO THE ENEMY'S CAMP, THEY
DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING
DIFFERENT.
EVEN THOUGH GOD MULTIPLIED
THE SOUND OF THEIR FOOTSTEPS,
THEY COULDN'T HEAR IT.
EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL TO
THEM.
THEY WERE JUST DOING WHAT
THEY KNEW TO DO.
WHAT THEY COULDN'T SEE WAS
GOD WAS WORKING BEHIND THE
SCENES DOING THINGS THEY
NEVER DREAMED.
IN THE NATURAL, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE A CHANCE.
BUT WE SERVE A SUPERNATURAL
GOD.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE END;
THERE WAS NO WAY THEY COULD
LIVE.
ALL THE ODDS WERE AGAINST
THEM.
THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
GOD WAS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT
THING AND MAKING DECISIONS
THAT HONOR GOD, YOU MAY NOT
SEE ANYTHING IMPROVING.
YOU STILL HAVE THAT PROBLEM
AT WORK.
YOUR HEALTH HASN'T GOTTEN
BETTER.
YOUR FINANCES LOOK THE SAME.
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS GOD IS
BEHIND THE SCENES
ORCHESTRATING THINGS IN YOUR
FAVOR.
LINING UP THE BREAKS YOU
NEED, MOVING THE WRONG PEOPLE
OUT OF THE WAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE WHERE YOU ARE
IS PERMANENT, BUT GOD IS
CAUSING PEOPLE TO HEAR WHAT
THEY NEED TO HEAR.
HE'S MULTIPLYING WHAT YOU
KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS
FALL INTO PLACE THAT DON'T
MAKE SENSE.
LIKE THESE LEPERS, YOU'LL BE
SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD
THINKING, "HOW DID THAT
HAPPEN?"
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE STUCK IN
YOUR CAREER AND GONE AS FAR
AS YOU CAN.
BUT OUT OF NOWHERE, PROMOTION
CAME TO YOU.
A DOOR OPENED THAT YOU COULD
NEVER OPEN.
YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER
GET WELL.
BUT IT WASN'T THE END.
LIKE CHRIS, YOU WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE.
AGAINST ALL ODDS, YOUR HEALTH
BEGAN TO TURN AROUND.
NOW WHAT IF THESE LEPERS
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE DON'T
HAVE A CHANCE.
NO USE WALKING DOWN THERE.
THAT'S WASTING OUR TIME.
THEY WOULD HAVE MISSED THEIR
MIRACLE.
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE SAID THEY
WERE DONE.
THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED.
THEY HAD A DREADED DISEASE.
BUT WHEN THEY DARED TO TAKE
THAT STEP OF FAITH, THINGS
SUPERNATURALLY TURNED AROUND.
YOU MAY HAVE OPPOSITION AND
THINGS COMING AGAINST YOU.
YOU DON'T SEE HOW YOUR
SITUATION COULD RESOLVE.
BUT IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP
MOVING FORWARD IN FAITH
KNOWING THAT GOD IS IN THE
PROCESS OF BRINGING YOU OUT,
THAT HE'S MAKING THINGS
HAPPEN THAT YOU CAN'T SEE,
NOT BELIEVING THOSE LIES THAT
WHERE YOU ARE IS PERMANENT,
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME
INTO THESE TIMES WHERE GOD
SHOWS OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
WHERE HE MAKES THINGS HAPPEN
THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE
HAPPEN.
DON'T LET THE FACT THAT IT'S
STRESSFUL AND YOU'RE TEMPTED
TO BE PANICKED AND WORRIED
CONVINCE YOU THAT IT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK OUT.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIRACLE,
IT'S NOT PEACEFUL.
THERE ARE WALLS OF WATER ON
EACH SIDE THAT COULD
COLLAPSE.
THERE'S A PHARAOH CHASING
YOU.
THERE'S WIND AND NOISE.
DON'T PANIC.
GOD HAS YOU RIGHT WHERE HE
WANTS YOU.
HE'S IN CONTROL.
HE'S KEEPING THE OPPOSITION
FROM DEFEATING YOU.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE YOU MAKE IT TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO LIVE FROM A
PLACE OF PEACE, A PLACE OF
TRUST.
IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I BELIEVE
AND DECLARE THE FORCES THAT
ARE TRYING TO STOP YOU ARE
BEING BROKEN.
THINGS ARE CHANGING IN YOUR
FAVOR.
HEALING IS COMING.
FREEDOM. PROMOTION.
BREAKTHROUGHS.
ALL WILL BE WELL WITH YOU.
IN JESUS' NAME.
AND IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN
YOU SAY AMEN, TODAY?
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE
LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST SAY, LORD JESUS, I
REPENT OF MY SINS.
COME INTO MY HEART.
I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
SAVIOR.
WELL, FRIENDS IF YOU PRAYED
THAT SIMPLE PRAYER, WE
BELIEVE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.
GET IN A GOOD BIBLE-BASED
CHURCH AND KEEP GOD FIRST
PLACE.
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