JOEL OSTEEN: WELL GOD
BLESS YOU.
IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR
HOMES AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN OUR
AREA PLEASE STOP BY AND BE
A PART OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.
I PROMISE YOU, WE'LL MAKE YOU
FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING
FUNNY AND I SHOULD MENTION THIS
WAS SENT TO ME BY A WOMAN,
BUT ACCORDING TO THE ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME,
WHILE BOTH MALE AND FEMALE
REINDEER GROW ANTLERS
IN THE SUMMER MALE REINDEER LOSE
THEIR ANTLERS AT THE START
OF WINTER IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
FEMALE REINDEER KEEP THEIR
ANTLERS ALL THE WAY TILL SPRING.
THIS MEANS ALL OF SANTA'S
REINDEER FROM RUDOLPH TO BLITZEN
HAD TO BE FEMALE.
SHE GOES ON TO SAY, "WE SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN ONLY A WOMAN COULD
DRAG AROUND A FAT MAN WEARING
A RED VELVET SUIT ALL
OVER THE WORLD IN ONE NIGHT
AND NOT GET LOST."
LADIES, YOU'RE CHEERING A LITTLE
TOO MUCH BUT HERE WE GO.
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'S NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
QUICKLY.
WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE
BELIEVING FOR AND WE'VE BEEN
PATIENTLY WAITING, THANKING GOD,
PRAYING, BUT WE DON'T SEE
ANYTHING IMPROVING.
AND IT'S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED
AND ACCEPT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
THIS WAY A LONG TIME.
WE JUST HAVE TO ENDURE IT.
BUT GOD SAID IN ISAIAH 60, "I AM
THE LORD.
WHEN THE TIME COMES I WILL DO IT
QUICKLY."
GOD HAS ORDAINED CERTAIN MOMENTS
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE HE'S GOING
TO DO A QUICK WORK.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN MUCH FASTER
THAN YOU THOUGHT.
YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING
CHANGING.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ANY
CLOSER TO WHAT YOU WERE
BELIEVING FOR THAN YOU WERE LAST
YEAR.
BUT WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR TIME
GOD IS GOING TO DO IT QUICKLY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG
DRAWN OUT PROCESS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RAPID TURN
AROUND, A SUDDEN BREAKTHROUGH,
A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE A LONG TIME FOR YOU
TO GET WELL, TO BREAK
THE ADDICTION TO MEET THE RIGHT
PERSON.
NO, GET READY, IT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN IT LOOKS.
IT'S GOING TO BE UNUSUAL,
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IT WAS
THE HAND OF GOD.
IT SHOULD TAKE YOU YEARS TO GET
OUT OF DEBT, YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH
YOUR DREAM.
IN THE NATURAL THAT'S TRUE,
BUT WHEN YOU COME INTO ONE
OF THESE DESTINY MOMENTS, IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IN A FRACTION
OF THE TIME.
EVERY THOUGHT MAY TELL YOU.
IT'S PERMANENT.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.
NO, GOD IS SAYING TO YOU TODAY,
"I'M GOING TO DO IT QUICKLY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SUDDENLY."
NOW, GET IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
INSTEAD OF THINKING OF ALL
THE REASONS IT'S NOT GOING
TO WORK OUT, TURN IT AROUND.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR A QUICK
WORK.
THANK YOU FOR A SUDDEN TURN
AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
WHEN GOD BROUGHT THE ISRAELITES
OUT OF SLAVERY THEY HEADED
TOWARD THE PROMISED LAND.
THE PHARAOH WHO HAD JUST LET
THEM GO CHANGED HIS MIND
AND DECIDED HE WANTED THEM BACK.
SO, HE SENT 600 OF HIS FASTEST
CHARIOTS, SOME OF HIS STRONGEST
WARRIORS TO TRY TO RECAPTURE
THEM.
AND THE ISRAELITES, THESE 2
MILLION PEOPLE WERE AT A DEAD
END AT THE RED SEA.
THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULD BE
RECAPTURED BUT MOSES HELD UP HIS
ROD AND THOSE WATERS PARTED.
THE ISRAELITES WALKED
THROUGH ON DRY GROUND.
WHEN PHARAOH'S MEN CAME CHASING,
THE WATERS CLOSED UP.
THEY WERE ALL DROWNED.
PSALM 114 GIVES US INSIGHT
INTO WHAT HAPPENED.
VERSE 3 SAYS, "THE RED SEA SAW
THE ISRAELITES COMING
AND HURRIED OUT OF THEIR WAY."
WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR TIME,
DON'T WORRY, ENEMIES ARE GOING
TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR WAY.
THAT ADDICTION, THE DEPRESSION,
THE ANXIETY.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
IT'S ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR
WAY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGN
OF THINGS CHANGING.
NOTHING LOOKED ANY DIFFERENT
THEN SUDDENLY THE WATERS PART.
SUDDENLY YOUR HEALTH TURNS
AROUND.
SUDDENLY THE DOOR OPENS.
GOD KNOWS HOW TO TAKE THINGS
THAT LOOK PERMANENT AND QUICKLY
CHANGE THEM.
WHEN GOD TOLD MOSES TO HOLD
UP THE ROD AND THE WATERS WOULD
PART I CAN IMAGINE HE WAS
TEMPTED TO REASON IT OUT.
"GOD, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THESE WATERS HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS
FOR YEARS."
YOU WOULD THINK IF
THE ISRAELITES WERE GOING
TO SOMEHOW GET ACROSS IT WOULD
TAKE MONTHS FOR THE WATERS
TO RECEDE AND BECOME LESS
AND LESS.
MAYBE GOD WOULD SEND A BIG
DROUGHT.
BUT WHEN GOD SPOKE TO MOSES
NOTHING LOOKED ANY DIFFERENT.
EVERYTHING IN HIS MIND SAID,
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS OR YEARS
OF A DROUGHT.
GOD, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS
BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO BE
RECAPTURED."
BUT GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS DO THINGS
ON A NORMAL TIMETABLE.
HE SPECIALIZES IN DOING A QUICK
WORK.
HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEED THINGS UP.
WHAT COULD'VE TAKEN YEARS IN ONE
MOMENT GOD CAUSED THE WINDS
TO BLOW THE WATERS BACK.
THEY HURRIED
OUT OF THE ISRAELITES WAY.
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE OBSTACLES
IN YOUR LIFE THAT LOOKED
PERMANENT BUT GOD IS
ABOUT TO HAVE THEM HURRY
OUT OF YOUR WAY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
GRADUALLY ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE
LIKE YOU WERE EXPECTING.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY,
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN
STRUGGLING WITH FEAR, ANXIETY,
A CHALLENGE IN YOUR HEALTH, THAT
CHILD THAT'S OFF COURSE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WATERS
NOTHING LOOKS ANY DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW GOD IS TELLING YOU
A BREAKTHROUGH IS COMING BUT YOU
DON'T SEE ANY SIGN OF IT.
YOU WANT TO BELIEVE BUT YOUR
MIND IS TELLING YOU THERE'S NO
WAY.
BUT JUST LIKE THOSE WATERS
HURRIED OUT OF THE ISRAELITES
WAY THOSE OBSTACLES ARE
ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR WAY.
AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD THAT
ILLNESS A LONG TIME.
THE PROGNOSIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD,
RECEIVE THIS INTO YOUR SPIRIT.
IT'S ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR
WAY.
THAT LEGAL TROUBLE LOOKS
PERMANENT, THAT FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTY, THAT SITUATION
AT WORK, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NO
END IN SIGHT.
BUT GET READY, GOD'S ABOUT TO DO
A QUICK WORK.
LACK, STRUGGLE, DEBT IS
ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR WAY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SUDDENLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A RAPID
TURNAROUND.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED FOR US HERE
AT LAKEWOOD.
WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE COMPAQ
CENTER, A COMPANY FILED
A LAWSUIT TO TRY TO KEEP US
FROM MOVING IN.
THEY SAID WE VIOLATED THE DEED
RESTRICTIONS.
OUR ATTORNEYS TOLD US IT COULD
BE TIED UP IN THE COURTS
FOR YEARS.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE WATERS
LIKE WITH MOSES NOTHING LOOKED
ANY DIFFERENT.
A YEAR HAD GONE BY.
THE OTHER SIDE WASN'T
ABOUT TO BUDGE.
THEY HAD NO CONTACT WITH US.
LOOKED LIKE IT COULD BE THAT WAY
FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.
BUT ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE
THE OTHER SIDE CALLED AND SAID
THEY WANTED TO MEET.
OUR ATTORNEYS SAID IT WAS
PROBABLY A PLOY JUST TRYING
TO DISTRACT US.
WE MET WITH THEM AND IN A COUPLE
OF HOURS THEY AGREED TO DROP
THE LAWSUIT AND LET US HAVE
THE BUILDING.
WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME GOD KNOWS
HOW TO HAVE ENEMIES HURRY
OUT OF YOUR WAY.
WOULD'VE BEEN ONE THING IF WE'D
HAD WON THE LAWSUIT AFTER 10
YEARS.
WE WOULD'VE BEEN GRATEFUL.
BUT GOD IS NOT GOING TO LET
THE OPPOSITION DELAY YOU
FROM YOUR DESTINY.
HE HAS ALREADY SCHEDULED YOUR
DESTINY MOMENTS.
IT MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FALLING
BEHIND.
THE OPPOSITION IS HOLDING YOU
BACK.
STAY ENCOURAGED.
AT THE RIGHT TIME, THAT
ADVERSITY IS GOING TO HURRY
OUT OF YOUR WAY.
RED SEAS CAN'T KEEP YOU
FROM YOUR PURPOSE GOD KNOWS HOW
TO PART THOSE WATERS.
LEGAL SITUATIONS, COMPANIES THAT
SEEM BIGGER, STRONGER, THEY
CAN'T STOP GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE.
IT MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STUCK.
YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
IMPROVING.
DON'T WORRY, GOD KNOWS HOW TO DO
A QUICK WORK.
IT CAN HAPPEN SUDDENLY.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GOD HASTENS
HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT."
THAT WORD "HASTEN" MEANS
QUICKLY, SPEEDILY, IN A HURRY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TO WAIT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT TAKE TIME.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN YOU
DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING.
IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE
UP AGAINST IS NEVER GOING
TO CHANGE.
WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR DESTINY
MOMENT GOD WILL DO IT SPEEDILY,
QUICKER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH A DREAM
IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME.
THAT OBSTACLE LOOKS PERMANENT.
SUDDENLY IT TURNS AROUND.
THAT'S GOD HASTENING HIS WORD.
2 KINGS CHAPTER 7,
THE ISRAELITES WERE SURROUNDED
BY THE SYRIAN ARMY.
THEY HAD CUT OFF THE ISRAELITES
FOOD SUPPLY.
NOW THE PEOPLE WERE STARVING.
JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE THEY DIED.
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE SAID IT WAS
PERMANENT.
THE ENEMY ARMY WAS BIGGER.
THEY HAD MORE EQUIPMENT.
ALL THE ODDS WERE
AGAINST THE ISRAELITES.
BUT THERE WERE FOUR LEPERS
SITTING OUTSIDE THE CITY GATES.
THEY "THOUGHT, WE HAVE NOTHING
TO LOSE.
WE'RE GOING TO DIE ANYWAY, LET'S
GO DOWN TO THE SYRIAN CAMP
AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING."
WHILE THEY WERE WALKING TOWARD
THE ENEMY THE SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD
CAUSED THE SYRIANS TO HEAR
THE SOUND OF SPEEDING CHARIOTS
AND GALLOPING HORSES,
THE FOOTSTEPS OF A VAST ARMY
APPROACHING.
THE SYRIAN KING THOUGHT
THE ISRAELITES HAD HIRED SEVERAL
ARMIES TO ATTACK THEM.
VERSE 7 SAYS, "THE SYRIANS
PANICKED AND FLED
INTO THE NIGHT, LEAVING ALL
THEIR HORSES, TENTS,
AND BELONGINGS."
WHAT WAS THAT?
GOD CAUSING THEIR ENEMIES
TO HURRY OUT OF THEIR WAY.
SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
THE ISRAELITES DIDN'T HAVE
A CHANCE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE FOOD,
EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, STRENGTH,
EXPERIENCE, BUT GOD IS NOT
LIMITED BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
HE'S NOT INTIMIDATED BY HOW BIG
THE OPPOSITION IS, BY HOW BAD
THE MEDICAL REPORT LOOKS,
BY WHAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SAYS.
GOD MULTIPLIED THE SOUND
OF THESE LEPERS FOOTSTEPS
AND CAUSED THIS HUGE ARMY
TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES.
THEY LEFT IN SUCH A HURRY THEY
DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THEIR
BELONGINGS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN GRAB THEIR
TENTS.
GOD KNOWS HOW TO QUICKLY GET RID
OF THE OPPOSITION.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY HOW
PERMANENT THE OBSTACLE LOOKS
OR BY HOW MUCH BIGGER IT SEEMS
THAN YOU.
YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.
THE MOST HIGH GOD IS ON YOUR
SIDE.
HE KNOWS HOW TO CAUSE YOUR
ENEMIES TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR
WAY.
NOT GRADUALLY, NOT OVER A FEW
MONTHS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOME THINGS
QUICKLY TURN AROUND.
PROBLEMS SUDDENLY RESOLVED.
ENEMIES RAPIDLY DEFEATED.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHILE
THE LEPERS WERE WALKING THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT GOD WAS DOING.
THEY COULDN'T HEAR WHAT
THE ENEMY WAS HEARING.
EVERYTHING SEEM NORMAL TO THEM,
BUT GOD WAS DOING SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD IS
UP TO RIGHT NOW.
WHILE YOU'RE BELIEVING, WHILE
YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING,
EVERYTHING MAY SEEM JUST
THE SAME BUT GOD IS TALKING
TO YOUR ENEMIES.
HE'S CAUSING THEM TO HEAR WHAT
HE WANTS THEM TO HEAR.
THE SYRIANS DIDN'T SAY
TO THE LEPERS, "OKAY, WE'LL
LEAVE.
JUST GIVE US A FEW MONTHS
TO PACK UP OUR BELONGINGS.
GIVE US SOME TIME TO RELOCATE.
WE NEED TO FIND NEW PROPERTY."
THEY LEFT SUDDENLY, IN A PANIC.
THEY WERE SO AFRAID THEY FLED
FOR THEIR LIVES.
AND SOME OF THE OBSTACLES YOU'RE
UP AGAINST MAY SEEM LIKE THEY
HAVE THE UPPER HAND.
THE SICKNESS IS BIGGER.
YOU'VE HAD THE ADDICTION A LONG
TIME.
FEELS LIKE THAT TROUBLE HAS YOU
SURROUNDED.
BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME,
LIKE WITH THEM, IT'S NOT GOING
TO LEAVE GRADUALLY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPROVE
A LITTLE HERE, A LITTLE THERE.
IT'S GOING TO LEAVE SUDDENLY
LIKE IT'S IN A PANIC, LIKE IT'S
FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE.
"WELL, JOEL, THIS SOUNDS
ENCOURAGING BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY
FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
FOR A LONG TIME."
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WON'T HAPPEN FOR YOU.
THIS IS FOR BELIEVERS.
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL LET
THE SEED TAKE ROOT.
PEOPLE THAT WILL DARE SAY, "GOD,
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID THAT
YOU WILL HASTEN YOUR WORD
TO PERFORM IT.
LORD, I BELIEVE FOR A QUICK
WORK.
I BELIEVE ENEMIES ARE HURRYING
OUT OF MY WAY.
I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO SEE
A RAPID TURNAROUND."
FRIEND OF MINE WORKED FOR THIS
COMPANY WHERE HIS SUPERVISOR
WASN'T TREATING HIM RIGHT.
HE WAS JEALOUS OF HIM.
MY FRIEND HAD A GREAT ATTITUDE.
I NEVER HEARD HIM COMPLAIN.
HE JUST KEPT DOING THE RIGHT
THING EVEN THOUGH THIS
SUPERVISOR WOULD TRY
TO DISCREDIT HIM AND MAKE HIM
LOOK BAD.
THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THE SUPERVISOR WAS IN HIS EARLY
40S, BEEN WITH A COMPANY ALMOST
20 YEARS.
LOOKED LIKE MY FRIEND WOULD
ALWAYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
BUT ONE MONDAY MORNING HE WENT
TO WORK, THE OWNER
OF THE COMPANY CALLED MY FRIEND
IN AND SAID THAT THE SUPERVISOR
WAS LEAVING AND THIS OWNER
WANTED HIM TO HAVE HIS POSITION.
MY FRIEND ASKED WHEN WAS THIS
GOING TO HAPPEN?
WHEN WAS HE GOING TO LEAVE?
THE OWNER SAID HE LEFT LAST
FRIDAY.
YOU'RE THE SUPERVISOR STARTING
RIGHT NOW.
GOD KNOWS HOW TO CAUSE PEOPLE
TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR WAY, TO DO
THINGS QUICKLY, THINGS THAT YOU
DIDN'T SEE COMING.
THAT SUPERVISOR COULD'VE BEEN
THERE ANOTHER 30 YEARS, BUT HE
SUDDENLY LEFT.
QUIT WORRYING ABOUT WHO'S
IN FRONT OF YOU AND HOW IT'S
NEVER GOING TO WORK OUT.
GOD CAN QUICKLY CHANGE THINGS,
QUICKLY PROMOTE YOU, QUICKLY
HEAL YOU, QUICKLY FREE YOU,
AND YES, I KNOW SOME THINGS TAKE
TIME.
WE HAVE TO OUTLAST WHAT'S COMING
AGAINST US, BUT YOU'RE GOING
TO COME INTO THESE MOMENTS WHERE
GOD DOES A QUICK WORK.
INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING, "WELL,
JOEL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET
WELL.
I'LL NEVER MEET THE RIGHT
PERSON."
NO, TURN IT AROUND.
"FATHER, THANK YOU THAT MY
HEALTH IS ABOUT TO SUDDENLY
IMPROVE.
THANK YOU THAT THIS ADDICTION IS
NOT PERMANENT.
IT'S ABOUT TO QUICKLY TURN
AROUND.
THANK YOU THAT THIS DEPRESSION
IS NOT HOW MY STORY ENDS.
IT'S ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF MY
WAY."
THAT'S NOT JUST BEING POSITIVE.
THAT'S RELEASING YOUR FAITH.
THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS GOD TO SPEED
THINGS UP.
THIS IS WHAT JOSEPH DID
IN THE SCRIPTURE.
HE WAS MISTREATED FOR 13 YEARS,
BETRAYED BY HIS BROTHERS, SOLD
INTO SLAVERY, PUT IN PRISON
FOR SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T DO.
IT WASN'T EASY BUT HE KEPT
A GOOD ATTITUDE, KEPT BEING HIS
BEST.
AND ONE MORNING, JOSEPH WAS
SITTING IN PRISON, SEEMS
LIKE ANOTHER ORDINARY DAY WHEN
THE GUARD CAME AND SAID,
"JOSEPH, THE PHARAOH WANTS
TO SEE YOU."
I CAN IMAGINE JOSEPH'S THINKING,
"THE PHARAOH?
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
I'M A SLAVE, A FOREIGNER.
I'M IN PRISON AND THE PHARAOH'S
CALLING FOR ME."
GOD KNOWS HOW TO HAVE THE RIGHT
PEOPLE COME LOOKING FOR YOU.
YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
AT A DISADVANTAGE.
YOU'RE BEING OVERLOOKED.
NO, THE ONE WHO MATTERS MOST HAS
HIS EYES ON YOU.
THE ONE WHO CONTROLS
THE UNIVERSE.
THE MOST HIGH GOD IS WATCHING
AFTER YOU.
HE'S WORKING OUT HIS PLAN
FOR YOUR LIFE.
JOSEPH WALKED IN AND WAS
STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE
OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE
OF THAT DAY.
HE INTERPRETED THE PHARAOH'S
DREAM.
HE WAS SO IMPRESSED HE MADE
JOSEPH THE PRIME MINISTER
OF EGYPT, SECOND IN COMMAND.
IT HAPPENED QUICKLY.
JOSEPH DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN
FOR OFFICE.
THE PHARAOH DIDN'T HOLD A VOTE.
HE DIDN'T INTERVIEW CANDIDATES
FOR SIX MONTHS.
RIGHT ON THE SPOT HE MADE JOSEPH
THE PRIME MINISTER.
GOD KNOWS HOW TO DO A QUICK
WORK.
THE TROUBLE, THE INJUSTICE, IT
HURRIED OUT OF JOSEPH'S WAY.
HE WOKE UP THAT MORNING, A SLAVE
IN PRISON.
HE WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT,
THE PRIME MINISTER.
PROMOTED, VINDICATED.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY WHAT'S
NOT CHANGING.
LIKE JOSEPH YOU MAY BE DOING
THE RIGHT THING AND THE WRONG
THING IS HAPPENING.
YOUR TIME IS COMING.
GOD HAS THESE DESTINY MOMENTS
WHERE HE'S GOING TO SUDDENLY
CATAPULT YOU TO A NEW LEVEL.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG
PROCESS.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY,
UNEXPECTEDLY.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU.
THE PROMOTION, THE OPPORTUNITY,
THE VINDICATION IS GOING TO COME
TRACKING YOU DOWN.
AFTER THE ISRAELITES CAME
THROUGH THE RED SEA THEY
WANDERED IN THE DESERT FOR 40
YEARS.
THEY THOUGHT THEIR OBSTACLES
WERE TOO BIG AND THEIR ENEMIES
TOO STRONG AND THAT KEPT THEM
FROM GOING INTO THE PROMISED
LAND.
NOW YEARS LATER THEIR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE
ABOUT TO CROSS THE JORDAN RIVER
AND GO INTO THE LAND THAT GOD
PROMISED.
THE PROBLEM WAS THE LAND WAS
OCCUPIED WITH THESE INCREDIBLY
STRONG, POWERFUL PEOPLE CALLED
THE ANAKITES.
THEY WERE DESCENDANTS OF GIANTS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW INTIMIDATED
THE ISRAELITES MUST HAVE FELT.
AND STANDING AT THE BRINK
OF THE JORDAN, NO DOUBT
CONTEMPLATING WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD GO IN.
GOD GAVE THEM A PROMISE THAT
HELPED PUSH THEM OVER.
HE SAID IN DEUTERONOMY 9, "TODAY
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE PEOPLE THAT
ARE MUCH STRONGER AND MUCH MORE
POWERFUL BUT THE LORD YOUR GOD
WILL CROSS OVER AHEAD OF YOU
LIKE A DEVOURING FIRE.
HE WILL SUBDUE THEM SO THAT YOU
CAN QUICKLY CONQUER."
UNLIKE THEIR PARENTS THAT TALKED
THEMSELVES OUT OF IT THIS NEW
GENERATION HAD THE BOLDNESS
TO GO IN.
AND JUST LIKE GOD PROMISED THEY
QUICKLY CONQUERED THE LAND.
NOW YOU MAY BE FACING
A SITUATION LIKE THEM THAT SEEMS
IMPOSSIBLE IN YOUR HEALTH, YOUR
FINANCES, A RELATIONSHIP.
BUT GOD IS SAYING TO YOU WHAT HE
SAID TO THEM.
I'M GOING TO CROSS OVER AHEAD
OF YOU AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE
ENEMIES.
SO YOU CAN QUICKLY CONQUER THEM.
YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING THOSE
BATTLES ON YOUR OWN.
THE MOST HIGH GOD IS GOING
BEFORE YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT
DIFFICULTY QUICKER THAN YOU
THINK.
NOW, GET THIS DOWN IN YOUR
SPIRIT.
YOU'RE GOING TO QUICKLY CONQUER
THE SICKNESS, QUICKLY CONQUER
THE ADDICTION, QUICKLY CONQUER
THE TROUBLE AT WORK.
BEHIND THE SCENES RIGHT NOW GOD
IS CHANGING THINGS IN YOUR
FAVOR.
HE'S CROSSING OVER AHEAD OF YOU
TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICKNESS,
TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TROUBLE.
IF YOU WILL STAY IN FAITH, IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN IT
LOOKS.
YOU DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGN OF IT.
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PERMANENT.
THEN SUDDENLY IT CHANGES.
GOD IS GOING TO HASTEN HIS WORD.
HE'S GOING TO SPEED THINGS UP.
I TALKED TO A MAN THAT HAD
A STROKE IN HIS EARLY 50S.
HE ATTENDS LAKEWOOD AND HIS
FAMILY BROUGHT HIM UP FOR PRAYER
AFTER A SERVICE.
AND HE WAS NOW IN A WHEELCHAIR.
HE HAD LOST CONTROL
OVER THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY
AND HIS FACE WAS DRAWN.
HE WAS TOLD WITH THERAPY
IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS HE MIGHT
REGAIN SOME CONTROL OF HIS LEFT
ARM AND LEG.
BUT HE WAS SPECIFICALLY TOLD HE
WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO LIFT HIS
ARM ABOVE HIS HEAD AGAIN.
I TOLD HIM WHAT I'M TELLING YOU
THAT GOD CAN DO THINGS QUICKLY.
IN THE NATURAL IT SHOULD TAKE
YEARS BUT GOD IS A SUPERNATURAL
GOD.
HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEED THINGS UP.
AND I COULD TELL THIS MAN WAS
A FIGHTER.
HE WASN'T ABOUT TO TAKE THAT
STROKE LYING DOWN.
I SAW HIM SIX MONTHS LATER.
THIS TIME HE WASN'T
IN A WHEELCHAIR.
HE WAS WALKING ON HIS OWN
THROUGH THE LOBBY.
HE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
WHEN OUR EYES MET THE FIRST
THING HE DID WAS LIFT HIS ARM
WAY UP IN THE AIR.
I SAID, "I THOUGHT THAT WAS
GOING TO TAKE THREE TO FIVE
YEARS."
HE SAID, "THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD
BUT IT HAPPENED FOR ME IN THREE
MONTHS."
HIS THERAPIST SAID THAT IN 30
YEARS SHE HAD BEEN HELPING
PEOPLE SHE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYONE
IMPROVE AS FAST AS HIM.
GOD KNOWS HOW TO DO A QUICK
WORK.
QUIT BELIEVING THOSE LIES THAT
IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU A LONG
TIME TO RECOVER.
YOU HEARD THE EXPERTS.
A LONG TIME TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR
DREAM.
A LONG TIME TO GET FREE
FROM THAT ANXIETY.
NO, GOD IS CROSSING AHEAD OF YOU
RIGHT NOW SO YOU CAN QUICKLY
CONQUER.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RAPID
RECOVERY.
YOU'RE GOING TO DEFY THE ODDS.
GOD IS GOING TO ACCELERATE
THINGS.
DREAMS COMING TO PASS IN RECORD
TIME.
THINGS FALLING INTO PLACE.
THAT DEPRESSION IS NOT
PERMANENT.
THAT ADDICTION IS NOT GOING
TO LAST.
IT'S ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR
WAY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
YOU DIDN'T SEE IT COMING.
NOW, WHEN THOUGHTS TELL YOU,
IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU YEARS
TO GET WELL.
YEARS TO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON.
NO, KEEP THIS PHRASE
DOWN IN YOUR SPIRIT.
QUICKLY CONQUER.
YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THE DOUBT
BACK WITH FAITH.
DON'T LET THAT THOUGHT CONTINUE
TO PLAY.
IT'S PERMANENT.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK OUT.
NO, ALL THROUGH THE DAY.
FATHER, THANK YOU THAT IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
THANK YOU THAT ENEMIES ARE
HURRYING OUT OF MY WAY.
THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO SEE
A RAPID RECOVERY.
"WELL, JOEL, WHAT IF I DO THAT
FOR A MONTH AND NOTHING
HAPPENS?"
KEEP DOING IT.
YOU HAVE TO STAY
ON THE OFFENSIVE.
IF YOU LIVE WITH THAT LIE THAT
IT'S PERMANENT, IT'S NEVER GOING
TO CHANGE, THAT WILL LIMIT YOUR
LIFE.
LUKE CHAPTER 18, JESUS TOLD
A STORY ABOUT A JUDGE THAT
WASN'T FAIR.
HE DIDN'T HAVE INTEGRITY.
HE DIDN'T CARE FOR PEOPLE.
THIS WIDOW KEPT COMING TO HIM
DAY AFTER DAY, TRYING TO GET HIM
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON
THAT HAD DONE HER WRONG.
THE JUDGE IGNORED HER, DIDN'T
PAY HER ANY ATTENTION,
BUT THE WIDOW WOULDN'T QUIT
COMING.
FINALLY, THE JUDGE SAID
TO THE LADY, "I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR NOT
BECAUSE I WANT TO BUT BECAUSE
YOU'RE WEARING ME OUT WITH YOUR
CONSTANT REQUEST."
JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, "IF
THIS JUDGE WHO IS NOT FAIR WILL
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE
THE LADY WOULDN'T QUIT ASKING.
DO YOU THINK GOD, WHO IS FAIR,
WILL KEEP PUTTING OFF THOSE THAT
COME TO HIM?"
JESUS WENT ON TO "SAY, I CAN
ASSURE YOU, GOD WILL GRANT THEM
JUSTICE QUICKLY."
WHEN YOU'RE IN A DIFFICULT TIME,
THINGS ARE NOT TURNING AROUND,
IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP THANKING GOD
THAT HE'S WORKING, THANKING HIM
THAT HE'S FIGHTING YOUR BATTLES,
NOT BEGGING HIM, BUT REMINDING
HIM WHAT HE PROMISED.
NOTICE WHAT GOD SAID HE WILL
GIVE YOU JUSTICE QUICKLY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FASTER THAN
YOU THOUGHT.
ONE TRANSLATION SAYS HE WILL
RUSH TO YOUR DEFENSE.
HE WILL COME TO YOU IN HASTE.
AND IT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED
YET, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW GOD IS
IN A HURRY TO HELP YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME
OF THESE SUDDEN TURNAROUNDS.
NOW, THE KEY IS TO KEEP THANKING
HIM.
KEEP TALKING LIKE IT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
KEEP BELIEVING THAT IT'S
ON THE WAY.
WHEN YOU DON'T TALK YOURSELF
OUT OF IT.
YOU DON'T GET DISCOURAGED
BUT YOU CONSISTENTLY THANK GOD,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME
OF THESE QUICK WORKS.
HE'S GOING TO QUICKLY TURN YOUR
CHILD AROUND.
QUICKLY BRING YOUR HEALING.
QUICKLY CAUSE THAT DREAM TO COME
TO PASS.
MAYBE LIKE THIS WIDOW, YOU'VE
BEEN DOING THIS.
BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
CHANGING.
EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME.
STAY ENCOURAGED.
YOUR TIME IS COMING.
GOD IS CROSSING OVER AHEAD
OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE AND DECLARE YOU'RE
ABOUT TO QUICKLY CONQUER.
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE HELD YOU BACK
ARE ABOUT TO SUDDENLY RESOLVE.
ENEMIES THAT HAVE HINDERED YOU
ARE ABOUT TO HURRY OUT OF YOUR
WAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RAPID
RECOVERY, A SUDDEN BREAKTHROUGH,
A SPEEDY TURN AROUND.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICKLY
IN JESUS'S NAME AND IF YOU
RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY AMEN
TODAY?
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU
THE 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."
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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