JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU!
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY. I HOPE YOU'LL STAY
CONNECTED WITH US
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
WE HAVE A DAILY PODCAST
THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR YOUTUBE
CHANNEL AND LISTEN TO THE
MESSAGES ANYTIME;
OR YOU CAN FOLLOW US
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I PROMISE YOU WE'LL KEEP
YOU ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED.
THANKS FOR TUNING IN.
THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING
OUT TODAY.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY.
I HEARD ABOUT THESE THREE
MEN THAT WERE TRAVELING
TOGETHER: A HINDU PRIEST,
A JEWISH RABBI AND A
TELEVANGELIST. THEY
STOPPED AT A FARMHOUSE
FOR LODGING. THE FARMER
SAID, "I ONLY HAVE ROOM
FOR TWO OF YOU IN THE
HOUSE. SOMEBODY WILL HAVE
TO STAY IN THE BARN."
THE HINDU PRIEST SAID,
"I'LL DO IT."
IN A FEW MINUTES, THERE
WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
HE SAID, "I CAN'T STAY
OUT THERE. THERE'S A COW
AND COWS ARE SACRED IN
OUR RELIGION."
THE JEWISH RABBI SAID,
"I'LL DO IT." A FEW
MINUTES LATER, A KNOCK
ON THE DOOR. HE SAID,
"I CAN'T STAY OUT THERE.
THERE'S A PIG AND THAT
WOULDN'T BE KOSHER."
THE TELEVANGELIST FINALLY
SAID, "ALL RIGHT I'LL DO
IT." IN A FEW MINUTES,
THERE WAS A KNOCK ON
THE DOOR. IT WAS
THE COW AND THE PIG.
(LAUGHTER)
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT
GOT IT. HERE WE GO. READY?
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 TROUBLE IS TEMPORARY.
WE ALL FACE DIFFICULTIES
THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE
THEY'LL EVER CHANGE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MORE
WE PRAY THE WORSE IT GETS.
WE DON'T SEE ANY SIGN
OF THINGS IMPROVING.
IT'S EASY TO LIVE
DISCOURAGED AND ACCEPT
THAT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE.
BUT PAUL SAID IN
2 CORINTHIANS, "OUR PRESENT
TROUBLES ARE SMALL AND
WON'T LAST VERY LONG.
THESE TROUBLES WILL SOON
BE OVER, BUT THE JOY TO
COME WILL LAST FOREVER."
WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST
MAY LOOK PERMANENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE YEARS TO GET WELL,
YEARS TO GET OUT OF DEBT,
YEARS TO MEET THE RIGHT
PERSON. DON'T BE FOOLED
BY WHAT YOU SEE.
GOD IS SAYING THE TROUBLE
IS ONLY TEMPORARY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST
VERY LONG.
SOON IT'S GOING TO BE OVER.
SOON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
BREAKTHROUGH, SOON YOUR
HEALTH IS GOING TO TURN
AROUND, SOON YOU'RE GOING
TO MEET THE PERSON OF
YOUR DREAMS.
YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW THIS
CAN HAPPEN, EVERYTHING
IN YOUR REASONING SAYS
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT IN THE
NATURAL, WE SERVE A
SUPERNATURAL GOD.
HE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE HAPPEN.
INSTEAD OF THINKING OF ALL
THE REASONS WHY IT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK OUT, HOW IT'S
GOING TO TAKE FOREVER, TRY A
DIFFERENT APPROACH,
"FATHER THANK YOU THAT
THIS DIFFICULTY WILL SOON
BE OVER. THANK YOU THAT
THIS SICKNESS, THIS
DEPRESSION, THIS FAMILY
PROBLEM, WILL NOT LAST
VERY LONG."
"JOEL IT'S ALREADY BEEN
A LONG TIME."
THAT MEANS YOU ARE VERY
CLOSE TO SEEING IT TURN
AROUND.
YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF
A BREAKTHROUGH.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE FREEDOM,
PROMOTION, PROBLEMS SUDDENLY
RESOLVE, DREAMS SUDDENLY
COME TO PASS.
NOT IN THE SWEET BY AND
BY BUT SOON THINGS ARE
GOING TO CHANGE.
SOON THAT CHILD IS GOING
TO GET BACK ON COURSE,
SOON THAT NEW DOOR IS GOING
TO OPEN, SOON THE RIGHT
PERSON IS GOING TO SHOW UP,
SOON YOU'RE GOING TO COME
IN TO OVERFLOW.
NOW YOU HAVE TO GET IN
AGREEMENT WITH GOD AND
HAVE A SOON MENTALITY.
AS LONG AS YOU THINK IT'S
GOING TO TAKE YEARS, THAT'S
GOING TO STOP GOD FROM
WORKING.
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS SOON
MENTALITY, YOU GET UP EACH
MORNING WITH EXPECTANCY,
KNOWING THAT THIS COULD BE
THE DAY THAT GOD SHOWS OUT
IN YOUR LIFE.
WHEN IS YOUR HEALTH GOING
TO TURN AROUND?
"I DON'T KNOW, JOEL. THIS
MEDICAL REPORT DOESN'T
LOOK VERY GOOD AT ALL."
THAT'S ONE REPORT, I'M
GIVING YOU ANOTHER REPORT.
SOON THINGS ARE GOING TO
CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET
OUT OF DEBT?
"IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE ME 112 YEARS TO
PAY EVERYTHING OFF."
YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN
HEAVEN BY THEN.
HOW ABOUT SOON I'M COMING
OUT OF DEBT.
SOON I'M GOING TO LEND
AND NOT BORROW.
HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN?
GOD OWNS IT ALL.
ONE TOUCH OF HIS FAVOR
AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH.
ONE GOOD BREAK, ONE IDEA,
ONE CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING
WILL CHANGE.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO
OVERCOME THAT ADDICTION?
SOON.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MEET
THE RIGHT PERSON? SOON.
WHEN IS THAT LEGAL ISSUE
GOING TO RESOLVE? SOON.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SELL
THAT PROPERTY? SOON.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START
YOUR BUSINESS? SOON.
YOUR MIND WILL TELL YOU ALL
THE REASONS IT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN.
"YOUR PROBLEM IS TOO BIG,
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE UP
AGAINST ARE TOO POWERFUL,
IT'S BEEN THIS WAY TOO
LONG."
DON'T BELIEVE THOSE LIES.
RECEIVE THIS INTO YOUR
SPIRIT, THE PROBLEM WILL
SOON BE OVER.
THE LONELINESS WILL SOON
BE GONE.
THE ANXIETY, THE GRIEF,
THE BARRENNESS, NOT ABLE
TO HAVE A CHILD, IS
COMING TO AN END SOON.
THESE PRESENT TROUBLES
WILL NOT LAST VERY LONG.
JOB WENT THROUGH A GREAT
DIFFICULTY.
HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT
THING, HONORING GOD, AND
THE BOTTOM FELL OUT.
HE LOST HIS BUSINESS,
LOST HIS CHILDREN,
LOST HIS HEALTH.
HE HAD BOILS ALL OVER
HIS BODY.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE PEOPLE
OF FAITH DOESN'T MEAN WE
WON'T HAVE DIFFICULTIES.
YOU CAN BE DOING THE RIGHT
THING AND COME INTO TROUBLE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS RAIN
FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE
UNJUST.
WHEN IT RAINS AT MY HOUSE,
MY PROPERTY GETS WET, MY
NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS, THE
PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET,
EVERYONE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RAIN
DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BY
DIFFICULTIES, IT'S JUST
LIFE.
THE PROMISE WE HAVE IS NOT
THAT TROUBLE WON'T COME
BUT THE TROUBLE IS NOT
GOING TO LAST.
SOON THE TROUBLE WILL
BE OVER.
WHEN YOU'RE IN DIFFICULTIES,
THINGS HAPPEN LIKE WITH JOB
THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,
YOU CAME DOWN WITH AN
ILLNESS, PEOPLE AT WORK
TURNED ON YOU, YOU HAD A
SETBACK IN YOUR BUSINESS,
IT'S EASY TO LIVE WORRIED,
THINKING THAT IT'S NEVER
GOING TO WORK OUT.
YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF
IT IS NOT PERMANENT, IT IS
NOT GOING TO LAST LONG, SOON
IT WILL RESOLVE.
ALL THROUGH THE DAY, YOU
NEED TO KEEP THIS IN YOUR
HEART.
"FATHER, THANK YOU THAT THIS
TROUBLE IS ONLY TEMPORARY.
IT DIDN'T COME TO STAY; IT
CAME TO PASS.
THANK YOU THAT IT WILL SOON
BE OVER."
WHEN JOB LOOKED AT ALL HIS
CIRCUMSTANCES, EVERYTHING
THAT WENT WRONG, ALL THAT
HE'D LOST, HE GOT DEPRESSED.
HE SAT DOWN IN THE ASHES AND
WANTED TO DIE.
ONE REASON HE WAS SO
DISCOURAGED IS HE SAW THE
TROUBLE AS PERMANENT;
HE DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY HE
COULD GET OUT.
AS LONG AS HE HAD THIS
FOREVER MENTALITY, THIS IS
HOW MY LIFE IS ALWAYS GOING
TO BE, HE FELT OVERWHELMED.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SETBACK,
THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU,
"IT'S PERMANENT. YOU'LL
NEVER GET WELL, YOU'LL NEVER
BE HAPPY AGAIN, YOU'LL NEVER
MEET SOMEONE."
IF YOU BELIEVE THOSE FOREVER
LIES, YOU'LL GET DISCOURAGED
AND LOSE YOUR PASSION.
GOD WON'T LET YOU GET IN A
SITUATION THAT HE CAN'T
BRING YOU OUT OF.
IF THE TROUBLE WAS TOO MUCH,
THE SICKNESS TOO GREAT, THE
OPPOSITION TOO STRONG, HE
WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED IT.
IT'S A TEST.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
GET DISCOURAGED, GIVE UP ON
YOUR DREAMS, LIVE DEFEATED
OR ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE
GOD IS ON THE THRONE, THAT
HE'S BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU'RE
FACING, THAT THE TROUBLE IS
TEMPORARY, THAT IT'S NOT
GOING TO LAST LONG?
WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN TIMES OF
TROUBLE WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER YOU COME OUT OR
WHETHER YOU GET STUCK THERE.
AT ONE POINT, JOB CHANGED
HIS ATTITUDE.
INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND
DEFEATED, HE GOT UP OUT OF
THE ASHES, LOOKED UP TOWARD
THE HEAVENS AND SAID, "I
KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES."
HE WAS SAYING, "I KNOW GOD
IS STILL ON THE THRONE.
I KNOW THIS DIFFICULTY CAN'T
STOP MY DESTINY.
WHAT HE HAS PURPOSED FOR MY
LIFE WILL COME TO PASS."
HE SHIFTED TO AN ATTITUDE OF
FAITH.
GOD LET US SEE BOTH SIDES OF
JOB.
HIM DISCOURAGED, DESPONDENT,
THEN HIM SWITCHING OVER TO
FAITH, TO LET US KNOW, IT'S
OKAY TO FEEL THINGS.
IT'S OKAY TO HAVE TIMES WHEN
YOU FEEL DISCOURAGED, YOU
DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN WORK
OUT.
IT'S OKAY TO START THERE BUT
DON'T FINISH THERE.
DON'T STAY IN THE ASHES,
DON'T STAY DEFEATED.
AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO
DO LIKE JOB AND SAY, "I KNOW
MY REDEEMER LIVES.
I KNOW GOD DIDN'T BRING ME
THIS FAR TO LEAVE ME.
I KNOW THIS PROBLEM IS NOT
PERMANENT.
LORD THANK YOU THAT IT WILL
SOON BE OVER."
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES
TO THE ENEMY?
WHEN HE HITS YOU WITH HIS
BEST SHOT, BUT YOU DON'T
START COMPLAINING, YOU DON'T
STAY IN THE ASHES.
YOU START DECLARING, "SOON
IT'S GOING TO TURN AROUND,
SOON I'M GOING TO GET WELL,
SOON I'M GOING TO MEET
SOMEONE NEW, SOON MY
BUSINESS IS GOING TO TAKE
OFF, SOON I'M GOING TO LAUGH
AGAIN, LOVE AGAIN, LEAD
AGAIN, RUN AGAIN."
WHEN YOU LIVE WITH THIS SOON
MENTALITY, ALL THE FORCES OF
DARKNESS CANNOT KEEP YOU
DOWN.
JOB'S SITUATION LOOKED
PERMANENT, IT LOOKED LIKE HE
HAD SEEN HIS BEST DAYS.
BUT GOD NOT ONLY TURNED IT
AROUND, BUT JOB CAME OUT
WITH TWICE WHAT HE HAD
BEFORE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS HE HAD
TWICE THE CATTLE, TWICE THE
SHEEP.
HE GOT HIS BUSINESS BACK.
GOD NEVER BRINGS YOU OUT THE
SAME.
HE MAKES THE ENEMY PAY FOR
BRINGING THE TROUBLE.
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE
SUFFERING OF JOB AND ALL HE
WENT THROUGH; IT SEEMS LIKE
THAT WAS HIS WHOLE LIFE.
THE ENTIRE BOOK OF JOB IS
ABOUT HIS STRUGGLE.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WENT ON
FOR FORTY YEARS, TROUBLE,
HEARTACHE, PAIN.
BUT SOME COMMENTARIES
BELIEVE THE WHOLE STRUGGLE
WAS ONLY NINE MONTHS.
ALL THE SICKNESS, ALL THE
TROUBLE, DIDN'T LAST YEARS,
IT WAS MONTHS.
WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO
TAKE YEARS, WHAT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME
TO RESOLVE, LIKE WITH JOB
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER
THAN YOU THINK.
THAT TROUBLE LOOKS
PERMANENT, BUT GOD IS SAYING
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST VERY
LONG.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE HIS HAND
BRING HEALING, RESTORATION,
DIVINE CONNECTIONS,
PROMOTION.
IT'S NOT BY YOUR MIGHT, NOT
BY YOUR POWER, BUT BY THE
SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD.
IN 2003, THE HOUSTON CITY
COUNCIL VOTED FOR US TO HAVE
THE COMPAQ CENTER.
THIS WAS A CITY OWNED
BUILDING.
WE HAD WORKED FOR TWO YEARS
PRESENTING OUR CASE AND
TRYING TO CONVINCE COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WHEN WE WON THE VOTE, WE
WERE SO EXCITED.
IT WAS LIKE GOD OPENED A
DOOR THAT WE NEVER DREAMED
WOULD OPEN.
THE NEXT DAY A COMPANY THAT
OWNS ALL THE HIGH RISES
AROUND THIS PROPERTY, FILED
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO TRY TO
KEEP US FROM MOVING IN.
THEY WERE THE LARGEST
TAXPAYER IN TEXAS, A HUGE
REAL ESTATE COMPANY, WITH
PROPERTY ALL OVER THE STATE.
IT WAS LIKE DAVID VERSE
GOLIATH.
OUR ATTORNEYS TOLD US THAT
IT COULD BE TIED UP IN THE
COURTS FOR TEN YEARS, HOW
THESE KINDS OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS CAN BE EXTREMELY
SLOW.
THAT MEANT WE COULDN'T MOVE
IN; WE COULDN'T START OUR
RENOVATIONS.
OUR FUTURE CONCERNING THIS
BUILDING WAS ON HOLD.
THE PROBLEM WAS I HAD
ALREADY PRESENTED THE COMPAQ
CENTER TO THE CHURCH.
PEOPLE HAD ALREADY GIVEN TO
SUPPORT IT.
EVERYONE WAS EXCITED, ASKING
WHEN ARE WE MOVING IN?
I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN A
COLD SWEAT.
THOUGHTS TELLING ME, "YOU'RE
GOING TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF
YOU DON'T WIN THE LAWSUIT?"
I WAS TEMPTED TO LIVE
WORRIED, STRESSED, BUT I
DID WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO
DO.
DESPITE WHAT THE EXPERTS
WERE SAYING, DESPITE HOW
PERMANENT IT LOOKED, I SAID,
"FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU
THAT THIS TROUBLE IS ONLY
TEMPORARY, THAT IT WON'T
LAST VERY LONG.
LORD, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES, FIGHTING
OUR BATTLES, MAKING OUR
CROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT,
SHINING DOWN YOUR FAVOR ON
US."
I WOULD CHECK WITH THE
ATTORNEYS EVERY WEEK,
LOOKING FOR SOME SIGN OF
HOPE.
"IS THERE ANYTHING NEW?"
"NOTHING, WE HAVEN'T HEARD
FROM THEM."
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
NEGOTIATE.
THEY WERE GOING TO SIT BACK
AND WAIT, DRAG IT OUT FOR
YEARS, UNTIL WE HAD TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
I COULD HEAR THAT PROMISE,
THAT STILL SMALL VOICE
SAYING, "JOEL, TRUST ME,
THIS TROUBLE IS ONLY
TEMPORARY, SOON IT WILL BE
OVER."
BUT MY MIND WOULD SAY, "ARE
YOU KIDDING, NOTHING IS
IMPROVING; YOU'RE YEARS AWAY
FROM EVEN FINDING OUT IF
IT'S GOING TO BE YOURS."
THE BATTLE IS TAKING PLACE
IN OUR THINKING.
DON'T ACCEPT THE LIES THAT
IT'S PERMANENT AND IT'S
GOING TO TAKE A LONG, LONG
TIME.
YOU HAVE TO TURN IT AROUND
AND SAY, "FATHER, THANK YOU
THAT THIS WILL RESOLVE
SOONER THAN IT LOOKS."
ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE
LAWSUIT WAS FILED, WE
RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE
OTHER SIDE SAYING THEY
WANTED TO MEET.
I WAS EXCITED, I BELIEVED IT
WAS THE HAND OF GOD, OUR
ATTORNEYS WERE MORE
SKEPTICAL.
THEY SAID IT WAS A PLOY,
THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO
COMPLICATE THINGS.
WE MET WITH THEM AND NOT
ONLY DID THEY AGREE TO LET
US HAVE THIS BUILDING, BUT
TO LEASE US NINE THOUSAND
COVERED PARKING SPACES.
THEY DROPPED THE LAWSUIT,
AND THE FACILITY WAS OURS
FREE AND CLEAR.
WHAT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD
TAKE YEARS TO HAPPEN, TOOK
PLACE IN A FEW MONTHS.
GOD IS SAYING TO YOU, WHAT
YOU'RE UP AGAINST IS GOING
TO RESOLVE MUCH SOONER THAN
IT LOOKS.
THAT TROUBLE IS NOT GOING TO
LAST LONG, THAT ADDICTION IS
NOT GOING TO HINDER YOU YOUR
WHOLE LIFE, THE SICKNESS,
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY IS NOT
GOING TO STOP YOUR DESTINY.
SOON IT'S GOING TO BE OVER,
NOT YEARS, BUT MONTHS.
WHY DON'T YOU GET IN
AGREEMENT WITH GOD?
YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW, THE
GIANT LOOKS TOO BIG, THE
SICKNESS TOO GREAT, THE
OPPOSITION TOO STRONG.
YOU'RE NOT IN THIS BY
YOURSELF.
THE MOST HIGH GOD IS
FIGHTING FOR YOU.
HE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE
OUT OF THE WAY.
HE CAN DO WHAT MEDICINE
CANNOT DO.
HE CAN RESTORE WHAT'S BEEN
STOLEN.
SOONER THAN LATER, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THE HAND OF
GOD, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE
HAPPEN, OPENING DOORS THAT
NO PERSON CAN SHUT, TURNING
SITUATIONS AROUND THAT LOOK
IMPOSSIBLE.
IT'S EASY TO LIVE WITH THIS
FOREVER MINDSET.
"IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK
OUT.
OR MAYBE YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD, MAYBE ONE DAY, JOEL,
I'LL GET A GOOD BREAK."
SWITCH OVER TO A SOON
MENTALITY.
I KNOW SOME THINGS TAKE
TIME, BUT GOD PROMISES US IN
THIS VERSE SOON THE TROUBLE
WILL BE OVER.
HE'S ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING
OUT OF A NORMAL TIME FRAME,
SOMETHING UNUSUAL, SOONER
THAN YOU THINK.
"WHAT IF I BELIEVE AND THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN?"
WHAT IF YOU BELIEVE IT AND
IT DOES HAPPEN?
IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN, IF
YOU'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED,
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME
TO GET OUT OF THIS TROUBLE,
A LONG TIME TO GET WELL, TO
MEET THE RIGHT PERSON, TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT DREAM.
THAT'S LIMITING WHAT GOD
WILL DO.
I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE
FOR SOONER THAN LATER.
EVEN IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AS
SOON AS YOU LIKE.
YES, WE ALL HAVE TO WAIT,
BUT I'VE MADE UP MY MIND,
I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH A
SOON MENTALITY.
I'M GOING TO KEEP RELEASING
MY FAITH, REMINDING GOD WHAT
HE PROMISED, THAT THIS
DIFFICULTY WILL SOON BE
OVER.
THERE ARE FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
IN THE BOOK OF JOB, ALL
FORTY-TWO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE
WENT THROUGH.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS STRUGGLE
WAS HIS WHOLE LIFE.
BUT THE LAST TWO VERSES OF
THE BOOK OF JOB ARE VERY
SIGNIFICANT.
AFTER DESCRIBING THE
TROUBLE, THE HEARTACHE, THE
LOSS, FOR FORTY-TWO
CHAPTERS, THE LAST THING
WRITTEN SAYS, "AFTER THIS,
JOB LIVED A HUNDRED AND
FORTY YEARS AND SAW HIS
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.
THEN HE DIED, AN OLD MAN,
HAVING LIVE A LONG, GOOD
LIFE."
JOB'S STRUGGLE WAS
APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS,
BUT AFTER THAT STRUGGLE, HE
LIVED A HUNDRED AND FORTY
GOOD YEARS, HAPPY YEARS,
HEALTHY YEARS, YEARS WHERE
HE ENJOYED HIS CHILDREN,
YEARS WHERE THERE WAS GREAT
JOY AND LAUGHTER IN HIS
HOUSE.
GOD WAS SHOWING US, THE
TROUBLE IS TEMPORARY, THE
TROUBLE IS NOT GOING TO LAST
FOREVER.
YOU MAY BE IN A DIFFICULT
TIME, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW
YOUR STORY ENDS.
THAT LOSS IS NOT GOING TO
DEFINE YOU, THAT SICKNESS IS
NOT GOING TO RUIN THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE, THAT PERSON
THAT WALKED AWAY, THAT BAD
BREAK, THE UNFAIR SITUATION
IS NOT GOING TO STOP YOUR
PURPOSE.
GOD HAS AN "AFTER THIS" FOR
YOU.
AFTER THE TROUBLE, THERE'S
GOING TO BE GREAT JOY IN
YOUR LIFE.
AFTER THE LOSS, AFTER THE
SICKNESS, AFTER THE LEGAL
BATTLE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
NEW FRIENDSHIPS, NEW
OPPORTUNITIES, NEW GROWTH.
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THE
TROUBLE.
IT'S NOT STOPPING ANYTHING
GOD HAS FOR YOU.
GOD IS STORING UP ALL THE
JOY, ALL THE GOOD BREAKS,
THE FAVOR, THE RESOURCES
THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD
BECAUSE OF THIS TEMPORARY
TROUBLE.
YOU'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING.
WHAT BELONGS TO YOU IS STILL
COMING YOUR WAY.
YOUR LATTER DAYS WILL BE
BETTER THAN YOUR FORMER
DAYS.
YOUR STORY DOESN'T END IN
DEFEAT.
IT DOESN'T END IN FAILURE,
INJUSTICE, SORROW.
THOSE ARE TEMPORARY SEASONS.
YOU STORY ENDS IN VICTORY.
GOD HAS ALREADY LINED UP AN
"AFTER THIS" FOR YOU.
HE SAID WHAT WAS MEANT FOR
HARM HE'S TURNING TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE.
EVEN NOW, GOD IS TURNING
SOME THINGS.
HE'S TURNING THE TROUBLE,
TURNING THE SICKNESS,
TURNING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
AGAINST YOU.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO STEP INTO AN
ADVANTAGE.
STEP INTO FAVOR THAT GOD HAS
ALREADY LINED UP FOR YOU.
WHEN WE WALKED INTO THAT
MEETING, THE CEO OF THE
COMPANY HAD ALREADY CHANGED
HIS MIND.
GOD HAD ALREADY TURNED HIS
HEART.
HE WAS AGAINST US, BUT NO
PERSON CAN STAND AGAINST OUR
GOD.
NO BAD BREAK, NO SICKNESS,
NO TROUBLE.
GOD CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.
HE SAID, "WEEPING MAY ENDURE
FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY IS
COMING IN THE MORNING."
YOU MAY BE IN A NIGHT
SEASON, CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU,
IT'S TEMPORARY.
JOY IS ON THE WAY.
GOD IS GOING TO TURN YOUR
MOURNING INTO DANCING, YOUR
SORROW INTO JOY.
WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK IS
NOT GOING TO LAST MUCH
LONGER.
SOON IT WILL BE OVER.
ONE TIME I WAS FLYING TO
INDIA WITH MY FATHER.
IT WAS A FIFTEEN-HOUR
FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE,
CRUISING ALONG VERY SMOOTHLY.
BUT ABOUT TWELVE HOURS IN,
THE PLANE HIT THIS
TURBULENCE AND STARTED
BOUNCING AROUND LIKE A
ROLLER COASTER, UP AND DOWN.
EVERYTHING STARTED FLYING,
LAPTOPS HITTING THE CEILING.
SOME OF THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS HAD GONE UP IN
THE AIR AND LANDED ON TOP OF
OTHER PASSENGERS.
PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING,
PANICKING.
FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES IT WAS
CHAOS.
YOU HAD TO HOLD ON FOR DEAR
LIFE.
EVENTUALLY IT ALL CALMED
DOWN.
THANKFULLY, NOBODY WAS
INJURED, WENT BACK TO SMOOTH
SAILING.
THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WERE
AS PEACEFUL AS CAN BE.
THIS IS HOW IT IS IN LIFE.
WE'RE GOING ALONG FINE,
EVERYONE IS HEALTHY, WE'RE
GETTING GOOD BREAKS, THEN WE
HIT SOME TURBULENCE.
AN UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE, A
SICKNESS, A LAYOFF, A FRIEND
BETRAYS YOU.
YOU DIDN'T SEE IT COMING.
IT'S EASY TO PANIC, "GOD
WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU?
IT'S JUST A PART OF YOUR TEN
MINUTES OF TURBULENCE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST.
IT MAY BE CHAOTIC, IT FEELS
STRESSFUL BUT IT'S GOING TO
CALM DOWN.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
"AFTER THIS" FOR YOU.
AFTER THE TURBULENCE, YOU'RE
GOING TO COME OUT JUST FINE.
I'VE DISCOVERED WE'RE ALL
GOING TO HAVE ABOUT TEN
MINUTES OF TURBULENCE.
NOT AT ONCE, BUT A MINUTE
HERE, A MINUTE THERE.
OUR MIND WILL TELL US, "IT'S
PERMANENT, I'LL NEVER GET
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULTY.
IT'S BUMPIER THAN I'VE EVER
FELT."
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
HE'S NOT ONLY FLYING YOUR
PLANE, BUT HE CONTROLS THE
WEATHER.
HE SPEAKS TO STORMS AND THEY
CALM DOWN.
A FRIEND OF MINE RECENTLY
LOST HIS JOB.
HE'D BEEN THERE FOR MANY
YEARS.
IT WASN'T ABOUT HIS
PERFORMANCE; THEY JUST DIDN'T
HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY HIM.
HE WAS TEMPTED TO PANIC AND
BE UPSET.
I TOLD HIM WHAT I'M TELLING
YOU, THIS IS NOT HOW YOUR
STORY ENDS.
THE TROUBLE IS GOING TO
PASS, AND THE REST OF YOUR
FLIGHT IS GOING TO BE
SMOOTH.
GOD HAS IT ALREADY FIGURED
OUT.
THERE'S ANOTHER POSITION
ALREADY LINED UP.
IT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT.
IF YOU'LL STAY IN FAITH,
KEEP BEING YOUR BEST, YOU'RE
GOING TO COME IN TO YOUR
"AFTER THIS".
YOU'LL SAY, "AFTER THE
LAYOFF, I GOT A BETTER
POSITION.
AFTER THEY WALKED AWAY, I
MET SOMEONE BETTER.
AFTER THE SICKNESS, I CAME
OUT STRONGER.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT
TEN MINUTES OF TURBULENCE
FELT LIKE TEN HOURS TO ME.
I WAS SWEATING, HOLDING ON
FOR DEAR LIFE, PRAYING THE
SINNER'S PRAYER FORTY-TWO
TIMES.
"GOD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I'M ABOUT TO COME SEE YOU."
I WAS AFRAID, STRESSED OUT.
IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS
TEMPORARY, I WOULD HAVE
ENJOYED THE RIDE.
I PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GO
TO DISNEYLAND TO RIDE A RIDE
LIKE THAT.
IF I HAD KNOWN IT WASN'T
GOING TO LAST VERY LONG, IF
I HAD KNOWN EVERYTHING WAS
GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.
I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN
PEACE, SAID "LORD, THANK
YOU.
I KNOW THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
I KNOW THIS TEMPORARY
PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO STOP
YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE."
I COULD HAVE RELAXED AND
SAVED MYSELF A LOT OF
HEARTACHE, IF I HAD ONLY
REMEMBERED, THE TROUBLE WAS
TEMPORARY.
MAYBE YOU'RE IN PART OF YOUR
TEN MINUTES OF TURBULENCE
NOW.
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO
BE TEN YEARS.
YOU'RE WORRIED, LOSING
SLEEP, TRYING TO FIGURE IT
ALL OUT.
COME BACK TO A PLACE OF
PEACE.
IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK
OUT.
GOD IS GOING TO GET YOU TO
YOUR DESTINY.
YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW,
THE WINDS ARE STRONG,
THE PLANE IS BOUNCING
AROUND.
GOD CONTROLS THE WINDS.
THAT CANCER IS NOT BIGGER
THAN OUR GOD, THAT BREAKUP
DIDN'T STOP YOUR PURPOSE,
THAT TROUBLE AT WORK IS NOT
GOING TO LAST.
GOD IS BEHIND THE SCENES
RIGHT NOW, WORKING IN YOUR
LIFE.
YOUR TIME IS COMING.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER
THAN YOU THINK.
IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, GOD
TOLD NOAH THERE WAS GOING TO
BE A GREAT FLOOD.
HE WAS TO BUILD AN ARK, A
HUGE BOAT AND TAKE TWO OF
EVERY KIND OF ANIMAL ON IT.
WHILE HE WAS BUILDING,
I'M SURE PEOPLE MADE
FUN OF HIM.
THOUGHT, "WHAT'S THIS CRAZY
MAN DOING?
THERE'S NO WATER AROUND
HERE."
AT THAT TIME, IT HAD NEVER
RAINED.
THE DEW CAME UP FROM THE
GROUND AND WATERED THE
EARTH.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW ODD THAT
SEEMED.
BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"NOAH DID EXACTLY WHAT GOD
ASKED HIM TO DO."
HE WAS OBEDIENT.
THE RAIN CAME FOR FORTY
DAYS, THE WHOLE EARTH WAS
FLOODED.
NOAH AND HIS FAMILY WERE ON
THE BOAT.
MONTHS AND MONTHS WENT BY.
NOAH DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS
GOING TO BE LIKE THAT THE
REST OF HIS LIFE.
HE SENT A BIRD OUT TO SEE IF
THE WATERS WERE RECEDING,
BUT THE BIRD CAME BACK, IT
COULDN'T LAND.
THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
IT LOOKED LIKE THIS WAS
PERMANENT.
BUT CHAPTER 8 SAYS, "GOD
REMEMBERED NOAH.
HE SENT A WIND TO BLOW
ACROSS THE WATERS AND THE
FLOODS BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR."
GOD REMEMBERS YOUR
FAITHFULNESS.
HE REMEMBERS YOUR OBEDIENCE.
THE TIMES LIKE NOAH, YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT WAS
HARD.
YOU KEPT GIVING, SERVING,
BEING GOOD TO PEOPLE.
NOT SEEING ANYTHING CHANGE.
NOTHING IS GETTING ANY
BETTER.
DON'T WORRY, YOUR TIME IS
COMING.
GOD SENT A WIND AND THE
WATERS BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR.
A YEAR LATER, NOAH AND HIS
FAMILY WERE ABLE TO GET OFF
THE BOAT.
I BELIEVE LIKE WITH HIM, GOD
IS ABOUT TO BREATHE ON YOUR
LIFE AND PROBLEMS THAT LOOK
PERMANENT ARE ABOUT TO
DISAPPEAR.
THAT SICKNESS YOU'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH, THE CHILD
YOU'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT,
THE TROUBLE AT WORK THAT'S
HINDERING YOU, BY FAITH, I
CAN SEE THE WIND OF GOD'S
SPIRIT CAUSING IT TO
DISAPPEAR.
ADDICTIONS DISAPPEARING,
DEPRESSION DISAPPEARING,
LACK, NOT HAVING ENOUGH,
DISAPPEARING.
THIS IS A NEW DAY.
GOD IS BREATHING HIS FAVOR,
HIS BLESSING, HIS HEALING ON
YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT VERSE SAYS, "THE
UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCES
CEASED THEIR GUSHING, THE
TORRENTIAL RAINS STOPPED
FLOWING."
THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU
CAN'T SEE, THEY'RE
UNDERGROUND SO TO SPEAK,
THEY'RE ABOUT TO CEASE IN
YOUR LIFE.
GOD IS GOING TO CUT OFF THE
SOURCE OF WHAT'S LIMITING
YOU, THE SOURCE OF WHAT'S
HOLDING YOU BACK.
THE SICKNESS IS ABOUT TO
CEASE, THE ADDICTION IS
ABOUT TO CEASE, THE TROUBLE
IS ABOUT TO CEASE.
WHEN THOSE WATERS CEASED, IT
TOOK A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
NOAH COULD COME OFF THE
BOAT.
YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING
HAPPENING YET, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THINGS HAVEN'T
CHANGED.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE YOU SEE WHAT GOD WAS
UP TO.
NOW KEEP THE RIGHT
PERSPECTIVE.
THE TROUBLE IS TEMPORARY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST AS
LONG AS IT LOOKS.
LIVE WITH THIS SOON
MENTALITY.
NOT, IT'S WAY OFF IN THE
FUTURE, SOON THINGS ARE
GOING TO CHANGE IN MY FAVOR.
IF YOU'LL DO THIS I BELIEVE
AND DECLARE, HEALING IS
COMING, FREEDOM IS COMING,
BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING.
SOON YOU'RE GOING TO GET
WELL, SOON YOU'RE GOING TO
MEET THE RIGHT PERSON, SOON
THAT PROBLEM IS GOING TO
TURN AROUND, SOON YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN
NEW WAYS, IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU
SAY AMEN TODAY? (AMEN)
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."
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PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT
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