Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - God Wastes Nothing

February 6, 2026 | 27:29

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

#Trials-HardTimes #Purpose #HandofGod #God'sWill #Plan #SpiritualGrowth #Destiny #JoelOsteen

Closed captions

Show Timecode

Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - God Wastes Nothing | February 6, 2026

God bless you.
00:00:11.601 --> 00:00:12.435
God bless you. it's great to
00:00:12.502 --> 00:00:13.069
It's great to be with you today.
00:00:13.136 --> 00:00:14.237
Be with you today. and i hope you stay connected
00:00:14.304 --> 00:00:16.005
And i hope you stay connected with us during the week,
00:00:16.072 --> 00:00:17.273
With us during the week, through our daily podcast
00:00:17.340 --> 00:00:18.808
Through our daily podcast or youtube
00:00:18.875 --> 00:00:19.242
Or youtube channel on social media.
00:00:19.309 --> 00:00:21.111
Channel on social media. and you can come
00:00:21.177 --> 00:00:21.978
And you can come visit us in person.
00:00:22.045 --> 00:00:23.246
Visit us in person. we'd love to have you
00:00:23.313 --> 00:00:24.214
We'd love to have you be a part
00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:24.881
Be a part of one of our services.
00:00:24.948 --> 00:00:26.816
Of one of our services. and i'd like to start
00:00:26.883 --> 00:00:27.450
And i'd like to start with something funny.
00:00:27.517 --> 00:00:28.351
With something funny. and i heard about these
00:00:28.418 --> 00:00:29.686
And i heard about these two brothers.
00:00:29.752 --> 00:00:30.954
Two brothers. they were known
00:00:31.020 --> 00:00:31.588
They were known for being very dishonest
00:00:31.654 --> 00:00:33.156
For being very dishonest and having no integrity.
00:00:33.223 --> 00:00:35.091
And having no integrity. they were also very wealthy.
00:00:35.158 --> 00:00:37.160
They were also very wealthy. one of them died
00:00:37.227 --> 00:00:38.194
One of them died and his brother
00:00:38.261 --> 00:00:39.295
And his brother said to the pastor,
00:00:39.362 --> 00:00:40.430
Said to the pastor, i'll make a deal with you.
00:00:40.497 --> 00:00:41.965
I'll make a deal with you. if you'll say at the funeral
00:00:42.031 --> 00:00:43.299
If you'll say at the funeral that my brother was a saint.
00:00:43.366 --> 00:00:45.168
That my brother was a saint. i'll make a large donation
00:00:45.235 --> 00:00:46.436
I'll make a large donation to your church.
00:00:46.503 --> 00:00:47.770
To your church. the pastor agreed,
00:00:47.837 --> 00:00:48.805
The pastor agreed, and the man made the donation.
00:00:48.872 --> 00:00:50.573
And the man made the donation. at the funeral.
00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:51.441
At the funeral. the pastor said
00:00:51.508 --> 00:00:52.575
The pastor said this man was dishonest.
00:00:52.642 --> 00:00:54.377
This man was dishonest. he cheated, lied, stole.
00:00:54.444 --> 00:00:56.713
He cheated, lied, stole. but compared to his
00:00:56.779 --> 00:00:58.047
But compared to his brother, he was a saint.
00:00:58.114 --> 00:01:00.984
All right, say it
00:01:01.151 --> 00:01:01.684
All right, say it like you mean it.
00:01:01.751 --> 00:01:02.819
Like you mean it. this is my bible.
00:01:02.886 --> 00:01:04.320
This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
00:01:04.387 --> 00:01:06.156
I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
00:01:06.222 --> 00:01:08.124
I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
00:01:08.191 --> 00:01:10.293
I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:11.694
Today, i will be taught the word of god.
00:01:11.761 --> 00:01:12.996
The word of god. i'll boldly confess.
00:01:13.062 --> 00:01:14.697
I'll boldly confess. my mind is alert.
00:01:14.764 --> 00:01:16.166
My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
00:01:16.232 --> 00:01:17.800
My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
00:01:17.867 --> 00:01:19.469
I will never be the same. in jesus name, god bless you.
00:01:19.536 --> 00:01:23.473
I want to talk to you today
00:01:23.706 --> 00:01:24.807
I want to talk to you today about how god wastes nothing.
00:01:24.874 --> 00:01:27.777
We all go through things
00:01:27.977 --> 00:01:29.045
We all go through things that we don't understand,
00:01:29.112 --> 00:01:30.847
That we don't understand, things that are not fair.
00:01:30.914 --> 00:01:32.482
Things that are not fair. dealing with an illness
00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:34.150
Dealing with an illness had a rough childhood
00:01:34.217 --> 00:01:35.485
Had a rough childhood or a relationship
00:01:35.552 --> 00:01:36.653
Or a relationship didn't work out.
00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:38.521
Didn't work out. there are seasons.
00:01:38.588 --> 00:01:39.756
There are seasons. we're not making progress.
00:01:39.822 --> 00:01:41.724
We're not making progress. no good breaks.
00:01:41.791 --> 00:01:43.126
No good breaks. everything is routine.
00:01:43.193 --> 00:01:44.494
Everything is routine. and sometimes we make mistakes
00:01:44.561 --> 00:01:46.963
And sometimes we make mistakes and bring heartache
00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:48.298
And bring heartache and trouble on ourselves.
00:01:48.364 --> 00:01:49.699
And trouble on ourselves. and it's easy
00:01:49.766 --> 00:01:50.600
And it's easy to get discouraged
00:01:50.667 --> 00:01:51.601
To get discouraged and lose our passion for life.
00:01:51.668 --> 00:01:54.204
And lose our passion for life. but the beauty of our god
00:01:54.270 --> 00:01:56.039
But the beauty of our god is he doesn't waste
00:01:56.105 --> 00:01:57.207
Is he doesn't waste anything that we go through.
00:01:57.273 --> 00:01:59.275
Anything that we go through. he doesn't waste the pain.
00:01:59.342 --> 00:02:01.077
He doesn't waste the pain. he doesn't waste the struggle.
00:02:01.144 --> 00:02:02.979
He doesn't waste the struggle. he doesn't waste the failures.
00:02:03.046 --> 00:02:05.114
He doesn't waste the failures. you may have blown it
00:02:05.181 --> 00:02:06.149
You may have blown it and done things you regret,
00:02:06.216 --> 00:02:08.418
And done things you regret, but god knows how
00:02:08.484 --> 00:02:09.619
But god knows how to bring good out of it.
00:02:09.686 --> 00:02:11.654
To bring good out of it. he wouldn't have allowed it
00:02:11.721 --> 00:02:13.289
He wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep you
00:02:13.356 --> 00:02:14.457
If it was going to keep you from your purpose.
00:02:14.524 --> 00:02:16.259
From your purpose. everything that
00:02:16.326 --> 00:02:17.126
Everything that you've been through
00:02:17.193 --> 00:02:18.194
You've been through is preparing you
00:02:18.261 --> 00:02:19.562
Is preparing you for where god is taking.
00:02:19.629 --> 00:02:20.830
For where god is taking. you may not be comfortable,
00:02:20.897 --> 00:02:23.299
You may not be comfortable, may not be fair,
00:02:23.366 --> 00:02:24.801
May not be fair, but god is going to use it
00:02:24.867 --> 00:02:26.236
But god is going to use it to position
00:02:26.302 --> 00:02:27.003
To position you for the assignment
00:02:27.070 --> 00:02:28.838
You for the assignment that he's placed on your life.
00:02:28.905 --> 00:02:31.040
That he's placed on your life. now thoughts will whisper,
00:02:31.107 --> 00:02:32.075
Now thoughts will whisper, it's too late.
00:02:32.141 --> 00:02:33.610
It's too late. didn't work out.
00:02:33.676 --> 00:02:34.577
Didn't work out. you had your chance.
00:02:34.644 --> 00:02:35.812
You had your chance. just accept it.
00:02:35.878 --> 00:02:37.447
Just accept it. no.
00:02:37.513 --> 00:02:37.680
No. god is not finished with you.
00:02:37.747 --> 00:02:40.049
God is not finished with you. the struggle wasn't a waste.
00:02:40.116 --> 00:02:42.018
The struggle wasn't a waste. it's making you stronger.
00:02:42.085 --> 00:02:43.987
It's making you stronger. the delay is not a waste.
00:02:44.053 --> 00:02:45.922
The delay is not a waste. it's positioning you
00:02:45.989 --> 00:02:47.190
It's positioning you for greater things.
00:02:47.257 --> 00:02:49.125
For greater things. the betrayal,
00:02:49.192 --> 00:02:50.493
The betrayal, the breakup, the loss. yes.
00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.629
The breakup, the loss. yes. it was painful,
00:02:52.695 --> 00:02:53.963
It was painful, but it wasn't wasted.
00:02:54.030 --> 00:02:55.531
But it wasn't wasted. you gained experience,
00:02:55.598 --> 00:02:57.200
You gained experience, wisdom inside.
00:02:57.267 --> 00:02:59.802
Wisdom inside. and the miracle is not in
00:02:59.869 --> 00:03:01.404
And the miracle is not in what you lost.
00:03:01.471 --> 00:03:02.605
What you lost. the miracle
00:03:02.672 --> 00:03:03.539
The miracle is in what you have left.
00:03:03.606 --> 00:03:05.842
Is in what you have left. the depth of your pain is
00:03:05.908 --> 00:03:08.011
The depth of your pain is an indication
00:03:08.077 --> 00:03:08.911
An indication of the height of your future.
00:03:08.978 --> 00:03:11.514
Of the height of your future. when you've been through
00:03:11.581 --> 00:03:12.448
When you've been through a great disappointment,
00:03:12.515 --> 00:03:14.083
A great disappointment, great heart,
00:03:14.150 --> 00:03:14.684
Great heart, a great struggle
00:03:14.751 --> 00:03:16.085
A great struggle that tells me
00:03:16.152 --> 00:03:17.120
That tells me you have a great future.
00:03:17.186 --> 00:03:19.088
You have a great future. the enemy minute for harm.
00:03:19.155 --> 00:03:21.057
The enemy minute for harm. but god knows how to turn it
00:03:21.124 --> 00:03:22.458
But god knows how to turn it to your advantage.
00:03:22.525 --> 00:03:24.093
To your advantage. you're not gonna come out
00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:24.994
You're not gonna come out the same.
00:03:25.061 --> 00:03:25.795
The same. you're going
00:03:25.862 --> 00:03:26.129
You're going to come out stronger
00:03:26.195 --> 00:03:27.764
To come out stronger with more faith,
00:03:27.830 --> 00:03:29.098
With more faith, more courage,
00:03:29.165 --> 00:03:29.966
More courage, greater character,
00:03:30.033 --> 00:03:31.134
Greater character, greater passion.
00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:32.969
Greater passion. john, chapter six.
00:03:33.036 --> 00:03:34.003
John, chapter six. jesus prayed over
00:03:34.070 --> 00:03:35.004
Jesus prayed over a little boy's lunch.
00:03:35.071 --> 00:03:36.406
A little boy's lunch. five loaves of bread
00:03:36.472 --> 00:03:37.473
Five loaves of bread and two fish
00:03:37.540 --> 00:03:38.274
And two fish and god multiplied the food.
00:03:38.341 --> 00:03:40.843
And god multiplied the food. it fed some 15,000 people
00:03:40.910 --> 00:03:43.012
It fed some 15,000 people a great miracle
00:03:43.079 --> 00:03:44.747
A great miracle after they had all eaten.
00:03:44.814 --> 00:03:46.616
After they had all eaten. jesus said to the disciples,
00:03:46.683 --> 00:03:48.685
Jesus said to the disciples, gather up the fragments
00:03:48.751 --> 00:03:50.720
Gather up the fragments so that nothing will be wasted.
00:03:50.787 --> 00:03:53.690
Why would jesus be concerned
00:03:54.057 --> 00:03:55.692
Why would jesus be concerned about the fragments,
00:03:55.758 --> 00:03:57.126
About the fragments, the leftovers? he's god.
00:03:57.193 --> 00:03:59.429
The leftovers? he's god. he just multiplied the food.
00:03:59.495 --> 00:04:01.597
He just multiplied the food. if he wanted more,
00:04:01.664 --> 00:04:02.832
If he wanted more, he could make more
00:04:02.899 --> 00:04:03.633
He could make more fresh and new.
00:04:03.700 --> 00:04:05.068
Fresh and new. not this leftovers stuff.
00:04:05.134 --> 00:04:07.403
Not this leftovers stuff. no.
00:04:07.470 --> 00:04:07.637
No. he was showing us
00:04:07.704 --> 00:04:08.571
He was showing us this principle that i am a god.
00:04:08.638 --> 00:04:11.174
This principle that i am a god. that doesn't waste anything.
00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.609
The fragments
00:04:13.776 --> 00:04:14.610
The fragments represent the
00:04:14.677 --> 00:04:15.678
Represent the broken pieces of our lives.
00:04:15.745 --> 00:04:17.947
Broken pieces of our lives. what's left over,
00:04:18.014 --> 00:04:19.482
What's left over, what's not useful
00:04:19.549 --> 00:04:20.883
What's not useful seems unnecessary.
00:04:20.950 --> 00:04:22.919
Seems unnecessary. have relationship
00:04:22.985 --> 00:04:23.886
Have relationship that didn't work out,
00:04:23.953 --> 00:04:25.788
That didn't work out, contract that didn't
00:04:25.855 --> 00:04:26.756
Contract that didn't go through.
00:04:26.823 --> 00:04:27.924
Go through. the child got off course.
00:04:27.990 --> 00:04:30.126
The child got off course. we feel broken,
00:04:30.193 --> 00:04:31.327
We feel broken, hurting, discouraged.
00:04:31.394 --> 00:04:33.329
Hurting, discouraged. god says to the angels,
00:04:33.396 --> 00:04:35.231
God says to the angels, gather up those fragments.
00:04:35.298 --> 00:04:37.567
Gather up those fragments. he's not going to waste
00:04:37.633 --> 00:04:38.601
He's not going to waste anything you've been through.
00:04:38.668 --> 00:04:40.536
Anything you've been through. he's going to turn that pain
00:04:40.603 --> 00:04:42.138
He's going to turn that pain into power.
00:04:42.205 --> 00:04:43.673
Into power. he's going to
00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:44.073
He's going to take that struggle
00:04:44.140 --> 00:04:45.208
Take that struggle and turn it into strength
00:04:45.274 --> 00:04:47.110
And turn it into strength where you get stronger
00:04:47.176 --> 00:04:48.411
Where you get stronger and you grow through it.
00:04:48.478 --> 00:04:50.179
And you grow through it. he'll take that loss
00:04:50.246 --> 00:04:51.848
He'll take that loss where you feel
00:04:51.914 --> 00:04:52.315
Where you feel discouraged and alone
00:04:52.382 --> 00:04:54.217
Discouraged and alone and cause you to blossom.
00:04:54.283 --> 00:04:56.085
And cause you to blossom. bring beauty out of the ashes.
00:04:56.152 --> 00:04:58.154
Bring beauty out of the ashes. joy out of the morning.
00:04:58.221 --> 00:04:59.655
Joy out of the morning. victory out of the defeat.
00:04:59.722 --> 00:05:02.125
Victory out of the defeat. you may have
00:05:02.191 --> 00:05:02.725
You may have things in your life
00:05:02.792 --> 00:05:03.793
Things in your life that feel like leftovers.
00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:05.628
That feel like leftovers. you'd rather forget about it.
00:05:05.695 --> 00:05:07.697
You'd rather forget about it. the mistake you made,
00:05:07.764 --> 00:05:09.532
The mistake you made, how someone treated you,
00:05:09.599 --> 00:05:11.601
How someone treated you, the business
00:05:11.667 --> 00:05:12.268
The business that didn't work out as painful
00:05:12.335 --> 00:05:14.404
That didn't work out as painful and were lonely,
00:05:14.470 --> 00:05:15.171
And were lonely, lied to thank me
00:05:15.238 --> 00:05:15.805
Lied to thank me and leave those fragments.
00:05:15.872 --> 00:05:17.473
And leave those fragments. leave that broken piece.
00:05:17.540 --> 00:05:19.008
Leave that broken piece. leave that struggling season.
00:05:19.075 --> 00:05:21.277
Leave that struggling season. no.
00:05:21.344 --> 00:05:21.511
No. god says
00:05:21.577 --> 00:05:22.645
God says i'm not going to let
00:05:22.712 --> 00:05:23.513
I'm not going to let you go through that
00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:24.647
You go through that and come out the same.
00:05:24.714 --> 00:05:26.549
And come out the same. gather up those fragments.
00:05:26.616 --> 00:05:28.751
Gather up those fragments. it looks unnecessary.
00:05:28.818 --> 00:05:30.286
It looks unnecessary. not useful.
00:05:30.353 --> 00:05:31.654
Not useful. but god can make miracles
00:05:31.721 --> 00:05:33.456
But god can make miracles out of a mistake.
00:05:33.523 --> 00:05:34.991
Out of a mistake. he can take broken pieces
00:05:35.057 --> 00:05:36.592
He can take broken pieces and bring beauty.
00:05:36.659 --> 00:05:37.960
And bring beauty. he can take that pain
00:05:38.027 --> 00:05:39.395
He can take that pain and use it
00:05:39.462 --> 00:05:40.196
And use it to propel
00:05:40.263 --> 00:05:40.963
To propel you into your purpose.
00:05:41.030 --> 00:05:42.932
You into your purpose. moses was born into a
00:05:42.999 --> 00:05:45.034
Moses was born into a difficult environment.
00:05:45.101 --> 00:05:46.602
Difficult environment. the israelites were slaves
00:05:46.669 --> 00:05:48.204
The israelites were slaves in egypt.
00:05:48.271 --> 00:05:49.572
In egypt. the failure was concern
00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:50.907
The failure was concern that they were getting too big
00:05:50.973 --> 00:05:52.675
That they were getting too big and too powerful.
00:05:52.742 --> 00:05:54.277
And too powerful. so he ordered all the hebrew
00:05:54.343 --> 00:05:56.179
So he ordered all the hebrew baby boys
00:05:56.245 --> 00:05:57.447
Baby boys under the age of two
00:05:57.513 --> 00:05:58.614
Under the age of two to be killed.
00:05:58.681 --> 00:06:00.116
To be killed. but what god has purpose for
00:06:00.183 --> 00:06:01.717
But what god has purpose for your life
00:06:01.784 --> 00:06:02.652
Your life cannot be stopped by people,
00:06:02.718 --> 00:06:04.787
Cannot be stopped by people, by bad breaks,
00:06:04.854 --> 00:06:05.855
By bad breaks, by disappointments.
00:06:05.922 --> 00:06:06.923
By disappointments. god has the final say.
00:06:06.989 --> 00:06:09.358
Moses mother knew there
00:06:09.559 --> 00:06:10.827
Moses mother knew there was something special
00:06:10.893 --> 00:06:11.794
Was something special about him.
00:06:11.861 --> 00:06:12.528
About him. for three months,
00:06:12.595 --> 00:06:13.563
For three months, she hid baby moses.
00:06:13.629 --> 00:06:15.364
She hid baby moses. but when he got too big,
00:06:15.431 --> 00:06:17.567
But when he got too big, she put him in a basket
00:06:17.633 --> 00:06:19.402
She put him in a basket and sent him down
00:06:19.469 --> 00:06:20.269
And sent him down the nile river.
00:06:20.336 --> 00:06:21.971
The nile river. there were snakes,
00:06:22.038 --> 00:06:23.406
There were snakes, alligators,
00:06:23.473 --> 00:06:24.774
Alligators, all kinds of danger.
00:06:24.841 --> 00:06:26.876
All kinds of danger. but when you commit
00:06:26.943 --> 00:06:27.844
But when you commit your children into god's hands,
00:06:27.910 --> 00:06:29.979
Your children into god's hands, he knows how to protect them,
00:06:30.046 --> 00:06:31.848
He knows how to protect them, how to keep them from evil
00:06:31.914 --> 00:06:33.082
How to keep them from evil and harm from the wrong people.
00:06:33.149 --> 00:06:35.918
And harm from the wrong people. it just so happened
00:06:35.985 --> 00:06:37.520
It just so happened pharaoh's daughter was out
00:06:37.587 --> 00:06:38.855
Pharaoh's daughter was out taking a bath at the river.
00:06:38.921 --> 00:06:40.756
Taking a bath at the river. she heard the crying
00:06:40.823 --> 00:06:41.724
She heard the crying coming from the basket.
00:06:41.791 --> 00:06:43.359
Coming from the basket. when she saw baby moses,
00:06:43.426 --> 00:06:45.094
When she saw baby moses, it was love at first sight.
00:06:45.161 --> 00:06:47.129
It was love at first sight. she said to her assistant,
00:06:47.196 --> 00:06:48.898
She said to her assistant, this must be one of the hebrew
00:06:48.965 --> 00:06:50.766
This must be one of the hebrew babies.
00:06:50.833 --> 00:06:52.068
Babies. well,
00:06:52.134 --> 00:06:52.268
Well, her father was
00:06:52.335 --> 00:06:53.202
Her father was the one that said
00:06:53.269 --> 00:06:54.136
The one that said they all had to be killed.
00:06:54.203 --> 00:06:55.938
They all had to be killed. but she took him
00:06:56.005 --> 00:06:56.806
But she took him back to the palace
00:06:56.873 --> 00:06:58.241
Back to the palace to raise as her own son.
00:06:58.307 --> 00:07:00.510
To raise as her own son. moses grew up in royalty.
00:07:00.576 --> 00:07:03.246
Moses grew up in royalty. he had the finest education
00:07:03.312 --> 00:07:05.014
He had the finest education of that day.
00:07:05.081 --> 00:07:06.349
Of that day. the egyptians were leaders
00:07:06.415 --> 00:07:07.917
The egyptians were leaders in science and technology.
00:07:07.984 --> 00:07:10.152
In science and technology. we still marvel
00:07:10.219 --> 00:07:11.254
We still marvel at the huge pyramids
00:07:11.320 --> 00:07:12.455
At the huge pyramids they built.
00:07:12.522 --> 00:07:13.489
They built. the engineering, the design.
00:07:13.556 --> 00:07:15.525
The engineering, the design. without any of our modern day
00:07:15.591 --> 00:07:17.226
Without any of our modern day equipment living in the palace.
00:07:17.293 --> 00:07:20.196
Moses learned
00:07:20.429 --> 00:07:21.163
Moses learned leadership and protocol
00:07:21.230 --> 00:07:22.932
Leadership and protocol and how to handle himself
00:07:22.999 --> 00:07:24.800
And how to handle himself with people of influence.
00:07:24.867 --> 00:07:26.602
With people of influence. all about authority.
00:07:26.669 --> 00:07:27.803
All about authority. business.
00:07:27.870 --> 00:07:28.471
Business. government
00:07:28.538 --> 00:07:29.772
Government was an amazing upbringing.
00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:31.841
Was an amazing upbringing. what made it even more
00:07:31.908 --> 00:07:32.909
What made it even more unusual was
00:07:32.975 --> 00:07:34.210
Unusual was he was a hebrew
00:07:34.277 --> 00:07:35.845
He was a hebrew living in an egyptian world.
00:07:35.912 --> 00:07:38.314
Living in an egyptian world. no other hebrew had ever been
00:07:38.381 --> 00:07:40.483
No other hebrew had ever been where he was
00:07:40.550 --> 00:07:41.350
Where he was and experienced
00:07:41.417 --> 00:07:42.318
And experienced life in the palace.
00:07:42.385 --> 00:07:43.819
Life in the palace. how their system function.
00:07:43.886 --> 00:07:45.922
How their system function. but as moses
00:07:45.988 --> 00:07:46.722
But as moses grew into a young man,
00:07:46.789 --> 00:07:48.758
Grew into a young man, quite as it was to
00:07:48.824 --> 00:07:49.725
Quite as it was to have the influence,
00:07:49.792 --> 00:07:50.927
Have the influence, he didn't feel right.
00:07:50.993 --> 00:07:52.628
He didn't feel right. he was welcomed
00:07:52.695 --> 00:07:53.563
He was welcomed as an egyptian man,
00:07:53.629 --> 00:07:54.730
As an egyptian man, but he knew
00:07:54.797 --> 00:07:56.132
But he knew he didn't belong there.
00:07:56.198 --> 00:07:57.533
He didn't belong there. he was a hebrew.
00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.001
He was a hebrew. he could feel god's
00:07:59.068 --> 00:08:00.002
He could feel god's calling on his life.
00:08:00.069 --> 00:08:01.938
Calling on his life. deep down,
00:08:02.004 --> 00:08:02.572
Deep down, he knew
00:08:02.638 --> 00:08:03.372
He knew he was supposed
00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.006
He was supposed to deliver his people
00:08:04.073 --> 00:08:05.575
To deliver his people from the oppression
00:08:05.641 --> 00:08:06.642
From the oppression of the egyptians.
00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:08.311
Of the egyptians. one day he saw
00:08:08.377 --> 00:08:09.445
One day he saw an egyptian foreman
00:08:09.512 --> 00:08:11.080
An egyptian foreman mistreating a hebrew slave.
00:08:11.147 --> 00:08:13.282
Mistreating a hebrew slave. he didn't think
00:08:13.349 --> 00:08:13.883
He didn't think anyone was watching,
00:08:13.950 --> 00:08:15.117
Anyone was watching, so he killed that foreman.
00:08:15.184 --> 00:08:17.453
So he killed that foreman. word got out
00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:18.521
Word got out about what had happened.
00:08:18.588 --> 00:08:19.989
About what had happened. moses had to flee for his life.
00:08:20.056 --> 00:08:22.658
Moses had to flee for his life. he headed out into the desert
00:08:22.725 --> 00:08:24.760
He headed out into the desert like a fugitive on the run.
00:08:24.827 --> 00:08:27.363
Like a fugitive on the run. moses had no training
00:08:27.430 --> 00:08:28.731
Moses had no training to be out in the wilderness.
00:08:28.798 --> 00:08:30.633
To be out in the wilderness. he had no survival skills.
00:08:30.700 --> 00:08:32.435
He had no survival skills. he grew up in the palace.
00:08:32.501 --> 00:08:34.236
He grew up in the palace. he never had to find food.
00:08:34.303 --> 00:08:35.972
He never had to find food. food was brought to him.
00:08:36.038 --> 00:08:37.773
Food was brought to him. he didn't have to
00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:38.274
He didn't have to worry about shelter.
00:08:38.341 --> 00:08:39.642
Worry about shelter. where to sleep.
00:08:39.709 --> 00:08:41.077
Where to sleep. he lived in a private bedroom
00:08:41.143 --> 00:08:43.045
He lived in a private bedroom with maids to keep it clean.
00:08:43.112 --> 00:08:44.914
With maids to keep it clean. a butler on call
00:08:44.981 --> 00:08:46.215
A butler on call for whatever he wanted.
00:08:46.282 --> 00:08:48.150
For whatever he wanted. but now, in the desert,
00:08:48.217 --> 00:08:49.919
But now, in the desert, he had to learn
00:08:49.986 --> 00:08:50.886
He had to learn what plants he could eat.
00:08:50.953 --> 00:08:52.722
What plants he could eat. what was not poisonous.
00:08:52.788 --> 00:08:54.190
What was not poisonous. what fruit was okay.
00:08:54.256 --> 00:08:56.058
What fruit was okay. where he could find water.
00:08:56.125 --> 00:08:57.760
Where he could find water. how to build a shelter.
00:08:57.827 --> 00:08:59.562
How to build a shelter. the best place
00:08:59.629 --> 00:09:00.329
The best place to hide from a storm.
00:09:00.396 --> 00:09:02.531
To hide from a storm. he lived in the desert
00:09:02.598 --> 00:09:03.599
He lived in the desert for 40 years.
00:09:03.666 --> 00:09:05.434
For 40 years. he became an expert
00:09:05.501 --> 00:09:06.802
He became an expert at surviving in the wilderness.
00:09:06.869 --> 00:09:09.138
At surviving in the wilderness. he knew
00:09:09.205 --> 00:09:09.605
He knew how to handle the terrain,
00:09:09.672 --> 00:09:11.407
How to handle the terrain, the climate,
00:09:11.474 --> 00:09:12.575
The climate, the different seasons where
00:09:12.642 --> 00:09:13.843
The different seasons where to camp, when to move.
00:09:13.909 --> 00:09:16.479
To camp, when to move. i'm sure out
00:09:16.545 --> 00:09:17.246
I'm sure out there in the desert,
00:09:17.313 --> 00:09:18.314
There in the desert, many times he thought,
00:09:18.381 --> 00:09:20.116
Many times he thought, man, i missed my calling.
00:09:20.182 --> 00:09:22.118
Man, i missed my calling. god's hand
00:09:22.184 --> 00:09:22.818
God's hand was all my life
00:09:22.885 --> 00:09:23.753
Was all my life and i was supposed
00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:24.954
And i was supposed to deliver my people,
00:09:25.021 --> 00:09:26.589
To deliver my people, but i blew it.
00:09:26.656 --> 00:09:27.490
But i blew it. and now i'm stuck out here.
00:09:27.556 --> 00:09:30.292
And now i'm stuck out here. but the scripture says,
00:09:30.359 --> 00:09:31.360
But the scripture says, god's calling on
00:09:31.427 --> 00:09:32.561
God's calling on your life is irrevocable.
00:09:32.628 --> 00:09:35.431
Your life is irrevocable. god doesn't change his mind.
00:09:35.498 --> 00:09:37.466
God doesn't change his mind. we may make mistakes.
00:09:37.533 --> 00:09:39.268
We may make mistakes. we get off
00:09:39.335 --> 00:09:39.935
We get off cause people do us wrong.
00:09:40.002 --> 00:09:41.971
Cause people do us wrong. but every step of the way,
00:09:42.038 --> 00:09:44.040
But every step of the way, you are learning something
00:09:44.106 --> 00:09:45.641
You are learning something you're going to need
00:09:45.708 --> 00:09:46.509
You're going to need for your destiny.
00:09:46.575 --> 00:09:48.244
For your destiny. it looks random,
00:09:48.310 --> 00:09:49.845
It looks random, like it's
00:09:49.912 --> 00:09:50.179
Like it's just another delay,
00:09:50.246 --> 00:09:51.881
Just another delay, another wrong
00:09:51.947 --> 00:09:52.481
Another wrong turn, another bad break.
00:09:52.548 --> 00:09:54.316
Turn, another bad break. but your steps are
00:09:54.383 --> 00:09:55.451
But your steps are being ordered.
00:09:55.518 --> 00:09:56.852
Being ordered. god is preparing you
00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.688
God is preparing you and he is positioning you.
00:09:58.754 --> 00:10:01.057
And he is positioning you. you may not be able to see it
00:10:01.123 --> 00:10:03.059
You may not be able to see it doesn't make sense,
00:10:03.125 --> 00:10:04.493
Doesn't make sense, but god can see
00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:05.361
But god can see the big picture.
00:10:05.428 --> 00:10:06.996
The big picture. he wouldn't have allowed it
00:10:07.063 --> 00:10:08.531
He wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to move you
00:10:08.597 --> 00:10:10.032
If it wasn't going to move you towards your purpose.
00:10:10.099 --> 00:10:12.068
Towards your purpose. none of us like
00:10:12.134 --> 00:10:13.069
None of us like these wilderness seasons.
00:10:13.135 --> 00:10:14.804
These wilderness seasons. the struggles
00:10:14.870 --> 00:10:16.238
The struggles didn't have a good childhood.
00:10:16.305 --> 00:10:17.973
Didn't have a good childhood. joel i got to sit down the nile,
00:10:18.040 --> 00:10:19.575
Joel i got to sit down the nile, so to speak,
00:10:19.642 --> 00:10:20.776
So to speak, where i made mistakes
00:10:20.843 --> 00:10:21.911
Where i made mistakes and i'm not where
00:10:21.977 --> 00:10:22.511
And i'm not where i thought i would be.
00:10:22.578 --> 00:10:24.113
I thought i would be. it's easy
00:10:24.180 --> 00:10:24.714
It's easy to live guilty
00:10:24.780 --> 00:10:26.148
To live guilty down on ourselves,
00:10:26.215 --> 00:10:27.883
Down on ourselves, but god's not
00:10:27.950 --> 00:10:28.684
But god's not going to waste it.
00:10:28.751 --> 00:10:30.286
Going to waste it. right.
00:10:30.352 --> 00:10:30.653
Right. when moses
00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:31.320
When moses thought he was finished,
00:10:31.387 --> 00:10:32.588
Thought he was finished, he looked over
00:10:32.655 --> 00:10:33.322
He looked over and saw a bush catch fire.
00:10:33.389 --> 00:10:36.158
And saw a bush catch fire. but it wouldn't burn up.
00:10:36.225 --> 00:10:37.960
But it wouldn't burn up. he heard a voice.
00:10:38.027 --> 00:10:38.828
He heard a voice. boom! out, moses.
00:10:38.894 --> 00:10:40.563
Boom! out, moses. take off your shoes.
00:10:40.629 --> 00:10:41.931
Take off your shoes. you are standing on
00:10:41.997 --> 00:10:42.998
You are standing on holy ground.
00:10:43.065 --> 00:10:44.467
Holy ground. that's when god told him.
00:10:44.533 --> 00:10:46.268
That's when god told him. now it's time
00:10:46.335 --> 00:10:47.603
Now it's time to deliver my people.
00:10:47.670 --> 00:10:49.205
To deliver my people. go tell the pharaoh
00:10:49.271 --> 00:10:50.239
Go tell the pharaoh to let them go.
00:10:50.306 --> 00:10:52.041
To let them go. after 40 years, god showed up.
00:10:52.108 --> 00:10:54.677
After 40 years, god showed up. said, in effect, moses,
00:10:54.744 --> 00:10:56.645
Said, in effect, moses, everything you've been through
00:10:56.712 --> 00:10:58.414
Everything you've been through has been necessary.
00:10:58.481 --> 00:11:00.216
Has been necessary. it hasn't stopped you.
00:11:00.282 --> 00:11:01.951
It hasn't stopped you. it has prepared you
00:11:02.017 --> 00:11:03.519
It has prepared you for what i've called you to do.
00:11:03.586 --> 00:11:05.788
For what i've called you to do. you are not defined
00:11:05.855 --> 00:11:07.089
You are not defined by your past.
00:11:07.156 --> 00:11:08.290
By your past. you are prepared by your past.
00:11:08.357 --> 00:11:10.659
You are prepared by your past. god wastes nothing.
00:11:10.726 --> 00:11:12.595
God wastes nothing. if he allowed it,
00:11:12.661 --> 00:11:13.963
If he allowed it, there's a purpose.
00:11:14.029 --> 00:11:15.598
There's a purpose. he's not going to waste
00:11:15.664 --> 00:11:16.565
He's not going to waste your pain. what? wasn't fair.
00:11:16.632 --> 00:11:19.001
Your pain. what? wasn't fair. he's not going to waste
00:11:19.068 --> 00:11:19.869
He's not going to waste the scars.
00:11:19.935 --> 00:11:21.137
The scars. what someone did to you.
00:11:21.203 --> 00:11:22.938
What someone did to you. he's not going to
00:11:23.005 --> 00:11:23.572
He's not going to waste your mistakes.
00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:25.307
Waste your mistakes. if you'll repent,
00:11:25.374 --> 00:11:26.809
If you'll repent, ask for forgiveness.
00:11:26.876 --> 00:11:28.277
Ask for forgiveness. then there's a lesson in it.
00:11:28.344 --> 00:11:30.246
Then there's a lesson in it. an area
00:11:30.312 --> 00:11:31.080
An area that you can grow
00:11:31.147 --> 00:11:32.414
That you can grow to get positioned
00:11:32.481 --> 00:11:33.482
To get positioned for something greater.
00:11:33.549 --> 00:11:35.317
For something greater. who sit around guilty.
00:11:35.384 --> 00:11:37.052
Who sit around guilty. down on yourself.
00:11:37.119 --> 00:11:38.687
Down on yourself. don't live bitter over
00:11:38.754 --> 00:11:39.855
Don't live bitter over what hasn't worked out.
00:11:39.922 --> 00:11:41.457
What hasn't worked out. you're burning. bush is coming.
00:11:41.524 --> 00:11:43.692
You're burning. bush is coming. the same god that came to moses
00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:45.728
The same god that came to moses after 40 years
00:11:45.795 --> 00:11:47.196
After 40 years and said, now's the time.
00:11:47.263 --> 00:11:49.165
And said, now's the time. has not forgotten about you.
00:11:49.231 --> 00:11:51.233
Has not forgotten about you. your time is coming.
00:11:51.300 --> 00:11:53.068
Your time is coming. what god has purpose for
00:11:53.135 --> 00:11:54.603
What god has purpose for your life is still on schedule.
00:11:54.670 --> 00:11:57.373
Your life is still on schedule. the dreams
00:11:57.439 --> 00:11:58.174
The dreams he's placed in your heart.
00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.642
He's placed in your heart. they may have taken longer
00:11:59.708 --> 00:12:00.810
They may have taken longer than you thought.
00:12:00.876 --> 00:12:02.077
Than you thought. there may have been
00:12:02.144 --> 00:12:02.778
There may have been some detours, some obstacles.
00:12:02.845 --> 00:12:05.047
Some detours, some obstacles. but it was all a part
00:12:05.114 --> 00:12:06.282
But it was all a part of his plan.
00:12:06.348 --> 00:12:07.416
Of his plan. he's gathering up
00:12:07.483 --> 00:12:08.417
He's gathering up the fragments.
00:12:08.484 --> 00:12:09.618
The fragments. he's putting the broken
00:12:09.685 --> 00:12:10.686
He's putting the broken pieces back together.
00:12:10.753 --> 00:12:12.321
Pieces back together. it's still going to happen.
00:12:12.388 --> 00:12:14.523
It's still going to happen. imagine if god told you to
00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:16.358
Imagine if god told you to go speak to the president
00:12:16.425 --> 00:12:18.127
Go speak to the president of a foreign country,
00:12:18.194 --> 00:12:19.595
Of a foreign country, a big superpower,
00:12:19.662 --> 00:12:20.763
A big superpower, and tell them something
00:12:20.830 --> 00:12:22.565
And tell them something that they're not going to like.
00:12:22.631 --> 00:12:24.400
That they're not going to like. we think i don't know
00:12:24.466 --> 00:12:25.201
We think i don't know how to do that.
00:12:25.267 --> 00:12:26.535
How to do that. i've never been
00:12:26.602 --> 00:12:27.136
I've never been in that kind of environment
00:12:27.203 --> 00:12:29.038
In that kind of environment so foreign to us.
00:12:29.104 --> 00:12:30.973
So foreign to us. but when god told moses to go
00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:32.875
But when god told moses to go speak to the pharaoh,
00:12:32.942 --> 00:12:34.510
Speak to the pharaoh, the most powerful leader
00:12:34.577 --> 00:12:36.078
The most powerful leader of that day,
00:12:36.145 --> 00:12:37.446
Of that day, moses had lived in the palace.
00:12:37.513 --> 00:12:39.615
Moses had lived in the palace. he grew up there.
00:12:39.682 --> 00:12:41.250
He grew up there. he had seen important
00:12:41.317 --> 00:12:42.284
He had seen important meetings, leaders
00:12:42.351 --> 00:12:43.853
Meetings, leaders come in protocol,
00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:45.654
Come in protocol, how it all worked.
00:12:45.721 --> 00:12:47.289
How it all worked. it wasn't far out.
00:12:47.356 --> 00:12:48.791
It wasn't far out. it was familiar to him
00:12:48.858 --> 00:12:51.160
It was familiar to him as a baby
00:12:51.227 --> 00:12:52.194
As a baby floating down the nile river,
00:12:52.261 --> 00:12:54.230
Floating down the nile river, trying to escape.
00:12:54.296 --> 00:12:55.097
Trying to escape. the pharaoh's decrees
00:12:55.164 --> 00:12:56.999
The pharaoh's decrees look like that's
00:12:57.066 --> 00:12:57.833
Look like that's just a bad break.
00:12:57.900 --> 00:12:59.468
Just a bad break. born at the wrong time.
00:12:59.535 --> 00:13:01.570
Born at the wrong time. not able to have a
00:13:01.637 --> 00:13:02.371
Not able to have a normal childhood.
00:13:02.438 --> 00:13:04.240
Normal childhood. but god doesn't waste anything.
00:13:04.306 --> 00:13:06.675
But god doesn't waste anything. being raised in the palace
00:13:06.742 --> 00:13:08.644
Being raised in the palace was preparing him
00:13:08.711 --> 00:13:10.279
Was preparing him for what
00:13:10.346 --> 00:13:10.679
For what he would need to do
00:13:10.746 --> 00:13:11.847
He would need to do some 80 years later.
00:13:11.914 --> 00:13:14.083
Some 80 years later. he couldn't see it at the time.
00:13:14.149 --> 00:13:16.085
He couldn't see it at the time. he thought,
00:13:16.151 --> 00:13:16.518
He thought, i'm living as an egyptian,
00:13:16.585 --> 00:13:18.520
I'm living as an egyptian, but this is not who i am.
00:13:18.587 --> 00:13:19.922
But this is not who i am. i'm a hebrew.
00:13:19.989 --> 00:13:21.557
I'm a hebrew. the scripture says
00:13:21.624 --> 00:13:22.725
The scripture says he refused to be known
00:13:22.791 --> 00:13:24.360
He refused to be known as the son
00:13:24.426 --> 00:13:25.194
As the son of pharaoh's daughter.
00:13:25.261 --> 00:13:26.829
Of pharaoh's daughter. instead chose to be mistreated
00:13:26.896 --> 00:13:29.031
Instead chose to be mistreated with the people of god.
00:13:29.098 --> 00:13:31.200
With the people of god. we can look back in our lives
00:13:31.267 --> 00:13:32.835
We can look back in our lives and see things
00:13:32.902 --> 00:13:33.869
And see things that don't seem fair.
00:13:33.936 --> 00:13:35.437
That don't seem fair. why did they leave me out?
00:13:35.504 --> 00:13:37.606
Why did they leave me out? why was i born
00:13:37.673 --> 00:13:38.440
Why was i born in dysfunction?
00:13:38.507 --> 00:13:40.175
In dysfunction? why did i lose my loved one?
00:13:40.242 --> 00:13:41.710
Why did i lose my loved one? why did that
00:13:41.777 --> 00:13:42.278
Why did that school turn me down?
00:13:42.344 --> 00:13:43.812
School turn me down? i can't tell you why,
00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.281
I can't tell you why, but i can tell you
00:13:45.347 --> 00:13:46.882
But i can tell you that god would not
00:13:46.949 --> 00:13:47.883
That god would not have allowed it
00:13:47.950 --> 00:13:49.118
Have allowed it if it was not going to deposit
00:13:49.184 --> 00:13:50.886
If it was not going to deposit something in you
00:13:50.953 --> 00:13:52.454
Something in you to get you prepared
00:13:52.521 --> 00:13:54.089
To get you prepared and in position
00:13:54.156 --> 00:13:55.524
And in position for what he has coming.
00:13:55.591 --> 00:13:57.593
For what he has coming. god doesn't waste anything.
00:13:57.660 --> 00:14:00.162
God doesn't waste anything. now, i've always said
00:14:00.229 --> 00:14:00.896
Now, i've always said that god has a plan a
00:14:00.963 --> 00:14:02.298
That god has a plan a for your life.
00:14:02.364 --> 00:14:03.132
For your life. a plan b, a plan c,
00:14:03.198 --> 00:14:04.400
A plan b, a plan c, a plan d
00:14:04.466 --> 00:14:05.567
A plan d that will get you to
00:14:05.634 --> 00:14:06.235
That will get you to where you're supposed to be.
00:14:06.302 --> 00:14:08.170
Where you're supposed to be. but i think a better way to say
00:14:08.237 --> 00:14:09.872
But i think a better way to say it is god only has a plan
00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:11.974
It is god only has a plan a, but he has a
00:14:12.041 --> 00:14:13.442
A, but he has a plan a1, a2, a3,
00:14:13.509 --> 00:14:16.245
Plan a1, a2, a3, a4, a5.
00:14:16.312 --> 00:14:18.847
A4, a5. he called moses to
00:14:18.914 --> 00:14:20.082
He called moses to deliver his people.
00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:21.684
Deliver his people. that plan never changed.
00:14:21.750 --> 00:14:23.953
That plan never changed. god didn't say this
00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.920
God didn't say this man has had
00:14:24.987 --> 00:14:25.454
Man has had too many bad breaks.
00:14:25.521 --> 00:14:27.256
Too many bad breaks. pharaoh tried to kill him
00:14:27.323 --> 00:14:28.490
Pharaoh tried to kill him as a child.
00:14:28.557 --> 00:14:29.925
As a child. his mother had to abandon him.
00:14:29.992 --> 00:14:31.961
His mother had to abandon him. god in a hurry,
00:14:32.027 --> 00:14:32.761
God in a hurry, had to take a big detour.
00:14:32.828 --> 00:14:34.830
Had to take a big detour. that wasn't a surprise to god.
00:14:34.897 --> 00:14:37.299
That wasn't a surprise to god. every step of the way,
00:14:37.366 --> 00:14:38.600
Every step of the way, moses was learning
00:14:38.667 --> 00:14:40.269
Moses was learning what he would need
00:14:40.336 --> 00:14:41.236
What he would need to fulfill his purpose.
00:14:41.303 --> 00:14:43.839
To fulfill his purpose. and after a series of events,
00:14:43.906 --> 00:14:46.041
And after a series of events, pharaoh finally decided
00:14:46.108 --> 00:14:47.443
Pharaoh finally decided to let the israelites go.
00:14:47.509 --> 00:14:49.311
To let the israelites go. they were delivered
00:14:49.378 --> 00:14:50.212
They were delivered from 430 years of slavery
00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.848
From 430 years of slavery a day
00:14:52.915 --> 00:14:53.148
A day they had always dreamed of.
00:14:53.215 --> 00:14:55.117
They had always dreamed of. moses led them out
00:14:55.184 --> 00:14:56.652
Moses led them out toward the promised land.
00:14:56.719 --> 00:14:58.554
Toward the promised land. but to get to that land,
00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:00.389
But to get to that land, they had to travel
00:15:00.456 --> 00:15:01.357
They had to travel through the desert.
00:15:01.423 --> 00:15:02.992
Through the desert. well, they were former slaves.
00:15:03.058 --> 00:15:04.927
Well, they were former slaves. they didn't know how to survive
00:15:04.994 --> 00:15:06.228
They didn't know how to survive in the wilderness.
00:15:06.295 --> 00:15:07.596
In the wilderness. they didn't know what to eat,
00:15:07.663 --> 00:15:09.365
They didn't know what to eat, where to find water,
00:15:09.431 --> 00:15:10.766
Where to find water, how to build shelter,
00:15:10.833 --> 00:15:12.167
How to build shelter, what to watch out for.
00:15:12.234 --> 00:15:14.370
What to watch out for. but it just so happened
00:15:14.436 --> 00:15:15.671
But it just so happened that their leader, moses,
00:15:15.738 --> 00:15:18.173
That their leader, moses, had spent 40 years
00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.508
Had spent 40 years in the desert.
00:15:19.575 --> 00:15:20.843
In the desert. he was an expert
00:15:20.909 --> 00:15:21.910
He was an expert at survival in the wilderness.
00:15:21.977 --> 00:15:23.912
At survival in the wilderness. he was skilled
00:15:23.979 --> 00:15:25.214
He was skilled on all the terrain.
00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:26.482
On all the terrain. logistics had to maneuver
00:15:26.548 --> 00:15:28.350
Logistics had to maneuver through the land.
00:15:28.417 --> 00:15:29.852
Through the land. all those years out there.
00:15:29.918 --> 00:15:31.320
All those years out there. i'm sure he thought,
00:15:31.387 --> 00:15:32.554
I'm sure he thought, this is a waste.
00:15:32.621 --> 00:15:34.323
This is a waste. if i hadn't made that mistake,
00:15:34.390 --> 00:15:36.125
If i hadn't made that mistake, i could be doing something
00:15:36.191 --> 00:15:37.192
I could be doing something so much more significant.
00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:39.595
So much more significant. but god doesn't
00:15:39.661 --> 00:15:40.562
But god doesn't waste anything you go through.
00:15:40.629 --> 00:15:43.032
Waste anything you go through. god was getting him prepared
00:15:43.098 --> 00:15:45.367
God was getting him prepared for what he would need
00:15:45.434 --> 00:15:46.268
For what he would need in the future.
00:15:46.335 --> 00:15:48.003
In the future. we're not going
00:15:48.070 --> 00:15:48.437
We're not going to understand it
00:15:48.504 --> 00:15:49.338
To understand it all in real time.
00:15:49.405 --> 00:15:51.040
All in real time. it's not going to make sense.
00:15:51.106 --> 00:15:52.307
It's not going to make sense. this delay a bad break.
00:15:52.374 --> 00:15:55.044
This delay a bad break. the people that lied about me,
00:15:55.110 --> 00:15:56.879
The people that lied about me, this obstacle
00:15:56.945 --> 00:15:57.679
This obstacle that's not changing.
00:15:57.746 --> 00:15:59.415
That's not changing. that's when you have to
00:15:59.481 --> 00:16:00.315
That's when you have to trust. god
00:16:00.382 --> 00:16:01.683
Trust. god i know you're in control.
00:16:01.750 --> 00:16:03.519
I know you're in control. i know you don't
00:16:03.585 --> 00:16:04.319
I know you don't waste anything.
00:16:04.386 --> 00:16:05.687
Waste anything. so i almost stay in peace
00:16:05.754 --> 00:16:07.356
So i almost stay in peace and will do the right thing
00:16:07.423 --> 00:16:09.158
And will do the right thing knowing that
00:16:09.224 --> 00:16:09.691
Knowing that it's all working for my good.
00:16:09.758 --> 00:16:12.294
It's all working for my good. when you do that,
00:16:12.361 --> 00:16:13.362
When you do that, you're growing.
00:16:13.429 --> 00:16:14.696
You're growing. you're getting stronger.
00:16:14.763 --> 00:16:16.765
You're getting stronger. those difficulties
00:16:16.832 --> 00:16:17.866
Those difficulties in your past,
00:16:17.933 --> 00:16:19.201
In your past, like with moses,
00:16:19.268 --> 00:16:20.602
Like with moses, they're not going
00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:21.136
They're not going to define you.
00:16:21.203 --> 00:16:22.438
To define you. they are preparing you.
00:16:22.504 --> 00:16:24.606
They are preparing you. you're going to
00:16:24.673 --> 00:16:25.007
You're going to come into seasons
00:16:25.074 --> 00:16:26.308
Come into seasons where you look back
00:16:26.375 --> 00:16:27.476
Where you look back and think that's
00:16:27.543 --> 00:16:28.677
And think that's what god was doing.
00:16:28.744 --> 00:16:30.379
What god was doing. that's why the door closed.
00:16:30.446 --> 00:16:32.014
That's why the door closed. that's why the contract
00:16:32.081 --> 00:16:33.015
That's why the contract fell through.
00:16:33.082 --> 00:16:33.749
Fell through. that's why they walked away.
00:16:33.816 --> 00:16:35.684
That's why they walked away. god didn't send the storm,
00:16:35.751 --> 00:16:37.686
God didn't send the storm, but he used the storm.
00:16:37.753 --> 00:16:39.922
But he used the storm. five years after victoria,
00:16:39.988 --> 00:16:41.090
Five years after victoria, now we're married.
00:16:41.156 --> 00:16:42.124
Now we're married. we received an unexpected
00:16:42.191 --> 00:16:44.259
We received an unexpected tax bill in the mail.
00:16:44.326 --> 00:16:46.195
Tax bill in the mail. the man who filed our taxes
00:16:46.261 --> 00:16:47.629
The man who filed our taxes each year
00:16:47.696 --> 00:16:48.764
Each year lived in another state.
00:16:48.831 --> 00:16:50.999
Lived in another state. he wasn't familiar
00:16:51.066 --> 00:16:52.000
He wasn't familiar with a certain law in texas.
00:16:52.067 --> 00:16:53.802
With a certain law in texas. and now we owe
00:16:53.869 --> 00:16:54.970
And now we owe thousands of dollars
00:16:55.037 --> 00:16:56.205
Thousands of dollars in back taxes and penalties.
00:16:56.271 --> 00:16:58.841
In back taxes and penalties. we were a young couple
00:16:58.907 --> 00:17:00.642
We were a young couple saving up for a down payment
00:17:00.709 --> 00:17:02.311
Saving up for a down payment for our house,
00:17:02.377 --> 00:17:03.178
For our house, and we were so disappointed.
00:17:03.245 --> 00:17:05.447
And we were so disappointed. we thought, man,
00:17:05.514 --> 00:17:06.081
We thought, man, we hired a professional
00:17:06.148 --> 00:17:07.483
We hired a professional wasn't our fault.
00:17:07.549 --> 00:17:08.951
Wasn't our fault. now we're having to
00:17:09.017 --> 00:17:09.685
Now we're having to pay for his mistake.
00:17:09.751 --> 00:17:11.687
Pay for his mistake. we got in contact
00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:12.688
We got in contact with this tax attorney,
00:17:12.754 --> 00:17:13.889
With this tax attorney, a very skilled
00:17:13.956 --> 00:17:15.290
A very skilled and experienced man,
00:17:15.357 --> 00:17:16.525
And experienced man, and he looked at
00:17:16.592 --> 00:17:17.493
And he looked at all of our documents
00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.594
All of our documents and studied the paperwork,
00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.562
And studied the paperwork, and he told us
00:17:20.629 --> 00:17:21.964
And he told us that it could be corrected.
00:17:22.030 --> 00:17:23.499
That it could be corrected. we just needed to refile
00:17:23.565 --> 00:17:25.167
We just needed to refile the returns,
00:17:25.234 --> 00:17:26.135
The returns, clarify some things,
00:17:26.201 --> 00:17:27.202
Clarify some things, and we'd be fine.
00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:28.804
And we'd be fine. so for several weeks,
00:17:28.871 --> 00:17:30.272
So for several weeks, he came over to our house
00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.607
He came over to our house at night
00:17:31.673 --> 00:17:32.074
At night to work on it,
00:17:32.141 --> 00:17:32.808
To work on it, and we'd take a break
00:17:32.875 --> 00:17:34.376
And we'd take a break and go up
00:17:34.443 --> 00:17:35.077
And go up and get something to eat
00:17:35.144 --> 00:17:36.245
And get something to eat or out to the post office
00:17:36.311 --> 00:17:37.880
Or out to the post office to mail something.
00:17:37.946 --> 00:17:39.314
To mail something. we spent all this time together
00:17:39.381 --> 00:17:41.083
We spent all this time together and we ended up
00:17:41.150 --> 00:17:42.284
And we ended up becoming close friends
00:17:42.351 --> 00:17:43.685
Becoming close friends and continued to stay in touch.
00:17:43.752 --> 00:17:46.588
And continued to stay in touch. well, ten years later,
00:17:46.655 --> 00:17:48.157
Well, ten years later, i was working in the television
00:17:48.223 --> 00:17:49.691
I was working in the television department
00:17:49.758 --> 00:17:50.726
Department here at lakewood,
00:17:50.792 --> 00:17:51.593
Here at lakewood, and daddy was still the pastor.
00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:54.129
And daddy was still the pastor. someone contacted me
00:17:54.196 --> 00:17:55.531
Someone contacted me saying they had a
00:17:55.597 --> 00:17:56.198
Saying they had a construction permit
00:17:56.265 --> 00:17:57.766
Construction permit for the last full power
00:17:57.833 --> 00:17:59.434
For the last full power commercial television
00:17:59.501 --> 00:18:00.669
Commercial television station here in houston
00:18:00.736 --> 00:18:02.804
Station here in houston and wanted me
00:18:02.871 --> 00:18:03.438
And wanted me to be a part of it.
00:18:03.505 --> 00:18:04.840
To be a part of it. i was excited, but
00:18:04.907 --> 00:18:06.575
I was excited, but i didn't know what to do.
00:18:06.642 --> 00:18:08.043
I didn't know what to do. then i thought,
00:18:08.110 --> 00:18:09.044
Then i thought, i'll call my attorney friend,
00:18:09.111 --> 00:18:11.280
I'll call my attorney friend, the one i met during
00:18:11.346 --> 00:18:12.214
The one i met during the tax problem.
00:18:12.281 --> 00:18:13.649
The tax problem. he went to work
00:18:13.715 --> 00:18:14.716
He went to work six months later.
00:18:14.783 --> 00:18:15.951
Six months later. we had a signed contract.
00:18:16.018 --> 00:18:18.120
We had a signed contract. we put the station on the air
00:18:18.187 --> 00:18:19.655
We put the station on the air and ran it for a
00:18:19.721 --> 00:18:20.522
And ran it for a couple of years.
00:18:20.589 --> 00:18:22.057
Couple of years. then my father went to be
00:18:22.124 --> 00:18:23.125
Then my father went to be with the lord
00:18:23.192 --> 00:18:23.725
With the lord and i became the pastor.
00:18:23.792 --> 00:18:26.161
And i became the pastor. we acquired the compaq center.
00:18:26.228 --> 00:18:28.697
We acquired the compaq center. we discovered
00:18:28.764 --> 00:18:29.431
We discovered it is going to cost
00:18:29.498 --> 00:18:30.165
It is going to cost $100 million
00:18:30.232 --> 00:18:31.266
$100 million to renovate this place.
00:18:31.333 --> 00:18:32.868
To renovate this place. we decided to sell the station.
00:18:32.935 --> 00:18:35.571
We decided to sell the station. we sold it for a huge profit,
00:18:35.637 --> 00:18:38.173
We sold it for a huge profit, more than any of the experts
00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.608
More than any of the experts said we'd ever get.
00:18:39.675 --> 00:18:41.076
Said we'd ever get. we used those funds
00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:42.811
We used those funds to help
00:18:42.878 --> 00:18:43.245
To help renovate our new facility.
00:18:43.312 --> 00:18:45.714
Renovate our new facility. but it all started
00:18:45.781 --> 00:18:47.049
But it all started with that tax problem.
00:18:47.115 --> 00:18:49.084
With that tax problem. i couldn't see it at the time.
00:18:49.151 --> 00:18:50.652
I couldn't see it at the time. i didn't like it.
00:18:50.719 --> 00:18:52.054
I didn't like it. it was unfair.
00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:53.922
It was unfair. but god doesn't waste
00:18:53.989 --> 00:18:56.124
But god doesn't waste anything you go through.
00:18:56.191 --> 00:18:58.393
Had i
00:18:58.627 --> 00:18:58.927
Had i not had that problem,
00:18:58.994 --> 00:19:00.762
Not had that problem, i wouldn't have
00:19:00.829 --> 00:19:01.230
I wouldn't have met that attorney.
00:19:01.296 --> 00:19:02.764
Met that attorney. without that attorney,
00:19:02.831 --> 00:19:04.132
Without that attorney, i probably wouldn't
00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:05.033
I probably wouldn't have pursued the station
00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:06.602
Have pursued the station without the station.
00:19:06.668 --> 00:19:08.170
Without the station. we wouldn't
00:19:08.237 --> 00:19:08.604
We wouldn't have had the funds
00:19:08.670 --> 00:19:09.404
Have had the funds for this place.
00:19:09.471 --> 00:19:11.006
For this place. you may not understand
00:19:11.073 --> 00:19:12.307
You may not understand all that comes
00:19:12.374 --> 00:19:13.041
All that comes your way in life,
00:19:13.108 --> 00:19:14.443
Your way in life, but you can be certain
00:19:14.509 --> 00:19:16.044
But you can be certain god is not going to waste it.
00:19:16.111 --> 00:19:18.347
God is not going to waste it. what looks like a setback
00:19:18.413 --> 00:19:20.282
What looks like a setback many times is a set up
00:19:20.349 --> 00:19:22.351
Many times is a set up for what god is about to do.
00:19:22.417 --> 00:19:24.353
For what god is about to do. it's preparing you
00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:26.321
It's preparing you and positioning you
00:19:26.388 --> 00:19:28.056
And positioning you for something greater.
00:19:28.123 --> 00:19:29.958
For something greater. stay in faith.
00:19:30.025 --> 00:19:31.593
Stay in faith. god knows what
00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.561
God knows what you're going to need
00:19:32.628 --> 00:19:33.729
You're going to need and he knows
00:19:33.795 --> 00:19:34.630
And he knows who you're going to need.
00:19:34.696 --> 00:19:36.531
Who you're going to need. it may not happen
00:19:36.598 --> 00:19:37.566
It may not happen the way you think.
00:19:37.633 --> 00:19:38.800
The way you think. moses did
00:19:38.867 --> 00:19:39.434
Moses did like fleeing into the desert,
00:19:39.501 --> 00:19:41.737
Like fleeing into the desert, but that was a necessary season
00:19:41.803 --> 00:19:43.672
But that was a necessary season in his life
00:19:43.739 --> 00:19:44.840
In his life where he learned things
00:19:44.906 --> 00:19:46.241
Where he learned things that he needed for his future.
00:19:46.308 --> 00:19:48.243
That he needed for his future. he didn't like being sent down
00:19:48.310 --> 00:19:49.478
He didn't like being sent down the nile river,
00:19:49.544 --> 00:19:50.879
The nile river, not growing up in his own home.
00:19:50.946 --> 00:19:53.081
Not growing up in his own home. but what he learned in
00:19:53.148 --> 00:19:54.249
But what he learned in the palace was critical
00:19:54.316 --> 00:19:56.084
The palace was critical to fulfill his purpose.
00:19:56.151 --> 00:19:57.686
To fulfill his purpose. that's how he had the courage
00:19:57.753 --> 00:19:59.254
That's how he had the courage to speak to the pharaoh
00:19:59.321 --> 00:20:01.456
On the way to your destiny.
00:20:01.623 --> 00:20:03.492
On the way to your destiny. there will be these seasons
00:20:03.558 --> 00:20:04.760
There will be these seasons you don't understand.
00:20:04.826 --> 00:20:06.561
You don't understand. you have to trust
00:20:06.628 --> 00:20:07.996
You have to trust that god is not going to waste
00:20:08.063 --> 00:20:09.564
That god is not going to waste the pain.
00:20:09.631 --> 00:20:10.766
The pain. he's not going to waste
00:20:10.832 --> 00:20:11.767
He's not going to waste the struggle.
00:20:11.833 --> 00:20:12.968
The struggle. he's not going to waste
00:20:13.035 --> 00:20:13.869
He's not going to waste the mistakes.
00:20:13.935 --> 00:20:15.404
The mistakes. those regrets things.
00:20:15.470 --> 00:20:17.439
Those regrets things. if you could,
00:20:17.506 --> 00:20:18.106
If you could, you would do over.
00:20:18.173 --> 00:20:19.374
You would do over. you would make better choices.
00:20:19.441 --> 00:20:21.176
You would make better choices. the good news is
00:20:21.243 --> 00:20:22.511
The good news is god specializes
00:20:22.577 --> 00:20:24.079
God specializes in gathering up the fragments.
00:20:24.146 --> 00:20:26.448
In gathering up the fragments. he doesn't discard
00:20:26.515 --> 00:20:27.683
He doesn't discard the broken pieces.
00:20:27.749 --> 00:20:29.251
The broken pieces. he knows how to put
00:20:29.318 --> 00:20:30.485
He knows how to put things back together,
00:20:30.552 --> 00:20:32.120
Things back together, how to bring beauty
00:20:32.187 --> 00:20:33.188
How to bring beauty out of the ashes,
00:20:33.255 --> 00:20:34.456
Out of the ashes, how to take a mess
00:20:34.523 --> 00:20:35.891
How to take a mess and turn it into a miracle.
00:20:35.957 --> 00:20:38.560
And turn it into a miracle. i have some pastor friends
00:20:38.627 --> 00:20:39.961
I have some pastor friends that live in another state,
00:20:40.028 --> 00:20:41.596
That live in another state, a few years ago,
00:20:41.663 --> 00:20:43.198
A few years ago, the wife and nine year
00:20:43.265 --> 00:20:44.633
The wife and nine year old son
00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.667
Old son were involved
00:20:45.734 --> 00:20:46.535
Were involved in a tragic car accident.
00:20:46.601 --> 00:20:49.004
In a tragic car accident. his wife broke her neck,
00:20:49.071 --> 00:20:50.639
His wife broke her neck, her back,
00:20:50.706 --> 00:20:51.373
Her back, and shattered
00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.307
And shattered most of the bones in her face.
00:20:52.374 --> 00:20:54.676
Most of the bones in her face. unfortunately,
00:20:54.743 --> 00:20:55.777
Unfortunately, the son didn't survived.
00:20:55.844 --> 00:20:57.446
The son didn't survived. he lost his life
00:20:57.512 --> 00:20:58.613
He lost his life and they were heartbroken.
00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:00.816
And they were heartbroken. never dreamed
00:21:00.882 --> 00:21:01.550
Never dreamed they would be
00:21:01.616 --> 00:21:02.551
They would be dealing with so much pain
00:21:02.617 --> 00:21:03.919
Dealing with so much pain and grief.
00:21:03.985 --> 00:21:05.287
And grief. by the grace of god.
00:21:05.354 --> 00:21:06.521
By the grace of god. his wife fully recovered.
00:21:06.588 --> 00:21:08.056
His wife fully recovered. and today
00:21:08.123 --> 00:21:08.890
And today she's healthy and beautiful.
00:21:08.957 --> 00:21:10.392
She's healthy and beautiful. and they're leading
00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.393
And they're leading a successful church.
00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:13.395
A successful church. a while back,
00:21:13.462 --> 00:21:14.162
A while back, they were invited
00:21:14.229 --> 00:21:14.996
They were invited to come and speak
00:21:15.063 --> 00:21:16.131
To come and speak at this church conference,
00:21:16.198 --> 00:21:17.599
At this church conference, and they shared
00:21:17.666 --> 00:21:18.600
And they shared the story of the accident
00:21:18.667 --> 00:21:20.135
The story of the accident and how god had helped him
00:21:20.202 --> 00:21:21.470
And how god had helped him to make it through.
00:21:21.536 --> 00:21:23.205
To make it through. at the end,
00:21:23.271 --> 00:21:23.939
At the end, they invited people
00:21:24.005 --> 00:21:25.040
They invited people to come down to the front
00:21:25.107 --> 00:21:26.608
To come down to the front to receive christ.
00:21:26.675 --> 00:21:28.477
To receive christ. young men came down with tears
00:21:28.543 --> 00:21:30.812
Young men came down with tears running down his face.
00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.681
Running down his face. he said to the pastor
00:21:32.748 --> 00:21:33.915
He said to the pastor and his wife,
00:21:33.982 --> 00:21:35.283
And his wife, i had your son's kidneys.
00:21:35.350 --> 00:21:38.120
They were taken aback.
00:21:38.353 --> 00:21:40.088
They were taken aback. pastor said, what do you mean?
00:21:40.155 --> 00:21:41.256
Pastor said, what do you mean? how do you know?
00:21:41.323 --> 00:21:42.591
How do you know? he said, you sent letters
00:21:42.657 --> 00:21:43.992
He said, you sent letters to all the people
00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:45.360
To all the people that received organs
00:21:45.427 --> 00:21:46.561
That received organs from your son.
00:21:46.628 --> 00:21:47.929
From your son. tell him who you are
00:21:47.996 --> 00:21:49.030
Tell him who you are and what you do.
00:21:49.097 --> 00:21:50.298
And what you do. and you invited us to reach out
00:21:50.365 --> 00:21:52.401
And you invited us to reach out if we wanted.
00:21:52.467 --> 00:21:53.468
If we wanted. but i never did.
00:21:53.535 --> 00:21:55.170
But i never did. this young man had lived
00:21:55.237 --> 00:21:56.405
This young man had lived a life of drugs and gangs.
00:21:56.471 --> 00:21:59.040
A life of drugs and gangs. he was very sick and close
00:21:59.107 --> 00:22:01.009
He was very sick and close to death.
00:22:01.076 --> 00:22:02.244
To death. one night,
00:22:02.310 --> 00:22:03.278
One night, lying on the bathroom floor,
00:22:03.345 --> 00:22:05.213
Lying on the bathroom floor, not able to get up, he prayed.
00:22:05.280 --> 00:22:07.482
Not able to get up, he prayed. god, if you'll help me,
00:22:07.549 --> 00:22:09.618
God, if you'll help me, i'll give my life to you.
00:22:09.684 --> 00:22:12.187
I'll give my life to you. at that moment, the phone rang.
00:22:12.254 --> 00:22:14.356
At that moment, the phone rang. he called on the floor
00:22:14.423 --> 00:22:15.724
He called on the floor to answer it.
00:22:15.791 --> 00:22:16.992
To answer it. it was the hospital telling him
00:22:17.058 --> 00:22:18.994
It was the hospital telling him they had found
00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:19.561
They had found a kidney for him.
00:22:19.628 --> 00:22:21.196
A kidney for him. he had this successful
00:22:21.263 --> 00:22:22.497
He had this successful transplant and
00:22:22.564 --> 00:22:23.765
Transplant and several months had passed
00:22:23.832 --> 00:22:25.367
Several months had passed and he'd still never made
00:22:25.434 --> 00:22:27.002
And he'd still never made good on that promise.
00:22:27.068 --> 00:22:28.637
Good on that promise. his sister invited him
00:22:28.703 --> 00:22:29.871
His sister invited him to come to church that night,
00:22:29.938 --> 00:22:31.206
To come to church that night, but at first he said no.
00:22:31.273 --> 00:22:33.909
But at first he said no. then he felt something
00:22:33.975 --> 00:22:34.843
Then he felt something so strong compelling him to go.
00:22:34.910 --> 00:22:37.879
So strong compelling him to go. they had no idea who
00:22:37.946 --> 00:22:39.014
They had no idea who the speaker was,
00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:40.482
The speaker was, but that night
00:22:40.549 --> 00:22:41.616
But that night he walked down the aisle
00:22:41.683 --> 00:22:43.118
He walked down the aisle and gave his life to christ.
00:22:43.185 --> 00:22:45.353
And gave his life to christ. he took the wife's hand
00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.988
He took the wife's hand and put it on his side
00:22:47.055 --> 00:22:48.790
And put it on his side and said,
00:22:48.857 --> 00:22:49.291
And said, you can feel your son.
00:22:49.357 --> 00:22:51.092
You can feel your son. he's still giving me life.
00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:53.128
He's still giving me life. that was not only
00:22:53.195 --> 00:22:54.529
That was not only a new beginning for him,
00:22:54.596 --> 00:22:56.398
A new beginning for him, but it was healing
00:22:56.465 --> 00:22:57.566
But it was healing for my friends,
00:22:57.632 --> 00:22:59.334
For my friends, a sense of wholeness
00:22:59.401 --> 00:23:00.635
A sense of wholeness and fulfillment.
00:23:00.702 --> 00:23:02.003
And fulfillment. god bringing beauty
00:23:02.070 --> 00:23:03.472
God bringing beauty out of the ashes.
00:23:03.538 --> 00:23:05.307
Out of the ashes. no matter what you go through.
00:23:05.373 --> 00:23:07.209
No matter what you go through. god is not going to waste it.
00:23:07.275 --> 00:23:09.277
God is not going to waste it. he's a god
00:23:09.344 --> 00:23:10.278
He's a god who gathers up the fragments.
00:23:10.345 --> 00:23:12.414
Who gathers up the fragments. he's going to take
00:23:12.481 --> 00:23:13.081
He's going to take those broken pieces,
00:23:13.148 --> 00:23:14.716
Those broken pieces, the leftovers,
00:23:14.783 --> 00:23:16.151
The leftovers, what seems useless to us
00:23:16.218 --> 00:23:18.320
What seems useless to us and still make something
00:23:18.386 --> 00:23:19.521
And still make something amazing out of it.
00:23:19.588 --> 00:23:21.656
Amazing out of it. you may be in
00:23:21.723 --> 00:23:22.324
You may be in a difficult place now.
00:23:22.390 --> 00:23:24.159
A difficult place now. god has not forgotten
00:23:24.226 --> 00:23:25.727
God has not forgotten about you.
00:23:25.794 --> 00:23:27.095
About you. where you are
00:23:27.162 --> 00:23:28.163
Where you are is not where you're going
00:23:28.230 --> 00:23:29.231
Is not where you're going to end up.
00:23:29.297 --> 00:23:30.165
To end up. your burning bush is coming.
00:23:30.232 --> 00:23:32.467
Your burning bush is coming. now trust him
00:23:32.534 --> 00:23:33.401
Now trust him in the wilderness seasons.
00:23:33.468 --> 00:23:35.403
In the wilderness seasons. do the right thing
00:23:35.470 --> 00:23:36.371
Do the right thing when you don't understand.
00:23:36.438 --> 00:23:38.240
When you don't understand. god wouldn't
00:23:38.306 --> 00:23:38.874
God wouldn't have allowed the difficulty
00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:41.009
Have allowed the difficulty if he wasn't going to bring
00:23:41.076 --> 00:23:42.077
If he wasn't going to bring some kind of good out of it.
00:23:42.143 --> 00:23:44.312
Some kind of good out of it. if you just keep moving forward
00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:46.081
If you just keep moving forward in faith,
00:23:46.147 --> 00:23:46.882
In faith, knowing that god is in control,
00:23:46.948 --> 00:23:48.917
Knowing that god is in control, i believe,
00:23:48.984 --> 00:23:49.751
I believe, and declare
00:23:49.818 --> 00:23:50.886
And declare he's going to turn your pain
00:23:50.952 --> 00:23:52.387
He's going to turn your pain into power.
00:23:52.454 --> 00:23:53.688
Into power. that struggle
00:23:53.755 --> 00:23:54.489
That struggle in destroying that mistake
00:23:54.556 --> 00:23:56.691
In destroying that mistake into a miracle.
00:23:56.758 --> 00:23:58.159
Into a miracle. like moses,
00:23:58.226 --> 00:23:59.494
Like moses, you're going to
00:23:59.561 --> 00:23:59.861
You're going to still fulfill your assignment,
00:23:59.928 --> 00:24:01.963
Still fulfill your assignment, go into your promised land
00:24:02.030 --> 00:24:03.932
Go into your promised land and become
00:24:03.999 --> 00:24:04.566
And become all you were created to be.
00:24:04.633 --> 00:24:06.735
All you were created to be. in jesus name.
00:24:06.801 --> 00:24:08.537
In jesus name. and if you receive
00:24:08.603 --> 00:24:09.337
And if you receive it, can you say amen?
00:24:09.404 --> 00:24:09.771
Many people believe
00:24:11.373 --> 00:24:12.407
Many people believe that god can heal.
00:24:12.474 --> 00:24:13.742
That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
00:24:13.842 --> 00:24:15.544
But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
00:24:15.610 --> 00:24:16.177
Our prayers are not being answered,
00:24:16.244 --> 00:24:17.379
Not being answered, it's easy to think:
00:24:17.445 --> 00:24:18.547
It's easy to think: will god heal me?
00:24:18.613 --> 00:24:20.315
Will god heal me? the truth is,
00:24:20.382 --> 00:24:21.116
The truth is, god still loves to heal.
00:24:21.182 --> 00:24:23.318
God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
00:24:23.385 --> 00:24:23.952
I've witnessed god's healing power
00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.986
God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
00:24:25.053 --> 00:24:27.222
Firsthand in my own family. when situations
00:24:27.289 --> 00:24:28.189
When situations seemed impossible,
00:24:28.256 --> 00:24:29.291
Seemed impossible, and medically
00:24:29.357 --> 00:24:30.125
And medically speaking,
00:24:30.191 --> 00:24:30.525
Speaking, there were no options,
00:24:30.592 --> 00:24:31.626
There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
00:24:31.726 --> 00:24:34.162
I'd love to send you
00:24:34.262 --> 00:24:34.863
I'd love to send you our new devotional,
00:24:34.930 --> 00:24:36.031
God still loves to heal.
00:24:36.131 --> 00:24:37.933
It's filled with scripture
00:24:38.033 --> 00:24:39.034
It's filled with scripture and encouragement
00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:40.035
And encouragement designed to strengthen
00:24:40.101 --> 00:24:41.169
Designed to strengthen your faith
00:24:41.236 --> 00:24:41.870
Your faith and help
00:24:41.937 --> 00:24:42.337
And help you believe for healing.
00:24:42.404 --> 00:24:44.039
You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
00:24:44.105 --> 00:24:45.407
Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
00:24:45.473 --> 00:24:47.142
God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
00:24:47.208 --> 00:24:48.910
As you stand firm and declare his promises,
00:24:48.977 --> 00:24:49.811
His promises, healing is on the way.
00:24:49.878 --> 00:24:51.446
The same god who healed in
00:24:51.546 --> 00:24:52.747
The same god who healed in the bible
00:24:52.814 --> 00:24:53.415
Is still healing today.
00:24:53.515 --> 00:24:55.817
Is still healing today. your generous support
00:24:55.884 --> 00:24:57.218
Your generous support is so important to help us
00:24:57.285 --> 00:24:58.820
Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
00:24:58.887 --> 00:25:00.589
Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
00:25:00.655 --> 00:25:01.856
And as our way of saying thank you
00:25:01.923 --> 00:25:02.424
Thank you for your gift of any amount,
00:25:02.490 --> 00:25:04.092
Pastor
00:25:04.192 --> 00:25:04.659
Joel would like to send you
00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.994
Joel would like to send you a copy of god
00:25:06.061 --> 00:25:07.062
Still loves to heal.
00:25:07.162 --> 00:25:08.630
Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
00:25:08.697 --> 00:25:10.599
Will guide younal devotional
00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.399
Will guide younal devotional through a weekly rhythm
00:25:11.466 --> 00:25:12.701
Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
00:25:12.767 --> 00:25:14.069
Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
00:25:14.135 --> 00:25:15.670
By life-changing insight that will strengthen
00:25:15.737 --> 00:25:16.638
That will strengthen and encourage
00:25:16.705 --> 00:25:17.372
And encourage you in your faith.
00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.773
You in your faith. jesus cares
00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.674
Jesus cares about you physically,
00:25:19.741 --> 00:25:21.042
About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
00:25:21.109 --> 00:25:23.111
Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
00:25:23.178 --> 00:25:24.946
He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
00:25:25.013 --> 00:25:26.481
Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
00:25:26.548 --> 00:25:28.383
Us and makes us whole. with this
00:25:28.450 --> 00:25:28.950
With this inspiring devotional resource,
00:25:29.050 --> 00:25:30.919
Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
00:25:30.986 --> 00:25:32.954
You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
00:25:33.021 --> 00:25:34.889
You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
00:25:34.956 --> 00:25:36.524
And restoration, knowing his promises are true
00:25:36.591 --> 00:25:38.193
His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
00:25:38.293 --> 00:25:40.962
Yesterday, today, and forever. receive your copy
00:25:41.029 --> 00:25:42.163
Receive your copy of this powerful
00:25:42.230 --> 00:25:43.098
Of this powerful new book
00:25:43.164 --> 00:25:43.932
New book and experience
00:25:43.999 --> 00:25:44.866
And experience god's goodness
00:25:44.933 --> 00:25:45.934
God's goodness and healing power.
00:25:46.001 --> 00:25:47.402
Be sure to request
00:25:47.502 --> 00:25:48.536
Your copy of godst
00:25:48.637 --> 00:25:49.738
Your copy of godst still loves to heal,
00:25:49.804 --> 00:25:51.039
Available this month
00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:52.374
By simply visiting us
00:25:52.474 --> 00:25:53.742
At joelosteen.com
00:25:53.842 --> 00:25:55.644
At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
00:25:55.710 --> 00:25:59.014
My mother was
00:25:59.781 --> 00:26:00.482
My mother was miraculously healed
00:26:00.548 --> 00:26:01.750
From terminal cancer.
00:26:01.850 --> 00:26:03.385
My sisterinal cancer.
00:26:03.485 --> 00:26:03.918
Lisa was healed
00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.753
From a birth injury
00:26:04.853 --> 00:26:05.920
From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
00:26:05.987 --> 00:26:07.889
Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
00:26:07.956 --> 00:26:09.190
What god did for us, he can do for you.
00:26:09.257 --> 00:26:10.792
Victoria and i
00:26:10.892 --> 00:26:11.259
Are going to be praying for you
00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.460
Are going to be praying for you this month,
00:26:12.527 --> 00:26:13.128
This month, especially for healing for
00:26:13.194 --> 00:26:15.096
Especially for healing for you and your family,
00:26:15.163 --> 00:26:16.398
You and your family, not just physically,
00:26:16.464 --> 00:26:17.732
Not just physically, but mentally
00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.633
But mentally and emotionally
00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.734
And emotionally that you will be
00:26:19.801 --> 00:26:20.402
That you will be completely whole.
00:26:20.468 --> 00:26:22.170
Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
00:26:22.237 --> 00:26:23.672
We appreciate your prayer and support.
00:26:23.738 --> 00:26:24.706
And support. your generosity
00:26:24.773 --> 00:26:25.774
Your generosity is impacting people
00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.941
Around the world.
00:26:27.042 --> 00:26:28.009
And specialworld.
00:26:28.109 --> 00:26:28.810
And specialworld. thank you to our champion
00:26:28.877 --> 00:26:29.978
Thank you to our champion of hope partners
00:26:30.045 --> 00:26:30.912
Of hope partners for all you do
00:26:30.979 --> 00:26:31.680
For all you do to make the ministry possible.
00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:33.682
To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
00:26:33.748 --> 00:26:35.050
Until we meet again, may the lord bless
00:26:35.116 --> 00:26:36.051
May the lord bless you and keep you.
00:26:36.117 --> 00:26:37.719
Be sure to request
00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.853
Your copy of godst
00:26:38.953 --> 00:26:40.055
Still loves to heal.
00:26:40.155 --> 00:26:41.322
Still loves to heal. available this month
00:26:41.389 --> 00:26:42.691
By simply visiting us
00:26:42.791 --> 00:26:44.059
At joelosteen.com
00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.960
At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
00:26:46.027 --> 00:26:49.297
And you can fill your year
00:26:49.998 --> 00:26:51.433
And you can fill your year with strength, peace,
00:26:51.499 --> 00:26:52.901
With strength, peace, and encouragement
00:26:52.967 --> 00:26:53.902
And encouragement with the healing
00:26:53.968 --> 00:26:54.703
And wholeness collection.
00:26:54.803 --> 00:26:56.137
And wholeness collection. it features god's
00:26:56.204 --> 00:26:57.172
Word for every season,
00:26:57.272 --> 00:26:58.606
Word for every season, a guided four-part
00:26:58.673 --> 00:26:59.774
A guided four-part journal series to help anchor
00:26:59.841 --> 00:27:01.342
Journal series to help anchor your heart to his promises.
00:27:01.409 --> 00:27:02.977
Your heart to his promises. plus, god still loves to heal,
00:27:03.078 --> 00:27:04.946
Plus, god still loves to heal, and the blessing
00:27:05.013 --> 00:27:05.680
And the blessing of taking communion.
00:27:05.747 --> 00:27:07.048
Of taking communion. together,
00:27:07.115 --> 00:27:07.916
Together, they'll strengthen your faith,
00:27:08.016 --> 00:27:09.250
They'll strengthen your faith, renew your hope,
00:27:09.317 --> 00:27:10.485
Renew your hope, and remind you
00:27:10.552 --> 00:27:11.386
That jesus still heals
00:27:11.486 --> 00:27:12.954
And restores today.als
00:27:13.054 --> 00:27:14.856
And restores today.als you can request these
00:27:14.923 --> 00:27:15.957
You can request these inspiring resources
00:27:16.024 --> 00:27:17.492
Inspiring resources by calling 888-567-joel
00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:20.895
By calling 888-567-joel or logging on to
00:27:20.962 --> 00:27:22.030
Or logging on to joelosteen.com today.
00:27:22.097 --> 00:27:24.599
Joelosteen.com today. call or click anytime
00:27:24.666 --> 00:27:26.234
Call or click anytime 24 hours a day.
00:27:26.301 --> 00:27:27.869
24 hours a day. request your copies today.
00:27:27.936 --> 00:27:29.010

Joel Osteen - God Wastes Nothing

February 6, 2026 | 27:29

Closed captions

Share