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  • >> JOEL OSTEEN: WELL,

  • GOD BLESS YOU.

  • IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR

  • HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER

  • IN OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY

  • AND BE A PART OF ONE

  • OF OUR SERVICES.

  • I PROMISE YOU WE'LL MAKE YOU

  • FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

  • I LIKE TO START WITH

  • SOMETHING FUNNY,

  • AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS LADY.

  • EVERY DAY, SHE SAW

  • THIS LITTLE OLD MAN SITTING

  • ON HIS FRONT PORCH ROCKING

  • IN HIS ROCKING CHAIR.

  • HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE

  • SO HAPPY.

  • ONE DAY, SHE GOT HER NERVE UP

  • AND WENT OVER TO HIM, SAID,

  • "SIR, I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE

  • YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING,

  • ALWAYS IN A GOOD MOOD.

  • PLEASE TELL ME, WHAT IS

  • YOUR SECRET FOR SUCH A LONG,

  • HAPPY LIFE?"

  • HE SAID, "THAT'S EASY.

  • I SMOKE THREE PACKS

  • OF CIGARETTES A DAY,

  • I EAT NOTHING BUT JUNK FOOD,

  • AND I NEVER EXERCISE."

  • SHE SAID, "THAT'S AMAZING,

  • HOW OLD ARE YOU?"

  • HE SAID, "TWENTY-SIX."

  • DON'T LIVE LIKE THAT.

  • HERE WE GO.

  • THIS IS MY BIBLE.

  • I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM,

  • I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE,

  • I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.

  • TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT

  • THE WORD OF GOD.

  • I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS

  • ALERT, MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.

  • I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME,

  • IN JESUS'S NAME.

  • GOD BLESS YOU.

  • I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY

  • ABOUT YOUR WINGS ARE COMING.

  • WE ALL FACE SITUATIONS

  • THAT LOOK LIKE

  • THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE.

  • IN OUR CAREER, SEEMS LIKE

  • WE'VE REACHED OUR LIMITS.

  • WE HAVE MUCH BIGGER THINGS IN

  • OUR HEART, WE KNOW WHAT GOD

  • HAS PROMISED, BUT WHEN

  • WE LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

  • IT SAYS WE'RE STUCK.

  • WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MEDICAL

  • REPORT, LOOK AT THE BANK

  • ACCOUNT, THERE'S NO SIGN

  • OF THINGS IMPROVING.

  • BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE

  • THINGS WE SEE ARE TEMPORARY,

  • BUT THE THINGS WE CAN'T SEE

  • ARE ETERNAL.

  • DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY WHAT

  • YOU SEE, IT'S NOT PERMANENT.

  • ONE TRANSLATION SAYS THE

  • THINGS WE SEE ARE SUBJECT TO

  • CHANGE.

  • YOUR CHILD MAY BE OFF COURSE,

  • BUT HE'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • YOUR HEALTH MAY NOT LOOK

  • GOOD, IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • YOUR DREAM MAY SEEM

  • IMPOSSIBLE, THAT'S SUBJECT TO

  • CHANGE.

  • WHEN THOUGHTS TELL YOU THAT

  • IT'S PERMANENT, YOU'LL NEVER

  • GET WELL, NEVER MEET THE

  • RIGHT PERSON, INSTEAD OF

  • BEING DISCOURAGED,

  • TURN IT AROUND.

  • YES, IT MAY LOOK THAT WAY,

  • BUT I KNOW A SECRET,

  • IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • YOU CAN'T BE MOVED BY WHAT

  • YOU SEE, YOU HAVE TO BE MOVED

  • BY WHAT YOU KNOW.

  • GOD IS ON THE THRONE, HE'S

  • WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.

  • WHAT HE PROMISED IS ON THE

  • WAY.

  • WHEN A CATERPILLAR IS

  • CRAWLING ON THE GROUND,

  • BARELY MOVING, I COULD

  • IMAGINE HE LOOKS UP AND SEES

  • A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY FLYING

  • THROUGH THE AIR.

  • THE MORE HE WATCHES, THE MORE

  • DEPRESSED HE GETS, THINKING

  • IT'S NOT FAIR, "WHY CAN'T I

  • FLY?

  • I'LL ALWAYS BE GROUNDED."

  • WHEN HE LOOKS AT HIS

  • CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE'S

  • NOTHING ABOUT THEM THAT SAYS

  • HE WILL EVER FLY, NO SIGN OF

  • HIM EVER GETTING OFF THE

  • GROUND.

  • IF AN EXPERT EXAMINED HIM, HE

  • WOULD GIVE HIM NO CHANCE OF

  • TAKING FLIGHT, HE HAS NO

  • WINGS.

  • IF YOU PUT HIM UP NEXT TO A

  • DOZEN OTHER WORMS, NONE OF

  • THEM HAVE EVER FLOWN, BUT

  • THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT

  • ABOUT THE CATERPILLAR.

  • IN ITS DNA, IT'S BEEN

  • PROGRAMMED AT A CERTAIN TIME

  • TO DEVELOP WINGS.

  • EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS

  • IMPOSSIBLE, EVEN THOUGH EVERY

  • THOUGHT SAYS IT WILL NEVER

  • FLY, ONE DAY IT DOES THE

  • IMPOSSIBLE, IT TRANSFORMS

  • INTO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

  • THAT CAN SOAR THROUGH THE

  • AIR.

  • ALL THAT TIME, HE THOUGHT HE

  • WAS STUCK ON THE GROUND.

  • HE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WASN'T

  • PERMANENT.

  • HIS WINGS WERE COMING.

  • LIKE THAT CATERPILLAR, ALL

  • YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY SAY

  • YOU'LL NEVER FLY.

  • YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING,

  • THE EXPERIENCE, YOU COME FROM

  • THE WRONG FAMILY.

  • THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU YOU'LL

  • ALWAYS BE GROUNDED, YOU'LL

  • ALWAYS STRUGGLE IN YOUR

  • FINANCES, ALWAYS BE ADDICTED.

  • NO, GET READY, YOUR WINGS ARE

  • COMING.

  • WHERE YOU ARE IS NOT

  • PERMANENT.

  • GOD DID NOT CREATE YOU TO

  • CRAWL, TO GO THROUGH LIFE

  • LONELY, ADDICTED, STRUGGLING.

  • HE DIDN'T MAKE YOU IN HIS OWN

  • IMAGE, BREATHE LIFE INTO YOU,

  • CROWNED YOU WITH FAVOR SO YOU

  • COULD BARELY GET BY.

  • HE CREATED YOU TO SOAR, TO

  • TAKE NEW GROUND, TO GO

  • FURTHER THAN YOU THOUGHT

  • POSSIBLE.

  • NOW, QUIT BEING DISCOURAGED

  • ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE.

  • WHAT YOU SEE IS SUBJECT TO

  • CHANGE.

  • YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD

  • IS UP TO.

  • YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

  • HE'S DOING BEHIND THE SCENES.

  • BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT

  • IF A CATERPILLAR WAS BORN

  • WITH WINGS THAT DIDN'T WORK

  • AND EVENTUALLY THEY WERE

  • ACTIVATED.

  • BE MUCH EASIER TO BELIEVE

  • THAT IT COULD FLY IF THE

  • WINGS WERE ALREADY IN PLACE.

  • BUT I BELIEVE ONE REASON GOD

  • MADE THE CATERPILLAR A WORM

  • WITHOUT WINGS THAT CRAWLS ON

  • THE GROUND, THAT'S THE LEAST

  • LIKELY ONE TO FLY, WAS TO

  • ENCOURAGE US.

  • THAT WHEN IT SEEMS THE LEAST

  • LIKELY FOR YOU TO FLY, WHEN

  • CIRCUMSTANCES SAY THERE'S NO

  • WAY YOU'LL GET WELL, NO WAY

  • YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH YOUR DREAM,

  • YOU CAN REMEMBER THE

  • CATERPILLAR.

  • IF IT WENT FROM BEING

  • GROUNDED WITH NO WINGS TO

  • BEING A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

  • THAT CAN SOAR THROUGH THE

  • AIR, THEN GOD CAN CHANGE WHAT

  • LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE TO YOU.

  • NOW, YOU MAY BE IN THE

  • CATERPILLAR STAGE, NOT MAKING

  • MUCH PROGRESS, THINGS DON'T

  • LOOK PROMISING.

  • GOD IS SAYING, "DON'T WORRY,

  • YOUR WINGS ARE COMING.

  • YOUR HEALING IS COMING.

  • YOUR PROMOTION IS COMING.

  • YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS COMING."

  • YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST GET

  • AHEAD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

  • JUST HAVE A LITTLE BUMP.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

  • SUPERNATURAL OPPORTUNITIES,

  • SUPERNATURAL INCREASE,

  • THINGS THAT YOU COULDN'T

  • MAKE HAPPEN.

  • WHEN A CATERPILLAR TRANSFORMS

  • INTO A BUTTERFLY, GETS ITS

  • WINGS, IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE

  • THE ABILITY TO CRAWL FASTER,

  • JUST BE BETTER AT

  • WHAT IT COULD ALREADY DO.

  • IT COMES INTO

  • A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION

  • FROM CRAWLING TO FLYING.

  • WHEN YOU GET YOUR WINGS,

  • YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST BE

  • BETTER AT WHAT YOU CAN DO

  • RIGHT NOW.

  • GOD IS GOING TO CATAPULT YOU

  • INTO A NEW DIMENSION, INTO

  • FAVOR THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN.

  • ACCELERATION, THINGS ARE

  • GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER THAN

  • YOU THOUGHT.

  • SHOULD'VE TAKEN YOU 30 YEARS

  • TO WORK YOUR WAY INTO

  • MANAGEMENT, BUT SUDDENLY YOU

  • WERE PROMOTED.

  • WHAT HAPPENED?

  • YOU GOT YOUR WINGS.

  • SHOULD'VE TAKEN YOU A

  • LIFETIME TO PAY YOUR HOUSE

  • OFF, BUT YOU DID IT IN A

  • FRACTION OF THE TIME.

  • WHAT HAPPENED?

  • YOU WENT FROM CRAWLING TO

  • FLYING.

  • YOU GOT YOUR WINGS.

  • THAT'S THE HAND OF GOD

  • THRUSTING YOU AHEAD.

  • THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US

  • HERE AT LAKEWOOD.

  • WE WERE DOING GREAT

  • AT THE OTHER LOCATION.

  • WE WERE BLESSED, GROWING.

  • BUT WHEN WE MOVED

  • INTO THE COMPAQ CENTER,

  • THINGS EXPLODED.

  • WE DIDN'T JUST GO

  • TO A NEW LEVEL, WE WENT

  • TO A NEW DIMENSION.

  • WE GOT OUR WINGS.

  • THIS PUT US 50 YEARS

  • DOWN THE ROAD.

  • WHAT AM I SAYING?

  • YOUR IDEA OF FLYING

  • AND GOD'S IDEA OF FLYING

  • ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

  • YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GOOD,

  • WAIT TILL YOU GET YOUR WINGS.

  • YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, HEARD, OR

  • IMAGINED WHAT GOD IN STORE.

  • HE'S GOING TO OPEN DOORS YOU

  • NEVER DREAMED WOULD OPEN.

  • HE'S GOING TO BRING STRATEGIC

  • PEOPLE, DIVINE CONNECTIONS

  • THAT WILL USE THEIR INFLUENCE

  • TO PUSH YOU AHEAD.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO DISCOVER

  • GIFTS, TALENTS, CREATIVITY

  • THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD.

  • WHERE YOU THINK,

  • "WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?"

  • YOU GOT YOUR WINGS.

  • THAT'S GOD TAKING YOU PLACES

  • THAT YOU COULD NEVER GO

  • ON YOUR OWN.

  • IN 1 KINGS CHAPTER 18,

  • THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA WERE

  • IN A GREAT DROUGHT.

  • HADN'T RAINED FOR THREE

  • YEARS, CROPS HAD DRIED UP,

  • PEOPLE WERE BARELY MAKING IT.

  • THE PROPHET ELIJAH SHOWED UP

  • AND SAID TO KING AHAB,

  • "I HEAR THE SOUND

  • OF THE ABUNDANCE OF RAIN."

  • WHEN HE SAID THAT, THERE

  • WASN'T A CLOUD IN THE SKY.

  • THERE WAS NO SIGN OF RAIN,

  • YET HE CHOSE TO BELIEVE WHAT

  • HE HEARD IN HIS SPIRIT OVER

  • WHAT HE SAW WITH HIS EYES.

  • HE SAW DROUGHT, FAMINE, CROPS

  • DRIED UP, BUT HE HEARD AN

  • ABUNDANCE OF RAIN.

  • ARE YOU BELIEVING WHAT

  • YOU'RE SEEING OR WHAT

  • YOU'RE HEARING?

  • WHAT YOU SEE MAY BE LACK,

  • STRUGGLE, CATERPILLAR

  • ON THE GROUND.

  • BUT WHAT GOD IS SPEAKING

  • TO YOUR SPIRIT IS ABUNDANCE,

  • HEALING, BREAKTHROUGHS,

  • NEW LEVELS.

  • WHAT YOU'RE HEARING

  • IS MORE POWERFUL THAN

  • WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

  • WHAT YOU SEE IS TEMPORARY,

  • WHAT YOU HEAR IS ETERNAL.

  • BUT IF YOU STAY FOCUSED ON

  • THE DROUGHT, HOW BIG THE

  • PROBLEM IS, HOW IT'S NEVER

  • GOING TO CHANGE,

  • THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU

  • IN A CATERPILLAR MODE.

  • THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

  • WE ARE TRANSFORMED BY

  • THE RENEWING OF OUR MIND.

  • THAT WORD "TRANSFORMED" IS

  • THE SAME WORD USED FOR WHEN A

  • CATERPILLAR METAMORPHOSES

  • INTO A BUTTERFLY.

  • YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR MIND

  • GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

  • YOU CAN'T THINK CATERPILLAR

  • THOUGHTS AND LIVE

  • A BUTTERFLY LIFE.

  • IF YOU THINK,

  • "JOEL, I'LL NEVER GET WELL.

  • I CAN'T GET AHEAD,

  • I'VE REACHED MY LIMITS,"

  • YOUR OWN THINKING WILL KEEP

  • YOUR WINGS FROM DEVELOPING.

  • YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE ELIJAH.

  • EVERYWHERE HE LOOKED,

  • HE SAW DROUGHT.

  • BUT IN HIS SPIRIT,

  • HE HEARD ABUNDANCE.

  • HE CHOSE TO BELIEVE WHAT GOD

  • SAID OVER WHAT HE SAW.

  • HE WENT ON TOP

  • OF MOUNT CARMEL TO PRAY.

  • HE TOLD HIS ASSISTANT TO GO

  • LOOK ON THE OTHER SIDE

  • OF THE MOUNTAIN TO SEE

  • IF THERE WAS ANY SIGN OF RAIN.

  • THE YOUNG MAN WENT OUT, CAME

  • BACK, SAID, "NO, THERE'S NOT

  • A CLOUD IN THE SKY."

  • ELIJAH COULD'VE BEEN

  • DISCOURAGED, THOUGHT,

  • "I MUST'VE HEARD GOD WRONG."

  • BUT HE UNDERSTOOD THIS

  • PRINCIPLE THAT WHAT HE SAW

  • WAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • AND INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING THAT

  • IT WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN,

  • HE TOLD THE YOUNG MAN TO GO

  • BACK AND LOOK AGAIN

  • AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

  • IT TAKES FAITH

  • TO KEEP LOOKING.

  • YOU HAVE TO BE MORE CONFIDENT

  • IN WHAT GOD SAID THAN

  • IN WHAT YOU SEE.

  • WHAT YOU SEE MAY BE

  • A CATERPILLAR,

  • NO CHANCE IT COULD FLY.

  • YOU'D BE WASTING YOUR TIME

  • THINKING THAT WORM COULD

  • GET OFF THE GROUND.

  • FOR SOME PEOPLE,

  • THAT WOULD SEEM FOOLISH,

  • BUT FAITH IS NOT ALWAYS

  • GOING TO MAKE SENSE.

  • WHAT GOD PROMISES YOU IS NOT

  • ALWAYS GOING TO BE LOGICAL.

  • THERE WILL BE A BATTLE TAKING

  • PLACE IN YOUR MIND BETWEEN

  • WHAT YOU SEE

  • AND WHAT YOU HEAR.

  • I HEAR, "I'M A BUTTERFLY.

  • I'M CREATED TO SOAR.

  • I'M DESTINED TO DO

  • GREAT THINGS."

  • THEN THAT OTHER VOICE, "WELL,

  • WHERE ARE YOUR WINGS?

  • HOW COME YOU'RE STILL

  • ON THE GROUND?

  • HOW COME IT'S TAKING

  • SO LONG?"

  • YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE

  • ELIJAH WAS.

  • "GOD, YOU SAID AN ABUNDANCE

  • OF RAIN, BUT I DON'T SEE

  • A CLOUD IN THE SKY.

  • GOD, IF IT'S YOU, AT LEAST

  • GIVE ME SOME DRIZZLE.

  • AT LEAST LET THE WEATHERMAN

  • SAY 10% CHANCE OF RAIN."

  • SOMETIMES, THERE WILL BE

  • NO SIGN THAT IT'S GOING

  • TO HAPPEN.

  • THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO

  • DIG DOWN DEEP AND SAY,

  • "GOD, MY MIND SAYS I'M CRAZY,

  • PEOPLE SAY I'M FAR OUT,

  • BUT I STILL BELIEVE WHAT YOU

  • PROMISED IS ON THE WAY.

  • GOD, YOU SAID YOU WOULD

  • RESTORE HEALTH BACK UNTO ME.

  • I DON'T SEE ANY SIGN OF IT,

  • BUT I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE

  • HEALING IS COMING.

  • GOD, YOU SAID AS FOR ME

  • AND MY HOUSE,

  • WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.

  • MY CHILD IS OFF COURSE, BUT

  • I'M NOT MOVED BY WHAT I SEE.

  • I KNOW YOU HAVE

  • THE FINAL SAY.

  • GOD, YOU SAID I WOULD LEAVE

  • AN INHERITANCE TO MY

  • CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.

  • I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD

  • HAPPEN, GOD.

  • I'M STRUGGLING TO MAKE

  • ENDS MEET, BUT I BELIEVE

  • MY WINGS ARE COMING.

  • IN MY SPIRIT, I HEAR

  • ABUNDANCE, I HEAR INCREASE,

  • I HEAR LEND AND NOT BORROW."

  • THE SEVENTH TIME THE YOUNG

  • MAN CAME BACK, HE SAID

  • TO ELIJAH, "THIS TIME, I SAW A

  • SMALL CLOUD IN THE SKY ABOUT

  • THE SIZE OF A MAN'S HAND."

  • ELIJAH SENT WORD TO AHAB,

  • SAID, "YOU BETTER TAKE OFF TO

  • THE NEXT CITY, THERE'S ABOUT

  • TO BE A DOWNPOUR."

  • ALL HE SAW WAS A SMALL CLOUD,

  • BUT ELIJAH WAS SO FULL OF

  • FAITH, SO FULL OF EXPECTANCY,

  • HE KNEW THAT LITTLE CLOUD WAS

  • ABOUT TO TURN INTO BIG RAIN.

  • IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE

  • THE THREE-YEAR DROUGHT

  • CAME TO AN END.

  • WHAT YOU SEE MAY SEEM SMALL

  • COMPARED TO WHAT GOD

  • PROMISED YOU.

  • IT'S EASY TO DISMISS IT,

  • THINK THAT IT'S NOTHING,

  • BUT GOD KNOWS HOW TO TAKE

  • A SMALL CLOUD AND BRING

  • A BIG BLESSING.

  • HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE

  • SOMETHING THAT LOOKS

  • INSIGNIFICANT AND CAUSE IT

  • TO MULTIPLY AND TURN

  • INTO SOMETHING AMAZING.

  • BUT I WONDER IF ELIJAH

  • WOULD'VE EVER SEEN THE RAIN

  • IF HE HAD NOT KEPT LOOKING.

  • IF HE WOULD'VE GOTTEN

  • DISCOURAGED AFTER THE SECOND

  • TIME OR THE FIFTH TIME OR THE

  • SIXTH TIME, MAYBE THE CLOUD

  • WOULD'VE NEVER FORMED.

  • MAYBE GOD WAS SEEING

  • HOW BAD HE WANTED IT.

  • MAYBE THE CLEAR SKIES AND

  • NO CLOUDS WERE ALL A TEST.

  • GOD WANTED TO KNOW, "ELIJAH,

  • ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE

  • WHAT I'M SAYING OVER WHAT

  • YOU'RE SEEING?

  • ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE

  • YOUR WINGS ARE STILL COMING

  • WHILE YOU'RE CRAWLING

  • ON THE GROUND,

  • WHILE THERE'S NO SIGN OF IT?

  • OR ARE YOU GOING TO LET

  • CIRCUMSTANCES TALK YOU OUT OF

  • IT?"

  • PART OF THIS TEST IS

  • SOMETIMES THE SITUATION WILL

  • GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS

  • BETTER.

  • ELIJAH WAS DOING ALL THE

  • RIGHT THINGS IN THE FACE OF

  • THE DROUGHT, THE ODDS AGAINST

  • HIM.

  • HE DECLARED TO AHAB WHAT GOD

  • PROMISED, THE ABUNDANCE

  • OF RAIN WAS COMING.

  • HE WENT ON THE MOUNTAIN AND

  • PRAYED.

  • HE THANKED GOD IN ADVANCE.

  • HE LOOKED FOR IT,

  • BUT NOTHING CHANGED.

  • NO CLOUDS, NO RAIN.

  • HERE HE WAS DOING EVERYTHING

  • HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING,

  • BUT THE DROUGHT GOT WORSE.

  • IF YOU WILL PASS THIS TEST OF

  • THINGS GETTING WORSE WHILE

  • YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING,

  • THEN LIKE HIM YOU WILL COME

  • INTO ABUNDANCE, YOU WILL SEE

  • WHAT GOD PROMISED.

  • THE GETTING WORSE IS A SIGN

  • THAT THE BREAKTHROUGH

  • IS COMING.

  • EVEN WITH THE CATERPILLAR,

  • BEFORE IT GETS ITS WINGS,

  • THE CATERPILLAR GOES

  • INTO A COCOON,

  • THAT'S WHERE IT TRANSFORMS.

  • IN THE COCOON, IT'S DARK,

  • IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE,

  • HE CAN'T MOVE.

  • AT LEAST WHEN HE WAS

  • A CATERPILLAR,

  • HE COULD CRAWL AROUND.

  • COULDN'T GO FAST,

  • BUT HE COULD MOVE.

  • NOW, HE'S TOTALLY RESTRICTED.

  • I'M SURE HE THINKS,

  • "WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?

  • I WAS BELIEVING FOR WINGS.

  • I WAS HOPING TO FLY.

  • NOW I HAVE NO MOBILITY,

  • IT'S WORSE THAN EVER."

  • BUT IN A LITTLE WHILE AFTER

  • THAT DARK SEASON, AFTER THAT

  • UNCOMFORTABLE TIME, HE COMES

  • OUT OF THE COCOON NOT

  • THE SAME, BUT WITH HIS WINGS.

  • NOW IT'S A BUTTERFLY.

  • NOW, YOU MAY BE IN THE COCOON

  • TODAY, YOU FEEL LIKE

  • YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS.

  • YOU'RE BELIEVING TO GET

  • BETTER, TO TAKE NEW GROUND,

  • BUT IT'S GONE THE OTHER WAY.

  • IT'S ALL A PART

  • OF THE PROCESS.

  • THAT'S A SIGN

  • THAT YOUR WINGS ARE COMING.

  • THAT'S A SIGN THAT THE CLOUDS

  • ARE STARTING TO FORM.

  • DON'T GET DISCOURAGED,

  • YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME IN TO

  • WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE.

  • THAT TIME IN THE COCOON,

  • THAT UNCOMFORTABLE SEASON

  • WHEN YOU WERE DOING

  • THE RIGHT THING

  • AND THE WRONG THING WAS

  • HAPPENING, IT WASN'T A

  • MISTAKE, IT WASN'T BAD LUCK.

  • IT WAS A TEST.

  • GOD HAS YOU

  • IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

  • NOTHING CAN HAPPEN

  • WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION.

  • AND BECAUSE YOU STAYED

  • IN FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KEPT

  • LOOKING FOR THE CLOUD,

  • BECAUSE YOU KEPT DECLARING

  • ABUNDANCE IS COMING, YOU'RE

  • GOING TO COME OUT WITH YOUR

  • WINGS.

  • NO MORE CRAWLING, NO MORE

  • BARELY GETTING BY, LIVING

  • MEDIOCRE, STRUGGLING WITH

  • ADDICTIONS, DEPRESSION,

  • DYSFUNCTION.

  • THIS IS A NEW DAY.

  • IF THE ENEMY WOULD'VE KNOWN

  • WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN,

  • HE WOULD'VE LEFT YOU ALONE.

  • HE TOOK YOU INTO THAT

  • DIFFICULTY THINKING

  • HE WAS GOING TO STOP YOU.

  • HE DIDN'T REALIZE

  • IT WAS THE COCOON.

  • GOD WAS USING IT

  • TO TRANSFORM YOU.

  • HE MEANT IT FOR HARM; GOD

  • TURNED IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.

  • YOU CAME OUT WITH YOUR WINGS,

  • NOW YOU CAN SOAR, NOW YOU CAN

  • TAKE NEW GROUND, NOW

  • ABUNDANCE IS IN YOUR FUTURE.

  • DECEMBER OF 2002, THE HOUSTON

  • CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOR US TO

  • HAVE THE COMPAQ CENTER.

  • WE WERE SO EXCITED.

  • WE HAD WORKED A YEAR AND A

  • HALF TRYING TO CONVINCE

  • THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

  • THIS WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.

  • A FEW WEEKS LATER,

  • I WAS IN ANOTHER CITY, MY

  • BROTHER-IN-LAW KEVIN CALLED

  • AND SAID THE COMPANY THAT

  • OWNS ALL THE PROPERTY AROUND

  • THE COMPAQ CENTER HAD

  • JUST FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT

  • TO TRY TO KEEP US

  • FROM MOVING IN.

  • THEY SAID WE WOULD VIOLATE

  • THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.

  • THEY WERE A HUGE COMPANY,

  • ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAXPAYERS

  • IN TEXAS.

  • WE MET WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND

  • THEY WEREN'T VERY

  • ENCOURAGING.

  • THEY SAID WE MIGHT POSSIBLY

  • WIN THE LAWSUIT, BUT EVEN IF

  • WE DID, IT COULD BE TIED UP

  • IN THE COURTS FOR TEN YEARS.

  • MONTH AFTER MONTH WENT BY,

  • NOTHING WAS HAPPENING, THEY

  • WEREN'T GOING TO BUDGE.

  • I HAD TO DO WHAT I'M ASKING

  • YOU TO DO.

  • I SAID, "GOD, I'M NOT GOING

  • TO BE MOVED BY WHAT I SEE.

  • WHAT I SEE IS A STALEMATE.

  • WHAT I SEE IS GOLIATH.

  • WHAT I SEE IS A LENGTHY LEGAL

  • BATTLE."

  • IT LOOKED LIKE WE COULD

  • ALWAYS BE GROUNDED, LIKE THAT

  • SETBACK WOULD BE PERMANENT.

  • BUT I KNEW THIS SECRET, IT

  • WAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE

  • FINAL SAY, GOD HAS

  • THE FINAL SAY.

  • INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT HOW

  • BAD IT WAS, HOW IT WOULD

  • NEVER WORK OUT, I'D GO AROUND

  • SAYING, "FATHER, THANK YOU

  • THAT YOU BEING FOR US IS MORE

  • THAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINST

  • US.

  • THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE

  • FIGHTING OUR BATTLES."

  • ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS IN, WE

  • RECEIVED WORD THAT THE CEO OF

  • THIS LARGE COMPANY WANTED TO

  • FLY DOWN AND MEET WITH US.

  • OUR ATTORNEYS TOLD US NOT TO

  • GET OUR HOPES UP, THAT IT WAS

  • PROBABLY A PLOY, A

  • NEGOTIATING TACTIC TO TRY TO

  • PRESSURE US AND INTIMIDATE

  • US.

  • THEY EXPECTED THE WORST, BUT

  • DEEP DOWN I BELIEVED IT WAS

  • THE HAND OF GOD.

  • WE HAD HAD NO CONTACT WITH

  • THEM EXCEPT THROUGH

  • THE COURTS.

  • THE CEO WALKED IN THE ROOM,

  • THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS,

  • "JOEL, I WATCH YOU EVERY WEEK

  • ON TELEVISION,

  • AND MY SON-IN-LAW IS

  • A YOUTH PASTOR."

  • GOD KNOWS HOW TO PUT THE

  • RIGHT PEOPLE IN YOUR PATH.

  • BY THE END OF THAT DAY, THEY

  • HAD NOT ONLY AGREED TO DROP

  • THE LAWSUIT AND LET US HAVE

  • THE BUILDING, BUT TO LEASE US

  • 8,000 COVERED PARKING SPACES

  • THAT SURROUND THIS BUILDING.

  • WE THOUGHT WE WERE STUCK,

  • BUT WE GOT OUR WINGS.

  • IT COULD'VE TAKEN YEARS;

  • GOD DID IT IN A FRACTION

  • OF THE TIME.

  • WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST

  • MAY LOOK BIGGER, STRONGER,

  • THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU.

  • DON'T WORRY,

  • THE MOST HIGH GOD IS FOR YOU.

  • HE KNOWS HOW

  • TO DEFEAT GIANTS.

  • HE KNOWS HOW TO TURN THINGS

  • AROUND.

  • NO PERSON CAN STAND AGAINST

  • HIM, NO SICKNESS,

  • NO ADDICTION, NO OBSTACLE.

  • WHAT'S TRYING TO STOP YOU

  • IS NOT PERMANENT.

  • THE GOD WHO CREATED THE

  • UNIVERSE IS BREATHING IN YOUR

  • DIRECTION RIGHT NOW, PUSHING

  • BACK FORCES OF DARKNESS,

  • MAKING YOUR CROOKED PLACES

  • STRAIGHT, CHANGING PEOPLE'S

  • MINDS IN YOUR FAVOR.

  • NOT ONLY ARE YOU GOING TO

  • COME OUT, BUT IN THE PROCESS,

  • YOU'RE GOING

  • TO GET YOUR WINGS.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO RISE TO

  • HEIGHTS THAT YOU NEVER

  • THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

  • IN THE SCRIPTURE, GOD

  • PROMISED ABRAHAM AND SARAH

  • THAT THEY WERE GOING

  • TO HAVE A BABY, BUT THEY WERE

  • BOTH WAY TOO OLD.

  • EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED

  • IMPOSSIBLE, THEY BELIEVED

  • FOR A WHILE, BUT YEARS WENT

  • BY AND NO SIGN OF A CHILD.

  • SARAH FINALLY TOLD ABRAHAM

  • TO SLEEP WITH HER MAID.

  • HER ATTITUDE WAS,

  • "I'LL NEVER GET MY WINGS.

  • I'LL ALWAYS BE GROUNDED."

  • SHE THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE

  • WOULD HAVE TO FLY FOR HER,

  • THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO RIDE

  • PIGGYBACK SO TO SPEAK,

  • THEY WOULD HAVE THE BABY.

  • BUT YOU NEVER SEE A BUTTERFLY

  • FLYING AROUND WITH A

  • CATERPILLAR ON ITS BACK.

  • THE PROMISE GOD PUT IN YOU

  • IS NOT GOING TO COME

  • THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE.

  • YES, SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIFT

  • US, SOMETIMES THEY DO US A

  • FAVOR, BUT GOD DIDN'T CREATE

  • YOU TO BE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS

  • TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY.

  • YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE

  • TO RIDE PIGGYBACK,

  • YOUR WINGS ARE COMING.

  • THERE IS GREATNESS IN YOU.

  • YOU HAVE GIFTS, TALENTS,

  • BUSINESSES, BABIES IN YOU.

  • ABRAHAM HAD A BABY WITH

  • SARAH'S MAID, BUT THAT WAS

  • NOT THE PROMISED CHILD.

  • AND WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THERE

  • WAS NO WAY, AGAINST ALL ODDS

  • AT 80 YEARS OF AGE,

  • SARAH GAVE BIRTH TO A SON,

  • THE PROMISED CHILD.

  • WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART IS

  • STILL ON THE WAY.

  • MAYBE THE REASON IT SEEMS

  • SO UNLIKELY IS LIKE SARAH,

  • YOU DON'T HAVE

  • YOUR WINGS YET.

  • WHEN YOU'RE IN THE

  • CATERPILLAR STAGE, IT'S EASY

  • TO TALK YOURSELF OUT OF IT.

  • THE WAY TO STAY IN FAITH

  • IS KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF,

  • "MY WINGS ARE COMING."

  • WHEN SARAH HEARD THE PROMISE

  • THAT SHE WAS GOING

  • TO HAVE A BABY, THE FIRST THING

  • SHE DID WAS LAUGH.

  • SHE THOUGHT,

  • "THAT'S SO FAR OUT, IT'S FUNNY."

  • BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T

  • COMPREHEND IT,

  • SHE FOUND THE MAID TO TRY

  • TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

  • HERE'S THE KEY, DON'T REDUCE

  • WHAT GOD PROMISED YOU

  • TO FIT YOUR FAITH.

  • DON'T BRING IT DOWN TO YOUR

  • LEVEL AND GO FIND THE MAID.

  • COME UP TO HIS LEVEL.

  • DON'T BE LIMITED BY YOUR

  • FAITH, STRETCH YOUR FAITH.

  • IF YOU COULD DO IT ON YOUR

  • OWN, YOU WOULDN'T NEED WINGS.

  • IF YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH

  • YOUR DREAMS BY YOURSELF,

  • IT WOULDN'T TAKE FAITH.

  • WHAT GOD HAS IN YOUR FUTURE

  • IS SO BIG, SO AMAZING,

  • IT'S GOING TO BE INTIMIDATING.

  • AND WHILE YOU'RE EXCITED,

  • AT THE SAME TIME YOU'LL BE

  • TEMPTED TO SHRINK BACK

  • AND THINK, "THERE'S NO WAY.

  • THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED

  • IN MY FAMILY."

  • GOD WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN IT

  • TO YOU IF HE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY

  • TO BRING IT TO PASS.

  • HE IS NOT ASKING YOU

  • TO FIGURE IT OUT,

  • HE'S ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE.

  • WHEN YOU BELIEVE,

  • SUPERNATURAL DOORS CAN OPEN.

  • WHEN YOU BELIEVE, GOD CAN

  • MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU

  • COULD NEVER MAKE HAPPEN.

  • BUT THE MISTAKE WE MAKE

  • TOO OFTEN IS WE REDUCE

  • WHAT GOD PROMISED US

  • TO WHAT WE THINK IS POSSIBLE.

  • A YOUNG COUPLE CAME DOWN

  • FOR PRAYER ONE TIME, AND THEY

  • SAID, "JOEL, WILL YOU PRAY

  • THAT THIS FURNITURE WE REALLY

  • WANT TO BUY WILL GO ON SALE

  • SO WE CAN AFFORD IT?"

  • AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

  • WITH BEING FRUGAL, I'M ALL

  • FOR GETTING GOOD DEALS,

  • BUT GOD IS NOT DEPENDENT

  • ON WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE DOES

  • TO BRING YOUR DREAM TO PASS.

  • HE'S NOT HOPING THEY GIVE YOU

  • A GOOD BREAK SO THAT PROMISE

  • WOULD BE FULFILLED.

  • I TOLD THEM, "IT'S GREAT IF

  • IT GOES ON SALE, BUT I WOULD

  • RATHER PRAY THAT GOD WOULD

  • GIVE YOU THE FUNDS

  • TO PURCHASE IT EVEN IF

  • IT DOESN'T."

  • SOMETIMES, WE'RE PRAYING FOR

  • THINGS TO COME DOWN WHEN WE

  • SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR US TO

  • GO UP.

  • THE SAME GOD THAT CAN CAUSE

  • IT TO GO ON SALE CAN BLESS

  • YOU WITH SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT

  • IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT

  • DOESN'T.

  • SEE, MY FATHER CAME

  • OUT OF POVERTY.

  • HE WAS RAISED VERY POOR, WENT

  • TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HOLES IN

  • HIS CLOTHES, HOLES IN HIS

  • SHOES.

  • WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD, I

  • WAS AT A CLOTHING STORE, MY

  • FATHER WAS ABOUT TO PURCHASE

  • A SUIT.

  • WHEN THE SALESMAN FOUND OUT

  • HE WAS A PASTOR, HE SAID,

  • "LET ME GO SEE, MAYBE I CAN

  • GET YOU A MINISTER'S

  • DISCOUNT."

  • AND OF COURSE MY FATHER WAS

  • GRATEFUL, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT

  • THAT HIT HIM WRONG.

  • HE SAID, "SIR, I APPRECIATE

  • IT, BUT THAT WON'T BE

  • NECESSARY.

  • MY FATHER IS EXTREMELY

  • WEALTHY."

  • THE SALESMAN LOOKED

  • SO SURPRISED, HE DIDN'T KNOW

  • HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

  • HIS HEAVENLY FATHER.

  • BUT MY FATHER'S ATTITUDE WAS,

  • "I WAS GROUNDED LONG ENOUGH.

  • I CRAWLED AROUND FOR YEARS.

  • THIS IS A NEW DAY.

  • I'VE GOT MY WINGS

  • AND I'M NOT GOING BACK

  • TO THAT WORM MENTALITY.

  • I WAS BORN TO FLY."

  • SOMETIMES, WE'RE WAITING

  • FOR GOD TO TAKE US HIGHER.

  • GOD IS WAITING FOR US TO

  • BRING OUR THINKING UP HIGHER.

  • GET RID OF THAT

  • WORM MENTALITY.

  • DON'T REDUCE WHAT GOD

  • PROMISED YOU TO FIT YOUR

  • FAITH, STRETCH YOUR FAITH.

  • HOW YOU WERE RAISED IS NOT

  • HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY.

  • GOD HAS NEW LEVELS.

  • AND YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW

  • THIS CAN HAPPEN, THERE ARE

  • BIG OBSTACLES IN YOUR PATH.

  • DON'T BE MOVED

  • BY WHAT YOU SEE.

  • WHAT YOU SEE

  • IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

  • LIKE ELIJAH, I CAN HEAR

  • THE SOUND OF ABUNDANCE.

  • I HEAR THE SOUND OF HEALING,

  • THE SOUND OF BREAKTHROUGHS.

  • YOU MAY HAVE BEEN GROUNDED,

  • I HAVE GOOD NEWS, YOUR

  • CATERPILLAR DAYS ARE OVER.

  • I BELIEVE AND DECLARE

  • YOUR WINGS ARE COMING.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH

  • MORE THAN

  • YOU THOUGHT POSSIBLE.

  • IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER

  • THAN YOU THINK.

  • ACCELERATION, PROMOTION,

  • HEALING, NEW OPPORTUNITIES,

  • NEW LEVELS, THE FULLNESS OF

  • YOUR DESTINY IN JESUS'S NAME.

  • AND IF YOU RECEIVE IT,

  • CAN YOU SAY AMEN TODAY?

  • I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN

  • OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS

  • THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.

  • WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?

  • JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS,

  • I REPENT OF MY SINS.

  • COME INTO MY HEART, I MAKE

  • YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR."

  • IF YOU PRAYED THAT

  • SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE

  • YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.

  • GET IN A GOOD, BIBLE-BASED

  • CHURCH, KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.

  • > JOEL: THANKS FOR WATCHING

  • THE MESSAGE.

  • I HOPE IT

  • INSPIRED AND UPLIFTED YOU.

  • MAKE SURE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO

  • STAY CONNECTED.

  • THERE ARE

  • NEW MESSAGES EVERY WEEK.

  • WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL SEE

  • YOU NEXT TIME.

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