1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:12,880 The title of my message is shattered dreams, unshaken faith. 2 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:19,760 And so Apostle Mike is really contending for. 3 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,760 Because, you know, Prophet Jeremiah Johnson said, don't be pretenders, 4 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,000 let's be contenders. 5 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:32,010 And our apostle is a contender for healed minds and mended hearts. 6 00:00:32,090 --> 00:00:38,010 And so when he presented this, I was like, man, it just shook me 7 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:38,890 to my core. 8 00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:42,690 Because this is like, not only, like, my thing. 9 00:00:42,690 --> 00:00:46,810 Cause I love to love people and see them healed, but it's also 10 00:00:46,810 --> 00:00:51,450 a part of his DNA, right, where he is contending for freedom 11 00:00:51,450 --> 00:00:52,010 in people. 12 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:55,370 And he wrote the book, inherit your freedom, shameless plug. 13 00:00:55,530 --> 00:00:56,290 Go buy it. 14 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:58,090 Inherit your freedom through Jesus. 15 00:00:59,050 --> 00:00:59,810 And we just wanna. 16 00:00:59,810 --> 00:01:02,530 I just wanna honor our apostle and Pastor Julie. 17 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:05,690 We love them so much as they're away on their sabbatical. 18 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:06,690 We just honor you. 19 00:01:06,690 --> 00:01:07,330 We love you. 20 00:01:07,330 --> 00:01:11,450 If you're watching later, after the sabbatical, Pastor Mike, 21 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:14,810 Apostle Mike told me he was gonna be binge watching all of our 22 00:01:14,810 --> 00:01:15,370 sermons. 23 00:01:15,610 --> 00:01:18,890 I hope I do a good job and I do you well, Apostle. 24 00:01:20,090 --> 00:01:20,890 We love you. 25 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:26,010 And so my sermon is called Shatter dreams Unshaken. 26 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:29,420 And so have you ever carried a dream? 27 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:32,140 You woke up from a dream and it was so vivid? 28 00:01:32,380 --> 00:01:36,780 If you have, what I tell you is write it down. 29 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:38,940 Journal your dreams. 30 00:01:38,940 --> 00:01:41,260 I have journals of dreams. 31 00:01:42,619 --> 00:01:45,820 And it's been a blessing in my life to be able to go back and see 32 00:01:45,820 --> 00:01:49,500 God's hand move throughout all of the dreams that I've ever had. 33 00:01:49,820 --> 00:01:50,780 So journal them. 34 00:01:51,180 --> 00:01:55,180 So if you've had a dream that was so vivid, so divine, that you 35 00:01:55,260 --> 00:02:01,170 knew that it was from God and you saw it, you felt it burning in 36 00:02:01,170 --> 00:02:04,730 your chest, you prayed over it, you believed it. 37 00:02:05,130 --> 00:02:12,330 And then life hit the door closed, people changed, the dream 38 00:02:12,570 --> 00:02:13,450 stalled. 39 00:02:13,930 --> 00:02:18,730 And the silence from heaven grew louder. 40 00:02:19,290 --> 00:02:24,100 And you ask the question that many of us have whispered through 41 00:02:24,490 --> 00:02:29,130 tears, God, where are you in this? 42 00:02:31,290 --> 00:02:34,490 I came today to talk to the dreamers. 43 00:02:34,490 --> 00:02:36,010 Where my dreamers at? 44 00:02:38,250 --> 00:02:43,410 I came to talk today to the wounded, to the weary, to the ones 45 00:02:43,410 --> 00:02:48,890 who feel like what you saw in faith does not match what is in reality. 46 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:56,180 Your dream may be shattered, but your faith can remain unshaken. 47 00:02:57,860 --> 00:03:02,660 That's why we are beginning this series, Unbroken, Healing minds, 48 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:03,860 Mending hearts. 49 00:03:04,020 --> 00:03:08,020 Because you may feel cracked, but you are not crushed. 50 00:03:08,660 --> 00:03:14,820 What was meant to destroy you, God is using to develop you. 51 00:03:17,950 --> 00:03:23,710 Father, I thank you that your word brings so much life. 52 00:03:24,350 --> 00:03:28,590 Lord, today, even as we were declaring in worship to live, to 53 00:03:28,590 --> 00:03:31,950 live, for our dry bones to come alive again. 54 00:03:32,110 --> 00:03:36,830 Father, I pray in the name of Jesus that dreams would come to life 55 00:03:36,830 --> 00:03:37,230 again. 56 00:03:37,630 --> 00:03:41,030 Lord, that people that have been shattered where their dreams 57 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:44,690 have been shattered, Lord, that you would shake up this their 58 00:03:44,690 --> 00:03:45,970 faith again, oh God. 59 00:03:45,970 --> 00:03:49,970 And that they would arise in faith that they would be unshaken, 60 00:03:50,370 --> 00:03:54,130 unmovable, in Jesus, mighty name, Amen. 61 00:03:54,450 --> 00:03:55,210 And amen. 62 00:03:55,210 --> 00:03:57,570 I'm sorry, guys, I am fiery today. 63 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:00,050 Come on. 64 00:04:00,690 --> 00:04:03,490 So there's three points I'm going to talk about today. 65 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:09,490 Shattered dreams, unshaken faith, the dream, the shattering, 66 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:11,740 and the unshaken faith. 67 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:12,860 Those are my three points. 68 00:04:12,860 --> 00:04:17,420 And we're going to read from Genesis 37, verses 5 to 11. 69 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:20,460 And so you can read with me. 70 00:04:22,140 --> 00:04:23,900 I'm starting from verse five. 71 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:25,740 Now, Joseph had a dream. 72 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:31,260 And when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 73 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:35,860 He said to them, hear this dream that I have dreamed. 74 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:39,620 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field. 75 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:44,420 And behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. 76 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:49,180 And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down 77 00:04:49,180 --> 00:04:50,180 to my sheaf. 78 00:04:50,260 --> 00:04:55,020 And what sheaf means here in this dream is a bundle of grain. 79 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:57,220 It's like long stalks of grain. 80 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:01,860 And so if you picture it, it's the sheaves, the bundle of grain 81 00:05:01,940 --> 00:05:03,380 bowing down to his. 82 00:05:03,460 --> 00:05:07,540 And what those sheaves represent in the dream, for all my 83 00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:12,600 dream interpreters, what sheaves represent are his brothers 84 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,480 and his father and mother. 85 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,800 And so the sheaves bow down to him. 86 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,960 Verse 8, his brother said to him, and this is how I read my Bible, 87 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:22,200 y'. 88 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:28,720 All, are you indeed to reign over us because tone is everything, 89 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,840 or you are indeed to rule over us? 90 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:39,420 So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 91 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:42,220 Then he dreamed another dream. 92 00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:47,180 And he told his brothers and said, behold, I have dreamed another 93 00:05:47,260 --> 00:05:47,740 dream. 94 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:53,060 Behold, the sun, the moon and the 11 stars were bowing down to 95 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:53,340 me. 96 00:05:53,660 --> 00:05:59,540 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father 97 00:05:59,540 --> 00:06:03,500 rebuked him and said, what is this dream you have dreamed? 98 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:08,370 Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow 99 00:06:08,370 --> 00:06:10,810 ourselves to the ground before you? 100 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:14,010 And his brothers were jealous of him. 101 00:06:14,250 --> 00:06:17,850 But his father kept the saying in mind. 102 00:06:18,330 --> 00:06:23,370 You see, Joseph, he was a teenager with a God given dream. 103 00:06:23,530 --> 00:06:25,050 And he saw elevation. 104 00:06:25,370 --> 00:06:26,690 He saw leadership. 105 00:06:26,690 --> 00:06:29,130 The sheaves were bowing down to him. 106 00:06:30,770 --> 00:06:34,530 He had a revelation, but no roadmap. 107 00:06:35,650 --> 00:06:40,210 He didn't see what the path was to get there. 108 00:06:40,690 --> 00:06:44,530 He had promise, but didn't understand the process. 109 00:06:44,930 --> 00:06:47,330 How many of you had a prophetic word? 110 00:06:47,410 --> 00:06:51,810 How many of you had a dream that you dreamed, but you didn't 111 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:54,610 understand what that process was going to look like? 112 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:59,100 And when God shows you a big dream, he doesn't Always show you 113 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:00,860 the battle attached to it. 114 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:03,220 Because there have been some battles, y'. 115 00:07:03,220 --> 00:07:03,340 All. 116 00:07:03,340 --> 00:07:06,100 I know many of you who's been through some battles. 117 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:07,380 I've been through some battles. 118 00:07:07,380 --> 00:07:08,900 Come on, let me see a show of hands. 119 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:09,420 Come on. 120 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:11,299 Indiana, Long Island, Miami. 121 00:07:11,299 --> 00:07:13,820 Let me see the hands of the battles you've been through. 122 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:19,260 Joseph's brothers hated him for it. 123 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:20,220 They were jealous. 124 00:07:20,460 --> 00:07:25,340 How many of you know when you have offense in your heart and when 125 00:07:25,340 --> 00:07:28,340 you have jealousy, there are some things that you think about 126 00:07:28,340 --> 00:07:31,660 that you don't even want to tell people what you're thinking 127 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:31,940 about. 128 00:07:32,180 --> 00:07:33,660 And his brothers were mad. 129 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:34,580 They hated him. 130 00:07:34,660 --> 00:07:38,980 And let me tell you, not everyone can celebrate what God has 131 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:39,620 shown you. 132 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:40,820 Not everyone can. 133 00:07:41,140 --> 00:07:44,820 But don't water down the vision because they're insecure, 134 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:45,540 okay? 135 00:07:45,860 --> 00:07:51,030 Don't bury the dream because others don't see what God said. 136 00:07:53,430 --> 00:07:58,550 If the dream came from God, it will require God to fulfill it. 137 00:07:59,750 --> 00:08:01,430 Joseph, he was young. 138 00:08:01,830 --> 00:08:03,510 He was idealistic. 139 00:08:03,910 --> 00:08:07,670 He was unprepared for the cost. 140 00:08:08,790 --> 00:08:11,030 But God wasn't giving him a dream. 141 00:08:11,590 --> 00:08:15,430 He was preparing him to carry a legacy. 142 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:19,510 I'm talking to the legacy carriers in this room. 143 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:23,490 Across all campuses, we have legacy carriers. 144 00:08:23,650 --> 00:08:25,570 We are kingdom minded. 145 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:27,970 God is gonna mend hearts today. 146 00:08:28,370 --> 00:08:29,970 He's gonna heal minds. 147 00:08:29,970 --> 00:08:34,290 Because there's a legacy that we need to carry on the Earth for 148 00:08:34,290 --> 00:08:35,570 the kingdom of God. 149 00:08:37,170 --> 00:08:37,810 Come on. 150 00:08:38,290 --> 00:08:41,170 That leads me to point number two, the shattering. 151 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:46,090 I'm gonna summarize Genesis 38, because we're gonna go through 152 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:49,270 the whole, whole life of Joseph, and there's not enough time 153 00:08:49,430 --> 00:08:52,630 to be able to talk, to read every scripture to you. 154 00:08:52,710 --> 00:09:01,670 But from Genesis 37, from 18 all the way to 20, Joseph had been 155 00:09:01,670 --> 00:09:04,990 sent by his father to go check on his brothers. 156 00:09:04,990 --> 00:09:07,070 They were working on the field, so they were like, go. 157 00:09:07,070 --> 00:09:08,710 He said, go, go check on your brothers. 158 00:09:08,870 --> 00:09:09,950 See what they're up to. 159 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:11,270 So here goes Joseph. 160 00:09:11,430 --> 00:09:12,950 You know, he's eager. 161 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:14,430 He's this teenager. 162 00:09:14,430 --> 00:09:16,230 Like, yeah, you know, the sheaves. 163 00:09:16,230 --> 00:09:17,230 Yeah, I'm the man. 164 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:19,010 I'm leaders elevated. 165 00:09:19,010 --> 00:09:21,970 He's walking down the road, and then they're like, oh, here he 166 00:09:21,970 --> 00:09:22,290 comes. 167 00:09:22,450 --> 00:09:25,650 Because Joseph had a coat that his father gave him many colors. 168 00:09:25,970 --> 00:09:29,330 And it just showed how his dad even favored him. 169 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:33,050 And so as he's walking, they're like, oh, here goes the dreamer. 170 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:35,570 Here goes the one with the coat of many colors. 171 00:09:35,810 --> 00:09:36,770 Let's kill him. 172 00:09:37,970 --> 00:09:38,810 Let's kill him. 173 00:09:38,810 --> 00:09:41,170 So they plotted to kill him. 174 00:09:41,810 --> 00:09:43,170 And so one of the brothers. 175 00:09:43,410 --> 00:09:45,330 I'm gonna read from verse 23. 176 00:09:46,450 --> 00:09:50,630 He says this to his brother so when Joseph came to his bro, they 177 00:09:50,630 --> 00:09:54,750 stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore, 178 00:09:54,830 --> 00:09:57,550 and they took him and threw him into the pit. 179 00:09:57,710 --> 00:09:59,150 The pit was empty. 180 00:09:59,310 --> 00:10:00,910 There was no water in it. 181 00:10:00,910 --> 00:10:04,350 We're going to skip down to verse 27, where one of his brothers 182 00:10:04,350 --> 00:10:07,470 say, come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. 183 00:10:07,470 --> 00:10:11,950 And let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own 184 00:10:11,950 --> 00:10:12,350 flesh. 185 00:10:12,430 --> 00:10:15,310 And his brothers listen to the other brother, to him. 186 00:10:15,710 --> 00:10:20,950 Then Midianite traders passed by, and they drew Joseph up and lifted 187 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:25,970 him out of the pit and sold him to The Ishmaelites for 20 shekels 188 00:10:25,970 --> 00:10:26,730 of silver. 189 00:10:26,810 --> 00:10:29,530 And they took Joseph to Egypt. 190 00:10:30,490 --> 00:10:37,050 And then the Midianites, they came and they sold him to a Egyptian 191 00:10:39,370 --> 00:10:40,490 named Potiphar. 192 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,570 And the officer, he's a. 193 00:10:42,570 --> 00:10:44,250 He was an officer of Pharaoh. 194 00:10:44,250 --> 00:10:45,850 He was a captain of the guard. 195 00:10:46,490 --> 00:10:49,980 And Joseph found favor with Potiphar. 196 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:53,460 And then he became ruler over the house. 197 00:10:53,780 --> 00:10:56,020 Joseph became ruler over Potiphar's house. 198 00:10:56,180 --> 00:11:01,220 And then when Joseph was living and ruling in Potiphar's house, 199 00:11:01,220 --> 00:11:05,060 Potiphar's wife came and she accused him of raping her. 200 00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:07,860 And so then Joseph was thrown into prison. 201 00:11:07,860 --> 00:11:11,140 Okay, guys, he had a dream. 202 00:11:11,140 --> 00:11:12,740 The sheaves bowing down. 203 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:13,620 He saw leadership. 204 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:14,660 He saw elevation. 205 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:16,180 But now he's in prison. 206 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,240 And it looked like that dream was stalled. 207 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,120 Joseph's dream didn't just get delayed. 208 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,400 When he was in prison, he met a cupbearer. 209 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,040 And Joseph interpreted dreams. 210 00:11:32,199 --> 00:11:35,600 And, you know, I mean, these interpreting dreams. 211 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:36,720 I know I have dreams. 212 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:37,320 I wrote down. 213 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,320 And we interpret them, me and my friends, we're like, this is my 214 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:40,760 dream. 215 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,120 Interpret our dreams. 216 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:46,600 And if you want dreams interpreted, email Edwin One church. 217 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:47,960 He got you. 218 00:11:48,380 --> 00:11:49,900 He's going to interpret your dream. 219 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:51,500 I'm just kidding. 220 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:53,180 He doesn't interpret dreams at all. 221 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:57,540 It's not his gifting. 222 00:11:57,540 --> 00:11:58,380 He's a teacher. 223 00:11:58,860 --> 00:12:01,020 But I just had to throw that in there. 224 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:07,180 Okay, so he's in the prison and he meets a cup bearer. 225 00:12:07,180 --> 00:12:11,780 And these are his boys in prison, and he's interpreting their 226 00:12:11,780 --> 00:12:12,220 dreams. 227 00:12:12,220 --> 00:12:14,100 They're like, man, this guy's on point. 228 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:15,420 He's interpreting dreams. 229 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,460 They're like, don't worry, we got you. 230 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:20,690 When we go up to Pharaoh, when we get out of here, we'll remember 231 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:21,010 you. 232 00:12:21,170 --> 00:12:22,170 But they didn't. 233 00:12:22,170 --> 00:12:22,650 It went. 234 00:12:22,650 --> 00:12:25,330 Two years went by, and they didn't remember him. 235 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:28,530 So Joseph's dream didn't just get delayed. 236 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:29,810 It looked destroyed. 237 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:32,370 He was betrayed by his brothers. 238 00:12:32,770 --> 00:12:34,370 He was thrown in a pit. 239 00:12:34,370 --> 00:12:36,050 He was sold, like, property. 240 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:39,970 He was Falsely accused, and he was forgotten in prison. 241 00:12:40,530 --> 00:12:44,770 Joseph's dream seemed farther and farther away. 242 00:12:45,330 --> 00:12:48,210 His dreams were kind of shattered, you could say. 243 00:12:50,430 --> 00:12:52,110 And this is where many give up. 244 00:12:52,910 --> 00:12:54,910 Because it had been years that went by. 245 00:12:55,470 --> 00:13:01,230 And sometimes when our dream, we may not see our dream come to 246 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:05,510 fruition, our vision, our prophecy, we may not see it come 247 00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:06,190 to fruition. 248 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:08,310 It may be years that pass by. 249 00:13:08,310 --> 00:13:10,430 And this is where many would have given up. 250 00:13:10,670 --> 00:13:11,870 And maybe. 251 00:13:11,870 --> 00:13:14,910 I know there have been times that I gave up. 252 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,640 But God does something in that no pain is wasted. 253 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:20,360 None. 254 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,520 When what God said and what life looks like feel miles apart, 255 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,080 he must have asked God, I thought you chose me. 256 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,560 I thought you called me. 257 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,760 I thought there was favor on my life. 258 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:39,080 But here's the truth. 259 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,520 The pit doesn't mean God changed his mind. 260 00:13:43,570 --> 00:13:43,970 Hello? 261 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:48,210 The prison doesn't cancel the prophecy. 262 00:13:48,690 --> 00:13:52,730 The shattering is part of the shaping. 263 00:13:52,730 --> 00:13:53,810 Do you hear me? 264 00:13:53,890 --> 00:13:55,490 It's part of the shaping. 265 00:13:56,850 --> 00:14:02,090 Romans 5, 3, 4, says, we can rejoice too when we run into problems 266 00:14:02,090 --> 00:14:02,930 and trials. 267 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:06,210 For we know that they help us develop endurance. 268 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:10,130 And endurance develops strength of character. 269 00:14:10,290 --> 00:14:14,770 And character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 270 00:14:15,410 --> 00:14:19,250 God is trying, not trying to just elevate you. 271 00:14:19,330 --> 00:14:22,530 He's trying to form Christ within you. 272 00:14:24,450 --> 00:14:29,290 You know, when I was younger, and I'm not telling this story in 273 00:14:29,290 --> 00:14:34,170 chronological order, however, when I was younger, in my 20s. 274 00:14:34,170 --> 00:14:35,290 I know I'm not 20. 275 00:14:35,290 --> 00:14:37,250 I know I look it, but I'm not. 276 00:14:39,340 --> 00:14:40,940 Yes, yes. 277 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:47,660 In my twenties, I remember I was struggling as a young adult. 278 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:48,220 Come on. 279 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:50,420 Young adults, Single young adults. 280 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:53,940 Because I was a single young adult, and I was struggling in my 281 00:14:53,940 --> 00:14:54,700 walk with God. 282 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:59,620 I remember this day, I was in the club the night before, and I 283 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:01,020 felt so convicted. 284 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:04,540 And then I went to a women's breakfast the next morning that my 285 00:15:04,540 --> 00:15:09,480 friend invited me to, and one of my sisters came with me, and we 286 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,920 go to this woman's breakfast, and there was this white woman. 287 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,320 I had never seen this before. 288 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:15,760 This is why I'm saying it. 289 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,600 There was this white woman that was a missionary from India. 290 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,640 And I was like, interesting, okay? 291 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,280 And I'm listening to this woman preach, and she was preaching 292 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:29,360 on the woman with the issue of blood. 293 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,680 And she was preaching this word. 294 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:31,520 And I'm. 295 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,280 My heart is like, I'm struggling. 296 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:38,160 I was in the club the night before, guys, and I'm like, okay. 297 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,560 She's like, if those of you that want Jesus, come and reach the 298 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,320 hem of his garment. 299 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,320 I had accepted Christ before, right? 300 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,160 But I was struggling in my faith. 301 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,400 So she's like, come to the altar. 302 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,200 So I go to the altar, and I had never experienced this before 303 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:51,840 in my life. 304 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:53,960 I was in a Pentecostal church. 305 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,800 I did see things that I thought was weird sometimes, but 306 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,280 I was like, all right, cool. 307 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,720 And I was standing there, and she was like, jesus, when I touch 308 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,960 her, you touch her? 309 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:08,160 No. 310 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,040 She said, holy Spirit, when I touch her, you touch her in Jesus 311 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:12,440 name. 312 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,560 And she just went like this. 313 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:16,600 And I went. 314 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,160 And I felt like something left my body, and I fell out. 315 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:27,280 And I said, oh, my God, I am on the floor. 316 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,560 What is happening to me? 317 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,200 I had seen it, but I never experienced it. 318 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:41,400 And I heard the worship team real far, and I remember, like, oh, 319 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:41,920 my gosh. 320 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,720 I felt like I was floating in the air. 321 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,600 Actually, I didn't say this in first service. 322 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:50,240 I felt like I was being lifted up, and I was like, this is wild. 323 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:51,760 What's happening. 324 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,040 My mind was just like. 325 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:58,980 I got up, I stood up, and I see women on the floor, and some 326 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:01,540 of them just look like they were just receiving from God. 327 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:04,460 And I was like, man, I want to receive like that. 328 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:05,820 What's she doing? 329 00:17:06,460 --> 00:17:07,620 What God is doing to her. 330 00:17:07,620 --> 00:17:08,780 I want to receive like that. 331 00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:09,940 And I just stood there. 332 00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:14,540 And the woman comes again to me, and she was like, God wants to 333 00:17:14,540 --> 00:17:16,620 do a surgery on you, honey. 334 00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:21,360 And she put her hand on my belly, and I screamed, scream came 335 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:21,560 out. 336 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,360 And I was like, oh, my God, I'm screaming. 337 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,120 And I was like. 338 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,600 And then I fell out again. 339 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,320 If my husband was there, he would have been like, she crazy. 340 00:18:43,491 --> 00:18:44,371 He wasn't there. 341 00:18:44,531 --> 00:18:45,491 I met him later. 342 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:49,651 And I'm on the floor, and I hear the worship team fire again. 343 00:18:50,291 --> 00:18:51,411 And I hear God. 344 00:18:52,051 --> 00:18:54,551 I heard the audible voice of God. 345 00:18:55,431 --> 00:19:00,391 And he said, seek me, seek me. 346 00:19:01,191 --> 00:19:03,551 And I said, God, but what about. 347 00:19:03,551 --> 00:19:05,511 I was the only one saved in my family. 348 00:19:07,351 --> 00:19:08,951 I got saved at the age of 16. 349 00:19:09,111 --> 00:19:11,631 And I said, God, what about Mommy? 350 00:19:11,631 --> 00:19:12,711 What about Daddy? 351 00:19:12,711 --> 00:19:13,911 What about my sisters? 352 00:19:13,911 --> 00:19:16,871 He said, don't worry, I have them. 353 00:19:17,831 --> 00:19:23,631 Seek me, seek me, seek me, seek me, seek me. 354 00:19:23,631 --> 00:19:26,471 And then I just heard it louder and louder, and I'm weeping, 355 00:19:26,471 --> 00:19:27,791 and I'm like, okay, God. 356 00:19:28,031 --> 00:19:29,311 Okay, okay. 357 00:19:29,311 --> 00:19:30,431 I'm gonna seek you. 358 00:19:30,591 --> 00:19:33,511 And what I didn't know the promise that he was giving me was 359 00:19:33,511 --> 00:19:35,151 Matthew 6:33. 360 00:19:35,471 --> 00:19:39,631 But seek first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness, and 361 00:19:39,631 --> 00:19:42,431 all of these things will be added to you. 362 00:19:43,231 --> 00:19:47,481 And so I went on the journey to seek the Lord by myself, going 363 00:19:47,481 --> 00:19:51,601 to church by myself, sitting in the pew by myself, worshiping 364 00:19:51,601 --> 00:19:53,561 God by myself, growing by myself. 365 00:19:53,561 --> 00:19:54,601 And it was Hard. 366 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:58,041 It was hard doing that. 367 00:19:59,401 --> 00:20:04,201 I remember when I had gotten saved, I had gotten baptized. 368 00:20:04,841 --> 00:20:06,281 I had gotten baptized. 369 00:20:07,001 --> 00:20:09,001 I was a spontaneous baptism. 370 00:20:09,481 --> 00:20:13,851 But I remember one morning before I had gotten baptized, I was 371 00:20:13,931 --> 00:20:15,051 sleeping on the couch. 372 00:20:15,851 --> 00:20:18,171 I guess I used to stay up late and sleep on the couch. 373 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:22,291 And I'm sleeping on the couch and I hear my dad on the phone with 374 00:20:22,291 --> 00:20:22,651 someone. 375 00:20:24,011 --> 00:20:27,650 He was fighting with this person, like, real hard. 376 00:20:27,650 --> 00:20:32,891 It woke me up from my sleep, and I was like, sassy and nosy all 377 00:20:32,891 --> 00:20:33,851 at the same time. 378 00:20:35,451 --> 00:20:36,091 I won't say. 379 00:20:36,091 --> 00:20:38,291 All the nosy people give me a shout, but you know. 380 00:20:38,291 --> 00:20:39,291 You know who you are. 381 00:20:40,641 --> 00:20:43,281 And so I was like, I'm gonna pretend like I'm sleeping. 382 00:20:44,001 --> 00:20:46,001 Because what is happening right now? 383 00:20:46,721 --> 00:20:51,961 And I'm listening to my dad tell this person, for 10 years, you 384 00:20:51,961 --> 00:20:56,481 don't kiss me, you don't hug me, you don't love me, you don't 385 00:20:56,481 --> 00:20:59,281 tell me this, you don't tell me that for 10 years. 386 00:20:59,281 --> 00:21:00,641 And I'm tired of it. 387 00:21:00,881 --> 00:21:03,281 And I'm thinking, hmm, 10 years. 388 00:21:04,801 --> 00:21:07,481 Mommy's in the room, you ain't talking to her on the phone. 389 00:21:07,481 --> 00:21:10,081 You've been cheating on her since I was six years old. 390 00:21:13,061 --> 00:21:14,821 Dreams shattered. 391 00:21:15,621 --> 00:21:17,541 Betrayal in family. 392 00:21:18,661 --> 00:21:22,261 Betrayal from my father, who was supposed to be my protector, 393 00:21:22,661 --> 00:21:25,901 who was supposed to be the provider, who was supposed to be 394 00:21:25,901 --> 00:21:27,381 the priest of the home. 395 00:21:29,061 --> 00:21:31,221 Dreams shattered. 396 00:21:33,461 --> 00:21:37,951 And I'm going to go to that later. 397 00:21:38,751 --> 00:21:42,591 That leads me to point number two. 398 00:21:44,511 --> 00:21:45,791 The shattered dream. 399 00:21:47,711 --> 00:21:48,111 No. 400 00:21:48,511 --> 00:21:48,991 Yes. 401 00:21:48,991 --> 00:21:49,951 The shattering. 402 00:21:57,791 --> 00:21:59,151 Genesis 39. 403 00:22:00,751 --> 00:22:01,351 I'm sorry. 404 00:22:01,351 --> 00:22:04,191 Point number three is the unshaken faith. 405 00:22:05,151 --> 00:22:06,431 Genesis 39. 406 00:22:07,311 --> 00:22:09,551 Two says, the Lord was with Joseph. 407 00:22:09,551 --> 00:22:14,391 So he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of 408 00:22:14,391 --> 00:22:15,871 the Egyptian master. 409 00:22:15,951 --> 00:22:16,871 Verse 21. 410 00:22:16,871 --> 00:22:20,951 But the Lord was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his 411 00:22:20,951 --> 00:22:21,871 faithful love. 412 00:22:21,951 --> 00:22:26,031 And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. 413 00:22:26,191 --> 00:22:28,071 The Lord was with Joseph. 414 00:22:28,071 --> 00:22:28,461 That's the. 415 00:22:28,691 --> 00:22:29,411 The key verse. 416 00:22:29,731 --> 00:22:33,091 The Lord was with Joseph. 417 00:22:33,171 --> 00:22:37,731 Not that Joseph succeeded, but God was with him in the pit. 418 00:22:37,971 --> 00:22:41,091 God was there in Potiphar's house. 419 00:22:41,491 --> 00:22:43,891 God was there in the prison. 420 00:22:44,370 --> 00:22:45,411 God was there. 421 00:22:46,051 --> 00:22:49,731 He was forgotten by people, but he wasn't forgotten by God. 422 00:22:51,411 --> 00:22:55,431 Unshaken faith doesn't mean that you don't cry. 423 00:22:56,391 --> 00:22:57,671 It's okay to cry. 424 00:22:59,511 --> 00:23:01,751 It means you don't quit. 425 00:23:03,751 --> 00:23:06,071 Joseph kept his posture. 426 00:23:06,391 --> 00:23:08,071 He kept his purity. 427 00:23:08,391 --> 00:23:11,191 When Potiphar's wife tried to try to. 428 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,351 What do they call it nowadays? 429 00:23:13,351 --> 00:23:17,911 Glaze on him, he kept his perspective. 430 00:23:18,711 --> 00:23:23,721 He didn't wait until the palace to act like God's son. 431 00:23:25,401 --> 00:23:31,401 Sometimes God delays a dream, because he's preparing you for what 432 00:23:31,401 --> 00:23:33,721 you couldn't have imagined. 433 00:23:34,601 --> 00:23:39,321 Joseph later becomes second in command, and he essentially becomes 434 00:23:39,321 --> 00:23:40,481 the governor of the land. 435 00:23:40,481 --> 00:23:44,081 Because there was a dream that Pharaoh had that there was going 436 00:23:44,081 --> 00:23:44,961 to be seven years. 437 00:23:44,961 --> 00:23:49,691 There was seven years of greatness and seven years of famine. 438 00:23:49,691 --> 00:23:51,851 And Joseph had interpreted that dream. 439 00:23:52,171 --> 00:23:55,291 And when he interpreted that dream, Pharaoh heard about it, and 440 00:23:55,291 --> 00:23:58,651 he was like, I'm going to make you governor over the lands. 441 00:23:58,651 --> 00:24:04,411 And so when there was a famine and people were coming from all over 442 00:24:04,411 --> 00:24:09,051 the world into Egypt to buy grain, guess who came to buy grain 443 00:24:09,051 --> 00:24:09,611 from him? 444 00:24:09,931 --> 00:24:10,651 His brothers. 445 00:24:11,691 --> 00:24:13,171 And he recognized them. 446 00:24:13,171 --> 00:24:16,691 They didn't recognize him, but he recognized them. 447 00:24:17,091 --> 00:24:23,811 And it says in chapter 43 that he grew compassion for his brothers. 448 00:24:24,451 --> 00:24:27,891 I tell you what that is, unshaken faith. 449 00:24:28,211 --> 00:24:29,211 They betrayed him. 450 00:24:29,211 --> 00:24:30,451 They threw him in a pit. 451 00:24:30,690 --> 00:24:32,131 They left him to die. 452 00:24:32,131 --> 00:24:33,971 Then they sold him to slavery. 453 00:24:34,131 --> 00:24:38,731 And that's only God, that he grew compassion in his heart for 454 00:24:38,731 --> 00:24:39,411 his brothers. 455 00:24:41,421 --> 00:24:49,261 And then Joseph, in chapter 45, he reveals himself to his brothers. 456 00:24:49,661 --> 00:24:53,421 And in chapter 47, he's reunited from his family. 457 00:24:53,821 --> 00:24:59,061 So from the time of the dream with the sheaves bowing down to Joseph, 458 00:24:59,061 --> 00:25:00,861 he was about 17 years old. 459 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:04,661 And to the time of the fulfillment of that dream, it was 460 00:25:04,661 --> 00:25:07,821 about two decades when he reunited with his family. 461 00:25:08,451 --> 00:25:10,131 Two decades. 462 00:25:10,691 --> 00:25:14,931 I don't know about y', all, but that's some unshaken faith. 463 00:25:16,611 --> 00:25:20,091 And, you know, remember that story I said about my dad breaking 464 00:25:20,091 --> 00:25:21,571 up with his girlfriend on the phone? 465 00:25:22,051 --> 00:25:23,571 For years, I was angry. 466 00:25:23,571 --> 00:25:28,011 I was angry at my mom for saying, I forgive you. 467 00:25:28,011 --> 00:25:31,491 And because I didn't just sweep it under the rug, y', all, 468 00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:33,011 I confronted it. 469 00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:38,531 So I had gotten baptized a few days later, after I had heard that 470 00:25:39,491 --> 00:25:41,611 interaction with this person on the phone. 471 00:25:41,611 --> 00:25:46,531 And I'm gonna say her name was Jane to keep privacy for her. 472 00:25:47,891 --> 00:25:52,491 But I had gotten baptized, and my dad pulled me into the room, and 473 00:25:52,491 --> 00:25:53,651 he was like, how dare you? 474 00:25:53,651 --> 00:25:55,571 Cause we weren't born again Christians. 475 00:25:55,651 --> 00:25:57,731 He was like, how dare you change your faith? 476 00:25:57,811 --> 00:25:58,451 How dare you? 477 00:25:58,451 --> 00:25:59,331 Da, da, da, da. 478 00:25:59,331 --> 00:26:04,471 And I was like, bro, I want to know Jesus. 479 00:26:05,511 --> 00:26:07,031 I want to know him. 480 00:26:07,031 --> 00:26:09,591 I want to have a personal relationship with him. 481 00:26:09,671 --> 00:26:14,431 I got baptized because I was dead, and now I'm alive, and my dad's 482 00:26:14,431 --> 00:26:16,791 sitting there, and he's like, I don't understand. 483 00:26:16,951 --> 00:26:17,350 No. 484 00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:20,071 And I'm like, dad, I got to ask you a question. 485 00:26:20,471 --> 00:26:21,431 Who's Jane? 486 00:26:22,391 --> 00:26:27,471 Because I was sassy, and it wasn't like I was being, like, relentless. 487 00:26:27,471 --> 00:26:29,511 But I was like, no, I'm Going to confront this thing. 488 00:26:29,591 --> 00:26:30,471 Who's Jane? 489 00:26:31,481 --> 00:26:33,001 And he was like, she's a friend. 490 00:26:33,321 --> 00:26:34,761 And I was like, no, she ain't. 491 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:35,921 I heard the conversation. 492 00:26:35,921 --> 00:26:37,561 I heard the things that you told her. 493 00:26:37,561 --> 00:26:39,281 You told her this, that, this and that. 494 00:26:39,281 --> 00:26:41,081 And he was like, okay. 495 00:26:41,161 --> 00:26:45,681 And he confessed it, and he confessed to me, and he started to 496 00:26:45,681 --> 00:26:46,520 pour his heart out. 497 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:47,921 And then I was like, oh, my God. 498 00:26:47,921 --> 00:26:49,841 I'm becoming my father's counselor. 499 00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:51,161 This is not healthy. 500 00:26:53,641 --> 00:26:57,681 And for years, I wanted to defend my mom because she couldn't 501 00:26:57,681 --> 00:26:58,521 defend herself. 502 00:26:58,681 --> 00:26:59,801 She was very meek. 503 00:27:00,511 --> 00:27:02,911 So I would stand up in her honor and her defense. 504 00:27:03,631 --> 00:27:08,511 And it took years of forgiveness that I had to have toward 505 00:27:08,511 --> 00:27:14,431 my father and in their relationship because I was trying 506 00:27:14,431 --> 00:27:15,111 to defend her. 507 00:27:15,111 --> 00:27:16,591 And that's called codependent. 508 00:27:16,591 --> 00:27:18,111 I had savior complex. 509 00:27:18,431 --> 00:27:21,631 I was a Christian, and I had savior complex. 510 00:27:21,631 --> 00:27:23,791 I was trying to save my mom from my dad. 511 00:27:24,831 --> 00:27:25,311 Yeah. 512 00:27:26,201 --> 00:27:33,081 It took a long time to unlearn and unwind that codependency in our 513 00:27:33,081 --> 00:27:34,521 life, in my life. 514 00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:36,401 That was codependent with my husband. 515 00:27:36,401 --> 00:27:39,801 When I met him, I was like, I want to love him to health because 516 00:27:39,801 --> 00:27:40,681 he was broken. 517 00:27:41,641 --> 00:27:44,601 And I was like, hi, I want to love you. 518 00:27:47,001 --> 00:27:49,161 He was so emo, too, when I met him. 519 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:52,011 Like, you see different, but he was emoji. 520 00:27:52,721 --> 00:27:53,681 He cried a lot. 521 00:27:53,761 --> 00:27:54,801 I was like, yes. 522 00:27:56,801 --> 00:27:58,441 But I was co dependent, y'. 523 00:27:58,441 --> 00:27:58,641 All. 524 00:27:58,801 --> 00:28:02,481 I wanted to take on a project, but he was God's project, not mine, 525 00:28:04,481 --> 00:28:05,601 so I had to let him. 526 00:28:09,281 --> 00:28:11,441 Jesus, help me, Lord. 527 00:28:11,761 --> 00:28:12,481 Five minutes. 528 00:28:13,841 --> 00:28:14,601 But I'm gonna. 529 00:28:14,601 --> 00:28:17,201 I'm gonna take a moment. 530 00:28:17,441 --> 00:28:18,721 Not right now, but I will. 531 00:28:21,191 --> 00:28:22,871 Years later, my mom passed away. 532 00:28:22,951 --> 00:28:24,071 She had cancer. 533 00:28:24,471 --> 00:28:26,551 She passed away during the COVID season. 534 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:28,871 Her immune system was compromised. 535 00:28:28,871 --> 00:28:30,471 She ended up getting Covid. 536 00:28:30,471 --> 00:28:32,951 And she went in, like, 15 days, just like that. 537 00:28:32,951 --> 00:28:33,671 15 days. 538 00:28:34,151 --> 00:28:36,271 But I believe that God honored her prayer. 539 00:28:36,271 --> 00:28:38,431 She said, God, don't let cancer wither me away. 540 00:28:38,431 --> 00:28:40,151 I want to go, and I want to go quick. 541 00:28:41,031 --> 00:28:43,471 And so I took that, and I was like, God, you, honor her prayer. 542 00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:44,151 She went quick. 543 00:28:44,911 --> 00:28:46,031 She didn't wither away. 544 00:28:47,071 --> 00:28:48,591 And so my mom passed. 545 00:28:48,751 --> 00:28:52,271 Two years later, my dad has a girlfriend. 546 00:28:53,551 --> 00:28:55,711 He didn't say she was his girlfriend. 547 00:28:56,031 --> 00:28:57,751 It was the day of my husband's birthday. 548 00:28:57,751 --> 00:28:59,791 It was Labor Day weekend. 549 00:29:00,511 --> 00:29:04,591 And he comes in with her, and he's like, hey, guys. 550 00:29:04,591 --> 00:29:06,031 This is my friend Jane. 551 00:29:06,671 --> 00:29:07,311 Jane. 552 00:29:07,631 --> 00:29:08,351 Same name. 553 00:29:08,591 --> 00:29:08,951 Remember? 554 00:29:08,951 --> 00:29:10,271 I changed it, but same name. 555 00:29:11,071 --> 00:29:15,151 And I thought, ooh, I know who this is. 556 00:29:16,271 --> 00:29:19,711 This is Jane from a long time ago. 557 00:29:21,151 --> 00:29:23,351 And in my heart, I was processing alone. 558 00:29:23,351 --> 00:29:24,551 I didn't tell my Sisters yet. 559 00:29:24,551 --> 00:29:26,271 Because I was like, I can't wait to tell them. 560 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,031 This is two years ago, guys. 561 00:29:28,351 --> 00:29:30,191 I was a pastor at V1 Church. 562 00:29:30,431 --> 00:29:31,711 Been a Christian for years. 563 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:36,831 And I'm like, man, all right, Jane's here. 564 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:38,721 What do I do? 565 00:29:39,841 --> 00:29:42,641 Do I tell my dad, how dare you bring this woman around. 566 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,481 How dare you do that? 567 00:29:44,561 --> 00:29:44,961 No. 568 00:29:45,841 --> 00:29:47,681 I grew compassion in my heart. 569 00:29:49,041 --> 00:29:52,401 And a few days later, because I let him rock my sister, actually, 570 00:29:53,841 --> 00:29:56,201 because I needed confirmation, you know, was that really her? 571 00:29:56,201 --> 00:29:57,001 But I knew it was. 572 00:29:57,001 --> 00:30:00,361 I just knew within my bones, my discernment was telling me, that's 573 00:30:00,361 --> 00:30:00,641 her. 574 00:30:51,662 --> 00:30:55,502 And my other sister, Jasmine, goes, so, how'd you guys meet? 575 00:30:56,942 --> 00:30:59,782 And my dad had looked unsettled the whole time. 576 00:30:59,782 --> 00:31:02,822 That's how I knew it was her, because he just looked unsettled 577 00:31:02,822 --> 00:31:03,342 the whole time. 578 00:31:03,342 --> 00:31:04,702 Like, I hope they don't ask the question. 579 00:31:05,902 --> 00:31:08,462 And she was like, he just put his head down. 580 00:31:08,462 --> 00:31:09,062 And she goes. 581 00:31:09,062 --> 00:31:10,462 We reconnected recently. 582 00:31:11,982 --> 00:31:13,182 And I was like, that's her. 583 00:31:13,662 --> 00:31:14,462 I knew it. 584 00:31:16,312 --> 00:31:17,032 A few days later. 585 00:31:17,272 --> 00:31:20,832 I remember my dad was sitting on the couch, and I was saying goodbye 586 00:31:20,832 --> 00:31:22,072 to him, and I whispered in his ear. 587 00:31:22,072 --> 00:31:25,192 I said, I know who Jane is. 588 00:31:26,312 --> 00:31:30,952 I know it's the Jane from when I was 16 years old and you broke 589 00:31:30,952 --> 00:31:31,912 up with her on the phone. 590 00:31:32,392 --> 00:31:33,352 I know it's her. 591 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:36,712 But, dad, it's okay. 592 00:31:37,512 --> 00:31:38,472 I forgive you. 593 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:40,072 I love you. 594 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,382 He just put his head down and he just nodded. 595 00:31:45,622 --> 00:31:46,422 You see, my. 596 00:31:46,662 --> 00:31:51,262 My husband was a pivotal time in our life where my dad came to 597 00:31:51,262 --> 00:31:52,822 know Jesus Christ as Lord. 598 00:31:52,822 --> 00:31:54,422 And all of my family did. 599 00:31:54,582 --> 00:31:57,462 And Matthew 6:33 did come to fruition. 600 00:31:57,942 --> 00:31:58,582 It did. 601 00:32:00,102 --> 00:32:06,222 But my dad lived a life of regret, great regret and remorse. 602 00:32:06,222 --> 00:32:11,162 Even though he was saved, even though he knew Jesus, he still had 603 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:11,842 remorse. 604 00:32:11,922 --> 00:32:13,362 He still had regret. 605 00:32:13,602 --> 00:32:16,722 And I didn't want him to live his life like that. 606 00:32:16,882 --> 00:32:18,562 I wanted him to create memories. 607 00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:20,402 I wanted for him to live for Jesus. 608 00:32:20,482 --> 00:32:21,922 He got some deliverance. 609 00:32:22,082 --> 00:32:23,602 Suicide canceled. 610 00:32:23,602 --> 00:32:26,762 I mean, there were things that was happening in his life, but he 611 00:32:26,762 --> 00:32:28,802 just couldn't see past it. 612 00:32:30,562 --> 00:32:33,842 I know he went to be with Jesus because he died last month. 613 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:34,482 June. 614 00:32:34,482 --> 00:32:35,042 In June. 615 00:32:38,492 --> 00:32:42,812 And I remember Jane was around because, you know, she was a part 616 00:32:43,052 --> 00:32:43,692 of him. 617 00:32:43,692 --> 00:32:44,652 And so she was around. 618 00:32:45,212 --> 00:32:46,572 She was with us in the hospital. 619 00:32:46,652 --> 00:32:48,612 And I remember that he was intubated. 620 00:32:48,612 --> 00:32:49,932 He was in the emergency room. 621 00:32:50,572 --> 00:32:57,252 And I go to his bedside, and they told me that he had minimal 622 00:32:57,252 --> 00:32:58,172 brain function. 623 00:32:59,772 --> 00:33:02,972 And I go to his ear, and I said, daddy is Jocelyn. 624 00:33:03,562 --> 00:33:08,362 He opened his eyes, and I see his chin quiver. 625 00:33:09,322 --> 00:33:10,442 He couldn't move. 626 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:12,802 And his chin was quivering. 627 00:33:12,802 --> 00:33:19,401 And I said, he just looks so vulnerable and helpless and broken. 628 00:33:20,762 --> 00:33:22,522 And I said, daddy, go with Jesus. 629 00:33:23,482 --> 00:33:24,602 He loves you. 630 00:33:25,722 --> 00:33:26,602 Go with him. 631 00:33:26,602 --> 00:33:27,722 He's with you. 632 00:33:29,732 --> 00:33:32,132 And he's just looking straight up. 633 00:33:32,132 --> 00:33:32,612 And I. 634 00:33:32,692 --> 00:33:34,052 And I'm praying for him. 635 00:33:34,052 --> 00:33:36,212 And I only had 15 minutes with him. 636 00:33:36,532 --> 00:33:39,532 And I'm praying and I'm telling him, just go. 637 00:33:39,532 --> 00:33:40,612 Go with Jesus. 638 00:33:41,092 --> 00:33:44,932 And then I had to leave his bedside so my other sisters can come 639 00:33:44,932 --> 00:33:45,732 and see him. 640 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:51,972 And Jane was with us. 641 00:33:53,092 --> 00:33:59,602 And the day of his burial, I go to Jane because she knew that 642 00:33:59,602 --> 00:34:01,282 I knew who she was. 643 00:34:02,722 --> 00:34:04,722 It was unspoken, but she knew. 644 00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:11,882 And I said, jane, after we have the burial, we're gonna have 645 00:34:11,882 --> 00:34:13,042 dinner with my dad. 646 00:34:13,442 --> 00:34:17,522 I mean, with the family, after the burial, after we bury him. 647 00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:22,092 It would be an honor if you come and have dinner with us. 648 00:34:23,132 --> 00:34:28,492 And she looked at me and she said, this means so much to me. 649 00:34:28,492 --> 00:34:29,212 Thank you. 650 00:34:30,252 --> 00:34:31,412 And I said, you're welcome. 651 00:34:31,412 --> 00:34:32,572 And I gave her a hug. 652 00:34:32,892 --> 00:34:37,372 And that was showing compassion to someone. 653 00:34:37,932 --> 00:34:40,492 I could have been in my flesh and said, that's the woman. 654 00:34:41,052 --> 00:34:41,852 I didn't. 655 00:34:42,732 --> 00:34:48,012 Because it doesn't take for me to go to a palace, to be a daughter 656 00:34:48,012 --> 00:34:48,732 of a king. 657 00:34:51,642 --> 00:34:56,082 Maybe this could have been something that was meant to destroy 658 00:34:56,082 --> 00:34:56,442 me. 659 00:34:56,762 --> 00:35:00,602 To think about the betrayal, to think about the pain. 660 00:35:01,082 --> 00:35:05,642 But God was using it to develop me to be more like Christ. 661 00:35:08,922 --> 00:35:10,202 Joseph saw it. 662 00:35:10,362 --> 00:35:11,882 He connected the dots. 663 00:35:12,282 --> 00:35:14,832 All the betrayal, all the pain, all time, the. 664 00:35:15,222 --> 00:35:16,182 All the delays. 665 00:35:16,342 --> 00:35:18,502 They didn't derail the dream. 666 00:35:19,222 --> 00:35:20,822 They fulfilled it. 667 00:35:22,502 --> 00:35:28,342 Romans 8:28 says, and we know that God causes everything to work 668 00:35:28,342 --> 00:35:32,502 together for the good of those who love God and are called according 669 00:35:32,582 --> 00:35:33,622 to his purpose. 670 00:35:34,022 --> 00:35:38,982 Every pain, every delay, every betrayal is for his purpose. 671 00:35:39,142 --> 00:35:40,742 It's for your shaping. 672 00:35:40,822 --> 00:35:42,342 It's for your molding. 673 00:35:42,342 --> 00:35:44,342 It's to mold Christ in you. 674 00:35:44,342 --> 00:35:45,782 It's to develop you. 675 00:35:45,942 --> 00:35:47,682 Don't let the dream die. 676 00:35:47,842 --> 00:35:49,122 Don't let the shatter. 677 00:35:49,442 --> 00:35:50,722 Don't let it shatter. 678 00:35:51,122 --> 00:35:52,242 Don't let it shatter. 679 00:35:52,402 --> 00:35:53,922 Unshaken faith. 680 00:35:56,482 --> 00:36:00,722 You might feel broken, but you're not abandoned. 681 00:36:01,522 --> 00:36:06,642 You might feel shattered, but you are still standing. 682 00:36:07,442 --> 00:36:12,162 And the God who gave the dream is faithful to finish the completed 683 00:36:12,162 --> 00:36:12,482 work. 684 00:36:12,792 --> 00:36:12,952 See. 685 00:36:13,181 --> 00:36:14,061 Stay faithful. 686 00:36:14,301 --> 00:36:15,421 Stay yielded. 687 00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:17,021 Stay unshaken. 688 00:36:17,501 --> 00:36:22,541 Your dream may be shattered, but your faith will not be broken. 689 00:36:24,221 --> 00:36:26,941 Stand to your feet with me, and I want you to hear this. 690 00:36:28,301 --> 00:36:34,861 Joseph's story is powerful, but Jesus story is perfect. 691 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:42,431 Jesus came with a mission, a dream to redeem. 692 00:36:43,151 --> 00:36:46,071 But he was betrayed, abandoned, mocked. 693 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:47,311 He was crucified. 694 00:36:48,671 --> 00:36:53,231 It looked like the dream died, but it was just the Beginning what 695 00:36:53,231 --> 00:36:58,911 looked like a tomb was a launching pad for salvation of the 696 00:36:58,911 --> 00:36:59,231 world. 697 00:37:00,671 --> 00:37:02,911 Joseph was thrown into a pit. 698 00:37:03,311 --> 00:37:05,151 Jesus was placed in a tomb. 699 00:37:05,711 --> 00:37:07,602 Joseph saved Egypt. 700 00:37:07,842 --> 00:37:09,442 Jesus saved the world. 701 00:37:10,002 --> 00:37:11,522 Joseph fed a nation. 702 00:37:12,162 --> 00:37:14,722 Jesus is the bread of life. 703 00:37:15,922 --> 00:37:25,602 And because he was broken, you can be made whole, your heart can 704 00:37:26,002 --> 00:37:27,442 be mended. 705 00:37:30,162 --> 00:37:33,522 Let's take our elements and we're going to have a moment. 706 00:37:38,992 --> 00:37:45,352 The same God who walked Joseph from the pit to the palace is walking 707 00:37:45,352 --> 00:37:46,032 with you. 708 00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:49,152 And we're going to take communion today. 709 00:37:50,032 --> 00:37:55,872 And we're going to do it in remembrance of what he did for us. 710 00:37:59,562 --> 00:38:01,642 He was broken for the unbroken. 711 00:38:02,682 --> 00:38:06,362 And before we take communion, Jesus didn't just die for your sin, 712 00:38:06,682 --> 00:38:08,202 he died for your healing. 713 00:38:08,842 --> 00:38:10,202 He died for your mind. 714 00:38:10,682 --> 00:38:12,042 He died for your heart. 715 00:38:12,522 --> 00:38:13,962 He died for your future. 716 00:38:15,161 --> 00:38:22,162 And as we take the bread, I just keep seeing, like as I've been 717 00:38:22,162 --> 00:38:26,452 praying over this word and reflecting, I keep seeing a father, 718 00:38:28,772 --> 00:38:34,532 a father that's broken, that has regret and remorse in his life, 719 00:38:34,532 --> 00:38:36,852 that may even have imposter syndrome. 720 00:38:37,892 --> 00:38:42,292 Today, as we take the bread, many of you, where you may feel broken, 721 00:38:42,292 --> 00:38:45,972 where you may feel like you're an imposter, where you may be struggling 722 00:38:45,972 --> 00:38:47,172 in your own faith. 723 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:51,912 Today, as we take the bread, we're going to do, then say, do this 724 00:38:51,912 --> 00:38:56,432 in remembrance of Jesus where he was broken, so we didn't have 725 00:38:56,432 --> 00:38:57,512 to stay broken. 726 00:38:57,992 --> 00:39:02,352 So Jesus, we take this bread in remembrance of you where you were 727 00:39:02,352 --> 00:39:05,032 broken, you were not destroyed. 728 00:39:05,112 --> 00:39:09,672 And Lord, we take this bread in remembrance, believing that we 729 00:39:09,672 --> 00:39:11,832 can be made whole in our spirit. 730 00:39:12,152 --> 00:39:14,632 In Jesus name, take the bread with me. 731 00:39:27,122 --> 00:39:29,922 He was broken, so you don't have to stay broken. 732 00:39:33,842 --> 00:39:40,442 Jesus, as we take this cup, take your cup and as we drink this 733 00:39:40,442 --> 00:39:48,212 grape juice, as a resemblance, as a symbolism of your blood, it 734 00:39:48,212 --> 00:39:50,092 is only the blood that breaks. 735 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:52,892 It breaks the yoke of bondage. 736 00:39:52,892 --> 00:39:57,172 It breaks the unshattered, the shattered dreams. 737 00:39:57,172 --> 00:40:00,652 It breaks it and it brings unshaken faith in our lives. 738 00:40:00,652 --> 00:40:06,372 And Jesus, as we take this cup, we do it in remembrance of you 739 00:40:06,372 --> 00:40:10,032 that you would heal our hearts, that you would mend it back 740 00:40:10,032 --> 00:40:10,392 together. 741 00:40:10,792 --> 00:40:15,152 Everything that has shattered our lives, Lord, we give it to you 742 00:40:15,152 --> 00:40:19,272 today, Lord, that you would make us whole. 743 00:40:20,152 --> 00:40:22,712 In Jesus name, let's take the cup together. 744 00:40:36,882 --> 00:40:37,442 Jesus. 745 00:40:39,922 --> 00:40:51,202 Jesus, we receive your healing power in mending hearts today. 746 00:40:53,362 --> 00:40:57,842 Jesus, come and heal. 747 00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:02,992 Do a surgery on many hearts today. 748 00:41:04,272 --> 00:41:04,752 God. 749 00:41:08,752 --> 00:41:19,632 Jesus, it's only your blood. 750 00:41:20,992 --> 00:41:27,622 Jesus, I want you to say this with me across all campuses. 751 00:41:28,662 --> 00:41:33,222 I may have been shaken, but I'm not broken. 752 00:41:34,502 --> 00:41:38,902 My dream may be delayed, but it's not denied. 753 00:41:40,022 --> 00:41:41,382 I am unbroken. 754 00:41:42,342 --> 00:41:43,622 I am rising. 755 00:41:44,582 --> 00:41:45,862 I am restored. 756 00:41:46,982 --> 00:42:12,782 In Jesus name, Sam.