Hide this goal in Victoria, thanks for downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope, you'll leave inspire, make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week. We appreciate your support and help keep the ministry going enjoy. Them is always a joy that come into your homes and, if you ever in our area, please stop by the import of one of our services. I promise you I will make you feel right at home, but thanks so much for tuna in today, and thank you again for common now, I'd like to start with something funny in what about this little girl. She was sitting in our grandfathers lap. She noticed how wrinkled his face was actually contemplated. The difference between his in hers. She asked Grandaddy. Did God make you?

He can't, alas, said yes only he made me a long time ago. She did ass. Did God made me? He said, ass? He made you just a little while ago. I thought about it a moment to Grandaddy gods getting better Isn't he revivals say it like you mean, and this is my Bible. I am what since I am I have. This is our hair. I can do what it says I can do today, I will be taught word of God are boldly confess and is alert. My heart is receptive. Never be the same in June. This name, God bless. You want to talk to you today about secret frustrations. We can be blessed in many areas with good health, good family. A good job, but then just have one thing: that's not right! One temptation we can't seem to overcome, One thing in a relationship does not fulfilling,

or maybe one nagging health issue. Nobody can see it on the outside. We seem fine, but on the inside were frustrated. I talked to a lady last week. She volunteers is one of our prayer partners. She and her husband had been believe and to have a baby for many years with no success in every so often during the services. She'll pray. People in that same situation, to have a child in overtime again and again, though, bring their babies back so happy, she seized their prayers being answered, but our own prayers not be an answer. She looks like she's on top of the world. She beautiful successful, great husband, but what you can't see is this secret frustration that one thing she can't understand life is full of contradictions,

You're helping other people get well, but you don't feel that. Well, you co workers are all being promoted your work and just as hard producing just as much, but nobody no this issue. If we are honest, we all have these secret frustrations things that we know, God could change. We know he can open the door. Good, remove the temptation he could give us the baby we ve been dreaming about, but it's not happening. We have to realise? God is a sovereign god. We're not going to understand why everything happens. There are some things that God doesn't remove, some situations. He waits a long time to change. You have to trust that he knows what's best for you, everything, that's not change. What he's not removing? If you keep the right attitude, it won't work against you. It will work for you, don't let the country

fumes of lie cause you to be sour. Give up on your dreams. The apostle Paul wrote over half of the new testament. He came from an influential family was highly educated. God used him in incredible ways, but as effective as Paul was he had this secret frustration. He called it a thorn in his flesh scholars, debated for years, whether that was a physical condition, some kind of illness or whether it was emotional, the people come and against him the persecution, but whatever this thorn was whatever was bothering Paul. He asked God three times to remove. One version says he Lord God to take it away. That means he gave it his best argument

you know, I'm being best serve a new right now. These books, the least you could do- is he'll me. If anybody head pool with God, it would have been Paul, but what's interesting, is God didn remove the Thorn he said Paul MA, This is sufficient for you. My power shows up best in weakness. Is there something you imploring God to change situation in your health, you're finances a relationship you ask again and again Nothin's improving, I'm not saying to give up and settled there. What I'm saying is, until God removes Don't let it still your joy, don't let it sour your lie. You have the grace to be there, the right attitude, is I'm not going to let this secret frustration this thing worn in my flesh, so to speak. Frustrate me anymore,

God. I believe your grace is sufficient. No at the right time. Your change, but even if you don't change it, I'm still good be my best and honor you. You have to make up your mind that if your spouse never changes, if you a health, never improves. If you have to put up with that grouchy boss, the rest of your life, you are not going to complain, you're not going to use it as an excuse to slack all you're going to tap into this grace. It is sufficient for you. Here's a key, don't stay focused on the frustration it Paul would have gone around thanking God. Why won't you remove this storm? I want to change my child. How would you help my business grow if he would stay focused on the wives of life? He would have never fulfilled his destiny. Faith is trusting God when life doesn't make sense. Men named Psmith Wig

worth was one of the great ministers of the early nineteen hundred. He would have large meetings where he would see. Hundreds of people healed all kinds of miracles, but most of wiggles worth lie. He suffered from kidneys. Many times. He would leave the services in so much pain that he couldn't walk. Have to go home. Lay on the floor hour after hour trying to get some kind of Willie he had just seen all these great miracles, but he didn't receive his own miracle. He could have gotten bitter This is not fair. You he'll them! Why don't you hear me now? He had this attitude. You grace is for every situation. Even I don't understand even what it does it make sense God. I trust you I'm not going to let this secret prostration keep me from my destiny and if you go into which you are highest potential, you can't be a weekly.

You have to be a warrior. There will be things, you don't understand things that don't make sense, but God knows what he's doing his way. These are better than our ways. He is the potter, we're the clay it's time to be removed. He will remove it until then dig your heels in and fight the fight of faith. You have the grace you need for every situation when Jesus healed, the man that have been crippled for thirty eight years there by the pool of Bethesda, he told him to get up, take up his bed and walk. I believe it was significant that he Ask him to take his beard with him. He didn't need it anymore after all, but God was saying this thing. That's held you back this thing. That's kept for being your best for so many years. I want you to take it with you.

As a reminder of what I have done in your life, even though we couldn't walk even though he didn't need the bed, it remained a part of his life. It was a contradiction, I'm healed, I'm healthy, I can walk, but I've still got my bad can imagine him going to help someone else that was struggling. They look at him say. How can you help me? You ve still got the bad you're. Still carrying around that thing that held you back, he said now, it's not what you think it's not a limitation to slow me down. It's a testimony of what God has done in my life. This bed may look like liability, but really it's an asset return? I see it. It reminds me give God price it Rama, tell me where he brought me from IRAN: to me that if he did it for me what he can do it for me again. What am I saying

even though God freeze you from certain things. You may still have your bad. You may still be tempted in that same area. The weakness. The limitation may not totally go away. One reason God doesn't removed to bed totally not too slowly I am giving an excuse to go back, but rather to remind you of where you came from. That bid is not to discourage you but to inspire you, ministering now for close to fifteen years and when asked and I was so nervous, intimidated within secure and I didn't really feel qualified and over the last few years of course, I'm grown become more confident, but the truth is, God did make me into a different person. When I get up here, you may not see it, but

still have my bed, those weaknesses. Those limitations come back from time to time, but I don't see them the same way. They don't intimidate me. They remain to me of my dependency on gas. Another reason God doesn't totally removed the bad because, if you think you can do it all on you, you got it figured out. You don't need his help before long you'll be right back to where you were. But if you ll see the weakness, the temptation as a reminder to ask God for his help to show dependency on him. Then you will continue to rise higher in spite of what comes against you I can say: I've got my bed, but the pass through the church got my bed, but I'm living healthy, happy victorious in the old testament told Moses to go, tell Pharoah to let the people go Moses, a God.

How would you know that you sent me? I don't come from an influential family. What makes you think Pharoah is going to listen to me. God told Moses, to throw his staff on the ground when he did it turned into a snake. He picked it back up in it. Turn back into a stand. He told him to put his arm and his coat and when he pulled it out, it was filled with leprosy. Put it in port it back out. It was clean, as can be God was showing him the sign, so he would go in with confidence knowing that they roll would listen to it. But Moses had another concern. He said God, I can't stand before Whero. I stutter I've got a problem with my speech you would think, since God just showed him these great, miraculous signs, God would simply touches tongue. Make his normal take away the staggering, but God didn't do that. He didn't remove the price.

He was saying the Moses what he said to Paul. My power shows up best in weaknesses and Moses If I needed to remove that stuttering so that you could fulfil your destiny, I would have removed. Are you waiting for God to remove something before you can be happy before can pursue a dream before you can finish school if God has removed, it is not an accident. You dont have to put your life on hold because you have us secret prostration, you have everything you need to fulfil your destiny. The scripture talks about how we have major in these earthen vessels. All of us have imperfections in our clay vessels, in other words, there's probably at least one thing that God is not removing that we could easily be irritated by live frustrated Joel. If I didn't have this back

I ain't have to struggle with this way. This year did not have this co worker that gets on my nerves, it's legal problem or how about, if I hadn't have gone through a bad childhood the divorce to hurt the paint whatever your thorn is. God is saying to us what he said to Paul. My grace sufficient quit fighting it quit, letting it still your joy when it's time removed, God will remove it until then tap into this grace. God my life is in your hands, you What I want you know my dreams, you know, what's bothering me, may not understand it if may not make sense, but God I trust you.

Here's a key! If God is not removing it, it's not an accident. There is a reason. Paul thought. The thorn in his flesh was to keep him from being puffed up into proud. Maybe that was true only God knows, but that secret prostration may just be a time of testing where you have to prove to God that you're going to be continued and do your best, even though its not go in your way. You're going to keep giving, even though you are not receiving you're going to keep honouring him even though you're not seeing things change, God could be using that to grow you up and develop your character so, things we can only learn through experience camp.

Aren't you reading a book listening to a message the scripture says. Our faith is tried in the fire of affliction. That's where our spiritual muscles are developed. You can't get stronger if you're not put under any pressure. You have to work out exercise. Your fate may not be comfortable. You may not like it, but if you stick with it, it's not working against you. It's working for you, you'll growing! You come in a pirate. You getting prepared for new levels, say you can't be promoted without preparation. God will give you a one hundred pound blessing. If he knows you can only live fifty pounds,

If he gave you the one hundred pounds, it wouldn't be a blessing, it would be a burden, wouldn't help you. It would hurt you he's gotta get you prepare. Your gifts can take you to a certain level, but if you don't have the character to match, you won't stay there very long. Character is developed in the tough times when we're not getting our way, but we keep doing the right thing. Like Paul Weave, ass God lot more than three times to remove it. God get this person out of my life to get all manoeuvres. God give me child God change must spouse, while God is changing it Until he were moves it, if you will stay in faith, not get better, not give up on your dreams, here's the beauty, Even if the situation doesn't change, you will change it is growing. You were getting you

prepared for new levels of your destiny, not learn. Your character is more important than your town You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have strong character, you're not going to go very far, we can all trust God in the good times. That's easy! I'm asking you: can you trust him with the secret prostration the things that are not changing, you prayed and believe, but he's not removing it. The question is: not only can you trust God, but more importantly, can God trust you? Will you pass the test stay in faith? Even when you don't understand my parents started Lakewood Church with ninety people in nineteen fifty nine, a few years later, my father put somebody else in charge, so he could leave the church and travel the world.

He would go hold these large crusades, fifty thousand people in other countries. He was living his dream life with good, throw around one thousand nine hundred and sixty. Six. He knew he was supposed to come back and pasture lake would once again a mom said John. When Houston, here's, your back, they're gonna, come out by the thousands were used in heard, but Houston didn't They stayed away by the thousands now, instead of speaking to big crowds, like my dad was used to He was speaking to these many people three times a week year after year. He thought God. I know I have more in me I'll, be in my best, a monitoring you but nothin's changing I'm not seeing any growth, a secret frustration, but what my father didn't realize is something worth changing, not the size of the congregation he was changed,

he was developing character. He was proving the God. Then he would be faithful in the tough times if you're, not faithful in the wilderness. How can God trust you to be faithful in the promised land? My father on the outside was happy gave is best to those ninety people, but deep down here, how to deal with this secret frustration. One thousand nine hundred and seventy two it was like God, opened up. A faucet people started coming to Lakewood from all over. The city grew and grew to a church of thousand still growing. Today, the baby, like my father, you're, doing the right thing, but not seeing any growth not being promoted. Frustrating it may not look like any things happening on the outside that, if you keep being your best, something is happening on the inside

these changing you he's going you up he's getting you prepare now keep doing the right thing, keep being good. Other people keep having that spirit of excellence to many people. Let these secret frustrations cause them to get better, give up on their dreams. Lose their passion, recognise it's a test. If you stay in faith. God will get you to wait. You're supposed to be Genesis, chapter, twenty nine there's the story of two sisters, Rachel and Lee. One. A young man named Jacob Saul Rachel. He fell head over heels for her. It was love at first sight, You see Rachel was extremely attractive. The scripture says she was beautiful in every way, with the lovely face and shapely figure. Let me tell you, when God save

fine, you a bad to the bone Rachel. Had it go at all Jacob, he didn't think twice went straight to her bad labour and said. Can marry. Your daughter, Laban said. Yes, you can, but you have to first work for me for seven years he work those seven years was so excited, but Laban treat wake up at the wedding in those days they wore very thick veils. You couldn't tell who was in there and of course he It was Rachel, but in fact it was Leah. This picture says Leah had weak, does and was dull looking. I'm not sure what we got means, but I know what don't look it is. Brother name Paul. I couldn't resist no offense to Leah, but Rachel got them. In the family,

The wedding Jacob had a little too much to drink. He woke up the next morning. Looked over in and there was weaker staring back in early passed out. He ran the labels house. What do you mean? This is not the deal I wanted Rachel, not Leah. He said I understand Jacob, but it's our custom that the oldest daughter has to get married off. First work, for me, another seven years in I'll. Let you marry Rachel, he did it finally got to marry. Her love makes it

damn things, but I'm sure win people Sol Rachel around town, so beautiful so friendly. They thought ass, one blessed woman, she's so stunning she has a husband adores or she comes from a good family, but what they couldn't see was Rachel had a secret prostration. Her dream was to have a baby, but she was baron. She couldn't can see year after year, no baby. I can hear her every night, God please give me a chance, Please remove this, Baroness God, I wanna baby. On the other hand, her sister Leah gave Jacob one son after another, four boys, strong, handsome good lookin life was good

Leah. She would see in a dream, come to pass. I healthy family, but Leah too, had a secret frustration. The scripture says that Jacob loved Rachel more than leave. I can hear Leah every night God. Why won't my husband love me more the point here Everyone is dealing with something whether you're a Rachel blessed in this area are Leah blessed in this area. There will be things that can frustrate you things that you don't understand things that, God is not removing. You have to make up your mind. You are not going to let it sour your life, do what you can trust, God to do what you can

the right attitude if this never changes? If I never have a child, I'm still going to be happy. If my marriage never improves, I'm still not going to be sour. If I see somebody is more talented, more beautiful has more I'm not going to be in this jealous I'm at peace with who I am when you stay in pee. Not trying to figure out why they could have the baby, why she's more beautiful, while her husband loves or more no, let that go you never going to understand it If you'll live in peace, God will a move. What needs to be removed, he change what needs to be changed. This is what happened with Rachel years. Later remove the barrenness. She had a son.

Named Joseph that secret prostration was taken away from most about fathers life. He struggled with high blood pressure. He was constantly trying to find new medicine to control it many times the side effects would make him feel bad. Nobody knew the scripture more than my dad. Nobody head anymore Faye, but for some reason God didn't take it away, but I never. Heard. My father complain. His attitude was God I'm going to be my best. Whether you hear me from this public pressure or whether you know he had a Meda man toward the and of his life. The medicine would make him dizzy. He couldn't sleep a lotta night, but he come in on sundays- preaches heart out. Nobody even knew it. He could have thought God. I've served you for over fifty years least, you can do is answer my prayer know he didn't let the secret frustration keep him from his destiny. He trusted.

Odd when it didn't make sense when it was seventy, seven years old, he had to go on dialysis. He couldn't sleep one night, he called brother in law. Garian asked if he could come over and visit with him around one. In the morning they were talking and Gary asked my father what he thought about the difficulties he was going through. My dad, Gary. I don't understand it all, but I know this his mercy endorse forever Those were the last words my father ever spoke a few seconds later he had a heart attack went to be with the Lord, but I love that even though God didn't remove it that he didn't get better? He died in faith, whatever secret frustration. You're facing you have to make this decision, like my father, that, even if it We're changes you're going to keep believing we too are going to die. In fact, this is what three

teenagers did in the scripture, they wouldn't bow down to the kings golden idle. He was so furious. He was going to have them thrown into a fiery firms. They said king we're not worried, we know our God will deliver us, but even if he doesn't we're still not going to Bandy, that's the key believe for your dreams. Believe for God, to turn the situation around didn't take it one step further, even it doesn't happen my way, even if I don't get delivered God, I'm still going to be happy God. If you turn it around. I'm going to give you praise and if you don't turn it around, I'm still going to give your price live like that, and all the forces of darkness cannot stop you friends, don't let these secret frustrations, keep you from your destiny. Have a new perspective. You have the grace you need for.

Research, innovation. If God is not removing it, there's a reason. Don't try to figure it out. Trusting If you do this, I believe and declare God is going to change it needs to be changed. Going to remove what needs to be removed. You're going to rise, higher overcome obstacles and become everything. Gods created you to be Jesus name. If you receive it, when you say, demanded, I we never liked to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you play with me, say Lord Jesus, our repent of my sins come into my heart Make you my lord and save your friends. If you pray that simple prayer, we Leave you got born again get in The Bible Base church keep God first place, he's gonna. Take you places that you ve never dreamed

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