Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. It's going to be a little bit different today.

The building is not open to the public because of the coronavirus,

but we have a few of our staff and family members with us. But I'm always honored to be able to share with you.

So let's get started today with our Declaration of Faith. Come on, say it like you mean it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same.

In Jesus name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about greater is coming.

We all face setbacks in life and things we don't understand. When we go through loss and disappointments,

it's easy to get discouraged and think that's the way it's always going to be.

But our God is a God of restoration. He doesn't stop every difficulty.

He doesn't keep us from every challenge, but he did promise he would pay us back for the wrongs.

He would restore what was stolen. David said in Psalm 71,

you have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to even greater honor.

The suffering is a setup. God allowed the difficulty not to make you miserable,

but to restore you to greater honor. God never brings you out the same.

He makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble. When you're in tough times,

you have to remind yourself that is not how your story ends. That loneliness, the bad break,

the anxiety is not your destiny. Greater is coming. Greater joy, greater strength, greater relationships.

That setback in your finances, the client you lost, the unfair childhood.

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