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Have you ever asked God for something you didn’t get?  Have you ever had God give you what you wanted, but much later than you wanted it?  These situations can be a struggle on a person’s faith.  They can make a person wonder if God hears them, if He really cares about them, or if He’s really capable of answering prayer.  There are certainly times when we pray and ask God for specific things to happen a certain way or by a certain time and God grants those requests.  Other times, God has a better plan than we do or He has a better timing than we do and we simply have to trust Him.

Before the miraculous birth of Jesus, there was another miraculous birth.  Before the foretold birth of the Messiah, was the foretold birth of another man.  Just like Mary and Joseph would not have chosen God’s timing for the baby to be born (during a census that placed them in an over-crowded town with no rooms available), nor the method of Mary’s conception (where Joseph nearly called off their engagement), the parents of the man we are going to talk about in this episode likely also would not have chosen the timing that God gave them their son or the method in which He did things.  Still, hopefully this episode will show you that things are always best in God’s way and in God’s timing.

This is a special episode giving an update on Pastor Josh's missions trip to Guatemala and our plans going forward to plant a church in the country.

Change is inevitable.  It’s also something God wants for you.  God is never satisfied with a person who does not change.  If a person has not changed in years, that means the person has not learned and grown.  If a person is at the same place in life they were years ago, it means that person has not bettered their situation.  God’s will is for us to constantly grow more like Him.  God’s will for you is more peace than yesterday, not the same...more hope, not the same...more faith, not the same.

Change is coming.  That is not in question.  The only question is, “What kind of change is coming and how will you respond to it?”  In this series, we are going to see how to prepare ourselves for change, how to deal with disappointments when changes do not immediately seem good, what attitude to approach change with, and finally, we’ll learn about the biggest agent of change God ever gave us.

Get ready.  Change is coming.

Change is inevitable.  It’s also something God wants for you.  God is never satisfied with a person who does not change.  If a person has not changed in years, that means the person has not learned and grown.  If a person is at the same place in life they were years ago, it means that person has not bettered their situation.  God’s will is for us to constantly grow more like Him.  God’s will for you is more peace than yesterday, not the same...more hope, not the same...more faith, not the same.

Change is coming.  That is not in question.  The only question is, “What kind of change is coming and how will you respond to it?”  In this series, we are going to see how to prepare ourselves for change, how to deal with disappointments when changes do not immediately seem good, what attitude to approach change with, and finally, we’ll learn about the biggest agent of change God ever gave us.

Get ready.  Change is coming.

Change is inevitable.  It’s also something God wants for you.  God is never satisfied with a person who does not change.  If a person has not changed in years, that means the person has not learned and grown.  If a person is at the same place in life they were years ago, it means that person has not bettered their situation.  God’s will is for us to constantly grow more like Him.  God’s will for you is more peace than yesterday, not the same...more hope, not the same...more faith, not the same.

Change is coming.  That is not in question.  The only question is, “What kind of change is coming and how will you respond to it?”  In this series, we are going to see how to prepare ourselves for change, how to deal with disappointments when changes do not immediately seem good, what attitude to approach change with, and finally, we’ll learn about the biggest agent of change God ever gave us.

Get ready.  Change is coming.

Change is inevitable.  It’s also something God wants for you.  God is never satisfied with a person who does not change.  If a person has not changed in years, that means the person has not learned and grown.  If a person is at the same place in life they were years ago, it means that person has not bettered their situation.  God’s will is for us to constantly grow more like Him.  God’s will for you is more peace than yesterday, not the same...more hope, not the same...more faith, not the same.

Change is coming.  That is not in question.  The only question is, “What kind of change is coming and how will you respond to it?”  In this series, we are going to see how to prepare ourselves for change, how to deal with disappointments when changes do not immediately seem good, what attitude to approach change with, and finally, we’ll learn about the biggest agent of change God ever gave us.

Get ready.  Change is coming.

The feeling of being in a situation outside your control is something we can all relate to.  Each of us, at some point, will be in a set of circumstances where we feel helpless...where we need God to act, because there is nothing we can do to change anything.  What is a person of faith supposed to do when circumstances arrange themselves into an impossible situation?  What is a Christian supposed to do when we feel totally helpless and the outcome of our situation is so terrifyingly uncertain?  As we go through this series, may you be encouraged.

The feeling of being in a situation outside your control is something we can all relate to.  Each of us, at some point, will be in a set of circumstances where we feel helpless...where we need God to act, because there is nothing we can do to change anything.  What is a person of faith supposed to do when circumstances arrange themselves into an impossible situation?  What is a Christian supposed to do when we feel totally helpless and the outcome of our situation is so terrifyingly uncertain?  As we go through this series, may you be encouraged.

This is a special bonus episode from May of 2019 when Pastor Josh spoke at New Beginnings Church of God in Roseburg, Oregon. Enjoy.