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Thanks for 40 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 4: downloading our podcast. We enjoy spending this time with you. 41 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 4: I know you're going to leave encouraged and inspired. 42 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,919 Speaker 5: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 43 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 5: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 44 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 45 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 46 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 4: to come into your homes, and if you're ever in 47 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 4: our area, please stop buying. Be a part of one 48 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 4: of our services. I promise you we will make you 49 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: feel right at home. I like to start with something funny, 50 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 4: and I heard about this young man. He was a 51 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 4: huge football fan. He bought two tickets to the Super 52 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 4: Bowl months ahead of time, not realizing it was going 53 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 4: to be on the same day as his wedding. He 54 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: paid a couple thousand dollars each for the tickets, so 55 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: he put an ad on Facebook seeing if anyone wanted 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 4: to go in his place. He said, it will be 57 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 4: at three o'clock at First Baptist Church and her name 58 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 4: is Tiffany. He better get in counseling right now. But 59 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 4: here we go. This is my Bible. I am what 60 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 4: it's it says. I am. I have what it says 61 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 62 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: Today I will be talked the word of God. I'll 63 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 64 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 65 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 66 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 4: stir it up. When I was growing up, we had 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: a fireplace at home, and I would go get the 68 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: logs to make the fire. My father showed me how 69 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 4: if i'd put those logs just right, a little bit vertical, 70 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 4: the fire would burn so strong and last a long time. Overnight, 71 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 4: we would close the metal grate and the fire would 72 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: wind down. When I would get up the next morning, 73 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 4: all that was left were some ashes and a few 74 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 4: remnants of the logs. I would go get more wood, 75 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 4: but I discovered something. I didn't have to get a 76 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 4: new match to relight the fire. Underneath those ashes, there 77 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 4: were embers that were still burning. All I had to 78 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 4: do was get the poker out and stir it up, 79 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: and the fire would come back to life. In a 80 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 4: few minutes, it would be burning as strong as can be. Now, 81 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 4: it may look like some things have gone out in 82 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: your life. Dreams that didn't work out, Promises that you 83 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: were believing for that didn't come to pass. You think 84 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 4: it's never going to happen. It's been too long. You've 85 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 4: accepted it wasn't meant to be. But can I encourage you? 86 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 4: Underneath those ashes, there are embers that are still alive. 87 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: You may not be able to see them. They're buried 88 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 4: under disappointments, under delays, people that did you wrong, mistakes 89 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 4: that you've made. But somewhere underneath all those ashes, a 90 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 4: flame is still burning. All you have to do is 91 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 4: stir it up. Stir up your dreams, stir up your creativity, 92 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: stir up your gifts. What God put in you didn't 93 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 4: go out. Jeremiah said, your word, Oh Lord, is like 94 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 4: fire shut up in my bones. That fire may be 95 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 4: a little flicker right now, but it's still in you. 96 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: The good news is the enemy can't put your fire out. 97 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 4: Depression can't put your fire out. Loss, loneliness, bad breaks 98 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 4: can't put it out. You may have gone through things 99 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 4: that were unfair, kind of knocked the wind out of you. 100 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 4: You need to know that did not stop God's plan 101 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 4: for your life. What he started, he's going to finish. Now. 102 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 4: You have to do your part and stir it up. 103 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 4: You can't live with no passion, no enthusiasm, just getting up, 104 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 4: going to work, coming home, doing it all again. That 105 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 4: fire is not going to grow without you stirring it. 106 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 4: Start dreaming again, start looking for new opportunities, start praying 107 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 4: bold prayers, start expecting God's fame. There is greatness. Shut 108 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: up in you. There are dreams shut up in you. 109 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 4: There are new levels. All they need is to be 110 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 4: stirred out. The scripture says you will find me when 111 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 4: you search for me with all your heart, not with 112 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 4: half your heart. God was talking about passionate people, people 113 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 4: that are full of praise, people that are talking like 114 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 4: it's going to happen, people that are expecting his favor. 115 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 4: But if you're passive, indifferent, lethargic, you won't reach your potential. 116 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 4: You have to have some fire in you. Don't let 117 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 4: what hasn't worked out. The disappointments, the bad breaks cause 118 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 4: you to become half hearted. Half hearted in your praise, 119 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: half hearted in your marriage, half hearted at worn't. What 120 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 4: you're believing for may be taken longer than you thought. 121 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 4: That's why every day you need to stir yourself up. 122 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 4: This is not going to happen, auto man. You won't 123 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 4: wake up every morning excited about life, enthusiastic about your dreams. 124 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 4: Some mornings, when we wake up, we feel the blaws. 125 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: Thoughts will tell you nothing good is in your future, 126 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 4: nothing ever works out for you. You can either believe those 127 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 4: lies drag through the day. One day will turn into 128 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 4: a month, a month will turn into a year. Or 129 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: you can make a decision like David, when you get 130 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 4: out of bed, this is another day that the Lord 131 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 4: has made. I'm going to rejoice. I'm going to be glad. 132 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 4: I'm gonna enjoy this day. You know what David was 133 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 4: doing stirring himself up. He was fanning that flame, making 134 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 4: sure the fire kept burning. No wonder he was able 135 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 4: to outlast all kinds of opposition. No wonder he overcame 136 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,119 Speaker 4: the rejection from his family and the betrayal from King Saul, 137 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 4: and became one of the heroes of faith. You know 138 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: who sees dreams come to pass stirred up people. You 139 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: know who goes further than they can imagine, People that 140 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 4: are passionate, people that make this decision like David, to 141 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 4: stay full of zeal. What's interesting is when David wrote 142 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 4: that passage, he wasn't in a great place. He had 143 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: armies coming against him. People were slandering him, trying to 144 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 4: ruin his reputation. He could have got up complaining, God 145 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 4: is not fair. I'm doing the right thing. Why are 146 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: these people treating me so badly? I thought you said 147 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 4: I would be the king. No, David understood this principle 148 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,479 Speaker 4: that people can't put your fire out. Bad breaks, disappointments 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: cannot stop what God has ordained for you. The more 150 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 4: things that come against you, the more you need to 151 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 4: stir yourself up. The more opposition, the more you need 152 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 4: to give God praise, the longer it's taking, the more 153 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 4: you need to talk like it's on the way. The 154 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 4: worse the medical report, the more you need to keep 155 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: that spring in your staff, that passion in your spirit 156 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 4: declaring God's favor is on your life. There are embers 157 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 4: in you right now just waiting to catch fire like 158 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 4: never before, Embers of healing. That sickness looks permanent, starts 159 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 4: stirring up the healing. Father. Thank you that you're restoring 160 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 4: health back into me. Thank You that the number of 161 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 4: my days you will fulfill. Maybe you're struggling in your finances. 162 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 4: Business is slow, it's easy to get discouraged. Think that's 163 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 4: your lot in life. There are embers of increase, embers 164 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 4: of abundance, embers of opportunity just waiting to be stirred up. 165 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 4: How do you do it? Father? Thank you that whatever 166 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 4: I touch prospers and succeeds. Thank You that I will 167 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 4: lend and not borrow. That I'm coming into overflow into 168 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 4: more than enough. When David went out to face Goliath, 169 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 4: the scripture says he ran quickly toward Goliath. That's a 170 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 4: passionate person. That's somebody that stirred up. You would think 171 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 4: he would be very careful, go out there kind of slowly, 172 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 4: maybe a little intimidated, afraid, thinking okay, God, I'll do this, 173 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 4: but it'll probably be the end of me. No, David 174 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 4: ran out boldly. His attitude was, I can't wait to 175 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 4: get to Goliath, because the sooner I get there, the 176 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 4: sooner I'll defeat him. When you live stirred up, you 177 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 4: don't run from your enemies. You run to your enemies. 178 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: You don't let that cancer intimidate you. Your attitude is cancer. 179 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 4: You may be big, but you're no match for me. 180 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 4: The most high God is on my side. You don't 181 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 4: run from those people at work, those people trying to 182 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 4: make you look bad. You know, God being for you 183 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 4: is more than the world being against you. You have 184 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 4: everything you need to live a victorious, abundant line. It's 185 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 4: on the inside, but it has to be stirred up. 186 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 4: That courage may be a little ember right now, you 187 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 4: feel intimidated. What you're up against looks much bigger. That's 188 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 4: the way I felt when my father went to be 189 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 4: with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor the church. 190 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: Every thought told me that I couldn't do it, that 191 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 4: nobody would listen, that I didn't have the talent. But 192 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 4: instead of believing those lies, I started stirring up the courage. Father, 193 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 4: Thank you that I am strong in the Lord. Thank 194 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 4: you that I could do all things through Christ. Thank 195 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 4: you that your favor surrounds me like a shield. I 196 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 4: started fanning that ember of courage, that ember of confidence, 197 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 4: that ember of talent. I didn't know I could get 198 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 4: up and speak in front of people. When my father 199 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: would ask me to minister years ago, I used to think, 200 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 4: that is so odd. He doesn't know me very well. 201 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 4: I wouldn't know what to say. This emb was in 202 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 4: me all that time, But for seventeen years I never 203 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: fanned the flame. When my father went to be with 204 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 4: the Lord. In one sense, it made it worse. Now 205 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 4: there were ashes on top of this ember. I didn't 206 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 4: know how things were going to work out. But down 207 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: in my spirit I could hear this voice telling me 208 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 4: to step up. This time, instead of shrinking back, I 209 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 4: started fanning the flame, telling myself that I was well able. 210 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 4: I discovered there was fire shut up in my bones, 211 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 4: there were gifts and talents. It was just a little flame. 212 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 4: But as I started believing I could do it, taking 213 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 4: steps of faith, tuning out the doubt, the naysayers, that 214 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 4: fire came alive. God's taken me further than I've dreamed that. 215 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 4: I wonder what's shut up in you that you haven't 216 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 4: tapped into. What dreams, what gifts, what healing? What freedom? 217 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 4: It's still burning. It's a little ember now. It just 218 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 4: needs you to add your passion to it, to start believing, 219 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 4: to start acting like it's going to happen, to start 220 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 4: stepping up with boldness. It's easy to come up with 221 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 4: excuses to talk ourselves out of it, Joel. I tried, 222 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 4: but it didn't work out. Try again. That didn't put 223 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 4: your fire out. The scripture says a good person falls 224 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 4: seven times and the Lord raises him up. Maybe it 225 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 4: just wasn't the right time. Well, these people did me wrong. 226 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 4: My company pushed me out, I lost my spouse. I 227 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 4: have all these ashes. I know that's painful. I know 228 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 4: it's not easy, but underneath those ashes there are embers 229 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 4: that are still burning. You may have gone through loss, 230 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 4: but your life is not over. Like God did for me, 231 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 4: He has beauty for those ashes. New doors are going 232 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 4: to open it. New relationships are going to develop, New 233 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 4: talents are going to come. That person that walked out 234 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 4: on you, yes, that's hurtful, but don't give up on life. 235 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 4: They didn't put your fire out. They can't stop your destiny. 236 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 4: You're going to love again, You're going to dream again. 237 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 4: You're going to laugh again. God has someone coming for 238 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: you much better than who left. Your latter days are 239 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 4: going to be better than your former days. Now, get 240 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 4: your passion back, get your fire back. Those dreams you've 241 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 4: given up on. You need to get that poker out 242 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 4: and start stirring them up, start pursuing them again. Those 243 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 4: promises that you've let go of seems like it's too late. 244 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 4: The expert said that you can't have a child, that 245 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 4: you won't get well, that that family member will never 246 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: get back on course. Those are lies to try to 247 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 4: discourage you, to keep those embers from ever catching fire. 248 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 4: The enemy knows he can't put out your flame, but 249 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: if he can deceive you into living with no passion, 250 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 4: no enthusiasm, dragging through the day thinking you've reached your limits. 251 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 4: Then that will keep you from the fullness of what 252 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 4: God has in store. That's why Paul said in Romans, 253 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 4: never lag in zeal, be a glow, constantly burning with 254 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 4: the spirit. It's interesting he didn't say never lag in faith, 255 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 4: never lag in confidence, never lag in experience. He said 256 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 4: never lag in zeal. He was saying, if you'll stay 257 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 4: passionate about your dreams, passionate about what God promised, you 258 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 4: don't lag in zeal, then whatever area you lag in 259 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 4: will eventually turn around. You may lag in resources, lag 260 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 4: in good health, lag in friendships, but if you'll stay 261 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 4: a glow burning with the spirit God promises, the healing 262 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 4: is coming, the right people are coming, the abundance is coming. 263 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 4: Paul said. The key is to stay fired up, keep 264 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 4: that pass in your spirit. Because we all go through disappointments, 265 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 4: things we don't understand. You may be dealing with an illness, 266 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 4: an addiction, or a situation doesn't look like it's ever 267 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 4: going to improve. You could easily drag around discourage. Now 268 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 4: you have to dig your heels in and say I 269 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 4: am not going to let the enemy have my joy, 270 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 4: my praise, my enthusiasm. This day is a gift from God. 271 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 4: I'm going to stay on fire, a glow, burning with 272 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 4: the spirit. David said, bless the Lord, O my soul 273 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: and all that is within me. Not partial, not halfway. 274 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: He was saying, God, I'm giving you a stirred up praise, 275 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: a passionate praise, not a praise when everything turns around, 276 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 4: A praise that's dependent on the circumstances. Joel, I'll have 277 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 4: a good attitude when my boss starts treating me better. 278 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 4: I'll get my joy back when the Texans win again. 279 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 4: I should leave that out. I'll be more enthusiastic when 280 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: my finances improved. Now you have it backwards. The stirred 281 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 4: up praise is what causes things to turn around. Being 282 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 4: on fire a glow is what causes those embers to ignite. 283 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 4: What would happen if you would start blessing the Lord 284 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 4: with all that is within you, getting up in the morning, 285 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 4: thanking him for the day, going out with enthusiasm, pursuing 286 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 4: your dreams, expecting his favor, passionate about your life. Everything 287 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 4: may not be perfect, we can all find a reason 288 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 4: to be sour. This is a decision we have to make. 289 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 4: I will bless the Lord. I will have a good attitude. 290 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: I will be good to somebody. I will enjoy this day. 291 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,479 Speaker 4: You can't wait till you feel like it. You have 292 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: to decide. That's what it means to stir it up. 293 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 4: Timothy was a young man that was being mentored by 294 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 4: the apostle Paul. Paul must have seen him start to 295 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 4: get discouraged and lose his passion, because he said to 296 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 4: him in Second Timothy one, Timothy, stir up the gift 297 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 4: of God that is within you. One translation says fan 298 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 4: the flame. Maybe Timothy wouldn't have gone on to do 299 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 4: great things and made such an impact with his life 300 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 4: if Paul hadn't have reminded him to stir it up. 301 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 4: That's why God has you hearing this. There are gifts 302 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 4: and talents in you right now that you have not 303 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 4: yet tapped into. There are dreams favor abundance just waiting 304 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 4: to be stirred up. You have not reached your destiny. 305 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 4: Too often we like to settle. We don't like to 306 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 4: stretch to get out of our comfort zones. Especially when 307 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 4: we tried and it didn't work out. But God is 308 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 4: saying to you what he said to Timothy. Stir up 309 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 4: the gifts that are in you. Stir up the dreams 310 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,959 Speaker 4: that you've given up on, the healing, the freedom that 311 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 4: you quit believing for. Start fanning that flame. Don't let 312 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 4: what hasn't happened talk you out of what God has 313 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 4: in your future. You may have some big obstacles, but 314 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 4: the forces that are for you are greater than the 315 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 4: forces that are against you. You and God are a majority. 316 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 4: He's breathing in your direction right now. I talked to 317 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 4: a young lady that was raised in a very unhealthy environment. 318 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 4: Her father was an alcoholic and her mother was never around. 319 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 4: At twelve years old, she ended up homeless, living on 320 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: the streets by herself. At sixteen, she had a baby. 321 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 4: She and her child lived in a shelter. Not long 322 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 4: after that, she was diagnosed with leukemia. No insurance, nobody 323 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 4: to help her. Didn't look like she had any kind 324 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 4: of future, no gift in her. But God doesn't create 325 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 4: anyone without putting something significant on the inside. Every person 326 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 4: has seeds of greatness. That's why the enemy works over 327 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 4: time to try to push down your gifts. Bury them 328 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,919 Speaker 4: under abuse, neglect, sickness, is divorced. The good news is 329 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 4: the enemy can't put your fire out. What God started, 330 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 4: no person can stop You. May have had some bad breaks, 331 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 4: but the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny. 332 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 4: They are not more powerful than our God. The only 333 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 4: one that can stop you is you. If you give 334 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 4: up on your dreams, if you live bitter no passion, 335 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 4: thinking you've reached your limits, you will miss the beauty 336 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 4: for ashes that God has. You will miss him paying 337 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 4: you back for those unfair things that have happened. Nineteen 338 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 4: years old, this young lady gave her life to Christ. 339 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 4: For the first time, she felt a sense of purpose destiny. 340 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 4: She decided to go back to school, got her ged. 341 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 4: She went on to college and got her bachelor's degree. 342 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 4: Then she got her master's degree, Then she got her doctorate. 343 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 4: Today she's not only cancer free, but she's the vice 344 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 4: president of a university. But back when she was a 345 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 4: homeless teenager, nobody would have believed that those gifts were 346 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 4: in her. Nobody would thought there was a vice president 347 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 4: of a university in her. What am I saying? Don't 348 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 4: judge your future based on where you are right now, 349 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 4: don't let circumstances convince you that you've seen your best days. 350 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 4: You wouldn't be alive unless God had something amazing up 351 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 4: in front of you. In the scripture of Abraham and 352 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 4: Sarah were very old, and Sarah had never had any children. 353 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 4: I'm sure she was disappointed because in those days, if 354 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 4: the wife didn't give the husband a child, they were 355 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 4: looked down on and felt a sense of shame. Now 356 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: Sarah was eighty years old, she had already accepted that 357 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 4: it wasn't going to happen. But in Genesis seventeen, God 358 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 4: said to Abraham, I'm going to give Sarah a son. 359 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 4: She's going to become the mother of nations. Kings of 360 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 4: people will come out of her. Sarah thought she would 361 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 4: be baring her whole life, that her wound would always 362 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 4: be empty. But God says, Sarah, you have something in 363 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 4: you that you can't see right now, something much bigger 364 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 4: than you've imagined. And yes, you've been through disappointments, but 365 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 4: that is not how your story ends. Sarah. You have 366 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 4: kings in you, You have nations in your wound. Against 367 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 4: all odds. A year later, Sarah gave birth to a 368 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 4: son that they named Isaac. There may be areas in 369 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 4: your life, like Sarah, that you've been barn You tried, 370 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 4: you did your best, but the business didn't take off, 371 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 4: the marriage didn't make it. You weren't able to break 372 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 4: the addiction. No reason for you to be passionate. No, 373 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 4: that is not how your story ends. God is saying 374 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 4: to you what he said to Sarah. There are kings 375 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 4: in you. There are things that you don't see coming. Promotion, opportunity, healing, children, 376 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 4: the right people, businesses. It's not too late. You didn't 377 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 4: miss your chance. God has already planted those seeds in 378 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,959 Speaker 4: your spirit. If you will start stirring it up, living 379 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 4: with passion, you are going to see God show out 380 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 4: in your life. The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if 381 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 4: he didn't know there was something awesome in you. He 382 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 4: wouldn't be trying to discourage you, convince you to settle 383 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 4: if he didn't know you were destined to rise higher. 384 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 4: You are destined to leave your mark. When Sarah first 385 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 4: heard that she was going to have a baby, she laughed. 386 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 4: She thought, that's impossible. I can't have a baby. There 387 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 4: aren't kings in me. God will talking about her seed, 388 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 4: how her children and grandchildren would do great things. You 389 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 4: don't know what God is up to. The scripture says 390 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 4: no person has seen, heard, or imagine what God has 391 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 4: in store. God is going to bring things out of 392 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 4: you that you didn't even know were in you. You're 393 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 4: going to see overflow, abundance, the surpassing greatness of His favor. Now, 394 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 4: if you're going to stay stirred up, you need to 395 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 4: get around others. Stirred up people. Don't hang around people 396 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 4: that drain your energy, take your enthusiasm, try to talk 397 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 4: you out of what you're believing for. And I don't 398 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 4: see how you can get well, my grandmother died of 399 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 4: that same thing. I wouldn't try to start that business. 400 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 4: What if it doesn't work out, You still think you're 401 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 4: gonna meet someone. You've been single a long time. There 402 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 4: will always be people that try to throw water on 403 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 4: your fire, tell you what you can't do, how it's 404 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 4: not going to work out, how you should settle where 405 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 4: you are. They may mean well, they may even love you, 406 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 4: but the enemy uses people to try to discourage us, 407 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 4: to keep us from our destiny. Do yourself a favor, 408 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 4: distance yourself from them. Your time is too valuable to 409 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 4: spend it with negative people, people that have no vision, 410 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 4: no passion. You need to be around people that help 411 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 4: you stay stirred out. That's why so many people come 412 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 4: out to Lakewood and so many people listen. Not because 413 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 4: I'm the greatest minister, but I promise you this, I'm 414 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 4: gonna stir you up. I'm going to challenge you to 415 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 4: go further, to reach for your dreams, to believe for 416 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 4: the impossible, to expect God's favor. I'm going to remind 417 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 4: you that you're a child of the Most High God, 418 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 4: that you have seeds of greatness, that God didn't bring 419 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 4: you this far to leave you, that what happened in 420 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 4: your past doesn't have to stop your future. That God 421 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 4: has the final say. My question for you is, are 422 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 4: you living stirred up? Are you passionate about your dreams? 423 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 4: Are you excited about your future? Friend's life is flying by. 424 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,719 Speaker 4: Don't waste another minute dragging through the day focused on 425 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 4: what's wrong, thinking you've reached your limits. The truth is 426 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 4: you're on the launching path. God's about to do a 427 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 4: new thing. You're about to see his favor in unprecedented way. 428 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 4: Get ready for overflow, Get ready for new levels get 429 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 4: ready for something that you've never seen. James Chapter five says, 430 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 4: the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous person makes tremendous 431 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 4: power available. That word fervent in the original language is 432 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 4: where we get our word for energy. It suggests the 433 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 4: idea of energizing, like electricity energizes a circuit. You can 434 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 4: plug a lamp into an outlet, but if the power's 435 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 4: not on, doesn't do any good. This says. The effectual 436 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 4: fervent prayer, not a passive prayer, not a weak lethargic prayer. 437 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 4: Will you say the same thing over and over, no passion, 438 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 4: But when you pray a stirred up prayer, a passionate prayer, 439 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 4: a bold prayer that makes tremendous power available. Well, God, 440 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 4: I know I don't deserve much. I made a lot 441 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 4: of mistakes. But if you want to help me you can. 442 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 4: That's not energizing the circuits, so to speak. Depressing prayers 443 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 4: don't bring any power. The prayer that's effective is a fervent, passionate, bold, 444 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 4: faith filled prayer. Father, Thank you that you're opening doors 445 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 4: that no man can shut. Thank you that you're taking 446 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 4: me where I can't go on my own Thank you 447 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 4: that I'm coming into a year of overflood. Don't pray 448 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 4: depressing prayers. God, My back's been hurting so bad. These 449 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 4: children are getting on my nerves. I don't think I 450 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 4: can take it anymore. That's not activating any power. Turn 451 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 4: it around. Father, Thank you that you're fighting my battles. 452 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,360 Speaker 4: Thank you that no weapon formed against me will prosper. 453 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 4: That is for me and my house. We will serve 454 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 4: the Lord. You have to show God that you want 455 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 4: what you're praying about. There has to be some fervor, 456 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 4: some zeal, some enthusiasm. If you're not passionate about it, 457 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 4: it's not an effective prayer. I'm asking you to stir 458 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 4: it up. Stir up what you're praying about. Stir up 459 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 4: your dreams, stir up your gifts. God has put incredible 460 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 4: potential on the inside. It may just be a little 461 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 4: ember now, but as you keep stirring it up, I 462 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 4: believe and declare, like Sarah, greatness is going to come 463 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 4: out of you. New doors are about to open. Negative 464 00:28:55,200 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 4: situations are turning around, healing breakthroughs. Favor the fullness of 465 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 4: your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 466 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 4: can you say him in today? I'd like to give 467 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 4: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 468 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll 469 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 470 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 471 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 4: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 472 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 4: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 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