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It helps keep the ministry going. 40 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 6: Enjoy the message. 41 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 4: Oh God bless you. It's a joy to come into 42 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 4: your homes. 43 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 5: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 5: and be a part of one of our services. 45 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 4: I promise you will make you feel right at home. 46 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 47 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 5: about these two professional baseball players. They were discussing whether 48 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 5: or not they thought there would be baseball up in heaven. 49 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 5: They made an agreement that whoever died first would come 50 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 5: back and tell the other if indeed there was baseball 51 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 5: in heaven. A few months later, one of the players died. 52 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 5: Just like promise, he came back and said to the 53 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 5: other player, I've got good. 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 4: News and I've got bad news. 55 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 5: The good news is there is baseball up in heaven. 56 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 5: The bad news is you're scheduled to pitch next Thursday. 57 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. 58 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 59 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is, 62 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 63 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 64 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 5: to you today about scared into greatness. 65 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 4: We all like when life is going our way. Our 66 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 4: family is. 67 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 5: Happy, business is strong, everything is right on schedule. That's 68 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 5: good for a season. But if we're comfortable all the time, 69 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: we won't reach our destiny. We don't grow when everything's 70 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 5: going our way. We grow when we have to stretch, 71 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 5: when we're uncomfortable, when we're a little bit nervous, unsure 72 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 5: of how it's going to work out, and sometimes God 73 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 5: will shape things up. 74 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: He'll take you out of what's familiar. 75 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 5: He'll remove a friend that you counted on, or put 76 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 5: you in a position where you're over your head. You 77 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 5: lost a client, you don't have the funds now, it's uncertain, 78 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 5: you're a little bit scared. You pray like you've never prayed. 79 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 5: You get up early and do things you normally wouldn't do. 80 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 4: You don't like it. 81 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 5: It's not comfortable, but God uses the scary places. 82 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 4: To move us into our destiny. 83 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 5: Don't think life is always going to be smooth. 84 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 4: What God has in your future will scare you. 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 5: Dreams bigger than you can accomplish on your own, obstacles 86 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 5: that you can't overcome by yourself. And when things happen 87 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: that we don't like, we tend to blame the enemy, 88 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 5: But sometimes it's God. We weren't made to stay where 89 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 5: we are at the same level. 90 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 4: We were made to take new ground. 91 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 5: To do that, you have to get out of your 92 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 5: comfort zone. When you face something that's unfamiliar, it can 93 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 5: be intimidating, even scary. 94 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 4: You've defeated some opponents. 95 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 5: But when you see Goliath something much bigger, you think, God, 96 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 5: he's twice my size. 97 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: Have a chance, I'm scared. Find somebody else. 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have allowed it if you didn't have what 99 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 5: it takes. He has already equipped you, empowered you, and 100 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: anointed you. You have been armed with strength for every battle. 101 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 5: You may feel fear, that's okay, fear comes to us. 102 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 4: All. 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 5: The key is do it afraid. Do it in spite 104 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 5: of what you feel. Do it in spite of what 105 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 5: thoughts are telling you. Don't get talked out of your destiny. 106 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 5: God is setting you up to go to a new level. 107 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 5: But we all want to be comfortable. We like to 108 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 5: have everything figured out. The truth is we are at 109 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: our best when we're a little bit nervous, a little 110 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 5: unsure of how it's going to work out, with a 111 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 5: little healthy fear where we have to depend on God. 112 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 4: If you can do everything in your own strength, you 113 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 4: don't need faith. 114 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: If you know where all the funds are coming from, 115 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 5: all the people lined up, everything in place. 116 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: That's good. 117 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: But at some point you're going to have to put 118 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 5: a demand on your faith. You have to stretch and 119 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 5: dream a bigger dream well. 120 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 4: Joel, I'm happy God's blessed me. Why don't you dream 121 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 4: bigger so you can. 122 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 5: Help somebody else, so you can build that orphanage, so 123 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 5: you can buy a friend a car, so you can 124 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 5: set a new standard for your family. We were not 125 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 5: put here to coast through life. If you don't take 126 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 5: some risk, if you don't stretch, God loves you so much, 127 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 5: he'll help you get out of your comfort zone. Sometimes 128 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 5: we don't have a choice. God pushes us into a 129 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 5: scary place. When a mother eagle has baby eglists, she 130 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 5: makes a nest for the eaglists that's very comfortable, cushioned 131 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 5: with grass and leaves and soft branches. For the first 132 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 5: part of their lives, the eaglists are so happy, so 133 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 5: well taken care of. When they're hungry, all they have 134 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 5: to do is open their beaks the mother drops food in. 135 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 5: They don't have to worry about protection animals. The mother 136 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 5: has them high on the side of a cliff, out 137 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 5: of reach, constantly watching over them. But a few months 138 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 5: in the mother starts removing the soft cushion from the nest. 139 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 5: She takes out the leaves and things that make it 140 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 5: so comfortable. Now, when the eglet sits they fell, the 141 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 5: branches and the sticks poking them. 142 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 4: They don't like it. 143 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 5: They get out and spend a few hours on the rocks, 144 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 5: hopping around. They think they're just playing together, but they're 145 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 5: developing their muscles. When the mother knows they're strong enough, 146 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 5: she'll push a baby eglet out of the nest off 147 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 5: the cliff. The EGLT starts falling to the ground. Don't 148 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 5: you know If the eaglet could talk, it would say, 149 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 5: what has gotten into mama? This mother that has fed me, 150 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 5: loved me, protected me, made my life so comfortable, is 151 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 5: now trying to kill me. Just as the eglt is 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 5: about to hit the ground, the mother swoops down and 153 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 5: grabs it. The eglet thinks, thank god, she came back 154 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 5: to her senses. Now, Mama, take me back to the 155 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 5: nest and we'll forget all about this. I won't tell 156 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 5: anyone otherwise EPs will show up lit protective services. The 157 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 5: mother takes the baby back, puts it in the nest. 158 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 5: Just when the eglet thinks it's safe, she pushes it 159 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 5: out again. 160 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 4: This time, when. 161 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 5: The eglet is falling, it starts flapping its wings, trying 162 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 5: to gain its balance. It's not thinking about flying, doesn't 163 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 5: know what the wings are for. It's just trying to 164 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 5: break the fall when it naturally starts moving its wings. 165 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 5: After doing this a few more times, the eglet finally 166 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 5: discovers its wings and starts flying behind the mother. Before long, 167 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 5: it's soaring all through the sky. But the nest the 168 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 5: eglet was in was a blessing for a time it 169 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 5: was necessary. But at a certain point the nest will 170 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 5: no longer be a blessing. 171 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 4: It will become a hindrance. The eglet can't. 172 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 5: Develop its wings in the nest. If the mother didn't 173 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 5: push it out, wouldn't survive. Sometimes the nest we're in 174 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 5: is too small. 175 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 4: As much as we like it, it's limiting our growth. 176 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 5: We're comfortable, we like the protection, the provision being taken 177 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 5: care of. The problem is, you'll never develop. 178 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 4: Your wings in the nest. 179 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 5: You won't reach your potential without having to stretch, try 180 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 5: new things, develop new muscles. Maybe like that eglet, you think, 181 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 5: what is going on in my life? It's gotten so 182 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 5: m much more difficult. A friend walked away, my coworker 183 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 5: won't help me anymore. God is pushing you out of 184 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 5: the nest. The scripture says, as the eagle stirs the nest, 185 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 5: so God will stir us. And sometimes we don't like 186 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 5: the stirring, but that's God working in our lives. Do 187 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 5: you know when the eaglets discover their wings, not when 188 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 5: they're in the nest, not when they're hopping on the rocks. 189 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 4: They discover they can fly when they're falling, when they're afraid. 190 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 5: In the scary places, you will discover things you never knew. 191 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 5: You had talent, strength, wisdom, determination that you would have 192 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 5: never known if. 193 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 4: You would have stayed in the nest. 194 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 5: And yes, the scary places are not comfortable, But like 195 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 5: the mother eagle, God is right. 196 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 4: There with you. 197 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 5: He is not going to let you hit the ground. 198 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 5: You may have things coming against you now that you 199 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 5: don't understand. It feels like God has pushed you out 200 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 5: of the nest. It's uncomfortable, But if you'll stay in faith, 201 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 5: you're about to discover your wings. 202 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 4: You don't belong in the nest. 203 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 5: You were created to soar, to reach new heights, to 204 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 5: take new ground. The question is how we handle the 205 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 5: scary times. It's easy to get discouraged. God, why did 206 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 5: you let this happen? Why did I lose a loved one. 207 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 5: Why did my business go down? Why did this friend 208 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 5: betray me? Sometimes when God stirs the nest doesn't make sense. 209 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 5: The right attitude is God, I don't understand this, but 210 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 5: I trust you. 211 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: I know you are still on the throne, and I 212 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 4: am not. 213 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 5: Going to live bitter, upset, complaining because my plans didn't 214 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 5: work out. I know your plans for me are for good. 215 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 5: Twenty years ago this week, my father. 216 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 4: Went to be with the Lord. He had a heart 217 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 4: attack and unexpectedly died. 218 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 5: I had worked seventeen years for my father, behind the 219 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 5: scenes here at Lakewood doing the television production. I was comfortable, 220 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 5: I was fulfilled. I thought that's what I would do 221 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 5: the rest of my life. But God's dream for our 222 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 5: life is so much bigger than our own. Sometimes we 223 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 5: think we're out of the nest. We think we've discovered 224 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 5: our wings. You haven't seen anything yet. You don't know 225 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 5: what God is up to. When my dad died, I 226 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 5: knew I was supposed to step up and. 227 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 4: Pastor the church, but I had never ministered. Now, all 228 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 4: the what if thoughts came, Joel. 229 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 5: What if you try and fail? What if people don't 230 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 5: like you? What if nobody comes, it's easy to talk 231 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 5: ourselves out of it. But when you come to the 232 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 5: end of life, well, you have more regrets over the 233 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 5: risk you took or over the risk. 234 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 4: You didn't take. I would rather try. 235 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 5: And fail than to play safe all the time and 236 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 5: never really know. The truth is, if my father was 237 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 5: still alive, I wouldn't be up here. 238 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 4: I was comfortable behind the scenes. I liked the nest. 239 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 5: I didn't want to have to stretch get out in 240 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 5: front of people. God had to push me out. There 241 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 5: were times I was so afraid. I felt like I 242 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 5: had to hold onto the podium. Thoughts were telling me 243 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 5: that I couldn't do it. But it was in that 244 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 5: scary place I discovered talent that I didn't know I had. 245 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 4: My father had asked me for years to help him 246 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 4: pastor the church. 247 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 5: I didn't know I could do this. It was in 248 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 5: me all the time. But had God not pushed me 249 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 5: out of the nest, I would have never discovered my wings. 250 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 5: You're going to come into these times where God shakes 251 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 5: things up. You're over your head, you think what in 252 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 5: the world is happening. God is about to take you 253 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 5: to a new level. The scripture says, God brought them 254 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 5: out on eagles wings. Eagles fly higher than any other bird. 255 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 5: God didn't give you a set of chicken wings, be 256 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 5: pecking around on the ground in mediocrity. He didn't give 257 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: you crows wings turkey's wings. You have eagles wings. You're 258 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 5: about to soar to new heights. You're about to see 259 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 5: new opportunities, new relationships, new levels of influence and favor. 260 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 4: When I look back over my life, the times. 261 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 5: I've grown, discovered new gifts, become more confident. 262 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 4: It was never in the easy times. 263 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: It was when I had to stretch, when I was uncomfortable, 264 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 5: when I was over my head, when I was scared. 265 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 5: At the time, I didn't like it, But I can 266 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 5: tell you now it was good that God pushed me out. 267 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 5: It was good that I had to stretch. You wouldn't 268 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 5: be who you. 269 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 4: Are without the scary places. 270 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 5: That's where you developed your wings, That's where you discovered 271 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 5: what's in you. 272 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 4: The eaglet would say to the mother. 273 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: Now, mother, thank you for making the nest uncomfortable. Thank 274 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 5: you for pushing me out. I know at the time 275 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 5: I was cussing you out. I was upset, complaining, never 276 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 5: gonna talk to you. But now I can see what 277 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 5: you were doing. You were helping me discover my wings. 278 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 5: There are a lot of things in life that we 279 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 5: don't understand. Sometimes it feels unfair to get pushed out. 280 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 5: The company you were so loyal too, says they're downsizing 281 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 5: and don't need you. The diagnosis wasn't good. A friend 282 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 5: walked away. It's a scary place. God doesn't send the trouble, 283 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 5: but he does allow things to happen. We may not 284 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 5: understand it, but I have never come out of a 285 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 5: scary place where I wasn't better when it was all 286 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 5: said and. 287 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 4: Done, When I look back, I could see how it made. 288 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 5: Me stronger, more confident, wiser. It gave me a great 289 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 5: or trust in God. It put me closer toward my destiny. 290 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 5: And as much as I missed my father and honor 291 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 5: his legacy, what I thought would be my darkest hour, 292 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: the loss of my father, actually launched me into. 293 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 4: My brightest hour. When you keep the right attitude, all 294 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 4: things will work for your good. 295 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 5: Then, when you face dreams that look too big, obstacles 296 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 5: that seem insurmountable, scary places, you can look back and 297 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 5: see how God brought you through in the past, how 298 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 5: He made a way where you didn't see away, how 299 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 5: He gave you peace that passed understanding, gave you strength 300 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 5: to do what you couldn't do on your own. Those 301 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 5: victories become fuel for your faith. You'll know God did 302 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 5: it for you back then. He'll do it for you now. 303 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 5: Every victory is not just for the present. You're going 304 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: to need it in the future. But if you shrink back, 305 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 5: let things intima, play it safe all the time, you're 306 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 5: not going to have what you need for. 307 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 4: Where God is taking you. 308 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 5: The scripture says God takes us from glory to glory, 309 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 5: from victory to victory. That last victory you're gonna need 310 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 5: for your next victory. That's why I'm constantly talking about 311 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 5: how God healed my mother from terminal cancer in nineteen 312 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 5: eighty one, how God gave us the Compact center, how God. 313 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 4: Helped me through the loss of my father. 314 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 5: Those were some of my scary places where the odds 315 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 5: were against me. I was afraid, intimidated, nervous, but I 316 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 5: did it afraid. God showed up did something more than 317 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 5: I could imagine. 318 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 4: Now. 319 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 5: The reason I talk about it is because I need 320 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 5: fuel for my faith. I need to remember what God 321 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 5: has done, so I want shrink back when new opportunities 322 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 5: come my way. But it's easy to play it safe 323 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 5: all the time. It's easy to stay in the nest. 324 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 5: We think it's dangerous to get out. The truth is 325 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 5: it's more dangerous to stay in the nest. The baby eaglet, 326 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 5: if it stayed in the nest, never discovered its wings. 327 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 5: Even though it was comfortable, it would die in the nest. 328 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 5: My challenge to you is, don't die in your nest. 329 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 5: Don't become so comfortable that you won't take a risk. 330 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 4: You have to go after what God put in your heart. 331 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 5: Well, Joe, I'm afraid you're supposed to be afraid. If 332 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 5: you weren't afraid, it wouldn't be your destiny. What God 333 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 5: has for. 334 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 4: You is too big to accomplish on your own. There 335 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 4: is potential in you waiting to be released. 336 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 5: Sometimes God pushes us out, like when my dad died 337 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 5: and I got pushed out. God closed that door. Other 338 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 5: times we have to make the decision. God told the 339 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 5: prophet Elijah to anoint a young man named Elisha as 340 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 5: his successor. 341 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 4: He saw him in the field. 342 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 5: He went over and threw his mantle on him and 343 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 5: asked him to come with him. Well, Elisha had a 344 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 5: good job, he was in the family business, had a 345 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 5: bright future. There no doubt one day his parents would 346 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 5: turn it over to him. But when he saw Elijah 347 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 5: he took the mantle. Something came alive in his spirit. 348 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 5: Deep down, he knew he was supposed to walk away 349 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 5: from the familiar into the unknown. 350 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 4: The problem was it was scary. 351 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 5: Staying on the farm was safe, Everything was lined up, 352 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 5: his income was set, his retirement had a nice place 353 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 5: to live. Thoughts told him stay where you are, You're comfortable. 354 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 5: Family members tried to reason with him, you don't know 355 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 5: this prophet Elijah. He may not keep his word. You 356 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 5: may get out there and fell deep down something said, this. 357 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 4: Is your moment, this is your destiny. Step out in faith. 358 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 5: Some opportunity don't come a second time. They are destiny moments. 359 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 5: It's either now or never. Like when my dad died, 360 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 5: I was afraid. I didn't know if I could step 361 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 5: up and past to the church. But I knew I 362 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 5: didn't have two years to think about it, that opportunity 363 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 5: wouldn't pass by again. 364 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 4: My attitude was. 365 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 5: If I try and fail, I can go back to 366 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 5: doing television production. But I am not going to go 367 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 5: to my grave wondering what would have happened if I 368 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 5: had not let fear hold me back, What I could 369 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 5: have become, if I was not intimidated by the scary 370 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 5: place I was afraid. But on the other side of 371 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 5: the fear was a destiny bigger than I ever imagine. 372 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 5: What God has in your future will scare you. But 373 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 5: if you'll take a step of faith, you'll see how 374 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 5: God scared you into greatness. He scared you into levels 375 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 5: you never dreamed. He scared you into taking Elisha cut 376 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 5: up the plow and burned it. He killed the ox 377 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 5: and boiled the meat. He was saying, I'm done going 378 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 5: around in circles. I'm done settling for mediocrity. I'm not 379 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 5: going to plow this field the rest of my life. 380 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 4: I have greatness in me. 381 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 5: Life is too short to settle for things that are 382 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 5: less than what you know. 383 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: Is in you. 384 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 5: Don't stay on a job when you're not challenged the 385 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 5: rest of your life. Don't stay in a field that 386 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,719 Speaker 5: you don't enjoy. You don't have any passion. You weren't 387 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 5: made to go around and around the next forty years 388 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 5: doing something unfulfilling. 389 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 4: Look for new opportunities. 390 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 5: Stretch, grow, take courses, learn, do your part, and God 391 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 5: will send Elijah by. He'll bring you an opportunity that 392 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 5: not only scares you but excites you. 393 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,360 Speaker 4: You know it's your purpose. 394 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 5: Elisha was afraid, uncertain of what the future held, but 395 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 5: he did it afraid. He dared to leave the familiar, 396 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 5: believe in God had something better. 397 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 4: If you're going to reach your. 398 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 5: Destiny, there would be times you have to do like him, 399 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 5: walk away from what's comfortable into the unknown. And sometimes 400 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 5: it's just in our mind. Quit telling yourself you can't 401 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 5: teach the class. 402 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 4: You're just an assistant. You can't run the department. 403 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 5: You don't have those skills. You'll never start your business. 404 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 5: Never write the book, never lead the company in sales. 405 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 5: You don't have that kind of talent. Don't believe those lies. 406 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 5: You have greatness in you. 407 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 4: You are destined to leave your mark, but the enemy 408 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 4: would love to convince you to stay in the nest, intimidated. 409 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 5: Afraid, so your potential is never released. You have to 410 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 5: get out of the safe zone and come into the 411 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 5: faith zone. 412 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 4: You cannot play it safe. 413 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 5: Your whole life and become all you were created to be. 414 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 5: When you know God has put something in your heart, 415 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 5: you're excited about it. You can't get away from it. 416 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 5: You wake up in the morning thinking about it. 417 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 4: Then you have to take a risk. Well, Joel, what 418 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 4: if I try and it doesn't work out? What if 419 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: you try and it does work out? 420 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: The better question is what if you don't try and 421 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 5: miss your destiny? What if you get to heaven and 422 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 5: God says I created you to do amazing things. Why 423 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 5: did you stay in the nest? Why did you let 424 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 5: people talk you out of it? Why did you let 425 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 5: your thoughts convince you you can't do it? Why did 426 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 5: you let fear hold you back? Nothing will be sadder 427 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 5: than to come to the end of life and wonder 428 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,479 Speaker 5: what we could have become if we had just taken 429 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 5: some risks. Part of faith is stepping into the unknown. 430 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 5: The good news is God is in the scary places. 431 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 4: That's where he'll show out in your life. That's where 432 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 4: you'll discover your wings. That's where he'll take you further 433 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 4: than you've dreamed. The reason some people aren't happy today 434 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 4: is they're bored. They have so much more in them, 435 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 4: but they're stuck doing something mediocre. 436 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 5: God is stirring you out of that nest. Stretch grow, 437 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 5: look for new opportunities. Well, Joel, I'm comfortable. God didn't 438 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 5: call us to be comfortable. He called us to take 439 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 5: new ground to advance the kingdom. You need something in 440 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 5: front of you that challenges you, that makes you get 441 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 5: up early, and pray makes you more discipline, more focused. 442 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 5: You don't have time to waste, or it won't work out. 443 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 4: We grow in the scary times. 444 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 5: Elisha left the fields and followed Elijah. Not long after that, 445 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 5: Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha received 446 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 5: a double portion of his spirit. 447 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 4: He did twice as many miracles. 448 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 5: Suppose he would have played it safe, stayed where it 449 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 5: was familiar, we wouldn't be talking about him. 450 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 4: He wouldn't have become one of the heroes of faith. 451 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 5: He was afraid, but that scary place led him into greatness. 452 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 5: Are you letting fear hold you back? It's time to 453 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 5: do it afraid. Don't die in your nest. Maybe you 454 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 5: passed up some opportunities and you think you've missed your chance. 455 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 5: You know, get ready. God is about to scare you again. 456 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 5: He's about to bring something across your path that looks so. 457 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 4: Big, so amazing. 458 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 5: In your spirit, you're excited. You know it's for you, 459 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 5: but your mind says there's no way. You don't have 460 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 5: the talent, the resources. Don't go after the compact center, 461 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 5: don't try to step up and pastor that church. 462 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 4: Stay in your nest. 463 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 5: This is your time, this is your moment. Your destiny 464 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 5: is calling. Come on over into the scary places. That's 465 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 5: where God is. That's where you'll see his favor. That's 466 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,479 Speaker 5: where doors will open you couldn't open. That's where gifts 467 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 5: will come out you didn't know you had. Greatness is 468 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 5: waiting for you in the scary place. Now come out 469 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 5: of the nest. Start using your wings, not chicken wings, 470 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 5: eagles wings. 471 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 4: You were created to soward. 472 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 5: Maybe you're where I was twenty years ago this week 473 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 5: when my dad died. You've gone through a loss, a disappointment, 474 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 5: something you don't understand. It's taking the wind out of 475 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 5: your selves. You've lost your passion. You're breathing, but you're 476 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 5: not really living. There's nothing exciting to get up for 477 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 5: in the morning. God is going to do for you 478 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 5: what he did for me. He's going to take that 479 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 5: dark place and use it to launch you into a 480 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 5: new level of your destiny. What you lost is not 481 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 5: the end, It is a new beginning. God doesn't waste anything. 482 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 5: It's getting you prepared for where He's taking you. He 483 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 5: has beauty for those ashes. You haven't seen your best days. 484 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 5: God is about to scare you again. He's going to 485 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 5: bring new opportunities, new relationships, things so amazing it seems 486 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 5: too good to be true. 487 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 4: Don't shrink back. Step into the new. 488 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 5: God wants you to dream again, to love again, to 489 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 5: laugh again, to believe again. Send the scary place. After 490 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 5: what I've seen, God, do these last twenty years take 491 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 5: me further than I've ever dreamed. 492 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 4: I've learned now. If it doesn't scare me, it's not 493 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 4: big enough. If we can do it on our own, 494 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 4: we don't need faith. You may feel fear, but don't 495 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: let comfort keep you from your calling. Do it afraid, 496 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 4: if you'll be willing to leave the unfamiliar and step 497 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 4: into the unknown. I believe and declare. 498 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 5: God is about to bring greatness out of you. You're 499 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 5: about to discover your wings, sword of heights you've never imagined. 500 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 5: Overcome obstacles that look insurmountable and reach the fullness of 501 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 5: your destiny in Jesus' name, and if. 502 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 4: You receive it, you say him in Today. 503 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 504 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 505 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 506 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. 507 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. 508 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 509 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 5: born again. 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