1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelin Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: to the podcast. We have a new resource. It's a 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four daily devotional. We'd love to send it 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: to you. 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: It'll help you start the day off right. 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: You will love this devotional and know this, we are 7 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: praying for you and we are believing for God's very best. 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: For you in twenty twenty four. Well, God bless you. 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: It's a joy to come into your homes. 10 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, please stop by and 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. 12 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: But thanks so much for tuning in today, and thank 14 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: you again for coming out. I like to start with 15 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: something funny, and I heard about this pastor. He was 16 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: new in town. He was going door to door inviting 17 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: people to come to his church. And he knocked on 18 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: this one door and he could tell someone was home, 19 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: but nobody would answer the door. He took his card 20 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: out and he wrote on the back the scripture reference 21 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: Revelation three twenty left it on the door. The next 22 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: Sunday after service, and Usher handed him the same card. 23 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: Under what he had written was the scripture reference Genesis 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: three ten. Here's what they say the pastor's words Revelation 25 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: three twenty. 26 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 27 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: If anyone answers, I will come in. The reply was 28 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: Genesis three ten. It says I heard your voice, but 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: I was afraid because I was naked. Hold up your Bible. 30 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 31 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 32 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 33 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 34 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 35 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 36 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: God bless you. 37 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about keeping your 38 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: vision in front of you. Studies tell us that we 39 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: move toward what we consistently see. 40 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: You need to keep. 41 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: Something in front of you, even if it's symbolic, that 42 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: reminds you of what God has promised. If you're single 43 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: and have a desire to get married, put an empty 44 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: photo album on your table at home. That's where you're 45 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: going to put your wedding pictures. When you see it, 46 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: you're moving toward it. A friend of mine has a 47 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: dream to travel the world and minister comes from a 48 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: small town, didn't have any connections, no invitations, but he 49 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: went and bought a piece of luggage and kept it 50 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: in his closet. Every time he sees it, he thanks 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: God that he's going to open up new doors. 52 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 2: What's happening. 53 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: His faith is being increased, his vision is being enlarged, 54 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: He's moving toward it. Some of you are not seeing 55 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: God's best, not because you don't have the faith, the talent, 56 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: the determination, but because you're not keeping the. 57 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: Right things in front of you. 58 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: If you can't see your vision, you're not moving toward it. 59 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: All over your house, you should have pictures up that 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: inspire you, scripture verses that encourage you, momentos that strengthen 61 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: your faith. Maybe it's a key on your key ring 62 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: for the new house you're going to buy. Somebody asks you, 63 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: what's this extra key for? That's for the house. 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: That's on its way. 65 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: Whatever you're believing for, whatever you're dreaming about, keeps something 66 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: in front of you that reminds you of what God 67 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: has promised. 68 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 2: We see this principle in the scripture. 69 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: When Zeruba Bell wanted to rebuild the temple, he went 70 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: and laid the foundation, but people came against them and 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: forced him to stop. For ten years, no work could 72 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: be done. Zachariah, the Prophet, came by told him to 73 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: do something interesting. 74 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: He said, go get the headstone. 75 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: The headstone was the stone that was reserved as the 76 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: final piece of stone for the building. It was symbolic, 77 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: It represented the finished product. Why was it important that 78 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: he keep the headstone in front of him because every 79 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: time he looked at it, it reminded him that God 80 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: would finish what he started. When Zarubabell was tempted to 81 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: get tired and discouraged, he would go look at that headstone. 82 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: That was God's saying to him, I'm still on the throne. 83 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do what I promised. Just stay in faith. 84 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, do you have your headstone in 85 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: front of you? Do you have something that represents the 86 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: final peace to your dreams. I know a couple that 87 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: had a son that was not doing right for years. 88 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: He would not speak to his parents. 89 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: Very off course, they went and bought a Bible and 90 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: had his name engraved on it, put it on their 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: coffee table. 92 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: That was their headstone. 93 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: Every time they saw it, they thought he's coming back. 94 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time. 95 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: Today I see that young man at our services all 96 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: the time holding up that same Bible. My brother in law, 97 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:02,239 Speaker 1: Kevin Keaven, is a twin. Growing up, he loved having 98 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: a twin sister. That was always his dream to have twins. 99 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: He and my sister Lisa tried to have a baby 100 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: for many years with no success. Lisa went through all 101 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: the fertility treatments, had several surgeries, but still no baby. 102 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: They were discouraged. Didn't look like it was going to happen. 103 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: One day, Kevin went out to the mailbox to get 104 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: his mail. There was a small package in it. He 105 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: noticed the return address said Huggies. He thought that's strange, 106 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: hadn't ordered anything from Huggies. He opened it up and 107 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: there were two diapers in it. They were doing a 108 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: promotion sending out samples of their product. Kevin could have 109 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: dismissed it, don't need that, don't have any babies. No, 110 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: he took that as a sign from God. When he 111 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: saw those two diapers, something came alive on the inside. 112 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: He ran and told Lisa, we just got the first 113 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: two diapers for our new babies. He wrote the day 114 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: on those diapers and put them on his desk at home. 115 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: Month after month, he saw those diapers again and again. 116 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 2: When you see. 117 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: Something long enough, it gets into your subconscious mind and 118 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: it eventually drops down into your spirit where you know 119 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: that you know is going to happen. One day, unexpectedly, 120 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: an old friend called and asked if they would be 121 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: interested in adopting a baby. They said, we sure would. 122 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: She said, well, how about two babies. These are twin 123 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: girls that are about to be born, and today Lisa 124 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: and Kevin have their twins. They're fifteen years old, as 125 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: beautiful as can be. 126 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: Maybe you're believing to have a baby. 127 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: Why don't you go buy a baby's outfit, put it 128 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: in your closet where you can see it all through 129 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: the day. Keep your vision in front of you. Friend 130 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: of mine was believing to have a child. She decorated 131 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: her whole baby's room. She painted it, bought the bed, 132 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: the stroller, spent all this time in money. Her friends 133 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: thought she was a little far out preparing a baby's 134 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: room with no baby on the way, but she. 135 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: Understood this principle. 136 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: You are moving toward what you consistently see. A year 137 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: went by, no baby, Two years three years, even ten years. 138 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: She didn't get discouraged. She just kept thanking God that 139 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: her baby was on the way all through the day. 140 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: When she walked by her baby's room, that seed was 141 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: taken root. Didn't look like anything was happening, but she 142 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: was moving toward it. Some twenty years later, she gave birth, 143 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: not to one baby, but to two. She had twins 144 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: as well. Is there anything that you see every day 145 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: that reminds you of what you're believing for something that 146 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: inspires you, that ignites your faith. Proverbs twenty nine to 147 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: eighteen says, where there is no vision, the people perish. 148 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: With no vision, you'll get stuck. This is the reason 149 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: many people have lost their passion. They don't have anything 150 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: in front of them that reminds them of what God 151 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: has promised. 152 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 2: For instance, if you're. 153 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: Believing to move into a nicer house, find a picture 154 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: of the house you really want and put it on 155 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: your bathroom mirror. 156 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: Let that seed take root. 157 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: If you're believing to go to a certain college, buy 158 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,679 Speaker 1: the t shirt and wear it around. Get the coffee 159 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,679 Speaker 1: mug with their logo, put it on your counter every 160 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: time you wear the shirt. 161 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: See the picture. See the baby's outfit. 162 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: Say God, I want to thank you that you're bringing 163 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: my dreams to pass. Let that be a reminder of 164 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: what God has promised you. I learned this principle from 165 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: my father. He and my mother started Lakewood Church in 166 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty nine in an old, run down, abandoned feed store. 167 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: They had ninety members. 168 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: Few years later, my father named the church Lakewood Internation 169 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: National Outreach Center. Put a big blue sign out front. 170 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: The sign costs more than the building. The truth is 171 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: they were not an international outreach center. They were a 172 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: small neighborhood church with ninety people. But when my father 173 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: drove up to that building and saw that sign, his 174 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: vision was being increased. 175 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 2: He was moving toward it every week. 176 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: When those ninety members saw that sign again and again, 177 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: something was being berthed on the inside. 178 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: Seeds of increase were taken root. Do you know what 179 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: Lakequiod is today? 180 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: An international outreach center touching the world. Growing up, my 181 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: father always kept a globe on his desk at home. 182 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: At the old church, there was a big world map 183 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: up on the wall that he had a globe behind him. 184 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: When he spoke, he always had the world on his mind. 185 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: At one conference, people came from one hundred and fifty 186 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: different countries. 187 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 2: It looked like the world nations. What am I saying? 188 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: Once you keep in front of you, you were moving toward. Now, 189 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: let me challenge you don't have a small. 190 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 2: Vision for your life. 191 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: You are not inconveniencing God by believing big. 192 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 2: In fact, it's just the opposite. 193 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: When you believe to do something great, when you believe 194 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: to set a new standard for your family, when you 195 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: take the limits off of God and say, God, I 196 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: don't see away, but I know you have a way. 197 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna believe to have these twins. I'm gonna 198 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: believe that my business, my charity will impact the world. 199 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe to be totally healthy and whole. When 200 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: you believe big like that, you please God. My father 201 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: could have put on that sign Lakewood Community Church. Nothing 202 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: wrong with that, but God had put something bigger in 203 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: his heart. He could have looked at the circumstances thought, we're. 204 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 2: Just nine people. We got this all rundown building. 205 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: We don't have any influence, any money, any connections. We'll 206 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: never do anything great. If he'd have thought that, we 207 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't be here today. Listen, it doesn't matter what it 208 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: looks like in the natural. We serve a supernatural God. 209 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: He is not limited by your resources, by your education, 210 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: by your background, by your nationality. 211 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 2: And if you will keep. 212 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: A big vision in front of you, God will not 213 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: only do what you're dreaming about, but he'll supersize it. 214 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 2: He'll do more than you can ask or think. 215 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: A few years after my father went to be with 216 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: the Lord, I stepped up to pastor the church. I 217 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: had a desire to write a book. 218 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 2: My father had. 219 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: Written many books and they were all translated into Spanish. 220 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: Now I had a copy of my father's most popular 221 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: book in English and in Spanish on a bookshelf at home. 222 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: I kept that in front of me, knowing that one day, 223 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: at the right time, I was going to write a book. 224 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: My dream is that it too would be translated into Spanish. 225 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: And that was really stretching my faith because I never 226 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: thought that I could get up here in minister, and 227 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: especially never thought that I could write a book that 228 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: would be translated into another language. A year went by 229 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: and had no book, no opportunity, two years, three years, 230 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: four years, and would have been easy for me to 231 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: lose my passion and think that it was never going 232 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: to happen. But I had my father's book strategically placed 233 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: on a bookshelf right outside of my closet. To get 234 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: to the other places in the house, I had to 235 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: pass by it. I had seen that book, no doubt, 236 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: thousands of times, maybe not even consciously, but subconsciously I 237 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: was moving toward it. Two thousand and four, I wrote 238 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: my first book and called it Your Best Life. Now. 239 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: When the publisher read the manuscript, he called back and said, 240 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: we've decided to publish it in Spanish at the same 241 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,839 Speaker 1: time we published it in English. Normally they wait a 242 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: little while to see if anybody likes the book. 243 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: But that's the way our God is. 244 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: His dream for your life is bigger than your own dream. 245 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 2: And if you will stay in faith, God is going 246 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: to supersize what you're believing. 247 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: For My vision was that my book would at least 248 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: be translated into Spanish. Do you know it was not 249 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: only translated in Spanish, but German, French, Russian, Swahili, almost 250 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: fifty other languages. Friends, if you will keep your vision 251 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: in front of you, a big vision, and not talk 252 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: yourself out of it, but just keep honoring God being 253 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: your best, then God is going to supersize. 254 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: What you're dreaming about. 255 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: He's going to do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond. 256 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 2: I saw an article in the. 257 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: Newspaper several years ago about a man that gave a 258 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollar gift to a university. Let the 259 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: article out and put it on my desk. Every time 260 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: I see it, I say, God, you did it for 261 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: a university. 262 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 2: You can do it for a ministry. 263 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: We could help a lot of people with an extra 264 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: one hundred million. 265 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 2: If you can accomplish your. 266 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: Dreams in your own strength, your own talent, with your 267 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: own resources, then your dreams are too small. 268 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 2: You've got to enlarge your vision. 269 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important to 270 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: have little goals, little dreams, little plans. 271 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 2: Keep something big in front of you. 272 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: A friend of mine feeds a million children every day. 273 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: He and his wife sponsor orphanages and feeding programs to 274 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: help one million children a day. That's what I keep 275 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: in front of me. God, you did it for them, 276 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: You can do it for us. God, let our family impact. 277 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 2: Millions of children. 278 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: In our kitchen at home, we have pictures of some 279 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: of the children that we support through our partnership with 280 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: World Vision. Every time we're in the kitchen getting a snack, 281 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: eating dinner, we see those pictures. Lord, thank you for 282 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: helping us to make a difference. We're moving toward it. Well, Joel, 283 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: I can't even imagine ever doing that a million kids. 284 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: I can't imagine being that. Blessed. Don't worry. 285 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: You won't be if you don't have a vision for it. 286 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: It's not going to come to pass. 287 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 2: Now. Let me encourage you. 288 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: Some things seem far out, it seems very unlikely, But 289 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: don't ever say I can't imagine that. You see somebody 290 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: that's really fit, really energetic, you're trying to lose some weight. 291 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: I can't even imagine looking like them, drive through a 292 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: nice neighborhood, a beautiful house. I can't imagine living in 293 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: a house like that. I can't imagine owning my own business. 294 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: I can't imagine publishing a book. Listen, you are being 295 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: limited by your own imagination. You got to change what 296 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: you're seeing. Do not let the enemy paint the pictures 297 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: in your mind. Use your imagination to see yourself rising higher, 298 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: accomplishing your dreams, overcoming obstacles. Blessed, prosperous, healthy, strong, redeemed, forgiven, 299 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: well able. I don't say this arrogantly, but I can 300 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: imagine my book being translated. 301 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 2: Into every language. 302 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: I can imagine somebody handing us that one hundred million 303 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: dollar check. 304 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: It feels really good. 305 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: How about another one. I can imagine us touching a 306 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: million children every day. Not only that, I can imagine 307 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: you fulfilling your destiny. I can imagine you totally out 308 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: of debt. I can imagine you healthy, whole free. I 309 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: can imagine you leading your company. I can imagine you 310 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: living in your dream house. I can imagine you blessing 311 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: the world, being a history maker, setting a new standard 312 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: for your family. Now I'm asking you to not only 313 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: have it in your imagination, but keep something in front 314 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: of you that reminds you of what God has promised. 315 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: I know a man. He works in the oil industry. 316 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:21,199 Speaker 1: It's a faithful member, always giving, serving, helping others. He 317 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: started his company with just him and one assistant. It's 318 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: grown and grown. They specialize in drilling for oil. He 319 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: provides the crew the equipment. He was spending all of 320 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: his time traveling to the different sites, checking on the location, 321 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: on the crew, and one day he saw a competitor 322 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: of his flying in on their own company airplane. They 323 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: were doing what he did, but in a fraction of 324 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: the time, God dropped a dream in his heart that 325 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: one day he could own his own company plane. You've 326 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: got to understand this was very far out for him. 327 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: He grew up in a family that lived to paycheck 328 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: to paycheck, barely getting by. He had already broken out 329 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: of the mold. But when he told his family, his 330 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: relatives that he was believing to own his own company plane, 331 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: they thought that he had lost his mind. They couldn't 332 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: imagine it, but he could. Sometimes your family won't be 333 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: your biggest cheerleaders. They may not encourage you. You got 334 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: to listen to what God's telling you and not what 335 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: people are telling you. People may try to talk you 336 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: out of what God put. 337 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 2: In your heart. 338 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: He went out and bought a little model of the 339 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: airplane he was hoping to buy, just a twenty dollars replica, 340 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: and placed it on his desk. People would come in, say, 341 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: what's that airplane doing on your desk. He'd say, that's 342 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: the airplane I'm all used to fly around check on 343 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: our business. Year after year, he kept that vision in 344 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: front of him. One day, the competitor that he had 345 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: seen flying around, an older gentleman, showed up unexpectedly. 346 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 2: At his office. 347 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,959 Speaker 1: He said, I'm about to retire and I'd like to 348 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: sell you my airplane. Well, he had this big, beautiful 349 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: airplane that held twelve people. This man was just hoping 350 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: and believing for this little two seater, a used airplane. 351 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: He kind of laughed and said, boy, I appreciate the opportunity, 352 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: but I don't have those kind of funds. 353 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: I can't afford that. The man said, sure you can. 354 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 2: You don't have to put anything down. 355 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: If you'll just take over the monthly payments, you can 356 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: have this plane. He got this big beautiful airplane at 357 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: a fraction of its value. Today he flies all over 358 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: the world. He said, Joel, God has blessed me beyond 359 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: my wildest dreams. Here's what I'm saying. When you keep 360 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: your vision in front of you, that is. 361 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 2: Your faith being released. 362 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: That's why the scripture uses such strong language. Where there's 363 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: no vision, people perish with no vision. 364 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 2: Your dreams will die. If you can't see. 365 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: What God's promised you, you will miss the incredible things 366 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: God wants to do. Now, let me make it more practical. 367 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: You probably don't need an airplane. Maybe you need to 368 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: lose thirty pounds. Why don't you put a picture up 369 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: on your bathroom mirror of you thirty pounds lighter every 370 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: day when you see it. Don't get depressed and think 371 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 1: I wish I still look like that. No, father, I 372 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: want to thank you that I'm losing this way, that 373 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: I'm healthy, fit, in shape, energetic, well able, attractive. 374 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: Let a new image take root. 375 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: When my father was about to have open heart surgery, 376 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: I was in the hospital room right before they were 377 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: going to take him in. He asked me if i'd 378 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: run home get. 379 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: His tennis shoes and his jogging suit. 380 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: I thought that was very strange, because he was about 381 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: to have made your heart surgery. He wasn't going to 382 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: be outrunning any time soon. It was going to take 383 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: him weeks, if not months, to recover. But my father 384 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: understood this principle. When he came out of that operation, 385 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: he wanted to see those tennis shoes to remind him 386 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: that that was not the end. That he would be 387 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: out running again one day. He kept those in front 388 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: of him the whole time he recovered that. He went 389 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: on to live another twelve years or so traveling the world. 390 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 2: You may not be. 391 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: Healthy right now, but you've got to keep something in front. 392 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: Of you that says you will be healthy. 393 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: Put pictures of you up in your house from a 394 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: time when you were healthy. Put up scripture verses that 395 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: encourage you. Call your family in another state, tell them 396 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: you're planning on coming to see them. 397 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 2: Don't you dare plan on dying. We need you, Your 398 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 2: family needs you. 399 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: This world needs you. Make plans to live. Keep the 400 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: right vision in front of you. Second Corinthians four eighteen 401 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: says that things that are seen are temporary. One translation 402 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: indicates they are subject to change. Anything that doesn't line 403 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: up with the vision God placed in your heart, you 404 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: need to see that as being temporary. It is subject 405 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: to change. You may be facing an illness right now. 406 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: The good news is it is subject to change. God says, 407 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: I'm restoring health unto you. The number of your days 408 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: I will fulfill. Let that vision take root. You may 409 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: be struggling in your finances, in debt, barely making ends meet. 410 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 2: That is subject to change. 411 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: God says, you will lend and not borrow. Whatever you 412 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,239 Speaker 1: touch will prosper and succeed it may look like that 413 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: your dreams could never come to pass. 414 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 2: All the odds are against you. The truth is the 415 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 2: odds are subject to change. 416 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: One touch of God's favor he can take you from 417 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: the back to the front, from working at the business 418 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: to owning your own business, to being given up by 419 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: medicine like my mother, to being healthy and whole thirty 420 00:22:59,320 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: years later. 421 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 2: Everything that doesn't line. 422 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: Up with what God put in your heart, see it 423 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: as subject to change. That child that's off course, he's 424 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: subject to change. Being lonely is subject to change. Not 425 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: getting any good breaks as subject to change. People trying 426 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: to pull you down, that is subject to change, see 427 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: it as temporary. Keep what God has promised you in 428 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: front of you. This is what Abraham had to do. 429 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: He'd just gone through a major disappointment. He's basically having 430 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: to start all over. He lost everything he had worked for. 431 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: His nephew Lot chose the best part of the land, 432 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: and he had to move on. I'm sure he was down, discouraged, 433 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: thinking God, this isn't fair. 434 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 2: How come this happened to me? God said, Abraham, look 435 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: up from where you are. For all the land that 436 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 2: you can see, I. 437 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,239 Speaker 1: Will give it to you notice the principle, whatever you 438 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: can see, God will give it to you. 439 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: The reason some people are. 440 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: Stuff is they've got their head down focused on their problems. 441 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: What didn't work out? Who hurt them? 442 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: God is saying, look up from where you are. Don't 443 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: sit around depressed, discourage, get a new vision for your life. 444 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: Put some new pictures in front of you, all that 445 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: you can see. 446 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 2: God says, He'll give it to you. 447 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: I read a story about a gentleman by the name 448 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: of Conrad Hilton. He was the founder of the Hilton Hotels. 449 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: Back in the nineteen thirties. As a younger man, he 450 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: saw a magazine article about the Waldorf Astoria hotel in 451 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: New York City. The title was the most famous hotel 452 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: in the world. It showed these big, beautiful pictures. He 453 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: had never seen anything like it before, so magnificent, so grand. 454 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: As he was reading the article looking at the picture, 455 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: God dropped the dream in his heart that one day 456 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: he would own that hotel in the natural. 457 00:24:58,440 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 2: At that time it was impossible. 458 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: He could barely pay his rent, just coming out of 459 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: the Great Depression, had no connections. He could have said, God, 460 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: you got the wrong person. Could never happen for me. 461 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: But he was bold enough to let that seed take root. 462 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: He got some scissors and he cut out the picture 463 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: of the beautiful Waldorf and he put it under his 464 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: glass on his desk. Every day he saw that picture 465 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: for a year, five years, ten years. Didn't look like 466 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: it would ever happen, but he was moving toward that vision. 467 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: When he was in New York City, he would walk 468 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: around the property, praying, believing, dreaming, never told anybody, just 469 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: letting the seed take root. Eighteen years later he was 470 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: able to purchase two hundred and fifty thousand shares of. 471 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 2: The Waldorf Corporation. 472 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: He ended up owning the most famous hotel in the world. 473 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: Some of you today think that your dream is too big, 474 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,479 Speaker 1: that your difficulties are too great, it's been too long. 475 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: But God is saying, I'm still on the throne. I'm 476 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: still going to bring it to pass, just like with 477 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: mister Hilton. If you will keep a big vision in 478 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: front of you, God is going to do something big 479 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: in your life. He is going to release his favor 480 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: like you've never seen before. What you thought was over 481 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: and done, God is still going to do what looked 482 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: impossible like it was over your head. God is going 483 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: to suddenly cause things to fall into place, giving you 484 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: the influence, the connections, the favor, the wisdom. Now, don't 485 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: stop believing. Every time you see your vision, you keep 486 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: thinking God. 487 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 2: That it's on its way. 488 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: If you will do this, God is going to supersize 489 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 1: whatever you're dreaming about. 490 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 2: It's going to be bigger than you imagine. 491 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places you could not go 492 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: on your own, opening doors that no man can shut. 493 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 1: He's going to do what medicine cannot do. You need 494 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: to get ready. Every dream, every promise, every goal God's 495 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: placed in your heart. I believe in declare it will 496 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: come to pass in Jesus' name if you receive it. 497 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 2: Give a Lord another shout of praise today. 498 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 499 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 500 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 501 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 502 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. 503 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 504 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 505 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 506 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: that you've. 507 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: Never dreamed of. It's January. Time to renew my faith. 508 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 2: It's January. It's time to start a new season. It's January. 509 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 3: There is no better time than now to set the 510 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 3: course of our year ahead. 511 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to 512 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,479 Speaker 1: start afresh and anew go of negative things of the 513 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: past and to get ready for the new things God 514 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: has in store. Every January we create a new devotional 515 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: calendar that will help you throughout the year. When you 516 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: start the day off in faith, grateful for what God's done, 517 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: making positive declarations over your future, You're setting the tone 518 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: for a blessed day and a victorious year. This devotional 519 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: will help you get your mind going in the right 520 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: direction so you can go out each day in faith 521 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: knowing that God is in control that His plans for 522 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: you are for good. 523 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: I'd love to send you a. 524 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 3: Copy as our way of saying thank you for your 525 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 3: gift of any amount this first month of the year. 526 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 3: We would like to send you a copy of our 527 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 3: brand new twenty twenty four three hundred and sixty five 528 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 3: day devotional calendar. Do you want to set a faith 529 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 3: course for your life in twenty twenty four. Do you 530 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 3: want to see your life take off in new directions 531 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 3: of influence, favor, and for vision in the year ahead? 532 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 3: Using this devotional calendar is as easy d is one 533 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 3: two three One Wake up with an expectancy in your heart. 534 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: Two reflect on the daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. 535 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 3: Three Capture God's promises to you on journaling lines for 536 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: writing and reflection. Be sure to request your copy of 537 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: the twenty twenty four devotional calendar available this month by 538 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 3: simply visiting us at Joelostein dot com or calling eight 539 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 3: eight eight five six seven Joel