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Thanks for downloading our podcast. 44 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 4: We enjoy spending this time with you. I know you're 45 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 4: going to leave encouraged and inspire. 46 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 6: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 47 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 6: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 48 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 4: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 49 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 4: Enjoy the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy 50 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 4: to come into your homes. And if you're ever in 51 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 4: our area, please stop by and be a part of 52 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 4: one of our services. These are the finest people in 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: all of Houston, right here at Lakewood. We'd love to 54 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: have you sometimes. I'd like to start with something funny, 55 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 4: and I heard about this burglar that broke into a 56 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: house one evening. Just as he was stealing the stereo, 57 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 4: he heard a voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He 58 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 4: froze in his tracks, shined his flashlight in the corner 59 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 4: and saw a parrot. He said, did you say that 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: to me? The parent said yes, I'm just trying to 61 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 4: warn you. Burglar said warn me? What are you talking about? Who? 62 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 4: How are you? Parents said, my name is Moses. The 63 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 4: burglar laughs, and what kind of crazy people would name 64 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 4: a parent Moses? The parent said, the same kind of 65 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 4: people that would name a one hundred and fifty pound Rockweller. Jesus, 66 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 4: all right, come on, say it like you mean it. 67 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 68 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 69 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 70 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 71 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 72 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 73 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about you were enough. It's 74 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 4: easy to go through life thinking that we're lacking in 75 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: some area. If we had more talent, then we could 76 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 4: do something great. We had a better personality, we were 77 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 4: more confident, more attractive, then we could reach our dreams. 78 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 4: But as long as you're discounting yourself and you're at 79 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 4: a disadvantage, it will keep you from rising higher. When 80 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 4: God laid out the plan for your life, he carefully 81 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 4: studied it. He thought about what you would need and 82 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 4: what it would take to get you there. Then he 83 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 4: matched you with your world. He gave you the talent 84 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: you need, the strength, the confidence. You are, the right size, 85 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 4: you have, the right looks, you have the right personality, 86 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 4: you come from the right family. You're not lacking You 87 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 4: didn't get short changed. You are good enough. You are 88 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 4: talented enough, you are smart enough, you are attractive enough. 89 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 4: You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. But life will 90 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 4: try to push us down. Thoughts will whisper everything that 91 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 4: we're not. You're not as talented as your friend. You're 92 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 4: not as attractive as your coworker. You're not as smart 93 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 4: as your cousin. That's okay. You're not running their race. 94 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 4: You don't need what they have. If you needed it, 95 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 4: God would have given it to you. If you needed 96 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 4: to be taller, you would be taller. If you needed 97 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 4: a different personality, you would have one. If you needed 98 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 4: to come from another family, that would have happened. God 99 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 4: doesn't make mistakes. When he created you, he wasn't having 100 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 4: a bad day. He didn't accidentally leave something out. Now 101 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 4: you're at a disadvantage. He calls you a masterpiece. You 102 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 4: have royal blood flowing through your veins. He's crowned you 103 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 4: with his favor. You're not lacking. You didn't get short changed. 104 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: You have everything you need to fulfill your destiny. Now 105 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 4: quick comparing your looks, your gifts, your success with somebody else, 106 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 4: and be you. You are powerful, You were amazing. You 107 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 4: are gifted. Nobody can do you like you can do 108 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,559 Speaker 4: you well. I wish I had her looks. I wish 109 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 4: I had his talent. I wish I came from their family. 110 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 4: If you had what they have, it wouldn't help you. 111 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 4: It would hinder you. It wouldn't be a blessing, it 112 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 4: would be a burden. It wasn't designed for you. The 113 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 4: reason it works for them is because it fits them. 114 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 4: You don't want what doesn't fit you. What fits you 115 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 4: is what you have. Now, quit wishing you were them, 116 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 4: and recognize you are enough. And yes, it's good to 117 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 4: admire people, it's good to celebrate their gifts, but don't 118 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 4: get so caught up in who they are that you 119 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 4: forget who you are. You are gifted, you are talented, 120 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 4: you were one of a kind, And if you don't 121 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 4: recognize that you are enough, then you'll always be dependent 122 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 4: on other people to make you feel good about who 123 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 4: you are. If you live thinking you're at a deficit, 124 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: you'll undersell yourself, you'll play up to people, you'll let 125 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 4: them control you. That's where you're getting your validation. But 126 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 4: when you know you are enough by yourself, you won't 127 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 4: rely on people to approve you. You'll get your approval 128 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 4: from your heavenly father. And the problem with relying on 129 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 4: people is people can change. One minute, people were saying 130 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 4: to Jesus Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the 131 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 4: name of the Lord. They were laying down palm branches 132 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 4: celebrating his arrival. Three days later, those same people were saying, 133 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 4: crucify him. If you only feel good about yourself when 134 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 4: people are telling you that you're great, then if they leave, 135 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 4: you'll forget who you are. If you're relying on them 136 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 4: to make you feel talented, valuable, attractive, you're letting them 137 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 4: control your self worth. But when you know you are 138 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: enough all by yourself, when you don't live from a 139 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: deficit mentality, then it doesn't matter what people do or 140 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: don't do. You know you're a masterpiece. You know you're 141 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: made in the image of Almighty God. David said in 142 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 4: Psalm twenty three, the Lord is my shepherd. I have 143 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 4: everything I need. It's very powerful when you can say 144 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 4: I have the talent I need, I have the looks 145 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 4: I need, I have the family I need, I have 146 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 4: the personality that I need. David had plenty of opportunities 147 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 4: to have this deficit mentality. We know him as the 148 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 4: greatest king that ever lived, but before that, he was 149 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 4: discounted by his father, left out in the shepherd's fields 150 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 4: when the prophet was choosing the next king of Israel. 151 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 4: His father made him feel like he was unqualified, not 152 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 4: good enough, too small. When David took lunch to his 153 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 4: brothers that were out on the battlefield, one of the 154 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 4: brothers made fun of him, said, what did you do 155 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: with those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of. 156 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 4: He was saying, David, you're not talented. You didn't get 157 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 4: what we got. If David would have relied on people 158 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 4: to get his approval, he would have never stepped into 159 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 4: his destiny. Now, maybe someone is trying to discount you, 160 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 4: make you feel like you're not talented enough, attractive enough, 161 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: not up to par. Let that go in one ear 162 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 4: and out the other. They didn't breathe life into you. 163 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 4: They didn't know you before you were formed in your 164 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 4: mother's womb. They don't determine your destiny. Do like David, father, 165 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 4: thank you that I have everything I need. Thank you 166 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 4: that I am enough all by myself. You don't need 167 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 4: people's approval. You don't need their validation. The Most High 168 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 4: God has approved you. Now get rid of that deficit 169 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 4: mentality and step up to who you were created to be. 170 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 4: While back, one afternoon, I was at home riding my 171 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: stationary bike exercising you. I had my earphones in cooked 172 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 4: up to my cell phone and I was listening to 173 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 4: a podcast. I put my phone on the front of 174 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: the bike by the handlebars. At one point I started 175 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 4: riding really fast and the bike began to shake and 176 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 4: my phone fell off. When it did, it jerked my 177 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 4: earphones out. I stopped to pick them up, but the 178 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 4: little white rubber tip came off of one of the earphones. 179 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 4: I looked all around, couldn't find it anywhere. It was 180 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 4: the strangest thing. I looked under the treadmill, I moved 181 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 4: other equipment. I checked up them on the window sill. 182 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 4: Maybe it popped up there. Looked all over the bike, 183 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 4: on and on. It was nowhere to be found. Later 184 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 4: that evening, I was watching television. I reached up to 185 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 4: scratch my ear felt something odd and it was the 186 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 4: white rubber tip. I had it the whole time, but 187 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 4: I didn't realize it. I'm wondering if you're looking for 188 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 4: something that you already have. You're looking around you. God 189 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: is saying, look in you. You have the talent, you 190 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: have the creativity, you have the confidence. Psalm thirty four 191 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 4: says those who trust in the Lord will never lack 192 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 4: any good thing. You need to see yourself as a 193 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 4: no lack person. You're not lacking the strength you need, 194 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 4: You're not lacking the favor. Well, Joel, I never get 195 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 4: any good breaks. I don't see how I can accomplish 196 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: my dreams. I don't think I'll ever meet the right person. 197 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 4: That's a deficit mentality. That thinking will keep you from 198 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 4: your destiny if you have to turn it around. Father, 199 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 4: thank you that your favor surrounds me like a shield. 200 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 4: Thank you that goodness and mercy are chasing me down. 201 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 4: Think you that divine connections, the right people are headed 202 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 4: my way. What you need is in you, But you 203 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 4: have to stir it up. As long as you think 204 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 4: you're at a disadvantage, you've been short changed, it will 205 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 4: keep you from rising higher. Second Kings, Chapter four. There 206 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 4: was a widow. Her husband was friends with the prophet Elisha. 207 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 4: She came up to Elisha very discouraged and told him 208 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 4: how her husband and had died and how now she 209 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 4: was in such debt the creditors were coming to take 210 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 4: her two sons as payment. Elisha asked her what do 211 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 4: you have in your house? She didn't have to think twice. 212 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 4: She said, Elisha, I have nothing at all except a 213 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: small jar of oil. She was saying, I'm at a deficit. 214 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 4: I don't have enough. I'm limited. Sometimes, like this woman, 215 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 4: we are discounting what God has given us. We have 216 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 4: some talent, but Joel, it's not enough. I have my degree, 217 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 4: but I don't have enough education. This woman was about 218 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 4: to miss her miracle because she didn't recognize what she had. 219 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 4: She was looking outside the house, but Elisha said, what's 220 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 4: in the house. God will always have what you need 221 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 4: within reach. It's not something far off, it will be 222 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 4: close to you. One time, Sampson will surrounded by the 223 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 4: Philistine army. He didn't have any weapons, looked like he 224 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 4: would be captured. He looked down and saw the jawbone 225 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 4: of a donkey just so happened to be right there. 226 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: He picked it up and defeated a thousand men with it. 227 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 4: Wasn't a coincidence. It was the hand of God. What 228 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 4: you need will be close to you. Elisha told this 229 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 4: widow to go out and borrow as many large, empty 230 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 4: containers as she could find. She went from neighbor to 231 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 4: neighbor asking for them. She came back to the house, 232 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: Eliza said, now I want you to pour that little 233 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 4: bit of oil into one of those larger containers. That 234 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 4: doesn't make sense. What good was it going to do 235 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 4: to transfer oil from one container to the other. The 236 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 4: widow started pouring the oil, and the oil kept flowing. 237 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 4: It kept coming out. She filled the first container, then 238 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 4: another and another. The oil never ran until all of 239 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 4: the containers were full. She took that oil and sold 240 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 4: it and had plenty to pay her debt. When God 241 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 4: asked you to do something that doesn't make sense, many times, 242 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 4: the act of obedience is what brings the miracle. God 243 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 4: could have caused those containers to be full of oil 244 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 4: without her pouring it. He could have caused somebody to 245 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 4: show up with a bunch of full containers, but the 246 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 4: miracle was dependent on this woman doing her part. Is 247 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 4: God asking you to do something that you don't want 248 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 4: to do to forgive that person that did you wrong? 249 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 4: You think God that's not fair. They don't deserve it. 250 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 4: They hurt me. Is he asking you to take care 251 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 4: of that elderly neighbor or to give that friend a 252 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 4: ride to work each day? You think, God, I'm busy. 253 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 4: That's out of my way. The blessing is in the obedience. 254 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 4: There was a man in the scripture named Naeman. He 255 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 4: was a captain in the Syrian army, but he had leprosy. 256 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 4: God told him to go wash in the Jordan river 257 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 4: and he would be healed. God could have healed him 258 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 4: like Jesus healed people by speaking to them or by 259 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 4: having someone lay hands on him. But God asked Neeman 260 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 4: to do something unusual, something he didn't understand. At first, 261 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 4: he wouldn't do it, came up with all these excuses. 262 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 4: He said, I'm not going to go wash in that river. 263 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 4: The water's dirty. We have better rivers back at home. 264 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 4: He almost talked himself out of it, finally decided to 265 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 4: do it. When he came up the seventh time, his 266 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: skin was perfectly healed. The healing wasn't in the water, 267 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 4: or everyone that touched the water would have been healed. 268 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 4: The healing was in the obedience. Don't miss your miracle 269 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 4: because you won't do what God's asking you to do. 270 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 4: What's interesting is Elisha didn't bring anything to the widow's house. 271 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: He didn't bring her funds, he didn't have a friend 272 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 4: complant of garden. He simply showed her what was in 273 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 4: the house. The principle is you already have what you need. 274 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 4: You're not waiting for it. Maybe one day it'll show up. 275 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 4: There are miracles in your house. Sometimes we're looking on 276 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 4: the outside. You have to look on the inside. God 277 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 4: is saying, I've equipped you, I've empowered you, I've anointed you. 278 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 4: You have seeds of greatness. Are you discounting what God 279 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 4: has given you? Are you overlooking what you have? May 280 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 4: seem small, that gift may not seem like it's enough. 281 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 4: But when you use what you have, God will multiply it. 282 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 4: When you pour that little bit of oil, that act 283 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 4: of obedience is what causes the oil to continue to flow. 284 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 4: The woman said, Elisha, I have nothing except a small 285 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 4: jar of oil. God is going to use what comes 286 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 4: after the accept I have nothing except a little training. 287 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 4: I have nothing except a few connections. He's going to 288 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 4: take what you think is insignificant and turn it into 289 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 4: something extraordinary. When we come to the end of our ability, 290 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 4: that's when God steps in. If you can accomplish your 291 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 4: dreams all on your own, you don't really need God's help. 292 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 4: If you can overcome that obstacle by yourself, it doesn't 293 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 4: take any faith. Don't be discouraged when what you're up 294 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 4: against looks too big. You don't have the resources the obstacle, 295 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 4: the opposition is too strong. You're in perfect position for 296 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 4: God to show out in your life. It looks like 297 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 4: a setback, Really it is a set up. God is 298 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 4: about to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 299 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 4: When my father went to be with the Lord back 300 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 4: in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to 301 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 4: step up and pastor the church, but I think I 302 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 4: was enough. I didn't have the training. I'd never been 303 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 4: to seminary. I'm more quiet and reserved. I didn't want 304 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 4: to get up in front of people. I told God 305 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 4: all the things I couldn't do, all the things that 306 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 4: I didn't have. It was like God said, Joel, what 307 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 4: else do you have in the house. I said, God, 308 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 4: I don't have anything except a little faith, a little training, 309 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 4: a little confidence. Just this small jar of oil. God said, 310 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 4: that's all I need. Just use what you have and 311 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 4: watch what I will do. I stepped up, and God 312 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 4: took that little bit of oil and turned it into 313 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 4: something more than I ever imagine. What am I saying? 314 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 4: Quit discounting yourself. Quit talking yourself out of your greatness. 315 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 4: God is not limited by what family you come from, 316 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 4: by your education, by what you think you don't have. 317 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 4: All he's asking you to do is use what's after 318 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: the accept I don't have any accept this high school diploma. 319 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 4: How can I do something great? I don't have an 320 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 4: extensive education. Neither did Bill Gates, neither did Steve Jobs. 321 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 4: They did Okay. All I have is a little talent, 322 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 4: a little confidence. If you'll start using it, God will 323 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 4: show up and do something extraordinary. In the scripture, Jesus 324 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 4: had been out teaching the people all day long, and 325 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 4: he told his disciples he wanted them to feed the 326 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 4: five thousand people that had gathered. They said, Jesus, we 327 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 4: can't do that. We're in the desert. We have no 328 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 4: food except five loaves of bread and two fish. God 329 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,360 Speaker 4: will never ask you for something that you don't have. 330 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 4: If he asks you and you don't think you can 331 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 4: do it. It's because you have it and don't know it. 332 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 4: Go back and see what's in your house. What do 333 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: you have? After the accept Jesus prayed over the fish, 334 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,239 Speaker 4: over the loaves, and it multiplied. They were able to 335 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 4: feed the five thousand people had twelve baskets full of 336 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 4: food left over. When you look at what you have, 337 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 4: your resources, your training, your experience, it may not be enough. 338 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 4: It's just five loaves, it's just a little cup of ore. 339 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 4: What good could that do? No, get ready, God's about 340 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 4: to multiply what you have. He's going to do something unusual. 341 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 4: You didn't see it coming. Doors open that you couldn't open, 342 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 4: opportunity where you were not qualified, the right people comeing 343 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,959 Speaker 4: to you. He's going to take what looks insignificant and 344 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 4: turn it into something extraordinary. He's going to multiply what 345 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: comes after the accept This is what happened with my father. 346 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 4: He was raised very poor. His parents were farmers, and 347 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 4: they lost everything during the Great Depression. As a little 348 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 4: boy barely had enough food to eat. He'd go to 349 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,239 Speaker 4: school with holes in his clothes and had hu you 350 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: so worn out he had to keep putting cardboard in 351 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 4: the bottom. Didn't look like he had much of a future. 352 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 4: Nobody in their family knew anything about God. They were 353 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 4: good people, they just didn't have any kind of faith. 354 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 4: But at seventeen, my father went to church with a 355 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 4: friend of his that had been very persistent. That day 356 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 4: he gave his life to Christ. The first one in 357 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: the family he felt God calling him to become a pastor. 358 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 4: He told his parents he was going to leave and 359 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 4: go out and start ministering. They said, John, you better 360 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 4: stay here with us. All you know how to do 361 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 4: is work on the farm. He had no training, no funding, 362 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 4: no experience, but somehow he recognized he had a little 363 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 4: cup of oil. He had five loaves. It wasn't much, 364 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 4: but he could feel those seeds of greatness. Every circumstance 365 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 4: said he was unqualified, he was short chained, he was 366 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 4: at a disadvantage. But God doesn't create anyone without putting 367 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 4: something significant on the inside. That's why the enemy works 368 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 4: overtime to try to make you feel like you're not enough. 369 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 4: You're not good enough, you've made too many mistakes, you're 370 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 4: not talented enough, you're not important enough. Don't let those 371 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 4: lies keep you from your destiny. He wouldn't be trying 372 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: to discourage you if he didn't know there was something 373 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 4: amazing in you. It may not be much yet, but 374 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 4: as you keep pouring that oil, as you keep taking 375 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 4: those steps of faith, God is going to take you 376 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 4: where you've never dreamed. Now, seventeen years old, my father 377 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 4: left the farm. He didn't have a car, he had 378 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 4: to hitchhike. He went out and started ministering in the 379 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 4: prisons and in the senior citizens' homes. God began to 380 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 4: open door after door, and eventually he started Lakewood, and 381 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 4: that he went on to impact the world. But I 382 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 4: think about where I would be today if my father 383 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: would have believed he was not enough. You can be 384 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 4: the one, like my father to affect generations to come 385 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 4: for your family. You can be the one to set 386 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: them on a new course. You wouldn't be hearing this 387 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: if there weren't greater things in front of you. Quit 388 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 4: looking at what you don't have, what you didn't get, 389 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 4: what you can't do. You have everything you need. All 390 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 4: David had was a slingshot in five smooth stones. It 391 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 4: looked like it was not enough. Goliath was nearly twice 392 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 4: his size. He was a skilled warrior, he'd been trained 393 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 4: in the military. We're in a full set of armor, 394 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 4: very powerful. Here David was a shepherd boy, a teenager. 395 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 4: He had no formal training, no experience. He could have said, God, 396 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 4: I have nothing except this slingshot. What you have, after 397 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 4: the accept is what God is going to use. When 398 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 4: Goliath saw how small David was, he began to laugh, said, 399 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: am I a dog that you had come at me 400 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 4: with a stick. I'm sure David was tempted to think, 401 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 4: am I crazy? I'm going to fight this giant with 402 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 4: only a slingshot. But the scripture says David ran toward Goliath. 403 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 4: You would think he would try to sneak up on him, 404 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 4: surprise him, to get the maximum advantage. But when you 405 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 4: know who you are, when you know you're equipped and empowered, 406 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 4: when you know God being for you is more than 407 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 4: the world being against you, you won't run from your giants. 408 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 4: You'll run to your giants. David slung the rock, hit 409 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 4: Goliath in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. He went over 410 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 4: and took Goliath's own sword and finished him off. What 411 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 4: you have may not look like it's enough, it's ordinary. 412 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 4: But when God breathes on it, it will become more 413 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 4: than enough. A friend of mine's father pastored a large 414 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 4: church as a young boy, he always looked forward to 415 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 4: working there. During college, he got a job at this 416 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 4: business where he would go into the different offices and 417 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 4: clean and repair the equipment. So they gave him keys 418 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 4: to all the offices in the building. He carried around 419 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 4: this big key ring made him feel very important. This 420 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 4: was years ago. After he graduated from college. He came 421 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: back to work at his father's church and he was 422 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 4: so excited, but his father only gave him one key, 423 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 4: the key to his office. He said, Dad, I want 424 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 4: all the keys. I want to be able to get 425 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 4: in everywhere. His father said, now this is the key 426 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 4: I want you to have. He was kind of disappointed. 427 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 4: He thought, what, my dad doesn't trust me. A few 428 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 4: years later, his dad became ill and wasn't expected to 429 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 4: make it. This friend would go up to the church 430 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 4: at night and pray for his father. He liked to 431 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 4: pray in the main sanctuary since it was after hours. 432 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 4: He would always have to get somebody to let him in. 433 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 4: He'd called the security guard or see someone through the 434 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 4: glass doors and knock, but it bothered him that he 435 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 4: didn't have a key. One night, he went up to 436 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 4: pray for his father and he was all locked up, 437 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 4: and so he called the security guarden. He said he 438 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 4: was out and wouldn't be back for a couple of hours. 439 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 4: So my friend went around the building checking all the 440 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 4: doors to see if anything was opened. But it's all 441 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 4: locked up. He's so frustrated. Just when he was about 442 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 4: to leave, he decided to put his key in the 443 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 4: door and see if he could jiggle it around and 444 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 4: somehow get it unlocked. The key went in so smoothly, 445 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 4: he turned it and the door opened. He was puzzled. 446 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 4: He walked through the lobby to the sanctuary door, put 447 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 4: the key in, turned it and it opened. Went to 448 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: the choir room, put the key in, turned it and 449 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 4: it opened. He didn't realize his father had given him 450 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 4: the master key all that time. He had what he needed. 451 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 4: It wasn't that the father didn't trust him, It was 452 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 4: the son didn't know what he had. Do you know 453 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 4: what your father has given you? Do you know you 454 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 4: have the key to unlock every door to your destiny? 455 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 4: You didn't get shortchanged. Your father didn't say I can't 456 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 4: trust you now. God has great confidence in you. He 457 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 4: believes in you more than you believe in yourself. Why 458 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 4: don't you start using that key believing that you have 459 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 4: what you need. Don't go through life thinking that you've 460 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 4: been locked out. You can't reach your dreams, you can't 461 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 4: overcome the obstacle, you can't meet the right person. You 462 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 4: have the key. Your heavenly Father has given you everything 463 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 4: you need to fulfill your purpose. Now do your part 464 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 4: and get rid of a deficit mentality. Get up every 465 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 4: morning and say Father, thank you that I am enough, 466 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 4: I am strong enough, I am talented enough, I am 467 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 4: attractive enough. If you will do this, I believe and 468 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 4: declare like the widow woman, Abundance is about to flow. 469 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 4: God is about to multiply what you have. Your gifts 470 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 4: are going to come out in greater ways. New doors 471 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 4: are about to open, breakthroughs, promotion, the fullness of your 472 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 4: destiny in Jesus's name, And if you receive it today, 473 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 4: can you say amen, I'd like to give you an 474 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 475 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent 476 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you 477 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 4: my Lord and save you. 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