1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you. 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 10 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. Thought lights 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: to salt it with something funny, and I heard about 12 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: this man named Bubba. He lived way out in the 13 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: country and there was a stray dog that kept showing 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: up at his house. And his wife said, Bubba, you 15 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: have to put the dog in your truck and drive 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: him out in the woods and drop him off. That's 17 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: where he lives. Bubba drove him a mile down the road, 18 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: dropped him off. When he came home, the dog was 19 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: walking up the driveway practically beat him back. Happened again 20 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: and again. His wife said, Bubba, you have to take 21 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: him way out, drive him around in circles, get him 22 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: mixed up. Bubba drove him an hour away and criss 23 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 1: cross roads he's never driven before, dropped him off. Two 24 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: hours later. He called his wife from the trunck, said 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: did the dog come back? She said, yeah, he's walking 26 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: down the driveway. Now, Baba said, do me a favor. 27 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: Put him on the line. I need directions. All right, 28 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: y'all say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 31 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 32 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 33 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 34 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 35 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: about mountains turned to mold hills. We've all heard the 36 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: phrase don't make a mountain out of a mole hill 37 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: has someone overreacting and making a big deal out of 38 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: something small. But there are times in life that we 39 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: face mountains. The doctor's report comes back and says that 40 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: it's not good, get a call from the school and 41 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: our child's in trouble again, or fell back into an addiction. 42 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: The big contract we were counting on didn't go through. 43 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: These are true mountains and obstacles that look insurmountable challenges. Well, 44 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: we don't see a way out, and it's easy to 45 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: get discouraged, live worried, give up on dreams. That's the 46 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: way Zeruba Bell felt in the scripture. He was facing 47 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: an impossible situation. But listen to what the prophet Zachariah 48 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: said to him. Who are you, o great mountain that 49 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: would stand before Zeruba Bell? You shall become a plain, 50 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: a mere mole hill, and he will finish the temple. 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: God is in the business of turning mountains into mole hills. 52 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: He can flatten out what looks impossible in your life, 53 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: those things that are blocking your health, keeping you from 54 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: your dream, stopping your children, looks like it's permanent. It's 55 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: a mountain, too big, too strong. It may be too 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: much for you, but it's not too much for our God. 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: He knows how to level the ground to where what 58 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: used to stop you. Now you're walking over. What you 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: thought was permanent is no longer there. Don't be intimidated 60 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: by the mountain. Don't believe those lies that it's never 61 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: going to change. Never get well, never break the addiction, 62 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: never meet the right person. No God is at work 63 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: in your life right now. There is no mountain. He 64 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: can't bring down no sickness. He can't heal no child. 65 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: He can't turn around. One touch in his favor and 66 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: the high thing becomes low. What looked impossible somehow turns around. 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: You can't explain it. It doesn't make sense. That's God 68 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: turning mountains into mole hills, flattening out what's blocking your destiny. 69 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: Now here's the key. Don't talk to God about how 70 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: big your mountain is. Talk to your mountain about how 71 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: big your God is. Mountain. You cannot stay in my life. 72 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: You cannot stop my purpose. You may look insurmountable, but 73 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: I know a secret. My God is a mountain mover. 74 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: My God's going to turn you into a plain. When 75 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: it's all said and done, I will walk right over you. 76 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: You have to stir your faith up. We don't serve 77 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: a weak God, a limited God. We serve the creator 78 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: of the universe, the God who flung stars into space, 79 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: and the God who chose you before you could choose him. 80 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: He knew we would face mountains, have things come against 81 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: us that look too big. He didn't leave us on 82 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: our own. He said, I will turn mountains into plains, 83 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: and I will bring high things low. God is fighting 84 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: for you. He sees what you're going through. He knows 85 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: what you're up against, the treatment, the lonely nights, the 86 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: child that's breaking your heart, seems like your stop. No, 87 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: your time is coming. God is saying to you what 88 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: he said to Zeruba Bell. Every mountain shall be brought down, 89 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: every high thing will be flattened out. What God started 90 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: in your life, he will finish. God gave Zeruba Bell 91 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: this dream to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, and he 92 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: was living in exile in Babylon with the Israelites. The 93 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: King of Persia allowed them to go back home. Zeruba 94 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: Bel was excited and he got others involved and they 95 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: started building. Well, it wasn't any time before they faced opposition. 96 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: Local people were upset and they didn't want Zeruba Bell there, 97 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: and they turned hostile and cost him all kinds of trouble. 98 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: They went to the city leaders and said he was 99 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: trying to lead a rebellion, was going to overthrow the government. 100 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: They convinced the politicians to make a legal decreed ordering 101 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: the construction to stop. Now, no more work could continue. 102 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: It's not only people coming against them, but now they 103 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: had this law that they couldn't rebuild. It looked permanent, 104 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: like it could never change. And of course Zeruba bel 105 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: all of his people. They were discouraged. They had laid 106 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: the foundation, they had gotten started, but now construction came 107 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: to a halt. For years, no work was done. I 108 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: can imagine Zeruba bell sometimes at night, going out by 109 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: the temple site and seeing the materials piled up, the 110 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: lumbers starting to rot, the place in disarray. Thoughts whispered. 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: You didn't hear from God. He didn't tell you to 112 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: rebuild this. You made this up. You're a failure. You 113 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: should be embarrassed when you face mountains and go through 114 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: things that don't work out. The enemy loves to whisper 115 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,559 Speaker 1: thoughts of shame and guilt and doubt. And God didn't 116 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: promise you'd get well. This is going to be the end. 117 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: You should have known your business wouldn't make it. You 118 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: don't have what it takes. You'll never meet the right person. 119 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: You're not attractive enough. No, just because it hasn't happened 120 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: yet doesn't mean it's not going to happen. Just because 121 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: you had setbacks and people came against you. The medical 122 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: report didn't get better. Now that mountain looks bigger than ever. 123 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Know what God started He's going to finish. Isaiah forty says, 124 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: the hills will become a plain, the rough country will 125 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: become smooth. Then the glory of the Lord will be 126 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: revealed and all the people will see it. That mountain 127 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: you're facing is setting you up for God to show 128 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: out in your life. When the hills become a plain, 129 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: the glory of the Lord will be revealed. God is 130 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: going to make you an example of his goodness. When 131 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: he turns the mountain into a mole hill, everyone will 132 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: know his favor is on your line. Now. Sometimes God 133 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: will let us face mountains so other people will see 134 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: his power. Can God trust you with the mountain? Can 135 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: he count on you to stay in faith and keep believing? 136 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: It's easy to get sour bitter God, Why didn't this 137 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: work out? Zerube Bell could have said, God, I was 138 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: doing my best. Why did these people come against me? 139 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: Why did they make this ruling look like he had failed? 140 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: Like he was done? But it's not over until God 141 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: says it's over. You don't know what God is up 142 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: to when you face obstacles, things that look permanent. That's 143 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: a test. Are you going to get discouraged and give 144 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: up on what God promised? Or are you going to 145 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: keep believing, keep thanking God, knowing that He is positioning 146 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: you for His glory to be revealed. When you see 147 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: what God was up to, you'll not only be amazed, 148 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: but other people won't be able to deny the blessing 149 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: of God on your life. This couple I know became 150 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: pregnant with triplets seventeen years ago and they were so excited. 151 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: They had never been able to have children and now 152 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: their dream finally come true. But the mother had complications 153 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: during the pregnancy and the babies were born months prematurely 154 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: and hardly weighed anything. Doctors didn't know if they were 155 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: going to make it. It was day by day, and 156 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: of course the parents were hoping, praying, believing. For six months, 157 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: the babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit, critical condition, 158 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: all these tubes feeding them, trying to get them strong 159 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: and developed. By the grace of God, they all survived 160 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: and today they're sixteen years old, healthy at home. I 161 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: saw them last week in the lobby. Well. This couple 162 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: had insurance, but not enough to cover all the hospital costs. 163 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: They received a bill for two million dollars. They didn't 164 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: have those resources. Looked like they'd be paying on this 165 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: the rest of their life, a mountain of debt. But 166 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: instead of being discouraged and thinking it could never work out, 167 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: they just kept thanking God that he was fighting their battles, 168 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: that he was supplying their needs, that he could turn 169 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: mountains into mole hills. At Christmas time, they received a 170 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: letter from the hospital saying, we've never done this before, 171 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: but we've decided to forgive the two million dollar debt 172 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: and to pay you back for all the payments that 173 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: you've already made. The scripture says, is there anything too 174 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: hard for the Lord? Now? I know none of us 175 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: like obstacles, but how do you know? Like Isaiah said, 176 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: that that mountain is not there to reveal the glory 177 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: of God through you. When he flattens out your high 178 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: placesm when he heals you from the sickness, frees you 179 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: from the addiction, turns your child around, people will see 180 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: the goodness of God. He wants to make you an example. 181 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged by the mountain, complain about the obstacle, 182 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: have a new perspective. That mountain is setting you up 183 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 1: for God to do something unusual, out of the ordinary, 184 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: so His glory glory will be seen through you. Sure 185 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: the enemy meant the mountain to block you, but God 186 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: is going to turn it around and cause it to 187 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: promote you. That's what happened with my mother. She faced 188 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: a mountain of cancer. The doctor said it was terminal. 189 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: You can't move. This mountain is permanent. But my mother 190 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: never talked about how big the mountain was. She always 191 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,079 Speaker 1: talked about how big our God is. All through the day, Lord, 192 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: thank you that you're restoring health back into me. Father, 193 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: thank you that I will live and not die. There 194 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,479 Speaker 1: was no way in the natural, but our God is supernatural. 195 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: He took that mountain that looked permanent, looked impossible, no 196 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: way out medically speaking, and he turned it into a 197 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: mold hill. She was perfectly healthy and whole for forty years. 198 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: God showed his glory through my mother. She told everyone 199 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: what happened. She is constantly praying for people, letting them 200 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: know if God did it for me, he can do 201 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: it for you. When we were trying to acquire this place, 202 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: the former compact center. We faced a mountain. The company 203 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: that was up against us was the largest taxpayer in Texas. 204 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: They were huge, seemed insurmountable. They had all this money 205 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: and influence and connections. We didn't see how it could happen. 206 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: It looked impossible, but we had a little bit of faith. 207 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: And the scripture says, if you have faith the size 208 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: of a mustard seed, that's one of the smallest seeds, 209 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: then you can see mountains move. You don't have to 210 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: have great faith, you don't have to know all the 211 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: scriptures and have it all figured out, if you just 212 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: have a little faith God. I don't see away, but 213 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: I know you have a way. This looks impossible to me, 214 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: but I know you can still do it. That's all 215 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: God needs to work with. We kept believing, declaring, thanking God. 216 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: Through a series of supernatural events, things fell into place. 217 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: God changed the city council member's mind, and here we 218 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: are today. He turned a mountain into a mold hill. 219 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: He brought down the high places that were blocking our purpose. 220 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: For the last twenty years that we've been in this building, 221 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: the glory of God has been revealed through us. He 222 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: has shined brightly. Now You may be facing a mountain today. 223 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: Your health, your finances, your dreams. Seems like you're stump 224 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 1: there's no way around it. But like Isaiah said, God 225 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: didn't allow the mountain to stop you, but to display 226 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: his glory, his favor, his healing. Don't give up on 227 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: what He put in your heart. Don't let the lies 228 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: convince you. This is too big, too strong, too late. 229 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: It could never happen. Now, can I encourage you? It's 230 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: about to become a mold hill. You wouldn't be hearing 231 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: this if God wasn't about to flatten out some impossibilities 232 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 1: in your life. He's about to bring high things low 233 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: to get in agreement with him. All you need is 234 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: just mustard seed faith, A little bit of faith. That's 235 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: what moves mountains. Lord, I believe you can heal me 236 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: from this sickness. I believe my child is turning around, 237 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: that you have beauty for these ashes, that my dreams 238 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: are still coming to pass. Well. Sixteen years the temple 239 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: sat there in ruins, nothing but a foundation, and zerube 240 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: Bell thought it was too late. He had done his best, 241 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: didn't work out. But God doesn't abort dreams. You may 242 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: have given up, but God still has every intention of 243 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: bringing it to pass. The puppet Zachariah showed up, said 244 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: Zeruba Bell, it's time to get going. That's when he 245 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: made this statement. God's going to turn this mountain into 246 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: a mole hill and you will finish the temple. That 247 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: breathed new life into Zeruba Bell. He called his men 248 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: together and they started working, and four years later they 249 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: finish the temple. If Zaruba Bel were here today, he 250 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: would tell you, don't let the mountain fool you. Don't 251 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: let the sickness, the debt, the trouble convince you that 252 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. God is fighting for you. 253 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: He's going to level the mountain. He's going to move 254 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: the wrong people. He's going to turn the sickness around. 255 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: He's going to open the right doors. I love the 256 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: way Zachariah said it. Who are you, o great mountain 257 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: to stand before Zeruba Bel? He was saying, in effect, 258 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: who are you cancer to think you can stand against 259 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: God's people? Who are you lax struggle, can't get ahead, 260 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: to think you can stop what God has purposed? Who 261 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: are you bad breaks, betrayals, closed doors to think you 262 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: can hinder our destiny? He didn't say, I hope something 263 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: works out. I hope things turned around. No, he said 264 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: you shall be leveled, you shall be flattened out. That 265 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: mountain that used to block you, You're gonna walk on top 266 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: of it. That sickness that held you back, the financial difficulty, 267 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: the child that won't do what's right. It's not just 268 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: gonna get a little better, Joel, that's not quite as bad. 269 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: It's just a small hill now. No, it's going to 270 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: be completely flattened, totally smooth, no sign of it. I 271 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: saw where there was a mountain that's twenty nine thousand 272 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: feet high. A typical mole hill is two inches tall. 273 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: When we think of this comparison, doesn't seem possible. This 274 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: huge mountain coming down to two inches. God is saying, 275 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do things that don't make sense that you 276 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: can't comprehend. Out of the ordinary. You didn't see any way. 277 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: But God is going to show up and flatten what 278 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: looks impossible in your life. Now, if Zachariah had not 279 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: come and spoken faith into zerube Bell reminded him of 280 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: what God can do, he would have never restarted rebuilding 281 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: the temple. And sometimes you need people to speak faith 282 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: into you. Maybe you're up against a big mountain. It's 283 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: been there a long time. You've accepted that it's never 284 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: going to change. But God sent me to stir your 285 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: faith to let you know it's not permanent. Yes, it 286 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: looks big. It's been a long time. You don't see how, 287 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: But you don't have to see how. All you have 288 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: to do is believe. When you believe, the creator of 289 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: the universe goes to work, Angels are dispatched, Miracles set 290 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: in emotion. There's a young man that attends here and 291 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: his dream was to become a physician and graduated from 292 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: college with honors. He applied to forty medical schools, but 293 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: only three contacted him back, and unfortunately he was turned 294 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: down and didn't have any offers. He is disappointed. He'd 295 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: worked so hard. This is what he always wanted to do. 296 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: But you have to go through your closed doors before 297 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: you get to your open doors. The mistake we make 298 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: sometimes is we give up too soon. Didn't work out, Joel, 299 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: it's not fair. I don't understand it. This young man, 300 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: instead of being discouraged, instead of complaining, he kept thanking 301 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: God for what he promised him, declaring favor over his future. Lord, 302 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: I think you that you're opening doors that no man 303 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: can shut, that your favors causing me to stand out 304 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: that what you purpose from my life will come to pass. 305 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: When you're facing a mountain, situations that look permanent, it's 306 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: important what you're saying. Are you talking about how big 307 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: the mountain is? Or are you talking about how big 308 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: your God is? Are you saying, like Zachariah mountain, you 309 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: will become a mole hill. You can't stop my destiny. 310 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: I'm God's property. Or are you saying, Joel, I don't know. 311 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: Medical reports are not good. Everyone in my family struggles. 312 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: I've had this addiction a long time. No, those mountains 313 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: are not there to stop you, but so that God 314 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: can show his glory through you. He wouldn't have a 315 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: life out it. If it's going to keep you from 316 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 1: your destiny. It's a test. Be strong, be of good courage. 317 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: What God started, He's going to finish this. Young man 318 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: attended a seminar for students wanting to get into medical school. 319 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: One of the options they mentioned was working for the 320 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: Armed Services. When he heard that something ignited on the inside, 321 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: he talked to a gentleman there that took great interest 322 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: in him and put in a good word for him, 323 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: and he received the news that he was accepted into 324 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: the Armed Forces medical schools. He would not only receive 325 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: a full scholarship, not have any costs for his medical education, 326 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: but he would be paid a substantial salary while he 327 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: attended schools. He never dreamed he could become a physician 328 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: and have no debt. It looked like that mountain was 329 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: blocking his purpose, but God turned it into a mold hill. 330 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: There may be mountains trying to block you today. Closed 331 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: door sickness that you don't see how it can change. 332 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: Looks too big, too strong, insurmountable. On your own, you 333 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: can't change it. But listen to what God said in Jeremiah. Look, 334 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: olmighty mountain, I am your enemy, says the Lord. I 335 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: will raise my fist against you to knock you down 336 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: from the heights. When I am finished, you will be 337 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: nothing but a heap of rubble. God is saying to 338 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: the sickness, the addiction, the closed doors, I am your 339 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: enemy because you belong to the most high. He's an 340 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: enemy to what opposes you. Imagine God with his fist 341 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: clensed against that cancer. That's trying to stop you. His 342 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: fist clensed against the depression, the anxiety that looks permanent, 343 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: or clensed against the addiction, against the people that are 344 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: doing you wrong. You're not fighting on your own. God 345 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: is about to deliver the knockout punch. When he is finished, 346 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: those mountains will be nothing but a heap of rubble. 347 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: Just ask David. He faced the mountain, looked impossible, This 348 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: huge giant that was defying the armies of the Living God, 349 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: making fun of God's people, stopping their purpose. They were 350 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: all running in fear. Not David. He stepped up with 351 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: that slingshot and delivered the knockout punch. That high thing 352 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: was brought low, the giant lying on the ground. You 353 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 1: may have some big obstacles, but our God has a 354 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 1: big punch. He's about to knock out some things that 355 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: have been holding you back. Knock out the fear, Knock 356 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: out the heart trouble, Knock out the strife that's tearing 357 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: your family apart. Knock out those people that are doing 358 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: you wrong. You don't have to fight. Let God do it. 359 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: He has his fist raised against high things that are 360 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: holding your back. When people, circumstances come against you and 361 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: trying to stop your purpose, keep your from moving forward. 362 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: Remember they're not just coming against you, they're coming against God. 363 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 1: He becomes their enemy. He said, oh, great Mountain, I 364 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: am your enemy. I will knock you from the heights 365 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: and bring you down to rubble. When you understand this, 366 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: you can stay in peace. You don't have to try 367 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: to fight and defend fix everything on your own. You 368 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: have a protector, You have a defender. God will be 369 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: the enemy to your enemies. He will bring every high 370 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: thing low, those obstacles blocking your path, he will turn 371 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: them into rubble, so you can keep moving into your destiny. 372 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: There's a man in the scripture named Saul. He was 373 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: a devout Pharisee and committed to the Jewish law. Well. 374 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: He saw the followers of Jesus as going against what 375 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: he believed, and he tried his best to get rid 376 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: of them. He was the biggest enemy of the church, 377 00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: as nine says Saul, breathing threats and murder against the disciples. 378 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: He wasn't playing around, he was standing there giving his approval. 379 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: When Stephen was stoned to death, he went to the 380 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: officials and got legal permission to arrest believers and have 381 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: them put in jail. One day, he was on the 382 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: road to Damascus on this mission to persecute believers. But 383 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: while he was traveling, a bright light shine down from heaven, 384 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: knocked him off his horse and he fell to the ground. 385 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: He was blind, he couldn't see it. A voice boomed out, Saul, Saul, 386 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: why do you persecute me? He was puzzling at who 387 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: are you? The voice responded, I am Jesus, whom you 388 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: are persecuting. What's significant is Saul had never met Jesus. 389 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: He thought he was going after the disciples. But when 390 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: people persecute you, really they're persecuting him because you belonged 391 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: to Christ. God takes it personally. He becomes an enemy 392 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: to those who attack you. Feels every wrong, every injustice, 393 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: every hurt. There will be a time when he delivers 394 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: a knockout punch. You don't have to do it. His 395 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: reputation is on the line. He knows how to defend himself, 396 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: how to bring every high thing low. See, Saul was 397 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: a mountain. He was blocking the church from moving forward. 398 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: He had everybody on the run, hiding, living in fear. 399 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: But God's fist is clenched against your enemies. God delivered 400 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: the knockout punch. Saul fell off his high horse and 401 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: came to the ground. That day was a turning point. 402 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: Saul became a follower of Christ. He went on to 403 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: become the apostle Paul, who wrote half of the books 404 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: in the New Testament. The greatest enemy of the Church, 405 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: became the greatest ally of the Church. God knows how 406 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: to knock out what's trying to stop you. It may 407 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: be a goliath, a person, or perhaps a sickness or 408 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: dead or trouble. I can imagine right now God rolling 409 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: up his sleeves, clenching his fist. You've stood strong, you've 410 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: been faithful. Now here comes the knockout punch, knocking out 411 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: the sickness, knocking out the dysfunction, knocking out the death, 412 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: knocking out those people, moving the wrong ones out of 413 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: your path, making a way, not where you have to go, 414 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: way around that obstacle. You can get there in a 415 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: year or two. No, God's about to turn the mountain 416 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: into a mole hill. He's gonna flatten out what looks 417 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: impossible so you can go straight to your destiny. Now 418 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: give him something to work with, just mustard seed, faith, 419 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of faith can move mountains, not complaining, 420 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: not talking about how bad it is, but how about 421 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,479 Speaker 1: talking about how great our God is. He's an enemy 422 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: to your enemies. You can stay in peace. You can 423 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: live from a place of trust, knowing that no mountain 424 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: can stand against you, that every high thing is being 425 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: brought low. God didn't bring you this far to leave 426 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: you now. I know, like Zaruba bel you may have 427 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: had some delays and people did you wrong. It hadn't 428 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: worked out. But what God started in your life, He's 429 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: going to finish. It's time to try it again. If 430 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: you'll do this, I believe declare, God's about to deliver 431 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: some knockout punches. He's gonna flatten out everything hindering you, 432 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: every mountain turned to a mole hill. Healing is coming, 433 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: freedom is coming, Favor is coming, the fullness of your 434 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can 435 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity 436 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 437 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 438 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 439 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer. We 440 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: believe you got born again and we'd love to send 441 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: you some free information on your new walk with the Lord. 442 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,360 Speaker 1: You can text the number on the screen or go 443 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: to the website. But I hope you'll get into a 444 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: good Bible based church and keep God first place. 445 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 2: Fear can be a powerful force, and we'll try to 446 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: make you feel alone stuck without hope. But fear doesn't 447 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 2: have to get the final say. There is a way out. 448 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. What 449 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: we focus on shapes our reality. In my new book, 450 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: No More Fear, you have the mind of Christ, I'll 451 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: show you how to silence fear and live boldly in 452 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: faith and confidence. Just like David said, though I walk 453 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: through the valley, I will not fear, you too can 454 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 1: walk through life's challenges without being paralyzed by fear. And 455 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: I can't promise you you'll never feel fear, but I can 456 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: teach you how to rise above it by dwelling on 457 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: what God says, learning to replace the anxious thoughts with 458 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: faith filled ones, you can live from a place of peace, 459 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: hour and purpose. 460 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank You for your gift 461 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 2: of any amount. This month, we would like to send 462 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book, No More Fear. You 463 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 2: have the mind of Christ. The Bible proclaims the Lord 464 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 2: is my Light and my Salvation. Whom shall I fear? 465 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 2: This powerful and practical book will help you silence doubt, 466 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 2: overcome anxiety, and step boldly into God's overcoming power when 467 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 2: fear whispers you can't. This devotional will stir your faith 468 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 2: to declare God will. Each page reminds you that you 469 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 2: weren't created to live in fear or despair. You were 470 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 2: created to live with passion, purpose, and confidence in God's 471 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 2: plans for your life. Let God's word equip you to 472 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 2: rise above fear and walk in victory. 473 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: Fear doesn't have the final say God does. Be bold, 474 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: be strong, and step up to who He made you 475 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: to be. Ftorne, I want you to know we're praying 476 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: for you and your family, believing for God's very best. 477 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. Your 478 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: generosity is helping people around the world. As we finish 479 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: this year, I hope you'll consider making a special year 480 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: in gift helps to keep the ministry strong. 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