1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. God 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God bless 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: you always a joy to come into your homes. 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: We love you. 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: by and be a part of one of our services. 10 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: But thank you so much for tuning in, and thank 12 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: you again for coming out today. 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: And I like to start with something funny. 14 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: And I heard about this new pastor. He was in town, 15 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: going from house to house inviting people to come to church. 16 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: He knocked on this one door and he could tell 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: someone was home, but no one would answer. 18 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 2: He took his business card and. 19 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: He wrote on the back the scripture reference Revelation three twenty. 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: He left it at the door. 21 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: The next Sunday, after service, the usher handed him that 22 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: same card and it had the scripture reference that's written 23 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: under it, Genesis three ten. 24 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: Here's what they say the pastor's words. 25 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: Revelation three twenty. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: If anyone answers, I will come in the reply. Genesis 27 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: three ten, it says I heard your voice, but I 28 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: was afraid because I was naked. 29 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: Hold up your Bible and say it like you mean it. 30 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 31 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 32 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 33 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,279 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 34 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. 35 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: bless you. I want to talk to. 37 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: You today about recognizing what you have. So often we 38 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: focus on what we don't have and how big our 39 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: obstacles are and how bad the economy is. Joel, I 40 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: don't have the connections. I've got this problem, but I 41 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: don't have anybody to help me. I've got this dream, 42 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: but I don't have the resources. Now here's what I've learned. 43 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: Everything you need to fulfill your destiny is within reach. 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: God will always use something that's close to you. It 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: may not look extraordinary. All David had was a slingshot, 46 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: and five stones looked ordinary. He could have thought, I'm 47 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: not going to face Goliath. That would be foolish. 48 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: I don't have a chance. 49 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: No, David recognized what he had. He knew those stones 50 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: that slingshot, even though they were ordinary, when he placed 51 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: them in God's hands, they would become extraordinary. 52 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: All Moses had was a stick. 53 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: It wasn't a fancy stick, wasn't covered with jewels and 54 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: made out of marble. It was just a plain, old, 55 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: ordinary stick. Here Froh and the enemy army was chasing 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: the Israelites. They were backed up at the Red Sea. 57 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: There were mountains on both sides, the sea in front. 58 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: Of them, the army behind them. It was a dead end. 59 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,839 Speaker 1: I'm sure Moses said, God, please send ten thousand angels 60 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: to defend us. God, please rain down fire on heaven. 61 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: God do something big. Yes, God was about to do 62 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: something big, but it started with something small. Sometimes we're 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: looking far away when we should be looking close to us. 64 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: God said, Moses, pick up that stick and hold it 65 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: up in the air. I can imagine Moses thinking, God, 66 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to do something supernatural, something big, and 67 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: you're telling me to hold up a stick to do 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: something ordinary. 69 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: Here's the key. 70 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: If you'll do the ordinary, then God will do the extraordinary. 71 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: If you'll do the natural, God will show up and 72 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: do the supernatural. Moses held up the rod and ordinary stick. 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: You know the story. The water's parted, the people went 74 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: through on dry ground. 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: But notice two things. 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: God use something ordinary, and God use something close to him. 77 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Could it be that you're looking far away when the 78 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: answer is right there close to you. Could it be 79 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: that you have the people that you need, that you 80 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: have opportunity for promotion, You have the answer, but you're 81 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: looking for something supernatural, something that will give your goosebumps, when. 82 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: The answer is very ordinary. 83 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: Now our prayer should be, God opened my eyes so 84 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: that I can see what I have at my disposal. God, 85 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,239 Speaker 1: help me to recognize the people you put. 86 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: In my life. 87 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: Help me to see the opportunities, the resources, the ideas 88 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: that will help further me. 89 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: Toward my divine destiny. 90 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: All through the scripture we can see how God used 91 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: ordinary things. One time, Sampson had thousands of Philistines coming 92 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: against him. Sampson didn't have any armor, he didn't have 93 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: a sword, no troops were backing him up. Looked like 94 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: he was as good as dead. What did Sampson do complain, 95 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: God is not fair. They've got these swords and shields. God, 96 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: They've got all this equipment, and I don't have anything. No, 97 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: Sampson understood this principle. He immediately began. 98 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: To look around. He knew what he needed would be 99 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 2: close to him. What did he see? A machine gun, 100 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: a case full of hand grenads? 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: No, he saw the jawbone of a donkey. Something ordinary. 102 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: Didn't look like much, but Sampson. 103 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: Believed that what God gave him would be exactly what 104 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: he needed. 105 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: The scripture says Sampson took the jawbone of the donkey 106 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: and defeated one thousand Philistines that were better equipped and 107 00:05:58,880 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: had more expertise. 108 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: I've learned it's. 109 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: Not so much what you have as it is does 110 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: it have God's anointing on it. You can have average talent, 111 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: but with the anointing of the Most High God, you 112 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: will go further. 113 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: Than someone that has exceptional talent. 114 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: Today, you may have an extraordinary problem, but because of 115 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: the blessing and favor of God on your life, he 116 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: can take an ordinary solution and cause you to be victorious. 117 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: Here's the question, do you recognize what you have? Are 118 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: you looking around? At what's at your disposal, at what's 119 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: close to you, the solution, the breakthrough, the new business, 120 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: the idea. 121 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 2: It is within your reach. 122 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: It may not seem like much compared to your situation. 123 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: It may look very small, but if. 124 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: You'll just dare use what you have, you can defeat 125 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: a giant with less equipment. Both David and Sampson went 126 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: to the battlefield without a shield, without a sword. They 127 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: didn't have helicopters backing them up. All they had was 128 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: a slingshot, the jawbone of the donkey. 129 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: But when you recognize God is the one that gave 130 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 2: it to you, you'll put your shoulders back. 131 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: You'll go out with confidence knowing that you've been equipped 132 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: by the creator of the universe. Well, you say, Joe, 133 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: this sounds good, but I don't have the resources. I 134 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: don't have the money, I don't have the talent. No, 135 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: do you have as much as the jawbone of a donkey? 136 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: Do you have as much as a slingshot? Today we 137 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: are talking about two people that simply took what they had, 138 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: and with the anointing of God, they made history. 139 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: We're still inspired by their stories. There is something in 140 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 2: your life right now. 141 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: That can cause you to be a history maker. God 142 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: has destined you to leave your mark on this generation. 143 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: You are not supposed to come and go and nobody 144 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: even knew you were here. You have seeds of greatness 145 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: on the inside. When your time is up, the world 146 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: should look back and say, Wow, they were a giant killer. 147 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: They were a history maker. They took new ground for 148 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: the kingdom. They left the legacy of faith and today. 149 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: Your dream may be big and your resources may be small, 150 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: but don't get discouraged. God is saying, if you will 151 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: use what you have, I will multiply your talent. I'll 152 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: multiply your resources. I'll multiply your influence. Let me prophesy it. 153 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: You will defeat giants with less equipment. 154 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 2: You will accomplish goals with less resources. 155 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: Those obstacles that are holding you back are not permanent. 156 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 2: They are temporary. 157 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: The giant may be big, but the power of the 158 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: most hied God in. 159 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 2: You is much much bigger. Now this is not the 160 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 2: time to make excuses. 161 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: This is not the time to let people talk you 162 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: out of it and settle for mediocrity. Now this is 163 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: the time to rise up, look around, recognize what you have, 164 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: everything you need to fulfill your destiny is within reach. 165 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: The prophet Joel said, not me, but another one. 166 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: He said, wake up the mighty men, wake up the 167 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: mighty women. Who are the mighty men the mighty women. 168 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: It's the people that realize they have the creator of 169 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: the universe breathing in their direction. It's the people that 170 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: recognize what they have. I have a friend that had a. 171 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: Dream to start his own business. 172 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: He needed a bank to get behind him to loaning 173 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: the money so he could get it off the ground. 174 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: So he went to his own bank that he'd used 175 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: for many years, but they turned him down. They said 176 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't a good idea. He went to another, and 177 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: another and another. They all said the same thing. It's 178 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: never going to work. But understand, God didn't put the 179 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: promise in somebody else. He put the promise in you. 180 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: Somebody else may not be able to see what you 181 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: can see. Don't get discouraged and let them talk you 182 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: out of it. Thirty one banks told him no, thirty 183 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: one Banks. 184 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: Said, it's not a good idea. It's never going to work. 185 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: Do you have to decide, are you going to believe 186 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: the report of people? 187 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: Are you going to believe the report of the Lord. 188 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: All he had was one hundred and fifty dollars. Really, 189 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: he needed several hundred thousand dollars to get it off 190 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: the ground the right way. But he took what he 191 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: had and bought a few supplies and got. 192 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 2: The business started. 193 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: His first client liked his work so much that they 194 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: gave him a one year contract. He took that contract 195 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: to the bank. Thirty one banks had said no, but 196 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: bank number thirty two said yes. Today he has a 197 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: multi million dollar, growing, successful business. What happened He defeated 198 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: a giant with less equipment when he recognized what he 199 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: had and took steps of faith to use it. That's 200 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: when God showed up and started breathing in his direction. 201 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: You may have a dream right now, but like him, 202 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: every voice is telling you it's never going to work. 203 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: It's not a good idea. You don't have enough people 204 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 2: behind you. Now, listen, God wouldn't have given you the dream. 205 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: He wouldn't have put the idea in your heart without 206 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: giving you the resources to see it come to pass. 207 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 2: Now, you've got to look around. 208 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 3: Now. 209 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: Understand, when God gives you a dream, he gives it 210 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: to you in seed form, in other words. If you 211 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: have a dream to have a big oak tree, God's 212 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: not going to give you a big oak tree. 213 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 2: He's going to give you an acorn. He's going to 214 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: give you something small. 215 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: But what God has given you, what's within your reach 216 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: right now. Those resources, if you will use them, they 217 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: have the potential to become what you're dreaming about. As 218 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: long as you sit back and say, well, I don't 219 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: have the connections, Joel. Everybody tells me it's not a 220 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: good idea. All I've got one hundred and fifty dollars. 221 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: All I've got this little bitty acorn. 222 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 2: Big deal. Use what you have. 223 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: God's in control. He's already lined up the right people. 224 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: The breaks you need are already in your future. Thirty 225 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: one banks may have told you no, but let me 226 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: tell you, Bank number thirty two is coming. Thirty one 227 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: banks may have said, not a good idea, but Bank 228 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: number thirty two is going to say, great idea, We're 229 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: on board. Don't let people talk you out of what 230 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: you know God put in your heart. I remember when 231 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: I was a little boy, we moved to another house, 232 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: a brand new house, and it was on the north 233 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: side of Houston, close to the new airport back then 234 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: in the sixties, and all around us there were trees 235 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: and woods and just big open fields. There were only 236 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: a few houses in our whole neighborhood. Nothing was really 237 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: built out. And right behind our property there were two 238 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: one acre lots that my father really wanted to buy, 239 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: felt very strongly about it. You could purchase them for 240 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 1: practically nothing, about two thousand dollars an acre. My father 241 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: told the man that built our house what he wanted 242 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: to do, and that builder said, why would you want 243 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: to do that? This property is not going anywhere. Plus 244 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a bunch of taxes and upkey, it's 245 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: not going to be a good investment at all. My 246 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: father thought, well, he's the expert. He knows what he's 247 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: talking about. The whole time down in here, an alarm 248 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: was going off, telling him, don't. 249 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 2: Listen to him. 250 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: This is a god given opportunity purchase the property. In 251 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: his heart, my father knew he was supposed to do it, 252 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: but he made the mistake of letting his head override 253 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: his heart. 254 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 2: He let the so called expert talk him out of it. 255 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: Twenty years later, all the houses in the neighborhood were 256 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: built out there were no more empty lots. 257 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 2: Do you know that property. 258 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: Increased in value fifty times what my father could have 259 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: bought it for. It went from two thousand and acre 260 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: to one hundred thousand and acre. My father was kicking 261 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: himself the whole time. He never did speak to our 262 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: builder again. 263 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: What's my point? 264 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: God has already put everything you need to be victorious 265 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: within your reach. Sometimes, like my father, we let people 266 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: talk us out of it. Sometimes because it's ordinary, we 267 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: miss what God wants to do. I'm asking you to 268 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: look around at what you have. Don't think that it's 269 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: way off in the future. One day I'll get a 270 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: good break. One day God will rain down manna from heaven. 271 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: One day I'll meet the right people. Now, Can I 272 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: tell you the right people are in your life? 273 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: Right now? 274 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: The opportunity for promotion is close to you. The solution 275 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: you're looking for is within your reach. 276 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: I know this gentleman. He's an attorney. 277 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: He's always had a desire to be in the sports industry. 278 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: His dream was to become an agent where he would 279 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: represent these ball players. But he didn't have any connections. 280 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: He didn't know the right people. He was working in 281 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: the small town that he grew up in Several times 282 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: a week he would go to the gym to play basketball. 283 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: He'd been playing with a group of men for some time. 284 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: One day after the game, an older gentleman said to him, 285 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: what do you do. He explained, I'm an attorney and 286 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: I practice corporate law, but my real dream is to 287 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: become a sports agent. That man's eyes lit up. He said, really, 288 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: my nephew is the number one college basketball player in 289 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: the nation and he was just asking me about someone 290 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: that could represent him. 291 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: I'll have him call you. 292 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: It was that one open door, that one connection that 293 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: led him to start his business. He represented that young man, 294 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: and today he is considered one of the leading sports 295 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: agents in the world. Friends, God has already planned out. 296 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: The right people for you. 297 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: He's already put in place everyone you're going to need. 298 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 2: To get to where you're supposed to be. 299 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Now, quit telling yourself I don't have the connections, I 300 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: don't know the right people. No, you may not, but 301 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: God does. You have friends in high places. 302 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 2: And I believe today that God. 303 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: Has placed people in your life that He's ordained to 304 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: be instrumental. But if you're not careful, you'll miss them. 305 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: We should go out each day with this understanding. What 306 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: I need is close to me. 307 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: It's not far off. 308 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,479 Speaker 1: In my life right now, are the right people, the breaks, 309 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: the opportunity for improvement, It's all within my reach. 310 00:16:58,200 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: So I'm going to be on the lookout. 311 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: I know this family, they had a strong desire to 312 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: help people in India. Their dream was to build Bible 313 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: schools and orphanages so they could help the needy people. 314 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: But this family, they weren't wealthy people. They owned a 315 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: scrap metal business. They made a modest living, but in 316 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: their heart they believed that one day they would be 317 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: able to make much bigger of a difference. The seed 318 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: was planted on the inside. The owner of the company, 319 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: this man. At one point he bought this huge supply 320 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: of old discarded lead batteries. They were from World War Two. 321 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: He paid two cents a pound for them. There's all 322 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: kinds of batteries, car batteries, tank batteries, motorcycle batteries. It 323 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: was literally hundreds and hundreds of truckloads worth of batteries. 324 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: They were piled several stories high, several hundred feet long. 325 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: This man thought that God would increase him, but it 326 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: was always way off in the future. 327 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: But one night this man had a dream. 328 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: In the dream, he saw himself digging through that pile 329 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: of batteries, and he found this one unusual small battery, 330 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: was very distinct looking. He woke up and heard the thought, 331 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: the treasure is in the batteries. The next day, he 332 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: and his teenage son went out and started digging and 333 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: digging through that mountain of batteries, trying to find that 334 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: battery that he had seen in the dream. Three days later, 335 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: toward the middle of the pile, they found that exact battery. 336 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: He took it to the expert and had him examine it. 337 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: The expert said, this is a motorcycle battery from World 338 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: War II. There's nothing special about it, just a lead 339 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: battery worth about two cents a pound. The man wasn't convinced. 340 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: He asked him to go back, take the cover off 341 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: of it, and examine it more thoroughly. The man did, 342 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: much to his surprise. He discovered that it wasn't filled 343 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: with lets, it was filled with silver. These were batteries 344 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: that the Germans tested to see if the silver would 345 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: do better in the cold than the lead. The experts said, 346 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: this is not worth a few cents. This is worth 347 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,719 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars. Well, that man had thousands and thousands 348 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: of batteries piled up back at his shop. It was 349 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: just like he won the lottery. God did exceedingly abundantly 350 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: above and beyond what am I saying? You don't know 351 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: what God has put in your path. You don't know 352 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: what's close to you. One idea, one phone call, one connection, 353 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: and you'll go from dreaming the dream to live in 354 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: the dream. I'm asking you to look around at what 355 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: you have. It's within reach, it's not far off in 356 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: the sweet by and by no right now, God has 357 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: opportunities in your path right now. 358 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: The right people are in your life. 359 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: God has deposited into you give talents, ideas, creativity. Resources 360 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: may not seem like much, but when you open them up, 361 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 1: so to speak, you're going to discover what God has 362 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: given you is not led its silver. 363 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: It's going to thrust you to a new level. 364 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: It's going to be one of those explosive blessings that 365 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: catapult you higher than you ever thought possible. Can you 366 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: get a vision for it? Will you look around at 367 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: what God's put. 368 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 2: In your life? 369 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: Well, Joel, I don't have a big pile of batteries. 370 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: I don't have a. 371 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: Bunch of resources. No, you just don't realize what you have. 372 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 2: In the scripture, there were four lepers that were sitting. 373 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: Outside the city gates. I'm sure they felt much the 374 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,719 Speaker 1: same way. All the odds were against them. An enemy 375 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: army had cut off the supply lines to the city. 376 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: It was just a matter of time before the whole 377 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: city would start to death. These lepers had two strikes 378 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,719 Speaker 1: against them. They not only had leprosy, but they were 379 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: out side the city gates because of their disease. That 380 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: meant when the enemy attacked, they would be the first 381 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: ones to be killed. And I'm sure for a while 382 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: they sat around and complained about how bad life was, 383 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: about how they were mistreated. If I just didn't have 384 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: this disease, if I was just born into a different family, 385 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:25,360 Speaker 1: if the economy wasn't bad. Remember, the answer is always 386 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: within reach. One of the lepers rose up, said, you 387 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: know what, if we're going to die, let's don't die 388 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: sitting down. 389 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: Let's get up and do something. 390 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: Let's march toward the enemy's camp and see what's going on. 391 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: They rose up. 392 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: And begin to march toward the enemy in the natural 393 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: they didn't have a chance. But know, when you do 394 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: the ordinary, God will do the extraordinary. The scripture says, 395 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: as they were marching, God multiplied the sound of their 396 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: footsteps and caused them to sound like a mighty army. 397 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: When the enemy heard it, they got scared to death. 398 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: They thought tens of thousands of troops were. 399 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 2: Coming against them. They took off running. 400 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: Those four lepers not only spared their own lives, but 401 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: they saved the lives of everyone in the city. They 402 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: went from being outcast to being heroes. What's my point? 403 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: The answer was close to them. It was their footsteps. 404 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: You may not have much, but I bet you have 405 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: your feet, you have your voice, you have your vision, 406 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: you have your spirit of faith. I'm trying to light 407 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: a fire on the inside. You have everything you need. 408 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: It's close to you. Quit saying this problem is too big. 409 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: This legal situation's gonna sink me. Joel, I'm never gonna 410 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: find the right property from my house for my business, 411 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: for my church. Listen, the creator of the universe has 412 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: already lined up everything that you need. God can cause 413 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: the sound of your footsteps to be multiplied. That means 414 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: God can make you bigger and more powerful than you 415 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: really are. God can multiply your strength, and multiply your talent, 416 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: and multiply your influence. 417 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 2: Friends, you have what you need. 418 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: You may have been through some bad breaks like these lepers. 419 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 2: Life may not have treated you fair. 420 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: You can either sit around and complain and let that 421 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: defeat you, or you can rise up like this one 422 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: leper and say, hey, wait a minute, I'm a child 423 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: of the most High God. I've got a destiny to fulfill. 424 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: Those that are for me are greater than those that 425 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: are against me. I'm not gonna sit around complaining about 426 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: what I don't have. I'm gonna start marching toward my destiny, 427 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: knowing that the creator of the universe is breathing in 428 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: my directions, knowing that Almighty God is multiplying what I have. 429 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: And if God before me, who dare be against me? 430 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: You got to rise up with that spirit of faith. 431 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: I loved the time in the scripture when Moses was 432 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: complaining about what he didn't have. He said, God, we 433 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: don't have the water, we don't have good food, we 434 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: don't have proper protection. God said, wait a minute, Moses, 435 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 1: what do you have in your hand? Moses said, God, 436 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: I've got this same stick that I had before. 437 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: It's just an ordinary stick. It's not much. 438 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: God said, Moses, throw it on the ground. He threw 439 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: it down and it turned into a snake. God said, 440 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: now Moses, pick it up. Don't you know it took 441 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: more faith to pick it up than it did to. 442 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 2: Throw it down. Now it was a snake. 443 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: He picked it up and it turned back into a stick. 444 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: God was saying, I can take something ordinary and turn 445 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: it into what you need. It may be a stick, 446 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: but if it needs to be a key to open 447 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: a door, I can turn it into a key. 448 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 2: If it needs to be. 449 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: A shield to protect you, I'll turn it into a shield. 450 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: If it needs to be instead of lead, I'll turn 451 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: it into silver. God is asking you today, what do 452 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: you have in your hand? Well, Joel, I just have 453 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: this high school diploma. I just don't have the connection. No, 454 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 1: get out of that defeated mentality. If you'll use what 455 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: you have, God will get you to where you're supposed 456 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: to be. He will become what you need. He is 457 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: called the Great. I am In other words, I am 458 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: anything you need. I am your peace, I am your restoration. 459 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: I am your breakthrough. I am your deliverer, I am 460 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 1: your increase, I am your victory. 461 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 2: My challenge is look around at what you have. 462 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: What you need is close to you, it's within reach. 463 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: Don't write it off because it's ordinary. David would have 464 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: never defeated Goliath. He would have never made history if 465 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: he had not recognized and ordinary sling shop was sent 466 00:25:58,800 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: by Almighty God. 467 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 2: Samson would have never. 468 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: Defeated the Philistines if he had not recognized the jawbone 469 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: of a donkey. Something ordinary would be instrumental in his destiny. 470 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: It wasn't a coincidence that the jawbone was there. God 471 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: put it there. And in the same way God has 472 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: put people in your life. He's put opportunity, he put resources. 473 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: May look insignificant, but with the anointing of God, it 474 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: will become significant. It will help you accomplish the extraordinary. Now, 475 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: I want to declare this over each one of you. 476 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: Like David, you will defeat giants with less equipment. You're 477 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 1: going to overcome obstacles that look insurmountable. You're going to 478 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: accomplish dreams that you thought were impossible. 479 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 2: You need to get ready. 480 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: God is about to open doors that no man can 481 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: shut You're going to step into a new level of 482 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: your destiny. Explosive blessings are come in your way, blessings 483 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: that are going to thrust. 484 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 2: You to a whole new level. 485 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: I believe it, and I declare it in the name 486 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: of Jesus. 487 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,719 Speaker 2: If you receive it, can you shout amen? 488 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 4: Well? 489 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 490 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 491 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? 492 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 493 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 494 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 495 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 496 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: Keep God first place. 497 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 2: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 498 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 3: What if what you imagine came to pass. What if 499 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 3: what you asked for turned out greater than what you 500 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 3: can see? What if you could plan for God's best 501 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 3: in your life. 502 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: We all have hopes and dreams and things were believing for. 503 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 2: But what God has. 504 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: In store for you is more than you can imagine. 505 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: When you start the year off in faith, believe in 506 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: for greater things, that's when God will exceed your expectations. 507 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: We love to send you our twenty twenty five More 508 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: to Imagine planner. You can write down your dreams and goals, 509 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: plus use it for your everyday activity and reminders. 510 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 4: It is so important to feed yourself hope and faith 511 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 4: on a daily basis. This planner is not only a calendar, 512 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 4: but it's filled with inspiration and scripture to help you 513 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 4: stay encouraged and keep believing for what God has put 514 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 4: in your heart. 515 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: He sees your faithfulness, how you're being your best each day. 516 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: You're going to see the goodness of God in new 517 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: ways in twenty twenty five. 518 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: As you support the ministry this month with a special 519 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 3: year end gift of any amount, we would like to 520 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 3: bless you with the More to Imagine twenty twenty five planner. 521 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 3: With a new planner, you can start each day writing 522 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 3: down the fresh vision God gives you, whether it's appointments, 523 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 3: daily tasks, or long term desires in your heart. Each 524 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 3: note be a testament to your faith. Included our handpicked 525 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 3: scriptures and uplifting reflections to empower you as you walk 526 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 3: this faith journey with Jesus, one day at a time. 527 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 4: Joel and I are standing in faith with you that 528 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 4: twenty twenty five will be a year of far and 529 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 4: beyond favor for you and your family. 530 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: We pray for you every day for God's very best, 531 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: and we want to thank you for your prayer and support, 532 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: especially your year end gifts. 533 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 2: You are impacting people all over the world. 534 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning, 535 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on SERIOUSXM. 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