1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 2: for supporting the ministry. 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: We believe you're going to have an. 5 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message now. God 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: bless you. 8 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 2: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 9 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 2: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 10 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I promise 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 2: you we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks so 12 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 13 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: out today. I like to start with something funny, and 14 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 2: I heard about this minister who was walking down the 15 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: street when he came upon this group of young boys 16 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: that were surrounding a small dog. He asked them what 17 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: they were doing. They explained they were having a contest 18 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: and whoever could tell the biggest lie would get to 19 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: keep the dog. The minister launched into a ten minute sermon, 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 2: starting with don't you know lying is a sin? And 21 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: ending with when I was your age, I never told 22 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: a lie. There was complete silence. Just when he thought 23 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 2: he'd gotten through to them, the youngest boy spoke up 24 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: and said, all right, give him the dog. Hold up 25 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 2: your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is 26 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 27 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 2: have what it says I have. I can do what 28 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 2: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 30 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 31 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. 32 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about becoming a miracle. 33 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: Many people right now are praying for a miracle. They're saying, God, 34 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: please send me a friend. God, I need help with 35 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: these children. 36 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: I need training God, I need a good break. 37 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 2: We have to realize we can become the miracle they need. 38 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: God uses people. 39 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: He has no hands to heal except our hands, no 40 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: voice to encourage except our voice, no arms to hug. 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 2: Accept our arms, and God will bring people across path 42 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: so we can be the answer to their prayer. You 43 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: may not realize it, but you are a miracle waiting 44 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: to happen. Somebody you know is lonely. They're praying for 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: a friend. You're the miracle that they're waiting for. Somebody 46 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 2: got a bad medical report, they're worried, praying, God please 47 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: send me a sign let me know that you're still 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: in control. You are that sign A simple phone call. Hey, 49 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: I'm thinking about you. I want to let you know 50 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 2: it's all going to work out. 51 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: You just became their miracle. 52 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: Somebody is discouraged, saying God, I don't understand this subject. 53 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: I'm not going to pass this course. God send me somebody. 54 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 2: You are that somebody. Take time to become the miracle. 55 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: Be aware of who's in your life. They're not thereby accident. 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 2: God put them there on purpose. It's because you. 57 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: Are full of miracles. There is healing in you. 58 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: There's restoration, there's friendship, there are new beginnings, and life 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: is so much more rewarding when you realize I can 60 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: be the answer to somebody's prayer. I can lift the fallen, 61 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: I can restore the broken, I can be kind to 62 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: a stranger. I can become someone's miracle. My brother Paul 63 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 2: is in Africa right now. Most of you know he's 64 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 2: a surgeon. For the next several months, he'll be operating 65 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: on less fortunate people way back in the middle of nowhere, 66 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: so remote village, hundreds. 67 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: Of miles from the nearest city. 68 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: The clinic is just a small tin building barely has electricity, 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: minimal medical supplies, only one doctor. On a recent visit, 70 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 2: a young man came in in the middle of the 71 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: night that had been gored by an elephant's tusk went 72 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: right through his midsection. Paul took him back to the 73 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: makeshift operating room to hopefully spare his life. The problem 74 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: was there was no blood in the blood supply to 75 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: replenish him with. 76 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: Paul could have thought, too bad. 77 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: I'd love to help you, but you're going to need 78 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: several pints of blood and it's just not your lucky day. 79 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: Before he operated. He took thirty minutes and gave his blood. 80 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: He operated on the young man, then replenish. 81 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: The blood he had lost with his own blood. What 82 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: was he doing becoming a miracle? He could have prayed, God, 83 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 2: he's in bad shape. 84 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: He sure needs a miracle. 85 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: No, Paul realized, I am his miracle. And we all 86 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: know that God can do great things. We know God 87 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: that can do miracles. But what I want us to 88 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 2: see is He's put miracles in you. You can be 89 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: the answer to someone's prayer. You can be the good 90 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: break they're looking for. You can be the help they've 91 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: been longing. To have, And it may not be something 92 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: as dramatic as saving their life. It may be just 93 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: teaching your coworker the skills, you know, helping that family 94 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 2: that's struggling with the rent, taking that young man to 95 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 2: baseball practice with your son each week. It's no big 96 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: deal to you, but it's a miracle to them. It's 97 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: what will push them toward their destiny. What kind of 98 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 2: world would this be if we all had the attitude 99 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 2: I am a miracle waiting to happen. I've heard it 100 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 2: said sometimes we don't need a miracle, We just need 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 2: each other. Look around at who's in your life, Listen 102 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: to what they're saying. 103 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Is there any way that you can help. 104 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: Can you put in a good word for them at 105 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 2: the office. Do they need a dress for a special 106 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 2: occasion and you've got a dozen in your closet you're 107 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: never going to wear. Do they live here alone their 108 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 2: families in another state? You could invite them to have 109 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 2: lunch with your family from time to time, make them 110 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 2: feel welcome. Those are opportunities to become a miracle. Good 111 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 2: friend of mine grew up in the projects, very poor, 112 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: came from a single parent family. There wasn't always stability 113 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: in the home. His dream was to become a television journalist. 114 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: He loved to read and write. Against all odds, he 115 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: got a scholarship to a major university. 116 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: He's African American. 117 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: He was accepted at this mostly white Ivy League school. 118 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: His roommate came from a very prestigious, influential family. He 119 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 2: came from just the opposite from the project, a low 120 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: income family. But these two young men hit it off 121 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: and became the best of friends. He told his roommate 122 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 2: his dream of becoming a journalist. His roommate said, if 123 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: you're going to be a journalist. 124 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: You've got to have a better vocabulary. You don't know 125 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: enough words. 126 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 2: Every day, this roommate would get the dictionary out and 127 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 2: teach his friend one new word, had him use it 128 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 2: in sentences all through the day. This went on for 129 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 2: four straight years. What was this roommate doing becoming a miracle? 130 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 2: He took time to care. He realized his friend was 131 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: in his life for a ree. Today, this young man 132 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: is one of the top newscasters in America. He works 133 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 2: for a major network, seen on one of the most 134 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: prestigious news programs. But I wonder where he would be 135 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 2: if his roommate had not taken. 136 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: Time to become a miracle. 137 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: When you say, Joel, I don't want to hear about 138 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: being a miracle. 139 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: I need a miracle. Here's the key. If you will 140 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: become a. 141 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: Miracle, God will always make sure that you have the 142 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: miracles that you need. As long as you're sowing these seeds, 143 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: the right people will be in your future, the right opportunities, 144 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 2: the breaks you need. God will get you to where 145 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: you're supposed to be. That's what it says in Proverbs eleven. 146 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 2: When you refresh others, you will be refreshed. 147 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: If you want your dream. 148 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: To come to pass, help somebody else's dream come to pass. 149 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: If you need a miracle, become a miracle. 150 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,239 Speaker 2: When you take time to invest in others, the seeds 151 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:00,679 Speaker 2: you sow will always come back to you. Two ladies 152 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: after the service a few years ago, and one of 153 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 2: them was a little older and one younger, and I 154 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: thought they were mother and daughter, but the older one said, no, 155 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: we're not, but she's just like my daughter. 156 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: And she told how before we moved the. 157 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: Church from the northeast location to this new facility, she 158 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: didn't know if she would be able to continue to come. 159 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 2: She's a widow and not used to driving on the freeways. 160 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: She was very concerned about it. One day, after service, 161 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 2: she was telling a group of friends her dilemma. This 162 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 2: young lady that she had never met before overheard what 163 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 2: she was saying. She stepped up and said, how about 164 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: I'll come pick you up. 165 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: Each Sunday and bring you The lady looked at her 166 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: very surprised. She said, are you serious? Where do you live? 167 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: Come to find out they live thirty minutes apart. But 168 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 2: that didn't stop this young lady. She could have thought, well, 169 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: I'd love to help you, but that's a long way. 170 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: I'm busy in my career and gas is really high. 171 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: Now she saw this as an opportunity to become a miracle. 172 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: Now every Sunday morning, like clockwork, she pulls up in 173 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: her driveway nine thirty in the morning brings her to church. 174 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: After this older lady told me the story, she hugged 175 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: this young girl and said, Joel, she's my miracle. You 176 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: can't help everyone, but you can't help someone. There are 177 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: people God has put in your path that are connected 178 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 2: to your destiny. As you help them rise higher, then 179 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 2: you will rise higher. As you meet their needs, God 180 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: will meet your needs. As you become a miracle, God 181 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: will give you miracles. 182 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: But just the opposite is true. If we're too busy 183 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: to help someone else, we're not going to have the 184 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: help we need. 185 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: If we're too caught up in our own dreams to 186 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: invest in others, or too worried about our own problems 187 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 2: to encourage somebody else, we're going to get stuck. Reaching 188 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 2: your highest potential is dependent on you helping someone else 189 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,239 Speaker 2: reach their potential. 190 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 1: It's like a boomerang. 191 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: When you help somebody else rise higher, it always comes 192 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: back to you, and you'll rise higher. Jesus told a 193 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 2: parable in Luke chapter ten about a man that was 194 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: walking down the road when he was attacked and beaten 195 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 2: by these bandits. 196 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: They left him on the ground almost dead. 197 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: In a little while, a priest came by, saw the 198 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 2: man from a distance, thought, boy, he's in bad shape. 199 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: He sure needs a miracle. I'll be praying for him. 200 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: Kept on going. Another man came by a levite. 201 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: He did a little better. 202 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 2: He went over to the man, checked him out, felt 203 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 2: sorry for him, thought, boy, this is really unfair. 204 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: I hope somebody helps him. 205 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: Went on down the road. The third man, a samaritan, 206 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 2: came by. Like the first two. He thought, boy, he 207 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 2: sure needs a miracle. But he took it one step 208 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 2: further and said, you know what, I am his miracle. 209 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:52,719 Speaker 1: I'm at the. 210 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: Right place at the right time. God put him in 211 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: my path so I can be a healer, so I 212 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 2: can be a restorer, so I can. 213 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: Give him a new beginning. 214 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 2: The Samaritan went to him, got down on his knees, 215 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 2: and began to care for him. He gave him water 216 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: from his canteen, took off his scarf, and bandaged up 217 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 2: his wounds. He then gently lifted him off the ground 218 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 2: placed him on his animal. He held him mile after 219 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: mile as they walked to the nearest city. They got 220 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: to the local inn the hotel. 221 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: He paid. 222 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 2: The owner said, you take care of him, let him 223 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 2: stay as long as he'd liked, give him anything that 224 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 2: he needs, and I promise you this, I'll come back 225 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 2: and pay for any extra expenses. My question today is 226 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: which man are you. It's easy to get so busy, Joel, 227 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: I don't have time to help others. I got my 228 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 2: own problems. No, helping others can be the key to 229 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: see in your situation. Turn around those people you see 230 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: that need encouragement, that need a ride, that needs you 231 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: to give blood, that need help, and accomplishing a dream, 232 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 2: those are opportunities for you to go to a higher level. 233 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: When you refresh others, you will be refreshed. 234 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: It's interesting. 235 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: The first example Jesus used was a priest. He couldn't stop. 236 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: He had to get to the temple. He had religious 237 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: duties to fulfill. Didn't have time to bother with this man. 238 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: After all, if he helped him, he might get his 239 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: white robe bloody, he might not look presentable at the temple. 240 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: Had all kinds of excuses. But can I tell you 241 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 2: true religion gets dirty. True religion doesn't hide behind stained 242 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 2: glass or fancy clothes. 243 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: It goes to where the needs are. 244 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 2: When you get down low to lift somebody up. In 245 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 2: God's eyes, you can't get any higher. The closest thing 246 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: to the heart of God is helping hurting people. When 247 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: you take time to restore the broken, you pour the 248 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 2: healing oil on their wounds, encouraging them, wiping away their tears, 249 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 2: letting them know that there are new beginnings. 250 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: That's the religion Jesus talked about. 251 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 2: True religion doesn't judge people to see if they deserve 252 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: our help. Well, she's in need, Joel, But I don't 253 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: think she's living the right kind of life. He's hurting, 254 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 2: but it's his own fault. He's got the addiction. They 255 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: brought the trouble on themselves. Now, Jesus said, it's the 256 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 2: sick who need the doctor, not the healthy. God didn't 257 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 2: call us to judge people. He called us to heal people. 258 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 2: He called us to restore people. He called us to 259 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: become their miracles. Anybody can find fault, anybody can be 260 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: critical and come up with. 261 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: Excuses to pass on by. That's easy. 262 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: But where are the people that will take time to care. 263 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 2: Where are the people that will get down and dirty 264 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 2: and help love them back into wholeness. This third man, 265 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 2: the Samaritan, he immediately went to the man and started 266 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 2: helping him, making a difference. 267 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: He didn't think twice. He became the miracle. 268 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 2: The kind of people I want us to be, not 269 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 2: passer buyers, not too busy in our career, too busy 270 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 2: with church work. Not people like the second man that 271 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 2: feel sorry for them. I wish it hadn't happened. I 272 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: feel bad. I'm will be praying. 273 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 3: Now. 274 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: Let's become the miracle. God is counting on us. You 275 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: can lift the falling, you can heal the hurting. You 276 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: can be a friend to the lonely. You can help 277 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 2: a dream come to pass. You are full of miracles. 278 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 2: Friend of mine young lady named Tammy Trent. She's a 279 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: popular Christian singer. She told how she and her husband 280 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: went to a tropical island for a vacation to celebrate 281 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 2: their eleventh anniversary. Her husband was a very skilled diver. 282 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: He could go underwater without an air tank for six 283 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 2: or seven minutes at a time. 284 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: They got to the beach on the. 285 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: First day, so excited and the husband jumped in the 286 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: water and started exploring the underwater caves. Tammy stayed on 287 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 2: the beach to enjoy the bu beautiful scenery. Ten minutes 288 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: went by and she didn't see a sign of her husband. 289 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: Got a little worried. Twenty minutes, still no sign. Thirty minutes, 290 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 2: still didn't see her husband. She began to panic. She 291 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: told the authorities. They sent out boats and started looking. 292 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: Hour after hour. 293 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: Long story short, her husband drowned. They found his body 294 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: the next day. Tammy was not only in shock, totally devastated, 295 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 2: but she was in this foreign country, all alone, with 296 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: nobody that she knew. Her parents immediately made arrangements to 297 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 2: come the next day. The problem is this all happened 298 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 2: on September tenth, two thousand and one. The next day 299 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 2: was nine to eleven. All flights were grounded. She was 300 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: there for days by herself. She felt alone and forgotten. 301 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 2: She was so numb she couldn't even think straight. She 302 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: finally was able to pray and said, God, if you 303 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: still care, send somebody to help me. God sends somebody 304 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 2: to let me know that. 305 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: You're still there. 306 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: A few minutes there was a knock on her hotel door. 307 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 2: It was the housekeeper. She was an older Jamaican woman. 308 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: She said, I don't mean to get in. 309 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 2: Your business, but when I was cleaning the room next door, 310 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: I couldn't help, but hear you crying through the walls, 311 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 2: and I was wondering if there's anything that I could 312 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 2: pray with you about. Tammy told her what had happened, 313 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: and this older Jamaican housekeeper put her loving arms around. 314 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: Tammy and held her like she was her own daughter. 315 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 2: That moment, thousands of miles from home, Tammy knew that 316 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: God was still in control to see this housekeeper. 317 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: She took time to be a healer. 318 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: She was sensitive to the needs around her, even hearing 319 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 2: the cries from another room, She knew one reason she 320 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: was here on earth was to help wipe away the tears. 321 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 2: That day she poured healing oil on Tammy's wound. 322 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: She became a. 323 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 2: Miracle, and the scripture talks about how one day God 324 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 2: will wipe away all the tears. There will be no tragedy, 325 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 2: no more sickness, no more pain. But in the meantime, 326 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 2: God is counting on you and me to wipe away 327 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 2: those tears. Are you lifting the falling? Are you restoring 328 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 2: the broken? Are you taking time to help somebody in need. 329 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 2: It's great to come to church and celebrate. This is important. 330 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 2: We come to be encouraged and filled up and strengthened. 331 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 2: But our real assignment begins when we leave this building. 332 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 2: Look around and find the discouraged. Listen for the cries 333 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 2: for help. You may not hear them with your ears, 334 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 2: but you can hear them with your heart. You see, 335 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 2: when somebody's down, all of a sudden, you feel that 336 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 2: compassion flowing out to them. You think, man I need 337 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 2: to take them out to dinner. I need to go 338 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 2: encourage them. Don't put it off, don't be a passer buyer. 339 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 2: That's God wanting you to bring healing. There's a tear 340 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: that needs to be wiped away. Years ago, I went 341 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 2: into this restaurant to eat lunch. It was a little 342 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 2: diner and you order your food up at the front, 343 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 2: and as I was walking to the counter, I saw 344 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 2: this man sitting at a table by himself. Now her 345 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 2: eyes met, he nodded at me, and when they did, 346 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 2: I immediately felt a compassion toward him. I knew I 347 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 2: was supposed to encourage him in some way, but he 348 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: was dressed in a nice suit. He looked well to do, 349 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: and I was in my shorts and had our son 350 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 2: Jonathan with me. He was about two years old at 351 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 2: the time, and I thought, I'm not going to go 352 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 2: encourage him. He's doing just fine. Kept putting it off 353 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 2: and putting it off, but I couldn't get away from it. 354 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: Ordered my food on the way out. 355 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 2: Since he had nodded at me, I decided to stop 356 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: by his table, and just being friendly, I said hello 357 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 2: and ask him how it was going. He kind of 358 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 2: laughed and said not very well. Things are kind of rough. 359 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: I didn't think much about it. I just smiled and said, well, 360 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: I know this. It's going to get better. He thanked 361 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 2: me as the end of the conversation ten to fifteen seconds, 362 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 2: and I left. A few months later, I received a 363 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 2: letter in the mail from him. He told how he 364 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 2: was at the lowest point of his life at that time. 365 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 2: He's going through a divorce. This whole world had fallen 366 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 2: apart for months. 367 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: He had been in depression. 368 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 2: But he said, when you made that statement that it's 369 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: going to get better, it was like something reignited on 370 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 2: the inside. That day was a turning point in his life. 371 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: He came out of the depression. He got his fire back. 372 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 2: Today he's moving forward. Here's what I want you to see. 373 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 2: I didn't say anything profound. I didn't feel chill bumps 374 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 2: when I said it. I simply took time to show 375 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: him that I cared. We don't realize what we carry. 376 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 2: We've got the most powerful force in the universe. 377 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 1: On the inside. 378 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: What may seem ordinary to us, no big deal, But 379 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 2: when God breathes on it, it becomes extraordinary. 380 00:19:58,359 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: It can be life giving. 381 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 2: A simple act of kindness, simple hug, words of encouragement, 382 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: letting somebody know that you care. 383 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: That can be the spark that brings them back to life. 384 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 2: Nineteen ninety five, a young lady gave birth to baby 385 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 2: twin girls. They were born very premature. One of them 386 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: was diagnosed with a severe heart problem and wasn't expected 387 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: to live. The hospital's policy was to keep the babies 388 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 2: in separate incubators. Several days passed and this one baby 389 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: continued to go downhill was very close to death. One 390 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 2: of the nurses felt strongly that the babies should be 391 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 2: put in the same incubator like they were in their 392 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 2: mother's womb. After much hard work and much persuasion, she 393 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: convinced the hospital to make an exception to their policy, 394 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 2: and the babies were put in the same incubator, side 395 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 2: by side. 396 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: Overnight. 397 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: Somehow, the healthy baby managed to put her arm around 398 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 2: her little sick sister. Much to everyone's surprise, that little 399 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 2: sister health started to improve. Her temperature came back to normal, 400 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 2: her heart stabilized. Little by little. Day after day, she 401 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 2: got better and better. Today, both of those young ladies 402 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 2: are perfectly healthy. I brought a picture of the babies 403 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 2: right here is called the rescuing hug. 404 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 405 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 2: We don't always see how powerful we really are. God 406 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: has put healing in you. Your hugs can cause people 407 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: to get better. Your kind words can put people back 408 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 2: on their feet. The scripture says, a gentle tongue brings 409 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 2: healing a phone call, giving them a ride, taking them 410 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 2: out to dinner, encouraging them in their dreams. 411 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: There are miracles in you waiting to happen. 412 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 2: Some people just need to know that you believe in 413 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 2: them when you tell them, hey, you're amazing, You're gonna 414 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 2: do great things. I'm praying for you. That may seem 415 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 2: simple to you, but to the other person it can 416 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: be life giving. It can help them blossom into all 417 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 2: they were created to be. One time in the scripture, 418 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 2: Moses was on the top of this big hill watching 419 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 2: a battle that was taking place. He was holding his 420 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 2: rod up in the air. As long as he had 421 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 2: his rod up, the Israelites were winning, but the battle 422 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: went on hour after hour, and he got tired. Every 423 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 2: time he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start 424 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 2: to win. Finally, Moses couldn't take it any longer. He 425 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 2: was too tired. His brother Aaron and a friend her 426 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 2: were at the bottom of the mountain watching all this 427 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: take place. They could have prayed, God, we need a miracle. God, 428 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 2: keep the Amalekites from defeating us. Now they had this attitude, 429 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 2: we can become the miracle. They rushed up to the 430 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 2: top of the hill. God on each side of Moses, 431 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 2: and they held his hands in the air. Because they 432 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 2: became the miracle, the Israelites won the victory. There are 433 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 2: people God puts in our path that need us to 434 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: hold up their hands. 435 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: They're not going to win by themselves. 436 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: They need your encouragement. They need your rescuing hug. They 437 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 2: need to know that you care. They're praying for a miracle. 438 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 2: Don't miss the opportunity. Do like erin in her and 439 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 2: become the miracle. I saw a report on the news 440 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 2: a while back. It's about a young lady named Megan. 441 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 2: She was a junior in high school and a star 442 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 2: long distance runner on the track team. At the state 443 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 2: track final, she had already won first place in the 444 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 2: sixteen hundred meter race. Now she was competing in the 445 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 2: thirty two hundred meter and she came around the final 446 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: curve about fifty meters from the finish line, she saw 447 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 2: the girl in front of her start to wabble, her 448 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 2: knees begin to buckle. She couldn't run in a straight 449 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 2: line finally fell to the ground. What happened next made 450 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: news around the world. Instead of Megan passing her by, 451 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: seeing that as an opportunity to beat another runner, Megan 452 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,159 Speaker 2: stopped running, went over to the girl, picked her up 453 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 2: off the ground, put her arm around her shoulders, and 454 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 2: begin to carry her toward the finish line. The people 455 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: in the stands begin to cheer. There wasn't a dry 456 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: eye in the place. When she got to the finish line, 457 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: Megan turned so her opponent could cross the line in 458 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 2: front of her. Technically, they should have both been disqualified 459 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: because you're not allowed to touch another runner, but the 460 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 2: state made an exception and gave them both a finishing time. 461 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: Megan said afterward, helping her cross that finish line was 462 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 2: more satisfying to me than winning the state championship. It's 463 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 2: great to receive a miracle, but there's no greater feeling 464 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 2: than to become a miracle. Who are you carrying, who 465 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 2: are you lifting up? Who are you helping to cross 466 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 2: that finish line? Your destiny is connected to helping others. 467 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: Isaiah put it this way. 468 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 2: When you feed the hungry, when you clothe the naked, 469 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 2: when you help those in need, then your light will 470 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly come. 471 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 2: If you will make it your business to become a miracle, 472 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 2: God will make it his business to give you miracles. 473 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 2: You will never lack his blessings in favor. Friends, you 474 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 2: are the answer to somebody's prayer. You can give a 475 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 2: rescuing hug this week. You can help a friend cross 476 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 2: the finish line. You are the miracle that they're believing for. 477 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 2: When you go out each day, have this attitude, I'm 478 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 2: a miracle waiting to happen. And if you will live 479 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: not thinking about how you can get a miracle, but 480 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 2: how you can become a miracle, then I believe and declare, 481 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 2: just like God promised, your light is. 482 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: Going to break forth like the dawn. 483 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 2: Your healing, your promotion, your vindication will quickly come. You 484 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 2: will rise high, overcome every obstacle, and become everything that 485 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: God's created you to be in Jesus' name. 486 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 1: If you receive it, can you say then today. 487 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 488 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 489 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 490 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. 491 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 492 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 493 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 2: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 494 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 2: God's first place. 495 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 496 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 4: Sometimes the circumstances of life can be overwhelmingly negative. What 497 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 4: should we do when we experience these kinds of negative 498 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 4: reports and realities? 499 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: Our life is like a container. It can only hold 500 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: so much. 501 00:26:56,080 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 2: When we allow negative things in, like worry, guilt, and unforgiveness, 502 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: that's taking up space for the good things that belong 503 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 2: to you. That's why I wrote my book, Empty Out 504 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 2: the Negative. I'll show you how to get rid of 505 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: what's limiting you so you can live a victorious, fulfilled life. 506 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 3: When you make room for joy, peace and faith, God 507 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 3: will fill you afresh and anews. 508 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 4: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 509 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 4: of any amount to the ministry this month, Joel and 510 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 4: Victoria would like to send you this powerful book empty 511 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 4: out the negative, empty out fear, and replace it with faith. 512 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 4: My doctor, he said, I went in there. 513 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: And there is no cancer in your body. 514 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 4: Empty out a hurt filled childhood, and replace it with confidence. 515 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 4: So I took what Joel said and I physically replaced 516 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 4: them with I am strong, I am worthy. 517 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: I started saying those over and over and over. 518 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 4: Empty out broken relationships and find renewed love. 519 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 5: In a world that's just so full of so much 520 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: noise and negativity and hatred, And just to come and 521 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 5: have so much encouragement filled into you. You know, it's 522 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 5: something I've never had in my whole life. 523 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 2: Are you holding onto things that are weighing you down? 524 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 2: It's time to empty that out so you can live 525 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 2: a positive, faith filled line. 526 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 3: Joel and I pray for you every day. We're believing 527 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 3: for God's very best for you and your family. You 528 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 3: know we appreciate your prayers and your support. Your generosity 529 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 3: is impacting so many lives. 530 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 2: Remember you can watch the Services online every Sunday morning, 531 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious Exam, watch the 532 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: new Joel Loastin Network streaming on television. But until we 533 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 2: see you next week, Now, the Lord bless you and 534 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: keep you. 535 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of Empty Out the 536 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 4: Negative today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight eight 537 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 4: eight five six seven Joel