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It's always a joy to come 44 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 4: into your homes and if you're ever in our area, 45 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: please stop by and be a part of one of 46 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 4: our services. I promise you will make you feel right 47 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 4: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, and 48 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 4: thank you again for coming out today. And I like 49 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 4: to start with something funny. I heard about this eighty 50 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: five year old man. He was out fishing one morning 51 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 4: and he heard this voice saying, pick me up. Looked around, 52 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 4: didn't see anybody, thought he was dreaming. Heard it again, 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 4: pick me up. He looked down and saw a frog. 54 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 4: He said in amazement, are you talking to me? The 55 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: frog said yes, pick me up and kiss me, and 56 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 4: I'll turn into a beautiful bride. The man quickly picked 57 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 4: the frog up and put him in his front pocket. 58 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 4: The frog said, hey, what are you doing. I said, 59 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 4: kiss me and I'll turn into a beautiful bride. The 60 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: man said no, thanks. At my age, I'd rather have 61 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 4: a talking frog. Hold your bibles up, say it like 62 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 4: it says. I am. I have what it says I have. 64 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 65 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly 66 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 4: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 67 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 4: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 68 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today. About prepared blessings. 69 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 4: When God laid out the plan for your life, he 70 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 4: lined up the right people, the right breaks, the right opportunities. 71 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 4: He has blessings that have your name on them. There 72 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 4: is promotion, contracts, a business, a spouse. He's already destined 73 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 4: them to be yours. And if you will stay in 74 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 4: faith and keep honoring God, one day you will come 75 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 4: in to what already belongs to you. It's a prepared blessing. 76 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 4: This is what happened way back with Adam and Eve. 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: In the Book of Genesis, it talks about how the 78 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 4: first five days God created the heavens, the earth, the sky, 79 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 4: the land, the water. When he finished the big things, 80 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 4: he didn't stop there. He started on the small things, 81 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,119 Speaker 4: the details. And God planted a garden. He put beautiful 82 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 4: flowers in it, luscious fruit. He designed these rivers to 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: flow through it. He put precious treasures in the ground, onyx, gold, silver. 84 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 4: He went to great links to make sure it was 85 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 4: exactly like he wanted it, down to the smallest details. 86 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 4: When he got finished with it, he put the last 87 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 4: touches on this magnificent garden. The scripture says he took Adam, 88 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: whom he had just breathed life into and put him 89 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 4: in the garden. Notice, Adam came in to a prepared blessing, 90 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 4: something that God had already finished for him. He didn't 91 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 4: get there and have to work night and day and 92 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: constantly struggle and think how am I going to survive? 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 4: There were fruit trees all around, crystal clear streams flowing 94 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 4: right before him, provision everywhere he looked. He didn't have 95 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 4: to live worried, thinking, well, I got food and water, 96 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 4: but how am I going to provide for my family? 97 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 4: How am I going to make a living? There were 98 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 4: resources at his disposal, onyx, gold, silver, Everything he needed 99 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 4: to live a victorious, abundant life was right there in 100 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 4: the garden. God had put it there, specifically prepared for him. 101 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 4: In the same way, God has some prepared blessings in 102 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 4: store for you. He's working behind the scenes, arranging things 103 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: in your favor, getting it all perfectly in place, and 104 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 4: at the right time, He's going to bring you into 105 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: your garden into what He's already finished. You couldn't make 106 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 4: it happen on your own. You didn't deserve it, you 107 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 4: didn't earn it. It's just the goodness of God bringing 108 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: you into a prepared blessing. When I was twenty two 109 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 4: years old, I walked into a jewelry store and met 110 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 4: Victoria for the first time. You know what, she was 111 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 4: a prepared blessing. Looked up and said, God, you did good. 112 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 4: There are hundreds of jewelry stores in a big city 113 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: like Houston that I could have gone into. But God 114 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 4: controls the universe. He knows how to bring you into 115 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 4: your garden. God said, in effect, Joel, I've got something 116 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 4: finished for you. You've been faithful, you've honored me. Now 117 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 4: I've got a prepared blessing that I'm ready to bring 118 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 4: you into it. God directed my steps. I met Victoria 119 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 4: that day, and my life and my checkbook have never 120 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 4: been the same. Well, Joel, I've been single so long. 121 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 4: I don't think I'll ever meet the right person. 122 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: No. 123 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 4: God has a husband, a wife that has your name 124 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 4: on it. God's getting it all prepared, and at the 125 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 4: right time, God will say, Okay, I'm done. Here's what 126 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 4: I've been working on. You'll meet the person of your dreams. 127 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 4: You'll say, like I did, God, this was worth waiting 128 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: for it. You outdid yourself. Don't get discouraged. You may 129 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 4: not see it anything happening. But God is working getting 130 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: your garden prepared. When it's finished, he's going to bring 131 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 4: you into it. You know what this building is, the 132 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 4: former Compact Center, a prepared blessing. We couldn't make this 133 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: happen on our own. God had been working on it 134 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: for over thirty years. When we needed it, God said, 135 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 4: all right, Lakewood, I'm going to bring you into what 136 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 4: I've already finished for you. We came into this beautiful garden, 137 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 4: the premier facility in the fourth largest city in America, 138 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 4: on the main freeway, nine thousand covered parking spaces. We 139 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 4: showed up and said, Wow, God, you've done more than 140 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 4: we can ask or think. What God has in store 141 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 4: for you will boggle your mind. Right now, God's getting 142 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: your garden prepared, putting in the right provision, lining up 143 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 4: the right people, and when it's fully in bloom, when 144 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 4: God gets it exactly like he wants it, He's going 145 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 4: to bring you into it. Suddenly you'll be Suddenly you 146 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 4: get the contract, Suddenly your health improves, Suddenly the problem 147 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 4: turns around. When you come into your garden, it's going 148 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 4: to be bigger, better, more rewarding than you ever imagine. 149 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 4: This is what God said in Deuteronomy chapter eight. I 150 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 4: am bringing you into a good land, a land where 151 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 4: you will eat bread without scarceness, A land with no shortage, 152 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 4: where you will not lack any good thing. Notice, in 153 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 4: the garden God has prepared for you, there is no shortage, 154 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 4: no shortage of resources, no shortage of opportunities, no shortage 155 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 4: of creativity, of friendships, of joy and peace. In your garden. 156 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 4: You will not lack any good thing. When you're a 157 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 4: tempted to get down or look at what you don't have, 158 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 4: no turn it around. Lord. I want to thank you 159 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 4: that you're bringing me into my garden, a land of 160 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 4: no shortage, a land where my gifts and talents will 161 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 4: come out to the full, A good land where I 162 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 4: will fulfill my destiny. A good land where I'll live healthy, 163 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 4: happy in home. A good land where my whole house 164 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 4: will honor you. A friend of mine comes from a 165 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: large family, and they immigrated here from another country. They 166 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 4: were very poor people and had not made much out 167 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 4: of their lives. They had a defeated mindset. He started 168 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 4: coming out to Lakewood and hearing about how we are 169 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: victors and not victims. One day a friend told him 170 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 4: about a job opportunity at the medical center cleaning equipment. 171 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 4: He went and interviewed and got the position. He was 172 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 4: working the graveyard shift overnight, making minimum wage, barely getting by, 173 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 4: but every once in a while they would have procedures 174 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 4: there at the hospital using that equipment that he cleaned. 175 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: He would watch very closely and study how the technicians 176 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 4: did it. At one point, one of the technicians took 177 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 4: another job. His supervisor had seen how dedicated and come 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 4: admitted he was, and even though he didn't have the 179 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 4: formal training, they promoted him and gave him that position. 180 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 4: He kept being faithful year after year. A couple of 181 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 4: years later the main technician left, they put him in 182 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 4: charge of the whole department. A few years after that, 183 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 4: he started thinking, if I could purchase this piece of equipment, 184 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 4: I could travel from hospital to hospital and do this 185 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 4: on my own. One afternoon, playing basketball with some friends, 186 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 4: he met this man that was a banker. He shared 187 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 4: his story how he wanted to start his own business 188 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 4: out of nowhere. The banker said, hey, I really like you. 189 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 4: Come by my bank tomorrow and we will loan you 190 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 4: the money. Things kept falling into place today, my friend 191 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 4: has an extremely successful large company. They were one of 192 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 4: the leaders in that field. What was that he came 193 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 4: into a prepared blessing. God had been getting his garden ready, 194 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 4: working at it, lining up the right people, putting him 195 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 4: at the right place, causing him to get good breaks. 196 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 4: After years of being faithful, God said, all right, your 197 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 4: garden is done. I'm going to bring you into what 198 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 4: I've already prepared, into a good land. Not where you're 199 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 4: cleaning the equipment, but where you own the equipment. Not 200 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 4: where you're working for the company, but where you run 201 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 4: the company. That's God's dream for your life, to bring 202 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 4: you into a garden of abundance, a garden filled with favor, 203 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 4: with opportunity, with good health, with great relationships. You may 204 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 4: not be there yet, but don't worry. Your garden is 205 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 4: on the way, David said in Psalm thirty one. God 206 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 4: has blessings stored up for those that love the Lord. 207 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 4: There are businesses stored up for you that God's about 208 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 4: to release. There is promotion stored up that has your 209 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 4: name on it, good health stored up, a new house 210 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 4: stored up, a spouse stored up. Because you love the Lord, 211 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 4: God is going to bring you into what he's already prepared. Like, 212 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 4: my friend, you've honored God, you've been faithful. Now you're 213 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 4: not going to have to go find the blessings. The 214 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 4: blessings are going to find you. Something is looking for 215 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 4: you right now. Not defeat, not like not bad breaks, 216 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 4: favors looking for you. Contracts are looking for you. Good 217 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: health is looking for you. You're going to come into your 218 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 4: garden a prepared blessing, something like you've never seen. Pastor 219 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 4: I know was about to build a new sanctuary. They 220 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 4: were starting to draw the plans and raise the funds. 221 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 4: One day, out of the blue, the mayor of his 222 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 4: city called and told how there was a group that 223 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 4: built a large building for a casino, but before they 224 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: could move in, it went bankrupt. They had forty acres 225 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 4: of parking. The building you could put four football fields inside. 226 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 4: It was just a few miles from his church. The 227 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 4: mayor asked if he would be interested in purchasing the facility. 228 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 4: The pastor thought it would cost forty fifty million dollars. 229 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 4: It was brand new, state of the art. The mayor said, no, 230 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 4: you can purchase it for under two million dollars. A 231 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 4: man that owned a production company heard that the pastor 232 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 4: was interested. He called and said, I've got a big 233 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 4: video screen one hundred and fifty feet wide used for 234 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 4: sports and concerts. I paid three million dollars for it new, 235 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 4: but I'll sell it to you for fifty thousand dollars. 236 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 4: Things kept falling into place. Instead of having to build 237 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 4: a new sanctuary, God dropped a much bigger, better property 238 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 4: into their hands. That was a blessing stored up God 239 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 4: had already prepared, and at the right time, God released it. 240 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 4: If you could see what God has stored up for you, 241 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 4: the people you're going to meet, the places you're going 242 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 4: to go, the good breaks that are going to find you, 243 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 4: you'd be amazed. It's going to be the surpassing greatness 244 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 4: of God's favor. But too often we make excuses. We 245 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: come up with reasons why this is not going to 246 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 4: happen for us. Well, Joel, it sounds good today, but 247 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 4: I don't have the training, the talent, the connections. Or 248 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 4: I come from the wrong family, I'm the wrong nationality, 249 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 4: I'm too short, I'll never come into my garden. No, 250 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 4: God is not limited by your circumstances, by your family, 251 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 4: by who's against you. When God breathed his life into you, 252 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 4: he put a blessing on you that overrides anything that 253 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 4: comes against you. The blessings God has stored up for 254 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 4: you cannot be stopped by people, by bad breaks, by injustice. 255 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 4: God has the final say, the garden he has prepared 256 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 4: for you, He has every intention of bringing you into it. 257 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 4: We see David in the scripture as a powerful king, 258 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 4: a great leader, one of the heroes of faith. But 259 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 4: David wasn't raised in a wealthy family, an influential family. 260 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: He wasn't trained to take the throne, just the opposite. 261 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 4: He came from a very poor family. He was the 262 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 4: eighth son of a man named Jesse. His brothers were 263 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 4: involved in the military, they had somewhat significant positions. David's 264 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 4: job was to take care of his father's sheep. He 265 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 4: was looked down on seeing his secondary His family thought, oh, 266 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 4: that's just David. Let's stick him out in the shepherd's fields. 267 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 4: He's never gonna amount to much in the natural. It 268 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 4: didn't look like David had much of a future. Came 269 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 4: from a low income family, no education. His own father 270 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 4: didn't believe in him. But just because people write you off, 271 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 4: doesn't mean God writes you off. Circumstances may look like 272 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 4: you're stuck too bad, you'll never rise higher, but that 273 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 4: doesn't change what God has prepared for you. The blessing 274 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 4: God put on you will override any curse. The blessing 275 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 4: will make up for what you didn't get, for who 276 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:02,359 Speaker 4: was against you, for any disadvantage. What God has prepared 277 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 4: is not affected by people or circumstances. His blessing will 278 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 4: cause you to step into the fullness of your destiny. 279 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 4: One day, the prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house to 280 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 4: anoint one of his sons as the next king of Israel. 281 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 4: Seven of these sons were lined up in the house. 282 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 4: Samuel had his bottle of oil. He went down the 283 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 4: row one by one, got to the first son. Samuel 284 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 4: turned the oil over, but the oil would not flow. 285 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 4: He knew that was not the right one. He went 286 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 4: to the next son, turned the bottle over, but again 287 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 4: the oil would not come out. He went down the 288 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 4: row again and again and again, same thing through all 289 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 4: seven sons. Samuel was kind of confused. He thought, I know, 290 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 4: God said, it's one of Jesse's sons, but the oil 291 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 4: just will not come out, he said, Jesse, I don't know, 292 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 4: maybe I missed it, but I know it's not any 293 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 4: of these sons. Jesse said, well, Samuel, I do have 294 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 4: one other son. His name is David. He's out in 295 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 4: the shepherd's fields. But I know it's not him. He's 296 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 4: the youngest, he's small, He's never gonna mount to much. 297 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 4: Samuel said, bring him in. David stood before him. Samuel 298 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 4: turned the bottle over and the oil began to flow 299 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 4: and flow and flow. He knew right then David was 300 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 4: the next team. Here's my point. You don't have to 301 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 4: worry about somebody else getting your blessing. The oil that's 302 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 4: been prepared for you will not flow to anyone else. 303 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 4: When Samuel tried to anoint those other sons, the oil 304 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: defied gravity. I can see Samuel turning the bottle over, 305 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 4: even hitting the end, trying to make it come out. 306 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 4: It would not flow until it recognized the person that 307 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 4: was supposed to be blessed. And when it's your time 308 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 4: to be blessed, don't worry nobody can take your blessing. Well, Joe, 309 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 4: my coworker got the promotion I deserved. I worked tarder, 310 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 4: but my supervisor overlooked me. No, if you didn't get it, 311 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 4: it wasn't supposed to be yours. Your oil will not 312 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 4: flow for anyone else. The blessing that belongs to you 313 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 4: will be your blessing. Nobody can take it. Three years 314 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 4: before this facility became available, the Houston Rockets basketball team 315 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 4: tried to move out. There was a vote for the 316 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 4: whole city to approve building a new basketball arena. It 317 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 4: seemed like a sure thing. The Rockets had won championships, 318 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 4: there was a new site for a downtown location. Most 319 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 4: people thought it would pass. But when the citizens voted, 320 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 4: much to everyone's surprise, they voted no. The Rockets couldn't 321 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,880 Speaker 4: move out. Looking back now, I believe it's because God 322 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: knew this building was supposed to be for Lakewood and 323 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 4: we weren't ready at that time. If that vote would 324 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 4: have passed, the Rockets would have moved out, they would 325 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 4: have sold it to someone else, and we wouldn't be 326 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 4: here today. We needed a few more years, so God 327 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 4: made sure the oil did not flow. What's destined to 328 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 4: be yours. Nobody else can have that house that has 329 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 4: your name on it. You're supposed to have. The oil's 330 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 4: not gonna flow to someone else. That promotion, that contract, 331 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 4: that husband, they have your name on them exclusively. That's 332 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 4: why you don't have to worry. You don't have to 333 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 4: get all upset. God's got you covered. Nobody's going to 334 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 4: get what belongs to you. When you see somebody being blessed, 335 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 4: they get a big contract, they have a baby, they 336 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 4: move into a new house, don't get jealous, like, oh, man, 337 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 4: I wish that happened for me. I go to church 338 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 4: more than they did. No, that doesn't have your name 339 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 4: on it. If it was supposed to be yours, the 340 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 4: oil would not have flowed. You can be happy for them, 341 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 4: knowing that what God has for you will be better 342 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 4: because it's prepared specifically for you. If if God were 343 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 4: to give you what shouldn't have been yours, it wouldn't 344 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 4: be a blessing, it would be a burden. You're not 345 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 4: anointed for it. It's not right for you. Well, joel 346 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 4: I wish I was married to Victoria. She's so beautiful. 347 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 4: She's a blessing to me. She'd be a burden to you. 348 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 4: You're not annoying it for her. She takes a mega anointing. Well, 349 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 4: joel I wish I was the pastor of that big church. 350 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 4: It's a blessing to me, it'd be a burden for you. 351 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 4: God has the right people lined up for you, the 352 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 4: right promotion, the right husband, the right gifts, the right breaks. 353 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 4: Nobody can take what's yours. Your oil is not going 354 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 4: to flow to someone else. And sometimes when we see 355 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 4: a person blest and they get a big promotion, we think, 356 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 4: for some reason, them being blessed is going to stop 357 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 4: God from doing something good to us, kind of like 358 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 4: they're using up all of God's favor. No, he has 359 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 4: an unlimited supply. He did it for them, he can 360 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 4: do it for you. Maybe you're single and you've been 361 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 4: believing to meet the right person for a long time 362 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 4: and one of your good friends just got married. It'd 363 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 4: be easy to be jealous, envious and think, oh man, 364 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 4: that's not fair. No, turn it around. God, you did 365 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 4: it for them. I know you can do it for me. 366 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 4: That person that has my name on it, they're coming in. 367 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 4: You don't have to covet what somebody else has. Don't 368 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 4: covet their spouse, or covet their gifts, or covet their 369 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 4: promotion anything they have. God has blessings specifically prepared for you. 370 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 4: Now our prayer should be, God, give me the blessings 371 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 4: you have prepared, not for my neighbor, not for my cousin, 372 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 4: not for my coworker. But God, bring me what you 373 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 4: have prepared for me. In the Scripture, the prophet Elijah 374 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 4: was living in a certain city in God said to him, 375 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 4: leave this place and go down to the brook Cherith, 376 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 4: for I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 377 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 4: When he got to the brook, every morning, just like clockwork, 378 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 4: the ravens brought him food. He had his provision, a 379 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 4: prepared blessing. Here's the key. Elijah didn't have to try 380 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 4: to find the ravens. He just had to get to 381 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 4: where God wanted him to be, and the ravens found 382 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 4: him in the same way. There is a place where 383 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 4: God has commanded you to be blessed. The ravens are 384 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 4: already there. Your provision favor abundance. The real question today 385 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 4: is will you do what's required to get to your 386 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 4: place of blessing. Elijah could have said God, I don't 387 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 4: want to leave. I'm comfortable. I like it here, my 388 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 4: friends are here. But if he would have stayed, he 389 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 4: would have missed where he was commanded to be blessed. 390 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 4: And sure he could have survived, he could have endured. 391 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 4: But if you want to see God's best, you gotta 392 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 4: be willing to do what God God's asking you to do. Maybe, 393 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 4: down deep, you know you're supposed to get awte from 394 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 4: some friends that are dragging you down a bad influence, 395 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 4: causing you to compromise. As long as you stay there, 396 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 4: you're going to miss your prepared blessing. Well, Joe, if 397 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 4: I make these changes, I won't have any friends. I'll 398 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 4: be lonely. You may be lonely for a season, but 399 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 4: God will always bring you new friends. Plus he will 400 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 4: bring you better friends. It may be difficult for a 401 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 4: period of time, but before long you will come in 402 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 4: to that commanded blessing where the ravens are greater opportunities, 403 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 4: greater fulfillment, greater relationships. And it may not be leaving 404 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,479 Speaker 4: a friend or moving physically, it may just be in 405 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 4: your mind. You need to leave the negative thoughts, leave 406 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,959 Speaker 4: the worry, leave the fear, leave the doubt, leave the anger, 407 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 4: the resentment. God has a place of abundance, but you've 408 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 4: got to be willing to leave what he asking you 409 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 4: to leave, or perhaps it could be for you. You 410 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 4: need to leave your comfort zone and take a step 411 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 4: of faith. You can't play it safe your whole life 412 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 4: and expect to reach your highest potential. Is there something 413 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 4: God's asking you to leave? When my father went to 414 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 4: be with the Lord back in nineteen ninety nine, I 415 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 4: knew I was supposed to step up and pasture the church, 416 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 4: but I was comfortable behind the scenes. I didn't want 417 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 4: to get out in front of people. I didn't think 418 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 4: I knew how to minister. It was much easier to 419 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 4: just stay where I was. And the truth is that 420 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: was my place of blessing for seventeen years. But I've 421 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 4: learned God likes to do new things. And at one 422 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 4: point the ravens quit coming to the brook. God told 423 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 4: Elijah leave the brook and go to the city of Zeapath. 424 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 4: I have a widow that's going to take care of you. 425 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 4: His place of blessing changed. He could have thought, I 426 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: know God sent me to this brook. These ravens have 427 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 4: fed me for years. I am not leaving. He would 428 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 4: have missed the new thing God wanted to do. Your 429 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 4: place of blessing can change, and for those seventeen years. 430 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 4: Behind the scenes, I was happy, fulfilled see in God's favor. 431 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 4: But when Daddy died, I could hear God whispering in 432 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 4: my spirit, saying, Joel, I'm moving you from behind the 433 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 4: scenes to out in front of the people. It was uncomfortable. 434 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 4: I didn't like it. I had to stretch myself, but 435 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 4: I stepped in to a prepared blessing, abundance, favor, influence 436 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 4: greater than I ever imagine. Don't hold on to the 437 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 4: old when you know God is leading you somewhere new, 438 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 4: be willing to take a step of faith. Get out 439 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 4: of that comfort zone. Don't stay stuck at a position 440 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 4: where you haven't grown in years and years. God has 441 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 4: some greater things in front of you, prepared blessings, but 442 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 4: you got to be willing to step into it. This 443 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 4: is what a lady did in the scripture by the 444 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 4: name of Ruth. After her husband and his brother were killed, 445 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 4: her mother in law, Naomi, decided to move back to 446 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 4: her original hometown. She didn't have any connections now that 447 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 4: both of her sons had died, and she told Ruth 448 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 4: and the other daughter in law, don't worry about me, 449 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 4: do your own thing, but I'm going to go back 450 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 4: to my original hometown. The other daughter in law left, 451 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 4: but Ruth knew deep down she was supposed to go 452 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 4: with Naomi and help take care of her. Naomi was 453 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 4: an older woman, so Ruth moved to Naomi's hometown. They 454 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 4: lived together. Every morning, Ruth would go out into the 455 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 4: fields and pick up the leftover wheat that the workers 456 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 4: had missed. That's how they survived. One day, the owner 457 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 4: of the field saw Ruth. He didn't know who she was, 458 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 4: but he told his workers to leave wheat on the 459 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 4: ground on purpose for Ruth. Now, when she went out, 460 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 4: the wheat was already there waiting for her a prepared blessing. Later, 461 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 4: that owner ended up marrying Ruth. Now Ruth didn't have 462 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 4: to work in the field anymore. She owned the field. 463 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 4: Here's what I'm saying. When you do what God asked 464 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 4: you to do, you move when He asked you to move, 465 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 4: You're willing to get out of your comfort zone. When 466 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 4: you get to your place of blessing, God will speak 467 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 4: to people to be good to you that have never 468 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 4: even met you. He will command his ravens to feed you. 469 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 4: In other words, good breaks will find you. Provision divine 470 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 4: connections supply. When you're in that place where you're commanded 471 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 4: to be blessed, you won't be able to outrun the 472 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 4: good things of God. Friends, there is a garden God 473 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 4: has prepared specifically for you, just like with Adam. He's 474 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 4: put resources in it, provision, opportunity, the right. Friends, you 475 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 4: need to get ready. God's about to bring you into 476 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,120 Speaker 4: what He's already finished for you. 477 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:00,239 Speaker 6: You. 478 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 4: It has your name on it. It's going to be bigger, better, 479 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 4: more rewarding than you ever imagine. Stay in faith, keep 480 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 4: doing what God's asking you to do. Be willing to 481 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 4: lead when he asked you to leave. If you'll do this, 482 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 4: I believe and declare you're coming into your garden favor 483 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 4: that you didn't deserve, good, breaks that you didn't earn, Provision, abundance, healing, restoration, 484 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 4: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you 485 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 4: receive it. Can you say amen? Today? We never like 486 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 4: to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to 487 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 4: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 488 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 4: with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 489 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and 490 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 4: savior friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe 491 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 4: you got born again. Get in a good Bible based church. 492 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 4: Keep God first place. He's going to take you places 493 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 4: you've never dreamed. 494 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 7: Thank you for listening to the Joel Loustin podcast. 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