1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life, said God, bless you. 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in today, and thank you again 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: for coming out. I'd like to start with something funny. 12 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: I heard about this burglar that broke into a house 13 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: one night. As he was stealing the stereo, he heard 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: a voice saying, Jesus is watching you. He froze in 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: his tracks, shined his flashlight and saw a parrot over 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: in the corner. He said, did you say that to me? 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: The parent said yes, I'm just trying to warn you. 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: He said, warn me, what are you talking about? Who 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: are you? The parrot said, my name is Moses. The 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: burglar laughed, said what kind of crazy people would name 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 1: a parent Moses. The parent said the same kind of 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: people that would name a one hundred and fifty pound rockweler. Jesus, 23 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about counted by the Creator. 31 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: It's easy to go through life feeling disqualified because of 32 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: the mistakes we've made, or negative things people have spoken 33 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: over us, or even our own thoughts, telling us what 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: we can't become. If we're not careful, we'll come up 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: with excuses as to why we can't accomplish our dreams, 36 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: why we can't rise any higher. In effect, were counting 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: ourselves out. In the scripture, the prophet Samuel came to 38 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: Jesse's house to choose one of his sons as the 39 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: next king. Jesse had seven of his eight sons lined up. 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: He was so proud of them. They were strong, talented, 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: good looking young men. Samuel was about to choose the 42 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: oldest son, Eliab. He was big, muscular, looked like he 43 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: just stepped out of a movie. But God said to Samuel, 44 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: don't judge by his appearance or height, for he is 45 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 1: not the one. The Lord doesn't see things the way 46 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: you see them. People judged by the outside, but God 47 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: looks on the inside. When Samuel heard this, he changed 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: his mind. He told Jesse that it wasn't any of 49 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: those sons. Well. Jesse had another son named David. He 50 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: was out in the shepherd's fields taking care of the sheep. 51 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: But in Jesse's mind, David didn't count. He was the youngest. 52 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,559 Speaker 1: David was small, not as strong, didn't have the experience. 53 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: Jesse thought, no use even bringing him in. He'll never 54 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: amount to much. But the moment Samuel saw David, he said, 55 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: that's the one. He's the next king. I'm sure Jesse 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: and the other brothers nearly passed out, thinking, are you kidding? 57 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: You mean it's David. They didn't count him. But the 58 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: good news is David was counted by the Creator. God 59 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: doesn't judge the way people judge. You may not have 60 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: the most talent, the best looks come from the most 61 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: influential family. That's okay. You've been counted by the one 62 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: who matters most. Now my challenge is, don't count yourself out. 63 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: I hear people say I'm too small, I don't have 64 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: a good personality. I come from the wrong family. Know, 65 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: when God created you, he put in you everything you 66 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: need to fulfill your destiny. That means if you don't 67 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: have it, you don't need it. If you needed to 68 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: be taller, you would be taller. If you needed more talent, 69 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: you would have more talent. If you needed to be 70 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: a different nationality, you would be one. You're not lacking. 71 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: You didn't get short changed. You've been fearfully and wonderfully made. 72 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: The creator of the universe has equipped you, empowered you 73 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: put seeds of greatness on the inside. He's saying you're 74 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: want of a kind a masterpiece. You have what it takes. 75 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: He's qualified you. Now, don't disqualify yourself. Don't stay focused 76 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: on what somebody else can do better. How your sister 77 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: has more talent, your friend has a better personality. That 78 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: may be true, but you're not running their race. You 79 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: don't need what they have. If you needed it, God 80 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: would have given it to you when the thoughts come 81 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: telling us you're too tall, too short, you're too young, 82 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: too old, you're not talented enough, not smart enough. Let 83 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: that go in one ear and out the other. If 84 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: you go through life feeling like you're lacking, you don't 85 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: measure up even though God has qualified you, you are 86 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: disqualifying yourself. And sometimes it's not our own thoughts, But 87 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: like with David, other people will try to discount us, 88 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: make us feel less than, like we don't measure up. 89 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: And this is what happened with my father. He was 90 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: raised in a very poor family. They were cotton farmers. 91 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: They lost everything during the Great Depression. At seventeen years 92 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: of age, my father gave his life to Christ, the 93 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: first one in the family, and God called him into 94 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: the ministry, put a big dream in his heart. He 95 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: knew one day he was going to touch the world. 96 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: He told his parents in his late teens that he 97 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: was going to leave the farm and become a minister. 98 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: He thought they'd be so excited, so happy for him, 99 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: but it was just the opposite. They said, John, you're 100 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: making a big mistake. We love you, but you're not 101 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: going to touch the world. We're just cotton farmers. This 102 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: is all we know how to do. We're not influential, 103 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 1: we don't have any money. You better stay here and 104 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: pick cotton with us. My father knew he was destined 105 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: to do something great, but they couldn't see it. They 106 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: discounted him. They were saying, John, you're not qualified, you 107 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: don't have the talent, the training, the influence. You come 108 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: from the wrong family. If you allow it, people will 109 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: put their limitations on you. They will try to talk 110 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: you out of your dreams. One of the best things 111 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: I have ever learned is people don't determine our destiny. 112 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: God does. People don't set the limits for our life. 113 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: They may try to talk you out of it and 114 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: tell you what you can't do. And I don't think 115 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 1: you're that talented. It's because God didn't put the dream 116 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: in them. He put the dream in you. You can't 117 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: expect everyone to be for you. They can't feel what 118 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: you feel. They don't see what you see. They don't 119 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: have the faith that you have. They will try to 120 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: discount you, tell you don't have what it takes. Don't 121 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: believe those lies. You don't need their approval, you have 122 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: God's approval. They'll discount you. But the one who matters, 123 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: the one who spoke worlds into existence, the one who 124 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: flung stars into space. When they count you out, he 125 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: counts you in. He says, you have what it takes. 126 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: You're well able, you will fulfill your destiny. You will 127 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: leave your mark on this generation. God has already counted you. 128 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: Now don't let other people discount you. Luke. Chapter nine, 129 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: Jesus had been teaching the people for most of the day, 130 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: was getting late, the sun was about to go down, 131 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: and everyone was very hungry. The disciples came and said, Jesus, 132 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: you need to dismiss the people. Them go find some food. 133 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: They were out in the middle of the country, nothing 134 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: to eat out there. Jesus said to the disciples, you 135 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: feed them. They said, what do you mean, we don't 136 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: have anything to eat. Jesus asked what they had, and 137 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: all they could find was a little boy's lunch, five 138 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: loaves of bread and two fish. The scripture says there 139 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: were five thousand men in attendance that day. That means 140 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: there were probably fifteen thousand people in total if you 141 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: counted the women and the children. And Jesus took the 142 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: little boy's lunch. You know the story. He prayed over it. 143 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: It multiplied and fed the thousands. The point I want 144 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: us to see is the one that wasn't counted had 145 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: the miracle. They counted the men, the five thousand, but 146 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: they didn't count the children. They thought they're too young, 147 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: no need to count them. Back in those days, women 148 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: were seen as second class, as less then they didn't 149 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: count the women. But God uses people that other people 150 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: don't count. One of the five thousand men could have 151 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: had a lunch, one of the disciples could have brought 152 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 1: something to eat that day. But God chose this child 153 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: specifically to let us know that when people leave you 154 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: out and say you don't have anything to offer, you're 155 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: too young, you're not important, you don't count. God says 156 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: you're a prime candidate for me to do something great. 157 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: I count people that other people don't count. Sometimes life 158 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: will say I'm not going to count you. You made 159 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: too many mistakes, you went through that divorce, you've got 160 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: that addiction. Life will try to push you down, discredit you, 161 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: make you feel like there's nothing good in your future. 162 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: Always remember when life counts you out, God counts you in. 163 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: He uses people that other people don't count. When my 164 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: father went to be with the Lord. Back in nineteen 165 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to to step 166 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: up and pasture the church. But I could hear these 167 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: voices trying to discount me, saying he doesn't have what 168 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: it takes. He hasn't been a seminary, he's not qualified, 169 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: he's too young, he doesn't count. But deep down I 170 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: could hear God saying, Joel, don't worry. I've got you covered. 171 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: Other people may not count you, but I count you. 172 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: I know what you're capable of. I can see your potential. 173 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: When people try to discount you, write you off. The 174 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: one who matters most, the great I am, write you in. 175 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: He didn't create you to be average, to be ordinary, 176 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: to just make it through life. He created you to excel, 177 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: to leave your fingerprint, to make this world a better place. 178 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: You have a destiny to fulfill. God has an assignment 179 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: for you to accomplish. You think about my father. He 180 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: was the least likely one to do something great. If 181 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: God were looking for a prominent pastor, surely he would 182 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: find someone with the appropriate background, the training, the influence, 183 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: the well to do family. That would make sense. But 184 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: Paul said in Corinthians, God deliberately chooses the least likely 185 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: to confound the wise. He chooses the weak to outshine 186 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: the strong. Out of the five thousand men listening to 187 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: Jesus that day, no doubt some of them were community leaders, 188 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: highly educated, respected, influential. You would have thought at least 189 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: one of them would have brought an ice chest filled 190 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: with sandwiches, snacks, water. They knew they were going to 191 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: be out in the country all day long. But the 192 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: one that had the miracle was the least likely, the 193 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: little boy. God used the weak to outshine the strong. 194 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: Could it be that you're not reaching your highest potential 195 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: because you feel like you're lacking in some area. You 196 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: don't count now, you're not sue in your dreams, You're 197 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: not excited about life. You need to have a new perspective. 198 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: You're a prime candidate for God to show out in 199 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: your life. You may feel weak, but God wants to 200 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: show himself strong. It may seem like you're the least likely. 201 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: God wants to do something so amazing in your life. 202 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: People around you can't even believe it. You got to 203 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: do your part and get your passion back. You have 204 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: everything you need to fulfill your destiny. You may have 205 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: made mistakes, but you didn't get disqualified. You may have 206 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: some flaws and weaknesses we all do, but that didn't 207 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: cancel your destiny. You may feel like life has left 208 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: you out, the odds are against you. The good news 209 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: is God is for you. He has the final say, 210 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: and he says, I count you in when other people 211 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: count you out. And you need to get ready. This 212 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: is a new day. You're about to see new doors 213 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: begin to open. God. God is about to multiply what 214 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: you have. He's going to take you from the back 215 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: to the front, from lack to abundance, from insignificance to 216 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: great influence. You've been counted, You've been qualified. What God 217 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: spoke over your life will come to pass. Those are 218 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: not just nice, kind encouraging words. That's a prophecy. If 219 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: you'll receive it and say yes, this is for me, 220 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 1: then you'll begin to see it happen. God will amaze 221 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: you with his goodness. Years ago, there was a young 222 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: lady that had a dream of becoming an actress, but 223 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: the problem was she was very small, under five feet tall. 224 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: All the experts told her she would never be successful 225 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: in her field because of her height, and that could 226 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: have been the end of the story. She moved on 227 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: and tried something else. But this young lady understood this principle. 228 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: She knew God uses people that other people don't count. 229 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: She had been disqualified by the expert, but she knew 230 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: she was qualified by the one who mattered most. And 231 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 1: against all odds, she started getting chosen for this role, 232 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: and another role, and another role. Helen Hayes went on 233 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: to become one of the greatest actresses of her time. 234 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: At one point she played the very acclaimed role of Mary, 235 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: Queen of Scotland, who was one of the tallest queens 236 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: that ever lived. Friends, when people count you out, God 237 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: counts you in. In the scripture, God told Jeremiah that 238 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 1: he was going to become a great prophet and speak 239 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: to the nations. Jeremiah was young, insecure. He said, God, 240 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: I can't do that. I'm too young. I'm afraid to 241 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: get up in front of people. I wouldn't know what 242 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: to say. God said Jeremiah, Say not that you're too young, 243 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: Say not that you're afraid. He was saying, Jeremiah, I 244 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't have asked you to do it if I didn't 245 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: already know you had the ability. The don't let negative 246 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: voices talk you out of your dreams. If I'd have 247 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: gone around saying I can't passor that church man, I've 248 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: never ministered before, I don't have the training, I don't 249 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: have the right personality, it would have kept me from 250 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: my destiny. And when you say I'm not that talented, 251 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: I've made too many mistakes. I don't have the right personality. 252 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: God says to you what he said to Jeremiah. Zip 253 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: it up. Say not I'm too short. Say not, I 254 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: don't have the talent. Say not, I can't accomplish my dreams. 255 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: Quit discounting yourself. You have the miracle, You have the 256 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: five loaves and the two fish. It may not seem 257 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: like much, you may not feel qualified. The odds are 258 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: against you. But this is where our God comes in. 259 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: He can take the little and multiply it. You don't 260 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: have to have a great gift for God to use 261 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: you in a great way. You can have a little talent, 262 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: a little training, a little influence, and like the little 263 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: boy's lunch, God can take it and multiply it. He 264 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: can open doors that you could have never opened. He 265 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: can bring talent out of you that you didn't know 266 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: you had. He can cause you to be at the 267 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: right place at the right time. Give you favor, honor, influence. 268 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: Don't go around feeling like you're at a disadvantage. Put 269 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: your shoulders back, hold your head up high. The most 270 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: High God has breathed life into you. He's crowned you 271 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: with his favor. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 272 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: You're not at a disadvantage. Other people may have not 273 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: counted you, but the one who matters, he counts you. 274 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: He writes you in when other people write you off. 275 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: I've learned God will never ask you to do something 276 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: and then not give you the ability to do it. 277 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: You may not feel like you have the confidence, the training, 278 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: the talent. I didn't when I stepped up. But this 279 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: is what faith is all about. You have to believe 280 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: it before you see it. I heard about this pastor 281 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: before the service. He gave a man that he knew 282 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: a one hundred dollar bill and asked him to secretly 283 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: put it in his wife's bible make sure she didn't 284 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: see it. During his message. He asked this lady to 285 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: stand up. He said, do you trust me? She said yes, 286 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: I do. He said, will you do what I asked? 287 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: She said, yes, I will. He said, then, please open 288 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: your bible and hand me a one hundred dollar bill. 289 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: She said, oh, I'm so sorry. I don't have one 290 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: hundred dollars in there. He said it again. Do you 291 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: trust me? Yes? I do. Will you do what I asked? Yes, 292 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: I will. Then please open your bible and hand me 293 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: a one hundred dollar bill. Frustrated, she opened her bible 294 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: and much to her surprise, there was one hundred dollars. 295 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: She shook her head and said, how did it get 296 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: in there? He smiled and said, I put it in there. 297 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: That's the way God is. He'll never ask you for 298 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: some without first putting it in you. When you know, 299 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: deep down you know you're supposed to take a step 300 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: of faith, you may not feel like you can do it. 301 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: Voices will try to discount you, tell you you're not qualified. 302 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: But if you'll dare take that step, you'll discover things 303 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: in you that you never knew you had. Say not, 304 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 1: I can't do it. The right attitude I can do 305 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: all things through Christ. Say not, I'm at a disadvantage. 306 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: The right attitude. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm 307 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: a child of the Most High God. Say not, I've 308 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: reached my limits. This is as good as it gets, Joel, 309 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: You know the right attitude. My best days are still 310 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: out in front of me. The path of the righteous 311 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: gets brighter and brighter. I'm excited about my future. This 312 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: is what a friend of mine did. He had a 313 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: dream of becoming a pastor, but he had a serious 314 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: problem with stuttering. It affected his self image to where 315 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: he'd hardly look at the eyes. At sixteen years of age, 316 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: his parents sent him to a very prestigious speech school. 317 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: The teachers carried around stopwatches. When a student got stuck, 318 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: they would time how long it would take them to 319 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: get the word out. That's how they tracked their progress. 320 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: The first day my friend was at the school, he 321 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: got stuck on the word thee. It took him one 322 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: minute and sixteen seconds to get it out. He had 323 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: a major stuttering problem. In the natural, you would think 324 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: you're not cut out to become a public speaker. You 325 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: can do something else, but you're not going to be 326 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: a pastor. He would have been one of the ones 327 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 1: not counted. He stutters, cross him off. But God uses 328 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: people that other people don't count When God put the 329 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: dream in your heart, he gave you the ability to 330 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: do it. But there will always be forces that try 331 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: to keep your potential from being released. The enemy would 332 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: love for your gift to stay hidden. He would love 333 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: for the best of you to never come out. And 334 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: just because you have a dream, just because God has 335 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: qualified you, doesn't mean that you're not going to have 336 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: to fight. You have to stand strong and be determined 337 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: to become all you were created to be. You can't 338 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: be weak, get discouraged because you had to set back, 339 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: fall into self pity. Now you have to dig your 340 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: heels in and say I am in it to win it. 341 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: This challenge is no match for me. I am more 342 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 1: than a conqueror. If God before me, who dare be 343 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: against me? I will fulfill my destiny. If you don't 344 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: talk to yourself the right way, negative thoughts will talk 345 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: to you. Just like you can talk to yourself out 346 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: of a dream, you can talk to yourself into a dream. 347 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: My friend, as a young man, he would get alone 348 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: in his house where nobody could hear him. He would 349 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: quote scriptures. Sometimes it would take five minutes to just 350 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: get one scripture out. He didn't get discouraged, he would 351 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: say things like, no weapon formed against me will prosper. 352 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: Thanks be to God who always causes me to triumph. 353 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: And it didn't happen overnight, but little by little he 354 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: got better and better. It amazed his teachers. Today he 355 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: can speak as clearly and fluently as can be, no stuttering. 356 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: Plus he's the pastor of a successful church. What am 357 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: I saying? When life counts you out, God counts you in. 358 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: Don't let negative thoughts, negative people keep you from stepping 359 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: into the fullness of your destiny. There will always be 360 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: voices telling you you're not qualified, you stutter, you've made 361 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: too many mistakes, you're too short, you're not that talented. 362 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: Those are all lies, trying to make you feel like 363 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: you don't count, so that the best of you never 364 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: comes out. Don't believe that. Don't fall into that trap. 365 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: Even way back with Moses, when God told him to go, 366 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: tell Pharaoh, let my people go. The first thing Moses 367 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: said was God, I can't do that. I stutter, I 368 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: don't speak well. It's easy to come up with excuses, 369 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: but I love the way God answered him back. He said, Moses, 370 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: who made your tongue? Who makes the death to hear? 371 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: Who makes the blind to see? He was saying, Moses, 372 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: who disqualified you, who left you out, who told you 373 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: you don't count. Don't you realize, Moses, I control the 374 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: whole universe when you believe I can make it happen. 375 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: Years before David was chosen to be king, the prophet 376 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: Samuel went to another young man named Saul and told 377 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: him he was going to be the next king. But 378 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: Saul said, Samuel, how can this be. I come from 379 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: the smallest tribe, and my family is the least important. 380 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: He was saying the same thing, I can't be a king. 381 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: I don't count. I don't come from an influential family. 382 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: We're not royal, We're just ordinary people. What's interesting is 383 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: Samuel didn't answer Saul. He didn't respond back to him. 384 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: When we come up with excuses and tell God why 385 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: we can't rise higher, God, I'm not that talented God. 386 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: I have this addiction. God, I come from the wrong family. 387 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: God doesn't say, yes, I understand you have a disadvantage. No, 388 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: our excuses don't phase God. He knows what he's put 389 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: in you. God can see your greatness. He sees the 390 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: royalty in your blood. He sees the potential you've not 391 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 1: yet tapped into our doubts, our fears, our insecurity. That 392 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: doesn't change God's mind. He's already laid out the plan 393 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: for your life. He's saying to you today, I've called 394 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: you to be a king, to be a queen, to 395 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: reign in life, to make a new standard for your family. 396 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: Why don't you lose the excuses and get an agreement 397 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: with God. Sometimes we think we're disqualified because of the 398 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: mistakes we've made. We don't count because we haven't lived 399 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 1: the right kind of life, and that's why we're kind 400 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: of sitting on the sidelines. But when God needed someone 401 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: to save the Israeli spies back in the Old Testament, 402 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: they were in the city of Jericho. Word got out 403 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: that they were there. Their cover was blown. Now they 404 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: were about to be captured. God could have chosen anyone 405 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: to help them, He's God. He could have had a 406 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: soldier help get them out, or a community leader to 407 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: secretly escort them out of the city. But he didn't 408 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: do that. God chose a woman by the name of Rahab. 409 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: She was a prostitute, not respected. Everyone looked down on her, 410 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: thought she'll never do anything significant. She doesn't count. But 411 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,959 Speaker 1: God doesn't judge the way people judge. People saw her shortcomings, 412 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: her failures, but God saw a diamond in the rough. 413 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: God saw her potential. He knew what she could become. 414 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: God looked down from heaven and said, I want to 415 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: use her. I can hear an angel say, excuse me, God, 416 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't mean the second. Yes you, but I think 417 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: you've chosen the wrong person. That lady is a notorious sinner. 418 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: She's made a mess of her life, she's disqualified. God said, no, 419 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: I didn't make a mistake. I choose people that other 420 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 1: people don't choose. Rayhab not only saved the spies, but 421 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: that ended up saving her own life, her own family. 422 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: Here's how amazing God is. Rayhab married a Jewish man. 423 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: They had a son named Boaz. Boas had a son 424 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: named Jesse. Jesse had a son named David. That means 425 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: that Rahab, the former prostitute, is in the family line 426 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ. God doesn't choose the way people choose. 427 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: You may have made mistakes, feel like you don't count. 428 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: You blew it? Can I tell you you've been counted 429 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: by the Creator. He's looking down from heaven right now, 430 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: calling your name, saying I choose you. I want you 431 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: to do something great. I have a destiny for you 432 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: to fulfill. I want to make your life significant. People 433 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: may have written you off, but God has written you in. 434 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: He's already qualified you. Now, don't disqualify yourself. Get up 435 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: every morning knowing that you've been counted by the one 436 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: who matters most. God has the final say. He says, 437 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: you're redeemed, You're forgiven, You're blessed. Your best days are 438 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: set out in front of you now. I believe in declare. 439 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: Dreams are coming back to life. Vision is being restored, 440 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: Hope is rising. You will become everything God created you 441 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: to be and have everything He intended for you to have. 442 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. If you receive it, can you say 443 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: him then today we never like to close our broadcast 444 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 445 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me, just say Lord, Jesus, 446 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 447 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 448 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 449 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place 450 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: he's going to take you, or you've never dreamed. 451 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 2: We all carry a mental picture of what our life 452 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 2: can be. Is yours limited? Do you picture yourself stuck, inadequate, defeated? 453 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,199 Speaker 2: Are you willing to change your mindset in order to 454 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 2: experience a life of blessing and abundance. 455 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: We all have a picture in our mind of ourself, 456 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: our family, our future. And if that picture is negative, 457 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: you see yourself at a disadvantage and your problem's too big, 458 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna limit your life. A new book, The Abundance 459 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: Mindset will help you see yourself the right way. You'll 460 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: chase those negative pictures. Start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, rising high, 461 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: or accomplishing dreams. Then things will begin to shift in 462 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: your favor. You have to see it on the inside 463 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: before it'll come to pass on the outside. We'll send 464 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: you the Mindset Journal too. These tools will help you 465 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: get your inner vision in the right place so you 466 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 1: can move into the favor and blessing that God has 467 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: for you. 468 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 469 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 470 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's book, The Abundance Mindset, and 471 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 2: this inspiring mindset journal, Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging 472 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: thoughts about how to move from fairly enough to more 473 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 2: than enough, how to be someone else's miracle and experience 474 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 2: miracles in your own life. 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Request your copies 480 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: today and begin to see a new mental picture of 481 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: yourself that will lead to new measures of blessing, favor, promotion, 482 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 2: and abundance. 483 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: Let's go into twenty twenty five with an abundant mindset. 484 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: I believe you're going to see the goodness of God 485 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: in new ways. Victoria and I want you to know 486 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: we pray for you and your family every day for 487 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: God's very best. We want to thank you for your 488 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: prayer and support. 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