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You can download our YouTube 57 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 5: channel watch the message at anytime, or you can follow 58 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 5: us on social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. 59 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 5: But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 60 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 5: again for coming out in person. I like to start 61 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: with something funny, and I heard about this little girl. 62 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: She was sitting on her grandfather's lap. 63 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 5: She noticed how wrinkled his face was, and she contemplated 64 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 5: the difference between his and hers. 65 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 3: She said, granddaddy, did God make you? 66 00:02:59,680 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 6: He can? 67 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 5: I laughed and said, yes, honey, he made me a 68 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 5: long time ago. 69 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: She then asked, did God make me? He said yes, he. 70 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 5: Made you just a little while ago. She thought about 71 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 5: it a minute and said, Granddaddy, God's getting. 72 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: Better, isn't he. 73 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 5: Say like you mean it? This is my Bible. I 74 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 5: am what it says I am. I have what it 75 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 5: says I have. I can do what it says I 76 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 77 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 5: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 78 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 79 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 80 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 5: discover your greatness. Saul was the leader of Israel for 81 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 5: forty days. A giant named Goliath came out in the 82 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 5: morning and the evening to taunt the Israelites. His size 83 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: and strength, coupled with his intimidating threats, paralyzed the Israeli army. 84 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 5: That is until a teenager named David showed up to 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 5: bring lunch to his brothers. When he heard the insults 86 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 5: from Goliath, saw the soldiers running in fear, something rose 87 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 5: up on the inside. He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine? 88 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 5: That he would defy the armies of the Living God. 89 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 5: He went out to face Goliath, not wearing any armor, 90 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 5: still dressed as a shepherd from taking care of his 91 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 5: father's sheep, not with a sword or a spear, but 92 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 5: with a slingshot that he had used to keep lions 93 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 5: and bear from his sheep. He picked up five smooth 94 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 5: stones and ran toward the giant. Saul and his men 95 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: were watching this drama play out, intently, certain that David 96 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 5: was about to be crushed. But David slung a rock 97 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 5: with such skill and such force it hit Goliath in 98 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 5: the forehead and knocked him unconscious. 99 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: Saul stood there in disbelief. 100 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 5: He couldn't understand it. How did David learn to fight 101 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 5: like a warrior? Where did he learn to speak so 102 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 5: powerfully that he had both camps, the Israelis and the 103 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 5: Philistines spellbound. 104 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: Where did he get this confidence, this leadership who trained him? 105 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 5: He went over to David and didn't say wow, congratulations, 106 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 5: that was so awesome. Thank you for stepping up, He said. David, 107 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 5: tell me about your father. He was saying, where do 108 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 5: you come from? How could you do this? You must 109 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: have an incredible father. David said. His name is Jesse. 110 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 5: We live in the city of Bethlehem. I can imagine 111 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 5: Saul telling an assistant find out about Jesse. 112 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 3: I want to know everything. The research comes back. 113 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 5: He's a shepherd, he comes from an ordinary family, lives 114 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 5: in a typical house, shops at Walmart eats at Chick 115 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 5: fil A, watches the Kardashians. There's nothing significant about him. 116 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 5: Saul was perplexed. 117 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: How could this teenager have such greatness in him? 118 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 5: How could he rise up and become a hero when 119 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 5: he comes from an average family. 120 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 3: The reason Saul was confused was David didn't give him 121 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 3: the whole answer. 122 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 5: He told him about Jesse, who his natural father was, 123 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,679 Speaker 5: but he didn't tell him about his heavenly father. Your greatness, 124 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 5: your courage, the hero in you. It doesn't come from 125 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 5: your natural father. The scripture says, every good gift comes 126 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 5: from your father in heaven above. 127 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 3: Now, Jesse was a good father. 128 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 5: He did his best to care for his family. He 129 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 5: had David take lunch to his brothers. He wanted to 130 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 5: make sure they were okay. But like any of us, 131 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 5: Jesse had shortcomings. He had limitations. He didn't speak faith 132 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 5: into David. He didn't encourage him to go after his dreams. 133 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 5: When the prophet Samuel showed up at his house to 134 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 5: anoint the next king of Israel, Jesse didn't bring David 135 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 5: in from the shepherd's fields. He didn't think David was 136 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 5: king material. He thought David, he's too small, too young. 137 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 5: He's not that talented. He'll never do anything great, he 138 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 5: discounted David. The good news is people don't determine your destiny, 139 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 5: your gifts, your talents, your potential, the king in you, 140 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 5: it comes from your heavenly father. That's why Saul was confused. 141 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 5: He saw greatness in David. He knew there was a 142 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 5: king in him, a world changer. He thought, am I 143 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 5: missing something? Isn't this Jesse's son? Doesn't he come from 144 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 5: an average family. They've never done anything significant. 145 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 3: Here's the key. 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 5: You come through your father, but you come from Almighty God. 147 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 5: He knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb. 148 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 5: You may have had a father like Jesse that couldn't 149 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 5: see your potential, that didn't encourage you to dream big, 150 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 5: to pursue what God put in your heart. Feels like 151 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 5: you're limited, Like David, you were left out in the field. 152 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 5: No God knows how to bring you in. He knows 153 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 5: how to cause the gifts he's put in you to 154 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 5: come out, how to make you shine. Your time is coming. 155 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 5: You're going to go further than people thought. You're going 156 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 5: to accomplish dreams bigger than they've imagined. There will be 157 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 5: people like Saul in disbelief, thinking how could you defeat 158 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 5: that giant? How could you start that business? How could 159 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 5: you get the compact center? How could you lead your 160 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 5: company in sales? What you're going to accomplish is not 161 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 5: going to match where you've come from. 162 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 7: Now. 163 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 3: You may have had a great. 164 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 5: Family, people that have selled done big things. But what 165 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 5: God has for you is greater. He wants every generation 166 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 5: to increase. And I'm proud to be the son of 167 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 5: John Osteen. He was an awesome father. But I realized 168 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 5: I'm not just John's son. I'm a son of the 169 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 5: most High God. And yes, we celebrate our fathers, we 170 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 5: honor them, but I'm saying, don't stop the recognize the gifts, 171 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 5: the courage, the creativity, the greatness. It comes from your 172 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 5: heavenly Father. Don't discount yourself. Don't come up with excuses 173 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 5: to settle. I've gone as far as anyone in my family. 174 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 5: I didn't have anybody to help me. My father wasn't around. 175 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,479 Speaker 5: Your heavenly Father. 176 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 3: Was there the whole time. 177 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 5: He's been watching over you, even before you were born. 178 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 5: What he started he's going to finish. There are gifts 179 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 5: and talents. 180 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 3: In you he's about to bring out. 181 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 5: You're going to step into a new boldness, confidence, see favor, 182 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 5: and increase that your family has never seen. My father's parents, 183 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 5: my grandparents, they were very good people. 184 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 3: They were loving and. 185 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 5: Kind, but they didn't have much vision. They lost everything 186 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 5: during the Great Depression. They were very poor, struggled to 187 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 5: make ends meet. My father went to school with holes 188 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 5: in his shoes, holes in his pants. He had to 189 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 5: drop out of high school to work on the farm. 190 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 5: It looked like he was limited, that his destiny was 191 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 5: to just survive. It's all he had seen growing up. 192 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 5: But at seventeen years old, he was walking home from 193 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 5: a nightclub at two o'clock in the morning. He looked 194 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 5: up at the stars and begin to think about God 195 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 5: and what he was going to do with his life. 196 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 3: He wasn't raised with any kind of faith. 197 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 5: He'd never been to church, but that night he felt 198 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 5: a sense of purpose. 199 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 3: He knew he was made for more. 200 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 5: The next morning, he went to church with a friend 201 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 5: and gave his life to Christ. Something came alive on 202 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: the inside. He felt God calling him to become a pastor. 203 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: Nobody in his family had any kind of training for ministry, 204 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 5: no background of pastors or leadership. 205 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 3: They were farmers. 206 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 5: He told his parents he was going to leave the 207 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: farm and go out and start ministring. They said, John, 208 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 5: you better stay here with us. All you know how 209 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 5: to do is work on the farm. You're going to 210 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 5: get out there and fail. They meant well, they were 211 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 5: trying to protect him, But like Jesse, they. 212 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: Couldn't see his potential. They couldn't see his greatness. 213 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 5: They thought, we're poor. All we know how to do 214 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 5: is farm, and that's our son. 215 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 3: We raised him. That's all he knows how to do. 216 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 5: They didn't realize greatness doesn't come from people. 217 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: It comes from God. 218 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,719 Speaker 5: And yes, our fathers, our natural fathers, our family, they 219 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 5: influence us, they teach us what they know. But your gifts, talents, courage, favor, 220 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 5: it comes from your heavenly father. You are not limited 221 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 5: by what people didn't give you. My father had to 222 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 5: hitch hike, but he left home and started ministering in 223 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: the prisons, in the senior citizens' homes. 224 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 3: Doors started opening. 225 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 5: He was able to go back and finish high school, 226 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: went to seminary, pastored great churches started. Lakewood pastored here 227 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 5: for almost forty years along the way I can hear 228 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 5: someone asking whose son is that? 229 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: He sure is talented. 230 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 5: He's such a great speaker, such a gifted leader, impacting 231 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 5: so many people. When they found out who his parents were, 232 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 5: they thought, how could that be? That doesn't make sense. 233 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 5: It's because they were only looking at it in the natural. 234 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 5: Every good gift comes from your heavenly father. What he's 235 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 5: destined for your life is not limited by what kind 236 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 5: of natural father you had. Jesse couldn't see the greatness 237 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 5: in David. My grandfather couldn't see the greatness in my father. 238 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 5: But just because they didn't see it, that didn't stop 239 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 5: it from coming to pass. I hope you had a 240 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 5: great father like I did, loving kind, empowering. 241 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 3: A father that pushed you further, help you to be 242 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 3: confident and secure. 243 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 5: But even if you didn't, you're still going to do 244 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 5: great things. You're still going to leave your mark. Maybe 245 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 5: your father was like Jesse. He didn't believe in you, 246 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 5: or he wasn't around. He talked down to you. When 247 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 5: you think of your father, it's not a fond memory. 248 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 5: It's a source of pain and disappointment. 249 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 3: Perhaps he was like my father's dad. 250 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 5: He meant well, but he told my father what he 251 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 5: couldn't accomplish, how he was going to fail. 252 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 3: What I want you to see is that. 253 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 5: Is not going to stop your destiny. Your heavenly father overrides. 254 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: What people do. Your greatness doesn't come. 255 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 5: From your natural bloodline, from your lineage. 256 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: It comes from your father in heaven. 257 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 5: What he's spoken over your life will come to pass. 258 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 5: Tell me about your father, Well, he was so busy, j'all. 259 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 5: He didn't have time for me. He discouraged me. He 260 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 5: was loving, but man, he had some rough edges. I 261 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 5: don't mean that father. Tell me about your heavenly father. 262 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 5: He spoke worlds into existence, He flung stars into space. 263 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 5: He fearfully and wonderfully made you. He said you're a masterpiece. 264 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 5: He's equipped you, empowered you, anointed you. 265 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 3: He put seeds of greatness in you. 266 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 5: He calls you a history maker, a giant killer, a 267 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 5: world changer. Whether your natural father was great or not 268 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 5: so great, whether you have fond memories or not so 269 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 5: fond memories. When you recognize who your heavenly father is, 270 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 5: that he is the giver of all good gifts. 271 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 3: That means if. 272 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 5: Your father was loving, kind, talented, generous, that all came 273 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 5: from our heavenly father. 274 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 3: Maybe it was just the opposite. 275 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 5: Then, despite what's in your natural bloodline, despite the dysfunction. 276 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 3: The limitation, you'll be the exception. 277 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 5: You'll defeat giants, you'll accomplish dreams, You'll become all you 278 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 5: were created to be. In my grandparents' defense, they had 279 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: no history of leadership. 280 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 3: They didn't know how to train my father to become 281 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 3: a pastor. 282 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 5: They had never experienced abundance, more than enough, influence, no wonder. 283 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 5: They couldn't see it. It was foreign to them. Don't 284 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 5: fault people that can't. 285 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 3: See what you can see. 286 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 5: God will put things in your spirit that your parents, 287 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 5: your relatives, people around you can't fathom. It's too big, 288 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 5: too great, too influential. They can't comprehend it. 289 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 3: They've never seen it. You're going to set a new standard. 290 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 5: You're going to accomplish dreams bigger than they've imagined. You're 291 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 5: going to see honor, influence, wealth that your family has 292 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 5: never experienced. 293 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 3: There's no history of it. 294 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 5: When you look back, it's all one level. I don't 295 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,479 Speaker 5: see how that can happen. You're looking at your natural lineage. 296 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 5: I'm asking you not to look back, but to look up. 297 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 5: Your heavenly father has some big gifts coming, big favor, 298 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 5: big opportunities, creativity, ideas, resources that will exceed your expectations. 299 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 5: He's about to catapult you into greatness, into abundance, into 300 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 5: new levels of your destiny. See there are times that 301 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 5: for generations everything is the same, going along fine, no complaints. 302 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 5: Then suddenly, like with David, greatness comes out. There's no explanations. 303 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 5: How could he defeat that giant? Jesse couldn't train him 304 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 5: for that. He couldn't train him to become a king. 305 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 5: That wasn't in Jesse. He'd never experienced any of that. 306 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 5: It was his heavenly father shining down favor. When Jesus 307 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 5: was on the earth, he went around healing the sick, 308 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 5: curing the lepers, teaching with such authority and wisdom that 309 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 5: great crowds followed him. When people looked at his background, 310 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 5: where he had come from, they couldn't understand it. They asked, 311 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: is this not the carpenter son? They were saying, isn't 312 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 5: this Joseph's child? 313 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 3: We know Joseph. 314 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 5: He builds cabinets, He's not anything special. How could his 315 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 5: son be doing miracles? How could his son be this influential. 316 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 5: Where did he get this wisdom to teaching the synagogues? 317 00:16:59,320 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 3: Like Saul? 318 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 5: They were looking at his natural father, they were looking 319 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 5: at his background, his training, where he lived. They didn't 320 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 5: realize who his heavenly father was. And sometimes life will 321 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 5: try to tell you that your average, you've. 322 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 3: Reached your limits. Cane. 323 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 5: As far as you can look at your family, there's 324 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 5: nothing special about you. You can't do anything great. You're 325 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 5: just William's son. You're just Casey's son. That may be true, 326 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 5: but you have to realize you have another father. No 327 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 5: discredit to your natural father, but your heavenly father is 328 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 5: the giver of all good gifts. Now, I believe God 329 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 5: is about to show out in your life in such 330 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 5: a way. People will look at you and think, is 331 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 5: this not Jesse's son? 332 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 3: How can he defeat that giant? His father is a shepherd? 333 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 3: Is this not jack o'stein's son. 334 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 5: How can John be pastoring a church of thousands they're farmers? 335 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 3: Is this not William's son? How can he be leading 336 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: that company struggle with an addiction? 337 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 5: Is this not Jose's son? How can he be that successful? 338 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 5: Jose was never around growing up? Your destiny is not 339 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 5: limited by how you were raised. It's not limited by 340 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 5: what level your parents reached. God wants you to go further. 341 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 3: Now, get in agreement with him. 342 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 5: Quit seeing yourself as average limited. We all struggle with 343 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 5: these addictions, Joel, this depression. We never get any good breaks. 344 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 5: That's just who we are. That is not who you are. 345 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 5: Your spiritual bloodline overrides your natural bloodline. 346 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 3: If you're going to see the. 347 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 5: Greatness that belongs to you, the favor, the influence, the talent, 348 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 5: you have to look to your heavenly father. That's what 349 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 5: David did. That's where he got the courage, the strength, 350 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 5: the favor. He wasn't looking at his history, his family line, 351 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 5: what his father had accomplished. If he had stayed focused 352 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 5: on that, he would have never let the shepherd's feels. 353 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 5: He would have lived limited, intimidated. We wouldn't be talking 354 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 5: about him. David understood this principle. He said to Goliath, 355 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 5: you come against me with a sword and a spear, 356 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 5: but I come against you in the name of the 357 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 5: Lord God of Israel. He was saying, you may be big, 358 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 5: you may be powerful, but I know who my heavenly 359 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 5: father is. I know what he's put in me. In 360 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 5: the scripture, God promised Abraham that he was going to 361 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 5: be the father of many nations. He was eighty years 362 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 5: old and had never had a child. His wife Sarah 363 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 5: had gone through the change of life. There was no 364 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 5: way in the natural that they could have a baby. 365 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 5: But God told Abraham to do something interesting, to go 366 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 5: outside his tent at night and look up into the sky, 367 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 5: and the number of stars he could see. That's how 368 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 5: many descendants he was going to have. It looked impossible 369 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 5: to have children, looked like it was too late. God 370 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 5: could have given him this promise at thirty five years old. 371 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 5: He could have spoken to him at a more reasonable 372 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 5: time when it was common to have a child. But 373 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,640 Speaker 5: often God waits till the odds are against us, till 374 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 5: we don't see how it can happen. 375 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,239 Speaker 3: So when he brings it to pass, everyone will know 376 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 3: it was his favor. 377 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 5: But the time we're waiting, that's a test of our faith. 378 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 5: Are we going to get discouraged talk ourselves out of it. 379 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 3: It's never gonna happen. 380 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 5: Joel, it's been too long. This giant is too big. 381 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 5: I can imagine those thoughts came to Abraham That's when 382 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 5: God said, Abraham, get outside your tent and look up. 383 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 5: God was saying, Abraham, you're looking at it in the natural. 384 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 5: As long as you're in your tent, all you can 385 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 5: see is you and Sarah. You're focused on what you 386 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 5: can accomplish. You have to get outside your tent and 387 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 5: look up. 388 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 3: Bring me into the picture. 389 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 5: Recognize I'm your source. No, you can't father this child 390 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 5: in your own efforts. You are too old. 391 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 3: But I'm your heavenly father. 392 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 5: I can make things happen that you can't make happen. 393 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 3: Get your eyes. 394 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 5: Off your impossibilities and get your eyes on me. See 395 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 5: when we're in our tent, all we can see is 396 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 5: our limitations. 397 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 3: How we were raised. 398 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 5: What we can't do in our tent is our father, 399 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 5: our grandparents, our relatives. You have to get out of 400 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 5: your tent and look up. Have a bigger vision. You're 401 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 5: not doing life on your own. Yes, you have natural 402 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 5: parents relatives, but your heavenly Father controls the universe. He 403 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 5: makes ways where you don't see ways. He's not limited 404 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 5: by who raised you, by your background, by what seems impossible. 405 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 5: If you'll get out of your tent, get a new perspective, 406 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 5: start believing that you're favored, declaring that. 407 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 3: Good things are coming. 408 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 5: Then you'll see your heavenly Father turn impossible situations around, 409 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 5: take your further than you ever dream seem like David, 410 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 5: as a teenager was stuck in the shepherd's fields. 411 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 3: God put big dreams in his heart. Down deep. 412 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 5: He knew he was destined to leave his mark. But 413 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 5: year after year taking care of sheep. I can imagine 414 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 5: he started to get discouraged. It's never going to happen, God. 415 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 3: Said, David. Get out of your tent, get a new vision. 416 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 5: I can see him in the fields at night, looking 417 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 5: up at the stars. 418 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 3: He feels this new sense of destiny. 419 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 5: He can hear his heavenly Father whispering the greatness I 420 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 5: put in you is about to come out. Keep believing, 421 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 5: keep dreaming, keep being your best. When my father was 422 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 5: coming home from that nightclub two o'clock in the morning, 423 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 5: for some reason, he looked up at the stars. He 424 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 5: felt limited, no future to speak of. But that night, 425 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 5: as he looked up, something began to happen. Faith began 426 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 5: to rise, hope that he had never felt a dream 427 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 5: to do something significant with his life. 428 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 3: What happened He got out of his tent. 429 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 5: He knew he had come through his parents, but that 430 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 5: night he started to realize who he had come from. 431 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 5: That his heavenly father was calling him that he wasn't 432 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 5: just the son of jack Ostein. 433 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 3: But he was the son of the most High God. 434 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 5: You may feel limited, like you've gone as far as 435 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 5: you can. Deep down, you know there are bigger things 436 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 5: in you. Every circumstance it says that you're stuff. God 437 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 5: is saying, come out of your tent. 438 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 3: Look up. 439 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 5: You focused on the natural. You have to change your perspective. 440 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 5: You're not limited by your background. You're not at the 441 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 5: mercy of who raised you. What you didn't get, what 442 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 5: looks impossible. Your heavenly Father is about to breathe on 443 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 5: your life in a new way. New doors are about 444 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 5: to open, New gifts are about to come out. 445 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 3: The greatness God put in you is about to show up. 446 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 5: There was a young boy back in the early nineteen 447 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 5: hundreds that was raised by a single mother in the 448 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 5: hills of ten in the Sea. Because his mother was 449 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 5: not married, the neighbors wouldn't allow him to play with 450 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 5: their children. 451 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: Was very looked down on. Back then. 452 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 5: They would make remarks like what's he doing in our town? 453 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: And who's his father? Anyway? 454 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 5: Saturdays he would go up with his mother to the 455 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 5: local store and people would make disparaging comments loud enough 456 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 5: for him to hear. Here they are again, Did you 457 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: ever figure out who his father is? This little boy 458 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 5: grew up insecure, always feeling like there was something wrong 459 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 5: with him. At twelve years old, a new pastor moved 460 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 5: into town. He was a young minister, very gifted and passionate. 461 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 5: This young boy had never been to church, but one 462 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 5: Sunday he decided to go hear this new minister that 463 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 5: everyone was talking about. He arrived late and sat in 464 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 5: the back so no one would notice. As he listened 465 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 5: that day, he felt a love and acceptance that he 466 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: had never felt. He had planned to leave early, but 467 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 5: he was so engrossed in what the minister was saying 468 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 5: it was over before he knew it. 469 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 3: He got caught in the crowd. 470 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 5: As he was leaving, the young minister was greeting the 471 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 5: congregation at the door. He saw this young man. He 472 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 5: noticed that he wasn't with anyone. He didn't know anything 473 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 5: about him. He said, very innocently, very friendly, young man, 474 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 5: whose child are you the room grew completely silent. That 475 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 5: was the question everyone wanted to ask. The boy didn't 476 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 5: know what to say, put his head down. The minister 477 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 5: realized something was wrong. How the little boy was very uncomfortable. 478 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 5: He looked at him and said, oh, I know who 479 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 5: your father is. I can see the resemblance so strongly. 480 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 5: You're a child of Almighty God. That day was a 481 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 5: turning point in the young boy's life. The stronghold of 482 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 5: insecurity and shame was broken. Thirty years later, that young 483 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 5: boy was elected governor of Tennessee. If you ask him, 484 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 5: Ben Hooper would tell you the day he really got 485 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 5: elected was the day that minister told him who his 486 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 5: father was. Tell me about your father. I don't mean 487 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 5: your natural father. They may not have been there. They 488 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 5: may have made mistakes, they may not have believed in you. 489 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 5: Tell me about your heavenly father. Do you realize who 490 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 5: you belong to? That your gifts, your talents, your greatness 491 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 5: doesn't come from people from family, from relatives. 492 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 3: It comes from your heavenly Father. When he breathed life. 493 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 5: Into you, he put his DNA on the inside. That's 494 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 5: how David could do something no one in his family 495 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 5: had done. That's how my father could break out of 496 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 5: poverty and limited thinking and make a. 497 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 3: Difference with his life. 498 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 5: Our natural DNA gets passed down, but your spiritual DNA 499 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 5: will override the natural. I saw a documentary on championship 500 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 5: race horses, the kinds you see at the Kentucky Derby. 501 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 5: It's not a coincidence that these horses are the fastest 502 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 5: horses in the world. They've been carefully studied, carefully bred 503 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 5: for generations. It can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars 504 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 5: to breed a race horse with a champion stallion. 505 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 3: It's very expensive. 506 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 5: Before breeding, the owner will go back fifty or sixty 507 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 5: years and study the bloodline of a particular stallion. They'll 508 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 5: research his father, his grandfather. They'll study how long their 509 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 5: stride was, the length of their legs, their takeoff speed, 510 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 5: their endurance. With all this information, they'll choose the stallion 511 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 5: they believe to be the perfect match. They understand winners 512 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 5: don't just randomly happen. 513 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 3: It's in their DNA. That's how it is with you 514 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 3: and me. Because of who your heavenly father is. 515 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 5: You can defeat giants, you can accomplish great dreams, you 516 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 5: can break addictions, You can set new standards. I'm not 517 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 5: looking at ordinary people. You have the DNA of a champion. 518 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,479 Speaker 5: There's no limit to what you can achieve. I know 519 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 5: who your father is. There's no obstacle you can't overcome. 520 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 5: I've seen your father do it. There's no struggle that 521 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 5: can hold you back. Your father is Jehovah Jihrah, the Lord, 522 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 5: your provider. Now do your part, come out of your tenth. 523 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 5: Get a new perspective. You're not limited by who raised you. 524 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 5: You're not at a disadvantage because of what you didn't 525 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 5: get who. 526 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,159 Speaker 3: Went before you. 527 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 5: You are hearing this because you're about to see the 528 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 5: greatness in you come out. People are going to wonder, 529 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 5: is this the Carpenter son? Is this Jesse's son? Is 530 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 5: this Jack Ostein Son? Get ready, You're about to divide 531 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 5: the odds. 532 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 3: I believe and declare. 533 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 5: God is about to do something unusual, uncommon favor that 534 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 5: will catapult you ahead. Gifts and talents coming out that 535 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 5: you didn't know you had. Courage, confidence, creativity like you've 536 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 5: never seen. Healing is coming, Promotion, good breaks, the fullness 537 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 5: of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 538 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 5: can you say Amen today, and I'd like to give 539 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 540 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 541 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 542 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 543 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 544 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 5: born again. 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