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If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 5: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 37 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 5: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 4: For God bless you. 39 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes. And if 40 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop ying. Be a 41 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 5: part of one of our services. I promise you we 42 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 5: will make you feel right at home. I like to 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this ninety 44 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 5: two year old man. He wasn't feeling up to par 45 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 5: so he went to the doctor. A few days later, 46 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 5: the doctor saw him out in the park with this 47 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 5: beautiful young lady by his side, and he seemed as 48 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 5: happy as can be. The doctor said, wow, you sure 49 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 5: are feeling. 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 4: A lot better, aren't you. 51 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 5: He said, yes, Doctor, I'm just following your orders. You said, 52 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 5: get a hot mama, and stay cheerful. 53 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 4: The doctor said, I didn't say that. I said you 54 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 4: got a heart murmur, be careful. He heard what he 55 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 4: wanted to hear. But here we go. This is my Bible. 56 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 57 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 58 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 59 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 60 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 61 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 62 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 5: you today about windows of grace. There are times were 63 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 5: going along and minding our own business, and suddenly we 64 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 5: know something we're supposed to do. 65 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 4: We feel it so. 66 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 5: Strongly in our spirit, this urging telling us to forgive 67 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 5: the person that hurt us, Or we've struggled with an 68 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 5: addiction for years, but suddenly we have a new desire 69 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 5: to get free. We've been dreaming about starting our own business, 70 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 5: writing that book. 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, we know it's our time. Those 72 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 4: are not just nice thoughts. That's God speaking to us. 73 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 5: He doesn't ask us to do something and then doesn't 74 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 5: give us. 75 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 4: The ability to do it. With that urging, you'll feel 76 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 4: faith rising up. 77 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 5: You'll have the favor, the determination, the strength to do 78 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 5: what you couldn't do before. 79 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 80 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 5: It's a window of grace. It's not going to last forever. 81 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 5: Too often we hear the still small voice, but we 82 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 5: put it off. I know I need to forgive, but 83 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 5: I'll do it later. I know I need to get 84 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 5: in shape, take care of my health. 85 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 4: I'll do it soon. 86 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 5: I feel this new passion, new confidence to step up 87 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 5: and lead my department. One day, I'm going to do it. 88 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 5: The problem is that window is going to close. Don't 89 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 5: take the grace for granted. That is a destiny moment 90 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: where God is making a way where you can come 91 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 5: up higher. When you feel that faith, you have to 92 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 5: step into it. That's God saying, this is your time, 93 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 5: this is your moment. The scripture says, today, if you 94 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: hear his voice, harden, not your heart. That's not just 95 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 5: talking about salvation. When you hear his voice telling. 96 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 4: You to have a better attitude. 97 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 5: To treat your spouse more respectfully, to tithe your income. 98 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 5: The reason it's so strong is God is opening a 99 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 5: window of grace. That's the time to obey. Not tomorrow, 100 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 5: not next week, but right then. When that window opens, 101 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 5: you'll feel a divine empowerment, God breathing on you in 102 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 5: a new way. You will have the grace to forgive, 103 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 5: the confidence to step up, the favor to succeed. A 104 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 5: friend of mine struggled with smoking since high schooling. He 105 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 5: was in his forties and he didn't like to smoke. 106 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 5: He had tried to stop many times but wasn't able to. 107 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 5: He finally had accepted it that was his. 108 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: Lot in life. 109 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 5: But one morning he woke up and felt so strongly 110 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 5: that this was his time to stop smoking. He had 111 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 5: a new determination, a new passion. He said, I've never 112 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 5: felt faith like this. 113 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 4: He knew he was going to break it. 114 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 5: The problem is he kept putting it off, saying tomorrow, 115 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 5: I'm going to get started. Tomorrow would come, he felt 116 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 5: it just as strongly later, I'm going to get serious. 117 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 5: First week went by, he didn't feel it quiet as much. 118 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 5: Then a month went by, still hadn't done anything. Now 119 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 5: he barely had the desire to stop. A couple of 120 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 5: months later, he was back to thinking that he could 121 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: never break it. He said, I know I could have stopped. 122 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 5: I know God was talking to me, but I missed 123 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 5: my season. That window doesn't last forever. There is a 124 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 5: limited time. God gives you an opportunity to come up 125 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 5: higher when you have the faith for it, that's the 126 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 5: time to act. Don't make excuses, don't put it off. 127 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 5: Later I'll get serious. You're not always going to feel 128 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 5: what you're feeling. That grace is on you for a 129 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 5: season to help you accomplish. 130 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 4: What God is asking you to do. 131 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 5: Today, when you hear his voice, obey, step into that grace. 132 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 5: Take advantage of what God is offering you. And if 133 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 5: the window closes, yes, God will open another window. 134 00:06:58,920 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 4: He's merciful. 135 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 5: But you don't know how long it's going to be. 136 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 5: You don't have time to waste going around the mountain 137 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 5: again and again. Like the Israelites, they turned an eleven 138 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 5: day journey to the Promised Land into forty years because 139 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 5: they kept complaining. 140 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 4: Talking about how big the obstacles were. 141 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 5: When God brings something to light that you need to 142 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 5: deal with a bad attitude, jealousy, saying hurtful things, you 143 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 5: wouldn't feel that conviction unless the window was opening to change. 144 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 5: God doesn't ask you to do better and then not 145 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 5: give you the ability. 146 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 4: To do it. 147 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 5: But you have to step into it, dig down deep, 148 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 5: and be more disciplined. 149 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 4: Bite your tongue when. 150 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 5: You feel like being disrespectful, keep a smile when you 151 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 5: could be sour. 152 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 4: The grace is there. 153 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 5: As you tap into it, you will feel a force 154 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 5: enabling you, empowering you. What is that You're in a 155 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 5: window of grace? In the scripture, there's two Greek words 156 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 5: used for time. One is chronos. It's where we get 157 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 5: our word chronological. It deals with ordinary time minutes, hours, 158 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 5: and days. 159 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 4: The second Greek word is chiros. 160 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 5: It's defined as an opportune moment, a passing instant where 161 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 5: an opening appears. 162 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: It has to do with an appointed time, with a 163 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: season of favor. 164 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 5: Now God has already ordained these chiros moments for you. 165 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 5: You're going to come into opportunity that seems over your head. 166 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 4: You'll be tempted to shrink back. 167 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 5: But God wouldn't have put you there if you couldn't 168 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 5: do it. It's a chiros moment. It's a season of favor. 169 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 5: All of a sudden, you know you can beat the depression. 170 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 5: You know lack and struggle is not your destiny. You 171 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 5: feel faith, those are not just encouraging feelings. That is 172 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 5: a chiros moment, a season of favor that God has specifically. 173 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: Designed for you. 174 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 5: If you will step into it, doors will open that 175 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 5: you couldn't open. Bad habits, addictions that have held you 176 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 5: back will be broken. Now get ready for some chiros moments, 177 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 5: moments that are going to thrust you ahead, and when 178 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 5: they come, don't be intimidated. That obstacle may be big, 179 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 5: but our God is much bigger. He would not have 180 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 5: opened that door if you didn't have the favor to 181 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 5: walk through it. But it is a window of grace. 182 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 5: It is not going to last forever. You can't keep 183 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: putting it off and expect it to be there in 184 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 5: a year. When you feel it, you have to stir 185 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 5: your faith up. Father, thank you that this is a 186 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: new day, that I am stepping into new levels of favor, discipline, anointing, creativity, strength, energy, 187 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 5: and that every force is trying to stop me is 188 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 5: being broken. Get in agreement with God. He will open 189 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 5: the window, but you have to take advantage of it. 190 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 5: This is where the Israelites missed it. They had been 191 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 5: in slavery for many years. God brought them out and 192 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 5: they were headed toward the Promised Land. 193 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 4: They made it through. 194 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 5: The desert, fought off enemies along the way. They finally 195 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 5: came to the land flowing with milk and honey. They 196 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 5: were camped next door to the Promised Land. This is 197 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 5: what they had been dreaming about. All they had to 198 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 5: do was go in and take the land. God had 199 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 5: already promised them the victory. This was one of their 200 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 5: Chiros moments. An incredible door was about to open, an 201 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 5: opportunity of a lifetime. And with those Chiros moments comes 202 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 5: the favor to accomplish, the power to overcome, the strength 203 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 5: to defeat the opposition. The problem is the Israelites didn't 204 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 5: recognize that they were in a window of grace. They said, Moses, 205 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 5: these people are too big, will never defeat them. We 206 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 5: feel like grasshoppers compared to them. 207 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 4: Let's go back to Egypt. 208 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: Even though God promised to take them into the land. 209 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 5: Even though they were in this chiral'st moment where they 210 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 5: had the favor, the power, the strength, they turned around 211 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 5: and headed back into the desert. They didn't understand that 212 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 5: God doesn't give you the opportunity and then not give 213 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 5: you the grace to do it. You may be facing 214 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 5: big giants, but the favor on your life is bigger 215 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 5: than whatever's trying to stop you. God was so put 216 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 5: out with the Israelites he told Moses that they were never. 217 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 4: Going to enter into the Promised Land. 218 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 5: Moses told the people what God said, how they were 219 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,479 Speaker 5: limiting their destiny. 220 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 4: Being weak and intimidated. 221 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 5: The scripture says, they turned around and headed back toward 222 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 5: the Promised Land. They said, Moses, we realize we've made 223 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 5: a mistake. Now we are ready to go into the 224 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 5: land God promised. You would think Moses would say, good, 225 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 5: you finally changed your mind. 226 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 4: Let's go in. Moses said to them, do not enter 227 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 4: the land now, or you will be crushed by your enemies. 228 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 5: What happened that window of grace closed, that Chiros moment passed. 229 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 5: Moses knew if they tried to go in outside of 230 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 5: God's timing. When that window of favor wasn't open, they 231 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 5: would be defeated. That's why it's so important to not 232 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 5: put off what you know. God is telling you to 233 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 5: do when you feel the urging, the knowing, whether it's 234 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 5: to break a bad habit or to step into something 235 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 5: that feels over your head. 236 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 4: If you keep delaying, the window is going to close. 237 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 5: You may feel afraid. Your thoughts will tell you all 238 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 5: the reasons it's not going to work out. You can't 239 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 5: accomplish that dream, it's too big. You can't forgive that person. 240 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 5: They hurt you too badly. You've always been negative, critical, bitter. 241 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 4: That's just who you are. That is not who you are. 242 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 5: That's why you're hearing this. There is a Chiros moment coming. 243 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 5: There is a window of grace about to open. Now, 244 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 5: don't do like them. Put your shoulders back, hold your 245 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 5: head up high, and step into it. God is about 246 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 5: to take you to a new level. Things that have 247 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 5: held you back are being defeated. New doors are about 248 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 5: to open. Giants are about to be defeated. Talent is 249 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 5: about to come out of you that you didn't know 250 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 5: you had. 251 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 4: You are coming into. 252 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 5: A season of special favor. Yes, you always have favor. 253 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 5: But there are moments when that favor stands out. You're 254 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 5: going to see an opera tune moment where God thrusts 255 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: you ahead. Now do your part. Start believing that you're favored. 256 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 5: Start praying bold prayers. Start speaking victory over your life. 257 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 5: Don't go around talking about how big the giants are 258 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 5: and how you'll never get wound. Never meet the right person, 259 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 5: Never start your own business. 260 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 4: Zip that up. 261 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 5: Start declaring, this is my time. The favor of God 262 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 5: is on my life in a new way. I have 263 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 5: the grace to rise higher, the grace to forgive this person, 264 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 5: the grace to accomplish my dream, the grace to break 265 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 5: this addiction. 266 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 4: Be bold, be strong. The Lord your God is with you. 267 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 4: This is what I had to do. 268 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 5: When my father was seventy seven years old, he was 269 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: at my sister Lisa's house one Monday evening to have 270 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 5: dinner with Lisa and my mother. Lisa had just finished 271 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 5: cooking her favorite dish, right before she put those TV 272 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 5: dinners on the table. My father said to them, I'm 273 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 5: going to call Joel and see if he'll speak for 274 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 5: me this Sunday. My mother laughed and said, John, you 275 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 5: are wasting your time. 276 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 4: Joel is not a minister. 277 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 5: I had worked seventeen years behind the scenes here at 278 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 5: Lakewood doing the television production. My father tried to get 279 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 5: me up to speak many times, but always. 280 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 4: Told him no. 281 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 5: I didn't have any desire to be in front of people. Plus, 282 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 5: my father was a great minister, thought who'd want to 283 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 5: listen to me? I don't know what to say. I've 284 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 5: not been trained in this. I was eating dinner that 285 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 5: Monday night when my father called. He said, Joel, I 286 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 5: just wanted to see if you would speak for me 287 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 5: this Sunday. I had told him no dozens of times. 288 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 5: I said, Daddy, I'm always honored that you ask, that 289 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 5: you have that much confidence in me, but I'm just 290 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 5: not a minister. He never pressured me. He encouraged us 291 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 5: kids to follow our own dreams. We hung up the 292 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 5: phone and I said down to finish eating dinner. A 293 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 5: couple of minutes later, I felt something so strongly on 294 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 5: the inside telling. 295 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 4: Me that I needed to do it. I don't know 296 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 4: how to explain it. I just knew that I knew 297 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 4: that I knew I was supposed to do. 298 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 5: It didn't make sense to my mind, but God doesn't 299 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 5: speak to our mind. 300 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 4: He speaks to our spirit, not. 301 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 5: Out loud, but down in here. It's a knowing, it's 302 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 5: an urging. You don't have to hear words. 303 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 4: You just know what to do. 304 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 5: Many times we don't recognize that's God talking to us. 305 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 5: You know, you're supposed to break away from a friend 306 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 5: that's holding your back, you know, to go back to 307 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 5: school and improve your skills. Well, we think, oh, that's 308 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 5: just me, maybe I will, maybe I want, no big deal. 309 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 4: That's not just you. 310 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 5: That's God talking to you. That's God opening a window 311 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 5: of grace. You're coming into a chiros moment, a special 312 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 5: season of favor, to do what you couldn't do, to 313 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 5: go where you couldn't go. The question is will you 314 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 5: step into it or will you put it off and 315 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 5: let the window close. 316 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 4: Time is of the essence. The longer you wait, the. 317 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 5: Less passionate you'll feel, and the less likely you'll be 318 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 5: to do it. Don't put it off. It's an opportune moment. 319 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 5: It's not months, it's not years. It's a passing opportunity. 320 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 5: Unless you grab hold of it, stretch your faith, make 321 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 5: the changes, you'll miss your moment. Five minutes later, I 322 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 5: called my father back and told him that I'd changed 323 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 5: my mind and I would speak for him that Sunday. 324 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 5: Lisa and my mother nearly passed out. I was going 325 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 5: to speak my first sermon in thirty six years. I 326 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 5: didn't want to do it, but I knew I was 327 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 5: supposed to do it. The truth is that was the 328 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 5: most miserable week of my life. I so dreaded having 329 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 5: to get up in front of people, but y'all were 330 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 5: very scary. I told Victoria, please don't talk to me 331 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 5: until Sunday afternoon at one o'clock. I'm going to do 332 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 5: this one time, make my father proud, and then I'm done. 333 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 5: You've heard that saying, if you want to make God laugh, 334 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 5: tell him your plans. I spoke that Sunday, never dreaming 335 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,239 Speaker 5: it would be the last Sunday of my father's life. 336 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: Now I often wonder where I would be if I 337 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 5: would have said no, if I would have ignored that feeling, 338 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 5: that was a Chiros moment, something God ordained to thrust me. 339 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 4: Into my destiny. 340 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 5: It's not like I could have done it a month later. 341 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 5: My father would have been gone. It wouldn't have had 342 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 5: the same impact. One reason I was able to step 343 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 5: up and. 344 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 4: Pasture the church is. 345 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 5: I thought, what are the chances of me speaking on 346 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 5: the last Sunday of his life. I had told him 347 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 5: no for thirty six years, but it just so happened 348 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 5: that last time I said yes. 349 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 4: That's why I felt it so strongly. 350 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 5: I knew I was supposed to do it. But here's 351 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 5: my point. I could have said no, I could have 352 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 5: ignored it. I could have said I'll do it later. 353 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 5: I don't feel qualified. Asked me again at the same 354 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 5: time next year. 355 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 4: But by the grace of God, I stepped into it. 356 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 4: Don't miss your chirost moments. 357 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 5: You don't know where they're taking you. You don't know 358 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 5: what doors are going to open. You don't know what 359 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 5: one good decision, one step of faith, one getting out 360 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 5: of your comfort zone and obeying that still small voice, 361 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 5: how that's going to cause a domino effect of awesome 362 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 5: things in your life. If I had not said yes 363 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 5: to that one speaking invitation, I don't believe that I 364 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 5: would be a pastor. We probably wouldn't have the Compact Center, 365 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 5: the books, Nights of Hope, serious exem those things all 366 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 5: followed one act of obedience. Well, Joel, that's exciting for you, 367 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 5: but it's kind of depressing for me because I think 368 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 5: I've already missed my window. 369 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 4: You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to 370 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: open another window. 371 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 5: There is a Piroas moment coming for you, something that's going. 372 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 4: To thrust you ahead, a power. 373 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 5: That's going to free you from every addiction, a force 374 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 5: that's going to break every chain that's held you back 375 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 5: and release you into a future greater than you've ever imagined. 376 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 4: When it comes, step into it. 377 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 5: Stretch your faith, pursue that dream, make the necessary changes, 378 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 5: don't let it pass you. By Acts Chapter twenty four, 379 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 5: the apostle Paul was brought to Cessareea to go on 380 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 5: trial for sharing his faith. He was standing before the governor, 381 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 5: a man named Felix, presenting his case, and Felix was 382 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 5: very intrigued with Paul. The main trial was going to 383 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 5: take place later, so he had Paul taken into custody. 384 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 5: In a few days, Felix and his wife sent for 385 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 5: Paul to come visit with them. Paul discussed his faith 386 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 5: and the importance of living a godly life and having 387 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 5: self control. Felix began to feel convicted he had lived compromising. 388 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 4: Giving in to his carnal desires. He knew he needed 389 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 4: to change. 390 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 5: This was one of his chirost moments, a window of grace. 391 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 5: But he said to Paul in verse twenty five, go 392 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 5: away for now. When a more convenient time comes, I'll. 393 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 4: Call for you. 394 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 5: He put it off, he didn't want to deal with 395 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 5: the conviction. Two years later he was out of office. 396 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 5: We never read anymore about Felix. I don't know if 397 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 5: the more convenient time ever came. That's why the scripture 398 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 5: says today when you hear his voice, obey, are you 399 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 5: waiting for a more convenient time? Are you ignoring the 400 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: still small voice talking yourself out and taking that step 401 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 5: of faith? You don't know how long that window is 402 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 5: going to be open. Don't do like Felix, keep making excuses. 403 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 5: This is an opportunity to come up higher, to see 404 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 5: God's favor in a greater way. My friend Devon Franklin 405 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 5: is a movie producer in Hollywood. As a young man, 406 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 5: he had a dream to own his own company making films. 407 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: He went to Los Angeles and became an intern at 408 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 5: a big movie studio, but instead of producing films, he 409 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 5: was running errands, getting the executive's coffee in bringing them 410 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 5: their lunches. He stayed faithful, and one door after another opened. 411 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 4: He got a. 412 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 5: Position helping produce Will Smith's movies. He ended up as 413 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 5: the vice president at Sony Pictures, a great position, but 414 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 5: he always dreamed of his own company. 415 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 4: He produced the movie Heaven Is for Real. 416 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 5: It made thirty million dollars the first weekend, a huge success. 417 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 5: Nobody predicted those kinds of numbers. His boss called and 418 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 5: congratulated him and said she was going to give. 419 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 4: Him a promotion and increase his salary. 420 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 5: As he was going to meet with her, he felt 421 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 5: God saying to him, this is the time to leave 422 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 5: Sony and start your own company. He said, God, that 423 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 5: doesn't make sense. I'm about to get this big promotion. 424 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 4: These people love me deep down. He couldn't get away 425 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 4: from it. He knew he was supposed to make a change. 426 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 5: He told his boss that he was leaving and that 427 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 5: he wanted Sony to fund his new company. She looked 428 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 5: at him and said, yes, we will do that. He 429 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 5: nearly passed out. This was more than he could imagine. 430 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 5: He'd not only have his own company, but his old 431 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 5: company would fund it. 432 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 4: They signed all the paperwork. 433 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 5: In a few weeks, this boss that liked him so 434 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 5: much was involved in an email controversy, and suddenly she 435 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 5: lost her job. If he would have waited a couple 436 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 5: of months to start the company, he wouldn't have had 437 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 5: the funding. That was a chiros moment, a window of grace. 438 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 5: You can do the right thing at the wrong time 439 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 5: and miss your destiny. 440 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 4: Timing is critical. When God says do something, just do it. 441 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 5: It may not make sense now, but God knows things 442 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: that we don't know. When he says forgive, you may 443 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 5: come up with a thousand reasons not to just do it. 444 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 4: God knows what's best for you. When he says take 445 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: that step of faith. 446 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 5: Your mind may tell you what if it doesn't work, 447 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 5: What if you don't get the contract, what if the 448 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 5: economy goes down, if there's no risk, doesn't take any faith, 449 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 5: if there's no chance you can fail. 450 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 4: You don't need God's help. 451 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 5: But where God is taking you, you can't get. 452 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 4: There on your own. 453 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 5: You may be talented, but your talent alone is not enough. 454 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 5: You may be connected, but you don't have enough connections. 455 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: The future God. 456 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 5: Has for you is much bigger than you've ever imagined 457 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 5: you're going to need these windows of grace, these Chirost moments. 458 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 5: When we acquired this place, the former Compact Center, I 459 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 5: was told it was going to cost one hundred million 460 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 5: dollars to renovate. Three years earlier, I was running camera, 461 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 5: editing my father's sermons, doing the production. Do you know 462 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 5: how much fundraising experience. 463 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 4: I had at that time? Zero? 464 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 5: I thought, God, I am so far over my head. 465 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 5: But Lord, thank you that this is not over your head. 466 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 5: I had the faith, the courage, the confidence to do 467 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 5: something that didn't make sense. That was one of my 468 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 5: Chirost moments. 469 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 470 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 5: When God asked you to do something, he will give 471 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 5: you the faith and the fevor to do it. The 472 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 5: Scripture talks about having the faith of God. Sometimes it's 473 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 5: not even our faith, it's God putting his faith in us. 474 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 4: But you have to stay in the window. 475 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 5: You can't think about it for six years and get 476 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 5: forty seven different opinions. First Off, you're going to be 477 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 5: confused because people can't hear what God's telling you, they 478 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: can't feel what you feel on the inside. And secondly, 479 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 5: that window is not going to last forever if you 480 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 5: keep putting it all. At some point, it's going to close. 481 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 5: In the scripture, God told Jonah to go to the 482 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 5: city of Nineveh and tell the people they had forty 483 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 5: days to repent or God was going to destroy the city. 484 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 5: It's interesting that God put a time period on it. 485 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 5: He didn't just say repent, so sometime whenever you feel 486 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 5: like it. As long as you do it, no big deal. 487 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 5: He said, you have forty. 488 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: Days to make things right. 489 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 5: When Jonah told the people, the first thing they did 490 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 5: was fall on their knees. The king took off his 491 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,959 Speaker 5: royal robe, put ashes on his head, and declared a 492 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 5: city wide fast. They didn't wait a week, they didn't 493 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 5: wait twenty days. Immediately they said God, we're sorry for 494 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 5: the way we've been living, and God spared the city. 495 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 5: I wonder if there's something you could change in the 496 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 5: next forty days and you would see God's favor in 497 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 5: a new way. Maybe God is saying to you, you 498 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 5: have forty days to get your priorities in order. You 499 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 5: have forty days to forgive that person. You have forty 500 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,239 Speaker 5: days to pursue that dream. You have forty days to 501 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 5: get serious in your relationship with God. There is a 502 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 5: window of grace. It was forty days for the people 503 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 5: of Nineveh. 504 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 4: I don't know what it is for you, but I do. 505 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 5: Know when these Chirost moments come, they have a time limitation. 506 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 4: They are not going to last forever. Don't miss your moment. 507 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 5: Listen to that still small voice, that knowing on the inside. 508 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 4: That's when you're going to feel. 509 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 5: A divine empowerment, the favor to do what God's asking 510 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 5: you to do. If you'll do this, I believe and 511 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 5: declare you're about to see. 512 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 4: Some of these Chirost moments. New doors are about to open. 513 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 5: Freedom from addictions, restoration in relationships, promotion, healing, breakthroughs, the 514 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 5: fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you 515 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 5: receive it, can you say it even today? But I'd 516 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 5: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 517 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 5: Lord of your life. 518 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 519 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make 520 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 4: you my lord, and say thank you. 521 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 522 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 523 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 5: keep God first place. 524 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening. 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