1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media. 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I like to start 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: with something funny, and I heard about this pastor and 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: song leader that weren't getting along and it started spilling 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: over in the services. One Sunday, the pastor preached on 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: the importance of being a giver. Afterward, the song leader 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: got up and led the song Jesus paid it all. 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: The next week, the pastor talked about gossiping, watching your tongue. 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: The song leader got up and led, I love to 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: tell the story. The pastor was so frustrated, finally resigned, 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: told the congregation Jesus brought me here and Jesus has 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: taken me away. The songleader then, lad, what a friend 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: we have in Jesus speaking say it like you mean it. 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 21 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 22 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 25 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 26 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about listen to the whisper. 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: We don't always realize how God speaks to us. We've 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: seen in the movies where God spoke to Moses. The 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: voice boomed out of the heavens, sounded like thunder, so 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: powerful and dramatic, gave you goosebumps. But most of the 31 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: time God speaks to us in a gentle whisper. It's 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: not something loud, it's not forceful. It's called the still 33 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: small voice. We feel an impression, a prompting, not in 34 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: our head, but in our heart. It's like a suggestion, 35 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: something that we suddenly know we're supposed to do. That's 36 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: not random, that's not you just thinking up things. That's 37 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: God speaking to you. Six times in the Gospels, Jesus said, 38 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: he that has ears, let him hear what the spirit 39 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: is saying. Everyone has ears. He wasn't talking about physically. 40 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: He's talking about your inner ears. He was saying, are 41 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: you sensitive to the whisper? Are you paying attention to 42 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: what you're feeling in your spirit? It's easy to ignore it, 43 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: push it down. But if you'll start obeying these promptings, 44 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: the suggestions, the gentle whispers, God will lead you down 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: the best path for your life. You see that coworker 46 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: and suddenly you have the desire to be good to them. 47 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: You feel compassion. Something says let them know that you care. 48 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: You'll be tempted to reason it out. They look like 49 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: they're doing five. They don't need my encouragement. Don't ignore 50 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: the whisper. God wouldn't have given you that impression if 51 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: they didn't need it. You don't know what people are 52 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: going through. You can't judge by the outside. That whisper 53 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: is God leading you. The more you obey that still 54 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: small voice, the more God can entrust you with. And 55 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: sometimes you feel an unrest and uneasiness, like an alarm 56 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: is going off telling you not to do something. Stay 57 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: away from that person. Don't take that business deal, don't 58 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: get involved in that situation. Looks fine, everything seems okay. 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: Don't go against the whisper. God sees things that we 60 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: can't see. He knows where the dead ends are. He 61 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: knows the people that are going to pull us down 62 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: and waste our time. And when we look back over 63 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: our life mistakes we've made, disappointments, failures. If we're honest 64 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: most of the time, we can see how God tries 65 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: to warn us. We felt the uneasiness, We knew something 66 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: wasn't right, but we wanted our way so badly we 67 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: overrode it. If there's an unrest, if that whisper is 68 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: saying back off, it's not because God is punishing you, 69 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: keeping you from something good. He's protecting you. He's keeping 70 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: you from heartache. The reason that whisper is saying no 71 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: is because He has something better in store. When you 72 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: have big decisions, things you're concerned about, it's important to 73 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: get quiet and listen to the whisper. Listen to what 74 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: you're feeling. You can't hear it if you're always busy, noisy, 75 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: stressed out, getting opinions from others on the phone all 76 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: the time. It's not that God isn't speaking, it's that 77 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: it's too loud around us. You need times of peace 78 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: times where you can get quiet and hear the whisper. 79 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: Every morning I start the day off saying, God, help 80 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: my spiritual to be sensitive to your voice. Help me 81 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: to hear what you're saying today. It's not going to 82 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: be your mind, just a feeling down in here and impression. 83 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you have a desire to check 84 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: on your children, a prompting to go to a certain place. 85 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: It's easy to dismiss and ah, that's nothing, that's just 86 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: me daydreaming. No, that's God speaking to you. Pay attention 87 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: to the whispers. There are times these whispers are going 88 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: to ask you to do things you don't understand, things 89 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: that don't make sense. If you reason it out and 90 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: look at it only from a logical point of view, 91 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: you'll talk to yourself out of it. When Victoria and 92 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: I were first married, we found this town home that 93 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: we really loved. It was a beautiful place with big 94 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: windows looking out to the woods, tall ceilings. We got 95 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: it for an amazing price, almost half of what it 96 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: was worth, and we were so grateful. We never dreamed 97 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: that in our mid twenties we would have a place 98 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: that nice. But about a year later, Victoria said Joel, 99 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: I feel so strongly we need to sell this place 100 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: and buy a house. I thought, what do you mean 101 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: this place is perfect? We just got here. That didn't 102 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: make sense to my mind. But when I got quiet 103 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: and listened down in here, I could hear that same thing. 104 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: Don't be surprised if that still small voice whispers things 105 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: that go against your logic. God's ways are not our ways. 106 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: That's a test. You have to trust that God knows 107 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: what's best for you. We took that step of faith 108 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: and sold it. A few months later, Victoria called and said, Joel, 109 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: I found our new house. Meet me at the property. 110 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: I pulled up. It was this old rundown house, hadn't 111 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: been lived in in years, had broken windows, foundation problems. 112 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: The kitchen had buckets of water on the floor from 113 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: the holes in the roof. It wasn't even livable, but 114 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: it was on a beautiful half acre lot close into 115 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: the city. All of our logic said, are you crazy? 116 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: You moved out of your beautiful town home to this 117 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: piece of john But down in my spirit I could 118 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: hear that whisper saying, this is it. Move forward. The 119 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: scripture talks about peace that passes understanding, that means sometimes 120 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: your logic is not going to understand, your intellect is 121 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: not going to get it, but down in your spirit 122 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: there will be a piece a rest a knowing you 123 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: can't explain it doesn't make sense on paper, you just 124 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: know that you know it's right for you. We bought 125 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: the house and we're going to fix it up. The 126 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: day we closed on the property, I was standing in 127 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: the front yard and this car pulled out. Lady got 128 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: out and asked if we wanted to sell the property. 129 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: I said no, ma'am, we just bought it. She said, 130 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: how about I pay you more and you make a 131 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: good profit. I said no, thanks, we really want to 132 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: stay here. She said, congratulations, you just bought your dream house. 133 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: I didn't know what she meant. Well, the neighborhood was 134 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: in the process of changing the deed restrictions so you 135 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: could subdivide the property. A year later, a builder knocked 136 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: on our door and wanted to buy it. We sold 137 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: half of the property for more than we paid for 138 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: the whole property. He built two houses, one for him 139 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: and one for us. Our house he built for no fee. 140 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: We just paid the materials and the labor. It was 141 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: more than we could ever imagine we went from a 142 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: small town home to a beautiful new house in a 143 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: nice area in Houston. This all started from a whisper, 144 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: a simple suggestion down in our spirit. If you'll be 145 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: sensitive to that still small voice and not talk to 146 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: yourself out of it, God will lead you places that 147 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed. See, the Holy Spirit is on the 148 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: inside of each one of us, called our helper, our 149 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: counselor our guide. The more sensitive we are to His whispers, 150 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: what we're feeling, the promptings, the nudgings, the further we're 151 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: going to go. This is something I've learned so strongly, 152 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: especially the last twenty years. I won't go against what 153 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: I'm feeling on the inside. I trust my censor. That's 154 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: where God speaks to you. No matter how good the 155 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: opportunity looks, no matter how impressive, if you don't have 156 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: peace about it, don't move forward, or just the opposite. 157 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: It may seem impossible. The odds are against us, all 158 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: the circumstances say it's not going to happen. But if 159 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: you have peace, that knowing, take that step of fame. 160 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: When you develop this skill of listening to the whisper. 161 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: Following that still small voice. God will not only take 162 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: you further, but he'll protect you from things that would 163 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: have caused your heart ache and paign. Kevin was working 164 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: on his washing machine a while back, and Kevin can 165 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: fix anything. He disconnected the hose in the back and 166 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: turned the water off at the valve. Needed to run 167 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: up to the store and get some parts. As he 168 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: was about to leave, something said to him out of 169 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: the blue. Wasn't even thinking about it. You need to 170 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: put a cap on that fawcet in case the valve breaks. Well, normally, 171 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: when you turn the falcet off, you don't need to 172 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: cap it. But he heard it several times, not out loud, 173 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: just an impression, a gentle whisper. He was in a hurry, 174 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,239 Speaker 1: and I thought, there's no need. I'm just being overly cautious. 175 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: A few hours later, his children call Daddy, hurry home. 176 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: There's water all over the house, the kitchen, the den, 177 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: the study. He said, Joel, I heard it so strongly, 178 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: but I kept ignoring it. Pay attention to the whispers, 179 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: especially when it won't go away, keeps coming back. That's 180 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: God speaking to you. Sometimes the whisper is very practical. 181 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: You're drinking too much caffeine. You're not eating healthy. This 182 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: is not good for you. You keep hearing it again 183 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: and again, pushing it down. Don't ignore it. Maybe you 184 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: hear that whisper. You need to get to work on time. 185 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: You need to treat your spouse better. You need to 186 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: watch your words. Gentle. Whispers impressions in your spirit, not 187 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: your mind. Your intellect may say it's fine, but down 188 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: in here, it's something you know you should do. When 189 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: we understand that the whispers are for our benefit, the 190 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: whispers is God leading us down the best path, then 191 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: we won't ignore it. We won't push it down. We'll 192 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: be quick to obey. At the mall, you don't feel 193 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: good about that purchase, you don't override it. You put 194 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: it back At home, you feel that prompting to spend 195 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: time with your child, you turn the TV off and obey. 196 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: At work, something says, don't hang around that person. You 197 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: feel uneasy. Arm is going off. You don't reason it 198 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: out all they look fine to me. You trust your censor. 199 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: You make the change. My father was driving down the 200 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: freeway one day and when he got off the feeder, 201 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: he felt something whisper. You better slow down. There's a 202 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: policeman around the curve, just an impression of prompting. He 203 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: didn't pay any attention. He kept speeding along and he 204 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: got around the curve, and sure enough there was a 205 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: policeman with his radar gun waving him into the parking lot. Dad, 206 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: he pulled in. The officer came up to his car. 207 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: My father said, officer, you won't believe this, but the 208 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: Lord told me you were here. The officer looked at him, like, yeah, right, 209 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: who's this guy? And he took his driver's license, went 210 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: to his car, and he came back a couple minutes 211 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: later and handed it back to my father. He said, 212 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: listen here a preacher. I'm gonna let you go, but 213 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: the next time the Lord speaks to you, you better listen. 214 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: How many times is God whispering to us throughout the day, 215 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: but we're not sensitive to it? Just a whisper. Slow 216 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: down on the freeway. Be kinder to your spouse, Call 217 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: that friend and encourage them stop buy and see your parents. 218 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,959 Speaker 1: Turn off that computer, get some more sleep, take care 219 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: of yourself. Gentle whispers, they're not loud. God's not going 220 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: to force you to do it. It's just an impression. 221 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: The word obey in the original language means give ear 222 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: to to be obedient. You have to give your ear 223 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: to what God is saying. You have to be a listener, 224 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: be sensitive to the whisper. What are you feeling in 225 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: your spirit may not be words, just a knowing something 226 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: deep down you know you're supposed to do. I've heard 227 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: it said. The loudest voice in your life should be 228 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: the still small voice. The whispers will be quiet. Other voices, thoughts, reasoning, 229 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: people's opinions, new will be much louder. But you have 230 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: to learn to give the whispers the most attention. When 231 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: you let the still small voice be the voice you follow, 232 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: then you'll make the best decisions. A friend of mine 233 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: that attends Lakewood was a senior in college, was a 234 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: young man in her math class that she became friends with. 235 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: She would see him from time to time, they'd talk, 236 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: go to the math lab together. One day something said 237 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: to her, invite that young man to church. But she 238 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: didn't know him that well. She didn't know what he believed. 239 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: She thought, that's going to be kind of strange. He's 240 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: gonna think that's too forward. On and on. She kept 241 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: coming up with all these excuses and wouldn't do it. 242 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: Week went by, two weeks a month, but she couldn't 243 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: get away from it. One way you know it's from God, 244 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: is it won't go away. That impression that prompting it 245 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: keeps coming back. Every time she saw him down deep, 246 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: she heard that whisper invite him to church. And sometimes 247 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: God will ask you to do things that are uncomfortable, 248 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: where you have to stretch and take a step of faith. 249 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: And the last week of school she got her nerve 250 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: up and did it. She invited him to Lakewood. They 251 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: both graduated and went their separate ways. She never knew 252 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: what he did with the invitation, but she felt good 253 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: that she obeyed that still small voice. Two years later 254 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: she met her husband here at Lakewood. They fell in 255 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: love and were married. Life was good. One day they 256 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: were leaving the service and she saw the young man 257 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: from college at the back of the auditorium. He had 258 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: a badge on. He was an usher. She was amazed. 259 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,239 Speaker 1: She said, I can't believe you're here and that you volunteer. 260 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: Her husband went over to him, gave him a big hub, 261 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: say hey, how you been doing. They begin to talk 262 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: like they were old friends. She looked at her husband 263 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: and said, how do you know him? Her husband said, 264 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: he's the one that invited me to Lakewood. He's the 265 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: reason that I'm here. That whole time she was hearing 266 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: that whisper invite him to Lakewood, she thought she was 267 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: doing him a favor. In fact, she was doing herself 268 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: a favor. That general Whisper was saying, in effect, invite 269 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: your husband to church. God sees the big picture. He 270 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: knows how to connect the dots. We're never going to 271 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: understand at the time all that he's doing, how he's arranging, 272 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: moving and preparing. Anytime you feel that Whisper that impression, 273 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: it may be to be good to someone else, but 274 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: it will be instrumental in reaching your destiny. There will 275 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: be these times where you're uncomfortable. You have to stretch. 276 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: You have to push past the fear, the uncertainty, and 277 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: do what you know God is asking you to do. 278 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: Every act of obedience leads to a blessing. I see 279 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: it right now. But down the road, God will connect 280 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: the dots. That gentle Whisper may be telling you to forgive, 281 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: to let go of that hurt, quit holding on to 282 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: the grudge that's uncomfortable. Your mind will say no way, 283 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: they hurt you too badly. You get to choose which 284 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: voice are you going to obey? The loud, forceful, don't change, 285 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: take the easy way out voice. Now, Let the gentle 286 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: whisper be the voice you follow. May be uncomfortable, but 287 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,199 Speaker 1: God knows what he's doing. When you're sensitive to the 288 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: still small voice, when you're in tune with what you're 289 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: feeling in your spirit, not just living by your intellect, 290 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: but listening to the promptings, then you're going to go 291 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: down the best path for your life. When my father 292 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: was in his mid seventies, he had to go on dialysis. 293 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: He'd struggled with high blood pressure most of his life 294 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: and it had damaged his kidneys. Many times I would 295 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: take him to the clinic. He called me at three 296 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: point thirty said Joel, I can't sleep. I'd like to 297 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: go up and have dialasis now. I said, okay, I'll 298 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: come pick you up, and I drove him to the clinic. 299 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: After we got him all hooked up and settled, it 300 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: would take about four hours. Normally I'd go run errands, 301 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: go to work, come back later. There's only three forty 302 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: five in the morning. I was planning on going back 303 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: home and sleeping. But as I was about to leave, 304 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: I heard something whisper, Joe, you need to stay here 305 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: with your father and visit with him, keep him company. 306 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 1: I felt him so strongly, not out loud, just an impression. 307 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: I knew I was supposed to stay. Now. My mind said, Joel, 308 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: you can visit later. It's four o'clock in the morning, 309 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: go back home. These loud thoughts came telling me something different. 310 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,239 Speaker 1: If you're going to listen to the whisper, you have 311 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: to have your ear tuned to what you're feeling. Don't 312 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: let the loud thoughts drown out the gentle whisper. Develop 313 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 1: your ear to where the whisper becomes the loudest voice. Well, 314 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: my father thanked me for bringing him, said he had 315 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: seen me later. I said, no, Daddy, I'm gonna stay 316 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: with you today and we can visit. He was so happy. 317 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: We talked for four hours and time went by so fast. 318 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: I brought him home at eight o'clock in the morning. 319 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: We were standing in the kitchen. He said, Joe, you're 320 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: the best son a father could ever hope to have. 321 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: And leaving that morning, I felt so satisfied, so at peased, 322 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: so fulfilled. My father knew that I loved him, and 323 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: I knew that he loved me. Well, those were the 324 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: last words I ever heard my father speak to me. 325 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: That night, he had a heart attack and went to 326 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: be with the Lord. I'm so glad I didn't ignore 327 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: that whisper to stay with him. God knows the future. 328 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: He knows what we're going to need, what to avoid, 329 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: what not to do. At the time, we may not 330 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: understand it. Does it make sense. We're uncomfortable, But you 331 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: you can trust the whisper. You can trust that knowing 332 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: not your mind, but in your heart. Don't override the 333 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: still small voice. God is leading you down the best path. 334 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: You can't accomplish your purpose on your own. The whispers 335 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: are what gives you an advantage. The whispers will give 336 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: you inside information. The whispers will take you where you 337 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: can't go on your own. One King, Chapter nineteen, Elijah 338 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: was in a difficult place. He had just called down 339 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: fire from heaven destroyed four hundred and fifty of the 340 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: false prophets of bail. It's one of his greatest victories. 341 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: But when the king's wife heard about all these men 342 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: they had lost, she was furious, she set out to 343 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: kill Elijah. He was hiding in a cave, discouraged and afraid. 344 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: He needed direction, and God told him to go stand 345 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: on the mountain he was about to pass. Verse eleven 346 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: says there was a great and powerful wind that tore 347 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: the mountains apart and shattered the rocks. You would think, 348 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: surely God just showed up, that was so powerful, But 349 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: it goes on to say God was not in the wind. 350 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: After the wind, there was a great earthquake, something even bigger, 351 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: that split the ground open, But the Lord was not 352 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: in the earthquake. After the earthquake, there was a great 353 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: fire that burned things up, but God was not in 354 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: the fire. After the fire, the scripture says there came 355 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: a gentle whisper. God was showing us how he speaks 356 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: when all the circumstances are loud. It's noisy thoughts telling 357 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: you what's not going to work out, people coming against you. 358 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: It's easy to get stressed, confused. You have to come 359 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: back to that quiet place. The reason God whispers is 360 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: because he's close to you. You don't whisper to strangers. 361 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: You don't whisper to people you barely know. You whisper 362 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 1: to your spouse, whisper to your child. You whisper to 363 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: someone you know and love. That's why God whispers to you. 364 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: You're his child. He loves you, he trusts you, he 365 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: wants the best for you. He's not going to shout, 366 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: be loud, forceful. He'll lead you by these gentle whispers, 367 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: by the still small voice. Psalm twenty five says, the 368 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: secret of the Lord is with them that fear him. 369 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: When you honor God, he'll tell you secrets. He'll whisper 370 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: things in your spirit that you had no way of knowing. 371 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 1: He knows like you did with me, when you need 372 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: to spend time with someone. He knows where the property 373 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: is that's going to increase. He knows, like my friend, 374 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: where your spouse is. He knows where the good breaks are, 375 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: the promotion, the resources, the abundance. He'll give you inside information, 376 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: a gentle whisper, it's the secret of the Lord. Won't 377 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: always makes sense, may not seem logical, the facts they 378 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: otherwise trust. The whisper obeyed the promptings, the knowing, the 379 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: still small voice. That's God whispering secrets. A man I 380 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: know bought some property years ago way out in the 381 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: middle of nowhere, hardly paid anything for it, less than 382 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: one hundred dollars an acre. He bought several hundred acres, 383 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: and logically speaking, as an investment, it looked like a 384 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: waste of money. The land was dry and barren, couldn't 385 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: grow crops on it, couldn't raise cattle. It was just rocks, clay, 386 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: and cactus. He used to go check on it every 387 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: once in a while. It always puzzled me as to 388 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: why he bought the property. I thought maybe he had 389 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: family in the area, or some kind of plans to 390 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: develop it. He said, no, Joel, I was just driving 391 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: by one day and I felt so drawn to it. 392 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: I knew it was supposed to be mine. Just a whisper, 393 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: just a prompting that he felt in his spirit. God 394 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: will ask you to do things that are not always logical. 395 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: The battle will take place between your mind, all the 396 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: loud voices and the gentle whisper. When it's from God, 397 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: it's more of a knowing. You can't explain it on paper. 398 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: It may not make sense, your reason can't justify it. 399 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: But deep down you have this peace. You know you're 400 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: supposed to do it. Fifteen years later, he received notice 401 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 1: that the state was putting in a highway. It just 402 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: so happened out of all that land it was going 403 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: to run right through his property. They had to buy 404 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: him out. He ended up making more than one hundred 405 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: times what he paid for it. This man is an 406 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: older gentleman. He's kind of country in. A reporter from 407 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: the regional paper was talking to him, said, sir, you 408 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: sure know how to pick a piece of property. He said, yes, 409 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: my father told me about this place. The reporter said, 410 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: I didn't know you dad was in real estate. The 411 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: man pointed up, said, I'm talking about my heavenly father. 412 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: He knows where everything is. When you listen to this 413 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: still small voice, you'll come across blessings, favor, good breaks, 414 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: things you had no way of knowing. You can't explain it, 415 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: you don't have any data to back it up. But 416 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: you do have the most high God living on the 417 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: inside of you. He'll whisper secrets to your spirit. Some 418 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: of these whispers are destiny moments. They are vital for 419 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: you to see the fullness of what God has in store. 420 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: The reason you feel it so strongly is because it's 421 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: about to launch you into a new level of your destiny. 422 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: God is about to whisper some secrets. He's going to 423 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: give you insight into things that propel you ahead. You 424 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: are one whisper away from stepping into greater favor, greater influence, 425 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: greater reefsources, something more than you've imagined. Now, it may 426 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: not happen the way you think. It may not make sense. Logically, 427 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: your mind will try to talk you out of it. 428 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:14,239 Speaker 1: Follow the still small voice. You can trust your censor. Now. 429 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: I believe that God is whispering something to all of us, 430 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: maybe an area we need to grow, come up higher, 431 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: make better decisions. We've heard it, we keep ignoring it, 432 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: but it won't go away. Now is the time to act. 433 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a whisperer where we need to stretch, get 434 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: out of our comfort zone, take a step of faith. 435 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: My challenge is pay attention to the whispers. Be sensitive 436 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 1: to what you're feeling the promptings. Let that still small 437 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: voice be the loudest voice in your life, the voice 438 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: that you choose to obey. If you'll do this, I 439 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: believe and declare God is going to whisper secrets to you. 440 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: He's going to give you inside information. You're about to 441 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: rise higher, accomplish dreams, and become all you were created 442 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: to be in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, 443 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,239 Speaker 1: can you say amen? I'd like to give you an 444 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 445 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 446 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. 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