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She had a 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: coat hanger and was trying, trying, but she couldn't get 34 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 4: it unlocked. She finally prayed and asked God to help her. 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 4: About that time, this real rough looking guy pulled up 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 4: on a motorcycle. He was dressed in lets, other tattoos, 37 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: wearing a skull cap. In fifteen seconds, he had the 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: car unlocked. She gave him a hug and said, Lord, 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 4: thank you for sending me this nice man. He said, Lady, 40 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 4: I'm not a nice man. I just got out of 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 4: prison for auto theft. 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 5: She hugged him again and said, Lord, thank you. 43 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: You even sent me a professional mid say it like 44 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 4: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 45 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 4: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 46 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 48 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 49 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 50 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about room enough. 51 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: We all have things in life that come against us, 52 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 4: situations that aren't. 53 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 5: Fair, people that do us wrong. 54 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: It's easy to get discouraged and think that's the way 55 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 4: it's always going to be. But just because you have 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 4: office position doesn't mean you're not in God's will. Paul 57 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 4: said in Corinthians, A wide door of opportunity is open, 58 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 4: and there are many adversaries. Anytime you're going to move forward, 59 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 4: anytime you're about to take new ground, there will be opposition, 60 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 4: people trying to discourage you. 61 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 5: Things you don't understand. 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 4: The people that reach their destiny aren't moved by what's 63 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 4: not working out. They know God is in control, that 64 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 4: he's directing their steps, that what was meant for harm 65 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 4: he's going to turn to their advantage. They know the 66 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: setback is really a set up for God to do 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 4: something greater. 68 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 5: Now, opposition is a sign that. 69 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 4: Promotion is coming, healing is coming, New levels are on 70 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 4: the way. When God was going to promote David, take 71 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 4: him from the shepherd's fields, a teenager taking care of 72 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 4: his father's sheep, and give him the respect and in 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 4: influence of the whole nation. 74 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 5: He didn't send David a friend. He didn't have. 75 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 4: King Saul say, I see potential in this young man. 76 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 5: Let's give him a chance. No, God sent David an enemy. 77 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 5: He sent him a giant. 78 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 4: David could have thought, God, I don't understand it. Samuel 79 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 4: said I'd be the next king. He anointed me in 80 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 4: front of my family, But he didn't say anything. 81 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 5: About this giant. 82 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 4: No, David understood this principle. With the opportunity, there would 83 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: be opposition. When he defeated Goliath, he became an overnight hero. 84 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: All of Israel took notice, not because Samuel anointed him. 85 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 4: Nobody celebrated David. When the prophet poured oil on his 86 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: head and said he would be the next king, they thought, 87 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 4: no big deal, it's just David. Pour all the oil 88 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: you want, doesn't change anything. David even went back to 89 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 4: the shepherd's fields after he was anointed, it didn't look 90 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 4: any different. But when he defeated Goliath, that one victory 91 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 4: gave him instant respect from all of Israel. The giants 92 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 4: you face weren't sent to defeat you, but to show 93 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 4: people the anointing on your life. It's one thing to 94 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 4: say you're anointed, but God is going to prove you're 95 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 4: anointed when you defeat that giant, when you break the addiction, 96 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 4: when you beat the cancer, when you pay your house off, 97 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 4: when your business takes off. 98 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 5: There won't be any doubt. 99 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 4: People will see the favor of God on your life. 100 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 5: They're going to have a new respect for you. 101 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 4: They may have dismissed you in the past, not paid 102 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 4: much attention, or it's just David a teenager. 103 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 5: He doesn't have much to offer. Or get ready. 104 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 4: God is about to show out That giant may be bigger, stronger, 105 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 4: more powerful, but it is no match for our God. 106 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 4: Don't run away from the giant. 107 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 5: Run to the giant. 108 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 4: The giant is not going to defeat you. It's going 109 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 4: to establish you. The giant is going to give you 110 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 4: a new level of influence. 111 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 5: It's going to cause people to see that you're favored. 112 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 5: They may not like you. 113 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 4: They may never be for you, but they won't be 114 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 4: able to deny the fact of the blessing that God 115 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 4: put on your life. After David defeated Goliath, you don't 116 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 4: read any more about Goliath. Goliath's whole purpose was to 117 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: establish David, don't complain about your giants. 118 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 5: Without that giant, you couldn't take your throne, so to speak. 119 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 5: Without that opposition, you. 120 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 4: Wouldn't see the fullness of your destiny. And none of us, 121 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 4: of course like difficulties, but keep the right perspective. 122 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 5: On the other. 123 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 4: Side is a new level. You have to outlast the opposition. 124 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 4: You have to have a made up mind. You are 125 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 4: in it to win it. God didn't bring you this 126 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 4: far to leave you. He knows what's happening. He sees 127 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 4: the medical report, he sees who's not treating you right. 128 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 4: If you'll stay in faith like David, you'll not only 129 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 4: come out, you'll come out better, promoted to a new 130 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 4: level of your destiny. This is what happened with Isaac 131 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 4: in Genesis chapter twenty six. He faced all kinds of opposition. 132 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 5: Isaac was very successful. 133 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 4: His crops had produced record amounts that year, and he 134 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 4: was honoring God doing the right thing. But his neighbors, 135 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: the Philistines, when they saw how blessed he was, how 136 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 4: his crops had taken off. Instead of being happy for him, 137 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 4: they were jealous. 138 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 5: They didn't want him there anymore. 139 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 4: Don't be surprised when God blesses you if everyone doesn't 140 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 4: celebrate you. Some people can't handle your success. They're fine 141 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: as long as you stay at their level, they'll be 142 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 4: for you. But when God takes you to the next level, 143 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 4: when He shows out in your life, they may not 144 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 4: be happy for you. Instead of getting discouraged, remember that 145 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 4: opposition is a sign that promotion is coming. You're blessed now, 146 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 4: but God has something greater, something that you haven't seen. 147 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 4: The Philistines were so jealous they clogged up Isaac's wells 148 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 4: with dirt. He didn't have any water for his animals 149 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 4: or any way to water his crops. The king told 150 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 4: Isaac that he was too blessed, too powerful. He had 151 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 4: to leave that area. Isaac could have fought him, thought, no, 152 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 4: this is where God blessed me. I'm staying here. But 153 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 4: after he prayed, Isaac knew he was supposed to leave, 154 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 4: and I'm sure he was disappointed. He never dreamed he'd 155 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: have to start all over. But when you do the 156 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 4: right thing, when the wrong thing is happened, you're sowing 157 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 4: a seed for God to bless you. It may look 158 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 4: like somebody's getting the best of you. It was unfair, 159 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 4: Like Isaac, you did what was right, but it puts 160 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 4: you at a disadvantage. 161 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 5: Don't worry. Your time is coming. 162 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 4: They think they're pushing you down, Really they're pushing you up. 163 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 4: Isaac took the high road and moved to the valley 164 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 4: of Gerar. It looked like he was going the wrong direction. 165 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 4: He'd been up on the. 166 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 5: High places so blessed. 167 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 4: Now he was going down to the valley. But the 168 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 4: blessing is not on your location. The blessing is on you. 169 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 4: Wherever you go. The blessing goes when you take the 170 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 4: high road and make adjustments to keep the peace. It 171 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 4: may look like you're going backwards, having to start all over, 172 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 4: But when you do the right thing, you will never 173 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 4: end up with less, less resources, less influence, less joy. 174 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 4: There may be a season of less, but increase is coming, 175 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: Promotion is coming, Abundance is coming. Isaac moved to the 176 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 4: valley and had his men redig the wells that belonged 177 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 4: to his father. He was on his old property. The 178 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 4: local shepherds came up and said, what are you doing. 179 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 5: You can't redig these wells. 180 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 4: They belonged to us. They started arguing with Isaac's men. 181 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: Isaac could have made a big deal about it, after all, 182 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 4: it was his property, it belonged to his father. Instead, 183 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 4: Isaac told his men to stop digging and let them 184 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 4: have it. Another disappointment. Verse twenty says Isaac named. 185 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 5: Those wells argument. He knew if he'd ha stayed, it 186 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 5: would start a big fight. 187 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 4: Even if he won, it would be an ongoing battle 188 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: with strife and conflict. And yes, sometimes you need to 189 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 4: stay and fight the good fight, take what belongs to you. 190 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 4: But there are there are times, like with Isaac, you 191 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 4: need to walk away and let God make it up 192 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 4: to you. You could win, but it's going to do 193 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: so much damage and cause so much ongoing trouble. It 194 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 4: would be better to just let it go. And this 195 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 4: is what Isaac did. He moved to a different place 196 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 4: and dug some new wells. 197 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 5: Same thing happened. The local people came up and opposed him. 198 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 4: Isaac named those wells opposition He could have thought, God, 199 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: I'm done. I've been faithful. I got kicked out of 200 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: my own land. I reduged the wells of my father's 201 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 4: That didn't work out. 202 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 5: It's never going to happen. No, Isaac had a made 203 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 5: up mind. 204 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 4: He knew on the other side of the adversity was 205 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 4: a new level. He found a different place, dug some 206 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 4: more wells. This time the water not only freely flowed, but. 207 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 5: The people left him alone. 208 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 4: The scripture says Isaac named these wells room enough. One 209 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 4: translations says it was a wide open, abundant place. Notice 210 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 4: the principle, if you'll pass these tests and go through 211 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 4: the well of argument, through the well of opposition, then 212 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 4: you will come to the well of room enough, the 213 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 4: well of wide open places, the well of abundance. The 214 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 4: mistake we make too often is we get stuck at 215 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: the well of argument trying to prove our point, convince 216 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 4: somebody that we're right. Those first set of wells, they 217 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 4: belong to Isaac's family. 218 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 5: He had a right to them. 219 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 4: But there are some battles that are not worth fighting. 220 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 4: When you're a peacemaker, you let somebody else be right, 221 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 4: even though you know they're wrong. Everything in your mind 222 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 4: will say you're weak. You're letting them get the best 223 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 4: of you. You're going to have to go down. 224 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 5: To the valley. 225 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 4: But in the valley is where room enough is. That's 226 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 4: where the place of abundance is. Don't get stuck at 227 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 4: the will of argument. Well, Joel, it's not right. They 228 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 4: did me wrong. Why don't you let God fight your battles. 229 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 4: Why don't you let God be your vindicator. I can 230 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 4: assure you God will vindicate you better than you can 231 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 4: vindicate yourself. We're not called to straighten everyone out. 232 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 5: They may be wrong. You know you're right, But you 233 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 5: have to ask yourself. 234 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 4: If you win the argument, what is it going to accomplish? 235 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 5: Is it going to move you forward? Or is it 236 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 5: just going to make you feel good? 237 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 4: You could win, but in the big picture, it took 238 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 4: your time, your energy, your focus, things you should be 239 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 4: using for your own dreams. We fight too many battles 240 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 4: that don't matter. If that battle is not between you 241 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 4: and your God given destiny, it's a distraction. 242 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,359 Speaker 5: It's the enemy trying to lure. 243 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 4: You off course, to get you stuck at the well 244 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 4: of argument, when the will of room enough is waiting 245 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 4: for you. You have to learn to let things go. Let 246 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: somebody else be right for the sake of peace. Jesus 247 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 4: said in Luke's six Ignore insults, don't bother to retaliate, 248 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 4: maintain your dignity. We would go a lot further, We 249 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: would enjoy life a lot more if we would simply 250 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 4: ignore things. Somebody is talking about you. Don't try to 251 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 4: straighten them out. 252 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 5: Ignore it. Somebody did you wrong, don't retaliate. Let God 253 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 5: fight your battles. 254 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 4: Ignore it, and keep moving forward. They can't stop your destiny. 255 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 4: I've been speaking in public now about seventeen years since 256 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 4: my father died, and of course the more people you're 257 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 4: in front of, the more critics you have. But I've 258 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 4: found a critic has never been able to stop me. 259 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 4: Somebody that doesn't like me, that may try to discredit 260 00:14:59,160 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: me or. 261 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 5: Even say things that are not. 262 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 4: True, they've never been able to keep me from rising higher. 263 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 4: I didn't try to prove to them who I am. 264 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 4: Answer my critics, convince them to like me. I found 265 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 4: something more effective. Ignore it, don't pay it any attention, 266 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 4: don't try to retaliate, don't sink down to their level. 267 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: Maintain your dignity. 268 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 5: Be a egle and rise above it. 269 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: See an eagle can fly at heights that a crow 270 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 4: cannot reach. There will always be some crows in your 271 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 4: life pecking at you, trying debate you into conflict. You 272 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 4: probably have some crows at the office. 273 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 5: One of your relatives may be a crow. Your spouse. 274 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 5: Maybe I'm just kidding. 275 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 4: The only way to argue with the crow is to 276 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 4: sink down to their level. If you find yourself in 277 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 4: conflict upset, try to prove your point. As a sign 278 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 4: you've come down too low. You need to go back 279 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 4: up where you belong. 280 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 5: You're an egle. Quit wasting time with that crow. 281 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 4: The crows cannot go where you're going. 282 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 5: Don't waste any emotional energy on that. 283 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 4: Rise above it. God sees what's happening. He'll take care 284 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 4: of your crows. The scripture says God opposes the people 285 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 4: that oppose you, But if you go in and try 286 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 4: to do God's work, God, let me oppose them, let 287 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 4: me straighten them out. 288 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 5: I got a good insult for them. 289 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 4: God will step back and say, Okay, you do it 290 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 4: on your own, you can handle it. But if you'll 291 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 4: make a better decision and turn it over to God, 292 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 4: he'll oppose who's opposing you. And when the most high God, 293 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: the creator of the universe, opposes, nothing can. 294 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 5: Stand against him. 295 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 4: But when you're an egle, when you take the high road, 296 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: some people will mistake that for weakness. The truth is 297 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 4: it's a sign of strength. It takes a strong person 298 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 4: to overlook an insult. It takes maturity to not get 299 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 4: in an argument. Some people will try to bait you. 300 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 4: They feed off of arguing. On purpose, they'll do things 301 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 4: to try to get you riled up. If you take 302 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 4: that bait, if you give in, you're allowing them to 303 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 4: control you. They know if they push this button, you'll 304 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,880 Speaker 4: get upset. If they push that button, you'll start arguing. 305 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 4: Do yourself a favor, turn those buttons off. Quit taking 306 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 4: the bait. The next time that happens, just smile and 307 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 4: keep moving forward. You have a destiny to fulfill. You 308 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 4: don't have time to waste playing those games. One time, 309 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 4: this man came up to me and he was very uptight, 310 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 4: very stressed out, and he asked me what I believed 311 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 4: about a certain scripture. I could tell he was ready 312 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 4: to argue. 313 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 5: I was young. 314 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 4: I didn't understand what everything meant. Back then still don't 315 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 4: today he read this scripture. 316 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 5: I wasn't familiar with it. I asked him what he 317 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 5: believed it meant. 318 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 4: He started telling me very intensely, going on and on. 319 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 4: It sounded right. I said, I believe what you believe. 320 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 4: He no more heard that. It went in one ear 321 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 4: and out the other. He started his whole argument up 322 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 4: all over, getting more riled up, trying to convince me. 323 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: When he paused, I said it again, I. 324 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 5: Believe what you believe. 325 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 4: He looked at me, puzzled, started up all over here. 326 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,719 Speaker 4: He had won the argument three times. The problem was 327 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 4: he didn't want to have peace. 328 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 5: He wanted to argue. 329 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 4: Your time is too valuable to waste it with people 330 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 4: that don't want to have peace. 331 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 5: Don't argue doctrine with people. 332 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 4: Don't argue politics things you're never going to agree on, 333 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 4: for the sake of peace, Let somebody else be right. 334 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 4: Proverbs twenty says avoiding a fight is a mark of honor. 335 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 4: Only a fool insist on arguing it. Doesn't say winning 336 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 4: a fight is a mark of honor. Proving your point, 337 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 4: straightening somebody out, No, avoiding a fight, being an eagle 338 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 4: overlooking some things, letting somebody else be right for the 339 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 4: sake of peace. 340 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 5: That's a mark of honor. This is especially important in 341 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 5: our homes. 342 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 4: It's easy to argue over petty things, things that really 343 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 4: don't matter. I've seen people get a divorce not over 344 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 4: something big. They're great people, they loved each other, but 345 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 4: they argued over small things where their strife and division. 346 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 4: Little things turn into big things. That's when our families 347 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: can be torn apart. When you live with someone, you're 348 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 4: not going to see eye to eye all the time, 349 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 4: going to do things that get on your nerves, but 350 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 4: you do things. 351 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 5: That get on their nerves. You have to make this decision. 352 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 4: I'm not going to allow strife in I'm going to 353 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 4: do what I can to keep the peace. 354 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 5: That means you're going to. 355 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 4: Have to overlook some things what normally would upset you. 356 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 5: The next time that. 357 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 4: Happens, why don't you be an eagle and rise above it? Well, Joel, 358 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 4: I'm waiting for her to change. God is waiting for 359 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 4: you to change. 360 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 5: Well. 361 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 4: If he'll quit aggravating me, then I'll quit arguing. Why 362 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 4: don't you be the peacemaker and rise above it. Years ago, 363 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 4: Victoria and I were leaving the Astros ballgame their stadium downtown, 364 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 4: and when I pulled out, I asked Victoria which way 365 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 4: I needed to go right or left. She looked around 366 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 4: and said we need to go right. I looked and said, no, Victoria, 367 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 4: we need. 368 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 5: To go left. 369 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 4: She said, Joel, I'm positive we need to go right. 370 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 4: I said, Victoria, our house is this way. I pulled 371 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 4: out and turned left. She said, you're going to see 372 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 4: you're going the wrong way. I zigzagged all over downtown. 373 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 4: I had no idea where I was going, but I 374 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 4: didn't tell her. I drove so confidently I could have 375 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,959 Speaker 4: won an Academy award. She said, Joel, we are just 376 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 4: driving in circles. 377 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 5: I said, we're not driving in circles. I'm going straight home. 378 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 4: I was saying it by faith, but my faith wasn't working. 379 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 4: About ten minutes later, I made a right turn and 380 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 4: we were right back at the stadium. 381 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 5: I couldn't believe it. What am I saying? 382 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 4: I thought I was right, but I found out later 383 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 4: I was wrong. And sometimes even when you think you're right, 384 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 4: you need to swallow your pride and let somebody else 385 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 4: be right. I would rather let the other person be 386 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 4: right and have peace than for me to be right 387 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 4: and not have peace. 388 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 5: Now, when I'm going somewhere. 389 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 4: I just say, honey, darling, sweetheart, which way would you 390 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 4: like me to go? I don't ask questions. I don't 391 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 4: check my GPS. Victoria is my GPS. If you're going 392 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 4: to get to the well of room enough, you have 393 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 4: to go through the well of argument, where you're tempted 394 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 4: to get into strife and conflict, through the well of opposition, 395 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 4: where things come against you, things you don't understand. You 396 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 4: may be at a difficult place now, something is happening. 397 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 5: That's not fair. Don't get discouraged. 398 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 4: You're right where Isaac was. That's all a part of 399 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 4: the process. You're at well number one, maybe well number two. 400 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 4: The good news is well number three is coming. The 401 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 4: will of room enough, the will of abundance. Now, don't 402 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 4: get stuck at the first two wells. We all have opposition, 403 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,959 Speaker 4: we all have people that come against us. But if 404 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 4: you'll keep moving forward like Isaac, you'll see God vindicate you, 405 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 4: promote you. He'll take you where you could not go 406 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 4: on your own. This is what happened with you. Everything 407 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 4: was going great, then the bottom fell out. He lost 408 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 4: his health, his family, his business. He was at the 409 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 4: well of opposition. He didn't understand it. He was doing 410 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 4: the right thing, but the wrong thing was happening. His 411 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 4: friends told him that it was his fault. His wife said, 412 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 4: Joe just cursed God and die. He came to the 413 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 4: well of argument, the well of strife. Job looked around 414 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 4: and said, I could not find God. I went forward 415 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 4: and he wasn't there. I went backwards and he wasn't there. 416 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 4: And sometimes in life you can't see what God is doing. 417 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 4: You're praying, but it's not working out. Like Isaac, it 418 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 4: was your land, but they asked you to leave. It's 419 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 4: easy to make a judgment based on one season, to 420 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 4: look at one period of your life and think that's 421 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 4: the way it's always going to be, that determines the 422 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 4: rest of your future. 423 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 5: No, that's just one well. You can't see where God 424 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 5: is taking you. 425 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 4: All those clogged up wells, those wells of opposition, they 426 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 4: are leading you to the well of room. 427 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 5: Enough. 428 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 4: Don't make a judgment based on a moment. Where you 429 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 4: are is not your final destination. 430 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 5: It's just a season. 431 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 4: Job understood this. He didn't get discouraged, he didn't give up. 432 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 4: He could have stopped at well number one, could have 433 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 4: stayed at well number two. Instead, he kept moving forward. 434 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 4: He stayed on the high road, overlooked some things. He 435 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 4: came to well number three, to that place of abundance. 436 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 4: He not only saw his health restored, but he came 437 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 4: out with twice what he had before. A man told 438 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 4: me recently how God had failed him. He prayed and believed, 439 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 4: but his business didn't make it. 440 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 5: He was judging his future on that one bad break. 441 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 4: I told him what I'm telling you. God didn't fail you. 442 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 5: That's just well number one room. Enough is up ahead. 443 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 4: Abundance is in your future, but you'll ever see it 444 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: if you stop where you are. 445 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 5: Like him, you may have had some clogged up wells. 446 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 5: He did the right thing. 447 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 4: You worked hard, but you had a set back, a disappointment. 448 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 4: God is saying, keep digging. Those clogged up wells are 449 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,360 Speaker 4: not the end. When we were trying to buy property 450 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 4: for a new sanctuary, we found this large tract. 451 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 5: Of land that we really liked. 452 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 4: It seemed perfect. We were making plans. Then the owner 453 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 4: sold it out from under us. He didn't keep his word. 454 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 4: It was like he clogged up our well. I was 455 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 4: so disappointed. A few months later, we found another large 456 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 4: piece of property. 457 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 5: It seemed better than the one before. 458 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 4: We knew God was saving that for us, But the 459 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 4: same thing happened. 460 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 5: It was sold out from under us. It was like 461 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 5: the enemy clogged up another well. 462 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 4: We could have made a judgment based on those two 463 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 4: bad breaks. Instead, we believed that God was still in control, 464 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 4: but he was directing our steps. 465 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 5: So we kept digging. 466 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 4: We kept believing, thanking God that the right doors would open. 467 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 4: Six months later we received word that this place, the 468 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 4: former Compact Center, was coming available. 469 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 5: Things begin to fall into place. 470 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 4: Here we are today in room enough, in a wide 471 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 4: open space, in an abundant place. The first two wells 472 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 4: were discouraging, but Well number three was the charm. What 473 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 4: am I saying? In God's will? 474 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 5: You will have stopped up wells. 475 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 4: You can't pray away all the opposition, pray away all 476 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 4: the people that do you wrong. That's all a part 477 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 4: of the process. You may have dug a well and 478 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 4: it didn't work out. You dug another well and something 479 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 4: clogged it up, a person walked away. 480 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 5: Stay in faith. Well number three is coming. 481 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 4: The third well is when opportunity freely flows. It's when 482 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 4: good breaks chase you down. When the right people come 483 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 4: looking for you, you Well number three is more than 484 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 4: you can ask or think. It's where God will pay 485 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 4: you back. He'll make up for those two wells that. 486 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 5: Didn't work out. 487 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 4: Now you may be at well number one, a difficult place. 488 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 4: Maybe you're at well number two. Life hasn't made sense. 489 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 4: My challenge is keep digging. Don't make a judgment based 490 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 4: on that moment. That opposition was never sent to stop you. 491 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 5: It was sent, like. 492 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 4: David, to establish you. It's going to prove the anointing 493 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 4: on your life. If you'll do this, I believe and 494 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 4: declare you'll coming into room enough, to a place of 495 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 4: an abundance, to health, wholeness, the fullness of your destiny 496 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 4: in Jesus's name, if you receive it. Can you say 497 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 4: a man today, I'd like to give you an opportunity 498 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 4: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 499 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 4: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 500 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 4: my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you my 501 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: lord and savior. If you've prayed that simple prayer, we 502 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 4: believe you. 503 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 5: Got born again. 504 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 505 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 4: Victoria and I will be right back to speak a 506 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 4: blessing over you. 507 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,360 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry. 508 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 6: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 509 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 6: Joel's new exclusive Many book collection, Gifts of God. 510 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 5: What gifts do you need today? 511 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 7: God offers you the gift of joy, the gift of peace, 512 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 7: the gift of favor. 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