1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 2: the ministry. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a. 6 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 2: Friend, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best in 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 2: your life. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to 8 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 2: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: please stop by and be a part of one of 10 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 2: our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas. 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Right here at Lakewood. We'd love to have you be 12 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: a part. But thanks for tuning in. 13 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 14 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: about this lady that died and she was at the 15 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: Pearly Gates. Saint Peter said, you can't come in yet. 16 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: You have to correctly spell a word. 17 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: She said what word? 18 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: He said, any word, So she spelled the word love, 19 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: l ovee. 20 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: Peter said, welcome to Heaven. 21 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 2: Then Peter asked her if she would take his place 22 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: for a moment. He instructed her that if anyone came, 23 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: just to follow the same procedure. 24 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: In a few moments, she sees her ex husband walk in. 25 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: She can't believe it. She said, what are you doing here? 26 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: He said, I just had a heart attack. Did I 27 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: really make it to heaven? 28 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: She said not yet. You have to correctly spell a word. 29 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: He said what word? 30 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: There was a long pause, and she said, Czechoslovakia. Say 31 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 32 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: am what it says I am. I have what it 33 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: says I have. I can do what it says I 34 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: can do. Today I will be talked the word of God. 35 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 36 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: God bless you. 38 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about God is 39 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: your source. 40 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: It's easy to look to people. 41 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: As our source, or look to our job as our source. 42 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: And yes, God. 43 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: Uses people, he uses jobs, he uses contracts, but they 44 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: are not the source. They are simply a resource that 45 00:01:59,040 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: the source uses. 46 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: And if you're. 47 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: Seeing other things, then God as your source. The problem 48 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: is if something happens to them, you'll think, what am 49 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: I going to do? The source has been cut off? No, 50 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: the source is just fine. God is still on the throne. 51 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: The scripture says that every good gift comes from our 52 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: Father in heaven. Above That good gift may come through people, 53 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: but it came from God. Your salary may come through 54 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: your company, but it came from your heavenly father. He's 55 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: the one that caused them to hire you. He's the 56 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: one that caused you to stand out. He's using them 57 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: as a resource. Or that contract may come through a friend, 58 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: through a connection, but it came from God. That's why 59 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 2: you don't have to play up to people, compromise to 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: get a good break. People are not your provider. God 61 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: is your provider. That job is simply the God chose 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 2: to bless you. And if you don't understand this, you 63 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: can make people your God. Well, if this supervisor doesn't 64 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: like me, if this contract doesn't last, if these clients 65 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: are not good to. 66 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: Me, how am I going to make it? 67 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: Take people off the throne. People are not your source. 68 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 2: God is your source. And yes, it's good when people 69 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: are nice to you. It's nice when they recognize your value, 70 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: but don't become so dependent on them that you start 71 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: seeing them as your provider. Recognize behind the resource is 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: the source, behind the salary, behind the opportunity, behind the 73 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: favor is the most high God causing people to be 74 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: good to you, causing doors to open, causing clients to 75 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 2: seek you out. Be grateful for the resource, but keep 76 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 2: your eyes on the source. 77 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: When Peter didn't have. 78 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: Money to pay his taxes, Jesus told him to go 79 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: to the lake and catch a fish. The first fish 80 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 2: he caught had a gold coin in it, enough to 81 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: pay his taxes. God was showing us how he can 82 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: use different resources. If a contract at work comes to 83 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: an end, looks like you're going to be set back, 84 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: don't be discouraged. God has another fish. He has ways 85 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: that we've never thought of. As long as you're keeping 86 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: him first place. You are connected to a supply line 87 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 2: that will never run dry. You are not at the 88 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 2: mercy of the economy or your boss or who likes you. 89 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: God has all kinds of resources he can use. I 90 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: talked to a man after thirty two years, the company 91 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: he worked for was sold. 92 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: He was without a job, and he was so discouraged. 93 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: He never dreamed at his age he would have to 94 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: be starting over. I told him what I'm telling you. 95 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: That job was simply the resource that God chose to 96 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: bless you. It is not the source. The source is 97 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: fine him. About six months later and. 98 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: He was so happy. 99 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: He said, Joel, I not only got another job, I 100 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: got my dream job, had better benefits, better income, closer 101 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: to his house. When the door closes, you go through 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 2: a setback. You have to remind yourself it's not the 103 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: resource blessing you, it's the source. The scripture says, you 104 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: will prosper even in the desert. Your lief will not wither. 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: Even in famine, you will have more than enough. It's 106 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 2: showing us that even though the circumstances may change, the 107 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: source never changes. Because you're connected to that source, you 108 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 2: will be blessed. 109 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: In the famine. 110 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 2: You will increase when others are decreasing. All through the day, Lord, 111 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 2: I recognize you're the source of my life. Yes, this 112 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: job gives me a paycheck, but you're the source of 113 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 2: the income. Yes, this company gave me a good position, 114 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: but you're the source of the favor. In the scripture, 115 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 2: Ruth and her mother in law were both widows. They 116 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 2: were very poor, struggling to survive. Ruth would go out 117 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: into the fields each morning and pick up the leftover 118 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 2: wheat that the workers had missed. One day, the owner 119 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 2: of the field, a man named Boaz, noticed Ruth and 120 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 2: for some reason, he decided to be good to her. 121 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 2: He told his workers to leave handfuls of wheat on 122 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: purpose for Ruth. Eventually Ruth found out it was him. 123 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: I could hear her telling her mother in law, this 124 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 2: man Boaz, this owner, He's being so good to me. 125 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: He's leaving me so much wheat. 126 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: Ruth thought it was Boaz being good to her. The 127 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 2: truth is it was God being good to her. Boaz 128 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: was the resource, but God was the source. 129 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: God was the one. 130 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 2: Speaking to Boaz, giving him that desire to be good 131 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: to her. How many times has God spoken to people 132 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: to be good to us and we didn't even know it? 133 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: For no reason. They decided to help us. 134 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: They opened the door, They gave us a position, They 135 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 2: introduced us to a friend. They were a resource that 136 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: the Source was using. 137 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: The longer I live, the more I. 138 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 2: Recognized God's goodness in my life. Things that I thought 139 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 2: were a coincidence, I thought were people just wanting. 140 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: To be good to me. 141 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: I realize now it was the source. Doors that opened 142 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: that you couldn't open. Somebody decided to give you a 143 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: good break. You were at the right place at the 144 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: right time, met that person and fell in love. 145 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: That wasn't a coincidence. That was the source. 146 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 2: That person that put in a good word for you, 147 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 2: you got the promotion. 148 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: You weren't lucky. That was God speaking to them like 149 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: he spoke to Boaz. 150 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: Every good thing comes from our Father above. They may 151 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: not have even known it was God speaking to them. 152 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: They just suddenly had a desire to be good to you, 153 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: to stay laid, and introduce you to the client, to 154 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 2: waive the policy and put the loan through. Are you 155 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: recognizing the source? Are you thanking God for every good gift? 156 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: Do you realize you wouldn't have waken up this morning 157 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: without the source. You wouldn't have air to breathe without 158 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: the source. Your eyes wouldn't see without the source. You 159 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 2: wouldn't have that person to love without the source. Don't 160 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: get so caught up in the resources that you forget 161 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: it's the most tied God working in your life. It's 162 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 2: God protecting you from that accident. It was God healing 163 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 2: you from the cancer, not just the medicine. 164 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: It was the source. 165 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,359 Speaker 2: When you look back over your life, nothing was a coincidence. 166 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: There were no lucky breaks. 167 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: What you thought was just Boaz being good to you, 168 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 2: leaving you handfuls on purpose. That was the hand of God, 169 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: the source, working behind the scenes, telling. 170 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: Them to be good to you. 171 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: When we were trying to acquire this facility, the former 172 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 2: Compact Center, it was owned by the city, so we 173 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 2: had to get the city council members to vote to 174 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 2: approve it. I had never been involved in any kind 175 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: of politics and convincing council members. This was way out 176 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: of my expertise. Someone randomly introduced us to a man 177 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 2: that had been in city politics his whole life. He 178 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 2: had worked for different mayors for many years. 179 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: He wasn't the. 180 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: Typical white collar professional that you might envision. 181 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: He was kind of rough. 182 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: He liked to party, he liked to drink, didn't always 183 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 2: use good language. But for some reason, he really liked us. 184 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: He really wanted us to get the building. He went 185 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: overboard to make things happen. He used his favor his 186 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: influence to sway people. Early on, there was a council 187 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: member that was against us. He said, don't worry, he'll 188 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 2: vote for us. 189 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: He owes me. I didn't ask for any details. I 190 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: just said, thank you Jesus. Here. This man had not 191 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: been in church his whole life. 192 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: But he was doing all he could to help Lakewood 193 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 2: get the building. I realize now that wasn't just him 194 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: deciding to help us, him just deciding to do a 195 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 2: good deed. He was a resource that the Source was using. 196 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 2: He may not have even known that was God speaking 197 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 2: to him. After we got the building, he came to 198 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 2: a service, and years later he was being interviewed about 199 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: the process and about why he had helped us. 200 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: He said, I don't go to church. 201 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: I went to Lakewood one time, and I don't like 202 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: the circus. He referred to us as the circus, And yes, 203 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 2: our services are for and exciting, and in a few 204 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 2: minutes the elephants will be coming out and at the end, 205 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 2: Victoria is going to walk the high wire. 206 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: Followed Baba brother Paul being shot out of a cannon. 207 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: So stay for that. None of that bothered me. 208 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 2: But he went on to save And I'm not telling 209 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 2: you this to brag on me. 210 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: Just to make the point. 211 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 2: He said, I help them because I've never met anyone 212 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 2: like Joel. 213 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: I would walk through a fire for that man. 214 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 2: I would love to think that I'm that charming, I'm 215 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 2: that dynamic. Can I tell you I'm not. I hardly 216 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: even knew him. That was the source. That was God 217 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 2: putting the right people in our path, causing them to 218 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 2: want to be good to us. Second King's Chapter four, 219 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: there's a story about a lady. She and her husband 220 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: were friends with the prophet Elisha, but the. 221 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: Husband had died. Years had passed. 222 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 2: Now, this lady didn't have any money to pay her bills. 223 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 2: It was so bad the creditors were coming to take 224 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 2: her two sons as payment. You can imagine how distraught 225 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: she was. The prophet Elisha came by and asked what 226 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: she had in her house. Her first answer was nothing 227 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 2: at all. She was saying, Elisha, I'm done. It's too late. 228 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 2: The odds are against me. Sometimes when we look at 229 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: what we have compared to what we need, we think, 230 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: like her, I'll never accomplish my dreams. I don't have 231 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: what I need. I'll never get well, I'll never get 232 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 2: out of debt. We look at the circumstances, at the resources, 233 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 2: the medical report, the bank account. 234 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Here's the key. 235 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 2: The resource may have dried up, but the source. 236 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: Is still alive and well. 237 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 2: She finally said, Elisha, I do have one thing in 238 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 2: my house, but really it's nothing, just a little bottle 239 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 2: of olive oil. 240 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: She thought, it's really not worth mentioning. 241 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 2: I have this huge debt and all I have is 242 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 2: something worth a few dollars. 243 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: Don't discount the small things you have. 244 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 2: Don't discount small opportunities, small gifts, small income. May seem 245 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 2: small to you, but God knows how to multiply. 246 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: The scripture says, if. 247 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 2: You have faith the size of a mustard seed, that's 248 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 2: one of the smallest seeds. You could say, to this mountain, 249 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: be removed, and it will move. God doesn't expect us 250 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 2: to have great faith all the time. 251 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: It's nice when we do. 252 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: But God is so merciful. He knew there would be 253 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: times like this, lady, we would think this is impossible. 254 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 2: If you'll just say, God, all I have is this 255 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 2: little bit of oil. All I have is mustard seed. Faith, 256 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 2: watch what God will do. Elisha told her to go 257 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: out and borrow as many large containers as she could find. 258 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: I can see this lady knocking. 259 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 2: On door after door, carrying those empty containers back to 260 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: her house. Don't you know God saw her faith. God 261 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 2: saw her being obedient, doing. 262 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: What she could. 263 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 2: When you're in difficult times, don't sit around in self pity. 264 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: Do something where God can see your faith. Make plans 265 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 2: to get well, make plans to come out of death. 266 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: Are you gathering up any containers? 267 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 2: Are you taking steps of faith to show God that 268 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 2: you're ready for favor. Neighbors started asking, why do you 269 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: even need these empty containers. You don't have anything to 270 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: put in it, just a little bit of olive oil. 271 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: She answered, I may not have it yet, but I 272 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 2: know it's on the way. I know the prophet wouldn't 273 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 2: have asked me to do it if God wasn't up 274 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 2: to something. Faith started to rise in her heart. All 275 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: the circumstances were against her, friends trying to talk her 276 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 2: out of it, her own thoughts telling her no way. 277 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: Her attitude was, I may not see how this can happen, 278 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: but I know a secret. God is my source, He's 279 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: my provider. I'm connected to that supply line that won't 280 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 2: run dry. Lysia said to her poured the little bit 281 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: of oil into the first container. 282 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: That didn't make sense. 283 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 2: What good was it going to do to transfer oil 284 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 2: from one container to the other. What God asked us 285 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: to do many times is more about the obedience than 286 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: the actual thing that we're doing. 287 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: It's a test. If you'll obey, you'll see God's favor. 288 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 2: In the scripture, Naeman was an army captain, but he 289 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 2: had leprosy. God told him to go wash in the 290 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 2: Jordan rivers seven times and he would be healed. 291 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Naeman didn't want to do that. 292 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: He came up with all these excuses, God, the water's 293 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 2: too dirty, we have better rivers back. 294 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: At home, on and on. 295 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 2: He almost talked himself out of it. The last moment 296 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 2: he decided to do it. When he came up the 297 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: seventh time, his skin was perfectly normal. He wasn't in 298 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: the water. The healing was in the obedience. Are you 299 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: doing what God is asking you to do? Are you 300 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: gathering the containers? Are you pouring the oil? This lady 301 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: could have said, Elisha, I'm not gonna do that. It's 302 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: gonna be a waste of time. 303 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: She would have missed her miracle. 304 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: When she poured the little oil into the first container, 305 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: the oil never stopped flowing. She filled the first one up, 306 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: then the second, then the third. That doesn't make sense. 307 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 2: Where was the oil coming from the source. When you 308 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: do what God asked you to do, that doesn't make sense. 309 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: God will do things for you that don't make sense, 310 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: He'll show. 311 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 2: Out in your life. This lady kept pouring oil until 312 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 2: all the containers were full. 313 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: Then she went out. 314 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: And sold it. She was able to pay all of 315 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 2: her bills. She had plenty left over to live on. 316 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 2: That little bit of oil should have run out. But 317 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 2: God has supernatural provision. He knows how to not only 318 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: sustain you, but to increase you to where you defied 319 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 2: the odds. You may have areas in your life that 320 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 2: are dry now. You haven't seen much good breaks, seen 321 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: any favor, any increase, seems like it's permanent. 322 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: No, get ready, the flow is coming. God is about 323 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: to do something unusual. You couldn't have made it happen. 324 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 2: The odds were against you, But the Source is going 325 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 2: to send a supernatural flow. It may look like your 326 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 2: dream has died up. Favor is about to flow, finances 327 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 2: are about to flow, good breaks are about to flow. 328 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: The right people are going to flow. 329 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 2: You're not going to have to find them, They're going 330 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 2: to find you. The medical report may not look good, 331 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 2: you feel stuck in your health. 332 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: Receive this into your spirit. 333 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 2: Healing is flowing, Restoration is flowing, Strength is flowing You 334 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 2: haven't been able to get ahead in your career. People 335 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 2: have held you back, left you out. 336 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged. The flow is coming. 337 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 2: Promotion is going to flow, Ideas are about to flow, 338 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 2: Creativity is going to flow. Everything that has stopped your flow. 339 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 2: I believe right now those forces. 340 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: Have been broken. 341 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 2: You are coming into supernatural provision, supernatural healing, supernatural connections. 342 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 2: You've heard the saying it's showtime. God is saying it's 343 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 2: flow time. He's about to open the windows of heaven. 344 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 2: Pour our blessings that you could not contain. One touch 345 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 2: of God's favor will take you from famine to flourishing, 346 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 2: from barely enough to more than enough. 347 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: Now get in agreement with God. Father. Thank you that this. 348 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 2: Job is not my source, but you are my source. 349 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: Lord. 350 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: I'm grateful for the medicine, but I know you're my healer. 351 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: Lord. 352 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 2: I don't see how I can accomplish my d but 353 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: I know you. 354 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: Have a way where I don't see away. 355 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: I talked to a couple that wanted to buy a 356 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 2: house in another state, and they were looking in this 357 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: particular neighborhood. They had found this one house that they 358 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 2: really liked, but every time they tried to move forward. 359 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: They didn't feel peace about it. 360 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 2: After several months, they found a much larger piece of 361 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 2: property right on the outskirts of the neighborhood. In the natural, 362 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 2: being in the subdivision would have been a better investment. 363 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: The property values were higher, but even though they could 364 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 2: afford it, because they didn't have peace about it, they 365 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 2: bought this property right outside the neighborhood. Several months later, 366 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 2: two men knocked on their door. They were geologists. They 367 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: told how they had been studying that. 368 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: Area for years. 369 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 2: They had discovered a massive amount of oil under the subdivision. 370 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 2: The problem was the houses were too close together for 371 00:19:59,280 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 2: them to drill. 372 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: They said, if you'll let. 373 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: Us least part of your property so we can drill 374 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 2: into the neighborhood, we'll give you a commission not only 375 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 2: off your land, but off of all the properties in 376 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: the neighborhood. There were twelve hundred homes in that subdivision. 377 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 2: Isaiah said, God knows where the hidden riches are found. 378 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: You know why. He's the one that put them there. 379 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 2: He's the source, the creator of the universe, the most 380 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 2: hi God. And things may not be flowing in your 381 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 2: life right now. 382 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: But God knows where all the treasures are. 383 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 2: He knows how to put you at the right place 384 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 2: at the right time. He may not have you strike all, 385 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 2: but he can give you one idea that will catapult 386 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 2: you ahead. He can cause one person to come across 387 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 2: your path, like he did for us. You'll accomplish a 388 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 2: dream that seems impossible. He knows not only what you need, 389 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 2: but he knows when you're going to need it. Nineteen 390 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 2: ninety six, I was walking through the lobby before service 391 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 2: one Sunday morning. A man stopped me and said that 392 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 2: his cousin had a construction permit for the last full 393 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: power commercial television station in Houston. We bought the permit 394 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 2: and put the station on the air. I thought that's 395 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 2: what I would do with my life. 396 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: I loved production. 397 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: Cameras and editing, and having a station seemed like a 398 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 2: perfect fit. But two years later, my father went to 399 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: be with the Lord. I never dreamed that I would 400 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 2: become the pastor now my focus had changed. Two thousand 401 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 2: and three, we acquired the Compact Center, and we need 402 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: one hundred million dollars to renovate, so we decided to 403 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 2: sell the station. We listed it at a certain price. 404 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: All the experts said that we would never get that much. 405 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: One man had sold more television stations in the US 406 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 2: than anyone else. He said, we were wasting our time 407 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 2: asking that amount. Or later we sold it for more 408 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: than we were asking, over five times what we purchase 409 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 2: it for. 410 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: We use those funds to renovate this facility. What am 411 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: I saying? 412 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 2: God has already lined up everything you're going to need. 413 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: He's the source, He's the provider. 414 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: The scripture says, no good thing will he withhold because 415 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 2: you walk up right there. He's not going to withhold 416 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: the finances, the health, the ideas, the connections. Quit worrying 417 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 2: about how it's going to happen. God has it figured out. 418 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 2: He knows how to get you to your destiny. Now, 419 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 2: maybe you've been trying to do this only in your 420 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 2: own strength. You put forth your best effort. You've tried 421 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 2: to get people to help you. It's time to go 422 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: to the source. 423 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: God. 424 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 2: I can't do it on my own. I'm asking you 425 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: to bring this dream to pass. God, I'm asking you 426 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 2: to turn my health around. I'm asking you to help 427 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: me to conceive, to have this baby. The scripture says, 428 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: call on the name of the Lord, and he will 429 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 2: answer you. Sometimes we call on people, we call on friends, 430 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 2: we call on our spouse. 431 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: They can only do so much. 432 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 2: But when you call on the source, the creator of 433 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 2: the universe, that's when things will happen that you couldn't 434 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 2: make happen. 435 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: God wants us. 436 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 2: To depend on him when we recognize we can't do 437 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 2: it on our own. We are limited, we have restrictions 438 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 2: by ourselves. 439 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: We'll get stuck. 440 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: But when you ask God to help you, when you 441 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: call on your creator, supernatural things will happen. 442 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: God is unlimited, He controls the universe. The good news 443 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: is he wants to help you. 444 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 2: He wants to heal you, to increase you, to take 445 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 2: you where you couldn't go on your own. He's longing 446 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 2: to be good to you. Look to him as your source. 447 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 2: John chapter twenty one. Peter was out fishing with some 448 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 2: of the disciples. Jesus had been crucified and just risen 449 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 2: from the dead. You can imagine how discouraged Peter must 450 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: have been and even confused now that Jesus was not there. 451 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: Peter went back to doing what he knew how to do, 452 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 2: and that was fishing. He had done that his whole 453 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 2: life well. They had fished all night and caught nothing. 454 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 2: Early the next morning, Jesus appeared to them. He came 455 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 2: walking up on the beach and said, have you caught anything? 456 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: They said no. 457 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 2: He said, throw your nets on the right side of 458 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 2: the boat and you'll catch some fish. When they did, 459 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: they caught a whole net full of fish. Instantly, Peter 460 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 2: recognized that it was Jesus. He jumped out of the 461 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: boat and swam. 462 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: To the shore. 463 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 2: Jesus had fish cooking over a fire. 464 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: He gave Peter some to eat. 465 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 2: What Peter was trying to catch, Jesus not only had 466 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 2: waiting for him, but he had it cooked and ready 467 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 2: to eat. God is saying what you're trying to accomplish 468 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 2: on your own. If you'll look to me, if you'll 469 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 2: recognize I'm the source, you'll see I have it cooked 470 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 2: and already prepared. 471 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: I have it already waiting for you. Like Peter. 472 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 2: You may have done it in the past, you were 473 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 2: good at it, But there are times that God will 474 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: not let what worked in the past continue to work 475 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 2: because he knows we'll think we're doing it in. 476 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 1: Our own strength, our own ability. 477 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 2: God wants us to see him as the source to 478 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 2: recognize his blessings. But too often we're striving to make 479 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 2: it happen, trying to beat down a door, discourage because 480 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: it's taken too long. God is saying, come to me, 481 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 2: ask me for help, Acknowledge me every day as your source. 482 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Peter worked all. 483 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 2: Night trying to catch fish, while Jesus was sitting on 484 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 2: the shore with a fish. 485 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: Diner waiting for him. 486 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 2: What you're believing for God has already prepared. The fish 487 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 2: is already caught, The spouse is already picked out, The 488 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 2: dream is already lined up. The healing has already been purchased. 489 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 2: The fire is. 490 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: Lit, the fish is on the grill. 491 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 2: You're about to come into a prepared blessing. What you 492 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: couldn't do on your own. God is about to make happen. 493 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 2: Now do your part. Recognize him as the source. Every morning, Lord, 494 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 2: thank you that you are my provider. I recognize you 495 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 2: are the giver of every good thing in my life. 496 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare. God is 497 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 2: about to bring you some cooked fish, some prepared blessings. 498 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 2: You're gonna come in to increase promotion, healing, the fullness 499 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 2: of your destiny in Jesus's name, and if you receive it, 500 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 2: can you say him in today. I'd like to give 501 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 502 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? 503 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 504 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 505 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 506 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 507 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 2: and keep God first place. 508 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 4: It's easy to let the day get away from us 509 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 4: before the day even starts. The first few minutes of 510 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 4: your morning are more powerful than you might think. Life 511 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 4: moves really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to 512 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 4: begin each day by zeroing in on your problems. But 513 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 4: here's the truth. 514 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 2: How you start the day can determine what kind of 515 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,639 Speaker 2: day it's going to be. 516 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: I'd love to send you my devotional three minute mornings 517 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: start your day the blessed way. 518 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 3: Three minutes doesn't seem like a lot of time, but 519 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 3: when you put God first place and get your mind 520 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 3: going in the right direction, is setting the tone for 521 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 3: us productive day is filled with inspiration. 522 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 2: And encouragement to help you begin each day with a 523 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 2: fresh attitude. 524 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: Grateful that you're alive. 525 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 2: It's amazing what happens when you take three minutes and 526 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 2: speak blessings over. 527 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: Your life and declaring God's favor. 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