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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 35 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 36 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 6: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 37 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 6: the ministry. 38 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 7: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 39 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 7: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 6: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 6: your life. 42 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 4: God bless you. 43 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 6: It's a joy to come into your homes. We are 44 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 6: praying for you and your family for God's very best. 45 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 6: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 46 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 6: about this minister. He was driving down the road when 47 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 6: he got pulled over by policeman. The officer came up 48 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 6: to the window and smelled alcohol. He saw a thermost 49 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 6: and said, sir, what are you drinking. The minister said, 50 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 6: just water. Officer, he asked to see the thermosts. He 51 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 6: took one sniff and said it smells like wine to me. 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 6: The minister said, what do you know. Jesus did it again? 53 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 6: Come on, hold up your bible. Say it like you 54 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 6: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 55 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 4: I am. 56 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do 57 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 6: what it says I can do. Today I will be 58 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 6: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 59 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 6: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 60 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 6: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 61 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 6: to talk to you today about you have the cure. 62 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 6: One of the challenges we face with this coronavirus is 63 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 6: there are no antibodies. We've never seen this strain of virus, 64 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 6: so there is no remedy yet. Researchers are working tirelessly 65 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 6: to develop a vaccine. Most reports say it's going to 66 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 6: take about a year or more without a cure. 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: We're at the mercy of the virus. 68 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 6: A friend of mine is a physician that specializes in 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 6: infectious disease. He said, there are diseases that he treated 70 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 6: thirty years ago that he doesn't see today because we 71 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 6: found the antidote. Because vaccines and antibodies were developed. What 72 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 6: used to harm us doesn't harm us anymore. Once you 73 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 6: have the cure, you don't have to be afraid of 74 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 6: the disease. But what about these viruses that you can't 75 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 6: see with the microscope? Guilt, fear, depression, addictions. Some viruses 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 6: you can't treat with a physical vaccine. There are poisons 77 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 6: that can infect our thinking, our self esteem. If we 78 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 6: only had an antidote to deal with the guilt from 79 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,559 Speaker 6: our past mistakes, the times we failed didn't make good decisions. 80 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 6: Now we go around in regrets, down on ourselves. 81 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: If we only had the cure for. 82 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 6: The hurts, the disappointments, the unfair childhood, now we're tempted 83 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 6: to live bitter, insecure, no passion. The good news is 84 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,839 Speaker 6: two thousand years ago the antidote was developed for everything 85 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 6: that will come against you. Not by leading scientists, not 86 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 6: by a team of researchers. 87 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 4: But by the son of the living God. 88 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 6: When Jesus went to the cross, he took on our guilt, 89 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 6: our shame, our failures. He not only bore our sins, 90 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 6: but he took our sicknesses. Before he was crucified, he 91 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 6: was beaten with thirty nine stripes on his back. Studies 92 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 6: tell us there are thirty nine major categories of disease. 93 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 4: He took one. 94 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 6: Stripe for each one. That's why it says by his 95 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 6: stripes you were healed. We are not at the mercy 96 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 6: of fear, depression, addictions. 97 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 4: We have the cure. 98 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 6: The most taied God is breathing in our direction. 99 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 4: Being for you is more than the world being against you. 100 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 6: Don't let the fear, the guilt, the depression hold you down. 101 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 6: Take the antidote. Father, Thank you that I am forgiven. 102 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 6: I am redeemed, I am free, I. 103 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 4: Am healthy and whole. 104 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 6: When thoughts tell you you're just average, there's nothing special about you. 105 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 6: If you dwell on that poison, it will infect your thinking. 106 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 6: You have to take your medicine. I am fearfully and 107 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 6: wonderfully made. I'm wearing a crown of favor. I have 108 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 6: royal blood flowing through my veins. Proverb says, God's word 109 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 6: is like a medicine. When you meditate on it, it 110 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 6: brings healing and holness. When thoughts whisper, you'll always struggle 111 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 6: in your finances. 112 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 4: This slowdown is going to ruin your business. Don't let 113 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 4: that virus take root. 114 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 6: Father, thank you that the economy is not my source, 115 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 6: but you are my source. You said you would prosper 116 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 6: me even in the desert. You have the cure. Now 117 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 6: make sure that you're taking your medicine. One time, the 118 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 6: Israelites had turned against God and they started worshiping idols. 119 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 6: They ended up exiled from their own land and brought 120 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 6: into captivity in Babylon. It was their own fault. They 121 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 6: had brought the trouble on themselves. The prophet Jeremiah was 122 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 6: very discouraged. He asked, is there no bomb in Gilead? 123 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 6: Is there no physician that can help us? He was saying, God, 124 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 6: is there no cure? Is there no remedy from this 125 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 6: virus that we've let infect us? He likened it to 126 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 6: being bit by poisonous snakes. The truth is we've all 127 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 6: been bitten by something, bitten by guilt, bitten by fear, 128 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 6: bitten by rejection. 129 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 4: How do we deal with the venom? 130 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 6: How do we get rid of the poison and not 131 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 6: let it stop our destiny? I read about how they 132 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 6: develop anti venom for snake bites years ago. After much research, 133 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 6: scientists took some of the poisonous venom from the snake 134 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 6: and injected it into horses. The horse would naturally develop 135 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 6: antibodies that they could then remove and use it as 136 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 6: serum for someone that was bitten by a snake. But 137 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 6: over time they realized the anti venom from the blood 138 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 6: of horses wasn't working fast. 139 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: Enough in people. Many were losing their lives. 140 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 6: They needed an anti venom that was more powerful, more effected. 141 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 6: They tested many animals and finally discovered that the blood 142 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 6: of a lamb produced the most effective anti venom. 143 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 4: Unlike the blood of a horse. 144 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 6: When the sheep was injected with the poisonous venom, the 145 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 6: antibodies it created weren't much faster in people and produced 146 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 6: a much stronger and more. 147 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 4: Powerful anti venom. 148 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 6: A few years ago, they discovered that sheep in South 149 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 6: Australia produced some of the most effective antibody than anywhere 150 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 6: in the world. 151 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 4: It's because those. 152 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 6: Sheep are in a pen environment where they are free 153 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 6: from disease that typically affect other sheep. And the fact 154 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 6: that these sheep are so healthy and have such pure blood, 155 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 6: that's why they create the most powerful anti venom. Think 156 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 6: back to the Garden of Eden. That's the first time 157 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 6: we see a poisonous snake. The enemy is called a serpent. 158 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 6: He bit Adam and Eve, not physically, but in their thinking. 159 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 6: He deceived them and they became poisoned. They ate the 160 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 6: forbidden fruit. They did wrong and opened the door to trouble. 161 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 6: All of a sudden, they were afraid. They realized they 162 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 6: were naked. They ran and hid. Fear came in, guilt, shame, heartache. 163 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 6: God had to come up with a plan to deal 164 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 6: with the venom that had poisoned mankind. He needed to 165 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 6: create an anti venom, but it had to be something 166 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 6: incredibly powerful. That meant it had to come from the 167 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 6: purest blood, the most effective source. God didn't choose the 168 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 6: blood of a horse. He didn't choose the blood of 169 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 6: a goat. He didn't choose the blood of another animal. 170 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 6: This time, he chose. 171 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 4: The blood of his only son. 172 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 6: The first time John the Baptist saw Jesus he said, 173 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 6: behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin 174 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 6: of the world. Jesus wasn't just any lamb. He was 175 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 6: the sinless, spotless lamb of God. That's why his anti 176 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 6: venom is more powerful than any poison that comes against you. 177 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 6: The enemy will try to poison you with doubt. It's 178 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 6: never going to work out. Poison you with fear. What 179 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 6: if you catch that virus, poison you with insecurity. You're 180 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 6: not good enough. Nobody wants to be around you. That 181 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 6: poison cannot keep you from your destiny. It is no 182 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 6: match for the anti venom created by the most High God. 183 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:01,359 Speaker 6: Now quit telling yourself you've made too many mistakes. Guilty, condemned, 184 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 6: take your antibody. 185 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 4: Father. 186 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 6: Thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. 187 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 6: Thank you that what you started in my life you 188 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 6: will finish. You have to receive God's mercy and move forward. 189 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 6: You can't reach your destiny if you're always looking back. 190 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 6: Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. He knew 191 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 6: every mistake you would make, every failure. You can still 192 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 6: get to where you're supposed to be, but you have 193 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 6: to shake off the guilt and move ahead. 194 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 4: When you're dealing with fear, depression, anxiety. 195 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 6: Don't just accept it. Think I'll always struggle in this area. 196 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 6: Take your medicine. Father, Thank you that I am free. 197 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 6: I have the mind of Christ. I have peace that 198 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 6: passes understanding. Lies will tell you what you're dealing with 199 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 6: is permanent. There's no solution. You'll never get well, never 200 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 6: break the addiction. Just say no thanks. I know the 201 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 6: blood of the lamb is more power than the venom 202 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 6: of any snake. Yes, there are times that we get 203 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 6: bit Things happen we didn't see coming. 204 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,359 Speaker 4: But you have to remind yourself. 205 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 6: God is not up in heaven looking for a cure, 206 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 6: hoping that virus doesn't defeat you, trying to figure out 207 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 6: what he's going to do. He's already created the cure 208 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 6: two thousand years ago. He defeated the enemy once and 209 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 6: for all. The scripture says he rendered him powerless. One 210 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 6: version says he brought him to naught. Naught means zero. 211 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 6: The enemy has no power over you. He can't keep 212 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 6: you from your purpose. The only way he can stop 213 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 6: you is if you start believing his lies. 214 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 4: God's not going to bless you. 215 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 6: Look at the mistakes you've made you'll never accomplish your dreams. 216 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 6: You've had too many bad breaks. Don't let that poison 217 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 6: keep you from the awesome future God has in store. 218 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 6: Start taking the anti venom. God hasn't brought you this 219 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 6: far to leave you. Just because you don't see away 220 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 6: doesn't mean God doesn't have a way right now. He's 221 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 6: working behind the scenes in your life. You wouldn't be 222 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 6: alive if he didn't have something amazing in front of you. 223 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 6: Why do you think the enemy's trying to stop you. 224 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 6: He doesn't bother people that are not a threat. He 225 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 6: wouldn't waste his time on you if he didn't know 226 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 6: you were a world changer, a history maker, that you have. 227 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 4: Seeds of greatness. He knows. 228 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 6: God is about to open doors bigger than you've dreamed. 229 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 6: You're about to step into new levels of your destiny. 230 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 4: Now, don't be surprised if you get a few snake bites, 231 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 4: so to speak, a friend walks. 232 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 6: Away, the company doesn't need you anymore, and unexpected illness. 233 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 6: That poison can cause you to get infected, live worried, 234 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 6: give up on your dreams, or you can take that 235 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 6: anti venom. 236 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 4: God. 237 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 6: I know you're still on the throne. Old weapon formed 238 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 6: against me is going to prosper. I'm not going to 239 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 6: just come out. I'm going to come out better than 240 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 6: I was before. There was a young lady that lost 241 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 6: her father to an illness. They were very close and 242 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 6: spent a lot of time together. She was so devastated 243 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 6: and so heartbroken. She had been bit so to speak, 244 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 6: by something she never saw coming. 245 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,359 Speaker 4: She could have become bitter. 246 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 6: Sour let that poison the rest of her life, but 247 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 6: she believed God was still in control. 248 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 4: It wasn't easy, but she kept moving forward. 249 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 6: When you go through loss and things that kind of 250 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 6: knocked the wind out of you, it's tempting to give 251 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 6: up on life. Think you've seen your best days. That's 252 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 6: when you have to dig down deep and say, Father, 253 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 6: thank you that you have beauty for these ashes, you said, 254 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 6: weeping indoors for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 255 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 4: Lord, thank you that there are good days up ahead. 256 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 6: Every day you make this choice to stay in faith, 257 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 6: to have a good attitude when it's not fair to 258 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 6: believe when nothing is improving you can't see it, but 259 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 6: God is working behind the scenes. He's making things happen 260 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 6: that you couldn't make happen as a part of the 261 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 6: healing process. Every day, this young lady texted her father's 262 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 6: number and told what went on that day and what 263 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 6: she was feeling. It was her way of staying close 264 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 6: to her father. She told him how she had overcome cancer, 265 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 6: how she had finished college and graduated with honors. 266 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 4: Now just the good things. 267 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 6: She texted about the boyfriend that broke her heart, some 268 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 6: of the other challenges she had faced. All the while, 269 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 6: she thought she was doing this just to help her heal, 270 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 6: to help her move forward. But on the fourth anniversary 271 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 6: of her father's death, the young lady received a response 272 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 6: from the number she had been texting. She thought it 273 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 6: was no longer working, but the text said, my name 274 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 6: is Brad. Three years ago I lost my daughter in 275 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 6: a car accident. Your text every day have been what's 276 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 6: keeping me going. He went on to tell her how 277 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 6: proud he was of her, how proud her. 278 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 4: Father would be. 279 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 6: The young lady said that was her sign that everything 280 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 6: was okay, that she could let her father rest in peace. 281 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 6: Today she's moving forward and doing great things. When life 282 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 6: throws us occur, it's easy to take the venom go around. 283 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 4: Poisoned with the chip. 284 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 6: On our shoulder. If you'll keep moving forward, God will 285 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 6: give you beauty for those ashes. He didn't bring you 286 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 6: this far to leave you that loss, the disappointment, the 287 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 6: bad break didn't stop his plan. He has you in 288 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 6: the palm of his hand. There are great days up ahead. 289 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 6: Don't let that poison stay in you. Take the anti venom. 290 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 6: Believe that God is in control and that your latter days. 291 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: Will be better than your former days. 292 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 6: In numbers twenty one, the Israelites were in the desert, 293 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 6: headed to the promised land. God had given them victory 294 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 6: over different armies, parted the Red Sea, freed them from slavery. 295 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 6: But they got tired of traveling through the desert. They 296 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 6: begin to complain and be disgruntled. They said, Moses, there's 297 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 6: nothing good to eat out here. We can't stand this 298 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 6: manna anymore. Why did you bring us to the desert 299 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 6: to die? Let's just go back to Egypt and be 300 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 6: slaves again. They started talking bad about Moses, stirring up trouble. 301 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 6: The scripture says poisonous snakes came into their camp, and 302 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 6: many of them were bitten and died. And after all 303 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 6: God has done for us, when we're tempted to complain 304 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 6: be discontent. 305 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 4: That's shaky ground here. 306 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 6: God was giving them manna each morning, supernaturally providing food 307 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 6: in the desert, but they were finding fault. The next 308 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 6: verse says they came running back to Moses and said, Moses, 309 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 6: we have sinned. It's funny how quick their attitude changed. 310 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 6: Trouble has a way of helping us have the right perspective. 311 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 6: They went on to say, Moses, please pray that God. 312 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 4: Will take away these snakes. 313 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 6: One moment they were talking bad about Moses. The next 314 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 6: moment they were asking him to pray for them. If 315 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 6: you're going to be a leader, if God's going to 316 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 6: trust you with influence, sometimes you have to pray for 317 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 6: people who were criticizing you the day before. You have 318 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 6: to be good to someone that doesn't deserve your goodness. 319 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 6: I'm sure Moses was tempted to say, yeah, I would 320 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 6: love to pray for you. God send more snakes, God, 321 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 6: get rid of the rest of them. If you're going 322 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 6: to pass this test, you have to swallow your pride 323 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 6: and do the right thing, even though they don't deserve 324 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 6: it. It's interesting what God told Moses to do. 325 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 4: He said, make a bronze snake. 326 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 6: Put it up on a pole, and everyone that looks 327 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 6: up at that snake will be healed. 328 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 4: Why would he cheer? Ju's a snake. 329 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 6: That's what they were trying to get rid of. You 330 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 6: would think God would say, make a bronze death, or 331 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 6: make a bronze ark of the covenant. But God took 332 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 6: the very thing that was the problem and turned it 333 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 6: into the solution. That's what the scripture says. What the 334 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 6: enemy meant for harm, God turns to your advantage. The 335 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 6: snakes didn't stop biting them. They weren't free from trouble. 336 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 6: But from then on, anyone who looked up at that 337 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 6: bronze snake was healed. Years later, Jesus was talking to Nicodemus. 338 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,719 Speaker 6: He said, in John chapter three, just as Moses lifted 339 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 6: up the snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, 340 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 6: the son of Man, will be lifted up on a pole, 341 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 6: and everyone that looks up and believes in me will 342 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 6: have eternal life. Moses having the bronze snake on a 343 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 6: pole was foreshadowing Jesus. 344 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 4: Dying on the cross. 345 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 6: But the snake represents evils, Jesus represents good. How could 346 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 6: that be Paul said in Second Corinthians, Jesus became sin 347 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 6: for us so that we could become the righteousness of God. 348 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 6: He became what he wasn't so we could become who 349 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 6: we were created to be. On that cross, Jesus took 350 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 6: all of our failures, all of our shame, our guilt. 351 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 6: Now whoever looks up to the sun and believes in 352 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 6: him will live. My question is, what are you looking 353 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 6: at your circumstances? How big the problem is? This virus 354 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 6: has me so worried. You need to look up. There's 355 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 6: healing when you look up. There's freedom when you look up. 356 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 6: There's victory when you look up. There's salvation when you 357 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 6: look up. Don't go through life looking down thinking this 358 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 6: problem is too big. It's never going to work out. 359 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 6: I've been through too much. Get a new perspective. The 360 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 6: forces that are for you are greater than the forces 361 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 6: that are against you. You may have been bitten by mistakes, 362 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 6: bitten by divorce, bitten by hurts, but that is not 363 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 6: how your story ends. That poison doesn't have the final say. 364 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 6: God is saying, look up, you haven't seen your best days. 365 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 4: Healing is coming, promotion is coming. The right people are coming. 366 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 6: Well, Joel sounds good, But I've made a lot of mistakes. 367 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 4: Join the crowd. We all have. Look up, there's forgiveness. 368 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 4: Look up, there's mercy. Look up, there's another chance. Look up, 369 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 4: there's a God that doesn't give up on you. 370 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 6: The scripture says, the calling on your life is irrevocable. Well, 371 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 6: I've gone through loss, I've had bad breaks, my relationship 372 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 6: didn't work out. 373 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 4: Look up, there are new beginnings. 374 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 6: Look up, there are divine connections. Look up, there is 375 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 6: beauty for those ashes. After Jesus was rucified, two women 376 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 6: went to the tomb early Easter morning to anoint his body. 377 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 6: They noticed the huge stone to the entrance was rolled away. 378 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 4: They were puzzled. 379 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 6: They went in and saw a young man wearing a 380 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 6: bright white robe sitting next to where the body should be. 381 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 6: They didn't realize he was an angel. They stood there 382 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 6: in awe, knowing something special was happening. The angel said, 383 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 6: don't be amazed. You're looking for Jesus. 384 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 4: He's not here. He has risen. 385 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 6: The angel was saying, in effect, you have good intentions, 386 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 6: but you're looking too low. You're looking from a natural 387 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 6: point of view. You need to look up. What God 388 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 6: is going to do in your life is not going 389 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 6: to be ordinary. It's not going to happen like it 390 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 6: happened for your relatives, those that you grew up with. 391 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 4: You're going to stand out. You're going to break molds. 392 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 6: You're going to set new standards where God has taken you. 393 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 6: No one in your family has gone now. 394 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 4: Don't have a small vision. 395 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 6: Don't go around looking low, thinking you've reached your limits. 396 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 6: God is about to do a new thing, something that 397 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 6: you haven't seen. He's going to open doors you never 398 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 6: dream would open, take your places that you couldn't go 399 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 6: on your own. 400 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 4: In Acts, chapter. 401 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 6: Twenty eight, the Apostle, Paul was a prisoner en route 402 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 6: to Rome to stand before Caesar. The boat he was 403 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 6: sailing on encountered a huge storm and broke apart. He 404 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 6: and the crew grabbed pieces of the boat and swam 405 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 6: to the shore. They were on a small island named Malta. 406 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 4: When Paul went to gather wood to build a fire, 407 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 4: a poisonous snake bit his arm. 408 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:47,440 Speaker 6: Here, Paul had just survived to shripwreck justified the odds now. 409 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 6: The first thing that happened was this venomous viper latched 410 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 6: to his arm and released the poison. Paul didn't panic, 411 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 6: he didn't fall apart. He simply shook the snake off 412 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 6: and went about his business. Well, the local people knew 413 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 6: exactly what was going to happen. 414 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 4: They had seen this again and again. 415 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 6: Paul was going to swell up, get sick, and suddenly die. 416 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 6: They thought, too bad, he'll be gone in a little while. 417 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 6: An hour went by, he was fine, two hours nothing wrong, 418 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 6: eight hours still healthy. Versse six says when they waited 419 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 6: a long time and saw that no harm came to him, 420 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 6: they decided Paul was a god. 421 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 4: They weren't far off. He was a son of God. 422 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 6: And yes, there will be times we get bit in life, 423 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 6: bit by sickness, bit by divorce, bit by loss. 424 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 4: Things happened we didn't see coming. 425 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 6: But like with Paul, that poison is not going to 426 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 6: have any effect on you. You have the anti venom. 427 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 6: What stops others is not going to stop you. The 428 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 6: Most High God is pushing back forces of darkness. He's 429 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 6: ordering your steps, making crooked places straight. What He's purpose 430 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 6: for your life will come to pass. The scripture says 431 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 6: God destroyed the works of the enemy that were destroyed 432 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 6: in the original language means to not have its intended purpose. 433 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 6: When the snake bites and releases that venom, its purpose 434 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 6: is to take you out. You should swell up, get 435 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 6: sick and. 436 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 4: Die like everyone else. 437 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 6: But because God destroyed the works of the enemy, it's 438 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 6: not going to have its intended purpose. The sickness came 439 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 6: to my mother in nineteen eighty one. Its purpose was 440 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 6: to end her life, but it didn't have its intended purpose. 441 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 6: God has the final say nothing can snatch you out 442 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 6: of his hands. When my father went to be with 443 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 6: the Lord in nineteen ninety nine, the enemy intended for 444 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 6: Lakewood to go down, fade away, have no more impact, 445 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 6: but that lost didn't have its intended purpose. God had 446 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 6: another plan that we would expand. 447 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,959 Speaker 4: Reach more people, have greater influence. 448 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 6: Don't get discouraged when negative things come. We can't pray 449 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 6: away all the difficulties. But when you realize it's not 450 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 6: going to have its intended purpose, then you can stay 451 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 6: in faith. The divorce, that betrayal, that slow down in 452 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 6: the economy should sour your life, but it's not going 453 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 6: to be what. 454 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 4: It looks like. People are going to look at you 455 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 4: like they did. 456 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 6: Paul, and think, how are they thriving when they should 457 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 6: be surviving. How is she so blessed after going through 458 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 6: that rough childhood? How is he still so strong, happy, 459 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 6: successful after that bad break. 460 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 4: In his business. 461 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 6: It's because what the enemy sent to stop you is 462 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 6: not going to have its intended purpose. When that snake bites, 463 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 6: don't panic, don't fall apart. Just shake it off and 464 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 6: keep moving forward. Keep thanking God that he's fighting your battles. 465 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 6: Keep thanking him that what was meant for harm, he's 466 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 6: turning to your advantage. I read something interesting about a 467 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 6: honey bee. It's one of the few bees that when 468 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 6: it stems, it leaves its stinger, it just has one 469 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 6: steam and then it's done. The next time it goes 470 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 6: to sting, there's nothing there. It's like having a gun 471 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 6: with one bullet, a boxer with one punch. You better 472 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 6: make it count, because that's your only chance. Two thousand 473 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 6: years ago, the enemy came against Jesus. What he didn't 474 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 6: realize is, like that honey bee, he only had one chance. 475 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 4: He did his best to defeat Jesus. 476 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 6: He was crucified on the cross. Jesus breathed his last 477 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 6: breath and died. It looked like the steam was successful. 478 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 6: Satan was rejoicing, thinking he had won. But on the 479 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 6: third day, Jesus came out of the grave. He said, 480 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 6: us dead, but I'm alive forevermore, and I have the 481 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 6: keys to death and hell. The good news is the 482 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 6: enemy doesn't have his stinger anymore. He tried his best, 483 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 6: but his best was not enough. That's why Paul said, 484 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 6: O Death, where is your steam, Oh grave, where is 485 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 6: your victory? We can live from a place of faith 486 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 6: knowing that God has removed the stinger from the enemy. 487 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 4: He has rendered him powerless. What he brings against you 488 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 4: is not going to have its intended purpose. 489 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 6: The blood of the Lamb is greater than any poison 490 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 6: that's trying to stop you. Now put your shoulders back, 491 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 6: hold your head up high. 492 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 4: The most powerful. 493 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 6: Force in the universe is breathing in your direction. Friends, 494 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 6: you have the cure. Now get up every morning, take 495 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 6: your medicine, dwell on what God says about you. If 496 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 6: you'll do this, I believe and declare, chains that have 497 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 6: held you back are being broken. Favor coming, Healing is coming, 498 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 6: promotion is coming, The fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. Well, 499 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 6: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 500 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 6: the lord of your life. 501 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 502 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 503 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 504 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 6: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 505 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 6: born again. We'd love to give you some information on 506 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 6: your new walk of faith. Just text the number on 507 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 6: the screen. 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