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Well, God bless you. 26 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 27 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 3: you're every in our area, please stop by and be 28 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: a part of one of our services. These are the 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 3: finest people in all of Houston, right here at Lakewood, 30 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 3: and we'd love to have you. Sometimes. I like to 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: start with something funny, and I heard about this burglar 32 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 3: that broke into a house one evening. Just as he 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice saying, Jesus 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 3: is watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined his 35 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: flashlight in the corner and saw a parrot. He said, 36 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 3: did you say that to me? The parent said yes, 37 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 3: I'm just trying to warn you. Burglar said warn me, 38 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: what are you talking about? Who are you? Parents said, 39 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: my name is Moses. The burglar laughs said what kind 40 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: of crazy people would name a parent Moses? The parent 41 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: said the same kind of people that would name a 42 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty pound rockweller Jesus. All right, come on, 43 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 45 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 47 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 49 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 50 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: about you were enough. It's easy to go through life 51 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 3: thinking that we're lacking in some area. If we had 52 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 3: more talent, then we could do something great. We had 53 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 3: a better personality, we were more confident, more attractive, then 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: we could reach our dreams. But as long as you're 55 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 3: discounting yourself, thinking you're at a disadvantage, it will keep 56 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: you from rising higher. When God God laid out the 57 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: plan for your life, he carefully studied it. He thought 58 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: about what you would need and what it would take 59 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: to get you there. Then he matched you with your world. 60 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 3: He gave you the talent you need, the strength, the confidence. 61 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 3: You are the right size, you have the right looks, 62 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: you have the right personality. You come from the right family. 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 3: You're not lacking. You didn't get short changed. You are 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 3: good enough. You are talented, enough, You are smart enough, 65 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 3: you are attractive enough. You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: But life will try to push us down. Thoughts will 67 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 3: whisper everything that we're not. You're not as talented as 68 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: your friend. You're not as attractive as your coworker. You're 69 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: not as smart as your cousin. That's okay. You're not 70 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 3: running their race. You don't need what they have. If 71 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 3: you needed it, God would have given it to you. 72 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: If you needed to be taller, you would be taller. 73 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: If you needed a different personality, you would have one. 74 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: If you needed to come from another family, that would 75 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: have happened. God doesn't make mistakes. When he created you. 76 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: He wasn't having a bad day. He didn't accidentally leave 77 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: something out. Now you're at a disadvantage. He calls you 78 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 3: a masterpiece. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 79 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: He's crowned you with his favor. You're not lacking. You 80 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: didn't get short changed. You have everything you need to 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: fulfill your destiny. Now quick comparing your looks, your gifts, 82 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 3: your success with somebody else, and be you. You are powerful, 83 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 3: You were amazing, You are gifted. Nobody can do you 84 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: like you can do you well. I wish I had 85 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 3: her looks, I wish I had his talent. I wish 86 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 3: I came from their family. If you had what they have, 87 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 3: it wouldn't help you. It would hinder you. It wouldn't 88 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: be a blessing, it would be a burden. It wasn't 89 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: designed for you. The reason it works for them is 90 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: because it fits them. You don't want what doesn't fit you. 91 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 3: What fits you is what you have. Now, quit wishing 92 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: you were them, and recognize you are enough. And yes, 93 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 3: it's good to admire people, it's good to celebrate their gifts, 94 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: but don't get so caught up in who they are 95 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 3: that you forget who you are. You are gifted, you 96 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: are talented, you were one of a kind. And if 97 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 3: you don't recognize that you are enough, then you'll always 98 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 3: be dependent on other people to make you feel good 99 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 3: about who you are. If you live thinking you're at 100 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 3: a deficit, you'll undersell yourself, You'll play up to people, 101 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: you'll let them control you. That's where you're getting your validation. 102 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 3: But when you know you are enough by yourself, you 103 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: won't rely on people to approve you. You'll get your 104 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: approval from your heavenly Father. And the problem with relying 105 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 3: on people is people can change. One minute, people were 106 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: saying to Jesus Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in 107 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: the name of the Lord. They were laying down palm 108 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: branches celebrating his arrival. Three days later, those sane people 109 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 3: were saying, crucify him. If you only feel good about 110 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 3: yourself when people are telling you that you're great, then 111 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 3: if they leave, you'll forget who you are. If you're 112 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 3: relying on them to make you feel talented, valuable, attractive, 113 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 3: you're letting them control your self worth. But when you 114 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 3: know you are enough all by yourself, when you don't 115 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: live from a deficit mentality, then it doesn't matter what 116 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 3: people do or don't do. You know you're a masterpiece. 117 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 3: You know you're made in the image of Almighty God. 118 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: David said in Psalm twenty three, the Lord is my shepherd. 119 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: I have everything I need. It's very powerful when you 120 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 3: can say I have the talent I need, I have 121 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 3: the looks I need, I have the family I need, 122 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: I have the personality that I need. David had plenty 123 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: of opportunities to have this deficit mentality. We know him 124 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: as the greatest king that ever lived. But before that, 125 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 3: he was discounted by his father, left out in the 126 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: shepherd's fields when the prophet was choosing the next king 127 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: of Israel. His father made him feel like he was unqualified, 128 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 3: not good enough, too small. When David took lunch to 129 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 3: his brothers that were out on the battlefield, one of 130 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 3: the brothers made fun of him, said, what did you 131 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: do with those few sheep you're supposed to be taken 132 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 3: care of. He was saying, David, you're not talented. You 133 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: didn't get what we got. If David would have relied 134 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 3: on people to get his approval, he would have never 135 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: stepped into his destiny. Now, maybe someone is trying to 136 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 3: discount you, make you feel like you're not talented enough, 137 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 3: attractive enough, not up to par Let that go in 138 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 3: one ear and out the other. They didn't breathe life 139 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 3: into you. They didn't know you before you were formed 140 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 3: in your mother's womb. They don't determine your destiny. Do 141 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 3: like David, father, thank you that I have everything I need. 142 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: Thank you that I am enough all by myself. You 143 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 3: don't need people's approval. You don't need their validation. The 144 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 3: most high God has approved you. Now get rid of 145 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: that deficit mentality and step up to who you were 146 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 3: created to be. While back, one afternoon, I was at 147 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: home riding my stationary bike exercising you. I had my 148 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 3: earphones in hooked up to my cell phone, and I 149 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 3: was listening to a podcast. I put my phone on 150 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 3: the front of the bike by the handlebars. At one 151 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 3: point I started riding really fast and the bike began 152 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 3: to shake and my phone fell off. I did it, 153 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 3: jerked my earphones out. I stopped to pick them up, 154 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 3: but the little white rubber tip came off of one 155 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: of the earphones. I looked all around, couldn't find it anywhere. 156 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 3: It was the strangest thing. I looked under the treadmill, 157 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 3: I moved other equipment. I checked up them on the 158 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: window sill. Maybe it popped up there. Looked all over 159 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 3: the bike, on and on. It was nowhere to be found. 160 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: Later that evening, I was watching television. I reached up 161 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 3: to scratch my ear felt something odd and it was 162 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 3: the white rubber tip. I had it the whole time, 163 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 3: but I didn't realize it. I'm wondering if you're looking 164 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 3: for something that you already have you're looking around you. 165 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 3: God is saying, look in you. You have the talent, 166 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 3: you have the creativity, you have the confidence. Psalm thirty 167 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 3: four says those who trust in the Lord will never 168 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: lack any good thing you need to You see yourself 169 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 3: as a no lack person. You're not lacking the strength 170 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 3: you need, You're not lacking the favor. Well, Joel, I 171 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 3: never get any good breaks. I don't see how I 172 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: can accomplish my dreams. I don't think I'll ever meet 173 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 3: the right person. That's a deficit mentality. That thinking will 174 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 3: keep you from your destiny if you have to turn 175 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 3: it around. Father, thank you that your favor surrounds me 176 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 3: like a shield. Thank you that goodness and mercy are 177 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 3: chasing me down. Think you that divine connections, the right 178 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 3: people are headed my way. What you need is in you, 179 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 3: But you have to stir it up. As long as 180 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 3: you think you're at a disadvantage, you've been short changed, 181 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 3: it will keep you from rising higher. Second King's Chapter four, 182 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 3: there was a widow. Her husband was friends with the 183 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: prophet Elisha. She came up to Elisha very discouraged and 184 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: told him how her husband had died and how now 185 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 3: she was in such debt the creditors will come to 186 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 3: take her two sons as payment. Elisha asked her, what 187 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 3: do you have in your house. She didn't have to 188 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 3: think twice. She said, Elisha, I have nothing at all 189 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: except a small jar of oil. She was saying, I'm 190 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:21,239 Speaker 3: at a deficit. I don't have enough. I'm limited. Sometimes, 191 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 3: like this woman, we are discounting what God has given us. 192 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 3: We have some talent, but Joel, it's not enough. I 193 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 3: have my degree, but I don't have enough education. This 194 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 3: woman was about to miss her miracle because she didn't 195 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 3: recognize what she had. She was looking outside the house, 196 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 3: but Elisha said, what's in the house. God will always 197 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 3: have what you need within reach. It's not something far off. 198 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: It will be close to you. One time, Sampson was 199 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 3: surrounded by the Philistine army. He didn't have any weapons, 200 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 3: looked like he would be captured. He looked down and 201 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 3: saw the jawbone of a donkey just so happened to 202 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 3: be right there. He picked it up and defeated a 203 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 3: thousand men with It. Wasn't a coincidence, it was the 204 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 3: hand of God. What you need will be close to you. 205 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 3: Elisha told this widow to go out and borrow as 206 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 3: many large empty containers as she could find. She went 207 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 3: from neighbor to neighbor asking for them. She came back 208 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 3: to the house, Elisha said, now I want you to 209 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 3: pour that little bit of oil into one of those 210 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 3: larger containers. That doesn't make sense. What good was it 211 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 3: going to do to transfer oil from one container to 212 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 3: the other. The widow started pouring the oil, and the 213 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 3: oil kept flowing. It kept coming out. She filled the 214 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 3: first container, then another, and another. The oil never ran 215 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 3: out until all of the containers were full. She took 216 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 3: that oil and sold it and had plenty to pay 217 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: her debt. When God asked you to do something that 218 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense, many times, the act of obedience is 219 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 3: what brings the miracle. God could have caused those containers 220 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 3: to be full of oid without her pouring it. He 221 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 3: could have caused somebody to show up with a bunch 222 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: of full containers, But the miracle was dependent on this 223 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 3: woman doing her part. Is God asking you to do 224 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 3: something that you don't want to do to forgive that 225 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 3: person that did you wrong. You think God, that's not fair. 226 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 3: They don't deserve it. They hurt me. Is he asking 227 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 3: you to take care of that elderly neighbor, or to 228 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 3: give that friend a ride to work. Each day. You think, God, 229 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: I'm busy, that's out of my way. The blessing is 230 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 3: in the obedience. There was a man in the scripture 231 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: named Naeman. He was a captain in the Syrian army, 232 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 3: but he had leprosy. God told him to go wash 233 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 3: in the Jordan river and he would be healed. God 234 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: could have healed him like Jesus healed people by speaking 235 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 3: to them or by having someone lay hands on him. 236 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 3: But God asked Neelman to do something unusual, something he 237 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 3: didn't understand. At first. He wouldn't do it, came up 238 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 3: with all these excuses. He said, I'm not going to 239 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 3: go wash in that river. The water's dirty. We have 240 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 3: better rivers back at home. He almost talked himself out 241 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 3: of it, finally decided to do it. When he came 242 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: up the seventh time, his skin was perfectly healed. The 243 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 3: healing wasn't in the water, or everyone that touched the 244 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: water would have been healed. The healing was in the obedience. 245 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 3: Don't miss your miracle because you won't do what God's 246 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 3: asking you to do. What's interesting is Elisha didn't bring 247 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 3: anything to the widow's house. He didn't bring her funds, 248 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: he didn't have a friend complant of garden. He simply 249 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 3: showed her what was in the house. The principle is 250 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 3: you already have what you need. You're not waiting for it. 251 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 3: Maybe one day it'll show up. There are miracles in 252 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 3: your house. But sometimes we're looking on the outside. You 253 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: have to look on the inside. God is saying, I've 254 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 3: equipped you, I've empowered you, I've anointed you. You have 255 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 3: seeds of greatness. Are you discounting what God has given you? 256 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 3: Are you overlooking what you have? May seem small, that 257 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 3: gift may not seem like it's enough, But when you 258 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 3: use what you have, God will multiply it. When you 259 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 3: pour that little bit of oil, that act of obedience 260 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 3: is what causes the oil to continue to flow. The 261 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 3: woman said, Elisha, I have nothing except a small jar 262 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 3: of oil. God is going to use what comes after 263 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 3: the accept I have nothing except a little training. I 264 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 3: have nothing except a few connects. He's going to take 265 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 3: what you think is insignificant and turn it into something extraordinary. 266 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 3: When we come to the end of our ability, that's 267 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: when God steps in. If you can accomplish your dreams 268 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: all on your own, you don't really need God's help. 269 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 3: If you can overcome that obstacle by yourself, it doesn't 270 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 3: take any faith. Don't be discouraged when what you're up 271 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: against looks too big. You don't have the resources the obstacle, 272 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: the opposition is too strong. You're in perfect position for 273 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 3: God to show out in your life. It looks like 274 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 3: a setback. Really it is a set up. God is 275 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 3: about to make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 276 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 3: When my father went to be with the Lord back 277 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 3: in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed to 278 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 3: step up and pastor the church, but I didn't think 279 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 3: I was enough. I didn't have the training. I'd never 280 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 3: been to seminary. I'm more quiet and reserved. I didn't 281 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 3: want to get up in front of people. I told 282 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 3: God all the things I couldn't do, all the things 283 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 3: that I didn't have. It was like God said, Joel, 284 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 3: what else do you have in the house? I said, God, 285 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 3: I don't have anything except a little faith, a little training, 286 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 3: a little confidence, just this small jar of oil. God said, 287 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 3: that's all I need. Just use what you have and 288 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 3: watch what I will do. I stepped up, and God 289 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 3: took that little bit of oil and turned it into 290 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 3: something more than I ever imagine. What am I saying? 291 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 3: Quit discounting yourself, Quit talking yourself out of your greatness. 292 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,959 Speaker 3: God is not limited by what family you come from, 293 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: by your education, by what you think you don't have. 294 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 3: All he's asking you to do is use what's after 295 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 3: the accept I don't have anything except this high school diploma. 296 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 3: How can I do something great? I don't have extensive education. 297 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: Neither did Bill Gates, neither did Steve Jobs. They did, Okay. 298 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 3: All I have is a little talent, a little confidence. 299 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 3: If you'll start using it, God will show up and 300 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: do something extraordinary. In the Scripture, Jesus had been out 301 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: teaching the people all day long, and he told his 302 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 3: disciples he wanted them to feed the five thousand people 303 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 3: that had gathered. They said, Jesus, we can't do that. 304 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 3: We're in the desert. We have no food except five 305 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 3: loaves of bread and two fish. God will never ask 306 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,959 Speaker 3: you for something that you don't have. If he asked 307 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 3: you and you don't think you can do it, it's 308 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 3: because you have it and don't know it. Go back 309 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 3: and see what's in your house. What do you have 310 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 3: after the accept Jesus prayed over the fish, over the loaves, 311 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: and it multiplied. They were able to feed the five 312 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 3: thousand people. Had twelve baskets full of food left over. 313 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 3: When you look at what you have, your resources, your training, 314 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 3: your experience, it may not be enough. It's just five loaves, 315 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 3: it's just a little cup of ore. What good could 316 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 3: that do? No, get ready, God's about to multiply what 317 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 3: you have. He's going to do something unusual. You didn't 318 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 3: see it coming Doors open that you couldn't open, opportunity 319 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 3: where you were not qualified, the right people coming to you. 320 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,239 Speaker 3: He's going to take what looks insignificant and turn it 321 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 3: into something extraordinary. He's going to multiply what comes after 322 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 3: the accept This is what happened with my father. He 323 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 3: was raised very poor. His parents were farmers, and they 324 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 3: lost everything during the Great Depression. As a little boy, 325 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 3: barely had enough food to eat. He'd go to school 326 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 3: with holes in his clothes, had shoes so worn out 327 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 3: he had to keep putting cardboard in the bottom. Didn't 328 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 3: look like he had much of a future. Nobody in 329 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 3: their family knew anything about God. They were good people, 330 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 3: they just didn't have any kind of faith. But at seventeen, 331 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 3: my father went to church with a friend of his 332 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 3: that had been very persistent. That day he gave his 333 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 3: life to Christ, the first one in the family. He 334 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 3: felt God calling him to become a pastor. He told 335 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: his parents he was going to leave and go out 336 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 3: and start ministering. They said, John, you better stay here 337 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 3: with us. All you know how to do is work 338 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 3: on the farm. He had no training, no funding, no experience. 339 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 3: But somehow he recognized he had a little cup of oil. 340 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 3: He had five loaves. It wasn't much, but he could 341 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 3: feel those seeds of greatness. Every circumstance said he was unqualified, 342 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 3: he was short chained, he was at a disadvantage. But 343 00:20:54,480 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 3: God doesn't create anyone without putting something significant on the inside. 344 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 3: That's why the enemy works overtime to try to make 345 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 3: you feel like you're not enough. You're not good enough, 346 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 3: you've made too many mistakes, you're not talented enough, you're 347 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 3: not important enough. Don't let those lies keep you from 348 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 3: your destiny. He wouldn't be trying to discourage you if 349 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 3: he didn't know there was something amazing in you. It 350 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 3: may not be much yet, but as you keep pouring 351 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 3: that oil, as you keep taking those steps of faith, 352 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 3: God is going to take you where you've never dreamed. 353 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 3: Now seventeen years old, my father left the farm. He 354 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 3: didn't have a car, he had to hitchhike. He went 355 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 3: out and started ministering in the prisons and in the 356 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 3: senior citizens' homes. God began to open door after door, 357 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 3: and eventually he started Lakewood, and that he went on 358 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 3: to impact the world. But I think about where I 359 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 3: would be today if my father would have believed he 360 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 3: was not enough. You can be the one, like my 361 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 3: father to affect generations to come for your family. You 362 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 3: can be the one to set them on a new course. 363 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: You wouldn't be hearing this if there weren't greater things 364 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 3: in front of you. Quit looking at what you don't have, 365 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: what you didn't get, what you can't do. You have 366 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 3: everything you need. All David had was a slingshot and 367 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 3: five smooth stones. It looked like it was not enough. 368 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 3: Goliath was nearly twice his size. He was a skilled warrior. 369 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 3: He'd been trained in the military. We're in a full 370 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 3: set of armor, very powerful. Here David was a shepherd boy, 371 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 3: a teenager. He had no formal training, no experience. He 372 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 3: could have said, God, I have nothing, accept this slingshot. 373 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 3: What you have, after the accept is what God is 374 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 3: going to use. When Goliath saw how small David was, 375 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 3: he began to laugh. He said, am I a dog 376 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 3: that you had come at me with a stick. I'm 377 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 3: sure David was ten to think, am I crazy? I'm 378 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 3: going to fight this giant with only a slingshot. But 379 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 3: the scripture says David ran toward Goliath. You would think 380 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 3: he would try to sneak up on him, surprise him, 381 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 3: to get the maximum advantage. But when you know who 382 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 3: you are, when you know you're equipped and empowered, when 383 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 3: you know God being for you is more than the 384 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 3: world being against you, you won't run from your giants. 385 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 3: You'll run to your giants. David slung the rock, hit 386 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 3: Goliath in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. He went over 387 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 3: and took Goliath's own sword and finished him off. What 388 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 3: you have may not look like it's enough, it's ordinary, 389 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 3: but when God breathes on it, it will become more 390 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 3: than enough. A friend of Mine's father pastored a large 391 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 3: church and as a young boy, he always looked forward 392 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 3: to working there. During college, he got a job at 393 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 3: this business where he would go into the different offices 394 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,959 Speaker 3: and clean and repair the equipment. So they gave him 395 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 3: keys to all the offices in the building. He carried 396 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 3: around this big key ring made him feel very important. 397 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,959 Speaker 3: This was years ago. After he graduated from college. He 398 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 3: came back to work at his father's church and he 399 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 3: was so excited, but his father only gave him one key, 400 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 3: the key to his office. He said, Dad, I want 401 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 3: all the keys. I want to be able to get 402 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 3: in everywhere. His father said, now, this is the key 403 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 3: I want you to have. He was kind of disappointed. 404 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 3: He thought, what, my dad doesn't trust me. A few 405 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 3: years later, his dad became ill and wasn't expected to 406 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 3: make it. This friend would go up to the church 407 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 3: at night and pray for his father. He liked to 408 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 3: pray in the main sanctuary since it was after hours. 409 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 3: He would always have to get somebody to let him in. 410 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 3: He'd called the security guard, see someone through the glass 411 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 3: doors and knock, but it bothered him that he didn't 412 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 3: have a key. One night, he went up to pray 413 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 3: for his He was all locked up, and so he 414 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 3: called the security guarden. He said he was out and 415 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 3: wouldn't be back for a couple of hours. So my 416 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 3: friend went around the building, checking all the doors to 417 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 3: see if anything was opened. But it's all locked up. 418 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 3: He's so frustrated. Just when he was about to leave, 419 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 3: he decided to put his key in the door and 420 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 3: see if he could jiggle it around and somehow get 421 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 3: it unlocked. The key went in so smoothly, he turned 422 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 3: it and the door opened. He was puzzled. He walked 423 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 3: through the lobby to the sanctuary door, put the key in, 424 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 3: turned it and it opened. Went to the choir room, 425 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 3: put the key in, turned it and it opened. He 426 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 3: didn't realize his father had given him the master key 427 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 3: all that time. He had what he needed. It wasn't 428 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 3: that the father didn't trust him. It was the son 429 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 3: didn't know what he had. Do you know what your 430 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 3: father has given you? Do you know you have the 431 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 3: key to unlock every door to your destiny? You didn't 432 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 3: get short changed. Your father didn't say I can't trust you. Now. 433 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 3: God has great confidence in you. He believes in you 434 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 3: more than you believe in yourself. Why don't you start 435 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 3: using that key believing that you have what you need. 436 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 3: Don't go through life thinking that you've been locked out. 437 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 3: You can't reach your dreams, you can't overcome the obstacle, 438 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 3: you can't meet the right person. You have the key. 439 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 3: Your heavenly Father has given you everything you need to 440 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 3: fulfill your purpose. Now do your part and get rid 441 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 3: of a deficit mentality. Get up every morning and say, Father, 442 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 3: thank you that I am enough, I am strong enough, 443 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 3: I am talented enough, I am attractive enough. If you 444 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 3: will do this, I believe and declare like the widow woman, 445 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 3: abundance is about to flow. God is about to multiply 446 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 3: what you have. Your gifts are going to come out 447 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 3: in greater ways. New doors are about to open, breakthroughs, promotion, 448 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, And if 449 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: you receive it today, can you say amen? But I'd 450 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 3: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 451 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 3: lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, 452 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 3: Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 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