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See terms and conditions at UNEs dot co. 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 37 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 38 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 5: the ministry. 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 40 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend. 41 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 5: your life. 43 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 4: Well, God bless you. 44 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for letting us come into your homes. 45 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 5: We love you, and if you're ever in our area, 46 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 5: please stop by and be a part of one of 47 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 5: our services. I'll promise you this will make you feel 48 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 5: right at home. But thanks so much for tuning in, 49 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 5: and thank you again for coming out. 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 4: I like to start with something funny. 51 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 5: And I heard about this lady that surprised a burglar 52 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 5: in her kitchen one night late, and she was home alone. 53 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 4: No weapon, and she didn't really know what to do. 54 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 5: She thought, I'll just say a scripture verse. She shouted 55 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 5: out acts two thirty eight. The burglar suddenly froze and 56 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 5: his tracks wouldn't move. The police soon arrived, and they 57 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 5: were amazed at how a woman with no weapon. 58 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 4: Could do this. 59 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 5: Now, he asked the burglar, what was it about this 60 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 5: scripture that had such an effect on you? 61 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 4: He said, scripture? What scripture? I thought? 62 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 5: She said, She had an axe and two thirty eight. 63 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 5: All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you 64 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 5: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 65 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 5: says I am. I have what it says I have. 66 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do. Today 67 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. 68 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 69 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 70 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about going further faster. 71 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 5: We're living in a day where God is speeding things up. 72 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 5: What should have taken you a lifetime to accomplish. Because 73 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 5: you honor God, He's going to do it in a 74 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 5: fraction of the time. In your career, maybe it should 75 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 5: take you twenty years to work your way up to 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 5: that position, twenty years to build your business up. Now 77 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 5: things have shifted. God's going to give you breaks that 78 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 5: you didn't deserve. He's going to bring the right people 79 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 5: across your path. You're going to see opportunity like you've 80 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 5: never seen before. It's going to take you further faster. 81 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 5: Get those two words down in your spirit. It may 82 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 5: look like in the natural it's going to take you 83 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 5: years to get out of debt, years to get well, 84 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 5: years to overcome that problem. No, you need to get ready. 85 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 5: You've come into this shift. Think of it like a car. 86 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 5: When you shift from second gear up to fourth gear. 87 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: The engine is still running at the same speed. It's 88 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 5: not working any harder, but you're going faster. You're covering 89 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: more ground. The higher gears have greater capacity. They're designed 90 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 5: to go faster in the same way. Because you've kept 91 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: God first place. He's shifting you to a higher gear. 92 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 5: You're going to go further faster now because you're working harder, 93 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 5: trying to make it all happen. No, you're putting forth 94 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 5: the same effort, being your best every day. But all 95 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 5: of a sudden, you get a good break that thrusts 96 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 5: you years down the road. You get a promotion that 97 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 5: you weren't qualified for. You're going to look out and think, 98 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 5: how did I get here? Should have taken me another 99 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 5: twenty years, but here I am. Report said it'd take 100 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 5: me five years to recover, but I did it in 101 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 5: six months. Should have taken me most of my career 102 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 5: to get into management, but here I am at the 103 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 5: age of thirty. 104 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 4: What is that? 105 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 5: God taking you further faster. Part of the shift is acceleration. 106 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 5: It's not going to take as long to accomplish as 107 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 5: your goals as you think, not going to take as 108 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 5: long to get out of that problem as it looks. 109 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 5: Almighty God, the creator of the universe, is breathing in 110 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 5: your direction. He's going to cause things to fall into place. 111 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 5: The right people are going to be drawn to you, 112 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: good breaks, opportunities, healing, restoration, favor. It's not going to 113 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 5: be business as usual. You've come into a shift. It's 114 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 5: going to be business as unusual. In December of two 115 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 5: thousand and three, we signed a sixty year lease with 116 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 5: the City of Houston for this facility. We always wanted 117 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 5: to own it, but the lease was the best thing 118 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 5: to make it happen at the time. Deep down, I 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 5: knew sometime during that sixty year period God would give 120 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: us the ability to purchase it. Two thousand and three, 121 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 5: I was forty years old. I would be one hundred 122 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 5: years old at the end of the lease. I said, God, 123 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 5: I want to purchase this building in my lifetime. I 124 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 5: don't want to leave it up in the air for 125 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 5: the next generation. Three years ago, seven years into our 126 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 5: sixty year lease, the city was running low on funds. 127 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 5: The tax revenues were not what they projected. They decided 128 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 5: to sell off some of their excess properties to make 129 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 5: up for the shortfall in the budget. The Mayor's office 130 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 5: called and asked if we would be interested in purchasing 131 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 5: the facility, buying out the lease. A building like this 132 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 5: to build today would cost five hundred million dollars, and 133 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: of course we were interested, but we had to see 134 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 5: what the sell price was going to be. 135 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 4: The city did an appraisal. 136 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 5: They had to take into account that whoever bought the property, 137 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 5: they would still. 138 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 4: Have to honor our sixty year lease. 139 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 5: The appraisal came back not at one hundred million, not 140 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 5: at fifty million, but it's seven and a half million dollars. 141 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 4: Today. 142 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 5: We own this beautiful facility, free and clear, no lease involved. 143 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 4: Here's my point. 144 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: What could have taken sixty years, God did fifty three 145 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 5: years sooner. 146 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 4: He took us further faster. 147 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: Now you may think it's gonna take you thirty years 148 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 5: to get out of debt, thirty years to pay your 149 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 5: house off. You've already run the numbers, calculated it all. 150 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 5: By the time you're one hundred and seven years old, 151 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 5: you're gonna be debt free. Yeah, you're gonna be in 152 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 5: heaven debt free. 153 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 4: No, you don't know what God is up to. 154 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 5: You don't know what God is already destined to come 155 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 5: across your path. One phone call, like we received one contract, 156 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 5: one good break, one inheritance, and you're totally debt free. 157 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 5: You're into overflow. Now you need to get ready. God 158 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 5: is saying it's going to happen sooner than you think. 159 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 5: I am shifting things in your favor. You're going to 160 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 5: come into acceleration. What should have taken you a lifetime 161 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 5: to accomplish, he's going to do in a split second 162 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 5: of time. Now, don't talk yourself out of it. I 163 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 5: don't know, Joe. I don't have the seniority. I got 164 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: all these college loans, this debt. 165 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 4: I've gone as far as I can. He'll be a 166 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 4: believer and not a doubter. 167 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 5: You may not see a way, but God still has 168 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: a way. Our attitude should be God, I'm in agreement 169 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 5: with you. I believe you have shifted things in my favor. 170 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 5: You are taking me further faster. I will accomplish my 171 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,239 Speaker 5: dream sooner than I think. I will overcome these problems, 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 5: quicker than I thought. When you do that, Almighty God 173 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 5: will open doors that. 174 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 4: No man can shut. 175 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 5: He'll connect you to the right people. His favor will 176 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: thrust you years down the road. Back in nineteen forty nine, 177 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 5: there was a young minister named Billy Graham traveling the 178 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 5: country holding meetings in large auditoriums. He was having success, 179 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 5: but he wasn't really nationally known. That summer, he conducted 180 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 5: a meeting in Los Angeles in a big tent. A 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 5: gentleman showed up by the name of William Randolph Hurst. 182 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 5: Mister Hurst owned newspapers all across the country. He was 183 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 5: so touched that night he sent a message to all 184 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 5: of his publishers to write favorable articles about Billy Graham. 185 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 5: The next week, the whole country was talking about this 186 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 5: young minister. He came to national prominence Billy Graham practically 187 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 5: overnight because of this one man. What was that a 188 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 5: divine shift? God taken him further faster, could have taken 189 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 5: him his whole lifetime to gain that kind of respect 190 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 5: and credibility. 191 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 4: But God used one man. 192 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 5: To show him favor and open doors that took Billy 193 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 5: Graham to a new level. Now, the good news is 194 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 5: God has already lined up the right people for you. 195 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 5: They are already in your future. It's just a matter 196 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 5: of time before they show up. They will open doors 197 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 5: that you could not open. They will show you favor 198 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 5: even though you didn't ask. They will use their. 199 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 4: Influence to make you look good. 200 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 5: They're ordained by God to accelerate his plan for your life. 201 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 5: And what's interesting is Billy Graham didn't search him out. 202 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 5: He searched Billy Graham out. You don't have to go 203 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 5: try to find the right people. You just honor God 204 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 5: and the right people will find you. 205 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 4: They'll pick you out of a crowd. 206 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 5: They'll knock on your door, they'll show up at your 207 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 5: office for some reason. They will want to be good 208 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 5: to you. That's a divine connection. God will cause them 209 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 5: to use their expertise, even their funds, to take you 210 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 5: further faster. Here's what will happen. You'll accomplish more in 211 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 5: less time. You'll be promoted beyond your education. You'll increase 212 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 5: beyond your experience. The right people will help you go 213 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: where you could not go on your own. We have 214 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 5: some good friends named Jerry and Jana Lackey. They attended 215 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,359 Speaker 5: Lakewood for many years and then they moved to Botswana, 216 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 5: Africa to do missions work. They live out in the 217 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 5: middle of nowhere, taking care of the orphans, feeding the poor, 218 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 5: and teaching people, doing amazing work. One time, they didn't 219 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 5: have electricity, any of the modern conveniences. 220 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 4: That we have. 221 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 5: But they've stayed faithful year after year. 222 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 4: They've seen God's blessings. They've built orphanages and. 223 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 5: Clinics and schools and God's favors been on their life. 224 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 5: But their big dream was to build a major youth center. 225 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 5: Seventy percent of the population in Botswana is under the 226 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 5: age of twenty five. This youth center would be a 227 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 5: place where the young people could come and grow and 228 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 5: learn and make friends. But it was going to cost 229 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 5: five million dollars. That's a lot even here, but over there, 230 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 5: where the annual income is less than a thousand dollars, 231 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 5: that was unheard of. 232 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 4: Jerry and Janna. 233 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 5: They've raised funds over the years, but nothing even close 234 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 5: to this magnitude. But one day a German businessman was 235 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 5: visiting Botswana with his wife and they fell in love 236 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 5: with the country. Got back home to the States, they 237 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 5: wanted to do something to help. They googled the phrase 238 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 5: Botswana Orphanages and the Lackeys organization came up. It's called 239 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 5: Love Botswana Outreach. He sent them a donation for twenty 240 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 5: thousand dollars. He said, I want to do more. A 241 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 5: few weeks went by, he sent them a three hundred 242 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 5: thousand dollars donation. The Lackeys were just so thrilled. He said, 243 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 5: I want to come see you. That man and his 244 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 5: wife showed up in Botswana and they stayed at this 245 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 5: very exclusive safari resort right there, about fifteen miles from 246 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 5: the Lackey's Missions complex. 247 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 4: Jerry went to pick him up. One morning. 248 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 5: The man that owned the resort said to Jerry, hey, 249 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 5: the resorts for sale. Would you like to buy it? 250 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 5: He thought Jerry was a wealthy businessman. Jerry kind of 251 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 5: laugh said, man, I'm a missionary living down the road. 252 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 5: I don't have that kind of money, but thank you well. 253 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 5: This German businessman overheard the conversation. He asked Jerry to 254 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 5: find out more about it. Jerry thought he wanted to 255 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 5: buy it for himself, but that German man bought this. 256 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 4: Big, exclusive, beautiful resort. 257 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 5: And gave it to Jerry and Jenna for their outreaches. 258 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: They were overwhelmed. 259 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 5: The German man came to see their missions complex and 260 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 5: he noticed the plans they had on for this big 261 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 5: youth center. This was the greatest thing that Janna and 262 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 5: Jerry had ever dreamed to do, something that they prayed 263 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,719 Speaker 5: and believed that somehow they could accomplish in their lifetime. 264 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 5: The man asked them how much it was going to cost. 265 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 5: They said five million dollars. He said, all right, you 266 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 5: a check, and on April fourth, in just a few days, 267 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 5: they're going to dedicate totally debt free that brand new 268 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 5: youth facility. 269 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 4: What was that God. 270 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 5: Taking them further faster? They're young people in their forties. 271 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: Notice what I'm calling young now. 272 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 5: It looked like they'd be praying, believing, raising funds their 273 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 5: whole life. 274 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 4: But they came into this shift. 275 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 5: God brought one man across their path, a divine connection. Listen, 276 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 5: you don't need everyone to help you. You just need 277 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 5: one person God ordained, and you will accomplish in a 278 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 5: split second what could have taken you your whole lifetime. Well, Joe, 279 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 5: I don't know this will happen for me. I never 280 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 5: get any good breaks. It's not going to happen with 281 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 5: that attitude. You cannot think thoughts of defeat and lack 282 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 5: all day and expect to have abundance. You can't talk 283 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: mediocrity and expect to have victory. You are prophesying your future. 284 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 5: If you want to see this shift occur in your 285 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: own life, you've got to get in agreement and. 286 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 4: Say, yes, God, this is for me. 287 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 5: I believe you've lined up the right people I know 288 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 5: they're already in my future. I just want to thank 289 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 5: you that I'll accomplish my dreams sooner than I think. 290 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 5: In the natural, it may not look like it, but 291 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 5: remember we serve a supernatural God. He's about to release 292 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 5: floods of his favor, floods of healing, floods of good breaks. 293 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 5: Take the limits off of God. Don't think of all 294 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 5: the reason this is not going to work. God wouldn't 295 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 5: have given you the dream unless he already had a 296 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 5: way to bring it to pass. If you will stay 297 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 5: in faith like the lackeys, it will not only happen 298 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 5: sooner than you think, it'll be bigger than you imagine. 299 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 4: That's the way our God is. 300 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 5: He likes to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. I 301 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 5: read about a certain kind of plant, it's called the 302 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 5: Chinese bamboo. For the first four years, it barely grows 303 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 5: above ground. You hardly see anything happening, even though you 304 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 5: water it, fertilize it, make sure it's getting sunlight. It 305 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 5: looks like you're wasting your time, But what you can't 306 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: see is under the ground, it's developing a massive root system. 307 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 5: The roots are spreading out in every possible direction. In 308 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 5: the fifth year, once the roots are properly established, the 309 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 5: plant will take off and shoot up to as high 310 00:16:56,160 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 5: as eighty feet in the air, from zero to eighty 311 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 5: feet all in one year. Many of you, like Jerry 312 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 5: and Jana, you've been faithful, You've given, you've served, you've 313 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 5: helped others. You've sown a lot of seeds, but you 314 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 5: haven't seen a lot of progress. Yes, God's been good 315 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 5: to you. You're grateful, but nothing really out of the ordinary. 316 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 5: That was the equivalent of your four years of developing roots. 317 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 5: You were proving to God that you would be faithful. 318 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 5: You were proving you would do the right thing when 319 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 5: it was hard. 320 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 4: Now you need to get ready. 321 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 5: God is saying you're coming into your fifth year. You're 322 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 5: going to see explosive growth that will take you to 323 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 5: levels beyond your income, beyond your training, beyond your experience. 324 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 5: In this fifth year, good breaks will find you, the 325 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 5: right people will search you out, Opportunity will come knocking 326 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 5: on your door. The fifth year is harvest time, is 327 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 5: favor time. You're going to reach from all the seeds 328 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 5: that you've sown down through the years. Nothing you've ever 329 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 5: given has gone unnoticed. Every sacrifice you've made, every time 330 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 5: you stop to help someone. 331 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 4: God sees that. 332 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 5: The scripture talks about how God will reward us in 333 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 5: this life, not just the sweet by and by. 334 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 4: Because you've been faithful. There is a harvest stored up 335 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 4: like the lackeys. 336 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 5: God is about to release everything that belongs to you. 337 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 5: It's going to happen sooner than you think. It's going 338 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 5: to be bigger than you imagine. God is going to 339 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 5: bring out gifts and talents you didn't even know you had. 340 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 5: He's going to open up new doors of opportunity. This 341 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 5: fifth year is when God is going to shoot you 342 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 5: up higher than you ever even dreamed of. A lady 343 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 5: in the scripture named Ruth experienced this fifth year. She 344 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 5: was living in a foreign country taking care of her 345 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 5: mother in law, Naomi. They were both widows, very poor. 346 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 5: They didn't have any income. Ruth would go out into 347 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 5: the fields early every morning and gather up the leftover 348 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 5: wheat that the workers had missed. That's how they were 349 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 5: living off of leftovers, day after day, month after month. 350 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 4: Ruth was very faithful. 351 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 5: She could have gone back to her hometown and done 352 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 5: her own thing, but she didn't want to leave Naomi, 353 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,919 Speaker 5: her mother in law. An older woman by herself, she 354 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 5: sowed these seeds of kindness and generosity. It looked like 355 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,719 Speaker 5: this was her lot in life, to struggle to barely 356 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 5: get by, to live off of the leftovers. But one 357 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 5: day a man named Boaz He owned all those fields, 358 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 5: the wealthiest man in the area. 359 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 4: He noticed Ruth. 360 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 5: He told his workers to leave handfuls of wheat on 361 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 5: purpose for Ruth to make it easier on her. Ruth 362 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 5: was very grateful she didn't have to work so hard. 363 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 5: She kept being her best, honoring God. 364 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 4: She came in to her fifth year. 365 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 5: Boaz He ended up falling in love with Ruth and 366 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 5: they got married. Now, instead of working in the field, 367 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: Ruth owned the field. She didn't have to pick up leftovers. Ever, again, 368 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 5: God took her further faster. What I love about this 369 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 5: story is it shows us the heart of God. Ruth 370 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 5: was satisfied living off of leftovers. She was content her 371 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 5: needs were being supplied, but God wasn't satisfied. 372 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 4: That was fine for a season time. 373 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 5: Of testing and proving for Ruth, but God did not 374 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 5: want that to be permanent. God didn't want Ruth to 375 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 5: spend her life gathering up leftovers working in the field. 376 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 4: God wanted her to own that. 377 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 5: Field and friends, God's dream for your life is much 378 00:20:55,040 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 5: bigger than your own. Don't get satisfied just having your 379 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 5: needs supplied. 380 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 4: Yes, be grateful, but. 381 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 5: God has so much more in store. He wants you 382 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 5: to come into overflow, into abundance, to where you can 383 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 5: be a greater blessing wherever you go. You may be 384 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 5: working for that company, but God knows how to shift 385 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 5: things to where you own your own company. God does 386 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 5: not want you to spend your life cleaning that office. 387 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 5: God wants you to be running that office. You may 388 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 5: be teaching at that school, and that's great, but don't 389 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 5: be surprised if you end up running that school. You 390 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 5: may be working behind the scenes like I was for 391 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 5: seventeen years. But then you come into your fifth year 392 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 5: and you see explosive growth and God takes your places 393 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 5: that you've never even dreamed. 394 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 4: God, what am I saying? Make room for. 395 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 5: God to do something big in this new year. Go 396 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 5: out every day with this expectancy. God is working in 397 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 5: my life right now. Lord, I just want to thank 398 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 5: you for explosive blessings, for divine connections, for unprecedented favor. 399 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 5: That's what a man in the scripture did by the 400 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 5: name of Nehemiah. He had a dream to rebuild the 401 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 5: walls of Jerusalem. In the natural, it was impossible. He 402 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 5: was living a thousand miles away, working as a cupbearer 403 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 5: for the king. He didn't have the money, the position, 404 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 5: the resources on paper. 405 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 4: He didn't have a chance. 406 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 5: But Neamiah knew that God's favor was on him. He 407 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 5: asked this king for permission to take a leave of 408 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 5: absence to go and rebuild that wall. Notice his boldness. 409 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 5: He wasn't a high level cabinet member. He wasn't a 410 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 5: senior advisor in the administration. He was working in the kitchen, 411 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 5: cooking food, cleaning the tables. He could have thought, who 412 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 5: am I. I could never do something big. I don't 413 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 5: have the influence, I don't have the money, I don't 414 00:22:59,119 --> 00:22:59,959 Speaker 5: know the right people. 415 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 3: No. 416 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 5: Niamiah two verse eight shows us his attitude. He said, 417 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 5: the king granted me this request because the gracious hand 418 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 5: of God was upon me. He was saying, it may 419 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 5: not look like it in the natural, but I have 420 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 5: a secret weapon, something that you cannot see. The favor 421 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 5: of God is on my life. Niamiah went out and 422 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 5: started rebuilding the wall. He had all kinds of opposition. 423 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 5: City leaders wouldn't give him a permit. Critics tried to 424 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 5: stop him. Bandits came up and he had to fight 425 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 5: them off one thing after another. He just kept being 426 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 5: his best, doing what God called him to do. That 427 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 5: should have taken him years and years, But Niamiah rebuilt that. 428 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 4: Wall in just fifty two days. What was that. 429 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: God taken him further faster. God had it all lined up. 430 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 5: God gave him favor with the king. God arranged the 431 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 5: right people, the resources, the protection. Should have taken years. 432 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 5: That wall had been down for a long time. Should 433 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 5: have taken him his whole lifetime, but with God's help, 434 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 5: he did it in fifty two days. Now, your dream 435 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 5: may seem too big, think, oh man Joel, I've waited 436 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 5: too long. I've missed too many opportunities. I don't have 437 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 5: the resources the connections. Know, just like with Nehemiah, God 438 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 5: hasn't all figured out. 439 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 4: Because you've honored him. God is saying, I'm. 440 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 5: Bringing you into your fifth year. I'm gonna connect you 441 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 5: to the right people. I'm gonna give you breaks that 442 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 5: you didn't deserve. I'm gonna open doors that you weren't 443 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 5: qualified for. I'm gonna give you wisdom beyond your years. 444 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 5: God is going to accelerate his plan for your life. 445 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 5: You could be going along normal pace, been that way 446 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 5: for years and years. 447 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 4: But now you've hit this shift. Get ready for acceleration. 448 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 5: Get ready for new doors to open, Get ready for 449 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 5: the right people to show up at your doorsteps. Have 450 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 5: this attitude of expectancy further faster. 451 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 4: Now here's the key. 452 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: There will always be opposition to you moving forward. When 453 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 5: Nehemiah came into his fifth year, the opponents came out 454 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 5: of the woodwork. Everything tried to stop him. Don't be 455 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 5: discouraged by the opposition. That's a sign that God. 456 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 4: Has shifted things. Now the enemy He don't want you 457 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 4: to move forward. As long as you're. 458 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 5: Complacent, stay where you are, that's no problem. But when 459 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 5: you start taking new ground, when you start praying God 460 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 5: sized prayers, when you know God has shifted things in 461 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 5: your favor, don't be surprised if you have opposition. All 462 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 5: that means is you are close to your victory. You 463 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 5: are close to seeing these explosive blessings. Have a good friend. 464 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 5: It's been in a legal situation. For the last year, 465 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 5: it's been very heavy on her heart. She was told 466 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 5: that it could take ten years to resolve her opponents, 467 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 5: they could drag it out just to make her life miserable. 468 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 5: And at one time she was a very upbeat, fun 469 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 5: person to be around. That after months and months of 470 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 5: waiting and setbacks. 471 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 4: And pressure, it's like she was a different person. 472 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 5: No joy, no peace, no victory, very solemn, very serious. 473 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 5: It looked like there could be years and years of 474 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: this stress and frustration. 475 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 4: But just last week she. 476 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 5: Got the good news that the case was totally resolved, 477 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 5: all in her favor. Everything was cleared up. She said, Joel, 478 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 5: I can't even tell you what a load this is 479 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 5: being lifted off of me. What happened She came into 480 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 5: her fifth year. What could have taken ten years, even 481 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 5: twenty years, God did in less than a year, just 482 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 5: like with her. Because you've been faithful, problems you've struggled 483 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: with for years are going to suddenly resolve, unexpectedly turn around. 484 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 4: God is going to. 485 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: Cause things to fall into place. The right people are 486 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 5: going to show up. You need to get ready for acceleration. Friends, 487 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 5: God has shifted you into a higher gear. He's enlarging 488 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 5: your capacity. You're going to accomplish more in less time. 489 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 5: You're going to go further putting forth the. 490 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 4: Same amount of effort. What is that you've come into 491 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 4: your fifth year. 492 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 5: God is accelerating his plan for your life. 493 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 4: Let me declare it. 494 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 5: It's not going to take a lifetime for you to 495 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 5: accomplish your dreams. It's going to happen in a fraction 496 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 5: of the time. It's not going to take you thirty 497 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 5: years to get out of debt. Supernatural increase is coming 498 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 5: your way. It's not going to take you years to 499 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 5: work your way up in that company. 500 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 4: Explosive growth is in your future. 501 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: It's not going to take years to overcome that addiction, 502 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 5: to break that bad habit, to get healthy again. 503 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 4: It's going to happen sooner than you think. Now, do 504 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 4: your part. Stay in agreement with God. 505 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 5: Get up every morning, say Lord, I want to thank 506 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 5: you that you're taking me further faster, and then go 507 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 5: out each day with that expectancy that God is at. 508 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 4: Work in my life right now. 509 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 5: If you do this, I believe and declare, like Jerry 510 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 5: and Jena Lackey, You're going to see divine connections the 511 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 5: right people come across your path. Like us in the building, 512 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 5: what should have taken sixty years, God's going to accelerate 513 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 5: to a few years. And like Ruth, instead of working 514 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 5: in the field, You're going to end up owning the field. 515 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 5: God's going to do exceedingly, abundantly above and beyond further faster. 516 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 4: Come on, give the Lord a shout of pray today. 517 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 518 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 519 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 520 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 521 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 522 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 523 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 5: got born again. 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