1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Juel and Victoria. We are so glad 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: that you are a part of this podcast. We believe 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: that it's going to make a huge difference in your life. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,559 Speaker 1: Know that we are praying for you. Yeah, we love 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: you guys, and just appreciate you just taking the time. 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: We'll believe it. It's going to be a beautiful spring 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: for you and an awesome twenty twenty four. Enjoy the missage. 8 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: Good that God bless you. It's great to have you today, 9 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: and if you're ever in our area, please stop by 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. We would 11 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: love to have you. I hope you'll stay connected with 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: us throughout the week. You can download our daily podcast, 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: have a YouTube channel, watch the messages anytime, follow us 14 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: on social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But 15 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: thanks so much for tuning in and thank you again 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: for coming out in person. I like to start with 17 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: something funny and I heard about this elderly lady. She 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: was at the store and accidentally locked her keys in 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: the car, and she had a coat hanger and she 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: was trying and trying, but she couldn't get it open. 21 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: She prayed and asked God to help about that time, 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: this guy pulls up on a motorcycle, rough looking, dressed 23 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. Fifteen seconds later he 24 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: had the car open. She hugged him, said, Lord, thank 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 1: you for sending me this nice man. He said, Lady, 26 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: I'm not a nice man. I just got out of 27 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: prison for auto theft. She hugged him again, said Lord, 28 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: thank you. You even sent me a professional saying like 29 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 31 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 32 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 33 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about your destiny. 36 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: Outweighs your history. If you add up the negative things 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: in your past and put them on a scale, at times, 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: it would be way out of balance. The negative is 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: much heavier. You're dealing with an illness, you went through 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: a loss, you had a setback in your finances. It's 41 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: easy to look at what we've been through and get discouraged, 42 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: lose our passion. The problem is you're only weighing your history. 43 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: You're only looking at the negative things that have happened. 44 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: What you can't see is what God has in your future. 45 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: He wouldn't have allowed the difficulty if it was going 46 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: to leave you in a deficit. If you're going to 47 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: get the proper assessment, you have to put not just 48 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: your history on the scales, you have to put your destiny. 49 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: There are things in your future God has already ordained 50 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: for you, promotion, healing, divine connections. They're not just going 51 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: to tip the scale, but they're going to far outweigh 52 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: the disappointment, the pain, the loss. And this is where 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: faith has to kick in. I'm at a deficit right now. 54 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: Gone through this struggle, I had a setback. I'm not 55 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: denying that, but I know this God is still on 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: the throne. What he has in my future is going 57 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: to far surpass what I'm dealing with now. The scripture 58 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: says Jesus endured the pain of the cross looking forward 59 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: to the joy that was coming. When he was being 60 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: mocked by the soldiers, beaten with whips, nailed on the cross, 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: he was at a deficit. It looked like the enemy 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: got the best of him. People thought, if he is 63 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: who he really said he is, he come down off 64 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: that cross, he wouldn't be up there, defeated all the circumstances, 65 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: said he was done. But God has the final save. 66 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: He won't let you get in a problem that he 67 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: can't bring you out of. The Odds may be against you, 68 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: but the most high God is for you. On the cross, 69 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: Jesus said, my God, why have you forsaken me? There 70 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: will be times where it feels like God is forgotten 71 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: about you. Why did this bad break happen? Why did 72 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: this person leave? Why did the pandemic hit? Slum my 73 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: business down? If you judge your life by where you 74 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: are right now, you'll get discouraged, give up on dreams. 75 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: It's because you're only putting your history on the scale, 76 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: your way out of balance. What you're missing is what's coming. 77 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: You have to endure some things looking forward to the 78 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: joy that's on the way. You have to know that 79 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: God is still on the throne, that he's ordering your steps, 80 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: that what he started he's going to finish. No bad 81 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: break can stop him, no person, no pandemic, no loss, 82 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: no sickness. He sees what's not fair. He sees what 83 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: didn't work out, the lonely nights, the times you feel forgotten. 84 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: The Psalmist said, weeping may endure for a night, but 85 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: joy is coming in the morning. Jesus died on the cross. 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: The forces of darkness celebrated, thought they had finally won. 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: But on the third day, God said, I don't think so. 88 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: My son is not going to end in a deficit. 89 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: He arose and is live with all power. The point 90 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: is he had to go through some things to fulfill 91 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: his purpose. I'd rather God make it easy, just float 92 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: through life with all good breaks. But that's not how 93 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: it works. You can't become all you were created to 94 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: be without opposition, things you don't understand, people that turn 95 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: on you times it looks like you're done. The way 96 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: to endure is to keep reminding yourself that what God 97 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: has in your future is not just going to make 98 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: up for what you've been through, not just bring you 99 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: back to even but God is going to bring you 100 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: out better, increase, promoted, healthier, to new levels of your destiny. 101 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: He's designed your life to where the good things in 102 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: your future will outweigh the negative things in your past. 103 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: The scripture puts it this way. God has taken you 104 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: from glory to glory. The path of the righteous gets 105 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: brighter and brighter. He already has a solution to the 106 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: problem that's holding you back. He's already arranged restoration for 107 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: that loss, a new beginning for that setback, promotion for 108 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: that injustice. It's already on the schedule. It's just a 109 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: matter of time before you see the scales tip in 110 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: your favor. Now, when those lies come saying God has 111 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: forgotten about you, it's never going to work out. You've 112 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: seen your best days. Just say no thanks. I know 113 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: a secret. This may be difficult, it's not fair, but 114 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: this is not how my story ends. Favor is in 115 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: my future. Good breaks are headed my way. The right 116 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: people are tracking me down. There's a lady in the 117 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: scripture named Naomi. She was married with two sons. They 118 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: left her hometown of Bethlehem because of a famine and 119 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: moved to the city of Moab. They found food and 120 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: a nice place to live. Life was good. Then Naomi's 121 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: husband unexpectedly died. She became a widow. If that wasn't 122 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: hard enough, a few years later, both of her sons died. 123 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: She was so heartbroken she decided to move back home. 124 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: She told her two daughters in law, Orprah and Ruth, 125 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: that she was leaving and they should move on and 126 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: find someone else to marry. Orfa kissed Naomi goodbye, went 127 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: her way, but Ruth said, no, I'm going wherever you go. 128 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to stay with you and help take care 129 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: of you. We all face these unexpected challenges, things we 130 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: didn't see coming, where our scales get way out of balance. 131 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: If you don't understand this principle that God is going 132 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: to make your destiny outweigh your history, that He's going 133 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: to make up for the unfair things, that the loss, 134 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: the bad break, the disappointment is not going to stop 135 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: your purpose. Then you'll get bitter. You'll give up on 136 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: dreams and live sour. This is what Naomi did when 137 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: she got back home. People said, Naomi, we're so glad 138 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: to see you. She said, don't call me Naomi, call 139 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: me Mara. Naomi means my joy, Mara means bitter. She 140 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: was saying, there's nothing joyful about my life. Do you 141 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: know what I've been through? She said in verse twenty one, 142 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: I left Bethlehem full, but I came home empty. There 143 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: are times that life deals us such a blow that 144 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: we feel empty. We have nothing left again. We started 145 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: out good. We were passionate pursuing dreams. But we lost 146 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: a loved one. The business didn't make it an unexpected illness. 147 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: Now we feel empty. The beauty of our God is 148 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: He's not going to leave you empty. He knows when 149 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: life has been unfair. He knows when you don't feel 150 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: like you can go on. He comes to the empty places. 151 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: He has strength for the weary, fresh vision, fresh anointing. 152 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: Even now, God is breathing on your life. You are 153 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: about to come out of that empty place. Things are 154 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: shifting in your favor. New doors are about to open. 155 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: The right people are about to show up. You're going 156 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: to see a sign of God's goodness, letting you know 157 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: that He's about to tip the scales. They may be 158 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: out of balance now, but he's not finished. He has 159 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: something coming that's going to far outweigh the loss, the heartache, 160 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: the disappointment. Naomi's daughter in law, Ruth, would go out 161 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: into the fields each morning and pick up the leftover wheat. 162 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: That's how they survived. One day, the owner of that field, 163 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: a man named Boaz, told his workers to leave handfuls 164 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: of wheat on the ground on purpose for Ruth. Now 165 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: she came back in a fraction of the time with 166 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: more wheat than ever. I can hear Naomi saying, Ruth, 167 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: what happened? Where'd you get all this wheat? How'd you 168 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: come back home so fast? Who said? I don't know? 169 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: It was just laying there waiting on the ground. Naomi 170 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: had been through great heartache. She was at an empty place. 171 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: But notice how God began to work favoring her, causing 172 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: people that she had never met to be good to her. 173 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: Boaz ended up falling in love with Ruth. They got married. 174 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: They had a baby that they named Obed. Naomi was 175 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: so excited when she saw that little boy. She felt 176 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: this new sense of purpose. The scripture says the women 177 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 1: of the town rejoiced and said to Naomi, God has 178 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: given you another son. May this child restore your youth. 179 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: Naomi took care of him like he was her own son. 180 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 1: Few years earlier. She was empty, she was bitter. She 181 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: thought she'd seen her best days. She never dreamed she'd 182 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: be this happy, this fulfilled. God knows how to tip 183 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: the scales, how to make what was meant for harm 184 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: and turn it to your advantage. You may be at 185 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: an empty place. You don't see how you could ever 186 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: be happy again. If Naomi were here, she would tell 187 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: you that's not how your story ends. God has things 188 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: in your future better than you've imagined. You may not 189 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: understand it right now. It's not fair. Trust him. It's 190 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: all a part of his plan. He's going to bring 191 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: you to a blessed place where you're more fulfilled, more 192 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: rewarded than you've ever been. What's significant is this wasn't 193 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: just any baby. Obed was the grandfather of David. Out 194 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: of David's family line came Jesus. Naomi's disappointments having to 195 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: move back home, that was all a part of God's plan. 196 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: She was instrumental in our savior being born. At the time, 197 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: she couldn't see it. She felt empty, she got bitter, 198 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: but God was still in control. He was still ordering 199 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: her steps, causing Boaz to see Ruth having Naomi help 200 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: raise that little boy. Naomi never dreamed thousands of years 201 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: later we would be talking about her when you go 202 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: through disappointments loss. If you could only see how God 203 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: is going to make it up to you, If you 204 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: only knew the doors he's going to open people he's 205 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: going to bring. Then in those times that you could 206 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: stay bitter, instead, you'd stay in faith. You could give 207 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: up on your dreams, but you'll keep believing. You could 208 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: live defeated, but you'll live passionate, expecting God's favor. One 209 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: reason Naomi got bitter is she kept telling herself the 210 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: wrong thing. She said, I'm empty, I have nothing to give. 211 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: I've seen my best days. She was focused on what 212 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: she lost, what didn't work out, how it wasn't fair. 213 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: Her own thoughts were defeating her. What you're telling yourself 214 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: in difficult times will make you or break you. You 215 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: may feel empty, but don't go around announcing it. Telling 216 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: everyone you're broke, defeated, addicted, lonely. That's not helping you. 217 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: Those words are going out of your mouth and right 218 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: back into your own spirit. Every time you say it 219 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: is becoming more of a reality. That's why the scripture says, 220 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: let the weak say I'm strong, Let the poor say 221 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: I'm well off. Let the addicteds say I'm free. Let 222 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: those who have gone through bad breaks say good things 223 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: are in my future. I'm not saying to deny the facts. 224 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: Just don't let the facts have the last word. Say 225 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: what God says about you. I feel empty, but I 226 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: believe fullness is coming. Favor is coming, healing is coming. 227 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: When you have the right perspective, you can stay in 228 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: faith even when life is not fair. You can move 229 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: forward even when you should be stuck. Often it's not 230 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: the storms that defeat us, it's how we respond to 231 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: the storms. There's collateral damage we can avoid if we 232 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: don't add to the storm by getting bitter, giving up 233 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: on our dreams. When difficulties come, you have to be 234 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: careful what you're telling yourself. It's easy to get in 235 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: agreement with the lies. It's all down here. From here, 236 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: you'll never be happy. Look at what you've been through. 237 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: Naomi kept repeating her pain. I went out full, but man, 238 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: now I'm empty. My sons lost my husband. What she 239 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: was saying was true. But this is where faith has 240 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: to kick in. Yes, I've been through loss, but I 241 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: know God still has a purpose for me, that there 242 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: are still good things in my future. Pay attention to 243 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: what you're telling yourself. One thing Naomi did right is 244 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: she kept moving forward when she lost hers sons. She said, 245 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna move back home. She was saying, in effect, 246 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm not staying in this sorrow. I'm letting go of 247 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: the old and moving on to the new. Don't get 248 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: stuck in what didn't work out. You may not understand it, 249 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: but God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going 250 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: to stop your purpose. Don't put a question mark where 251 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: God put a period. If you prayed, you believe you 252 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: did your best, and your loved one didn't make it, 253 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: the door closed, the friend walked away. Accept it as 254 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: God's will, and move forward. The scripture says Naomi returned 255 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: to Bethlehem at the start of the barley harvest. If 256 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: she had stayed in Moab in self pity, she would 257 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: have missed the harvest season. Wasn't a coincidence that she 258 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: was moving back home in a time of abundance. Don't 259 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: miss your harvest because you're stuck on who hurt you? 260 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: What you didn't get? My skill's way out of balanced, Joe, 261 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: I don't understand it. Move forward. There's a harvest waiting 262 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: for you. God has already ordained the good breaks. He's 263 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: already spoken to the workers to leave you handfuls on purpose. 264 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: Boaz is already watching for you. You just have to get there. 265 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: May not be physically, but in your mind. You need 266 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: to pack up and leave. No more dwelling on the heartache, 267 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: living bitter. Nothing good is in front of me. The 268 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: problem is you're still in Moab. Moab is the defeat. 269 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: Moab is the things that weren't fair, the things you 270 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: don't understand. You have to get to Bethlehem. That's where 271 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: the harvest is. That's where God is not just going 272 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: to make it up up to you, not just tip 273 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: the scales, but you're going to see him show out 274 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: in your life. Do something that you've never seen. This 275 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: is what my father had to do in the nineteen fifties. 276 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: He'd been pastoring a church for many years. Everything was 277 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: going great, was growing. They had just built a beautiful 278 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: new sanctuary. He was on the state board for his denomination. 279 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: His future looked very bright. My sister Lisa was born 280 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: with something like cerebral palsy. The doctors told my parents 281 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: that she'd probably never be able to walk or feed herself. 282 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: They were devastated. My father went to a hotel downtown 283 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: to get alan for a few days and pray, and 284 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: he read the Scripture like he was reading it for 285 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: the first time. He saw how God is a healer 286 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: and how he wants us to live an abundant, victorious life. 287 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: He came back and told his congregation. Thought they'd all 288 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: be so excited, but they didn't like his new message 289 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: of faith and victory. It didn't fit into the tradition. 290 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: Long story short, he had to leave the church. Lifelong 291 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: friends never spoke to him again. My father was at 292 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: an empty place. He came in full passionate. Things were growing, 293 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: but now no job. Little girl not well. What do 294 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: you do when you're empty? When life throws you occur 295 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: when the scales are out of balance, Thoughts are telling 296 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: you you've seen your best days. God says, when you're empty, 297 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: come to me. I'm still in control. I'm still ordering 298 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: your steps. I'm not going to leave you out of balance. 299 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: The Psalmist said, in his presence is fullness of joy. 300 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: You may be empty now, but fullness is coming. My 301 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: father didn't do what Naomi did. He didn't get bitter, 302 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: he didn't give up on his dreams. He was hurting, 303 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: but he knew it wasn't a surprise to God. He 304 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: and my mother prayed for God to heal Lisa. Little 305 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: by little, she got better. At a year old, she 306 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: lifted her head for the first time, something the doctor 307 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: said she wouldn't be able to do. Today, she's perfectly 308 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: healthy and whole, eighty nine years old, still going strong. 309 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: My father didn't sit I'm not gonna look at her. 310 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: My father didn't sit around in self pity. He and 311 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: my mother found an old rundown feed store, this little building. 312 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: On Mother's Day nineteen fifty nine, they started Lakewood with 313 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: ninety people. The scales were way out of balance, rejected 314 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: by his former church, years of hard work, nothing to 315 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: show for it. But God knows how to make it 316 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: up to you. Some of the doors that close that 317 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: we don't understand, people that do us wrong, challenges that 318 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: come out of nowhere. We can't see it at the time, 319 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: but it's all a part of God's plan. Had my 320 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: father not left that church, he would have never seen Lakewood. 321 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: He wouldn't have seen the favor and growth that he did. 322 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: Those scales that were way out of balance on the 323 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: negative on his history, they went way out of balance 324 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: on the good, favor, promotion, influence, like he's never dreamed. 325 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: Your destiny is going to outweigh your history. Keep moving forward, 326 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: keep doing the right thing, keep honoring God, and you're 327 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: going to come in to your Bethlehem. The harvest season 328 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: is already in progress. You're going to walk into blessings, restorations, 329 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: new opportunities, healing that God has already prepared. It's not 330 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: at the place of sorrow, the place of loss, the 331 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: place of heart ache. Leave that place and move on 332 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: to the new things God has in store. In the Scripture, 333 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,919 Speaker 1: the prophet Samuel chose a young man named Saul to 334 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: be the next leader of Israel. Saul was tall, strong, 335 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: good looking. He looked like a king. I can imagine 336 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: how proud Samuel was of Saul that he took time 337 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: to mentor him, teach him to lead with wisdom and excellence. 338 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: And Saul started off good. He defeated armies, rescued the Israelites. 339 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: But over time Saul got off course. He started compromising, 340 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: not making good decisions. Finally, God told Samuel that he 341 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: was rejecting Saul as the king. Samuel was so disappointed. 342 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: The scripture says he wept and wept like Naomi. He 343 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: was at an empty place. He'd poured his heart and 344 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: soul into Saul. He'd prayed for him, taken him under 345 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: his wing. Now it looked like it was all a 346 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: waste of time. Samuel was sitting around, discouraged in self 347 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: pity for Samuel sixteen, God said Samuel, how long are 348 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: you going to mourn over Saul? God is asking us, 349 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: how long are you going to mourn over what you've lost? 350 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: How long are you going to be discouraged over the 351 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: relationship that didn't work out, the position you didn't get, 352 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: the loved one that didn't make it. The problem with 353 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: continuing to mourn is it will keep you from going 354 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: to Bethlehem. It will keep you from the harvest that's 355 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: all ready in process, from the new things God has 356 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: in store. And yes, there's a timeful mourning, but you 357 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: can't let a season of mourning turn into a lifetime 358 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: of mourning. God told Samuel, fill your horn with oil 359 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: and be on your way. I'm sending you to the 360 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: house of Jesse. I've chosen one of his sons to 361 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: be the next king. I can imagine Samuel thinking, God, 362 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: Saul is still on the throne, He's technically still in charge. 363 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: You're telling me to anoint my future while my past 364 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: is still on the throne. You're telling me to start 365 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: over in a feed store with ninety people. You're telling 366 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: me to go back to Bethlehem. I just want to 367 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: stay here in Moab. I've been through too much. Are 368 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: you waiting for God to change things while God is 369 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: waiting for you to anoint your future. That means you're 370 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: not seeing anything happening, but you're believing. You're declaring. You're 371 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: walking by faith and not by sight. The medical report 372 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: doesn't look good, but I oh, God is restoring health 373 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: back into me. Went through a loss, a bad break. 374 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: I know what was meant for harm. God's turning to 375 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: my advantage. Had to set back in my finances, business 376 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: went down. That's not the end. I know. I will 377 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: lend and not borrow. What I touch will prosper and succeed. 378 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: You can't wait for everything to change. Then you'll believe, 379 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: Then you'll have a good attitude or even though your 380 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: past is still on the throne, you need to start 381 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: declaring favor, restoration, health, victory. God told Samuel to fill 382 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: your horn with oil. Oil signifies joy, praise, expectancy. Don't 383 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: drag around. Look what I've been through, man, this pandemic 384 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: was so hard. My back's been hurting for three years. 385 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: My boss won't give me any credit. Fill your horn 386 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: with oil, not with complaints. Get your praise back, put 387 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: a smile on your face, have a report of victory. 388 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: If you'll fill your horn with oil and be on 389 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: your way, you're going to see God tip the scals 390 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: not a little bit, but he's going to open the 391 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: windows of heaven, bring great opportunities, new people, turn mourning 392 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: into dancing. He's not going to equal it up the 393 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 1: good and the bad. No, your destiny is going to 394 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: far outweigh your history. Samuel was disappointed when Saul didn't 395 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 1: work out, but he filled his horn with oil and 396 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: anointed David. David was the greatest king that ever lived. 397 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: Notice how God does things. He doesn't trade an okay 398 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: king for another okay king. God was saying, you lost 399 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: something that was painful. You put time and energy into 400 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: that relationship, that company, that dream, it didn't last. Don't worry. 401 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: I'm about to send to David. I'm about to bring 402 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: someone or something so awesome, so out of the ordinary 403 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: that it's going to far outweigh what didn't work out. 404 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: There was a lady in the scripture that was about 405 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: to give birth Israelite. She had just heard that the 406 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant had been stolen. That's where God's 407 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: presence was. She was so upset, so distraught. When she 408 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: gave birth, she named her son Ichabod. Ichabod means the 409 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: glory has departed. She named her future based on her past. 410 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: She could have just easily named him the glory will return. 411 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: She could have named him what Zachariah prophesied, double the glory. 412 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: But she was so caught up in what she had 413 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: been through, the disappointment, the heartache, that it soured her future. Now. 414 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: I wonder how many of us are doing the same thing. 415 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: We're focused on what didn't work out, Who heard us, 416 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: what we lost. We don't think it's ever going to change. 417 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: Don't name your future based on your past. Get that 418 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: Ichabod's spirit off of you. This is a new day. 419 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: God is doing a new thing. The enemies you've seen 420 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: in the past you will see no more. Here's what 421 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: you should name your future less prosper us, victorious, healthy, strong, wise, talented. 422 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: Things may be rough right now, but your attitude should 423 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: be this is only temporary. It's just a matter of 424 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: time before things change in my favor. I'm gonna come 425 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: out better off than I was before. This is what 426 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: David did. He went through all kinds of heartache, disappointments, 427 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: people coming against him, but he didn't name his future 428 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: based on his past. He said, I am confident I 429 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: will see the goodness of God in the land of 430 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: the living. That's my prayer for you, that you will 431 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: be confident that your best days are still in front 432 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: of you, that you will know down deep that your 433 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: destiny will outweigh your history, that the negative things of 434 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: the past are not how your story ends. My question 435 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: today is are you weighing things too early? You've had disappointments, 436 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: life has thrown you some curves. How you've accepted that 437 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: you're limited, you had a disadvantage. Can I encourage you 438 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: the best part of your life is still in front 439 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: of you. You wouldn't be breathing if there were not 440 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: new victories and new opportunities. God saw everything that happened. 441 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:16,199 Speaker 1: The loss, the bad breaks, those weiit a lot, But 442 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: there is favor coming that's going to tip the scale 443 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: to where the blessing far outweighs the negative. Now do 444 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: your part anoint your future. Even though the past is 445 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: still on the throne. Dare to believe start expecting favor. 446 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: There is a harvest season. God has already prepared something 447 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: already in the works that you're going to step into. 448 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: I believe and declare even now things are shifting. The 449 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: weight of the negative is going to pale in comparison 450 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: to the weight of the glory. Like with Samuel, the 451 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: disappointment was painful, but David is about to show up 452 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: something better than you've imagined. Favor is coming, healing, restoration, promotion, breakthroughs, 453 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if 454 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? Today? I'd like 455 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 456 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 457 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 458 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 459 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 460 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: to send you some free information. Just text the number 461 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: on the screen or go to the website. I hope 462 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: you'll get into a good Bible based church and keep 463 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: God first place. 464 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,959 Speaker 2: It starts with just a tiny seed. From it, tender 465 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 2: bud sprout, the miracle of new life blooms and thrives. 466 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 2: But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary 467 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: growth in your own life? 468 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small. 469 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: Faith is like a sea. Believe all things are possible. 470 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: That's when you'll see new growth, opportunity, and healing. We 471 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 472 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: All we have to do is believe. There may not 473 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: be a way in the natural, but our God is supernatural. 474 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: We'd like to send you this time next year Believe 475 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: Big Journal. It will help you to enlarge your vision 476 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: and stretch your faith. Where would you like to be 477 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: a year from now? Who knows what God will do 478 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four if you'll take the limits off 479 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: of him and believe for the great things He's placed 480 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: in your heart. 481 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 2: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 482 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: this month, we want to send you that this time 483 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 2: next year, Believe Big Journal along with our new Believe Tea. 484 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 2: As you begin to believe Big, you'll see God move 485 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 2: in powerful ways, be impossible made possible. Growth provision and 486 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 2: new opportunities will burst forth above and beyond which you 487 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 2: can ask or imagine. 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