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 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: that it's going to make a huge difference in your life. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Know that we are praying for you. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, we love you guys, and just appreciate you taking 6 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: the time. We believe it it's going to be a 7 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: beautiful spring for you and an awesome twenty twenty four. 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message today. Well, God bless you. It's great 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: to be with you today, and. 10 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week 11 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and 12 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: you can come visit us in person. 13 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 14 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: of our services. 15 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: I'd like to start with something funny and I heard 16 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: about this couple. They were driving down the road when 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: they saw a sign that said Nacodochius. 18 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: Forty miles ahead. 19 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: They begin to argue over how to correctly pronounce the 20 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 2: name Nakodochis. The husband got so upset he told his 21 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: wife that when they got into town, he was going 22 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: to stop and prove to her that she was wrong. 23 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: They drove silently the next thirty minutes. When he arrived 24 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: in town, he pulled into the first fast food restaurant. 25 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: They both marched up to the counter. He said to 26 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: the young lady working behind it, my wife and I 27 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: have been arguing the last thirty minutes. Would you please 28 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 2: tell us, very slowly and very clearly, how to pronounce 29 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: the name of this place. The young girl's eyes got 30 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: real big. She leaned over the counter and. 31 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: Said, burr gir king. All right, y'all say it like 32 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: you mean it. 33 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 34 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 35 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 36 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 37 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is recepted. I will never be 38 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 39 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about finding the lost you. 40 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: Life has a way of changing us. At one time, 41 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: we were outgoing, excited about our dreams, grateful for our family. 42 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: We saw the vest in people and excelled at work. Positive, hopeful. 43 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: Then life happens. 44 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: We go through a disappointment and we lose a little joy. 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: We make mistakes and lose a little sense of value. 46 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: People do us. 47 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: Wrong, and we lose a little passion. We look up 48 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: and wonder where that other person went. Man said to 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: me last week, Joel, I've lost myself. 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: I used to be so. 51 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 2: Passionate, so caring. I don't know what happened. I don't 52 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: even recognize who I am. He'd been through a loss, 53 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: things hadn't turned out the way he thought. Now he 54 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: was a fraction of what he used to be. But 55 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: God didn't create us to start off excited about life, 56 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 2: believing for our dreams, and then end up defeated, insecure, 57 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: and lonely. That's life trying to change who you are. 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: You may have lost yourself. The good news is you 59 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: can find yourself, go back to who God made you 60 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 2: to be. 61 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: The real you is still. 62 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: There, the joy for you, the passionate you, the confident you, 63 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: the victorious you. 64 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: One reason Jesus came. 65 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: Was to recover what was lost, to restore what was stolen, 66 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: to heal what was broken, to give you beauty for. 67 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: Ashes, joy for mourning. 68 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: What you've lost is coming back. God is about to 69 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: do a new thing. He's not going to leave you 70 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: at a deficit. He sees what you've been through, and 71 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: he's going to make up for it. He's going to 72 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: breathe new life, new passion, new opportunities, and new vision. 73 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: You haven't seen the best version of you yet. 74 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 2: It's still in front of you. But there is something 75 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: you have to do. You can't sit on the sidelines 76 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: feeling sorry for yourself, thinking you washed up. Man, I've 77 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 2: made so many mistakes, and why did these people. 78 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: Do me wrong. 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: As long as we have a defeated mentality, we're going 80 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: to get stuck. 81 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: You have to get back in the game. 82 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 2: Stir your faith up, start believing again, start dreaming again, 83 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: start hoping again. The book of Genesis, Adam and Eve 84 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: were in the garden of Eden. They had this magnificent 85 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 2: place to live. God would come out at night and 86 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: talk with them. They were so happy, confident, and secure. 87 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: They woke up excited about the day, grateful for what 88 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: God had given them. 89 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: Then life happened. 90 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: God told them not to eat the fruit from a 91 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: certain tree, but they got deceived and did it anyway. 92 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: When they did, immediately they felt guilty. 93 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 2: They knew they had done wrong. Their consciences came to life. 94 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: They recognized they were naked. They weren't wearing any clothes. 95 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: They were ashamed and embarrassed, so they ran in hid, 96 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 2: put on some fig leaves to cover up, got under 97 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: some bushes and behind some trees. 98 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: To make sure that they weren't visible. 99 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 2: When God came to visit in the garden that evening, 100 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 2: he said, Adam, where are you? God wasn't asking this 101 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: question to find an answer. 102 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: He already knew where they were. 103 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: He was asking to make Adam think where are you? 104 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: Not just physically. 105 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 2: He was talking about his state of mind, his attitude, 106 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 2: how he saw himself. He was saying, Adam, where is 107 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 2: the real you? Where is the you I created? The 108 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: joyful you, the confident you, the valuable you, the peaceful you. 109 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: Where is that person gone? God is asking us where 110 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: are you? 111 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: Where is the you. 112 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: Before you went through the disappointment, the you before the breakup, 113 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 2: the you before the mistake. 114 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: Where is the passionate you, the friendly you, the. 115 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: Kind you, the positive, hopeful, generous you. 116 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: That's who God made you to be. 117 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: But too often, like Adam, because mistakes, disappointments. 118 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: We lose that person. We can look back and think, man, 119 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: I used to be so passionate about life. I used 120 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: to have big dreams. 121 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 2: I used to feel valuable and secure. I don't know 122 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 2: what happened to me. You may have lost who you are, 123 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: but God is going to bring that person back. 124 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: Nothing that's happened. 125 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 2: To you has taken the real you, Adam said God. 126 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: When I heard your voice, I was afraid, so I 127 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 2: went in the hid. How many of us are hiding 128 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 2: because the things we've gone through. Hiding our potential, hiding 129 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 2: our personality, hiding our smile. You have so much to offer, 130 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 2: but the way many people handle hurts and failures and 131 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: disappointments is to isolate, to disengage, turn their feelings off, 132 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: push down any emotions, not pursue any dreams. They show 133 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: up at work, but they're not really there. They have 134 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 2: great ideas, but they never share them. They're in the 135 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 2: house physically with their family, but they've checked out emotionally. 136 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: The pressure, the hurts, the mistakes have caused them to 137 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: go into a defense mode where they don't participate. They 138 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: don't answer the phone, don't interact with friends, don't share 139 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: their feelings. The enemy would love for you to live disengaged, unplugged, 140 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: hiding your gifts, hiding your creativity, hiding your feelings. 141 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: God is saying, where are you. 142 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: I created you to bloom, to blossom, to shine, to 143 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 2: enjoy life, to be a blessing, to love, to lie, 144 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: to accomplish. But it will never happen if you're hiding, 145 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: hiding behind mistakes, hiding behind hurts, hiding behind injustice. 146 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: I wasn't treated right, Joel. That's why I'm bitter. I 147 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: went through a breakup. They hurt me. 148 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: That's why I'm not passionate anymore. My spouse and I 149 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 2: we don't get along. She doesn't respect me. 150 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: That's why I've checked out. 151 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: The enemy is using that to keep you in hiding, 152 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 2: feeling ashamed, insecured. 153 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: No enthusiasm. Here's the key. God can't heal what's hidden. 154 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 2: He's asking you to come out to get back engaged, 155 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: but he's not. 156 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: Going to force you. 157 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 2: You have to make that choice to come out of isolation, 158 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: come out of fear, come out of shame, come out 159 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: of regrets, and get back in the game that part 160 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: of you that you lost. Can I encourage you? It's 161 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 2: looking for you right now. The joy, the talent, the favor, 162 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 2: the confidence. 163 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: It's knocking on your door. 164 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: The creative you, the outgoing you, the compassionate you, the 165 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 2: generous you. He's been gone long enough. Now you have 166 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 2: to do your part. Get your fire back, start taking 167 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: some risk. Well, Joel, if I get involved in this 168 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: new relationship, I may get hurt again. If I take 169 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 2: this new opportunity, they may not treat me right, or 170 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 2: I may not be any good at it. Yes, it's 171 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 2: easier to stay in hiding. If you unplugg disengage, you 172 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 2: might not experience as much hurt, pain or possible disappointment, 173 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 2: but you'll also never experience the joy, the love, the 174 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: favor of the victory that makes life so rewarding and 175 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: so fulfilling. The enemy doesn't want you engaged, motivated, passionate, 176 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: feeling anything He loved. For you to go through life none, 177 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 2: never showing this world who God made you to be. 178 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap. 179 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: You may get knocked down, but don't go into hiding. 180 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 2: That disappointment is not final. 181 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 1: Get back up again. 182 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: You made a mistake, don't beat yourself up for five years, 183 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 2: live in regrets, ask for forgiveness, and move forward. God 184 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 2: doesn't remember your mistakes. 185 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: Why are you remembering them? 186 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 2: Those are forces trying to get you to unplug disengage 187 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 2: so you don't fulfill your purpose, or maybe your dream 188 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: didn't work out. You've put a lot of effort into it, 189 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: but the business failed. 190 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: It didn't make it. Failure is an event, not a person. 191 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 2: You don't have to go into hiding. It's not who 192 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 2: you are. You're not a failure. You're a child of 193 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 2: the most high God. Any person that's ever done anything 194 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: significant has had some failures, disappointments and setbacks, or perhaps 195 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 2: people have hurt you. They put you at a disadvantage. 196 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: Thoughts will try to convince you that you're lacking. You're 197 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 2: not up to par. If you were more attractive, if 198 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 2: you had a better personality, if you were more talented, 199 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: this wouldn't have happened. It's easy to go into hiding, 200 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: live insecure, feeling not valuable. 201 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. 202 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 2: You were made in the image of Almighty God. People 203 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 2: can't make you feel inferior unless you give them permission. 204 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: They don't determine your worth and value. 205 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: What they say, how they treat you doesn't change who 206 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 2: God made you to be. Now quit giving them permission. 207 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 2: When I was in junior high I was very outgoing. 208 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: I had a lot of friends, played sports. I's confident, 209 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: and secure. 210 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: How's always making people laugh? 211 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: But when I got into high school, all my friends 212 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 2: kept growing taller, but I didn't. 213 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: I went into my freshman year at. 214 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 2: Four feet nine inches tall. People called me Peanut. Those 215 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: thoughts started coming. It's too short, You're at a disadvantage. 216 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 2: People are making fun of you. I let that insecurity 217 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 2: in and it started to affect my confidence. Now wasn't 218 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 2: as outgoing. I started to hide my personality, became more 219 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 2: quiet and reserved. I tried out for the baseball team, 220 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,959 Speaker 2: and in the Little league, I was always one of 221 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: the best players, made the All Star team every year. 222 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 2: But now in high school, people were so much bigger 223 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: and stronger. We were all into gym waiting to see 224 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 2: who made the team. The coach called out the names 225 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: one by one. This friend made it, then another, and 226 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 2: another and another. 227 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: They all made the team, and I waited and waited, 228 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: thinking surely my name was going to be next. But 229 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: I didn't make it. The coach called me. 230 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 2: In afterwards and said, Joel, you're a good player, You're 231 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 2: just too small to play at this level. That was 232 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 2: the last thing I needed to hear. For years, I 233 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: let that affect myself image, my confidence. I dealt with 234 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 2: it the way many of us do. I went into hiding. 235 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 2: I was in his outgoing. When certain opportunities came, I'd 236 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 2: just shrink back, unsure of myself, wondering. 237 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:50,839 Speaker 1: What people would think. 238 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: But I could hear God whispering deep down in my spirit, Joel, 239 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 2: where are you? 240 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: Where is that person? I created? Strong, confident, fun outgoing. 241 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 2: Why are you shrinking back and letting someone else determine 242 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 2: your value when you have so much more to offer. 243 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 2: I had to make that decision to come out of hiding, 244 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 2: to not worry about what other people think, not let 245 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: disappointments take my passion. 246 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: If I had not done that, I wouldn't be up 247 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: here today. Is there some area you need to come 248 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: out of hiding? You've let what didn't work, what. 249 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 2: Someone said, how you were raised caused you to shrink back, unplugged. 250 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 2: Now we're not seeing the best of you. When Adam 251 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: made that mistake, he went into hiding and he tried 252 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: to check out. 253 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: But notice how God came looking for him. God Good 254 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: has said, too bad, Adam, you blew it. You had 255 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: your chance. 256 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 2: God never gives up on us, even when we hide, 257 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: even when we lose the person he made us to be. 258 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: He keeps coming after us, saying, where there are you? 259 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: I miss you, I need you. I can restore you 260 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: like I did. 261 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 2: Maybe you've let a disappointment or you've led a mistake 262 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 2: cause you to hide your personality. Ha'd your smile? How'd 263 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 2: your passion? You used to have big dreams, you used 264 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: to fight for your family, used to be passionate about 265 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 2: your walk with God, but kind of disengaged, checked out, 266 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: thinking it's not worth it? 267 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: Can I tell you? 268 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 2: God is looking for you, not the partial you, not 269 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 2: the thrumpbacked version, not the intimidated you. 270 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: Where is the confident you? Where is the outgoing you? 271 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: Where is the talented you? 272 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 2: Where is the you before the coach told you you're 273 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: too small? 274 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: Where is the you before you ate the forbidden fruit? 275 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: That's who God's looking for. The true you, not the 276 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 2: water down you. The you that dream big, the you 277 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 2: that knew all things are possible, the you that took 278 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 2: steps of faith, the you that was determined to set 279 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: new standards, the you that didn't let doubt, fear, negativity 280 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: talk you out of your goals. 281 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: That's who God's looking for. 282 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: I believe today that part of you that you lost 283 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 2: is coming back. God is restoring dreams, restoring passion, restoring competence, 284 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 2: restoring value, vision, creativity, goals, and joy. 285 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: This is a new day. The full you is coming back. 286 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 2: Adam told God he was in hiding because he was naked. 287 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 2: He felt ashamed and embarrassed. The second question God asking 288 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: the Bible was Adam, who told you you were naked again. 289 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 2: God wasn't asking to get information. He wanted Adam to 290 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: see where that thought came from. That was the enemy 291 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: deceiving him. It's no different today. The enemy will whisper 292 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 2: his lies, trying to deceive us into hiding. Talented or not, 293 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 2: you've made too many mistakes. You'll never be successful. You 294 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 2: come from the wrong family. You need to ask yourself 295 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: where are these thoughts coming from. If they're negative, discouraging, 296 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 2: pushing you down, making you feel unworthy, you can be 297 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 2: certain they are not from God. Don't give them the 298 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: time of day. Let them go in one ear and 299 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 2: out the other. When I didn't make the baseball team, 300 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 2: that coach was just doing his job, you know, judging 301 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 2: by the. 302 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: Natural the physical. But people don't determine our value. 303 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 2: I could hear God saying, Joel, who told you you're 304 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 2: too small, Who told you you're not up to par 305 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 2: I created. 306 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: You in my own image. 307 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: You were fearfully and wonderfully made. I call you a masterpiece. 308 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 2: I put a crown of favor. 309 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: On your head. 310 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: You need to listen to what God says about you, 311 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: and not all the negative chatter You may have made, 312 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 2: poor choices, gotten off course. Who told you that mistake 313 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: stopped your purpose? Who told you that you're washed up, unworthy? 314 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: Just sit on the sidelines. That's the accuser trying to 315 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 2: keep you in hiding, feeling guilty and unworthy, so you 316 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: won't pursue your dreams you want to accomplish your assignment. 317 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: Don't believe those lies. 318 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 2: God's mercy is bigger than any mistake you've made. He 319 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 2: already took into account every failure, every wrong turn, every compromise. 320 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 2: He has mercy, restoration, new beginnings already lined up. His 321 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 2: calling on your life is irrevocable. He doesn't change his mind. 322 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: What he started he will finish. But you have to 323 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 2: do your part. Come out of heiding, come out of shame, 324 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: come out of guilt, and get back in the game. 325 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: We need you. 326 00:17:55,160 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: Your family, needs you fully engaged. Your children need you 327 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 2: healthy in home. Your friends need you, not the partial you, 328 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 2: but the fool you, the help going you, the loving you, 329 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 2: the friendly you. 330 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: Maybe you went through a breakup, you had a divorce. 331 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: Who told you that you'll never be happy again? 332 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 2: Who told you that that disappointment has ruined your future, 333 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 2: that you'll never meet anyone? The Enemy wouldn't be telling 334 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 2: you that if he didn't know it was going to happen. 335 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: That's why he's trying to deceive you into living negative, doubting, 336 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 2: thinking you've missed your chance. 337 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: Tune that out. God has beauty for the ashes. 338 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: The right person, a divine connection is already en route. 339 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 2: Your latter days will be better than your former days. 340 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: Or how about this? 341 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 2: Who told you you're not talented enough? That all you 342 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 2: can make in school or seese and not AI's. That's 343 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 2: the enemy doing what he did in the garden of Eden, 344 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 2: trying to deceive you into high your gifts, hiding your talents. 345 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: Don't believe his lies. God has put greatness in you. 346 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 2: There are ideas, creativity, businesses. He's created you to bloom, 347 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 2: to blossom, to go where no one in your family 348 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: has gone. That's why the enemy fights so hard to 349 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 2: keep your push down. Feeling inadequate where you have a 350 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 2: limited vision, no come out of hiding. God is about 351 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 2: to enlarge your territory. He's about to expand your influence. 352 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: He's about to increase your resources. You haven't seen, heard, 353 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 2: or imagined what he has in store. 354 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: He's just waiting for you to come back to who 355 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: you are. Where is the bold. 356 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: Ee, the confident you, the faith filled you, the dreaming you, 357 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 2: the mighty hero you. 358 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: I saw a video about this stray dog. He's about 359 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: a year. 360 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: Old, and he lived in this busy downtown area in 361 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: an alley way behind this big dumpster. One cold, rainy night, 362 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 2: this couple was throwing away some trash and noticed the dog. 363 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 1: He was curled up in the corner. 364 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 2: Shaking, shriveled up, very thin, lost most of his hair. 365 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,199 Speaker 2: The girl felt sorry and went over to help it, 366 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 2: but the dog was very angry. He growled and showed 367 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: his teeth and had both paws. 368 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: Out, and the girl wouldn't give up. 369 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: She went home and got some food and blankets. This 370 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 2: time she got down on her knees to be more 371 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 2: at the dog's level. She put some food out and 372 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 2: talked very gently and softly, and little by little, the 373 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: dog began. 374 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: To let down his defenses. 375 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 2: She was able to close enough to pet the dog, 376 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 2: and after about an hour she gained the dog's trust 377 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 2: enough to pick it up. She and her husband took 378 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: the dog home in her house. The dog went to 379 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 2: the corner and would never put his head up. 380 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: It just hung down, so afraid and uncertain. 381 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 2: This girl just kept loving, giving it food, doing our 382 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 2: best to win it over. 383 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: Then the video fast forwarded to a year ahead. You 384 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: wouldn't believe it was the same dog. This dog was 385 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: so playful and fine. He was jumping up on them. 386 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: He would spin around in circles so happy, run and 387 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: fetch things in the backyard. That playful, healthy, loving dog 388 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 2: was in there this whole time. 389 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: But when you go through hurts, mistreatment, bad breaks, there's 390 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: this natural. 391 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,959 Speaker 2: Tendency to isolate, disengage, and become angry. 392 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: We put up these defenses and think this is just 393 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: who I am. 394 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 2: I'm bitter because of a bad childhood. I'm angry because 395 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 2: the company did me wrong. I've given up on my 396 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,640 Speaker 2: dream because I've made so many bad decisions. Look where 397 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 2: I am Joel, like that little dog. There is so 398 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 2: much more in you. You're just letting that defense mechanism 399 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 2: cause you to isolate, push away, thinking that staying in 400 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: hiding is the way to deal with it. 401 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,719 Speaker 1: That is not the best option. 402 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 2: God has seen everything you've been through, who hurt you, 403 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: who didn't keep their word. He's seen the mistakes you made, 404 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 2: the times you took that wrong turn, and now. 405 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: You're in that corner, not wanting anyone to help. 406 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: Like that young woman went with compassion and rescued the dog. 407 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: God is coming to you. He's calling your name. 408 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: If you'll come out of hiding, if you'll let down 409 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 2: your defenses and give it another chance, you'll discover a 410 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 2: life greater than you ever dream. 411 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: God is not finished with you. 412 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 2: He didn't create you and then decide to walk away 413 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 2: because of mistakes, neglect, or bad breaks. He's a god 414 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: who restores, a God who has new beginnings. 415 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: He's saying, where are you? 416 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 2: Let me turn things around, let me love you back 417 00:22:59,000 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 2: into wholeness. 418 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: Let me pay you back for the unfair things. And 419 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: it's not always something big. 420 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 2: It may just be you're hiding a part of your personality, 421 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 2: letting insecurity and what other people think keep you from 422 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 2: blossoming into who you were created to be, or letting 423 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 2: mistakes convince you to feel unworthy. 424 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: You know you have so much more in you. You 425 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: can feel God calling you to step up, to get 426 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: out of your comfort zones. 427 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 2: It's much easier to stay in hiding, not having to stretch. Yes, 428 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 2: it's easier, but you'll never be fulfilled settling for. 429 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: Less than what God put in you. 430 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: There'll always be a subtle unrest, a slight uneasiness. That's 431 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: God saying, step into my purpose for your life. In 432 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 2: the Book of First Kings, the prophet Elijah had just 433 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,239 Speaker 2: called down fire from heaven and destroyed four hundred and 434 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: fifty false prophets. He had just prayed and saw a 435 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 2: three and a half year drought come to an end. 436 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 2: He could just outrun a chariot for twenty miles. 437 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: You would think he would never have a down moment. 438 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 2: He was so powerful and anointed, but at one point 439 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 2: he was so depressed he wanted to die. When the 440 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 2: king's wife heard about the prophets he had destroyed, she 441 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 2: sent words saying I'm going to kill you by this 442 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 2: time tomorrow. Elijah got so afraid so panicked he took 443 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 2: off running for his life. You can be devoted, faithful, 444 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 2: anointed and. 445 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: Still have times where you lose who you are. 446 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 2: Elijah ended up hiding in a cave, went into isolation, 447 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 2: didn't want to talk to anyone. His attitude was I'm done. 448 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 2: This is the end of my life. God came to 449 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 2: him in the cave and said, Elijah, what are you 450 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 2: doing here? He was saying, this is not who I 451 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 2: made you to be. Afraid, intimidated, defeated. 452 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: You've lost who. 453 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 2: You are, bold, confident, faith filled. I just said, well, God, 454 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 2: these people are after man. I'm the only one serving God. 455 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 2: Everyone else has turned away. God told him to go 456 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 2: stand outside the cave. After a mighty windstorm, rain and fire. 457 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: God spoke to him again. 458 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 2: I can imagine Elijah leaning in, listening so intently. 459 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: What is God going to tell me this time? God 460 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: said it again, what are you doing here? As powerful 461 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: as Elijah was. 462 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 2: He lost part of himself. He got distracted and forgot 463 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: who he was. And God didn't say, Elijah, I feel 464 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 2: sorry for you, man, it's been rough. Just settle here 465 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 2: in this cave, no, God said in verse fifteen, Elijah 466 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 2: go back the way you came. 467 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: God was saying, come out. 468 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 2: Of hiding and go back to who I say you are, powerful, anointed, favored, victorious. 469 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: Maybe today, like Elijah, you'll committed. 470 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 2: You're faithful, you're blessed, but you've lost part of yourself. 471 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: Things have happened that have taken. 472 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 2: Your joy, limited your vision, stopped your creativity. Now you've 473 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 2: settled in that area, not pursuing dreams, not enjoying your family, 474 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 2: not passionate about life. God is saying, come out of 475 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: hiding and go back to who I created you to be. 476 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: Get your fire back, get your dream back. 477 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 2: No more isolating, checking out, being there but not engaging. 478 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 2: And yes, I know things can happen that aren't fair. 479 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 2: You don't understand it, but God sees it. And that's 480 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 2: not how. 481 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: Your story ends. This is a new day now. I 482 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: believe and declare. 483 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 2: That part of you that you lost is coming back, 484 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 2: the confident you, the joyful you, the passionate you, the 485 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 2: valuable you, the successful you. 486 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: The victorious you. In Jesus' name. And if you receive it, 487 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: can you say, amen, I'd like to give. 488 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 2: You an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 489 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me. 490 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 491 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 2: into my heart. 492 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: I make you my Lord and Savior. 493 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 494 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: born again. 495 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 1: We'd love to send you some free information on your 496 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: new walk with the Lord. 497 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 2: You can text the number on the screen or go 498 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 2: to the website. 499 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: But I hope you'll get into a good. 500 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: Bible based church and keep God first place. 501 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 3: It starts with just a tiny seed. From it tender 502 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 3: bud sprout. The miracle of new life blooms and thrives. 503 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 3: But how do you experience the same miraculous and extraordinary 504 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 3: growth in your own life? 505 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 2: Sometimes our life is limited because we're believing too small. 506 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: Faith is like a seed. 507 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 2: When you believe all things are possible, that's when you'll 508 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 2: see new growth, opportunity, and healing. 509 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: We don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. 510 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 1: All we have to do is believe. 511 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 2: There may not be away in the natural, but our 512 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: God is supernatural. We'd like to send you this time 513 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 2: next year believe big journal. It will help you to 514 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 2: enlarge your vision and stretch your faith. Where would you 515 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: like to be a year from now. 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