1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: We're believing you guys are going to have a great 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: February and an awesome twenty twenty four. I love how 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: you putting God first place. He sees you taking the time. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us today. We believe this is 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: gonna be a great year. 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: Thank you for always being a part of this podcast. 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: For God bless you. Always a joy to come into 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: your homes. We love you and we know God has 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: great things in store for each one of you. If 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by 11 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: and be a part of one of our services. I 12 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 13 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I'd 14 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny each week, and I 15 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: heard about this reporter. He was visiting churches all across 16 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: the nation. While in New York, he noticed this golden 17 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: phone on the wall with a sign that said colls 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars per minute. He asked the pastor what 19 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: it meant, and the pastor explained how that was a 20 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: direct line to Heaven. If you were willing to pay 21 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: the price, you could talk directly to God. The reporter 22 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: continued visiting other churches he encountered the same golden phone 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: with the same sign. When he finally made it down 24 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: to Texas, he saw the phone on the wall, but 25 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: the sign said twenty five cents per call. Intrigued, he 26 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: asked the pastor why it was so much cheaper. The 27 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: pastor said, you're in Texas now, it's a local call, 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: all right. Caught up your bibles say it like you 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 30 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: says I am. I have what it says I have. 31 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 32 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 33 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 34 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about having a 36 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: never say die attitude. If you're going to fulfill your destiny, 37 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: you have to have a made up mind that no 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: matter what comes against you, no matter how long it takes, 39 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: no matter how many times you get knocked down, you 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: are not going to stay down. You're not going to 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: start complaining. You're not going to get soured on life 42 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: and give up on your dreams. You're going to keep 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: pressing forward. Looking for your next victory. There's got to 44 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: be a holy determination, I never say die attitude. The 45 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: people that succeed are not necessarily the most talented. They 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: are the most determined. They know how to persevere. When 47 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: they fail, they don't see that as final. They learn 48 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: from it and try again. When they face obstacles, they 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: don't shrink back and get discouraged. They dig their heels 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: in and fight the good fight of faith and in life. 51 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: There's always something coming against us, disappointments, setbacks, unfair situations. 52 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: Too many people just give up and think, well, it 53 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: just wasn't meant to be. My marriage is not going 54 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: to last. We're having too many problems accomplished my dreams. 55 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: The economy's too bad. I'll never get well, Joel. The 56 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: doctor's report doesn't look good now. If you're going to 57 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: experience God's best, you have to have a backbone made 58 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: of steel. You can't be weak, wimpy, spineless. You have 59 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: to have a warrior mentality, no matter how long it's 60 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: taken deep down on the inside. Your attitude should be 61 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: if I have to stand in faith my whole lifetime, 62 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: I am not going to give up on what God 63 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: has put in my heart. And when you have this 64 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: holy determination, when you have your mind made up that 65 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: you're going to outlast anything that comes against you, then 66 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: no person, no obstacle, no sickness, no set back, no betrayal, 67 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: all the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your 68 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: God given destiny. And I want a light of new 69 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: fire on the inside. God did not create us to 70 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: give up when it gets hard, create us to get 71 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: discouraged when we face obstacles. He made us as more 72 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: than conquers. You have victory in your DNA. When God 73 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: breathed his life into you, he breathed perseverance, determination, strength, courage, endurance. 74 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: You have staying power that means you can outlast every attack. 75 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: You've been anointed to make it through difficult times. If 76 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: you will dig your heels in and have this never 77 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: say die attitude, then no matter what comes against you, 78 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: no matter how long it takes or how difficult it is, 79 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, you'll be able to 80 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: say I'm still standing. The enemy did his best, but 81 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: his best was not enough. I've still got a smile 82 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: on my face, a song in my heart, a spring 83 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: in my step. I know I am a victor and 84 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: not a victim. David said in Psalm fifty one, verse ten, 85 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: God renew a right spirit within me. The amplified translation 86 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: tells us what a right spirit is. It says, renew 87 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: a steadfast and persevering spirit. Notice when God considers our 88 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: spirit to be right, when we're determined, when we're persevering, 89 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: when we have this never say die attitude, not when 90 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: we're giving up, not when we're negative, discouraged, complaining. I 91 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: never get any good breaks. I'm so in debt, I'll 92 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 1: never get out. Nobody's treating me right. No, that's not 93 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: the right spirit. That don'll keep you right where you are. 94 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: The right spirit is to say, yes, I'm having some 95 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,679 Speaker 1: big challenges, but I know I serve a big God, 96 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: and what was meant for my harm? I know God's 97 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: going to use it for my good. So I Am 98 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: not going to sit around depressed and defeated thinking about 99 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: what didn't work out, what a don't have, and who 100 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: hurt me. No, I've got a destiny to fulfill. I'm 101 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: gonna get up and go again. I know I've been 102 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: armed with strength for every battle. I know the forces 103 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: that are for me are greater than the forces that 104 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: are against me. I'm expecting God to show up and 105 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: show out in a great way in my life. That's 106 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: a right spirit. But some of you today, you've allowed 107 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: your circumstances to push you down and convince you that 108 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: it's too much, it's never going to change. Now you're 109 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: tempted to give up on what God's placed in your heart. 110 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: But I'm asking you to dig your heels in and 111 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: say no, this is a new day. God is renewing 112 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: a right spirit within me. I will not give up 113 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: on my dreams. I will not give up because somebody 114 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: did me wrong. I will not give up because I 115 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: tried and failed. I will not give up because the 116 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: medical report doesn't look good. I will not give up 117 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: because it's taken longer than I thought. I've got a 118 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: made up mind. I'm gonna become everything God's created me 119 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: to be, and I'm going to have everything God intended 120 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: for me to have. There's got to be a relentlessness 121 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: on the inside that says, no matter what happens, I 122 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: refuse to quit. As long as God has given me 123 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: breath to breathe, I'm gonna keep pressing forward, pursuing my dreams, 124 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: believing for his very best. Well, you say, Joel, I 125 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: don't understand why this has happened to me. Why did 126 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: I get cancer? Why did I get laid off? Why 127 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: was I raised in a negative environment? I don't know why, 128 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: But I do know this. Nothing that has happened to 129 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: you can keep you from your God given destiny. You 130 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: might have had an unfair past, but you don't have 131 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: to have an unfair future. You can take the hand 132 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: you've been dealt and win with it. It may not 133 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: make sense, you may not understand it, but God would 134 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: not have allowed it unless he had a divine purpose. 135 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: And if you will shake off the self pity, shake 136 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: off the discouragement, then God will not only bring you out, 137 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: but he's promised he will bring you out better off 138 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: than you were before. Our attitude should be this thing 139 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: is not going to defeat me. It may have knocked 140 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: me down, but it didn't knock me out. I'm gonna 141 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: get back up and go again. Like that energizer bunny 142 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: that we see on TV. You gotta keep going and 143 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: going and going. I have a friend that's had cancer 144 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: three times. I've never once heard him complain. I've never 145 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: once seen him down and defeated. He has this never 146 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: say die attitude. He knows as long as he's in faith, 147 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: nothing can snatch him out of God's hands. The fact is, 148 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: the medical report doesn't look good, but he has another report. 149 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: He's not focused just on what medical science says. He's 150 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: focused on what God says. This has been going on 151 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: for over ten years. He is relentless. He refuses to 152 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: give up. His attitude is this too shall pass. It's 153 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: not permanent, It's only temporary. Sickness cannot stay in my body. 154 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: I'm a temple of the Most High God. Many people 155 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: in his shoes by now they would have given up, 156 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: gotten discouraged, gotten worn down. Not him, Why he has 157 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: a right spirit. He has this holy determination, no matter 158 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: what it looks like, no matter how long it's taken, 159 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: He's unshakable, immovable. He's got a made up mind. Not 160 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: too long ago, the cancer came back for the third time. 161 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: The doctors told him they were going to harvest his 162 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: white blood cells before they gave him chemotherapy, and that 163 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: way they could use those cells to help restore his 164 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: immune system after the treatment. These are the killer cells 165 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: that helped fight off the cancer. He asked the doctors 166 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: how many of the white blood cells they needed. They 167 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: gave him this huge number. He said to the doctors, 168 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you twice the amount that you're 169 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: looking for. For the next few months, while he was 170 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: waiting to take the treatment, through the day, he'd go 171 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: around saying, father, thank you that my white blood cells 172 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: are multiplying, they're reproducing, getting stronger, more effective, and they 173 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: will do exactly what you've created them to do. They 174 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: will attack and destroy these cancerous cells. Most people, while 175 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: they're waiting to take the treatment, they just relax, take 176 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: it easy, to get prepared. Not this young man. Every 177 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: day he'd go out and work out, lift weights, run. 178 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: All the while he was envisioning himself healthy and whole. 179 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: Through his eyes of faith, he could see those white 180 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: blood cells reproducing. He went back to the doctors. They said, 181 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: you're a man of your word. You have given us 182 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: more than twice the number of white blood cells that 183 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: we were looking for. He went through the treatment and 184 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: today he's totally healthy and whole, completely cancer free. What 185 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: am I saying? You've got to have a never say 186 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: die attitude. Life may throw you some curve, there may 187 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: be some bumps along the way, But always remember every 188 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: setback is a set up for a greater comeback. That 189 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: difficulty was never meant to destroy you. It was meant 190 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: to strengthen you. If you will stay in faith, God 191 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: will turn every battlefield into a blessing field. He'll not 192 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: only bring you out, but he'll bring you out better 193 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: off than you were before. You may be in tough 194 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: times right now, but don't let that cause you to 195 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: get sour. Don't complain, don't blame God, and think why 196 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: is this happening to me? Now? Learn to dig your 197 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: heels in, look that obstacle in the eye, and say 198 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: you have met your match with me. I know who 199 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: I am, and I know who's on my side. The 200 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: creator of the universe is breathing in my direction. I've 201 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: got victory in my DNA. I will not quit. I 202 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: will not give up. I will not get depressed. I 203 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: will not start complaining. My report is this too shall pass. 204 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: This season will come to an end, and a new 205 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: season will begin. A new season in my health, a 206 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: new season in my finances, a new season with my 207 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: family friends. Don't get discouraged. A new season is coming 208 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: your way. Winter always gives way to spring. The scripture 209 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: puts it like this. Weeping may endure for a night, 210 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: but joy is coming in the morning. It may be 211 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: winter in your life. Right now things are difficult. You 212 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: don't see any growth. It's kind of dark and gloomy. 213 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: The good news is spring is on its way. A 214 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: brighter season is right around the corner. One time, I 215 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: had this tree in my yard that looked as dead 216 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: as can be. All my other trees were so healthy, 217 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: and they were full of these thick green leaves. I 218 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: have this man that helped me to trim the trees, 219 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: and I called him and told him about this dead tree, 220 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: and he came over to look at it. And when 221 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: he got there, I pointed it out and he smiled. 222 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: I said, Joel, that tree is not dead. It's just 223 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: not in season. I thought to myself, this tree is dead. 224 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: It was ugly and bearing, the bark was chipping off, 225 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: the leaves were empty. I said, are you sure it's 226 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: not dead? He said, I'm positive. It's not the same 227 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: type of tree as your other trees. It's always going 228 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: to bloom. A few months later. Sure enough, in a 229 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: few months, that tree was full of leaves, just as 230 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: beautiful as all the other trees. What's my point. It 231 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: looked dead to me. It looked like it would never 232 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: produce fruit, looked like it would never be healthy again. 233 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: But the fact is the tree was as alive as 234 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: it could be. It had a bright future. It was 235 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: simply out of season. And in the same way, at times, 236 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: we look at things in life and think this is dead. 237 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: My marriage is over. We hardly even talk anymore. This 238 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: job will never get any better. I'll never get well. 239 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: It looks dead to us. But just like that tree, 240 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: it's really not dead. It's just not in season. Don't 241 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: do like I almost did and cut down the tree. 242 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: In other words, don't give up on a dream just 243 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: because you don't see anything happening and it looks dead. 244 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: Don't give up on a marriage because you hit a 245 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: few bumps in the road. Don't give up on a 246 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: child that's off course and been that way a long time. 247 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: There's another season coming you don't know it. Maybe right 248 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: around the corner. Your new season could start tomorrow. You 249 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: could see things start to blossom in your life this 250 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: coming week. You get a good break at the office, 251 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: you meet a new client, things take off in your finances, 252 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: in your health, you get a good report from the doctor. 253 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: Your strength comes back. You feel good once again in 254 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: your family. That child that hadn't spoken to yet in years, 255 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,479 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he calls and wants to be restored. 256 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: What happened? The season changed? It looked like it was dead, 257 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: looked like it was never work out, But you stepped 258 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: into a new season. I love how the scripture talks 259 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: about how our latter days will be better than our 260 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: former days. You may have had some great seasons in 261 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: years past, but you haven't seen anything yet. God has 262 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: seasons of promotion, blessing, and favor in your future you've 263 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: never seen before season that will even boggle your mind. Well, 264 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: you say, Joel, I don't see how that could happen. 265 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: Nothing's going my way doesn't look like it's ever going 266 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: to change. Here's the key. You've got to learn to 267 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: walk by faith and not by sight. If I would 268 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: have just gone by what I could see, I would 269 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: have asked that man cut down the tree. It's dead, 270 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: it's finished, let's get rid of it. But that man 271 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: could see something in the tree that I could not see. 272 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: He had a trained eye. Maybe you think my marriage 273 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: looks like it's dead. In my finances looks like I'll 274 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: never get out of death. In my health, looks like 275 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: I'll never get well. But perhaps today I can see 276 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: something that you cannot see. Through my eyes of faith. 277 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: I can see a new season come in your way. 278 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: You may be sick, but I can see you healthy 279 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: and hope. You may be struggling in your finances, but 280 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: I can see you blessed, prosperous, with more than you 281 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: can ask or think. You may be lonely and discouraged, 282 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: but I can see you happy and fulfilled with the 283 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: person of your dreams. Now you've got to do your 284 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: part and get in agreement with God. Anybody can quit, 285 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: Anybody can give up when it gets hard. Anybody can 286 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: get discouraged because it's taken a long time. That's easy. 287 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: But it takes a man or woman of great faith 288 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: to say I don't see anything good happening in my life. 289 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: It looks like my dreams have died. Nothing is going 290 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: my way. But I am not moved by what I see. 291 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: I'm moved by what I know, and deep down in 292 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: my spirit, I know a new season is coming my way. 293 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: I know I would not have breath to breathe if 294 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: God didn't have another victory in my future. So I'm 295 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: not gonna go through this day or go through my 296 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: life with no enthusiasm focused on my problems. I'm gonna 297 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: focus on my God. I know my latter days will 298 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: be better than my former days. You got to have 299 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: this holy determination. You can't allow the setbacks of life 300 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: cause you to get numb and become indifferent to where 301 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: you give up on what God has put in your heart. 302 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: The right Spirit says, this may be difficult, but I 303 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: know I've been armed with strength for every battle. This 304 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: may be taking a long time, but I know a 305 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: new season's come in my way. Life may have treated 306 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: me unfair, but I know God will pay me back 307 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: for every injustice. I love the promise God gives us 308 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: in Isaiah sixty one, verse seven. The message translation puts 309 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 1: it this way, because you got a double dose of 310 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: trouble and more than your share of contempt, your inheritance 311 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: in the land will be double and your joy will 312 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: go on forever. When trouble comes your way, instead of 313 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: getting down, discourage, giving up, no have the attitude. This 314 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: trouble just qualified me for double It was meant for 315 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: my harm. But I know God's gonna use it to 316 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: my advantage. For instance, if for some reason you were 317 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 1: to get laid off, no big deal. I'm not worried. 318 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna live life upset. I know a new 319 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: season is coming my way, and it's not gonna be 320 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: an average season. It's gonna be a season of increase. 321 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: Double the benefits, double the friends, double the income in 322 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 1: your marriage. If it's under attack, I'm not gonna give 323 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: up and take the easy way out. I'm getting ready 324 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: for double. Most likely every one of us is going 325 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: through something. Life happens, disappointments, set back. Now. I heard 326 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: somebody say losers focus on what they're going through, but 327 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: winners focus on where they're going to. In other words, 328 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: if somebody did me wrong, I'm not going to focus 329 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: on that. I'm going to forgive them and focus on 330 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: where God is taken me to. I'm going to focus 331 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: on the double that God has promised me. Like my 332 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: friend that's had cancer three times, he's not consumed by 333 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: that sickness. He is not overwhelmed by what he's going through. 334 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: He's focused on his future and where God is taking 335 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: him to. It's funny, he tells everyone cancer made me 336 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: better looking. They look at him kind of strange. Why 337 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 1: do you say that, he says, because before I had cancer, 338 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: nobody told me I look good, But now everybody that 339 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: sees me says, you look great. Many times, what we're 340 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: going through is simply transportation to get us to our destination. 341 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: When my father went to be with the Lord Lord, 342 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: every voice was telling me your best days are behind you. 343 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: It's never gonna work out. I could have easily lived 344 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: with a chip on my shoulder, upset, discouraged. No, I 345 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: understood this principle. I didn't focus on what I was 346 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: going through. I focused on where God was taking me too. 347 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: I knew a new season was coming my way. I 348 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 1: knew that double dose of trouble qualified me for a 349 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: double dose of God's favor. And even though it was 350 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: difficult and at times uncertain, I had this holy determination. 351 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: I just kept pressing forward. I refused to quit, refuse 352 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: to give up on my dreams. And what I thought 353 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: would be my darkest hour turned out to be my 354 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: brightest hour. That's what launched me into a whole new 355 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: dimension of my life. I was talking to a gentleman 356 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: a while back, and he had just lost his job. 357 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 1: He had been with this company for many years, had 358 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: a great position, making good money. And I thought for 359 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: sure he would be upset and distraught and I was 360 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: gonna have to cheer him up. Was just the opposite. 361 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: He had a smile on his face. He was as 362 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: happy as can be. I'll never forget what he said 363 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: to me. He said, Joel, I just lost my job, 364 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: and I can't wait to see what God's going to 365 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 1: do next. What is that a right spirit? He was 366 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: knocked down, but he wasn't knocked out. He knew when 367 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 1: one door closes, God's going to open up another door. 368 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: He wasn't focused on what he was going through. He 369 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: was focused on where God was taking him to. He 370 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: knew a new season was coming his way. That's the 371 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: kind of people God's looking for, people that have a 372 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: never say die attitude. I heard a story about these 373 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: two little frogs that fell into a big bowl of 374 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: cream and the sides were so slick that the frogs 375 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: couldn't climb up out of it. They had to paddle 376 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: and paddle just to stay alive. And this went on 377 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: and on. That first little frog did everything possible to 378 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: try to get out, but every time he got to 379 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: the top of the bowl, it was too slick. He 380 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 1: lost his grip and would fall back. After trying it 381 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of times, he finally said to the 382 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: other frog, we're doomed. We're never going to get out. 383 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: We're just wasting our time and energy paddling around. We 384 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: might as well give up. He gave up, went under. 385 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: You didn't see anything more of him. The second frog 386 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: he tried as well, everything he could to get out, 387 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: but he too kept losing his grip and falling back. 388 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: But this second frog was different. He'd been coming to Lakewood. 389 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: This frog had a never say die attitude. He thought, 390 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: I Am not going to quit. I am not going 391 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: to give up. I'm going to keep paddling as long 392 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: as I possibly could. And he just kept paddling and 393 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: paddling thirty minutes, forty five minutes an hour. That cream 394 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: got harder and harder, made it more and more difficult, 395 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: but he just kept going and going and going. Two 396 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: or three hours later, he had paddled so much he 397 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: had stirred that cream, and the cream finally turned into butter. 398 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: It got hard enough to what he could just step 399 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: on top. Eventually he hopped out of it. That's what 400 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: we have to do in life. When it gets difficult, 401 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: you don't see any way out, looks like you'll never 402 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: get well, never get out of debt. Your thoughts will 403 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: tell you it's over. Just give up, you're wasting your time. 404 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: You've had cancer for three times now just accept it. 405 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: Your marriage is never gonna work out. It's too hard. 406 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: Know the harder it gets, the closer you are to 407 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: stepping out. And if you will just keep on keeping 408 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: on moving forward, living with faith and expectancy, being your 409 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: best each day, then like that little frog, one day, 410 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: what should have destroyed you will be the very thing 411 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: that helps you rise to a new level. Now understand, 412 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: the greater your challenge, the greater your future. If you 413 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: have a big obstacle today, that just tells me you've 414 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: got a big future. Keep pressing forward, be relentless, have 415 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: a never say die attitude. Sir Edmund Hillary was the 416 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: first man to ever climb to the top of Mount Everest, 417 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: but he didn't make it on his first attempt. He 418 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: had tried once before and not only failed, but he 419 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: lost one of his men. One of his team members 420 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: was killed and after this failed expedition. He was in 421 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: London talking with a group of reporters. There was a 422 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: big picture of Mount Everest right beside him. He turned 423 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: and looked at it and said, Mount Everest, you have 424 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: defeated me, but I will return and defeat you. Because 425 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: you can't get any bigger, but I can. You may 426 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: be facing obstacles today that look huge. Maybe you two 427 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: have tried and failed. I can't promise you that the 428 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: obstacle will get any smaller, but I can promise you 429 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: you can get bigger. You have the power of the 430 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: Most High God on the inside of you right now. 431 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: Don't be weak, wimpy, spineless. Our attitude should be this thing. 432 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: He may have defeated me before, but it is not 433 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: going to defeat me again. I know who I am, 434 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,959 Speaker 1: a child of the Most High God. I am anointed, equipped, empowered. 435 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. This adversity is 436 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: no match for me. 437 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 2: Now. 438 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: I believe, even right now, God is breathing new life 439 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: into your spirit. Your strength is increasing, your vision is enlarging. 440 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: You are strong, determined, well, able not only to outlast 441 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: every adversity, but to overcome it. You may have tried 442 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: and failed before, but God is saying go again. This 443 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: time is going to be different. No, the obstacle didn't 444 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: get smaller, you got bigger. God enlarged you. He increased you. 445 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: You've got more faith, more confidence, more determination. My prayer 446 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: is that you'll go out of here today with a 447 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: greater resolve, with a new fire on the inside, determined 448 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: that you're going to become everything God's created you to be. 449 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: When you face difficulties, don't focus on what you're going through. 450 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: Focus on what you're going to get ready for a 451 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: double dose of God's favor. Now. I know some of 452 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: you right now, there are things in your life that 453 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: you could easily give up on. A marriage, a dream, 454 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: your health, your finances. There's no growth. It looks dead, 455 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: no life, no victory. But remember, just like my tree, 456 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: it's not really dead. It's just not in season. If 457 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: you will keep pressing forward with a made up mind, 458 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: a never say die attitude, the good news is your 459 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: new season is on its way. Now. I want to 460 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: declare this over each one of you. You are coming 461 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: in to a new season of growth, a new season 462 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: of opportunity, a new season in your health, a new 463 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: season in your finances, a new season in your relationships. 464 00:26:54,160 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: I declare you're going to see God's favor, his blessings, increase, promotion, opportunity, 465 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: a new season of God's best come in your way 466 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: in a greater way. And if you receive that, can 467 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: you say? Amen? Amen? I know you do. We never 468 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: like to close on broadcast without giving you an opportunity 469 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you 470 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of 471 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my 472 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 473 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 474 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 475 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: take your places you've never dreamed of. 476 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: Breathtaking, that's what you feel when you look out at 477 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 2: majestic mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece. 478 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 2: But even as you consider his handiwork, you might also 479 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 2: feel bless that, not good enough or not valuable. The 480 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 2: image before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking. 481 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: How do you overcome this? The opinion you have of 482 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 1: yourself is your most important opinion. Too often we see 483 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive. That wrong self image 484 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: is setting the limits for our life. The key is 485 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: to get an agreement with who God says you are. 486 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable. If you'll 487 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: have the right image of yourself, you'll rise higher and 488 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,919 Speaker 1: become who you were created to be. We have a 489 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: new resource that will help you do just that. It's 490 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 1: called you Are a Masterpiece. It's filled with inspiration and 491 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: encouragement that will remind you who you really are, gifted, chosen, approved. 492 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: It will help you get rid of the wrong self 493 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: image and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created 494 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: you to be. 495 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 2: As our Thank you for your gift of any amount 496 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 2: to the ministry this month, we want to send you 497 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 2: Joel's inspiring newbrook. You are a masterpiece. God made you unique, 498 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 2: with the divine purpose and of bright future. As these 499 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 2: truths sink down in your spirit, the majesty of God's 500 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 2: glory will arise within you. Yes, God has breathed his 501 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 2: life into you. He approved you, equipped you, empowered you. 502 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: Stop believing the lies about you and start hearing what 503 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 2: God says about to you. 504 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being a part of the ministry 505 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: Between I pray for you and your family every day, 506 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: believing it's going to be a favor filled twenty twenty four. 507 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: We appreciate your prayer and support. Your generosity is impacting 508 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: people around the world. 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