1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you, and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. 7 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 8 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can 10 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: come visit us in person. We'd love to have you 11 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. But I'd 12 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: like to start with something funny. And heard about this 13 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: lady that was on an airplane reading her Bible, and 14 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: the guy next to her. 15 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: Said, you don't believe all that stuff in there? 16 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: Do you? She said, of course I do, It's the Bible. 17 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: He said, what about that guy that got swallowed by 18 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: a well? 19 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: She said, you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too. 20 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: He said, well, how could he possibly live all that 21 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: time inside of well? 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: She thought about it in a moment. I don't know. 23 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: When I get to Heaven, I'll have to ask him. 24 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: He laughed and said, what if he's not in heaven? 25 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: She said, then you'll have to ask him saying, like 26 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 27 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 28 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 29 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly 30 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I 31 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 32 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about the new you. 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: We all have times where it looks like we've reached 34 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: our limits. We've gone as far as we can in 35 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: our career, facing an obstacle that seems too big to overcome. 36 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: Or maybe we're struggling with bad habits and low self esteem, 37 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: regrets from mistakes we've made, and thoughts tell us you'll 38 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: always be this way. That's just who you are. But 39 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: God didn't create you to live with things that are 40 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: holding you back, limiting your. 41 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: Growth, taking your peace. 42 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: He didn't create us to reach one level and stay there. 43 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: He's put potential in you that you haven't tapped into. 44 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: You haven't seen the best version of you. There's a 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: new you coming, a stronger you, a wiser you, a 46 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: happier you, are more competent, more powerful, more successful you. 47 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: The scripture says God has taken you from glory to glory. 48 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: You're in one level of glory now. The good news 49 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: is there's another level on the way. Don't judge yourself 50 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: by where you are today. You don't know what God 51 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: is up to. But some of these things we can't 52 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 1: change on our own. We've done our best and tried 53 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: to resist, worked hard, but. 54 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: We're not able to move forward. 55 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: It's easy to get discouraged and settle where we are. 56 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: But this is when God will step in and do 57 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: what we can't do. God knows what's too much for us. 58 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: He knows the limitations, the weaknesses that we. 59 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: Can't overcome it. He doesn't say too bad, you're stuck. 60 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: He has these moments already planned where He will show 61 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: up and free you and open doors and change you 62 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: into something that you've never imagined. 63 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: The new you. It's easy to accept. 64 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: Oh, Joel, I'll always be insecure, that's just who I am. 65 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: I'll always struggle with being undisciplined. I'll never be in management, 66 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: never get into leadership. You're basing things on who you 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: are right now. What you can't see is the new 68 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: you that's coming. There's another version of you that'll break 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: out of the box, that'll have the boldness and confidence 70 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: to step into your purpose, that will see God open 71 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: new doors, bring new opportunities that cause you to bloom 72 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: and blossom and shere. 73 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: Thoughts a whisper. 74 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,279 Speaker 1: Now, you'll always be lonely, You'll always deal with this anxiety. 75 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: You'll always struggle with this addiction. Don't believe those lies. 76 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: There's a free you coming, There's a marriage coming. There's 77 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: an abundant you, a greater you, a more fulfilled you coming. 78 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: First Samuel, chapter nine, there was a young man named Saul, 79 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: and some of his father's animals got loose, and he 80 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: took a couple of friends, and they went through the 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: hills and valleys looking for him, but couldn't find them. 82 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: They had heard of a prophet named Samuel that lived 83 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: near Biden. They decided to go see him and ask 84 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: about the animals. Well, God had already spoken to Samuel 85 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: about Saul the day before. Verse sixteen says, about this 86 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: time tomorrow, you will meet a young man from the 87 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: tribe of Benjamin, annoyed him as the leader of Israel. 88 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: He will rescue my people from the Philistines. Saul came 89 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: walking up. Samuel said, don't worry about the animals you lost, 90 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: They've already been found. Saul nearly passed out. Samuel answered 91 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: him before he asked the question. Samuel went on to say, Saul, 92 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: all of the Israel's his future is in your hands. 93 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: Saul was so taken aback he said, what do you mean. 94 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: I come from the smallest tribe in all of Israel. 95 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 1: My family is the least important in that tribe. Saul 96 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: could have never planned this. This was not something he 97 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: had trained for. He was qualified. 98 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 2: It was just the opposite. 99 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: He was quiet, reserved. He liked being in the background. 100 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: He thought, Samuel, you may have gotten it right about 101 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: the animals, but you got it wrong with me. 102 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 2: I'm not a leader. 103 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 1: I don't have the talent, the personality, the courage. I 104 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: could never rescue our people. But Saul was judging himself 105 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: based on who he was right then, Intimidated, insecure, unqualified, 106 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: he didn't realize a new. 107 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: Person was coming. 108 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: A stronger saw, a bolder saw, a more courageous saw. 109 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: See God will never ask you to do something and 110 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: not give you the ability to do it. 111 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 2: When you're in situations over your head, the. 112 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: Obstacles too big, the dream is too great. That's a 113 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: sign that you're about to see the new you. Samuel 114 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: anointed Saul as Israel's first king. He told him that 115 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: as he traveled back home, when he passed the Philistine camp, 116 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: he would see a group of prophets that were singing 117 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: and prophesying. Verse six says at that time, the spirit 118 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: of God will come on you with power, and you 119 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: will prophesy with them, and you will be changed into 120 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: a new person. Samuel was saying, Saul, I know you 121 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: feel unqualified. I know this is over your head, but 122 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: don't worry. The Spirit of God is going to come 123 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: and change you into who you need to be. 124 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: When he arrived at. 125 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: The Philistine camp, it was, just like Samuel said, something 126 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: rose up in Saul that he had never felt, a boldness, 127 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: a confidence, on an anointing to do what he'd never dreamed. 128 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,679 Speaker 1: He was turned into a different person. You may feel 129 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: like you'll always be where you are right now, always 130 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: at the same level, always feel not enough, always struggle 131 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: with your temper nor life With Saul, God has already 132 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: lined up these moments where his spirit will come on 133 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: you with great power, and you'll be changed into a 134 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: different person, into the new you. The bolder you, the 135 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: more confident you, the more talented, the more loving. 136 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: The abundant you. 137 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,119 Speaker 1: Don't get discouraged by where you are right now. 138 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 2: You haven't seen the. 139 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: Best version of you. See, Saul never dreamed that he'd 140 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: lead a nation. He never dreamed that he could prophesy 141 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: like those other people. It's significant that he didn't come 142 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: from a family of prophets. There were no rabbis or 143 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: religious leaders in his background. When Samuel told him he 144 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: was going to prophesy, I'm sure he thought, yeah, right. 145 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: There's not a chance in the world. 146 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: But when the spirit of God comes on you, the 147 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: new you will come out, the prophesy. 148 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: In you, the anointed you, the disciplines you. 149 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: This new you will go where no one in your 150 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: family has gone, where there's no history of it, no background. 151 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: But God is going to use you to set a 152 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,239 Speaker 1: new standard, to impact your family line for generations to come. 153 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: There will be things that God whispers in your spirit 154 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: that you don't. 155 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: See how they can happen. 156 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: How you can accomplish your dream, how you can overcome 157 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: the illness, how you can raise the children. 158 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: Right now, you don't. 159 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: Feel like you have the strength to deal with it. 160 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 2: You don't have the courage to pursue your dream. 161 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: You don't have the talent to lead that department. That's okay. 162 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: At the right time, the spirit of God will come 163 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: on you and you'll be changed into. 164 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 2: A different you. 165 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: You will discover strength ability that you've never had before. 166 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: When Saul's relatives and friends heard about him prophesying, it 167 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: was so far out. Verse eleven says they were totally surprised, saying, 168 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: how on earth has Saul become a prophet? 169 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 2: God has some. 170 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: Of these moments where people are going to say about you, 171 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: How on earth did you accomplish that dream? How on 172 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: earth did he marry that girl? How on earth did 173 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: you become the CEO? How on earth did you break 174 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: that addiction? How on earth are they having church in 175 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: a former basketball arena. People will judge you by who 176 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: you are right now, your background, your education, your personality. 177 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 2: They're seeing the present version of you. 178 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: What they can't see is the new you that's coming 179 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: when God changes you into a different person. 180 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 2: Now here's the beauty of this. You don't have to. 181 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: Make this happen work harder, perform better. In all this effort, 182 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: it's not up to you, it's up to God. And yes, 183 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: it's good to grow and be disciplined. But the new 184 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: you is not performance based. It's not dependent on how 185 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: much you can change and how much willpower you have. 186 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: If you'll strain and strive, you can see it. No, 187 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: it's not by your might, not by your power. It's 188 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: by the spirit of the Living God. His power will 189 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: come on you and do what you can't do. Our 190 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: part is simply to keep God first place. Live with excellence, integrity, kindness, 191 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: making decisions that honor God. Paul said in Philippians Too, 192 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: it is God who works in you to do his 193 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: will and act on behalf of his good purpose. God 194 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: has a good purpose for your life. He's already planned 195 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: before you were born to take your places you've never dreamed, 196 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: to bring out ability you didn't know. You had to 197 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: overcome obstacles that look impossible. The good news is he's 198 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: working in you. He's opening the doors, he's bringing the 199 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: right people. He's given you the talent, the wisdom, the 200 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: courage to do what He's purpose. When you understand this, 201 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: it takes the pressure off. This is not something you 202 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: have to earn and work for. This is God working 203 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: in you, acting on behalf of his good purpose, not 204 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: acting on behalf of how you were raised, or how 205 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: much education, how many people are for you, how many 206 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: mistakes you've made. This is not based on our efforts. 207 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: It's the most high God, bring it about what. 208 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 2: He purposed for your life. 209 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: My father was raised during the Great Depression and his 210 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: family was very poor. They were farmers, and he went 211 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: to school with holes in his pants, holes in his shoes, 212 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: and that was. 213 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 2: Before it was fashionable. 214 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: But eventually he had to drop go to school to 215 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: work on the farm. And his parents were good people, 216 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: they were hard working, but they didn't know anything about God, 217 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: didn't have any kind of faith. It looked like my 218 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: father was stuck in that limited environment, no education. 219 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: No money, no opportunity. 220 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: All the circumstances said this is who you'll always be, disadvantaged, poor, 221 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: not significant. And that was all true at the time. 222 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: That's who he was. But God has these times where 223 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: his spirit will come on you and change it into 224 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: a different person. My father should have been stuck, but 225 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: God was working in him to bring about his good purposes. 226 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: All the circumstances may say this is who you are, addicted, angry, limited, lonely. 227 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: That may be true, but can I encourage you? The 228 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: most High God is at work on your behalf. You 229 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: are not at the mercy of how you were raised. 230 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: What the medical report says, bad breaks that have set 231 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: you back. There is a power working in you greater 232 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: than anything trying to stop you. What God is purpose 233 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: for your life will come to pass. No person can 234 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: stop it, no bad break, no sickness, no addiction. God 235 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: controls the universe. He has the power to change you 236 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: into a different person, from a broke you to a 237 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,599 Speaker 1: blessed you, from a sick you to a health of you, 238 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: from a depressed you to a happy you, from an 239 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: addicted you to a free you, from a stuck you 240 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: to a propelled you. Don't believe those lies that this 241 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: is who you'll always be. There's a new you coming. 242 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: God is working in you right now. You're about to 243 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: step into a prosperous you, a happier you, a more 244 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: fulfilled you. Where like Saul, God surprises you, brings out 245 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: gifts you know you had opportunity that you didn't see coming. 246 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: Influence that catapults you ahead. My father had a friend 247 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: in high school named Sam Martin. He'd get to school 248 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: early and write scripture verses on the chopboard. 249 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 2: He is always talking to. 250 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: My father about God and how he needed to give 251 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: his life to Christ. But my father didn't want to 252 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: hear that. He thought Sam was far out. But it's 253 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: seventeen years old. Walking home from a nightclub at two 254 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning, for some reason, my father began 255 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: to think about God. He looked up at the stars 256 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: and wondering what he was going to do with his life. 257 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: The next morning, he called Sam and said he wanted 258 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: to go to church. They walked in and sat on 259 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: the back road. 260 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 2: First time in church. 261 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: At the end, the pastor invited people to the front 262 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: to receive Christ. Daddy wouldn't go. He was too afraid. 263 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: Sam said, John, if you'll go, i'll go with you. 264 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: They walked down together. My father gave his life to Christ. 265 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: He felt this calling to become a minister, but his 266 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: parents didn't understand. They told him that if he left 267 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: the farm he would fail, that he didn't know how 268 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: to minister. 269 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: They still saw. 270 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: Him as limited, mediocre, not talented. But people don't determine 271 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: who you are. They can't see what God is making 272 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: you into. 273 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 2: My father had to hitchhike. 274 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: He didn't have any money, but he left home and 275 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: he went out and started ministering in prisons and in 276 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: the senior citizens' homes, and God began to open doors. 277 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: He pastored great churches. 278 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: He and my mother started Lakewood and he pastored here 279 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: for forty years. He broke a spirit of poverty and 280 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: limited vision off of our family and brought us into 281 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: new levels of God's goodness. But what caused my father 282 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: to think about God walking home from that nightclub? 283 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 2: That was random. 284 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: That was God working in him, bringing about his good plan, 285 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: drawing my father into his destiny. Why was Sam Martin 286 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: so outspoken about his faith? Why wouldn't he leave my 287 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: father alone? That was God lining up the right people. 288 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: Why did my father want to pastor a church, leave 289 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: the farm? It enemy training, That was way over his head. 290 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: That was God putting the desires in him to step 291 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: in to what he had planned. You may have areas 292 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: where you feel stuck, you're limited, there's dysfunction. That may 293 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: be who you are now. But like my father, there's 294 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: a different person coming. There's a new you, a victorious you, 295 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: a bless you, confident you, a powerful you. God is 296 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: working in you right now to bring about his purpose. 297 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: He's already lined up the right people, like Sam and 298 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: my father, people that will push you into your destiny. 299 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,359 Speaker 2: This is what happened with Peter. Jesus was on the shore. 300 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: Of Galilee teaching the people and was so crowded. He 301 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: saw Peter folding his nets, and Jesus asked if he 302 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: could borrow his boat to teach out of him. 303 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 2: Peter had never met Jesus, but he agreed. 304 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: When Jesus finished, he told Peter to throw his nets 305 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: back out. When he did, he caught so many fish 306 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: that his nets began to break. 307 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 2: Peter came to the. 308 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: Shore, fell on his knees, and said, Lord, please leave me. 309 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: I'm too much of a sinner to be around you. 310 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: Peter was rough fishermen were known for cursing. 311 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: He was hot tempered, he had flaws and weaknesses. Jesus said, no, Peter, 312 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 1: from now on, you're going to be fishing for men. 313 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: He chose Peter as his first disciple. You would think 314 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: Jesus would find someone from the synagogue, a rabbi, a 315 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: religious leader. But God doesn't choose the way we choose. 316 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 2: Peter could have said, no, thanks, Jesus. 317 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: Not gonna follow you. I don't know anything about faith 318 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: or religion. I don't fit into that mold. But the 319 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: scripture says he left everything to follow Jesus. One minute 320 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: he's fishing, the next minute he's a disciple. 321 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: Nobody saw this coming. 322 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: Peter thought he would always be a fisherman, but God 323 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: was working in him to bring about the good purpose 324 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: for his life. This was the new Peter. Not the 325 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: unworthy Peter, but the Peter that believed he was chosen. 326 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: Not the Peter that would fish for a living, but 327 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: the Peter who would tell a crippled man to rise 328 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: and walk and they were healed. The Peters whose shadow 329 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,360 Speaker 1: caused people to get well. This was the powerful Peter, the. 330 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 2: Anointed Peter, the influential Peter. 331 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: He never saw this coming, but God changed him into 332 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: a different person. There are versions of you that you 333 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: haven't seen. Like with Peter, there's a more influential you coming. 334 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: There's a more powerful you, a more gifted you, a stronger, happier, 335 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: healthier you. This is not something that you have to 336 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: make happen. It wasn't Peter's faith, wasn't Peter's determination, Jesus 337 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: called him. Wasn't Saul's effort or even Saul's dream to 338 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: become a king. 339 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: Samuel came to him. 340 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: God has these times where his spirit is going to 341 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: come on you in a powerful way and change you 342 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: into a different person. I work behind the scenes here 343 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: at Lakewood for seventeen years doing the television production, and 344 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: I never wanted to be in front of people. I'm 345 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: naturally more quiet and reserved, and I thought that's what 346 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: I would do the rest of my life. But when 347 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: my father suddenly passed, I knew I was supposed to 348 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: step up and past to the church. I never wanted 349 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: to before. My father tried to get me up here, 350 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: but I always told him no. All of a sudden, 351 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: I had the desire. I wanted to do it, but 352 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: in my mind, these thoughts told me that I wasn't 353 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: talented enough. 354 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 2: I was going to get up there and fail. 355 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: But God will always give you the grace to do 356 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 1: what He's called you to do. He'll never let the 357 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: opposition be so strong or the voice is so loud 358 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: that you can't move forward. 359 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 2: I was afraid. 360 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: I was intimidated, But down in my spirit, I could 361 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: feel a supernatural power, a courage, a strength that I 362 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: had never felt. It wasn't just will, power, determination. It 363 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: was God working in me, acting on my behalf. 364 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 2: It wasn't just up to me. 365 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: The most High God was doing what I couldn't do, 366 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: empowering me, enabling me. Sometimes when I'm at home, flipping 367 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: through the channels and I see myself on television, I think, 368 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: how in the world did I get up there? Who 369 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: is that person? Friends of mine come back from the 370 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: high school, Joel, I never thought you'd be a minister. 371 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: I think I can't believe it either. I didn't see 372 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: this coming. When my father died, my mother told people 373 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: that she thought it would be anyone except Joel to 374 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: pass the church. Maybe my sister Lisa, she's a great minister. 375 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: My brother Paul had two brothers in law. But when 376 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: I told my mother that I wanted to pass her, 377 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: she looked at me and said, are you sure, Joel? 378 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: God is going to put you in situations where you 379 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: feel over your head, outnumbered, not qualified. 380 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 2: Don't worry. You're not doing this on your own. 381 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: His spirit will come on you in a powerful way. 382 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: You will step into talent ability, confidence. You've never seen 383 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: doors opening that you couldn't open, overcoming obstacles that should 384 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: have held you back. It's going to be uncommon, unusual. 385 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: It's the new you, the better you, the more talented you. 386 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: It's the next level you. You wouldn't be hearing this 387 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: if God wasn't about to do something out of the 388 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: ordinary in your life. May feel like this is who 389 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: you'll always be. Don't get ready. There's about to be 390 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: a supernatural breakthrough or supernatural healing, supernatural provision where you 391 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: look back and say, like Saul, God changed me into 392 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: a different person. 393 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 2: I never dreamed I would be here. 394 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: That's God working out his good purpose for your life. 395 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 2: Friend of mine. 396 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: Has been healthy and hold his whole life. But nineteen 397 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: years old, he started losing weight and had trouble with 398 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: his digestive system and caused terrible nausey and so much pain. 399 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: They went to the best doctors and found the different specialists, 400 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: but they couldn't find out what was wrong. 401 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 2: Few months he had lost eighty pounds. He was skinning 402 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 2: bones in a wheelchair. 403 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: He was finally diagnosed with Crohn's disease, an incurable chronic illness. 404 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 2: That affects the immune system. 405 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: The doctor said he had the worst case he'd ever 406 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: seen and that he wouldn't live much longer. 407 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: When this young man looked in the mirror. 408 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: He saw a sick, weak, defeated man staring back at him. 409 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 1: All the circumstances said he was done. But God is 410 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: working in you to bring about his good purpose. Sometimes 411 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: the odds are too much for us, the giants too strong. 412 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: But you're not in this by yourself. The Most High 413 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 1: God is fighting for you. He knows how to change 414 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: you into a different person, from sick to healthy, from 415 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: weak to strong, from struggling to get by to thriving 416 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: in life. And this young man could have given up, 417 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: but he believed that God has the final saying that 418 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: things were changing in his favor. Medicines didn't help him, 419 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: but he changed his diet and God began to give 420 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: him wisdom about what to eat and understanding nutrition. 421 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 2: He began to get better and better. 422 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: The doctors were baffled, but by his twenty first birthday, 423 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: he'd gained all the weight back. He weighed one hundred 424 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: and eighty pounds and was completely free from that disease. Now. 425 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: You may be fighting in illness today, the medical reports 426 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: not good. 427 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 2: Stay encouraged. 428 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: There's a new you coming, a healthy you, a strong you, 429 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: a vibrant you. 430 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 2: God is not finished with you, he. 431 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: Said, the number of your days he will fulfill. Sometimes 432 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 1: medical science runs out of options. They do the best 433 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: they can. But God can do what medicine cannot do. 434 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: He never runs out of options like he did for 435 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: my friend. There's a turnaround coming in your health where 436 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: the spirit of God comes on you in a powerful way. 437 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 2: Turns you into a different person. 438 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: No more sick, defeated, weak, but healthy, whole. 439 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 2: Victorious, the new you. 440 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: When Samuel chose Saul as the king of Israel and 441 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: he was turned into a different person, the scripture says 442 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: that God put a new heart in Saul. He gave 443 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: him new desires, new perspectives, and new ways of seeing himself. 444 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes what's limiting us are wrong mindsets, holding on to unforgiveness, 445 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: reliving hurts, traumas from the past. There's regrets, guilt from 446 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: mistakes we've made. 447 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 2: We're beating ourselves up. 448 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: These unhealthy thoughts and attitudes caused us to get stuck 449 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: in a negative cycle where often we're self sabotaging. And 450 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: some people have tried to get free, but they weren't able. 451 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: And others don't realize these toxins are poisoning their heart, 452 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: affecting their attitude, relationships, their vision. God, in his mercy, 453 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: is gonna do for you what he did Saul. 454 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 2: He's going to give you a. 455 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: New heart, put the right desires in you, the power 456 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: to forgive, to be positive towards yourself, to love the 457 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: people in your life, to expect good things. It's not 458 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: going to leave you stuck in unhealthy mindsets. Part of 459 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: this new you is a new heart, a new attitude, 460 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: new self image, new perspectives. 461 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: Now stay in agreement with God. 462 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: The enemy would love for you to live discouraged thinking 463 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 1: this is all you'll ever be. 464 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 2: The truth is you haven't seen the best version of 465 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 2: you yet. 466 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: God is at work right now to bring about his 467 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: good purpose in your life. 468 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 2: Remember you don't have to make it happen. 469 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: Just keeping first place, and His spirit is going to 470 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: come on you in great power and do what you 471 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: couldn't do. I believe and declare the new you is coming. 472 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: The more confident you, the more talented you, the more blessed, 473 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: the more disciplined, the abundant you, the stronger you, the 474 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: victorious you, the next level you in Jesus' name, And 475 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like 476 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,680 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord 477 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 478 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 479 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that 480 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 481 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: to send you some free information on your new walk 482 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: with the Lord. You can text the number on the 483 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: screen or go to the website. 484 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 2: But I hope you'll get into a. 485 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: Good Bible based church and keep God first place. 486 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 3: Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is 487 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 3: it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled 488 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 3: with purpose, happiness and joy. 489 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: Every day we make choices how we see ourselves, how 490 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: we respond to challenges, how we approach what's in front 491 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: of us. I've readen a devotional called Today I Choose 492 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: Devotions for a Better Line. It's designed to help you 493 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: make those choices on purpose, to choose faith over fear, 494 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: peace over frustration, and kindness over offense. Each day is 495 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 1: filled with scripture and practical encouragement to help you live 496 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: with confidence and victory. 497 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 2: You can't wait to see what kind of day it's 498 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,920 Speaker 2: going to be. You have to decide ahead of time. 499 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: When you do, you can step into a more blessed, 500 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: fulfilled life. 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