1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,279 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 2: God bless you. It's great to be with you today, 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: and I hope you stay connected with us during the 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: to have you be a part of one of our services. 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 3: I'd like to talk with something funny and. 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: I heard about this little girl. She asked her mother 13 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: how the human race got started. She explained how God 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,639 Speaker 2: created Adam and Eve and they had children on and on. 15 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: Here we are today. A few weeks later, she asked 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: her father the same question. He explained how many years 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 2: ago there were monkeys, and little by little they became 18 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: more like people. 19 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 3: Here we are confused. 20 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: She went back to your mother and said, Mom, you 21 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 2: said God created people. 22 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: Dad said, we came from monkeys. 23 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: How can that be? Mother said, all honey, that's easy. 24 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: I told you about my side of the family. They 25 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: told you about his All right, y'all say it like 26 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 27 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 28 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 29 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 30 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is recepted. I will 31 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you. 32 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about the. 33 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: Power to obey. 34 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: Sometimes God asks us to do things that are hard, 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: to forgive someone that doesn't deserve it, to take the 36 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 2: management position. But we're not qualified to quit hanging around 37 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: a friend that's pulling us down. Deep down, we know 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: we're supposed to. We feel that nudging, but we don't 39 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: think we can. 40 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: We don't have the discipline. 41 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: It's easy to talk ourselves out of it. But Paul 42 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: said in Philippians too, God is working in you, giving 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: you the desire to obey him and the power to 44 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 2: do what pleases him. God will never ask you to 45 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 2: do something and not give you the ability to do it. 46 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: He not only gives you the desire, the nudging, the challenge, 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 2: but he gives you the power to obey. Now, quit 48 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: telling yourself I can't do this, Joy, I can't start 49 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 2: my business, I can't control my temper. I can't quit 50 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: eating six bowls of ice cream each night. The reason 51 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: you're not able is you're telling yourself the wrong thing. 52 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: You're defeating yourself with your own thoughts. You have to 53 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: have a new mindset. This may be difficult, but I 54 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: have the power to obey. Yes, they hurt me, but 55 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: I have the power to forgive. This dream seems over 56 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: my head, but I have the power to accomplish it. 57 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: My family all deals with these bad habits, but I 58 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 2: have the power to over come. Don't talk yourself out 59 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 2: of it. Get an agreement with God and talk yourself 60 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 2: into it. If you've ever been to the store and 61 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: bought a small electronic device flashlight, a clock. 62 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 3: Often it says batteries included. 63 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: The device on its own won't do you any good 64 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: unless you have those batteries to power it. In the 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: same way, when God gives you instruction, when you feel 66 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: that still small voice telling you to do something, the 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: good news is you don't just get the instruction. Batteries 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: are always included. God always gives you the power to obey. 69 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: Now here's the key. You activate the power by acting 70 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: on it. As long as you're waiting, you're not going 71 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: to tap into it. When you make a move, you 72 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: will feel the grace, the strength, the favor to do. 73 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 3: What God's asking you to do. Any time you obey, 74 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: there's a blessing that follows. 75 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: God is not asking you to do something hard for 76 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: his benefit. It's for your benefit so He can release 77 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: more favor and influence in your life. Whenever you feel 78 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: that prompting, that knowing telling you to call a friend 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: and encourage them, or stop staying up so late at 80 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: night you need the rest, Start treating your spouse better, 81 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: Quit being so harsh and condescending. 82 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 3: That's not you just thinking up things. That's God putting 83 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: the desire. 84 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: In you, wanting you to come up higher. 85 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: The beauty is He not only. 86 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 2: Gives you the challenge, but with that instruction comes the 87 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: power and the anointing to accomplish it. The batteries are 88 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 2: always included, but you have to act on it. Every 89 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: thought will tell you don't need to give them a gift. 90 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: They're doing fine. 91 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: It's okay to stay up. It's not hurting anything. 92 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: You've always had a temper, you've always been sarcastic. You'll 93 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: never change. Don't believe those lies. There is power in 94 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: you to do what God's asking you to do. The 95 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: enemy doesn't want you to hear this. 96 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 3: He wants us to stay stuck. 97 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: Defeated with the weak mindset. I'll always be hot tempered, 98 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: I'll always be out of shape, Joel, I'm quiet and reserved. 99 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: I can't reach out to others. You don't know what 100 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 2: you can do until you take that step. That's when 101 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 2: you'll discover the power to break the addiction, the power 102 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 2: to get out of your comfort zone and accomplish that dream, 103 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 2: the power to treat your spouse with kindness and respect. See, 104 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 2: it's one thing to know the right thing to do, 105 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 2: and we feel God speaking to us, calling us to 106 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: come up higher. But often we feel inadequate, like we're 107 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 2: not able. But when you understand that God didn't just 108 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 2: give you the desire, He gave you the power to obey, 109 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: that's when you'll have the boldness and confidence to take 110 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 2: steps of faith. 111 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 3: Is God asking you. 112 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 2: To do something that seems hard over your head, To 113 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: forgive someone, to not be so critical and judgmental, to 114 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 2: start the business, to teach the class, to get back 115 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: in shape. 116 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 3: But you keep making excuses. 117 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 2: Think it of all the reasons you can. You're not qualified, 118 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: you don't have the discipline, your metabolism's too slow. Nobody 119 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 2: will support you. 120 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 3: Get rid of those excuses. This is a new day. 121 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 2: There is power in you right now, just waiting to 122 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: be energized. If you'll make a move, you'll activate that power. 123 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: Philippians too, in one translation, says, for God, who is 124 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 2: working in you both to will and to do his 125 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 2: good pleasure. You have the most powerful force in the 126 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: universe working in you to do his good pleasure. I 127 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: get rid of a weak mentality. I can't break the addiction. 128 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: I can't quit complaining. I can't leave my department. No 129 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: turn it around. Father, Thank you that you are working 130 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: in me right now. This may be too much for me, 131 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 2: but I know it's not too much for you. I 132 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: am strong, bold, confident, well able to do what you're 133 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 2: telling me to do. See, the real battle takes place 134 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: in our mind. If you think you're stuck and limited 135 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,239 Speaker 2: and you don't have the discipline, you'll never get off dead. Sinner. 136 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: You have to have this new perspective because sometimes God 137 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: puts things in our spirit that don't make sense to 138 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: our mind. It's not logical. We don't have the training. 139 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: It's never happened in our family. 140 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 2: This is when you have to trust that God knows 141 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: what he's doing. 142 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 3: He wouldn't have given you the. 143 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: Desire without the ability to do it. And at times 144 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: you have to turn your mind off. Yes we should 145 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: use wisdom, but sometimes it's not going to make sense. 146 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: If you reason it out, rationalize it, and get advice 147 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: from four friends, you'll talk to yourself out of it. 148 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: Where God is taking you is bigger than you can 149 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 2: go on your own. The doors he's going to open, 150 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: the dreams you're going to accomplish, The gifts in you 151 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: that you're going to discover are much greater than you 152 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: can imagine. When He whispers something in your spirit, it 153 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: may seem impossible. You have to bypass your mind and 154 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: let that seed take root. The power is there to obey, 155 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: but you have to tap into it. This is what 156 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 2: Noah did. God told him there was going to be 157 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 2: a great flood that would cover the whole earth, and 158 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 2: that he was to build an arc, a huge boat 159 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 2: to save his family. Well, back in those days, it 160 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 2: had never rained. The dew came up from the ground 161 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 2: to water the earth. They had never seen water coming 162 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 2: down from the sky. The concept of a flood and 163 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: kneeding a boat would have been so unusual and so illogical. 164 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 2: And this was no small boat, something common you see 165 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 2: down at the local lake. 166 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 3: It was to be four hundred and fifty. 167 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 2: Feet long, a football filled and a half big enough 168 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 2: to house thousands of animals. On top of that, Noah 169 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 2: wasn't by lake, by river, by big ocean. He was 170 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 2: out in the desert. There were no large bodies of water. 171 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 2: Every circumstance said, this doesn't make sense. You must have 172 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: heard God wrong. He had plenty of good excuses to 173 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 2: ignore it. But God doesn't give you the desire without 174 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 2: giving you the power to obey. He won't ask you 175 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 2: to do a hard thing and then not give you 176 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: the faith and the courage to do it. 177 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 3: There will be voices that tell you all the reasons 178 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 3: you can't. 179 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: Noah, you don't have the tools, the supplies, the manpower. 180 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 2: You didn't hear from God. You had too much pizza 181 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 2: last night. Noah had to tune all that out. God, 182 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: I may not understand how this is gonna happen, but 183 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 2: I know you have it all figured out. You wouldn't 184 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 2: have given me this assignment and not given me the 185 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: power to obey. He took that step of faith and 186 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 2: started building. You can imagine people coming by saying, look 187 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 2: at that fool. He's building a boat in the desert. 188 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 2: Doesn't he know it doesn't rain. He was ridiculed, made 189 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 2: fun of the talk of the town. And this wasn't 190 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 2: a three week project. It took one hundred and twenty years. 191 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 3: To build the boat. Some historians say. 192 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 2: He planted the trees before he could build. When they 193 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 2: grew big enough, he cut them into pieces to construct 194 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 2: the art. How could Noah have that kind of faith 195 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 2: to not talk himself out of it, not be swayed 196 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 2: by the ridicule of others, and how impossible it looked. 197 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 2: It's because when God gives you the assignment, when he 198 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 2: plants that dream in your heart, he also gives you 199 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: the anointing, the faith, and the power to accomplish it. 200 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 2: The batteries are always included. Now it's up to us 201 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: to activate power. That would be forces trying to convince 202 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 2: us to settle where we are. It's too big. It's 203 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 2: never happened in your family you've always had that addiction. 204 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: You must have heard God wrong. No, don't talk yourself 205 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 2: out of it. Do like Noah and take that step 206 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 2: of faith. The reason we think it's amazing and how 207 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: could he do that? I could never have that much 208 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 2: faith and confidence. It's because we're looking at it from 209 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: the outside. God didn't give us the power to obey 210 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 2: what he told someone else to do. But when God 211 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: gives you the instruction, when he challenges you to do 212 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 2: something that your family has never done, there will be 213 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 2: a power in you, a strength, a confidence, a knowing 214 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 2: that you've never experienced, a power to break barriers, a 215 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 2: power to set new standards, to accomplish what seems impossible. 216 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 3: Has God asked you to do something that. 217 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 2: Doesn't make sense? May not to build a big boat, 218 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 2: But how about to forgive that person that did you wrong. 219 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: You've held that offense for years. It's not hurting them, 220 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 2: it's poisoning your life. The reason you're stuck is you're 221 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 2: telling yourself you can't do it. 222 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 3: You have to change the mindset. 223 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 2: You have the power to forgive. This is the time 224 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 2: to step into that grace. You have to activate the 225 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 2: power by. 226 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 3: Acting on it. 227 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: Is God asking you to not hang around those friends 228 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: that are pulling you down, causing you to compromise, bringing 229 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 2: out the worst in you. You keep putting it off, 230 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: thinking you're not gonna have any friends, You're going to 231 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 2: be lonely. Well, you may be lonely for a season, 232 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 2: But what will happen is God will bring you new friends, 233 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 2: friends that will lift you up and not pull you down. 234 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 2: Friends that will bring out the best in you, cause 235 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: you to blossom, not bring out the worst. But you 236 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: have to get rid of the wrong people before you 237 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: meet the right people. You make a move and God 238 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: will go to work. Is God asking you to have 239 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: a better attitude. Quit being so contentious, so argumentative, hard 240 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 2: to get along with, always having to be right. I've 241 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: heard it said a woman always has the last word 242 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: in an argument. Anything after that is a new argument. 243 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 2: Do you hear that still small voice saying keep your 244 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 2: mouth closed, be more respectful, be more loving, more considerate. 245 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 2: The power is there to zip it up. The self 246 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: control is in you, the discipline, the grace. 247 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 3: Now start tapping into it. Don't go the next. 248 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 2: Twenty years with things you know are hindering you, limiting 249 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: your potential. On the other side of obedience is the 250 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 2: blessing on the other side of doing the hard thing 251 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 2: is a new level of your destiny. And here's the key. 252 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 2: It seems harder than it is because you haven't activated 253 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 2: the power. I think I can't forg give them, Joel, 254 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 2: that was so wrong. But when you say, Father, help 255 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 2: me to forgive, I'll release this into your hands. Lord, 256 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 2: I know you are my vindicator. You'll make my wrongs right. 257 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: That's when you'll feel the power and the ability that 258 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: you've never felt. I can't break this addiction. Everyone in 259 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: our family struggles with alcohol. Try a new approach. Father, 260 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: Thank you that greater is he that's in me than 261 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: what's trying to stop me. 262 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 3: Father, thank you that. 263 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 2: No weapon formed against us will prosper. That whom the 264 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 2: sun sets free is free. Indeed, when you activate that power, 265 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,119 Speaker 2: you're not doing it by yourself. 266 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: The most how God is. 267 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 2: Working in you. Maybe the hard thing for you is 268 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: what it was for me to get out of your 269 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: comfort zone. Step up and write that book that God 270 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: put in your spirit, teach that class, expand your business. 271 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: You hear God whispering, there's more in you. Greater things 272 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: are ahead, But you're afraid. You don't have the connection, 273 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: the experience, the funding. It's much easier to play it safe, 274 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: but you can't reach your destiny staying comfortable all the time. 275 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: God will on purpose put things in your spirit that 276 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: are over your head, Like Noah. You'll think, I can't 277 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: build a boat, I can't start the business. I can't 278 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: pastor this church. We can't get the compact center. God 279 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 2: wouldn't have given you the desire if he had not 280 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: given you the power to obey. You have to push 281 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: past the doubt, push past the fear, Push past that 282 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 2: can't do it. 283 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 3: Thoughts. 284 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: You are well able, you are strong in the Lord. 285 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 2: God has surrounded you with his favor. He's going before you, 286 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: making your crooked places straight. 287 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 3: Now when you activate. 288 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: That power, you will go places you've never gone and 289 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: accomplish more than you ever thought possible. When I heard 290 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 2: the Compact Center was coming available and we needed a 291 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: larger auditorium, everything in my mind said, there's no way 292 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: the city's not going to let a church have it. 293 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: We don't know the right people, it's going to be 294 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: too expensive, the opposition's too strong. I thought of one 295 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: hundred good excuses, compelling reasons. 296 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 3: Why it wasn't going to happen. 297 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: All this doubt and discouragement bombarded my mind, but down 298 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: in my spirit I could hear a still small voice 299 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 2: saying that building is ours. God is making a way. Joe, 300 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: you are well able. I didn't just have the desire. 301 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: I had the faith to believe for it, the faith 302 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 2: to go after it. Like Noah, I had to turn 303 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 2: my mind off. Logically speaking, we didn't have a chance. 304 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 2: The opposition the people that wanted it, were so much bigger. 305 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 2: But when you believe the Most High God goes to work, 306 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 2: you and God are a majority. The good news is 307 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 2: he has everything you need. He has the good breaks, 308 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 2: the right place, people, the funding. He will make ways 309 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 2: where you don't see your way. Hebrews eleven says Noah, 310 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 2: being divinely instructed of things not yet seen, moved with 311 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 2: reverence for God, preparing an art. Notice. God spoke to 312 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: him about things not yet seen. Never been a flood before, 313 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 2: never had rain from the clouds. God's going to do 314 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 2: things in your life that your family hasn't seen. 315 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 3: He's going to open. 316 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 2: Doors of influence in favor greater than what's happened in 317 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: the past. There are things you're about to step into 318 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: that are going to see beyond your capability, illogical, too 319 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 2: good to be true. Don't talk yourself out of it. 320 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 2: With that dream comes the power to obey. You don't 321 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 2: have to figure it all out. All you have to 322 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 2: do is believe. Maybe there's been dysfunction in your family. 323 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: You've just learned to live with it. This is just 324 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 2: who we are. That's not who you are. God created 325 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 2: you to be free and healthy and joyful. Others may 326 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: have talked themselves out of it, but you're the difference maker. 327 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 2: You know this truth that you have the power to obey. 328 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 2: You can set a new standard. You can be the 329 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 2: one to affect generations to come. That's what Noah did. 330 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 3: He didn't just save himself by building the art. He 331 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: saved his family, his children, future generations. 332 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 2: It says Noam being instructed about things not yet seen, 333 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: moved with reverence. The whole key is when he heard 334 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 2: the instruction, he moved, he acted on it. Sometimes we 335 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 2: hear God speaking to us, but we put it off. 336 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 2: I know I should forgive, I know I should eat healthier. 337 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 2: I know this addiction is harming me, But you know 338 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 2: I'll deal with it. Later. Are you putting something off, 339 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 2: waiting to move for some other time, waiting to be 340 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 2: more disciplined, waiting to treat your family better, waiting to 341 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 2: get out of your comfort zone. There's power in being prompt. 342 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: The longer you wait to do what God's asking you 343 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: to do, the more difficult it's going to be. When 344 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 2: David saw Goliath taunting the Israelites, he heard God speaking 345 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 2: to him, telling him to go defeat the giant. The 346 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: scripture says, David ran quickly toward Goliath. If David would 347 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 2: have put it off and gone back home and let 348 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 2: me think about it for a few months, he's really 349 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: big and I don't have the experience. There are others 350 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 2: that are more qualified. What if I get hurt? If 351 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: he would have delayed, he would have talked himself out 352 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 2: of it. When God speaks, do it right, then there's 353 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: a grace for it. There's a window of opportunity where 354 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: you'll have the strength and the favor to act on it. Well. 355 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 2: Joel Man, I think I missed my chance. I know 356 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 2: I should have been more disciplined. I shouldn't have quit 357 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 2: comp and I should have gone. 358 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 3: Back to school. I put off a lot of things. 359 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 2: The reason you're hearing this is because God is giving 360 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: you another chance. There's a window of grace opening to 361 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: do what he's telling you to do. He's not holding 362 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 2: against you the fact that you haven't done it. 363 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 3: But this is the time to make things right. 364 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 2: This is the. 365 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 3: Time to act on it. 366 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 2: God didn't just give you the desire, He gave you 367 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 2: the power to obey. 368 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 3: It may not make sense, may. 369 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 2: Feel over your head. It's never happened in your family. 370 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 2: This is a destiny moment. If you will make that move, 371 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: God will step in and help you do what you 372 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: couldn't do. 373 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 3: The scripture says, when you hear. 374 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 2: His voice, do not harden your heart for today while 375 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 2: there is still opportunity. Listen to what he's saying. Acts 376 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 2: Chapter twenty four. Paul was brought to Cessarea to stand 377 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 2: trial for sharing his faith, and he was standing before 378 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 2: the governor, a man named Felix, presenting his case, and 379 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 2: Felix was very intrigued by Paul. The main trial was 380 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 2: going to start later, so he had Paul taken into custody, 381 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 2: but in a few days he sent for Paul. 382 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 3: To come visit with him. 383 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 2: Paul discussed his faith and what it meant to be 384 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: a believer, how to live a godly life. 385 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 3: Felix felt convicted. 386 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 2: He knew he was compromising and not having integrity, and 387 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: there were these areas he needed to change, but he 388 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 2: didn't want to. 389 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 3: Deal with it. 390 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: He didn't want to be uncomfortable. Have to be more disciplined. 391 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 2: He said to Paul, go away for now, for when 392 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: a more convenient time comes. 393 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 3: I'll call for you. 394 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 2: Two years later he was out of office. We never 395 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:50,239 Speaker 2: read anything more about Felix. We don't know if a 396 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 2: more convenient time ever came. Who knows what he could 397 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 2: have become if he had just tapped in to that 398 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 2: power to obey, if he'd have been willing to make 399 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 2: changes and deal with what God was bringing to light. 400 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 2: Don't be like him. Don't put off what you know 401 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 2: God is speaking to you about, whether it's to come 402 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 2: up higher in your character, not compromise, or to take 403 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 2: that step of faith. Go after your compact center, build 404 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 2: your boat like Noah. You activate the power by taking action. 405 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: When I was a young boy, Lakewood was still meeting 406 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 2: in the original building. It was a small Rundown feed 407 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: store that we had cleaned up and made into a 408 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 2: sanctuary that would hold the ninety members. A few years 409 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: had passed and the church started growing and we had 410 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 2: over two hundred people coming and needed a larger place. 411 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 2: My father told the congregation that in a few months 412 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: he was going to take a special offering to build 413 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 2: a new auditorium. He encouraged the people to stretch their 414 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 2: faith and get behind the vision. Well, that Sunday came 415 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: and people were so generous. They gave about twenty thousand 416 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 2: just back in the seventies and it's like ten times 417 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 2: at my amount today. They were so excited that was 418 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 2: enough to pour the foundation get the building started. Well, 419 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 2: there was a Spanish speaking church about half a mile 420 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: down the road from Lakewood, and they had started a 421 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: new building several years earlier, but they had run out 422 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 2: of funds. Every time we drove to church, we would 423 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 2: drive by it. One day, as my father was passing by, 424 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 2: he heard God speak to him, not out loud, but 425 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 2: just an impression, saying, I want you to give that 426 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 2: offering for your new building to the Spanish Church so 427 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: they can finish theirs. His first thought was get behind me, Satan, 428 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: that that could not be God. But sometimes God will 429 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 2: ask you to do things that don't make sense. It's 430 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: a test. On the other side of that, obedience is 431 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 2: a level of your destiny that you've never seen. And 432 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 2: this is where faith comes in. God, I don't understand this. 433 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: We need the funds for our building. You want me 434 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: to build a boat when it's never rained. You're saying, 435 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: go fight a giant twice my size. You want us 436 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 2: to go after the Compact Center. Do you know how 437 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 2: much that's going to cost? 438 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 3: Seem far out to my father. 439 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 2: But when God gives you the desire, with that instruction, 440 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 2: always comes the power to do it. My father told 441 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 2: the congregation they were going to sow that offering as 442 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 2: a seed. He drove down, gave them the funds, and 443 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 2: they finished their building. 444 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: Wasn't long after that that. 445 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 2: People started giving for Lakewood's new building. The money came 446 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 2: in for the foundation once we poured the concrete. Money 447 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 2: came in for the steel we got that up. Money 448 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: came in for the walls, the chairs, the sound system. 449 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 2: He built the whole building totally debt free. Not only 450 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 2: that building, but my father went on to build six 451 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 2: more sanctuaries, including one that seated eight thousand, all debt free. 452 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 2: Here we are today in the former compact center. But 453 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: it all started with that act of obedience, doing something 454 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 2: that he didn't understand, that seemed illogical. Who knows what 455 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: God will do in your life if you'll tap into 456 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 2: that power to obey. Who knows how your children will benefit? 457 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 2: Because you did a hard thing. You gave when it 458 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 2: didn't make sense. You broke the addiction that kept getting 459 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 2: passed down. 460 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 3: You forgave the wrong. 461 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 2: You shook off the doubt and went after your compact center. 462 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 3: No more, I can't do this. 463 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 2: I'm not disciplined enough, strong enough, focus enough, nor try 464 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 2: a new approach. I have the power to obey. God 465 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 2: is working in you right now to do his will 466 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: and to bring about his good pleasure. Have that attitude 467 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 2: of faith. That's how you're going to reach your destiny. 468 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 2: That's how you're going to defeat your golias. That's how 469 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 2: you're going to break the dysfunction. That's how you're going 470 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 2: to build your boats. 471 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,919 Speaker 3: Not weak defeat. 472 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: You are a can do person. You are well able 473 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 2: to do what God's called you to do. No more 474 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 2: putting it off, no more waiting for more convenient time. 475 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: This is your time to move If you'll do this, 476 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: I believe and declare, like with Noah, You're gonna accomplish 477 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: dreams that look impossible. You're gonna break addictions that have 478 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 2: held your family back. Freedom is coming, healing is coming, 479 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 2: Abundance is coming, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, 480 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 2: And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd 481 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 2: like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the 482 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 2: Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 483 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of. 484 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 2: My sins, Come into my heart. 485 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 3: I make you my Lord and savior. 486 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 487 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 488 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 2: on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 489 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 2: the number on this go to the website. But I 490 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 2: hope you'll get into a good Bible based church and 491 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 2: keep God first place. Many people believe that God can heal, 492 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 2: but when nothing is improving, our prayers are not being answered, 493 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: it's easy to think, will God heal me? 494 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: The truth is God still loves to heal. 495 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 2: I've witnessed God's healing power firsthand in my own family 496 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 2: when situations seemed impossible. 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God is still working as you stand 502 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 2: firm and declare his promises. 503 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: Healing is on the way. 504 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 2: The same God who healed in the Bible is still 505 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 2: healing today. 506 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 4: Your generous support is so important to help us share 507 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 4: the message of hope, and as our way of saying 508 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 4: thank you for your gift of any amount, Pastor Joel 509 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 4: would like to send you a copy of God Still 510 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 4: Loves to Heal seventy days to receive, reflect and rest 511 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,959 Speaker 4: in the finished work of God. This new seasonal devotional 512 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 4: will guide you through a weekly rhythm where you'll be 513 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 4: encouraged by life changing insight that will strengthen and encourage 514 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 4: you in your faith. Jesus cares about you physically, mentally, 515 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 4: and emotionally. He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals 516 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 4: us and makes us whole. With this inspiring devotional resource, 517 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 4: you'll go on a healing journey You'll enter into God's 518 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: rest and restoration knowing his promises are true yesterday, today, 519 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 4: and forever. Receive your copy of this powerful new book 520 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 4: and experience God's goodness and healing power. 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My sister 525 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 2: Lisa was healed from a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy. 526 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: What God did for us, he can do for you. 527 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 2: Victory and I are going to be praying for you 528 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 2: this month, especially for healing for you and your family, 529 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: not just physically, but mentally and emotionally, that you will 530 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 2: be completely whole. 531 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: We appreciate your prayer and support. 532 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: Your generosity is impacting people around the world, and special 533 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 2: thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for all 534 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 2: you do to make the ministry possible. 535 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: Until we meet again, May the Lord bless you and 536 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: keep you. 537 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of God Still Loves 538 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,719 Speaker 4: to Heal available this month by simply visiting us at 539 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 4: Joeloasting dot com or call eight eight eight five six 540 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 4: seven Joel, and you can fill your year with strength, 541 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 4: peace and encouragement with the Healing and Wholeness Collection. 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