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It is always our 42 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: joy to come into your home. We love you. We 43 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 3: know God has great things in store for each one 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: of you, And if you're ever in our area, I 45 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: hope you'll stop by and be a part of one 46 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 3: of our services. I promise you we'll make you feel 47 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: right at home. But thanks for tuning in, Thanks again 48 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: for coming out today. And I like to start with 49 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 3: something funny. And one day Adam was feeling very lonely. 50 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 3: God said, Adam, I'm going to make you a companion. 51 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 3: It's going to be called a woman. This person will 52 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: cook for you, wash your clothes. She will bear you 53 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 3: children and never ask you to get up in the 54 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: middle of the night. She will not nag you. She 55 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 3: will agree with every decision you make, and if you 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 3: do have a disagreement, she will be the first to 57 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: admit that she's wrong. Adam said, wow, God, what will 58 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: a woman like this cost? God said an arm and 59 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 3: a leg. Adam said, what can I get for a rib? 60 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 3: And the rest is history? All right, Come, all the 61 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 3: ladies are claughing. Say it like you mean it. This 62 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,119 Speaker 3: is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 63 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 66 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 3: the same in Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about being pruned so you 69 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: can bloom. Life is full of different seasons. There are 70 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: growing seasons where we're seeing increase and promotion. We're making 71 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 3: all kinds of progress. We know God's hand of favor 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: is upon us. But the truth is, if we stayed 73 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 3: in that season, it wouldn't be healthy. Just like a plant, 74 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 3: if you don't prune it at the proper time, it 75 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: won't experience any new growth. It will always be limited 76 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: and not reach its full potential. And it's the same 77 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: principle in life. If we're going to become everything God's 78 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 3: created us to be, just as we have growing seasons, 79 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 3: we're going to have pruning seasons. There will be times 80 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 3: when it feels like everything is being cut back. You 81 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 3: lost your biggest client, a good friend moved to another state, 82 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 3: a family member did you wrong. It's easy to be discouraged. 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: Think why is this happening to me? Why did this 84 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: person leave? Why did I get laid off? Now you 85 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 3: have to realize you're in a pruning season. That loss, 86 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 3: that disappointment was never meant to work against you. It 87 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 3: was meant to work for you, and if you will 88 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: stay in faith, that season will come to an end 89 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 3: and you will come into a season of new growth, 90 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: new opportunity, new friendships. You are being pruned for one reason, 91 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 3: so you can bloom. So you can blossom, so you 92 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 3: can spread your wings. You may be in a slow 93 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 3: season right now. You haven't had a good break in 94 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 3: a long time, or perhaps you went through a disappointment. 95 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 3: Something unfair has happened. It seems like you've taken steps backwards. 96 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 3: You could easily just settle there and think too bad. 97 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: I tried, I gave it my best. No, this is 98 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: not the time to settle. This is not the time 99 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 3: to be discouraged. This is the time to get ready 100 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: for increase, get ready for God's favor. That pruning season 101 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 3: has put you in position for new growth. Your attitude 102 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: should be yes, I went through a loss. Yes it 103 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 3: was difficult, but I know this season is not permanent. 104 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 3: It's only temporary. God is still in control. He's fighting 105 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 3: my battles, He's directing my steps. He is my vindicator. 106 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 3: So I'm not going to live life discouraged. I'm excited 107 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 3: about my future. I know I'm being pruned so I 108 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: can bloom. I have a friend that I used to 109 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 3: play baseball with many years ago. He was always the 110 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 3: star player, the best one on the team. He would 111 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 3: lead the league in hitting and fielding. His dream was 112 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: to play professional baseball. One summer, he was invited to 113 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 3: play on this highly competitive team that traveled around the country. 114 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 3: It's a very prestigious thing. You had to be extremely talented. 115 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 3: He accepted and played that year and did exceptionally well, 116 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: but some of the team members were jealous of him, 117 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: and they started spreading lies and stirring up all kinds 118 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 3: of trouble. And the next season, the coach, even though 119 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 3: he really liked the young man, he believed those rumors 120 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 3: and he did not invite him back to play. My 121 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: friend was devastated. He knew it was all politics. He 122 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 3: tried to get on with another team, but it was 123 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: too late. They were already full and for the first 124 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: time he didn't have a team to play on that summer, 125 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 3: he missed the whole season, no games, no opportunities. Was 126 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 3: definitely a time of pruney. He could have sat back 127 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 3: and thought, too bad for me, this is so unfair. No, Instead, 128 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: he would go to the batting cages every day and 129 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: practice his hitting. He would have friends go hit him 130 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: ball so he could improve his fielding skills. He stayed 131 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: in shape, knowing that he was being pruned so he 132 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: could bloom that next season. A professional baseball scout saw 133 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 3: him out on the field practicing and noticed how talented 134 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: he was. That scout said to his coaches, I want 135 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: to let that young man try out for our minor 136 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: league baseball team. He tried out and made the team. 137 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 3: Long story short, he went on to play professional baseball 138 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 3: had a very long and successful career. What am I 139 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 3: saying When you go through a loss, when somebody does 140 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: you wrong, when it feels like you've taken steps backwards, 141 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: don't sit around and sulk. Don't live life defeated. Stay in. 142 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 3: You may not realize it, but you're in a good position. 143 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 3: You're being pruned, not so you can stay there, not 144 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 3: so you can come out the same. No, you're being 145 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: pruned so you can go to a new level. You're 146 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 3: being pruned so you can see new growth and experience 147 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 3: new opportunities and discover new potential. I had a gentleman 148 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 3: tell me just last week how his business partner of 149 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 3: twenty one years decided to leave. He was so upset 150 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 3: they were having to divide the business, divide the client list, 151 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 3: divide the assets. He'd convinced himself that his best days 152 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 3: were behind him. He told how his partner was so talented, 153 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 3: such a gifted communicator, He led all the company in sales. 154 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 3: He didn't think he could make it without him. But 155 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 3: I told him what I'm telling you. You're being pruned, 156 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 3: not because it's over, not because it's not going to 157 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: work out. No, you're being pruned because God knows there's 158 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: more in you. He knows what you're capable of, and 159 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 3: if he didn't take them away, it would keep you 160 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 3: from rising higher. If you will stay in faith, you're 161 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 3: gonna come into new growth. You're gonna discover talent that 162 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 3: you didn't know you had. You're gonna blossom with a 163 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 3: greater confidence. We have to realize sometimes God will remove 164 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 3: a person because they become a crutch. They're keeping us 165 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 3: from spreading our wings. When somebody leaves your life, don't 166 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 3: be discouraged. Your destiny is not tied to the people 167 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 3: that walked away. You have everything you need. You are equipped, 168 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 3: you are empowered, you have the seed of almighty God. 169 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 3: It may be uncomfortable, it may be a little difficult, 170 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 3: but it's going to cause you to stretch and blossom 171 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 3: in ways you never imagine. It's like how a mother 172 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 3: eagle teaches the baby eaglists to fly. When they're small, 173 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 3: they stay in the nest where it's warm and soft 174 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 3: and comfortable. The dad goes out and gets the food 175 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 3: and brings it back. All day long, the little eaglets 176 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 3: just sing and play without a care in the world. 177 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 3: But when they get a little older, the mother eagle 178 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 3: will grab one of the eaglets by her claws and 179 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 3: take it way way up in the air. And the 180 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: little eglid loves soaring in the air with his mother, 181 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 3: seeing all the beautiful sights, not having to do one thing. 182 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 3: But about that time, the mama eagle drops the baby. 183 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 3: It starts heading toward the ground ninety miles per hour. 184 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: I'm sure that baby eagle thinks, mother, have you lost 185 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 3: your mind? Are you trying to kill me? Don't you 186 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 3: love me anymore? Have you abandoned me? Right before the 187 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 3: little eaglet hits the ground, the mother swoops in and 188 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: grabs it. The little baby says, oh, thank you so much, mother, 189 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 3: now take me back to the nest where it's warm 190 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 3: and comfortable. I don't have this stress, I don't have 191 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 3: all these challenges. What does the mother eagle do? Takes 192 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 3: it right back up in the air and drops it 193 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 3: again and again and again, until finally that little eglant 194 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: begins to flap its wings. It discovers something on the 195 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 3: side that he didn't know he had, and he starts 196 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: flapping and flapping, and before long he knows how to fly. 197 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 3: He's soaring all through the air, saying to himself, this 198 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: is what I was created to be. In the same way, 199 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 3: sometimes in life, it feels like God has dropped us, 200 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 3: feels like we've been abandoned. We think I've never had 201 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 3: so many problems. Why did this business partner leave? Why 202 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 3: did this person lie about me? Why did I go 203 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: through this loss? God, I was so much more comfortable before. Now. 204 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 3: God has not abandoned you. He's not gonna let you 205 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 3: hit the ground. He's got his eyes on you. He 206 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 3: is closely watching. He knows before long, like that little eglant, 207 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 3: you're gonna start stretching in your faith. You're going to 208 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 3: step into a new confidence. You're gonna discover wings that 209 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 3: you didn't know you had. You're going to overcome obstacles 210 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 3: that looked insurmountable. It seems like you took a step backwards. 211 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 3: You went through a loss. It was uncomfortable, but because 212 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 3: you stayed in faith that pruning led to blooming. Now 213 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: you're stronger, you're more confident. Increase is coming, favor is coming, 214 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 3: new doors are opening. It was meant to harm you, 215 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 3: but God used it to increase you. When you really 216 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 3: understand this principle that pruning leads to blooming, then you 217 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 3: won't get discouraged when somebody walks away or you suffer 218 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 3: a disappointment, you go through a setback. No, you realize 219 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: it's positioning you for increase. I read about this executive. 220 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 3: He'd worked at a large home improvement company for many years. 221 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 3: Over thirty years, he'd helped build that company from ground up. 222 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 3: They had retail stores all over the country. Now he 223 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 3: was in senior management. But one day they had this 224 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 3: corporate restructuring and he was informed that they no longer 225 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 3: needed him. Of course, he was disappointed. He didn't think 226 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 3: it was fair at all. But instead of sitting around 227 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 3: thinking about what he lost, he began to dream of 228 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 3: new ideas and dream up new opportunities, really dream a 229 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 3: new dream. One day he got a group of his 230 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 3: friends together and they started a new home improvement company. 231 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 3: They called it the Home Depot. As you know, it 232 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: was successful. They had stores all over the world. Here's 233 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 3: my point. What he thought was his greatest setback turned 234 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 3: out to be his greatest opportunity. Without that adversity, without 235 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 3: that layoff, he would have never stepped into the fullness 236 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 3: of his God given destiny. And sometimes what we think 237 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 3: is the worst thing that could happen, one day we'll 238 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: look back and say, Wow, if it were not for 239 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 3: that challenge, I would have never had this new opportunity. 240 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 3: Pruning always leads to blooming. Here's the key. You can't 241 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 3: get bitter. You can't get stuck in a rut and think, oh, 242 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 3: this is as good as it gets. No, stay in faith, 243 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 3: Stay focused on your possibilities, Stay focused on God's promises. 244 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 3: When one dream dies, learn to do like that man, 245 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 3: dream another dream. Some of you Today, you've went through 246 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 3: a loss, You've just about settled in your mind this 247 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: is as good as it gets. Now. I want you 248 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: to have a new perspective. You're in a pruning season. 249 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: That means God is positioning you for increase. He's getting 250 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: ready to take you to a higher level. But you've 251 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: got to get in agreement with him. Start looking for 252 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 3: new opportunities, new ideas, new friendships. Don't drag through the 253 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 3: day expecting the worst. Start expecting increase, favor promotion. I've 254 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 3: discovered God will never take something away without putting you 255 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 3: in a position to receive something new. And what you 256 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 3: think maybe the worst thing that could have happened, could 257 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: turn out to be one of the best. It's like 258 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: this man I heard about. His boat capsized in the 259 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 3: middle of this huge storm, and he ended up stranded 260 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 3: on a deserted island all by himself. Week after week 261 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 3: went by. He was so miserable, so distraught, barely even 262 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 3: making it. Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, 263 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 3: he was out getting some food in the woods one day, 264 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 3: and when he came back, he noticed the little hut 265 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 3: that he had built somehow had caught on fire. As 266 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 3: he watched his hut burn up, it was like pouring 267 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 3: salt on his wounds. He was so upset he threw 268 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 3: his food down, sat on the ground, said God is 269 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 3: just not fair. In a couple of hours, he noticed 270 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 3: a boat coming toward the island. He couldn't believe it. 271 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 3: It was the Coastguard. He was finally about to be rescued. 272 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 3: He ran out and gave the captain a big hug, said, sir, 273 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 3: how in the world did you find me? I've been 274 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 3: out here stranded alone week after week. The captain said, 275 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 3: we saw the smoke coming from the fire that you built. 276 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 3: You may feel like your hut's on fire today, but 277 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 3: you don't know that may be the very thing God 278 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 3: uses to promote you. Why don't you have a bigger 279 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 3: vision instead of getting down and discouraged. Why don't you 280 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: believe that somehow, some way, God's gonna use that to 281 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: your advantage. When my father went to be with the Lord, 282 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 3: my hut was on fire. I never dreamed it would 283 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 3: launch me into what I'm doing today. Twice we tried 284 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 3: to buy property to build a new sanctuary on but 285 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: both times it was unfairly sold out from under us. 286 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 3: Our hut was on fire. I was convinced that was 287 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 3: the devil stealing our property. Now I know that was 288 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 3: God closing the door. Because we were thinking too small. 289 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 3: God had so something much bigger, much better in store. 290 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 3: What am I saying? When life throws us a curve, 291 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 3: Usually we just look at the surface. We think, Wow, 292 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 3: I lost my job, this is terrible while they lied 293 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: about me and I didn't make the team. No, we 294 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 3: can't see the big picture. We don't know what God 295 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 3: is up to. It may look like the worst thing 296 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 3: that could have ever happened, but God is still in 297 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 3: complete control. He has you in the palm of his hand, 298 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 3: and if you will stay in faith, somehow, some way, 299 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 3: God is going to use that to your advantage. I'm 300 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 3: asking you today, when you go through these pruning seasons 301 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 3: where something doesn't work out, you suffer a loss, don't 302 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 3: sit around in salt, don't get better, don't start complaining. No, 303 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 3: turn it around. Get ready for increase, Get ready for favor, 304 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 3: Get ready for the new doors God is about to open. 305 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 3: I think about the three Hebrew teenage shadrack Mijak in 306 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,239 Speaker 3: a Bendigo. They went through a time of pruning. They 307 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: were thrown into the fiery furnace that was heated seven 308 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 3: times hotter than normal. Should have instantly killed them. It 309 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 3: should have been the end. But have you ever noticed 310 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: they went into the fire bound. Their hands and feet 311 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 3: were tied with cords. But the scripture says, not only 312 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 3: did the fire not harm them, but they came out loosed. 313 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 3: In other words, the only thing the fire burned up 314 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 3: were the cords that were holding them back. The fire 315 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 3: didn't harm their clothes, didn't singe their hair, didn't melt 316 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 3: their cell phones. All that fire, all that fire destroyed, 317 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 3: were the chains that were restricting them. When you go 318 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 3: through a pruning season where you feel like you're in 319 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 3: the fire, business has gone down to nothing. Somebody did 320 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 3: you wrong. Just remember, when you come out of that fire, 321 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 3: you're not going to be harmed. All that challenge is 322 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 3: going to do is burn up the things that are 323 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 3: holding you back. It's going to burn up limited mindsets. 324 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 3: It's going to burn up limited thinking. It's going to 325 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 3: burn up fear and insecurity. It's not going to harm you. 326 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 3: It's going to free you. It's going to loose you 327 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 3: into a new level of God's goodness. Our family went 328 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 3: through the fire in nineteen eighty one when my mother 329 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 3: was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Didn't look like we would 330 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 3: make it, But thank God, that fire didn't destroy us. 331 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 3: It just destroyed the doubt and unbelief. We came out knowing, 332 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 3: beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God can do 333 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 3: the impossible. I went through the fire in nineteen ninety 334 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 3: nine when my father went to be with the Lord. 335 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 3: I didn't think I could get up here in minister. 336 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: I was afraid, insecure, intimidated. But when I came out 337 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 3: of that fire, it didn't destroy me. It destroyed my limitations. 338 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,479 Speaker 3: It destroyed the fear, the insecurity. Now I know I 339 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 3: can do all things through Christ. If God be for me, 340 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,879 Speaker 3: who there be against me? Our ministry went through the 341 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 3: fire in two thousand and two when we were trying 342 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 3: to acquire this new facility, the former Compact Center. Three 343 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 3: years and two lawsuits later, we came out strong, confident, 344 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 3: well ableed. It was meant to destroy us, but it 345 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 3: did just the opposite. All that fire burned up were 346 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 3: our restrictions. It burned up our limited thinking. Now we 347 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: know nothing can stand against our God, no obstacle. It's 348 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 3: too big for him. You may be in the fire 349 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 3: right now, but the good news you're gonna come out 350 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 3: of that loosed in your thinking, loosed in your finances, 351 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 3: loosed in your health, That fire is gonna burn up 352 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 3: little dreams and little goals. It's going to burn up fear, intimidation, depression. 353 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 3: It was meant to destroy you, but it's going to backfire. 354 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 3: God's gonna use it to destroy everything that's holding you back. 355 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 3: You may be in that pruning season, but you know 356 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 3: the truth, You're coming into a blooming season. You're coming 357 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 3: into a season of new growth. That's what David said 358 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 3: in song four to one. God, you have enlarged me 359 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 3: in my time of distress, in difficult times. Instead of 360 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 3: thinking about how bad it is and how unfair it was, 361 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 3: let's learn to do like David and say God, thank 362 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: you that you're enlarging me. I'm growing, I'm gaining wisdom, strength, confidence, 363 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 3: And this setback looks like a stumbling block. But God, 364 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 3: I know you're gonna use it as a stepping stone, 365 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 3: and I'm not gonna come out the same. I'm gonna 366 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 3: come out enlarged with a bigger vision, with a new determination, 367 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: with a greater confidence in you. You may have lost 368 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 3: your hut in the fire, you lost a job, lost 369 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 3: a relationship, but know this, God's gonna cause the right 370 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 3: people to see the small He's going to open up 371 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 3: new doors. He's going to bring new friendships, he's gonna 372 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 3: give new ideas. One day, you're gonna look back like 373 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 3: this man and say, Wow, what I thought was the 374 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 3: worst thing turned out to be one of the best things. 375 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 3: Here's what I've learned. The hotter the fire, the more 376 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 3: uncomfortable it is, the more unfair it gets, the closer 377 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 3: you are to your victory. It's just like a woman 378 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 3: having a baby. The greater the pain, the closer she 379 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 3: is to giving birth. Like those Hebrew teenagers, you may 380 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 3: feel like the fire has been turned up in your life. 381 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 3: All kinds of things are coming against you in your family, 382 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 3: your relationships, your business, your health, your career. But that 383 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 3: simply means you are close to giving birth to the 384 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 3: new thing God wants to do. You're going to see 385 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 3: that relationship that you thought was dead come back to 386 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 3: life and be better than you ever even dreamed of. 387 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 3: You're gonna see that legal situation bogged you down for 388 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 3: years totally resolved in your favor. You're gonna see that 389 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 3: business that struggled and struggled begin to take off and 390 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 3: really flourish like it should. You've been through the pruning season. 391 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 3: But because you've stayed faithful and obedient, God is going 392 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 3: to blossom you in ways you've never imagined. You're gonna 393 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 3: blossom in your health. You're gonna blossom in your finances. 394 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 3: You're gonna blossom in your career. You're gonna blossom in 395 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 3: your thinking. God said in Isaiah, Behold, I am doing 396 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 3: a new thing. Can you not perceive it. I don't 397 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 3: know about you, but I'm ready for some new things. 398 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 3: I'm ready for new levels of victory. I'm ready for 399 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 3: new opportunities. I'm ready for new ideas. I can feel 400 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 3: it in my spirit. Something is about to break loose. 401 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 3: Some of you have been discouraged and fought depression for 402 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: a long time that I want to declare that season 403 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 3: is coming to an end and joy is about to 404 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 3: break loose. Some of you have struggled in your finances, 405 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 3: just barely making it. But that season of struggle is 406 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 3: coming to an end, and abundance is about to break loose. 407 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 3: God is going to open the windows of heaven and 408 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,439 Speaker 3: pour out blessings you cannot contain. Maybe you've struggled with 409 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: the sickness year after year. Healing and wholeness is about 410 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 3: to break loose. Perhaps you've just been bound by an addiction. 411 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 3: Freedom is about to break loose. Maybe you just need 412 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 3: a good break. Well, God's favor is about to break loose. 413 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 3: Ideas promotion, new levels of victory. I love what it 414 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 3: says in Psaw one twelve. When darkness overtakes the righteous 415 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 3: light will come bursting in. And when you go through 416 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 3: a pruning season, you need to get ready. Not for 417 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 3: more of the same, not for more lack, more sickness, 418 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 3: more mediocrity. No, get ready for the light to come 419 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 3: bursting in. What does that mean? A sudden turnaround, a superna, 420 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 3: natural breakthrough, an unexpected promotion, a divine connection. Notice it 421 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 3: doesn't say that the light is going to come trickling in, 422 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 3: barely going to get there. It says it's going to 423 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 3: come bursting in like a flood. God's goodness is going 424 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 3: to overtake you. Now, I want you to get ready 425 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 3: for some of these sudden outbursts of God's favor where 426 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 3: suddenly your child gets back on the right track, Suddenly 427 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 3: you're able to pay your house off, Suddenly you're free 428 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 3: from that addiction. All of a sudden, you go from 429 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 3: pruning to blooming a few years ago, we lost one 430 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 3: of the main networks that carried our Sunday morning broadcast. 431 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 3: It was our biggest outlet at the time. The network 432 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 3: was going to all news on Sunday mornings, and unfortunately, 433 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 3: when they rearranged their schedule, it didn't include us, and 434 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 3: it seemed very unfair. We've been on this network for 435 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 3: many years and built up a good audience. It felt 436 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 3: like the worst thing in the world that could happen. 437 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 3: It felt like our hut was on fire, like we 438 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 3: had taken steps backwards. And even though I was disappointed 439 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 3: on the surface, I knew down deep that setback was 440 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 3: putting us in position for new growth. We were being pruned. 441 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 3: But I didn't stop there. I was ready to bloom. 442 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 3: Darkness had overtaken us, so to speak, but I was 443 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 3: expecting the light to come bursting in. Several months later, 444 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,680 Speaker 3: we got a call from a much larger network. They 445 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 3: had never run religious programming before, but they offered us 446 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 3: a Sunday morning time slot. If that wasn't good enough, 447 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 3: the cost was less than half of that other network. 448 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 3: What I thought was the worst thing. Now I was 449 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 3: thinking God that it had happened. What am I saying 450 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 3: pruning seasons always position you for new growth. And it 451 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 3: may be dark, but if you will stay in faith, 452 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,360 Speaker 3: God promises the light is going to come bursting in. 453 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 3: And some of you right now you are in a 454 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: pruning sea. Your hours have been cut back at the 455 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 3: office or a relationship. Even though you're doing your best, 456 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 3: it's very stagnant in your health. You're praying and believing, 457 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 3: but it continues to go downhill. You could easily be discouraged, 458 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 3: you could easily live life sour. But I'm asking you 459 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 3: to put on a new attitude. Start expecting the bloom, 460 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 3: start expecting the light to come bursting in. It may 461 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 3: look like the worst thing that could have ever happened, 462 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 3: but God is still in complete control. Your hut may 463 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 3: be on fire, but God's gonna cause the right people 464 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 3: to see the smoke. He's gonna bring the right opportunities, 465 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 3: the right connections. And what you thought was a setback, 466 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 3: like God did for me, one day, you're gonna look 467 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 3: back and say, Wow, if it had not been for 468 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 3: this challenge, I would have never seen God's goodness in 469 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 3: such a great way. And remember, when you come out 470 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 3: of that fire, it's not gonna harm you. It's just 471 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 3: gonna burn up your limitations. It's gonna burn up the 472 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 3: things that are holding you back. Like David, God is 473 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 3: going to enlarge you in your times of distress. When 474 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 3: you really understand this principle that you're being prune for 475 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,439 Speaker 3: one reason so you can bloom, then no matter what 476 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 3: comes against you, you won't get down and discouraged. You'll 477 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,479 Speaker 3: rise up in faith and overcome every obstacle. And some 478 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 3: of you are in that pruning season, but I want 479 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 3: you to get ready. New growth is coming your way, 480 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 3: new opportunities, new friendships, new levels are confidence, supernatural breakthrough. 481 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 3: I want to declare this over each one of you. 482 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 3: Your finances are gonna blossom. Your health is gonna blossom, 483 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 3: your relationships are gonna blossom. Your career is gonna blossom. 484 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 3: Your thinking is gonna blossom. You are going to blossom 485 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 3: into the fullness of what God has created you to be. 486 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 3: I believe it and declare it in the name of Jesus. 487 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 3: Do you receive that today? Can you give the Lord 488 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 3: a shout of praise today? We never like to close 489 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 3: our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus 490 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 3: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 491 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 492 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 3: into my heart. 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