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I'm asking you to get 39 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 5: rid of any distractions. No more living to please people, 40 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 5: no more worried about what others think. No more fighting 41 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 5: battles that don't matter. This is your hour, This is 42 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 5: your time. Make up your mind. You're going to set 43 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 5: your face. You're going to become who God created you 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 5: to be. 45 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: HI. This is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 46 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 5: We enjoy spending this time with you. I know you're 47 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 5: going to leave encouraged and inspired. 48 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 6: Make sure you subscribe to get new messages every week 49 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 6: and follow us on social media to stay connected. 50 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate your support. It helps keep the ministry going. 51 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: Enjoy the message. 52 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into 53 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 5: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please 54 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 5: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services. 55 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 56 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny and heard about 57 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 5: this mother. She had two young boys that were known 58 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 5: for their mischievous behavior. Anytime trouble occurred, they were certain 59 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 5: to be a part. She decided to take them to 60 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 5: see their pastor. 61 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 2: One at a time. Pastor said to the first young boy, son, 62 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 2: where is God? He sat there silently. He asked again, 63 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 2: where is God? Still no reply. Third time he asked. 64 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 5: The boy bolted out the door, ran home and said 65 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 5: to his brother, God is missing. 66 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: And they think we did it. Say it like you 67 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 68 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: I am, I have what it says I have, I 69 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: can do what it says I can do today. 70 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 71 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 5: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 72 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 5: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 73 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about no more distractions. 74 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 5: The older we get, the more we realize we're not 75 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 5: going to be here forever. Life is flying by. 76 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: Seems like just the other day I was in high school. 77 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: Now that I'm thirty five, I think, where has this 78 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: time gone? I'm kidding, y'all, I'm thirty nine. 79 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 5: But when you realize how fast time is going, it 80 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 5: should bring a sense of urgency, a sense of focus. 81 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 5: Your assignment has an expiration date. Your time on this 82 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 5: earth is not unlimited. And when Jesus was about to 83 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 5: be crucified, the scripture says he set his face toward 84 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 5: Jerusalem because his hour had come. No more go into 85 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 5: the desert feeding the five thousand, no more waiting for 86 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 5: the woman at the well, no more stopping by Zachiah's. 87 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: House for dinner. 88 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 5: Those things were fine for a season, but now he 89 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 5: didn't have time for distractions. 90 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 2: His hour had come. 91 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 5: God is saying to you, your hour has come. If 92 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 5: you're going to reach your highest potential. You have to 93 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: do like Jesus and set your face. You can't be 94 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 5: distracted by things. 95 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 2: That are keeping you from your purpose. 96 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 5: You don't have time to waste worried about what people 97 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 5: think about you. Your time is too valuable to respond 98 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 5: to every critic, every negative comment. Try to convince people 99 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 5: that you really are. Okay, those are distractions. Everyone is 100 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 5: not going to like you. Everyone's not going to accept you. 101 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 5: Quit trying to convince someone to understand you that's determined 102 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 5: to misunderstand you. Some people don't want to be for you, 103 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 5: and that's okay. You don't need them to fulfill your destiny. 104 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,119 Speaker 5: But the enemy would love for us to spend time 105 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 5: and energy trying to win someone over that's never going 106 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 5: to be one over. You have to set your face. 107 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 5: The people that need to be for you will be 108 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 5: for you. God has already lined up the right people, 109 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 5: people that will celebrate you, people that will cheer you on, 110 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 5: people that stick with you through thick and thin. But 111 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 5: too often we're trying to convince people to be our 112 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 5: friend and convince them to spend time with us. 113 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: If someone doesn't. 114 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 5: See the gift that you are, if they don't recognize 115 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 5: your talents, value your friendship, do yourself a favor, and 116 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 5: move on no offense. But they are not a part 117 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 5: of your destiny. You don't have to play up to people. 118 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 5: Let them manipulate you. Hope that they call. Maybe they'll 119 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 5: include you in their group. Though, the people God has 120 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 5: for you don't have to be talked in to liking you. 121 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 5: You won't be able to keep them away. They'll light 122 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 5: up when you walk in the room. They can't wait 123 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 5: to spend time with you. They'll go out of their 124 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 5: way to do you favors. Now, don't waste another minute 125 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 5: trying to convince someone to like you, to call you, 126 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 5: to come see you. If you have to talk them 127 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 5: into it, they are not for you. They are a distraction. Well, Joe, 128 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 5: these people at work are saying negative things about me. 129 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 5: They're trying to make me look bad. It's not your 130 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 5: job to straighten them out. Let God fight your battles. 131 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 5: Let God be your vindicator. You're not supposed to engage 132 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 5: in every conflict. Don't fight battles that are not between 133 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 5: you and your destiny. Most of the things that come 134 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 5: against us are simply distractions. You have to keep your 135 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 5: face set takes discipline to say I am not going 136 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 5: to respond, not going to waste my valuable time. 137 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: I have a destiny to fulfill. My hour has come. 138 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 2: Proverb says avoiding a fight is a mark of honor. 139 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 5: It's easy to get in conflict, upset, offended, want to 140 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 5: pay people back. 141 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 2: That doesn't take any discipline. 142 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 5: Avoiding a fight, not taking debate, not being drawn into conflict. 143 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: That takes your face being set. 144 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 5: The next time something comes against you, ask yourself, is 145 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 5: this a battle worth fighting? 146 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: Or is it simply that person that cuts you off 147 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 2: in traffic? 148 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 5: Is it worth getting upset over when you're never going 149 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 5: to see them again? That coworker that leaves you out 150 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 5: doesn't give you credit. Do you think they can stop 151 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 5: your destiny? That somehow they're more powerful than what God has. 152 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: Ordained for you. They're distractions. 153 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 5: The only way they can hinder you is if you 154 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 5: get baited into conflict. Best thing you could do, ignore it. 155 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: Don't give it the time of day. 156 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 5: When David heard Goliath taunting the Israelites, he asked what. 157 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: The reward was for killing the giant. 158 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,839 Speaker 5: He didn't just run out and fight him, because he 159 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 5: was saying negative things. 160 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: Sure, David didn't like that, but he understood this principle. 161 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 5: He didn't get involved in battles that weren't between him 162 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 5: and his destiny. They told him whoever killed the giant 163 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 5: would get the king's daughter as his wife, and. 164 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 2: Their family would be exempt from taxes. 165 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 5: With that one victory, David's whole family line would change. 166 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 5: They would go from a low income family of shepherds 167 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 5: to royalty. 168 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: They would be in the king's family. 169 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 5: David thought, this is a battle worth engaging, This is 170 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 5: worth spending my time and energy. Now. I'm not saying 171 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 5: to be passive and don't fight any battles. I'm saying 172 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 5: to look at what the spoils are. 173 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: Will it just feed your ego you paid them back, 174 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 2: you made them look bad, or will it propel you 175 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: into your destiny. We fight too many battles that don't matter. 176 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 5: They're talking about me. I'm gonna go straighten them out. 177 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 5: After you straighten them out, someone else will start talking. 178 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: Here's what I've learned. 179 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 5: Nobody talks about people that aren't doing anything. Nobody tries 180 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,359 Speaker 5: to discredit some one that doesn't have any influence. 181 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: The reason they're talking about you is because You're a 182 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: difference maker. You're a world changer. 183 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 5: They can see the gifts, the influence, the fever on 184 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 5: your life. The brighter the light, the more the heat, 185 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 5: the higher God takes you, the more people are going 186 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 5: to see you. And sometimes instead of celebrating you, people 187 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 5: will get jealous, try to pull you down, get you 188 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 5: into conflict. 189 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: Don't take the bait. It's a distraction. 190 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 5: Keep your face set, stay focused on your purpose. Before 191 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 5: David faced Goliath, his father asked him to take lunch 192 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 5: to his brothers that were in another city on the battlefield. 193 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: David arrived and gave the lunch to his oldest brother. 194 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 2: He was jealous of David. He said, in front of everyone, 195 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 2: what do you doing here? David? 196 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 5: What did you do with those few sheep you're supposed 197 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 5: to be taken care of. Instead of thanking David for 198 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 5: traveling several days, he insulted him, tried to belittle him. 199 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: Now, David had killed a lion and a bear with 200 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 2: his own hands. 201 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 5: He was young, but he was not a weakling. I 202 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 5: have no doubt he could have taken care of his brother. 203 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 5: But David thought, what are the spoils? 204 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 2: What good is it going to do? 205 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 5: Me if I embarrassed my brother in front of his 206 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 5: peers like he did me, he realized all that would 207 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 5: do was feed his ego. 208 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 2: There was no reward. The scripture says David turned and 209 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 2: walked away. He ignored it. 210 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 5: One reason we're talking about him is he knew which 211 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 5: battles to fight. He didn't engage in every conflict. Paul 212 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 5: said in Romans, as far as you can live at 213 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 5: peace with everyone, it doesn't say that you're always going 214 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 5: to have peace with every person. 215 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 2: Some people don't want to have peace with you. 216 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 5: David's brother didn't want peace. He was jealous, he was 217 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 5: small minded, he wanted to stir things up. David had 218 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,599 Speaker 5: to accept that his brother was not going to be 219 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 5: at peace with him. Well, GELG, shouldn't I go the 220 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 5: extra mile? Shouldn't I be the bigger person? 221 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 2: Yes? But if you do all that and they still 222 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 2: don't want peace, you need to move on. 223 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 5: You have a destiny to fulfill. Your assignment is waiting 224 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 5: on you. You can't worry about people that don't want 225 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 5: to have peace with you. And I'm all for being nice, 226 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 5: but at some point you have to put your foot 227 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 5: down and say you may have a problem with me, 228 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 5: no disrespect, But I don't have time to have a 229 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 5: problem with you. I don't have time to play petty 230 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 5: games to try to convince you that I'm okay. Life 231 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 5: is too short to try to have peace with people 232 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 5: that don't want to have peace with you. And some 233 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 5: of your relatives, you love them, but you have to 234 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 5: love them from a distance. Don't frustrate yourself trying to 235 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 5: make things happen that they don't want to happen. And 236 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 5: that's not being disrespectful, that's being responsible with the gifts 237 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 5: God has given you. My nature is to be a peacemaker. 238 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 5: I want everybody to be happy. I'll go the extra 239 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 5: mile four hundred times to make peace. But some people 240 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 5: have their own issues. They don't get along with themselves. 241 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 5: How are they going to get along with you? They 242 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 5: don't like who they are, how are they going to 243 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 5: like who you are? No matter what you do is 244 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 5: not going to be enough. They're going to find fault, 245 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,599 Speaker 5: be critical, try to make you feel guilty if you 246 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 5: keep trying to appease them, keep bending over backwards, spending 247 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 5: all your time and energy. All that's doing is letting 248 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 5: them control you. Be nice, but don't get distracted trying 249 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:01,479 Speaker 5: to have peace. 250 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: With someone that doesn't want peace. We all have people 251 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: in our life like David's brother. 252 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 5: They don't like seeing you happy, rising higher, going places. 253 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 2: It's not about you, it's about the favor on your life. 254 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 2: It's about the. 255 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 5: Blessing God put on you. Don't take it personally. Keep 256 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 5: your face set. 257 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 2: You want fulfill your destiny. If you're trying to keep 258 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: everyone happy. 259 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 5: And some people that make the most withdrawals put in 260 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 5: the least deposits. 261 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 2: They're high maintenance people. 262 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 5: They expect you to always be there to help them, 263 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 5: to encourage them to meet their every demand. 264 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 2: But when you need something, they're never around. They're too busy. 265 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 5: If that friendship is one sided, they're doing all the 266 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 5: taking and none of the giving. 267 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 2: You need to make a change. 268 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 5: I've heard it said, quit swimming across an ocean to 269 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 5: be good to say someone that won't jump across a. 270 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: Puddle to be good to you. 271 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 5: And if they get offended because you don't meet every expectation, 272 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 5: they weren't a true friend. 273 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: They just want you for what you can do for them. 274 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 5: Those are distractions you need to gradually break away from 275 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 5: people like that. You were not created to be controlled, 276 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 5: to never have any time to pursue what God put 277 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 5: in your heart. 278 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 2: Well, Joel, what if they get upset? What if I 279 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 2: hurt their feelings? 280 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 5: I would rather disappoint a few people than to disappoint God, 281 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: because when you come. 282 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 2: To the end of life, you won't give an account. 283 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 5: To people of what you did with your time, your talents, 284 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 5: your resources. You'll give an account to God. Romans thirteen 285 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 5: says owe no person. 286 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: Anything except to love them. The only thing you really 287 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 2: owe people is to love them. 288 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 5: But if you think you have to keep everyone happy 289 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 5: and I got to keep this one cheered up, and 290 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 5: I got to call this one every day or they'll 291 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: get upset. I got to play up to my coworker 292 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 5: or they won't be my friend. You are carrying a 293 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 5: debt that you don't owe. Don't go through life trying 294 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: to please everyone. 295 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: If you try to keep. 296 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 5: Every person happy, the one person that won't be happy 297 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 5: is you come out from under that debt. Be nice, 298 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 5: go the extra mile, but don't be a people pleaser. 299 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 5: This was hard for me because I want people to 300 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 5: like me. I'll go out of my way do everything 301 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 5: I can, But some people, no matter what. 302 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 2: You do, it's not going to be enough. 303 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 5: It's very free when you realize you are not responsible 304 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 5: to keep other people happy. 305 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 2: You're responsible for your own happiness. 306 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 5: Now, I don't mean to live selfish and only think 307 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 5: about you, but don't take that false sense of responsibility 308 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 5: thinking that other people's happiness. 309 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 2: Depends on you. 310 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: There was this couple I knew years ago. I went 311 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 5: out of my way to be good to them. They 312 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 5: moved to another city and I helped them move. I 313 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 5: gave them money. I would call and check on them 314 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 5: if they needed anything. 315 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 2: I was always available. 316 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 5: But the feeling I got from them is I was 317 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 5: never doing enough. They were never satisfied. They always had 318 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 5: a complaint here. I was going overboard to be kind 319 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 5: and generous, but they were constantly finding fault, trying to 320 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 5: make me feel guilty. I was concerned that they would 321 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 5: get upset and they weren't going to be my friend. 322 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 5: One day I realized what I'm telling you. They were 323 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 5: only making withdraws, never any deposits. I was nice, but 324 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 5: I quit letting them control me. When I stopped, you 325 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 5: would have thought I'd taken their firstborn child. They tried 326 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 5: to make me I feel so guilty, so ashamed. But 327 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 5: my attitude was I love you, but I don't know you. 328 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 5: If someone is controlling you. 329 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: It's not their fault, it's yours. You have to put 330 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 2: your foot down, make a change. This is your hour. 331 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 5: You cannot reach your destiny dragging people along, trying to 332 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 5: keep everyone happy. Now I know people that spend more 333 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 5: time worried about what other people think about them. 334 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 2: Than they do pursuing their own dreams and goals. 335 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 5: And it's great to get free from addictions, free from depression, 336 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 5: but one of the greatest freedoms is to get free 337 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 5: from people. 338 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 2: Because everyone has an opinion. 339 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 5: These days, with social media, it's easier to express than ever. 340 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 5: People will tell you what to wear and how to 341 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 5: raise your kids, and what you're doing wrong and what 342 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 5: to drive. They're quick to tell you how to run 343 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 5: your life. Sometimes they can't even run their own life. 344 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 5: And it's good to take advice. It's good to listen 345 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 5: to wise counsel, but nobody can hear what you hear 346 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 5: on the inside. Other people may mean well, but they 347 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 5: don't know what God put in you. 348 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: They don't know the gifts, the dreams, the calling. 349 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 5: You have to have a boldness to follow what God's 350 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 5: put in your heart. You can't worry about what everybody 351 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 5: else thinks, Joe. 352 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 2: What if they get upset? What if they don't agree. 353 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 5: If someone gets offended because you're not taking their advice, 354 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 5: that's not your problem. If you live by the opinion 355 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 5: of others, you will never become who you were created 356 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 5: to be, because people will try to keep you in 357 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 5: their box in who they want you to be. There 358 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 5: was this grandfather. He and his small grandson were taking 359 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 5: a trip into town. He started off, letting the grandson 360 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 5: ride the donkey. Walking alongside. Someone passed by and said, 361 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 5: look at that selfish little boy making that old man walk. 362 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 2: He took the boy off and put him on the ground. 363 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: He got on the donkey. 364 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 5: The boy was walking alongside. Somebody passed by and said, 365 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 5: look at that man making that little boy walk while 366 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 5: he rides. He picked the boy up and put him 367 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 5: on the donkey with him. A few minutes someone passed 368 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 5: and said, how cruel of the two of you to 369 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 5: place that heavy load on the donkey. By that time 370 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 5: they got to town, the grandfather and grandson were carrying 371 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 5: the donkey. Everybody has a right to have their opinion, 372 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 5: and you have the right not to take it. No 373 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 5: matter what you do, someone is not going to understand. 374 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 5: Are you carrying the donkey? 375 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 2: Are you being pressured into doing what people want you 376 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 2: to do? 377 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 5: Not want to disappoint anything. It's time to put the 378 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 5: donkey down. The donkey look doesn't look good on you. 379 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 5: Start running your own race, Start following what God put 380 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 5: in your heart. 381 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 2: My father went to be with the Lord twenty one 382 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 2: years ago. This week. 383 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 5: When I stepped up to pastor the church, I had 384 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,239 Speaker 5: a lot of people giving me advice, telling me how 385 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 5: to run the church, how to minister, which direction we 386 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 5: should go. One minister that we've known a long time 387 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 5: and very prominent, he called me and told me. 388 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 2: What I should do. He's a good man. I respect him, 389 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 2: but nothing he said bore witness. On the inside. 390 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 5: I felt pressured to be who he wanted me to be, 391 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 5: and pressured to be who someone else wanted. 392 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: Me to be. 393 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 5: All these good opinions from good people, but deep down 394 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 5: I knew which direction I was supposed to go. I 395 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 5: didn't know if it was going to work out, but 396 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: I wasn't going to be squeezed into somebody else's mold. 397 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: Now. 398 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 5: I told that Minister Is that's not what I fell 399 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 5: on the inside, and he didn't agree. He thought I 400 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 5: was making a mistake. But I knew when I came 401 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 5: to the end, he wouldn't be on the throne. I 402 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 5: wouldn't have to answer to him. I followed what God 403 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 5: put in my heart, and God has taken me further 404 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 5: than I've ever dreamed. Don't let people squeeze you into 405 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 5: their mild God is doing a new thing. 406 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: He is going to take you further than your parents, 407 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 2: further than those that have gone before you. 408 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 5: Listen to their advice, but be strong to follow that still. 409 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 2: Small voice on the inside. 410 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 5: Nobody can hear God's direction for your life like you. 411 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: God won't give someone else more insight into your destiny 412 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 5: than he does you. Sure some people may see things, 413 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 5: but God speaks directly to your spirit. Some people won't 414 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 5: understand you. They'll get upset when. 415 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 2: You break out of the box. Someone told me, Joel, 416 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 2: I like the old days. You've forgotten where we've come from. 417 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 2: I thought, I haven't forgotten. I just didn't want to 418 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 2: stay there. 419 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 5: God is a progressive God. Don't get stuck in the past. 420 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 5: Don't get stuck in tradition. What are they going to think? 421 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 5: What if they don't accept me? What if they don't 422 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 5: approve me? You don't need their approval. The most time, 423 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 5: God has approved you. The creator of the universe has 424 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 5: already accepted you. 425 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 2: Now you have to set your face. This is your hour. 426 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 5: There is greatness in you. God is calling you out 427 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 5: of the ordinary, out of what you're used to. He 428 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 5: has things in your future that are going to break barriers. 429 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 5: You're going to go where no one in your family 430 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 5: has gone. It's going to be unusual, out of the ordinary. Sure, 431 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 5: there will be people that find fault, try to discredit, 432 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 5: think that you're miss That's okay. Nobody has ever done 433 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 5: anything great without opposition, without critics, without people thinking they 434 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 5: were missing it. 435 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 2: Keep your face set. 436 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 5: My father had always said that he would never move 437 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 5: Lakewood from the original location. When I became pastor, I 438 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 5: wasn't about to move it either. I was new and young, 439 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 5: and I wasn't going to rock the boat. We needed 440 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: a bigger place to meet, and we looked for land 441 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 5: in that area, but nothing worked out. Then the Compact Center, 442 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 5: this place became available. It's about twenty minutes from the 443 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 5: original location. I knew it was supposed to be ours. 444 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 5: I felt it so strongly in my spirit, but I 445 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: didn't know what other people would think. They had heard 446 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 5: my father say for many years that he would never 447 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 5: move the location. Thoughts whispered, Joe, this is not right. 448 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 5: They're not going to understand. You better stay in your box. 449 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 5: I felt something so so strongly in my spirit, but 450 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 5: my mind was telling me just the opposite. One day 451 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 5: I heard something down in hearsay. Your father said he 452 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 5: would never move it, but I never said you wouldn't 453 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 5: move it. 454 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 2: That's all I needed to hear. 455 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 5: I announced that we were going to pursue the Compact Center. 456 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 2: Ninety nine point ninety nine. 457 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 5: Percent of the people were for it. But there will 458 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 5: always be that one jerk. I mean that one person. 459 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 5: This man came up all being out of shape. 460 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 2: Joe, your dad said he wouldn't move it. This is 461 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 2: a mistake. If you move it, I'm not going to come. 462 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 2: I wanted to say, you promise. 463 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 5: Some people will not accept the new thing God puts 464 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 5: in your heart. 465 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 2: They're stuck in what was while God is telling you. 466 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 4: What he is. 467 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 5: It's much bigger, it's new levels, it's greater influence. It's uncommon, 468 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 5: fav it's something that you've never seen. Don't let the 469 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 5: fear of what people are going to think keep you 470 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 5: in your box. This is one reason King Saul lost 471 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 5: the throne. God told him to do certain things. He 472 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 5: did them partially. When Samuel confronted him, Saul admitted, I 473 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 5: disobeyed the Lord's instructions because I was afraid of the people, 474 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 5: so I did what they asked. God had greatness in Saul. 475 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 5: He was going to take him amazing places. But Saul 476 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 5: didn't want to disappoint the people. 477 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 2: He didn't want to rock the boat. 478 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 5: You can't be a people pleaser and reach your potential 479 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 5: because people will try to squeeze you into who they 480 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 5: want you to be. 481 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 2: You may have to disappoint a few people in order 482 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 2: to reach your destiny. 483 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 5: Genesis twelve, God told Abraham to leave his country, his relatives, 484 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 5: and his father's house and go. 485 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 2: To the land of Canaan. 486 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 5: Abraham gathered up his belongings, God, his flocks and herds, 487 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 5: and he left. But he took his nephew Lot with him. 488 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 5: God just told him to leave his relatives. 489 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe he thought Lot will get his 490 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 2: feelings hurt. He may be offended. He knew the right 491 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 2: thing to do, but he was afraid someone wouldn't understand. 492 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 5: When they arrived, the land wouldn't sustain both he and Lot, 493 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 5: all their flocks and herds. Their shepherds started arguing. There 494 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 5: was strife and division, all because Lot wasn't supposed to 495 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 5: be there in the first place. Finally, Lot moved to 496 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 5: a different part of the country. The scripture says, after 497 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 5: Lot left, God said to Abraham, look around all the 498 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 5: lands you see, I will give it to you. It's 499 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 5: interesting that God didn't speak until after Lot left, when 500 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 5: Abraham finally did what he knew he was supposed to 501 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 5: do when moved away. That's when Abraham stepped into the fullness. 502 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 2: Of the blessing. 503 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 5: Do you have some lots in your life? Are you 504 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 5: letting the fear of what people think keep you from 505 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 5: hearing the new thing God has for you? What if 506 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 5: we move the church? What if they get upset? What 507 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 5: if people don't understand? Why don't you get rid of 508 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 5: the lots? Quit being afraid of the people. Quit letting 509 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 5: them squeeze you into their mold. Don't get stuck in tradition. 510 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 5: God has blessings you've never seen, increase that you've never imagined. 511 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to get rid of any distractions. No 512 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 5: more living to please people, no more worried about what 513 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 5: others think. No more fighting battles that don't matter. This 514 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 5: is your hour, this is your time. Make up your mind. 515 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 5: You're going to set your face. You're going to become 516 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 5: who God created you to be. If you'll do this, 517 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, like with Abraham, You're about to 518 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 5: see unprecedented favor. New doors are about to open, divine connections, breakthroughs, 519 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny. 520 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you 521 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 2: say him in Today? 522 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 523 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 5: the Lord of your life. 524 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, I'll 525 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. 526 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 5: Come into my heart. 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