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See terms and conditions at 34 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 3: UNEs dot co. 35 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 36 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 5: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 37 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 5: the ministry. 38 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 6: If you enjoyed today's messing, why don't you be a 39 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 6: blessing and share it with a friend. 40 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 5: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 41 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 5: your line. Will God bless you always a joy to 42 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 5: come into your homes. We love you and we know 43 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: God has great things in store for you. God rewards 44 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 5: the people that seek after Him. I know that you 45 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 5: you wouldn't be watching or you wouldn't be here today, 46 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 5: So bless you today. If you're ever in our area, 47 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 5: come out and see us. I promise you'll we'll make 48 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 5: you feel right at home. But thanks for tuning in. 49 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 5: I like to get started each week with something kind 50 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 5: of funny. And you know these are not doctrinally correct, 51 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 5: They're just to make us laugh. But I heard about 52 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 5: this husband and wife. They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together. 53 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 5: Suddenly an angel appeared and said God was going to 54 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 5: grant them each one special request. They were so excited. 55 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: The wife said, my request is that we'd be able 56 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 5: to travel all over the world, and poof, when the 57 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 5: smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. 58 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 4: The husband hung his head in shame. 59 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 5: He said, my request is that I'd be married to 60 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 5: a woman thirty years younger than me, and poof, when 61 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 5: the smoke cleared, he was ninety years old. All right, 62 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 5: hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. 63 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says. 64 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:56,399 Speaker 4: I am. 65 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 66 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 5: what it's so as I can do today, I will 67 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 5: be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My 68 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 5: mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never 69 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 5: be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 70 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 5: want to talk to you today about how you are 71 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 5: an extraordinary person. We all face challenges and we all 72 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 5: have obstacles to overcome. But if we can keep the 73 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 5: right perspective, it'll help us to stay in faith. And 74 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 5: one thing I've learned is average people have average problems. 75 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 5: Ordinary people have ordinary challenges. 76 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: But here's the key. 77 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: You're not average, You're not ordinary, you are extraordinary. 78 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 4: God breeds his life into you. 79 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 5: This means you can't expect average problems. You can't expect 80 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 5: ordinary challenges. You are exceptional and exceptional people face exceptional difficulties. 81 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 5: But the good news is we serve an exceptional God. 82 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 5: And when God allows a problem in your life, he 83 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 5: doesn't match it to the size you think you are. 84 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: He matches it to the size of your destiny. God 85 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 5: knows what you're capable of. He sees your potential. When 86 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: you have an incredible problem, instead of being discouraged, you 87 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 5: should be encouraged knowing that you're an incredible person and 88 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 5: you have an incredible future. Well, you say, Joel, why 89 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 5: are these people talking about me at work? Why are 90 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 5: they trying to make me look bad? Listen, they don't 91 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 5: talk about average people. They don't talk about ordinary people. 92 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 5: They talk about exceptional people. That's why they're talking about you. 93 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 5: It's no big deal. Just shake it off and move forward. 94 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 4: It comes with the territory. 95 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,359 Speaker 5: I had a reporter say to me last week, Joel, 96 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 5: I've done all my research on you. I've got to 97 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 5: tell you you have an extraordinary amount of critics. I 98 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 5: smiled and said, it's because I'm an extraordinary person. Well, 99 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 5: every time I try to go forward, Joel, every time 100 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 5: I try to pursue my dreams, I have major challenges. 101 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: It's because you're a major person with a major future. 102 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 5: The enemy would leave you alone if you weren't a threat. 103 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 5: He wouldn't bother you if you weren't headed for great things. 104 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 5: You need to dig your heels in and say, I'm 105 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 5: not gonna be discouraged by these problems. It may be big, 106 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 5: but it's not too big for me. I'm not gonna 107 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 5: go around complaining because somebody's talking about me. I'm not 108 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 5: gonna get upset because I'm struggling a little in my finances. 109 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 5: I'm staying in faith knowing that the enemy wouldn't fight 110 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 5: me this hard if he didn't know God had something 111 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 5: great in store, and understand The size of your problem 112 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: is an indication of the size of your future. If 113 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 5: you have a big challenge, that means you have a 114 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 5: big future. Don't go around complaining, why did this happen 115 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 5: to me? Why did my plant close down? Why did 116 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 5: my loved one die? Why do I have this sickness? No, 117 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 5: that obstacle is not there to defeat you. It's there 118 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 5: to promote you. If you'll stay in faith right past 119 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 5: that difficulty, you'll see a new level of God's favor. 120 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 4: This is what happened to David. 121 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 5: He would still be known as a shepherd boy if 122 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 5: it were not for Goliath. He faced an extraordinary problem. 123 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 5: Goliath was three times his size. He was a skilled warrior. 124 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 5: He was the leader of that army. Here, David was 125 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 5: a teenager. He didn't have any formal training. He had 126 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: no equipment, no armor. In the natural, David didn't have 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 5: a chance. What was God doing? That didn't seem to 128 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 5: make any sense. But God wouldn't have presented David with 129 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 5: that extraordinary challenge unless he already knew that David was 130 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 5: an extraordinary person. No doubt David felt average. I'm sure 131 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 5: he felt ordinary just taking care of his father's sheep, 132 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 5: nothing special about him. But when David heard Goliath taunting 133 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 5: the people of Israel, something rose up on the inside 134 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 5: that said, David. 135 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: This is your time, this is your destiny. 136 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 5: I believe at that moment a seed of faith took 137 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 5: root in his heart and he began to realize he 138 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 5: was not average, he was not ordinary. He could feel 139 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 5: those seeds of greatness. His mind told him, David, you're crazy. 140 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 5: You're never going to defeat this man. You're going to 141 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 5: get out there and look like a fool. But in 142 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 5: his heart he could hear the voice of faith saying, 143 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 5: greater is he that's in me than. 144 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 4: He that's coming against me. 145 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 5: I am well able to fulfill my destiny. I may 146 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 5: not see away, but I know my God can make 147 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 5: a way. He went out and defeated the giant. Do 148 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 5: you realize what made David king, what promoted him? It 149 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 5: was Goliath, The extraordinary problem brought out the extraordinary person. 150 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 4: Some of you. 151 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 5: Today you're facing situations that seem impossible. 152 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 4: You don't see how it could work out. 153 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 5: But I believe, even right now, a seed of faith 154 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 5: is rising in your heart. Something on the inside is saying, 155 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: I am bigger than this problem I was created to overcome. 156 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 5: I was destined to live in victory. Now you've got 157 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 5: to do like David and let that seed take root. 158 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 5: Believe that you can overcome every obstacle. Believe that you're 159 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 5: a person of destiny. Stir up the fire that God's 160 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 5: put on the inside. You can't sit back and be 161 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 5: passive and kind of complain, talk about how bad it is, 162 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 5: how you'll never rise any higher. Now that obstacle may 163 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 5: look like a Goliath, it may look impossible, but God 164 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 5: wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't already know you 165 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 5: could overcome it. 166 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 4: Quit looking at your. 167 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 5: Difficulties as obs that are going to hold you back, 168 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 5: and start looking at them as opportunities that are going 169 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 5: to push you forward. Understand, incredible people will face incredible challenges, 170 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 5: but the good news is you're going to see incredible victories. 171 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 5: Outstanding people will have outstanding problems, but let me declare it, 172 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 5: You're going to see outstanding promotion. Extraordinary people will have 173 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 5: extraordinary critics, but you're going to have extraordinary vindication. I've 174 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 5: learned this. God doesn't allow big challenges to face small people. 175 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 5: You may be facing something big today seems like it's 176 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 5: over your head. You could easily be overwhelmed, but that 177 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 5: is a sure sign you're. 178 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 4: A big person with a big destiny. 179 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 5: You may feel small, you may not see how it's 180 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 5: going to work out, but you've got to remember who 181 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 5: you are, a child of the most high God. 182 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 4: You have been. 183 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 5: Created in his image. You're wearing your crown of favor. 184 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 5: You've got royal blood flowing through your veins. When times 185 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 5: get tough and you don't see a way out, don't 186 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 5: go around complain and all this is never gonna change. 187 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: No, dig your heels in. Have the attitude. I've come 188 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 4: too far to stop now. 189 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 5: This may be extraordinary, but I know I'm an extraordinary 190 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 5: person serving an extraordinary God. And every morning you need 191 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 5: to remind yourself. You are equipped, you are empowered, you 192 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 5: are anointed. You are strong, you are talented, you are creative. 193 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 5: You have been armed with strength for every battle. There 194 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 5: is no challenge that's too difficult for you. No sickness 195 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 5: can hold you back, no person can steal your destiny. 196 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: No legal trouble is going to defeat you. 197 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 5: Your enemies may be powerful, but our God is all powerful. 198 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 5: And one thing I love about God is he will 199 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 5: never give you a Goliath without giving you goliath size favor. 200 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 4: All David had was a slingshot and a few stones. 201 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 5: It didn't look like much, but a little with God's 202 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 5: favor is all you need. All God has to do 203 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 5: is breathe in your direction and things will begin to change. 204 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 5: I remember when we were trying to acquire this place, 205 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 5: the former Compact Center, our new facility. It was like 206 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 5: David versus Goliath. Our opponents, another group that wanted this property. 207 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 5: They were the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge corporation, 208 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 5: very influential, very strong in the natural. 209 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 4: We didn't have a chance. 210 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 5: And at first I thought, God, why couldn't we be 211 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 5: facing somebody more our size, somebody more reasonable, maybe a 212 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 5: smaller company, another nonprofit. But God, not this huge corporation. 213 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 5: But over time I learned this principle. God doesn't match 214 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 5: you to the size you think you are. He matches 215 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 5: you to the size of your destiny. God will not 216 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 5: give you a Goliath. He will not allow a major 217 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 5: challenge and then just give you a little favor, a 218 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 5: little strength, a little wisdom. No, God equips you with 219 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 5: exactly what you need to overcome every obstacle. You have 220 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 5: been empowered to accomplish every dream that God's put in 221 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 5: your heart. We begin to realize the reason we have 222 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 5: a huge obstacle is because we have a huge future. 223 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 5: We made up our mind we were not going to 224 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 5: back down. We weren't going to go around negative complaining, 225 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 5: talking like it wasn't gonna happen. Our attitude was, if 226 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 5: God be for us, who dare be against us? This 227 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 5: may be a big challenge, But we know we're big 228 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 5: people serving a big God. We stayed in faith, and 229 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 5: three years later we saw God show up and make 230 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 5: a way where it looked like there was no way. 231 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 5: God wants to do the same thing for every one 232 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 5: of you. But you've got to know who you are. 233 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 5: When times get tough, you cannot back down and get discouraged. 234 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 5: You've got to know that you know you are equipped, 235 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 5: you are empowered, you are well able to overcome. When 236 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 5: I was growing up, we had a dog by the 237 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 5: name of Scooter, and Scooter was a great, big German shepherd. 238 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 4: He was the king of the neighborhood. 239 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: He was strong and fast and always running here and 240 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 5: there chasing after squirrels. Nobody would mess with Scooter. Well, 241 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 5: one day, my dad was out taking a bike riding. 242 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 5: Scooter was following along beside him. My father told how 243 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 5: he looked over there and was so proud a scooter. 244 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 5: Scooter looked like he could fight a tiger. You could 245 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 5: see his muscles rippling out. But about that time, a 246 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 5: tiny little chihwahwua came bursting out of one of the homes, 247 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 5: about thirty or forty yards in front of them, racing 248 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 5: towards Scooter ninety miles per hour, barking at the top 249 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 5: of his lungs. My dad thought, poor little dog, you 250 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 5: are messing with the wrong dog. Scooter can put one 251 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 5: paw on you and crush you. That little dog just 252 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 5: come in full force, barking as loud as he could, 253 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 5: and my dad was just waiting for Scooter to. 254 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 4: Back him down. 255 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 5: But much to his surprise, the closer that little dog got, 256 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 5: the more Scooter began to hang his head. When that 257 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: little Chihuahua finally got all the way up to Scooter, 258 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 5: you know what Scooter did. 259 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 4: He laid down, rolled over, and put all four legs 260 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 4: up in the air. Daddy said, I wanted to kick that. 261 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 5: Dog all the way home, but I've learned the size 262 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 5: of the problem is. 263 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 4: Not what matters. It's the size of the person. 264 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 5: Scooter was not near as big on the inside as 265 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 5: he was on the outside. But really that's nothing compared 266 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 5: to what we do as sons and daughters of the 267 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 5: Most High God. When we back down and allow every 268 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 5: disappointment and every adversity to stop us. Here we've got 269 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 5: the greatest power in the universe on the inside. God 270 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 5: has made us to be more than honkers. But too 271 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 5: often when times get difficult, we do like Scooter and 272 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 5: we don't remember who we are. We think, oh man, 273 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 5: this is too much. I'll never get out of this situation. No, 274 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. You 275 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 5: are well able to overcome. If you will recognize you're 276 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 5: an extraordinary person, you have an extraordinary future, then you 277 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 5: won't be surprised nor frustrated when you face some extraordinary challenges. 278 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 5: This is what Joseph did. He had a big dream. 279 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 5: But with this big dream came big problems. He suffered 280 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 5: incredible rejection. His own brother sold him into slavery, threw 281 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 5: him into a pit. It was incredibly unfair. He was 282 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 5: lied about and spent thirteen years in prison for something 283 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 5: that he didn't do, an incredible injustice. But Joseph understood 284 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 5: this principle. He knew he was an incredible person with 285 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 5: an incredible future, so he didn't get discouraged by incredible problems. 286 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 5: He just kept doing his best day in and day out. 287 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 5: He could have easily let his dream get pushed down. 288 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 5: It could have gotten buried under disappointment, buried under rejection, 289 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 5: buried under injustice. Most people would have gotten bitter and 290 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 5: lost their enthusiasm. 291 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 4: But not Joseph. 292 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 5: He just shook it off, knowing that he served an 293 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 5: incredible God. And sure enough, one day he saw incredible promotion. 294 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 5: He was put in charge of the whole country. He 295 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 5: saw incredible vindication. His own brothers came back and bowed 296 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 5: down low before him. 297 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 298 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 5: Without the incredible challenges, he wouldn't have seen the incredible promotion. 299 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 5: Some of you today don't think that you could really 300 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 5: fulfill your destiny. You've had too much come against you. 301 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 5: People didn't raise your right. Somebody walked out of a marriage. 302 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 5: You had an incredible disappointment. It was just so unfair. 303 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 5: But you need to do like David and have the attitude. 304 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 5: I've been through incredible problems. I've had incredible rejection, I've 305 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 5: had some incredible disappointments. But now I know it's my 306 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 5: time for incredible favor. I'm expecting incredible promotion. I'm expecting 307 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 5: incredible vindication. 308 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 4: Don't let your dreams get pushed down. 309 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 5: Determine in your heart you're going to become everything God's 310 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 5: created you to be. I see too many people they 311 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 5: get discouraged. Say Joel, why did this happen to me? 312 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 5: It was so unfair. But I want you to have 313 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 5: a new perspective. Those challenges were stepping stones to your destiny. 314 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 5: If you didn't have big problems, you wouldn't be a 315 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 5: big person. 316 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 4: Most of you. 317 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 5: I dare say, you can look back in your own 318 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 5: life and see how in the difficult times when you 319 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 5: didn't back down, but you pressed on and you overcame 320 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 5: that addiction, you overlooked that offense, You did the right 321 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 5: thing when the wrong thing was happening. When you got 322 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 5: past that, you saw a new level of God's favor. Now, 323 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 5: I know this may sound kind of odd, but if 324 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 5: all you have is little challenges, little problems, little opposition, 325 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 5: really that's not a good sign that means you're coasting. 326 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 5: You're not stretching, you're not growing. You need to stir 327 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 5: up what God's put on the inside. I mean, if 328 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 5: you can accomplish all your dreams in your own strength, 329 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 5: if you can win all your battles without God's help, 330 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 5: you need to get a bigger vision. You need to 331 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 5: look down on the inside and you will find a 332 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 5: god size dream. How do you know it's from God. 333 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 5: It'll be so big, it'll look so impossible. You can't 334 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 5: accomplish it on your own. You'll know you'll have to 335 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 5: have God's strength, God's wisdom, and God's favor to see 336 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 5: that dream come to pass. 337 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 4: The scripture says in. 338 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 5: Psalm one O seven twenty three, they that go down 339 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 5: to the sea and do business in deep waters, they 340 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 5: will see the wonders of God. Friends, you and I 341 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 5: were created to do business in deep waters. We're not 342 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 5: supposed to have little dreams, little plans. 343 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 4: Or just pray that I'll never face anything big. No, 344 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 4: if you have a. 345 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 5: Big dream, you're gonna have big challenges. Big people face 346 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 5: big problems. The good news is we don't have to 347 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 5: be worried. We serve a big God. It's all a 348 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 5: part of fulfilling our destiny. When you're out there in 349 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 5: the deep waters, you can't touch the ground. It can 350 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 5: get a little rocky at times. You don't see how 351 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 5: it's going to work out. It looks impossible, but on 352 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 5: the inside you know God can do the impossible. When 353 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 5: you're in the deep waters, you're not moved by your circumstances. 354 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 5: You know not only who you are, but who you are. 355 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 5: A sickness may come against you, a child's not doing right, 356 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 5: you're struggling in your finances. You don't get discouraged. You 357 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 5: don't start complaining. You've got a made up mind. You 358 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 5: know the reason you're having a big challenge is because you're. 359 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 4: A big person with the big destiny. You're not a lightweight. 360 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 5: When you're in those deep waters, you don't get discouraged 361 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 5: because somebody's talking about you. You just shake it off 362 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 5: and say, God bless them. I mean God bless them. 363 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 5: You don't give in because one door closes. You keep 364 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 5: going knowing that God's going to open up another door. 365 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 5: You don't go around feeling sorry for yourself because your 366 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 5: dreams are taking a long time. No, you know in 367 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 5: due season, God will bring them to pass. Jesus said 368 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 5: to his disciples, come out into the deep. And I 369 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 5: believe God is saying that to each one of us today. 370 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 5: Let go of little dreams, little ideas, little plans. 371 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 4: Dare to believe for something great. 372 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 5: Stir up those gifts, those dreams that God's put on 373 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 5: the inside. It's one thing I love about Joseph. He 374 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 5: never let go of his God size dream. Through all 375 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 5: the disappointment, through all the rejection, through all the injustice. 376 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 5: He could have easily scaled back his said God, I 377 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 5: thought you wanted me to do something great. I thought 378 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 5: I would lead a country. I thought people would bow 379 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 5: down before me. But I must be wrong God, Nothing 380 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 5: in my life has gone right. No, in spite of 381 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 5: his disappointments, in spite of his own family doing him wrong. 382 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 4: The scripture says, Joseph remembered his dream. This is so important. 383 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 4: Some of you need to. 384 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 5: Get alone and in your quiet time, search your heart 385 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 5: and remember the dream God put on the inside. May 386 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,719 Speaker 5: have been pushed down by adversity, buried under disappointment, buried 387 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 5: under failure, buried under rejection. But God is saying that 388 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 5: dream is still alive, and I still have a way 389 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 5: to bring it to pass. Just life with Joseph, God 390 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 5: is still in control. You may feel like you're in 391 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 5: the pit, you may feel like you're in the prison, 392 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 5: so to speak. But the good news is the palace 393 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 5: is on its way. If you'll get a new vision 394 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 5: for your life and stir up what's been pressed down, 395 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 5: then God's going to bring out of you buried treasure. 396 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 5: That is, those hidden desires that you haven't told anybody about, 397 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 5: those secret dreams that you had when you were younger, 398 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 5: before life threw you some curves. Those promises are still 399 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 5: alive and well. And the fact is everything you've gone 400 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 5: through in life is to prepare you for this time. 401 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 5: Nothing in your life has been wasted. Every mistake you. 402 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 4: Made, God had a purpose for it. 403 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 5: Every person that did you wrong, they didn't just take 404 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 5: something from you. God deposited something in you. Every disappointment, 405 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 5: every lonely night. It may have been difficult, but it 406 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 5: has prepared you and made you into who you are today. 407 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 5: Like Esther, this is your time. This is your moment 408 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 5: to step into a new level of God's favor. Like Joseph, 409 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 5: this is your time to go from the pit to 410 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 5: your place of promotion. 411 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 4: Like David, it's your time. 412 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 5: To go from keeping the sheep to keeping the nation, 413 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 5: to go from being in the background to being in 414 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 5: the foreground, to see those dreams come to pass. 415 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 4: Why don't you let these seeds take root. 416 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 5: I know some of you have had more than your 417 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 5: share of unfair things happen. You have plenty of reasons 418 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 5: to just settle where you are. But understand the depth 419 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 5: of your past is an indication of the height of 420 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,360 Speaker 5: your future. If you've been through a. 421 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 4: Lot of negative things, that just tells me. 422 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 5: Your future is bigger and brighter and greater than you 423 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 5: can even imagine. Let me ask you that are there 424 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 5: dreams and promises that you've let go of? Are there 425 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 5: things that God's put in your heart, but because of time, 426 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 5: because of disappointments, you've given up on No, Today is 427 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 5: the day to give your dreams a new beginning. Faith 428 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 5: is rising in your hearts. What's happened to you is 429 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 5: not nearly as important as what's happened in you. 430 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 4: God was getting you prepared. 431 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 5: It may have been difficult, but I know I'm not 432 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 5: looking at lightweights. I'm not looking at pushovers. Average people 433 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 5: may have gotten discouraged with your circumstances. 434 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 4: Average people may have given up. 435 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 5: By now, average people would have found some reason to 436 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 5: settle where they are. Average people wouldn't be sitting here today, 437 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 5: They wouldn't be watching. Let me tell you again, you're 438 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: not ordinary. You are extraordinary. You know God has you 439 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 5: in the palm of his hand. 440 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 4: You know right beyond. 441 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 5: That difficulty is a new level of God's favor. You 442 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 5: recognize that challenge is not there to stop you, It's 443 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 5: there to promote you. All you may have is a 444 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 5: slingshot in a few stones, but you know the favor 445 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 5: of God is upon it. You're out there in the 446 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 5: deep waters, honoring God, doing your best, being a blessing 447 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 5: to others, Just like Joseph, just like David. God promises 448 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: you're going to see his wonders in mighty ways. That 449 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 5: means you're going to see supernownatural doors begin to open. 450 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 5: You're gonna see promotion. You're gonna see vindication. You're gonna 451 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 5: discover talent that you didn't know you had. You're gonna 452 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 5: accomplish goals that you thought were impossible. You're gonna overcome 453 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 5: enemies that were more powerful than you. You're gonna rise 454 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 5: above that sickness. You're gonna break every addiction what was 455 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 5: meant for your harm, God's gonna use to your advantage. 456 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 4: When you're in. 457 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 5: Those deep waters, it may get a little rocky, but 458 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 5: know this, you're not gonna go under. God is fighting 459 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 5: your battles for you. And it's just a matter of 460 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 5: time before God shows up and shows out in a great, 461 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 5: great way. But here's something that we have to do 462 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 5: Ephesian chapter six. Put on the whole armor of God. 463 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 5: Every morning before you leave the house. You need to 464 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 5: make sure you have your armor on. You've got to 465 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 5: get prepared for what comes against you. When you have 466 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 5: on the armor of God, you are bad to the bone. 467 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 4: Nothing can defeat you. You've got but your helmet of salvation. 468 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: That means you're not only at peace with God, but 469 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 5: you've got your thoughts going in the right direction, positive, hopeful, 470 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 5: expecting God's favor. You're wearing your breastplate of righteousness. You 471 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 5: know God already has approved and accepted you. It doesn't 472 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 5: matter how people try to make you feel. You've got 473 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 5: your belt of truth. You don't live life stressed out. 474 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 5: You're wearing your shoes of peace. Even when it looks difficult, 475 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 5: No big deal. You got the shield of faith. You 476 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 5: know God's gonna make a way. And finally you've got 477 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 5: the sword of the Spirit. That's God's word coming out 478 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 5: of your mouth. You don't go around complaining all man, 479 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 5: my stock dropped in half last month, Joel, I'm depressed, 480 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 5: or my back's been hurting for six months, or the 481 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 5: hurricane really set me back. No, your attitude is I'm blessed, 482 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 5: I'm prosperous. I have the favor of God. I can 483 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 5: do all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. 484 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 5: My best days are still in front of me. 485 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 4: When you have your armor on, nothing can take you down. 486 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 4: You don't get. 487 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 5: Discouraged because somebody's talking about you. 488 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 4: You got your shoes of peace on. You shake it 489 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 4: off and keep going. 490 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 5: You don't get overwhelmed because you went through a disappointment. 491 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 5: You got to shield of faith. You know God is 492 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 5: still directing your steps. When you're wearing your armor, you're protected, 493 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 5: you're empowered, you're equipped no matter what comes against you. 494 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 5: No adversity, no disappointment, no challenge. All the forces of 495 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 5: darkness cannot stop you. They may do their best, but 496 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 5: their best will never be enough. When it's all said 497 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 5: and done, you will still be standing strong. Here's something 498 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 5: important about the armor. Did you notice there's nothing for 499 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 5: our backside. There's nothing to cover us from the rear. 500 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 5: You know why God never intended for us to be 501 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 5: running from our enemies. Don't run from your problems. Don't 502 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 5: run from Goliath. Oh but it's so big, Joel, No, 503 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 5: the size doesn't matter. What matters is who's back you up. 504 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 5: The creator of the universe is on your side. You 505 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 5: may have some big challenges, but you always remember it 506 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 5: is only because you're a big person with a big destiny. 507 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 5: When times get tough, don't do like Scooter. With all 508 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 5: that strength, all that power, all that ability to don't 509 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 5: back down and settle where you are, dig your heels in, 510 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 5: have the attitude. 511 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 4: I'm in it to win it. I may get. 512 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 5: Knocked down, but I can't get knocked out. I've got 513 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 5: comeback power. 514 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 4: Now. 515 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 5: I know not only who I am, I know whose 516 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 5: I am. A child of the Most High God. And 517 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 5: if God be for me, who dare be against me? Friends, 518 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to come out into the deep. Let 519 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 5: go of little dreams, little ideas, Shake off disappointment, shake 520 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 5: off failure, shake off offenses. 521 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 4: This is a new day. 522 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 5: You are an extraordinary person. And if you'll have this 523 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 5: extraordinary mentality, let me declare what's gonna happen. You're gonna 524 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 5: step into an extraordinary future. You're gonna see supernatural doors open. 525 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 5: You're gonna overcome every obot. You're going to defeat every 526 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 5: enemy and every dream, every desire God's put in your heart. 527 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 5: You're going to see it come to pass. 528 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 4: Amen. Do you receive it today? 529 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 5: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 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