1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. God bless you 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: great to have you with us today. We are praying 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I hope you'll stay connected 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: with us during the week. You could download our podcast 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: and listen to the messages anytime or go to our 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: YouTube channel. But thanks for tuning in today. I like 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: to start with something funny, and I heard about this 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: cat and mouse that died on the same day and 13 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 1: went to heaven. After a few weeks, Peter saw the 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: mouse and ask how he liked it. He said, Oh, 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: it's great, but it's so big. I wish I could 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: get a pair of roller skates. Peter said, no problem, 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: got him some skates. A few weeks later, Peter saw 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: the cat and ask him how he liked it. He said, Oh, 19 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: it's fantastic. And just when I thought it couldn't get 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: any better, I discovered the meals on wheels. Say it 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 22 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says 23 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 24 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 25 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 28 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,839 Speaker 1: special strength is coming. We all have times in life 29 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: that we feel tired. We've been doing our best, standing strong, 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: but it's been so long nothing has changed. Now we're fatigued. 31 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: We don't feel like we have the strength to raise 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: the children, the strength to fight the illness, the strength 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: to pursue our dreams. A woman I know has struggled 34 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: with depression for many years. She's always been so strong, 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: so determined, But I saw her recently and she was 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: very discouraged. She said, I don't have any fight left 37 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: in me. I can't do it anymore. Sometimes we see 38 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: that as a lack of faith. But God doesn't expect 39 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: you to be strong all the time. He understands there 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: will be times that we get weary. We don't feel 41 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: like we can go on. We prayed, we believed, but 42 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: nothing has changed. Now The weight of what we're facing 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: has left us exhausted. The good news is God doesn't 44 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: fault us for feeling weak. He doesn't say what's wrong 45 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: with you? You need to have more faith. The scripture says, 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: when you are weak, he is strong. When you feel overwhelmed, 47 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: like you can't go on, he comes in and gives 48 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: you special strength. Strength that you didn't get on your own, 49 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: strength to move forward when you should be stuck, strength 50 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: to overcome the addiction, strength to outlast the opposition. You 51 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: may feel weak today, fatigued, that is not your destiny. 52 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,399 Speaker 1: You are going to run and not be weary. You're 53 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: going to walk and not fame. There's going to be 54 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: a strength that's not natural, but supernatural. This is what 55 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: happened with Elijah. There had been a three and a 56 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: half year drought in Samaria. Without rain, the Israelites were 57 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: going to perish. There was no food, no way to 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: grow crops. Elijah went on top of Mount Carmel and 59 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: begin to pray for rain, but nothing happened. He prayed 60 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: again and again had his assistant go out and check 61 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: the weather look for clouds. Still nothing. Finally, on the 62 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: seventh time, they saw a small cloud start to form 63 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: in the sky, and Elijah told King Ahab that he 64 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: better get in his chariot and quickly leave because there 65 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: was about to be a huge downpour. The scripture says, 66 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: the Lord gave Elijah special strength, and he outran the 67 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: king's chariot to Jezreel. Jezreel wasn't just next door. It 68 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: was a twenty mile journey. A horse can run twice 69 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: as fast as an average man. A man can only 70 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: sustain that top speed for a short distance. On top 71 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: of this, I'm sure Elijah was tired, being in the famine, 72 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: not having the proper food. How could he outrun a chariot. 73 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: That's not possible. God gave him special strength. You may 74 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: look at what you're up against think I don't have 75 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 1: the strength, the stamina, the endurance, the fortitude. Maybe years 76 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: ago when I was at the top of my game, 77 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: but now I'm tired. No. Get ready. Special strength is 78 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: headed your way. When you have special strength, you're going 79 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: to outrun some chariots. You're going to overcome what looks impossible. 80 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: You're going to accomplish dreams that seem too far gone. 81 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: Jezrael was known as the city of chariots. It had 82 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: a vast fleet of these powerful vehicles. They could move 83 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: swiftly into battle. They gave the people of Jezrael an 84 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: incredible advantage enemies new to come against Jezreel. It's significant 85 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: that Elijah outran a chariot. These chariots represented power, speed, 86 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: the ability to dominate with force. I can imagine Elijah's 87 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: standing before King Ahab as A have sat in his big, impressive, 88 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: state of the art chariot, A have had his drivers 89 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: up front, his staff in the back. Elijah looked up 90 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: to King Ahab set in effect, you have this powerful army. 91 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: You command a vast fleet of chariots pulled by these fast, 92 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: strong horses. I don't have your equipment. I don't have 93 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: your horses. I don't even have a chariot. But I'm 94 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: not worried. I don't need what you have. I'm going 95 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: to outrun you. To Jezreel. I can hear Ahab laughing, saying, 96 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: what are you talking about, Elijah. These are the fastest 97 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: horses of our day. These are the most skilled driver. 98 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: This chariot just won the JD Powers Chariot of the Year. 99 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: You can't out run me. They took off. The scripture 100 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: says the whole way twenty miles. Elijah ran ahead of 101 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: the chariot. When Ahab got to Jezreel, I can see 102 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: Elijah with his feet up, drinking a glass of tea, saying, Ahab, 103 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: what took you so long? When God gives you special strength, 104 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: You're going to accomplish things you never dreamed you could accomplish. 105 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: You're going to overcome opposition that's more powerful, that has 106 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: more resources. You may not be up against the chariot, 107 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: but when you look at that cancer, it seems so 108 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: much bigger that addiction, the trouble at work, the slow 109 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: down in your business. You don't see how you're going 110 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: to make it. The difficulty is discouraging enough. But on 111 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: top of that, you're tired. You've been standing strong, but 112 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,559 Speaker 1: the famine, the lack of things changing, has worn you down. 113 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: There's no way you can outrun this chariot. In your 114 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: own strength. You can't. But right now God is breathing 115 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: special strength into you. Like Elijah, You're going to have 116 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: the endurance, the stamina, the fortitude to do what you 117 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: can't do on your own. You may think, how can 118 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: I raise these children? Take care of my elderly parents 119 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: at the same time. How can I make it through 120 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: this treatment? How can I overcome this anxiety? When you 121 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: are weak, he is strong. Now, get ready to outrun 122 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: some chariots. God has not brought you this far to 123 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: leave you, Isaiah said. God gives strength to the weary. 124 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: He increases the power of the weak. You may be 125 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: weary today. The good news strength is coming. Maybe you 126 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: feel weak. You're worn down by everything that's going on, 127 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: the pandemic, the unrest, the uncertainty. God is saying, I'm 128 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: about to increase your power. I'm about to make you stronger. 129 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: It's not something you have to muster up. You don't 130 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: have to make it happen. It's the hand of God, 131 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: God lifting you, empowering you, re energizing you, causing you 132 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: to outrun cheriots, giving you special strength that means strength 133 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: to outlast, strength to try again, strength to step up 134 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: to a new level. When I look back over my life, 135 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: I can see these times where God gave me special strength. 136 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: When my father went to be with the Lord that 137 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: should have overwhelmed me, caused me to lose my passion, 138 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: not be able to move forward. But I felt a 139 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: power rising up in me that I had never felt. 140 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: A strength, a courage, a determination, a stamina that wasn't 141 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: just me being strong. That was God giving me special strength. 142 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: God is not going to let you miss your destiny. 143 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 1: He's not going to let you stay overwhelmed. You may 144 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: feel that way at times, but that is not how 145 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: your story ends. You're going to feel a strength that 146 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: pushes you forward, a power to do what you could 147 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: couldn't do before. When we were trying to acquire the 148 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: Compact Center, it was a three year process. After we 149 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: won the city council vote, a company filed a lawsuit 150 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: to try to keep us from moving in. They were 151 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: the largest taxpayer in Texas, a huge real estate business. 152 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: It was David versus Goliath. And at first I was passionate. 153 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: I prayed, I believed I stood strong. But week after 154 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: week went by, month after month, nothing changed. One year, 155 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: two years, I started to get weary. Battle fatigue begin 156 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: to set in. Not that we aren't strong, we just 157 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: get tired of fighting. I thought, they're so much bigger 158 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: than us, they have many more resources. They can drag 159 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: this out for years. God understands that we can get tired. 160 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: He understands that life can wear us down. That's why 161 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: he said, I will give strength to the weary. I 162 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: will increase the power of the week. Don't beat yourself 163 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: up for feeling weary. Don't be down on yourself because 164 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: you're not strong all the time. You're human. God's not 165 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: faulting you. He's saying, when you're weak, I'm going to 166 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: step in. I'm going to make you strong. I'm going 167 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: to give you power to outrun the chariot. Well, Joel, 168 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: I've been weary a long time. I've been exhausted. I 169 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: don't see anything changing. Your time is coming. You wouldn't 170 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: be hearing this if special strength wasn't on the way. 171 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: God hasn't forgotten about you. He sees what you're going through. 172 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: He sees the lonely nights, the struggles, all those times 173 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: you've gone the extra mile. He's about to increase your strength. 174 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: The opposition may not change yet, but you're going to 175 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: have a new passion, a new fire to stand strong 176 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: and outlast what's trying to stop you. And at one 177 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: point when I didn't think I could go on, it 178 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: looked like the lawsuit would resolve. All of a sudden, 179 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: it was like God gave me a second wind. I 180 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: had a determination that I didn't have before. It wasn't 181 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: something I did. It was God giving strength to the weary. 182 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: It wasn't long after that that the company suddenly dropped 183 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: the lawsuit and the building was ours. Like Elijah, we 184 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: outran the chariot. We defeated something much bigger, much more powerful. 185 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: How did that happen? God gave us special strength. The 186 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: scripture says, some trust in chariots, some trust in horses, 187 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: but we trust in the name of the Lord, our God. 188 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: God is going to get you to where you're supposed 189 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: to be. The night before Jesus was to be crucified, 190 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: he went to the garden of Gasimone to pray. He 191 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: knew the pain and the suffering he would face. Even 192 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: though he's God, he was also human. He could feel 193 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: what we felt. He got tired. There were times he 194 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: was weary, fatigue, and felt lonely. In that garden, he 195 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: was so discouraged and so overcome with emotion that he 196 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: sweat drops of blood. He told the disciples, my soul 197 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: is overwhelmed with sorrow. Here. Jesus is the son of God. 198 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: Yet he felt overwhelmed like he couldn't go on. You 199 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: would think God would say, come on, you need to 200 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: be stronger, you need to toughen up. But God understands 201 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: life can be overwhelming. There are times we feel weary, tired, distressed. 202 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean we don't have enough. Faith doesn't mean that 203 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: we're not strong enough. When Jesus felt so overwhelmed, when 204 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: it looked like he wasn't going to fulfill his destiny, 205 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: the scripture says, God send an angel to strengthen him. 206 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: You may be tired today, tired of believing for your dreams, 207 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: tired of trying to make your marriage work, tired of 208 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: raising those children. God sees what you're going through. He 209 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: feels the weight of what you're carrying. He's not going 210 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: to leave you there. He has angels come in your 211 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: way to strengthen you, to encourage you to lift you. 212 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: Thoughts will try to convince you that you're not strong enough, 213 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: You need more faith. Look at you tired, discouraged, letting 214 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: that problem overcome. You don't believe those lies. Jesus, in 215 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: his human body, felt weak, He felt discouraged. He didn't 216 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: know if he could go on. God sees you being 217 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: your best raising the children fighting that addiction, facing that illness. 218 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: When you run out of strength, don't worry. Angels are coming. 219 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: Help is on the way. You're going to feel strength 220 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: that you didn't have, joy when you could be discouraged, 221 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: hope when you should be depressed. You're going to have 222 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: the power to endure, the favor, to overcome, the determination 223 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: to outlast. It's not because of your own efforts. It's 224 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: the angels ministering to you. Before Elijah outran the chariot, 225 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: he called down fire from heaven and defeated four hundred 226 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: of the false prophets that worshiped the god Bail. When 227 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: King Ahab's wife, Jezebel heard about it, she was furious. 228 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: She said word to Elijah, saying, if I don't kill 229 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: you by this time tomorrow, I will take my own life. 230 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: Elijah was so afraid he took off, running into the desert. 231 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: He ended up sitting under a tree, so exhausted, so 232 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: overwhelmed that he didn't want to live. He said, God, 233 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: I've had enough. I'm done. Take me home. Here. He 234 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: had just called down fire from heaven, he had just 235 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: outran a chariot. He had seen God's goodness and favor, 236 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: but he got tired. When we're tired, we can lose 237 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: our perspective. Problems getting magnified. The sickness looks bigger. We 238 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: think the trouble at work will never resolve. We feel overwhelmed. 239 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: We can't go on. But the beauty of our God 240 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: is he understands what we're going through. He knows life 241 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: can be overwhelming. He knows it's difficult to get out 242 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,239 Speaker 1: of the garden of Gasimine on your own. And Elijah 243 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: was under this tree in the desert, depressed, not wanting 244 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: to live. This could be the end of his story. 245 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: But what happened. An angel showed up, just like in 246 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: the garden, while Elijah was sleeping. This angel cooked in food. 247 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: He woke Elijah up and told him to eat. Elijah 248 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: looked up and saw freshly baked bread. He thought he 249 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: was dreaming. He ate and went back to sleep. The 250 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: scripture says the angel woke him up a second time 251 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: and said eat some more. Elijah ate the food. Now 252 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: he had the strength to make a forty day journey. 253 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: His whole attitude changed. He got his fireback, he got 254 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: his passion back. He realized God was still on the 255 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: throne that he would bigger than what he was facing. 256 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: Elijah went on to fulfill his destiny. What I want 257 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: you to see is when you are weak, God is 258 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: going to strengthen you. When you can't go on, Angels 259 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: are going to show up and make things happen that 260 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: you couldn't make happen. I love how the Angel didn't 261 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: just help Elijah find food. He didn't just lead him 262 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: to an animal where he could hunt, lead him to water. 263 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: The angel not only brought the food to Elijah, but 264 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: he cooked the food. God is not going to just 265 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: help you get stronger, but he's going to cook some 266 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: food for you. He's going to bring blessings, increase favor, 267 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: healing that he's already prepared. It's going to be easier 268 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: than you thought, and it's going to happen quicker than 269 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: you think. Martin Luther King Junior told how in the 270 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: height of the Civil rights movement, when so much was 271 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: coming against him, he felt overwhelmed. He didn't know if 272 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: he could go on to make matters worse. Evening, in 273 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: the middle of the night, the phone rang. When he answered, 274 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: there was an angry voice telling him how he wasn't 275 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: wanted in that town. How he was going to be 276 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: harmed if he didn't leave. King was so distressed that 277 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: he couldn't go back to sleep. He began to pace 278 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: the floor. Exhausted, he tried to think of a way 279 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: he could quietly bow out of leading the movement without 280 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: appearing to be a coward. Feeling overwhelmed, all of his 281 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: courage gone, he said, God, I'm here taking a stand 282 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: for what I believe is right. But I'm afraid I'm 283 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: at the end of my ability. I have nothing left 284 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: to give. I cannot continue on. Martin Luther King said, 285 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: at that moment, he felt the hand of God, a 286 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: divine presence, something that he had never felt before, strengthening him, 287 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: encouraging him, breathing new life into his spirit. What was 288 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: that a ministering angel. God is not going to let 289 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: you give up. He's not going to let you get 290 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: so discouraged that you can't become who you were created 291 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 1: to be. You may feel that way at time. The 292 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: task looks too big, the opposition too strong, the dream 293 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: is taken too long. You don't have the strength. Don't worry. 294 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: Angels are on the way. You're about to feel a 295 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: strength that you've never felt, power that you've never had. 296 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: God is about to lift you. He's breathing victory into 297 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: your spirit, encouragement, hope, not just strength, but special strength, 298 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: strength that causes you to outrun a chariot, strength to 299 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: overcome the sickness, strength to outlast what's trying to stop you. 300 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 1: Strength to accomplish what God put in your heart. When 301 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: Jesus was about to be crucified, the custom in that 302 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: day was the person had to carry their own cross. 303 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: Jesus was so exhausted, he had not slept the night before, 304 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: He'd gone through much self and pain. He did his best. 305 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: He was as strong as he could, but he fell 306 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: down under the weight of the cross. God could have 307 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: given him the strength to carry it the whole way. 308 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: He could have given him a second wind to finish 309 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: the journey and not look weak and not fall down. 310 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: But God was sending this message. You don't have to 311 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: be strong all the time. It's okay to feel overwhelmed. 312 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: It's okay to say, like Martin Luther, king God, I 313 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: don't think I can do this. Sometimes the weight of 314 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: what we're carrying gets heavy. We think this child is 315 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: too hard to raise. I can't stay in this marriage. 316 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: I can't deal with this sickness. I'm lonely, I'm hurting. 317 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: Voices will try to condemn us. You don't have enough faith. 318 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: You need to be stronger. God's not going to help you. 319 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: You're too weak. Don't believe those lies. Even Jesus couldn't 320 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: carry the weight of his own cross. What's interesting is 321 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: when he fell down, God didn't leave him there. He 322 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: sent a man by the name of Simon to come 323 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: across his path and carry the cross for Jesus. When 324 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: you're down, when you're discouraged, God is not going to 325 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: leave you there. He'll always have someone to help lift 326 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 1: you back up, someone to encourage you, someone to help 327 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: you carry the load that you can't carry. If it's 328 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: not an angel, God will send a person. There will 329 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: be a Simon there for you. One time Moses was 330 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: up on a hill. Joshua and the Israelites were in 331 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: the valley below fighting the Amalekites. Moses held his rod 332 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: up in the air. As long as his rod was up, 333 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: the Israelites were winning. When he put it down, the 334 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: Amalekites would prevail. The battle kept going longer and longer. 335 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: The problem was Moses got tired. He couldn't hold his 336 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: hands up that long. God didn't say, Moses, you should 337 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,439 Speaker 1: be stronger, You should have more endurance, more stamina. God 338 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: sent two men, Erin and Her. They stood on each 339 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: side of Moses and held his hands up for him. 340 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: God has the right people that will be there to 341 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: help hold up your hands. God knows we're going to 342 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: get tired. He knows there will be times that we 343 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: don't have the strength on our own to do what 344 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: we need to do. He doesn't fault us, He doesn't 345 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: cancel our destiny. He sends the right people and Erin 346 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: and Her to lift our hands. A few years after 347 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: I became pastor, everything was growing. We were seeing great 348 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: favor God's blessing. But at the same time, there were 349 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: people that didn't understand us, and at one point it 350 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: seemed like things were coming against us from the left 351 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: and the right. I had never had any opposition. I thought, 352 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: all we're doing is giving people hope and letting them 353 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: know that God is good. Didn't make sense to me 354 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: why people would be against that. I was concerned about 355 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: how it was going to work out, and thoughts told 356 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: me that we weren't going to last and these other 357 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: voices were too strong. I was tempted to live, worried, discouraged, afraid. 358 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: One afternoon, I was walking through the lobby of the church, 359 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: about to get on the elevator when the door's opened. 360 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: An older lady stepped out that I've known all my life. 361 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: She used to take care of me in the nursery. 362 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: I hadn't seen her in years, but I always knew 363 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: that she prayed for me. Every time I would see 364 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: her growing up, she would smile and say, Joel, you 365 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: know I'm praying for you. I thought, yes, I know, 366 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: You've told me four hundred times. I gave her a 367 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: big hug. She said, Joel, I can't believe I ran 368 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: into you. I was going to send you a note. 369 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: When I was praying for you this morning, I heard 370 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: God saying, whatever you're worried about is going to be fine. 371 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,239 Speaker 1: The people, the opposition is not going to last. She 372 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: said that it was like a weight was lifted off 373 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: of me. I walked away from there, strong, confident, re energized. 374 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: Two minutes earlier and I would have missed her two 375 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: minutes later, she'd have been gone. God knows how to 376 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: bring the Simons across your path, people that will encourage 377 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: you and help lift you back up. Before Jesus was crucified, 378 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: he went up a high mountain with Peter, James and John. Jesus' 379 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: appearance changed. His face shined like the sun, his clothing 380 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: became dazzling white. It's known as the Mount of Transfiguration. Suddenly, 381 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: Moses and Elijah appeared and started talking with Jesus. It's 382 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: interesting that those two were chosen. There were other great 383 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: heroes of faith, Abraham, David, Joseph. Jesus was about to 384 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: face all this hardship and suffering, go through things that 385 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 1: were very difficult, things that could be overwhelming and exting. 386 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: Maybe Elijah was there because, even though he had performed 387 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: great miracles, even though he'd called down fire from heaven, 388 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,360 Speaker 1: raised a little boy from the dead, at one point 389 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: he was too exhausted to carry on, too weary to 390 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: move forward. Then God sent angels to strengthen him. I 391 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: don't know what the conversation was, but maybe Elijah encouraged 392 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: Jesus that God would give him special strength to make 393 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: it through, that angels would be there to minister to him. 394 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: Maybe Moses reminded Jesus how when he was too tired 395 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: to hold up his hands, when he was fatigued and 396 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: couldn't do it any longer, God sent people to hold 397 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: his hands up for him, to lift him when he fell, 398 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: to help him carry the weight of the cross. Maybe 399 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: God has you hearing this to remind you when you 400 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: face these times where you feel fatigued, overwhelmed, like you 401 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: don't have the strength to go on. That's okay. Jesus 402 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: felt overwhelmed. Moses, Elijah, they didn't think they could go on. 403 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 1: God is going to have angels to strengthen you. The 404 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: right people are going to show up. God is not 405 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: going to let you miss your destiny. He gives strength 406 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: to the weary, not condemnation. Not why aren't you stronger? 407 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: Take the pressure off. Even Jesus fell down under the 408 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: weight of the cross. Sometimes your cross is too heavy 409 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: to carry by yourself. Like Jesus, you may fall down, 410 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: but God will always have a simon there, someone to 411 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: help you carry it. Perhaps today you don't feel like 412 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: you have the strength to move forward, the strength to 413 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: fight the illness, the strength to raise your children. Remember 414 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: when you are weak, He is strong. Now I believe 415 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: right now, God is breathing special strength into you. That 416 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: burden that's weighed you down is being lifted. This is 417 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: a turning. God is re energizing you with fresh passion, 418 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: fresh vision. You will run and not be weary. You 419 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: will walk and not faint. Like Elijah, You're about to 420 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: outrun some chariots. You're going to think, where did I 421 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: get this energy, this power, this ability. It's God giving 422 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 1: you special strength. I believe and declare you are strong, 423 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: you are victorious, you are well able. You're going to 424 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: accomplish dreams bigger than you imagine, overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable, 425 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: and reach the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name, 426 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 427 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 428 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 429 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 430 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 431 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 1: born again. I hope you'll get into a good Bible 432 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: based church and keep God first place. It's easy to 433 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: feel stuck in life, wondering why things aren't changing, and 434 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: worrying if it'll ever happen, but there's a better way 435 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: to wait. I'd love to send you my new resource 436 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: called Pray It Forward. This book is a collection of 437 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: prayers and promises from the Scripture to help you pray 438 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: boldly to strengthen your faith while you're waiting. It's important 439 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: to keep your mind filled with hope and expectancy when 440 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: you pray in faith, believe in what God promised. That's 441 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: what moves the hands of God, and that's when you'll 442 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: see doors open, healing begins to come, breakthroughs in your family. 443 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: Don't let doubt hold you back. Pray it Forward. 444 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 445 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: of any amount, We'd love to send you a copy 446 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 2: of Pray It Forward. 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