1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend. We 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God to very best in 6 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 2: your life. 7 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: God bless you. 8 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope 9 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our 10 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 2: daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media, and you can 11 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 2: come visit us in person. 12 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: We'd love to have you be a part of one 13 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: of our services. But I'd like to start with something funny, 14 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: and I heard about this man. 15 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family when 16 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: his mother in law suddenly died. He went to make 17 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: arrangements to get the body back home, and the consulate 18 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: said it would cost five thousand dollars to have the 19 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 2: body shipped, but he could have her buried right there 20 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: in Jerusalem. 21 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: For just one hundred and fifty dollars. The man thought 22 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: about at a moment, he said, nah, I'd like to 23 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: have her shipped. 24 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: The consulate said, wow, you must have really loved your 25 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: mother in law. He said, no, it's not so much 26 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 2: that I just remember a case here years ago when 27 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 2: they buried someone and on the third day they arose. 28 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: And I can't take that chance. Now I have an 29 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: amazing mother in law. 30 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: Y'all, I gotta tell you that it's her daughter I've 31 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: got a problem with. 32 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: But all right, here we go, y'all. 33 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 2: Are you ready? This is my Bible. I am what 34 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 35 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 36 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 37 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 38 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 39 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about power for 40 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: your purpose. We all face situations that seem too big 41 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: for us. A dream that looks impossible, medical reports not good. 42 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: Child is off course. It's easy to get discouraged and 43 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: feel overwhelmed. 44 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: But God knew every difficulty you would face. He wouldn't 45 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: have allowed it if it was going to stop your purpose. 46 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: He has these destiny moments where his power will come 47 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: on you in a greater way to fulfill what He's 48 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: called you to do. This is not ordinary, not something 49 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: you can work up will power determination. This is supernatural power, 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: supernatural favor that causes you to do what you couldn't 51 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: do and overcome. 52 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: What should have stopped you. You're not at a disadvantage. 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: The odds may be against you, you may be outnumbered, 54 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: but you have a secret weapon. 55 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: The spirit of God will empower you. 56 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: To defeat giants, to break addictions, to accomplish dreams. 57 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: Now quick focusing on what you don't have, how this. 58 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: Problem's too big and it's never going to resolve. 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: No, your time is coming. 60 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: Your destiny moments are already scheduled to where you're going 61 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 2: to feel power, strength, ability that you've never felt, to 62 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: step into the purpose that God is order danged for you. 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: We see this in the life of Sampson. 64 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: An angel appeared to his mother and said she's going 65 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 2: to have a baby, that he would deliver the. 66 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: Israelites from the Philistines. 67 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: There was a divine calling on his life, something God 68 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: ordained him to do. As he got older, he saw 69 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: this young woman that he really liked. He told his 70 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 2: parents he wanted to marry her. Those days the parents 71 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: arranged the wedding, they weren't for it because she was 72 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 2: a Philistines. One day, while he was walking to her city, 73 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: a lion jumped out of the woods and attacked Sampson. 74 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: One verse says it took him by surprise. Suddenly he's 75 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: in this crisis that should have been the end of 76 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: Samson had a bad break, wrong place, wrong time, attacked 77 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: by a lion. But what God is purpose for your 78 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: life cannot be stopped by bad breaks, by unexpected trouble, 79 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: by obstacles that you didn't see coming. Verse six says, 80 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: at that moment, the spirit of God power took control 81 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: of Samson, and he ripped the lion apart with his 82 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: bare hands. All of a sudden, he had this supernatural strength, 83 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: strength he had never felt before. It wasn't like he 84 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: decided to be brave, decided to have this courage. The 85 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: spirit of God took control of him. He didn't have 86 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: a choice. He was just minding his own business. But 87 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: what God has purposed for your life, he will empower 88 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: you to do. You may face some unexpected challenges, things 89 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 2: you didn't see coming, your health, your finances, with a child, 90 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: and like that lion, it suddenly attacks and all. 91 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: The facts say, man, you're done. Is too big, this is. 92 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: Too much you know, Like with Samson, the spirit of 93 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: God is going to come on you in a powerful way. 94 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 2: It's going to take control and help you do what 95 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: you couldn't do by yourself. The scripture says, when the 96 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit. 97 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: Of God will raise up a barrier. You're not fighting 98 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: on your own. 99 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: You're not at the mercy of faith and people a sickness. 100 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: You have a defender, a protector. He's going before you, 101 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: and he's ordering your steps. 102 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 2: He's planned your days. He knows where the lions are hiding. 103 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: He knows where the bad breaks, the unexpected trouble is. 104 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 2: It was a surprise to Samson, but it wasn't a 105 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: surprise to God. You don't have to live worried about 106 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,119 Speaker 2: what might happen and Joe, what if I get laid 107 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: off or what if the medical report's not good? Or 108 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: what if this relationship doesn't work out. God knows everything 109 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: that's going to happen. He already has solutions to problems 110 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: you haven't even had. He so already lined up your 111 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: destiny moments where His spirit rises up in you. 112 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: In a powerful way. 113 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 2: You defeat the giant, You tear the lion apart, you 114 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 2: break the addiction. See, God didn't send an angel to 115 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: defeat the lion. He didn't send another person, an army, 116 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: a game warden. That would all been It's fine, but 117 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: you don't have to rely on other people. 118 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: The spirit of God lives in you. 119 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: You are powerful, you were equipped, you are anointed. It's 120 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 2: significant that a lion came out of nowhere and attacked him. 121 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: This is symbolic. 122 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: The scripture says, the enemy goes about as a roaring lion, 123 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: seeking whom he may devour. The good news is he 124 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 2: can't devour everyone. You are God's property when you made 125 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. Yes, the lion may attack. 126 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: It seems bigger, stronger. He thinks you're easy game. But 127 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 2: what he doesn't realize is you belong to the most 128 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 2: high God. 129 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: You are not doing life on your own. 130 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: When the enemy attacks, God doesn't sit back watch what happens. 131 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: He sends his spirit to rise up in you. 132 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: There's not a. 133 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 2: Lion you face that you can't tear apart, not a 134 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: problem you can't overcome, not an addiction, a sickness, a 135 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 2: bad break that can keep you from your purpose. And 136 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 2: the lion attacking Sampson was not only an unexpected. 137 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: Attack, but it happened in private. 138 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 2: No one was around, no one saw the attack, No 139 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: one saw what he struggled with. 140 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: This could have happened. 141 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: Like with David when he defeated Goliath. The whole army 142 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 2: was cheering and celebrating. God was showing us what you 143 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: struggle with in private. He's going to help you defeat 144 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 2: those habits that you're not proud of. 145 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: You tried to get free, tried to stay. 146 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 2: Disciplined, but you keep falling back. This is your year 147 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 2: for freedom, this is your year for victory. God has 148 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: seen you doing everything you can. He's seen your effort, 149 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: but now he's about to step in and give you 150 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: his power. 151 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: To break free. 152 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 2: Defeating that lion was the first time Sampson saw God's 153 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: spirit come on him with that kind of power. The 154 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: principle is you have to win your private battles before 155 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: you can be trusted it with public victories. 156 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: And if you don't. 157 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: Deal with things, just keep putting it off. 158 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: That's going to keep you stuck. 159 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: You're hearing this because God is about to have his 160 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: power rise up in you in a greater way to 161 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 2: defeat the lion to break the bad habit. Now, Joel, 162 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 2: I tried. I couldn't do it before. This is a 163 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: new day. God is doing a new thing. You couldn't 164 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: do it before. 165 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: Neither could Sampson. He couldn't defeat a lion. He was 166 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: a teenager. 167 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: He never had that kind of strength, that kind of ability. 168 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: But it says the spirit of God took control of him. 169 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 2: Now, as believers, we all have God's spirit on the inside, 170 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 2: but there will be these destiny moments where his spirit 171 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 2: will take. 172 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: Control of you. 173 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: You'll have a power you've never had to break things 174 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 2: that you could never break. And what's significant is Sampson's power, 175 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: this supernatural ability. It was not just about him. It 176 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: was about delivering the Isa relights. He was part of 177 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 2: a bigger plan to free God's people. He wasn't just 178 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: fighting for himself. He was fighting for his family and 179 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: for all of Israel. They had been oppressed so long 180 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: and lived so defeated. They said, Samson, don't bother the Philistines. 181 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 2: Don't you know they rule over us. 182 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: They had this limited mindset. We're victims. That's the way 183 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: we've always been. 184 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: Joe, my family has always struggled, always been angry, always 185 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: been depressed. God has raised you up to break those barriers, 186 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 2: to set new standards. He wouldn't have let you face 187 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 2: that lion if it was going to stop you. And 188 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 2: even when Samson made mistakes, God off course, the power 189 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: kept coming on him because God's purpose for your life 190 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 2: will override bad breaks, people that do you wrong, even 191 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: failures and habits that should stop you. God used Sampson 192 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: despite his flaws and weaknesses, despite the oppera position being 193 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: stronger like Sampson. There's a destiny for you to fulfill. 194 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: An angel. 195 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 2: May not announce to your mother your birth, but God chose. 196 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: You before you were formed in your mother's womb. He 197 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: then picked you. 198 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 2: He's given you an assignment and something to accomplish, not 199 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 2: to just wander through life to feed it worried. There's 200 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: a calling on your life. It's not just about you. 201 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: You're a peace to the puzzle. You're a strategic part 202 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: in the plan of God. 203 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: That's why the enemy comes against you, and that's why 204 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: you're going to have these times like Samson, where the 205 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 2: spirit of God comes on you powerfully. 206 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: You can't explain it. 207 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: You have an unexpected challenge, and you discover favor and 208 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 2: ability that you've never had. That surprise attack, that line 209 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: catches you off guard. 210 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: But the real surprise is what happens to the lion. 211 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 2: You rise up in power with favor defeat what should 212 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: have defeated you. Samson's parents made the arrangements to marry 213 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: the Philistine girl. Sampson decided to have a bachelor party 214 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: in thirty men were there. He said to them, I'm 215 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 2: going to tell you a riddle. If you'll figure it out, 216 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 2: I'll give you thirty nice, expensive robes. But if you can't, 217 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: you have to give me thirty robes. They tried and tried, 218 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: but couldn't figure it out. So they began to pressure 219 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 2: his fiance. 220 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: They'd been friends for years. 221 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: They said to her, you have to find out her. 222 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: We're going to go broke buying these nice robes. All 223 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 2: this pressure, well, she kept asking Sampson, please tell me, please. 224 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: Day after day after day. 225 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 2: After seven days of nagging, a man can only take 226 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 2: so much. Sampson finally gave in and told the answer. 227 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: Well, she went and told all the men. 228 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 2: They came to Sampson so happy, so relieved, and told 229 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 2: him what the riddle meant, Samson said to them in 230 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: verse eighteen. If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you 231 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: wouldn't have found the answer to my riddle. Now, if 232 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: you're referring to your fiance as a heifer, you're. 233 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: Gonna need God's power. 234 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 2: Sampson owed these thirty nice robes. The scripture says the 235 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: spirit of the Lord powerfully took. 236 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: Control of Samson. 237 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 2: He went to a neighboring city, killed thirty men and 238 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 2: took their robes. This wasn't about Sampson doing right, making 239 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:37,719 Speaker 2: good choices. He had a supernatural calling, but he was unfocused, undisciplined. 240 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 2: Despite his failures, despite his shortcomings, God's spirit came on. 241 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: Him to fulfill his purpose. 242 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 2: You would think God would say, find Samson, I'll find 243 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: someone else. But what God purposed for your life will 244 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 2: come to pass. Your mistakes didn't stop it. You may 245 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 2: not be where you should be in life. You got 246 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 2: off course distracted playing games. The good news is God 247 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 2: is not finished with you. What He's assigned for you 248 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 2: is still on the schedule. I don't know, joy, I 249 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 2: think I stopped my destiny. I'm too far off course. 250 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 2: Can I tell you you're not that powerful. 251 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: You can't cancel what God has planned. 252 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 2: You may delay it, you may make it harder. But 253 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 2: what God has purpose will come to fulfillment. Sampson called 254 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 2: off the wedding and didn't marry the girl. Later he 255 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 2: changed his mind and went back, but the lady had 256 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 2: married someone else. 257 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 1: He was so upset he caught. 258 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 2: Three hundred foxes set their tails on fire. They ran 259 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 2: through the fields and burned all the grain. When the 260 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: Philistines found out who did it, they were furious. Sampson 261 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: was hiding in a cave and the Philistines came with 262 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 2: full force. The Israelites asked what they were doing there, 263 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 2: and they said, we're here to capture Samson. If you 264 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: don't give them to us, we're gonna attack your city. 265 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 2: So three thousand men from Israel went to the cave 266 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 2: and told Sampson they were going to give him to 267 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: the Philistines so they wouldn't be harmed. 268 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: Sampson agreed. 269 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: Verse thirteen says they tied Sampson up with two new 270 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 2: ropes and took him to the Philistines. They saw Samson, 271 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: they were so excited started celebrating. 272 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: We finally got him here. 273 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 2: Sampson is bound, outnumbered, surrounded by a huge army. Most 274 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: of it is his own fault. He didn't make good choices. 275 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: Looks like he's done, But the scripture says the spirit 276 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: of God powerfully took control of Sampson, and he snapped 277 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 2: the ropes as if they were strings. 278 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: All these times when. 279 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: He should have been captured, defeated, injured from the line, 280 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: stuck because of mistakes. 281 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: But look at how the purpose of God prevails. The 282 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: spirit of the Lord kept coming on him powerfully. 283 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: To overcome what have stopped him, to break chains that 284 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 2: should have held him back. Like Sampson, you may be 285 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 2: struggling with things that have you bound, addictions or bad habits, 286 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: wrong mindsets, been that way a long time. 287 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: You tried and couldn't break it. 288 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 2: The enemy may have tied you up, or you may 289 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: have tied yourself up. Sampson's own people bound him. But 290 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: being bound is not how your story ends. 291 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: You can't do it on your own. 292 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: But the spirit of God is going to come powerfully 293 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: on you to break addictions, break chains of depression. How 294 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: about chains of sickness, chains of lack and struggle. 295 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: Our God is a. 296 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 2: Chain breaker, a yoke destroyer, a burden lifter. He's going 297 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 2: to take control, and you're going to feel a strength 298 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 2: that you've never felt to break what you couldn't break. 299 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 2: Maybe it was someone else that sort of tied you 300 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 2: up and they put you. 301 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: At a disadvantage. 302 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: What you saw growing up was bad havests and people 303 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: modeled addictions and anger wasn't necessarily your choice. 304 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: He just kind of fell into it. God knew what 305 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: you would face. 306 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: He knew the things that wouldn't be fair, and the 307 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 2: times that no fault of your own, you. 308 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: Got tied up. 309 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 2: Thoughts now, whisper. It's the way it's always going to be. 310 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 2: You know what God did for Sampson, he's about to 311 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: do for you. 312 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: Get ready to snap some chains what should be permanent. 313 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: It's gonna feel like a piece of thread when the 314 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: Most High empowers you. 315 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: It's not natural, it's supernatural. 316 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,119 Speaker 2: Sampson broke those chains, and he picked up the jawbone 317 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: of a donkey and defeated one thousand Philistines. God is 318 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 2: showing us, even when you're surrounded by enemies, even when 319 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 2: things have you bound it looks impossible, there's a force 320 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 2: coming that you can't explain a power that overcomes any opposition, a. 321 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: Favor to defeat what should have defeated you. 322 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 2: It's the spirit of God in power you to fulfill 323 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 2: your purpose. When Sampson was attacked by that line, he 324 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: tore it apart. One version says, though he had nothing 325 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: in his hands. 326 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: Sometimes we don't think we have what we need. Joel, 327 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: I would believe this. 328 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 2: If I had more talent, or if I was more discipline, 329 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: had more connections, more resources, then I. 330 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: Could accomplish my dreams. 331 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 2: When God called you, he knew everything you didn't have. 332 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 2: He knew who would leave you out, the doors that 333 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 2: would close, the family you would come from. 334 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: None of that is going to stop who you were 335 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: created to be. 336 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 2: God chose a young man named Saul as the first 337 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: king of Israel. Didn't seem like a logical choice. Saul 338 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 2: came from the smallest tribe, the least significant family. When 339 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,640 Speaker 2: Samuel came to announce Saul and present him in front 340 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 2: of the people, Saul was hiding in a storeroom. 341 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: He wouldn't come out. 342 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 2: He was afraid, intimate, thinking of everything he was not how. 343 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: He didn't have what it takes. But God doesn't make mistakes. 344 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: He didn't choose Saul and then think, oh, man, I 345 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 2: didn't know he was weak. I didn't know he'd be 346 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 2: afraid or insecure, or with Samson. I didn't know he'd 347 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 2: play around, make poor choices. I didn't know his own family, 348 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: his own people would tie him up. No, God knew 349 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 2: everything about you. He's the one that created you. He's 350 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 2: these potential in you that you can't see. He knows 351 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: the greatness that there's a mighty hero, a giant killer, 352 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 2: a barrier breaker in you. He's already lined up your 353 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 2: destiny moments where his spirit will rise up powerfully in 354 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: you to do what you couldn't do. Samuel finally got 355 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 2: Saul to come out. He was standing there, afraid and intimidated. 356 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 2: Samuel looked at him and said, in verse six, the 357 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: spirit of the Lord will come on you with power. 358 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: You will be changed into a different person. Sometimes the 359 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: reason we don't think we can. 360 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: Accomplish a dream or overcome an obstacle is we can't 361 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 2: see what God is about to do. 362 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: It's natural to have doubts and think, Joel, how could 363 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: this happen. There's a goliath, there's a lion. It's too big. 364 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: Those are normal thoughts. 365 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 2: But when God's spirit comes on you powerfully, You'll be 366 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 2: changed into a different person. 367 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: And this is not. 368 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 2: Something that you have to make happen. Strive, just dare 369 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: to believe God. This obstacle looks too big. I feel 370 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 2: bound by these chains. I'm hiding because I'm afraid. But God, 371 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 2: I believe your spirit is coming something that. 372 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: I've never seen. 373 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 2: Supernatural healing, strength, doors, opening, chains, breaking, turning me into 374 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 2: a different person. 375 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: What does that mean? 376 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 2: From afraid to competent, from sick to healthy, from addicted 377 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: to free, from struggling to abundance from defeat in diviction? 378 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 2: My father went to be with the Lord on a 379 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 2: Saturday in nineteen ninety nine, and that was unexpected. He 380 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 2: had a heart attack and suddenly passed. For the first 381 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 2: couple of days, I was kind of in a fog. 382 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe my. 383 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: Father was gone, my best friend outside of Victorian. I'd 384 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 2: been behind the scenes at Lakewood seventeen years doing the production, 385 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: and I never wanted. 386 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: To get up in front of people. 387 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: I'm more quiet and reserved, and my father tried to 388 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 2: get me up to help him pastor, but I didn't 389 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 2: feel qualified. 390 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: He was so strong, and he had a big. 391 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 2: Personality, and I thought, that's not me. 392 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: I didn't get any of that. 393 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 3: Well. 394 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 2: Four days after he passed. That next Wednesday, we were 395 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: at the memorial service. I was standing on the platform 396 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 2: with Victoria, the rest of my siblings and their spouses. 397 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: My mother was up speaking. 398 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: When she finished, she turned around and looked at all 399 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 2: of us and said, does. 400 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,360 Speaker 1: Anyone want to say anything? 401 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: Normally I would be the last one, would do my 402 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: best to get out of it. But for some reason 403 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 2: I started walking to the podium. 404 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: In my mind I was thinking, what are you doing, Joey, 405 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: You are crazy, all this doubt. 406 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 2: But in my spirit I could feel something rising up. 407 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: It was like. 408 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: Something took control of me and I felt this boldness, 409 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 2: this confidence to step. 410 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: Up and say something. I don't know what I said. 411 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 2: I hope it's good, but I was just in all 412 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 2: that I got up there. I had never ministered in 413 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 2: seventeen years, but that day it was like I was 414 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 2: turned into a different person. Suddenly I had the desire 415 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 2: to pasture the church. I didn't dread it, I wanted 416 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 2: to do it. I had this knowing that I've been 417 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 2: raised up for this. I didn't know if I'd be 418 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 2: any good or I didn't know if people would listen, 419 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 2: or if they'd continue to come. But I thought we 420 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 2: were about to find out. If they don't, I'll go 421 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 2: work at Waterburger. But who would have ever thought we 422 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 2: would be here. I never dreamed that in my future 423 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 2: was the Compact Center where I used to watch the 424 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 2: Rockets play basketball, that I'd have books and serious radio media. 425 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 2: You don't know what God has planned for you. All 426 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 2: we can see is right here. But God knows what. 427 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: He's put in you. 428 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: You'll compact sinners, the golias you'll defeat, the lions you'll 429 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: tear apart, the change you'll break, The dreams you'll accomplish 430 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 2: that will catapult your family ahead. 431 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: How's this going to happen? When you feel. 432 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 2: Limited, when the obstacles look too big, when you're hiding 433 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 2: instead of shining. 434 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: Here's how. 435 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 2: The Spirit of the Most High, the God who created you, 436 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: the God who plans your days, the God who's ordered 437 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 2: your steps, the God who numbers your hair, the God 438 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 2: who fights your battles, the God who makes crooked places straight, 439 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 2: the God who lines up the right people, the God 440 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 2: who comes into the fire with you. The God who 441 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 2: causes you to stand out, His spirit is going to 442 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 2: come on you powerfully to accomplish what he's already purpose 443 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 2: for your life. Not by might, not by power, but 444 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: by the spirit of God. The life of Samson is 445 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: both inspiring and a little bit sad. He started with 446 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: this supernatural birth, had all this potential, but he played 447 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 2: around with his destiny. He compromised and gave in to temptation. 448 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: He ended up captured. They gouged his eyes out, and 449 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 2: he was grinding at the mill, and the Philistines had 450 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 2: this big party, and someone suggested to bring Samson out 451 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 2: so they could make fun of him. And Samson asked 452 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 2: the young man that was leading him to place his 453 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 2: hands on the pillars of the building where he was chained. 454 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: While they were all laughing and mocking. The scripture says 455 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 2: the spirit of God came on Samson one more time. 456 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 2: He pushed the pillars over, the building came crashing down. 457 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 2: He defeated more enemies in his death than he did 458 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 2: his whole life. Look at the mercy of God. When 459 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 2: we make mistakes, get off course. God doesn't say all right, 460 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 2: you're done. No, God has a one more. 461 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: Time for you. It's not too late. You haven't missed 462 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: your chance. You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't 463 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: about to do something new in your life. 464 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 2: One thing about Samson is all the pictures I've ever 465 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 2: seen of him, those renderings in Sunday school and growing up. 466 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,719 Speaker 1: It's always this huge man, big muscles. 467 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 2: Look like a bodybuilder. You could tell he was so 468 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 2: strong and a force to be reckoned with. But the 469 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 2: scripture never describes his physical size. He says that Saul 470 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 2: was tall, and David was handsome. Goliath was huge. But 471 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 2: when the Philistines were trying to trick Samson, they asked 472 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 2: Delilah to find out where his strength comes from. If 473 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 2: he was big and impressive, it'd be obvious. 474 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: We know where it comes from. His biceps, his legs. 475 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: Look at him, man, he's a beast. 476 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 2: The truth is Sampson looked ordinary, like a normal person. 477 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 2: The message is you don't have to look powerful to 478 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 2: be powerful. Your strength doesn't come from what you have, 479 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 2: It comes from what God has, not natural but supernatural. 480 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: Like Sampson. You may face some unexpected challenges that lie surprises. 481 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: You don't worry. 482 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 2: It's not a surprise to God, just like that difficultly 483 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 2: suddenly came His power will suddenly come on you to overcome. Now, 484 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 2: let's win the private battles. Let's deal with what's holding 485 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: us back. Don't be like the Israelites. They've always ruled 486 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 2: over us. No, this is your time to rule. Those 487 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: obstacles are not permanent. You're about to feel supernatural power 488 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 2: to break change that dream that seems impossible. You're outnumbered 489 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,199 Speaker 2: over your head. Like God did for Saul, like he 490 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 2: did for me, You're gonna be changed into a different person. 491 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: Get ready for favor, Get ready for breakthrough. I believe, declare. 492 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 2: This is your year to rise higher, to set new standards, 493 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 2: to break barriers that have held you back, to defeat giants, 494 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 2: to accomplish dreams, to see new levels of your destiny. 495 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you 496 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: say amen? Today I'd like to give you an opportunity 497 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 2: to make Jesus the lord of your life. 498 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 499 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 500 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. 501 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 502 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some free information 503 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 2: on your new walk with the Lord. You can text 504 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 2: the number on the screen or go to the website. 505 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: But I hope you'll get into a good Bible based 506 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 2: church and keep God first place. 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