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See terms and conditions at UNEs 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:30.080 dot co. 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.800 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for downloading our podcast. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 We enjoy spending this time with you. I hope you'll 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.319 leave Inspire. Make sure you subscribe to get new messages 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.360 every week. We appreciate your support. It helps keep the 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.520 ministry going. Enjoy the message. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.320 God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.360 If you're ever in our area, please stop by and 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.239 be a part of one of our services. 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.000 I promise you we will make you feel right at home. 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.120 I like to start with something funny, and I heard 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.600 about this Baptist man named Bill. He liked to sneak 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.880 off to the horse races and bet. One day, after 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.800 losing so much money, he saw a Catholic priest step 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.920 onto the tracks and bless a horse. Sure enough, the 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.720 horse won first place. He blessed another horse. That horse 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:35.440 won again. Seeing this, Bill went to the atm took 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.240 out all of his money. This time he saw the 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.839 priest not only touch the horse's forehead, but to touch 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.680 his eyes, his ears, all of his legs. Feeling confident, 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.600 he bet all of his money. But in the middle 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:48.919 of the. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.440 Race, the horse fell over dead. Bill couldn't believe it. 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.520 He went to the priest, said, what in the world happened. 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.800 The priest said, that's the problem with you Protestants. You 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.640 don't know the difference between a blessing and the last. 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:05.640 Rites say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.360 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.960 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.880 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:18.160 of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:19.359 heart is receptive. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.400 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:23.960 bless you. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:29.600 I want to talk to you today about a public display. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.960 What God is going to do in your life is 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.640 not just going to be in private where nobody sees it, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.680 in the background, hidden. God is going to do something 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.280 in public. He's going to show out to where you 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.920 not only see his power, but people around you see 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:47.560 his power. 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:52.040 And it's one thing. When God does something in secret, he. 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.560 Turns a problem around nobody knows about it, shows your 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.760 favor in private. But when God brings you out in public, 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:04.080 it's a different story. When people were trying to discredit you, 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:08.000 push you down, but God opened the door you couldn't open, 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:11.840 promoted you when you didn't have the qualifications, put you 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.520 in a position of influence. 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.000 When He gives you. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.880 A public display, you don't have to enter your critics. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:19.560 God does. 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.720 When it looked like you had reached your limits, relatives 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.039 laughed when you told them you were going to pay 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.400 your house off. They shook their heads, thinking you're kind 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:33.560 of far out. But when you come into an explosive blessing, 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.120 blessings that catapult you ahead, they won't be shaking their 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:39.520 heads In disapproval. 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.120 They'll be shaking their heads in amazement. 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:46.200 God is going to show out, not only to take 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:50.200 you into your destiny, but to prove to other people 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.640 the Lord is on your side. What He's about to 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.600 do in your life publicly is not going to leave 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:00.680 any doubt. It's one thing to say the Lord is 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.440 on your side. It's another to see the Lord is 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:09.400 on your side. You've been saying it, You've been faithful, believing, expecting. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.880 Get ready, you're about to see it. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.240 God is going to do something so big, so unusual. 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.040 There won't be any doubt to you and to people 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:24.160 around you that His favor is on your life. God 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:28.839 said in Exodus, I will perform wonders never done before. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.679 All the people around you will see the awesome power 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:35.320 I display through you. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:40.200 God is about to display through you awesome power. 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.599 He could display it through anything, through nature, through creation, 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.679 through the weather, but he said I'm going to display 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:52.320 it through you. He's about to do something unprecedented, something 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.719 that causes you to stand out where there's no explanation. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.880 That sickness should have been the end. The medical report 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.320 said you were done, but you defied the odds. You 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.680 overcame it God displayed his awesome power. Or some of 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:11.679 the people you grew up with, they're still struggling, can't 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:16.480 get ahead in dysfunction. Look at you, blessed, prosperous, living 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:20.440 at a different level. Or maybe you weren't the most qualified, 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.080 you didn't have the experience, but your business took off. 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.160 You didn't have to find clients, they found you. That's 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:33.320 God displaying his awesome power. Awesome means it's not going 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:38.839 to be ordinary, it's going to be unusual, not natural, supernatural. 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.640 That's what this building is, the form of compact center 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.440 and awesome display of God's power. 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:46.880 We were up. 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:53.000 Against opponents that were bigger, stronger, had more resources. Critics laughed, 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.919 people made fun, said we were wasting our time. But 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:01.080 sometimes God will let you get in a situation where 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:05.000 there's no possible way out. So when he turns it around, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.560 everyone will know it was him. There won't be any 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:10.239 doubt it was the hand of God. 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.080 Now your situation may seem impossible. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.480 It's no way you can accomplish a dream, no way 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.160 you'll get well, no way you can pay your house off. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.280 You're so in debt. It's a setup. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.360 God is about to display his awesome power, not just 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.160 so you can see it, but so other people can 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:35.480 see it. David said, God prepares a table before me in. 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:39.840 The presence of my enemies. Not private, not hidden. 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.680 God is going to show out, show your enemies, the opposition, 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:49.760 the critics will all see you promoted, honored, in a 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:55.200 position of influence, a public display. That's why you don't 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.080 have to prove to people who you are. You don't 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.080 have to try to convince them to like you. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:00.920 You. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.080 You don't have time to waste worried about people that 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:08.280 are not for you. Keep running your race, honoring God, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.240 and at some point He's going to show out in 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.520 such a way that your critics can't deny. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.520 The favor on you. They may not like you, but 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:18.680 they will respect you. 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.320 The same people that didn't want us to have this building, 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.760 every time they drive by on the freeway, they may 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.880 not like it, but they can't deny the Lord was 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:34.599 on our side. God has some of these public displays 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:38.440 for you, not a secret sign, not in private. 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.560 He's going to show out to prove to people who 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:42.000 you are. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.960 David said in Psalm eighty six, God, make a show 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.160 of how much you love me. So the bullies that 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.120 hate me will stand. 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.479 There slack jawd. That means in astonishment. 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.320 David knew what it was like to have opposition, people 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:03.680 slandering him, people that didn't believe in him. His brothers 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:07.520 made fun of him, his father discounted him. When he 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.480 told King Saul he wanted to fight Goliath, Saul thought 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:15.640 he was kidding. David was a teenager, didn't have any training. 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.920 When Goliath saw David and how small he was, he 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:21.000 thought it was a joke. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:23.720 What's interesting is. 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.959 David could have defeated Goliath in private. They could have 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:32.240 been alone in a deserted part of the valley, nobody around. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.960 Still would have been a great miracle. But God knows. 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.800 There are times where he has to bring you out 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:43.480 in public. So all your friends and your enemies, those 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:47.040 that are for you and against you, will see firsthand 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:51.520 the fever on your life. When David faced Goliath, all 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.120 the Philistine army was on the mountain side watching the 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.400 Israeli army on the other side. 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:58.800 King Saul was out there. 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:03.040 Of the leaders, people from the town, they all heard about. 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:03.520 This big fight. 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:07.679 It was like the Super Bowl. Everyone came out to see. 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:11.599 The odds were so against David. It was almost comical. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:16.120 Goliath stood over nine feet tall. He was their most 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:21.040 experienced fighter. David was a teenager, no armor, no training. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:25.400 When he ran out to face Goliath, all the eyes 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:26.200 were on him. 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:27.960 He slung that rock. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.320 It hit Goliath in the forehead, knocked him to the 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:36.360 ground unconscious. David went over and took Goliath's own sword 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:37.760 and cut his head off. 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.160 Everyone stood there. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:44.320 In astonishment, slack jawed. They couldn't believe what they had 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:51.959 just seen. Instantly, David had influence, credibility, honor, respect, Instead 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.840 of making fun of him dismissing him. Now when they 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.320 talked to David, it was yes, sir, no, sir, whatever 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:03.320 you say, sir. Everything changed. His family never treated him 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:08.160 the same way. His father now recognized the anointing. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:08.600 On his life. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:13.120 Even the Philistines, the opposition, they didn't like him, but 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:17.079 they couldn't deny the Lord was on his side. Like 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.640 with David, God has some of these times where he's 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.800 going to prove to people who you are. He's going 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.400 to open doors you couldn't open. Help you accomplish what 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.240 you couldn't accomplish on your own, help you defeat giants. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:32.400 That look much bigger. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:37.040 Everyone will see his hand on your life. He is 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.440 not going to do it in secret. It's going to 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:43.720 be a public display. A gentleman was in town several 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:47.000 years ago for treatment at the medical center. He had 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.959 a rare form of cancer. The physician treating him was 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.920 a specialist in that area, very well known in the 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.439 medical field, one of the best in the world. Even 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.280 with the treatment given, the man only three years to live. 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.120 This man told the doctor that he was going to pray. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:08.640 He believed that God could heal him. 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:09.559 Well. 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:13.520 The doctor came from overseas. He doesn't have any kind 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.559 of faith. He's a nice man, but he smiled and said, unfortunately, 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:22.080 this type of cancer doesn't respond to prayer. He had 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.599 never seen anyone recover from it, and he was respectful. 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.160 He just saw it from a scientific point of view. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.800 Several months later, the man went back to see how 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.920 the treatment was working. The doctor came in, looked at 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:39.880 his chart and seemed puzzled, thought it was the wrong one, 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.520 went out, came back in a little later. He showed 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:46.440 the men the old chart, compared it to the new, 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.120 and said, in forty years of practice, I have never 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.960 seen this, but I don't see the cancer anymore. 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.160 The doctor stood there in astonishment. 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.240 He asked the man if he would write down he 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:04.280 prayed how long he prayed everything he did, so he 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.040 could include it in his research. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.679 What was that a public display? 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:14.760 God showed his awesome power through this man, not just 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.800 to heal him, but so other people would see the 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:22.280 hand of God. That doctor will never be the same. 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.280 He may not be a believer yet, but a seed 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:30.400 was planted in his heart. And it's significant that David prayed, God, 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.880 make a show of how much you love me. He 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.600 was releasing his faith, saying, God, I believe you can 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:39.319 take me where I can't. 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:40.120 Go on my own. 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.880 I wonder what would happen if we would start praying God, 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.640 make a show of how much you love me. Display 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:52.560 your awesome power through me. Let me not only see 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.640 your goodness, but use me to show other people how 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:01.280 great you are. One King's eighteen four hundred and fifty 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:06.240 false prophets that worship the God bail came against Elijah 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.200 didn't look like he had a chance. It was all 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:13.400 of them against him. They agreed to settle their. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:14.959 Feud by having a contest. 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.440 They would both make an altar and put wood on it, 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.560 and the god who started the wood on fire would 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:26.400 be the true God. And sometimes, like Elijah, you find 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:30.920 yourself in a situation where you feel outnumbered. The sickness 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:35.600 seems bigger, the opposition stronger, the addiction too powerful. 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:39.400 It's easy to get discouraged and shrink back. You have 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:40.440 to do like him. 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:45.120 Don't be intimidated by what's against you. The battle is 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.560 not yours. The battle is the Lord's. God did not 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:52.160 bring you this far to leave you. He allowed that 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.480 situation so he could display. 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:56.960 His awesome power through you. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:01.600 Every circumstance may say you'll never get out, never get well, 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.080 the obstacle's too big. 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.840 Stay in faith. God has your back. 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.800 It was four hundred and fifty against one. But what 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:13.600 the prophets of bel didn't realize is Elijah had the 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.560 most high God on his side. They built their altar, 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:23.800 put the wood on it, started praying, dancing, begging, shouting. 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.680 Hour after hour, everyone watching nothing happen. 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.440 Finally Elijah said, it's my turn. 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.960 He put the rocks down, put the wood on top 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.920 of it. Then he told them to pour water on 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:41.360 the wood, not once, not twice, but three times. He 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.840 wanted to make sure that when it caught fire, they 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.320 would know it wasn't a coincidence. It wasn't just an 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.800 act of nature. It was the hand of God. Verse 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:56.320 thirty six. Elijah prayed, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.560 prove today that you are the Lord that I am 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.200 your servant. Answer me, so these people will know you 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:08.320 are God. Think of the boldness that took you. Know, 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.600 it's one thing to pray and believe. And God doesn't 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.520 answer our prayer, No big deal. We'll pray again tomorrow. 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:19.560 We'll keep believing. Elijah didn't have this option. His life 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.240 was on the line. It was God, either show up 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.640 or I'm done. Soon as he finished praying, fire flashed 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.800 down from heaven burned it all up. 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:30.720 Everyone fell on their. 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.880 Face and said, Elijah, your God is the true God. 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.800 God is going to do some things in your life 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.880 where he doesn't just bring you out. He gives you 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:45.920 a public sign. People around you may not believe yet, 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.920 but when God displays his awesome power through you, when 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.240 he promotes you when others were trying to push you down, 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:58.000 when he takes you the levels you've never dreamed, they 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.760 won't be able to deny it to know. 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:05.800 He is God. They Elijah prayed, God, prove that. 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:10.080 You are the Lord, and prove that I am your child. Now, 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:14.080 God doesn't have to prove anything. He's God, whether we 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.960 believe it or not. But sometimes he will. 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.000 Prove to other people that you are His child. 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:26.080 When you face difficult situations, you feel out numbered. 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:27.840 The giant seems too big. 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:33.000 If you'll do like Elijah and say in humility, God, 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.640 prove that I'm your child, Free me from this addiction, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.879 turn my marriage around, restore my health, bring this dream 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.760 to pass. If you'll ask big, God will show out big. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.720 He'll prove not only to you, but to people around 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:50.440 you that you are his. 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:55.199 Child and He is on your side. What's interesting is 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.960 when the fire hit it not only burned up the wood. 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:03.320 Fire is supposed to do that, not only evaporated the water. 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:07.800 That's normal, But the scripture says the rocks were burned up. 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.800 It was all gone. Rocks don't normally burn. 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:15.280 But when God shows out in your life, he's going 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:19.440 to change what looks permanent. Maybe your child has been 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.520 off course for years. You don't think you could break 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:26.000 the addiction. You feel stuck in your career, have big 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.240 obstacles in your path, don't worry. 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.600 God knows how to burn up the rocks. 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.719 When he shows out, the baby will be conceived, the 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.600 loan will go through, Your child will fulfill his destiny. 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:43.240 Your health will turn around. He's a supernatural God. Get ready, 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:44.560 He's about to burn. 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.920 Up some rocks. He's about to move what looks permanent. 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.800 It's not just going to surprise you, it's going to 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.919 surprise the people around you. Growing up, we knew a 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:57.920 man that owned a company. 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:01.479 That moved houses. He was an unusual man, full of faith. 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:02.720 He would believe for. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:06.120 Anything, And one day, he and his men had traveled 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:10.240 for hours down these country roads moving a house. They 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:13.439 finally made it to their location. When they started to 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:17.240 unload the house, the man realized he forgot to bring 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.919 his main chain. Without that chain, he couldn't finish. He 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.920 was so disappointed. They were way out in the country, 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.119 a couple of hours from the nearest town. 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:29.880 Looked like he'd have to come back the next day. 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:34.280 He was about to leave when he decided to pray. 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.560 He told the people around him. They kind of laughed, said, 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.840 what are you going to pray about? He said, I'm 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:42.040 going to pray that God will give me a chain. 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:44.200 Now, they really laughed. 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:46.520 One of them said, what do you think God's gonna 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:48.320 rain down a chain from heaven? 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:50.520 They were all making fine laugh and he. 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:52.960 Said, I don't know, but the scripture says you have 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:54.760 not because you ask not. 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:56.080 So I'm gonna ask. 0:19:56.960 --> 0:20:01.119 He said, Lord, you can do anything control the universe. 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.399 I'm asking you to give me a chain so we 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:07.040 don't have to waste a day and come back tomorrow. 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.639 They were standing on the side of this country road. 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:13.800 There was a big curve right in front of them. 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:18.400 About that time, this old pickup truck came speeding down 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:18.920 the road. 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.040 It had its tailgate down. 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:25.080 When it took that turn going way too fast, a 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.000 chain slung out of the back of the pickup bed, 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:31.960 slid across the road ended up right at the man's feet. 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:34.960 He picked it up, said I got my chain. 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:36.160 Man, let's go to work. 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:42.639 Sometimes God will show out in your life, not so 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:46.040 much for your sake, but to show other people that 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:47.640 the Lord is on your side. 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:51.919 Those men stood there in astonishment. When they prayed, no 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:56.639 more making fun. They listened. Where are the people that 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:58.880 will do like this man? And believe. 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:03.399 God wants to display awesome power through you. People that 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:07.639 believe God wants to make you an example of his goodness. 0:21:08.280 --> 0:21:11.240 And it's good to read about God's power, it's good 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.159 to talk about it, good to remember it. 0:21:13.480 --> 0:21:15.640 But God wants you to experience it. 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.280 He wants to show out in your life in a 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:21.840 new way. When you do, like David, God make a 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:25.639 show of your favor. That's when God will make things 0:21:25.680 --> 0:21:29.479 happen that not only amaze you, but amaze the people 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:33.359 around you. A lady I know was on a flight 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:36.359 a while back. A friend of hers on that same 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:41.280 flight became ill. Her heart started racing, blood pressure went up. 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:44.360 She thought she's going to pass out. This lady heard 0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:47.120 about it and rushed back to her seat and kind 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:49.680 of knelt down beside her in the isle and started 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:50.520 praying for her. 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:53.760 Everyone was watching all this commotion. 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:58.000 As she prayed, the young lady's heart rate began to 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:01.640 go back down and the dizzyness begin to go away. 0:22:01.840 --> 0:22:05.200 The man in the seat behind them was so impressed 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:08.360 he said to the lady, what was it about your 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:12.480 prayer that did that? All of the sudden turbulence hit 0:22:12.520 --> 0:22:16.520 the plane started going up and down, everybody holding on 0:22:16.640 --> 0:22:19.800 for dear life. This was making that young lady's heart 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:20.920 start racing again. 0:22:21.560 --> 0:22:23.800 For about ten or fifteen seconds. 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:28.080 This lady prayed, Lord, let these winds calm down. Right 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:30.600 when she said it, the plane went back to normal. 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:34.520 All the turbulence stopped. That man's eyes got this big. 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:37.919