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There are lots of ways 53 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 4: you can receive these messages and stay inspired and encouraged. 54 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 4: Plus you can share them with a friend. But thanks 55 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 4: for tuning in. I like to start with something funny, 56 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 4: and I heard about this man that died and went 57 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 4: to heaven. Saint Peter escorted him down this long hallway 58 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 4: filled with thousands of clocks on the wall. The hands 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 4: on the clocks were moving at all different speeds. Peter 60 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 4: explained that every person has a clock when they send 61 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 4: the clock ticks. One clock was barely moving. That was 62 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 4: Billy Graham's clock. Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock. 63 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 4: The man fed curiously, can I see my clock? Peter said, yeah, 64 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 4: we keep yours in the office and use it as 65 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 4: a fan. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 66 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says. 67 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 4: I am. I have what it says I have. I 68 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 4: can do what it says I can do. Today I 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 70 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 71 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 72 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about from valley 73 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 4: to victory. We all go through difficulties in life and 74 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 4: things we don't understand. We have a set back in 75 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: our finances, a challenge in our health, a relationship didn't 76 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 4: make it. When we're in the valley, it's easy to 77 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 4: get discouraged and think it's never going to improve. But 78 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 4: the scripture says in Hoseiah, God will transform the valley 79 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 4: of trouble into a gateway of hope. You may be 80 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 4: in a valley of trouble, a valley of loneliness, a 81 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 4: valley of debt. You don't see any way out. It 82 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 4: looks permanent. God is saying, I'm about to transform that 83 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 4: valley into a gateway of hope, a gateway of increase, 84 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 4: a gateway of favor. The valley is leading you to 85 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 4: new levels, to better relationships, to greater influence. The medical 86 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 4: report may not look good. You're in a valley of sickness. 87 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 4: God is about to transform it into a gateway of healing, 88 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 4: a gateway of wholeness. Don't let the valley fool you. 89 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: God has the final say. Nothing can snatch you out 90 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 4: of his hands. Maybe you're in a valley in your finances. 91 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 4: Business has slowed, you lost to contract. That valley is 92 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 4: not the end. It's about to be transformed into a 93 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 4: gateway of blessing, a gateway of favor, a gateway of 94 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 4: overflowed God is going to open new doors. He's going 95 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 4: to cause opportunities to find you. Perhaps you've struggled with 96 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 4: an addiction for a long time. You've accepted that you'll 97 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 4: always be in that valley. Your relatives lived in the valley, 98 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 4: they all struggled. No, this is a new day. God 99 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 4: is doing a new thing. That valley is about to 100 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 4: be transformed into a gateway of freedom. God has a 101 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 4: breakthrough coming your way. He's going to make things happen 102 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 4: that you couldn't make happen. The valley is not your destiny. 103 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 4: The addiction, the loneliness, the anxiety is not going to 104 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 4: hinder you your whole life. You were created to be free, 105 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 4: to be happy, to live an abundant, fulfilled life. Instead 106 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 4: of complaining about the valley, being discouraged over what you're 107 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 4: going through all through the day, Father, thank you that 108 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 4: this valley is only temporary. I believe what you promised 109 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 4: that you're about to transform it into a gateway of hope, 110 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 4: a gateway of blessing, a gateway of victory. That valley 111 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 4: is leading you to the awesome future God has in store. 112 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 4: And the truth is you can't reach your destiny without 113 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 4: going through valleys. The valleys are strategic. When you're on 114 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 4: top of a mountain, the only way to go higher 115 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: is to come down that mountain, go through the valley, 116 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 4: then you can go up a bigger mountain. God allows 117 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 4: valleys not to hold us back, but because He's taken 118 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 4: us higher. Without the valleys, we would get stuck. Are 119 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 4: you discouraged over what God is going to use to 120 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 4: take you to a new level? Frustrated thinking the valley 121 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 4: is permanent? Have a new perspective. The valley is not 122 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 4: there to stop you. It's there to promote you and 123 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 4: what you're up against may be bigger. You feel out numbered, 124 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 4: you don't have the resources on your own, you can't 125 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 4: get out. The good news is you're not on your own. 126 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 4: The most tied God is right there with you. He 127 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 4: knows how to turn that battlefield into a blessing field, 128 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 4: that valley of trouble into a gateway of victory. This 129 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: is what happened with David. When he was a teenage 130 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 4: He faced Goliath in the valley of Elah. It's not 131 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 4: a coincidence that this battle took place in a valley, 132 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 4: and every morning and every evening for forty days, Goliath 133 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 4: came out, stood on the side of the mountain and 134 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 4: shouted insults at the Israelites, tauning them, making fun, trying 135 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 4: to stir up trouble. Goliath was huge. He stood over 136 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: nine feet tall. His coat of armor weighed one hundred 137 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: and twenty five pounds. He was the champion of the 138 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: Philistine army. And when King Saul and the Israelites hurt him, 139 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 4: they were terrified. They turned and ran out of sight. 140 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 4: This went on time and time again. One day David 141 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 4: showed up seventeen years old. When he heard these threats, 142 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 4: something rose up in him a fire, a passion, a courage. 143 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 4: He said, who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should 144 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 4: defy the armies of the Living God. He was saying, 145 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 4: this man is not in covenant with our God. He 146 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 4: doesn't have the blessing of Jehovah. We may be in 147 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 4: a valley, but Goliath can't keep us here. He doesn't 148 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 4: control our destiny. David looked at Goliath. He said, you 149 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 4: come against me with a sword and a shield, but 150 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 4: I come against you in the name of the Lord 151 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 4: God of Israel. This day I will defeat you and 152 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 4: feed your head to the birds of the air. All 153 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 4: the Israelites were in the same valley. They heard the 154 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 4: same threats, but David had a different attitude. He talked 155 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 4: back to the enemy. When you're in the valley, like David, 156 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 4: you will hear the enemy's threats. He'll try to intimidate you. 157 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 4: You'll never get out of this problem. It's too big. 158 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 4: You'll never get well. You saw the report. Your child 159 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 4: will never get back on course. Don't do like the 160 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 4: Israelites and believe those lies live in fear worried. Do 161 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 4: like David and talk back to the enemy. What you're 162 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 4: saying in the valley is going to have a great 163 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 4: impact on whether or not you come out. The Israelites 164 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 4: were saying, he's too big, we don't have a chance. 165 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 4: We'll never defeat him. When you talk defeat, your inviting defeat. 166 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 4: When you talk sickness, You're going to have sickness. When 167 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: you say I'll never get out of this problem, it's 168 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 4: going to keep you there. Instead of agreeing with the enemy, 169 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 4: start declaring what God says about you. When the enemy 170 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 4: shouts you'll never get well. Do like David. I will 171 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 4: live and not die. God is restoring health back into me. 172 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: You'll never get out of debt. This value of lack, 173 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 4: value of struggle not heaven enough. It's permanent. I will 174 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 4: lend and not borrow. God is opening the windows of heaven, 175 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 4: pouring out blessings that I cannot contain. Well. That child 176 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 4: is never going to do right. He's never going to 177 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 4: break the addiction. As for me and my house, we 178 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 4: will serve the Lord. My children are mighty in the land. 179 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 4: What God has purpose for their life. No bad breaks, 180 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 4: no addiction, no person can stop. It's so important what 181 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 4: you're saying in the valley. If it's going to be 182 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: transformed into a gateway of hope. You have to speak 183 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 4: words of life, words of faith, words of victory. This 184 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 4: is where the Israelites missed it. They were talking about 185 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 4: how big Goliath was. David was talking about how big 186 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 4: our God is. They were magnifying the problem. David came 187 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 4: along and started magnifying our God. The enemy has no 188 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 4: new tricks. He's not creative. You can go back and 189 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 4: look what he's done in the past. That's how he's 190 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 4: going to try to deceive you in this valley. Thousands 191 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 4: of years ago, he was threatening with loud insults, trying 192 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: to intimidate with lies. It's no different today. Goliath may 193 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 4: not stand on the mountain side and shout down to 194 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 4: your valley, but in your thoughts, loud threats will come, 195 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 4: things that can keep you awake at night, cause you 196 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 4: to live worried, stressed out. Recognize what's happening. Don't be 197 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 4: one of the Israelites and run and hide for forty days, 198 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 4: and let forty days turn into forty months, then forty years. 199 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 4: Be a David. There's nothing more powerful against these negative 200 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: threats than God's word coming out of your mouth. I 201 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 4: may be in a valley but can I tell you 202 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 4: I am coming out. I will fulfill my destiny. I 203 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 4: will accomplish my dreams. I am strong, I am healthy, 204 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 4: I am well able. David told King Saul that he 205 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 4: wanted to fight Goliath. Saul told him all the reasons 206 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 4: why he couldn't do it. You're too young, you don't 207 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 4: have the training, the experience. He's too big, he's their 208 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 4: most skilled warrior. Sometimes people will try to keep you 209 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 4: in the valley. People will tell you what you can't do, 210 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 4: what you don't have, how you should just learn to 211 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 4: live with the addiction. Don't try to start that business. 212 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 4: There are giants out there. You can't teach that class 213 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: much competition. You better stay where you are. Don't expect 214 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 4: everyone to cheer you on. All your friends are not 215 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 4: going to celebrate you, challenge you to stretch to the 216 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,959 Speaker 4: next level. But just because they don't see it in 217 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 4: you doesn't mean you don't have it. God has put 218 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 4: greatness in you, things that other people have never imagined, 219 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 4: potential that's going to catapult you to a new level. Now, 220 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 4: don't let someone talk you out of what God put 221 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 4: in you. Don't let their lack of support cause you 222 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 4: to stay in the valley, David could have thought, I 223 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 4: guess King Saul is right. I don't have the training. 224 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 4: I don't come from an influential family. He is much 225 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 4: bigger than I am. Maybe I should just accept this valley. 226 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 4: If David would have let Saul discourage him, we wouldn't 227 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 4: be talking about him. If he would have believed the 228 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 4: threats of Goliath, he would have never fulfilled his destiny. 229 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: And at some point we will all be where David was, 230 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 4: in a valley with the big obstacle. We didn't get 231 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 4: the scholarship, the relationship didn't work out, We lost a 232 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 4: loved one. The fear, depression, anxiety, it feels permanent. Nobody's 233 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 4: there to support us. That's when you have to dig 234 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 4: down deep and say, no, this valley is not my home. 235 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 4: This defeat, this lack, this trouble, this addiction is not 236 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 4: how my story ends. You are on the verge of 237 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 4: seeing that valley transformed into a gateway of something amazing. 238 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 4: God is about to do something unusual, out of the ordinary, 239 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 4: something that will thrust you to a new level. King 240 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 4: Saul wasn't for David, but that didn't stop David. David's 241 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 4: family didn't believe in him. His brothers made fun of him, 242 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 4: but that didn't keep him from his destiny. Don't be 243 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 4: discouraged by who's not for you, by who doesn't cheer 244 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 4: you on. You don't need them. You and God are 245 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 4: a majority. He is breathing in your direction right now. Now, 246 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 4: you're about to come out of that valley. It's going 247 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 4: to happen sooner than you think. There's a breakthrough, a promotion, 248 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 4: a healing, a divine connection that's headed your way. Get 249 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 4: ready for that valley to be transformed. It looks permanent, 250 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 4: but things are suddenly going to change. Suddenly your health 251 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 4: turns around, Suddenly your business takes off, Suddenly your child 252 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 4: gets back on course. That valley is leading you to victory. 253 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 4: David was in this valley of Elaw. Goliath was coming 254 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 4: down the mountain to face him. David didn't have any armor, 255 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 4: didn't have a sword a shield. All he had was 256 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 4: a slingshot. He reached down and picked up five smooth 257 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 4: stones from the stream. God was showing us there is 258 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 4: provision in the valley. David didn't bring the stones into 259 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 4: the valley. He didn't have someone helping him giving him 260 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 4: the stones. What he needed was within reach. What you 261 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 4: need to get out out of that valley is within 262 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 4: your reach. You don't have to wait on some person, 263 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 4: some good break, a company to call you, a neighbor 264 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 4: to help you out, look around you, and look in you. 265 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 4: Sometimes all you need is your praise. Praise is a weapon. 266 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 4: Praise breaks chains, Praise confuses the enemy. Praise makes you powerful. 267 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 4: When you have praise coming out of your mouth, you 268 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 4: are unstoppable. The enemy cannot keep a praiser down. Just 269 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 4: ask Paul in Silas as they sang. Praise is at midnight, 270 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 4: prison doors flung open. Just ask Jonah sitting in the 271 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 4: belly of a fish. As he offered the sacrifice of praise, 272 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 4: the fish spit him up on dry ground. All David 273 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 4: had was five small stones that didn't seem like much. 274 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 4: But a stone with God's favor is more powerful than 275 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 4: an automatic weapon. Your praise may not seem like much, 276 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 4: but when you when you praise, angels go to work. 277 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: When you praise, the creator of the universe begins to 278 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 4: change things in your favor. Most of the battles we 279 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 4: fight are not physical, they're spiritual. Praise is a powerful weapon. 280 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 4: When you praise in the valley, it's even more effective 281 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 4: because the enemy expects you in the valley to be negative, bitter, complaining. 282 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 4: But when you go through the day saying, Father, thank 283 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 4: you that you are still on the throne, thank you 284 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 4: that you are bigger than this problem, thank you that 285 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 4: no weapon formed against me will ever prosper praise will 286 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 4: cause you to defeat giants in your life. When Goliath 287 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 4: saw David how young he was, how small, he began 288 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 4: to laugh. He said about Dog, that you'd come at 289 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 4: me with a stick. He was saying, is this the 290 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 4: best you can do? Is this all you've got? He 291 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 4: discounted David made fun of him. David didn't pay any attention. 292 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 4: He took a stone, put it in the slingshot. When 293 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 4: he slung it, it hit Goliath right between the eyes, 294 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 4: knocked him unconscious. David went over, took Goliath's own sword, 295 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 4: and cut his head off. Overnight, David became a national hero. 296 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 4: He went from a shepherd boy that nobody had ever 297 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 4: heard of, to be in the talk of the town 298 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 4: everyone admired and loved. God knows how to transform a 299 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 4: valley of trouble into a gateway of blessing. You may 300 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 4: be in trouble now, in your health, your finances, a relationship. 301 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 4: It's a setup. It was meant to stop you, but 302 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 4: God has another plan. He allowed it because it's about 303 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 4: to launch you to a new level. You're going to 304 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 4: come out promoted, stronger, healthier, better than you were before. 305 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 4: It's not a coincidence that David wrote in Psalm twenty three, 306 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 4: though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 307 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 4: he didn't say though I stay in the valley. Though 308 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,479 Speaker 4: I live in the valley, The valley is not your home. 309 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 4: The valley is temporary. You're just passing through the valley. 310 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 4: It's just a matter of time before it's turned into 311 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 4: a gateway, a gateway of favor, a gateway of healing. Now, 312 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: don't let the valley become permanent in your thinking. Don't 313 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 4: go around talking about my sickness, my depression, my arthritis 314 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 4: is acting up. Don't take ownership of it. It's not yours. 315 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 4: God made you healthy, whole, free, blessed, prosperous. Anything otherwise 316 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 4: is on foreign territory. David said, though I walk through 317 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 4: the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Then the next 318 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: verse he said, God anoints my head with oil and 319 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 4: my cup runs over. God was showing us you have 320 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 4: to go through some valleys before you come to the 321 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 4: anointing where your cup runs over. David could have started 322 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 4: the chapter talking about my cup runs over, God anoints 323 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 4: my head, then at the end talked about the valleys. 324 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 4: He did just the opposite. It's because valleys precede overflow. 325 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,719 Speaker 4: You may be dealing with the sickness now, but on 326 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 4: the other side of that valley is your cup running 327 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 4: over with good health. Things may be slow at the office, 328 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 4: but when you make it through the valley, there's an 329 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 4: abundance good breaks, promotion. That family member is causing trouble, 330 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 4: but on the other side of the valley is great joy, 331 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 4: great peace. Your cup is going to run over with 332 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 4: great relationships. Now, none of us like to go through 333 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 4: the valleys, but if you'll keep the right perspective, knowing 334 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 4: that that valley is leading you to overflow, then you'll 335 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: go through it with a good attitude. I wonder how 336 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 4: often we get stuck in the valley complaining I can't 337 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 4: believe this happened. God is waiting to transform it into 338 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 4: a gateway of blessing, but we have to pass the test. 339 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 4: How we go through the valley makes a difference. I 340 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 4: know a pastor that wanted to build a new auditorium. 341 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 4: They had needed the space for a long time. He 342 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 4: saw friends building nice sanctuaries. They were doing great things, 343 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: but every time he tried to move forward, he had 344 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 4: some kind of setback. He was tempted to get discouraged, 345 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 4: think it would never work out. When you're in the valley, 346 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 4: it's a test. God is up to something that you 347 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 4: can't see. It's easy to complain and live negative, but 348 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 4: you have to trust him in the valley. This pastor 349 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 4: kept being his best month after month, thanking God that 350 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 4: he was working, declaring that a new sanctuary was on 351 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 4: the way. It looked like he was stuck. The odds 352 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 4: were against him, said it would never happen. But God 353 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 4: knows how to transform that valley of trouble into a 354 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 4: gateway of blessing. And when it's your time, all the 355 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 4: forces of darkness cannot stop what God has ordained for you. 356 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 4: One day, unexpectedly, the mayor of this small town called 357 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 4: and told how there was a group that built a 358 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: huge build for a casino, but before they moved in, 359 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 4: they went bankrupt. They had over forty acres of parking, 360 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 4: a building that could fit four football fields inside. It 361 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 4: was just a few miles from his church. The mayor 362 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 4: asked if he was interested in purchasing it. The pastor 363 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 4: thought it'd be over fifty million dollars. It was huge, 364 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 4: first class. The mayor said, no, you can purchase it 365 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 4: for under two million dollars. Instead of having to build 366 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 4: his own facility, God dropped a much bigger, better facility 367 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 4: into their hands. When you go through the valley in faith, 368 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 4: thanking God, then you're going to come into that anointing 369 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 4: where your cup runs over. God is going to do 370 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 4: things that you've never dreamed. He's going to transform the 371 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 4: valley of trouble into a gateway of abundance. You may 372 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: feel like you're stuck. You're doing the right thing, but 373 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: the wrong thing is happening. The good news is that 374 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: valley is not permanent. You are coming through, and if 375 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 4: you could see what was on the other side, you 376 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 4: would be amazed. Your cup is going to run over. 377 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 4: Maybe a relationship didn't work out, that person left you. 378 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 4: Now you're in the valley. That is not the end 379 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 4: of your story. God has a running over blessing somebody 380 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 4: better than you've ever dreamed. Stay in faith in the valley. 381 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 4: Don't listen to Goliath. Don't believe the lies that it's 382 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: never going to work out. It's too late, the obstacle's 383 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 4: too big. Like this pastor, that valley of trouble is 384 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 4: leading to a gateway of abundance, abundance of joy, abundance 385 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 4: of good hell, abundance of resources. Second King, Chapter three. 386 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 4: The Israelites had been traveling for seven days on their 387 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: way to attack the Moabites. They went the long way 388 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 4: around to surprise them, but they ran out of water. 389 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 4: There was nothing for them or their animals to drink. 390 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 4: The King of Israel said, has God brought us out 391 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 4: here to die? Someone spoke up and said, let's ask 392 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 4: the prophet. He said, in verse sixteen, this is what 393 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 4: the Lord says. This dry valley will be filled with water. 394 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 4: You will see neither wind nor rain, but you will 395 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 4: have an abundance of water plenty for yourselves and your animals, 396 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 4: and the Lord will give you victory over the Moabites. 397 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 4: That didn't make sense. The valley was going to be 398 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 4: filled with water with no rain. I'm sure they thought 399 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 4: Elisha you missed it this time. That's impossible. Where's the 400 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 4: water going to come from? The Next morning they woke 401 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 4: up and suddenly water started flowing into the valley with 402 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 4: no source. They went out and defeated the Moabites. You 403 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 4: don't have to figure out how God is going to 404 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 4: bring you out. It may not seem possible. You've looked 405 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 4: at all the options and don't see away. That's okay. 406 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 4: God has ways we've never thought of. We think natural, 407 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 4: but God is supernatural. He can cause the property to 408 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 4: find you. He can have the right people knock on 409 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 4: your door. He can heal you without the treatment. The 410 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 4: valley doesn't stop our God. He's not limited by what 411 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: you don't have. He's not intimidated by what you're up against. 412 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 4: He spoke worlds into existence, He flung stars into space. 413 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 4: He knows how to turn your situation around. You may 414 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 4: be in the valley that's dry, it looks permanent. Get ready, 415 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 4: water is about to flow into your valley. You're not 416 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 4: going to see wind nor rain. It's not going to 417 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 4: be ordinary. It's not going to happen a normal way. 418 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 4: It's going to be the hand of God. There's no explanation. 419 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 4: It doesn't make sense. It's God bringing water without rain, 420 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 4: promotion without the qualification, and auditorium without having to build 421 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 4: it a baby when you were told it wasn't possible. 422 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 4: Don't get discouraged because the valley is dry. There's no water. 423 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 4: God controls the faucet. His favor can open a door 424 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 4: that couldn't open. He can make the happened. They can't 425 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 4: be explained. When David was thirty seven years old, he 426 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 4: was about to step into a new level of his 427 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 4: destiny and become the king of all of Israel. He 428 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 4: was at the Valley of Reffium Raffian means giants. Twenty 429 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 4: years earlier he defeated Goliath. Now he's spaced not just 430 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: one giant, but a valley full of giants. God helped 431 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 4: him and his men, and they won the victory. The 432 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 4: scripture says David renamed the valley instead of leaving it 433 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 4: the valley of Reffium. He called it Balparism, which means 434 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 4: the god of the breakthrough. You may be in a 435 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 4: valley now things are difficult, But like with David, one 436 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 4: day you're going to rename that valley instead of a 437 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 4: valley of disappointment. When you see what God does. You're 438 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 4: going to say that was a valley of favor, a 439 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 4: valley of blessing, a valley where God showed out in 440 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 4: my life. Instead of a valley of sickness, a valley 441 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 4: of sils, that was a valley of healing, a valley 442 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 4: of wholeness where God made away where I didn't see away. 443 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 4: Or instead of a valley of addiction, a valley of failure, 444 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 4: that was a valley of freedom, a valley of restoration 445 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 4: where I saw God's grace as never before. Don't let 446 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 4: the name of that valley fool you. God is about 447 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 4: to transform that valley into a gateway of blessing. When 448 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord, I was 449 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 4: in a valley of loss, a valley of sadness. I 450 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 4: can say now that was a valley of increase. That 451 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 4: valley launched me to a new level. When my mother 452 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 4: faced cancer, that was a valley of illness, a valley 453 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 4: of pain. But now forty years later she can say 454 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 4: that was a valley of breakthrough, a vallee where God 455 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 4: helped me defeat a giant. When King Jehasafat and the 456 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 4: people of Judah were surrounded by three major armies. They 457 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 4: didn't have a chance, but God caused those armies to 458 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 4: become confused, and they ended up destroying each other. The 459 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 4: people of Judah went in and gathered up all the spoils. 460 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 4: Johasapat named that place the Valley of Blessing. Things may 461 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 4: be tough right now, stay in courage. One day you're 462 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 4: going to say, like him, that was a valley of blessing. 463 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 4: God is working behind the scenes in your life. He 464 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 4: hasn't brought you this far to leave you. He sees 465 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 4: the tears, the injustice. That valley of trouble is about 466 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 4: to be transformed into a gateway of hope, a gateway 467 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 4: of healing, a gateway of promotion. It may be uncomfortable now, 468 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 4: but the valley is necessary. God is using it to 469 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 4: take you to a new level. Now do your part. 470 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 4: Praise Him in the valley, keep a good attitude in 471 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 4: the valley. Be good to others in the valley. If 472 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 4: you'll do this, I believe and declare, Like David, you're 473 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 4: going to defeat giants that are much bigger. Like Elisha, 474 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 4: You're going to see water without rain. God is about 475 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 4: to do things you can't explain. Unusual favor, healing, restoration breakthroughs. 476 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 4: Get ready, You're about to go from the valley to victory. 477 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name. I'd like to give you an opportunity 478 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 4: to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you 479 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 4: pray with me? 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