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It's time 18 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: to get the recognition you deserve and earn a degree 19 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 2: you'll be proud of, one that employers will trust and 20 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 2: respect when you take the next step in your life 21 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: and career. Make it count with Perdue Global produce online 22 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: University for working adults. Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 23 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 25 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 26 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 27 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless 28 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 3: you always a joy to come into your homes. 29 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 4: We love you. 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 3: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 31 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 3: by and be a part of one of our services. 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 4: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 33 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: But thank you so much for tuning in, and thank 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 3: you again for coming out today. 35 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 4: And I like to start with something funny. And I 36 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 4: heard about this new pastor. 37 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 3: He was in town going from house to house inviting 38 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: people to come to church. He knocked on this one 39 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 3: door and he could tell someone was home, but no 40 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 3: one would answer. 41 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: He took his business card and. 42 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: He wrote on the back the scripture reference Revelation three twenty. 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 4: He left it at the door. 44 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 3: The next Sunday, after service, the usher handed him that 45 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: same card and it had the scripture reference written under it, 46 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 3: Genesis three ten. Here's what they say the pastor's words. 47 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 3: Revelation three twenty. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 48 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 3: If anyone answers, I will come in the reply. Genesis 49 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: three ten. It says I heard your voice, but I 50 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 3: was afraid because I was naked. Hold up your bible 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 3: and say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 52 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what 53 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 55 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 56 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 57 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 58 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 3: about recognizing what you have. So often we focus on 59 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: what we don't have and how big our obstacles are 60 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: and how bad the economy is. Joel, I don't have 61 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: the connections. I've got this problem, but I don't have 62 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 3: anybody to help me. I've got this dream, but I 63 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 3: don't have the resources. Now here's what I've learned. Everything 64 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: you need to fulfill your destiny is within reach. God 65 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 3: will always use something that's close to you. It may 66 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: not look extraordinary. All David had was a slingshot, and 67 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: five stones looked ordinary. He could have thought, I'm not 68 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: going to face Goliath. That would be foolish. 69 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 4: I don't have a chance. 70 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: No, David recognized what he had. He knew those stones 71 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: that slingshot, even though they were ordinary, when he placed 72 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 3: them in God's hands, they would become extraordinary. All Moses 73 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: had was a stick. It wasn't a fancy stick, wasn't 74 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: covered with jewels and made out of marble. It was 75 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: just a plain, old, ordinary stick. Here Pharaoh and the 76 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: enemy army was chasing the Israelites. They were backed up 77 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: at the Red Sea. There were mountains on both sides, 78 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: the sea in front of them, the army behind them. 79 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 4: It was a dead end. 80 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 3: I'm sure Moses said, God, please send ten thousand angels 81 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: to defend us. God, please rain down fire on heaven. 82 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 3: God do something big. Yes, God was about to do 83 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: something big, but it started with something small. Sometimes we're 84 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: looking far away when we should be looking close to us. 85 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: God said, Moses, pick up that stick and hold it 86 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: up in the air. I can imagine Moses thinking, God, 87 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: I'm asking you to do something supernatural, something big, and 88 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: you're telling me to hold up a stick to do 89 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 3: something ordinary. 90 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: Here's the key. 91 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 3: If you'll do the ordinary, then God will do the extraordinary. 92 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 3: If you'll do the natural, God will show up and 93 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 3: do the supernatural. Moses held up the rod an ordinary stick. 94 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 3: You know the story. The water's parted, the people went 95 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 3: through on dry ground. 96 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: But notice two things. 97 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: God use something ordinary, and God use something close to him. 98 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 4: Could it be that you're looking far away when the 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 4: answer is right there close to you. 100 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 3: Could it be that you have the people that you need, 101 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 3: that you have opportunity for promotion, You have the answer, 102 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 3: but you're looking for something supernatural, something that will give 103 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: you goose bumps, when the answer is very ordinary. Now 104 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 3: our prayer should be, God opened my eyes so that 105 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 3: I can see what I have at my disposal. God, 106 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,119 Speaker 3: help me to recognize the people you put in my life. 107 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: Help me to see the opportunities, the resources, the ideas 108 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 3: that will help further me toward my divine destiny. All 109 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: through the scripture we can see how God used ordinary things. 110 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 3: One time, Sampson had thousands of Philistines coming against him. 111 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 3: Sampson didn't have any armor, he didn't have a sword, 112 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: No troops were backing him up. Looked like he was 113 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 3: as good as dead. What did Sampson do complain? 114 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 4: God is not fair. 115 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: They've got these swords and shields. God, They've got all 116 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 3: this equipment, and I don't have anything. No, Sampson understood 117 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 3: this principle. He immediately began. 118 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 4: To look around. He knew what he needed would be 119 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: close to him. What did he see? A machine gun, 120 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 4: a case full of hand grenades? 121 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: No, he saw the jawbone of a donkey. Something ordinary. 122 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 3: Didn't look like much, but Sampson believed that what God 123 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 3: gave him would. 124 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 4: Be exactly what he needed. 125 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: The scripture says Sampson took the jawbone of the donkey 126 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 3: and defeated one thousand Philistines that were better equipped and 127 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: had more expertise. 128 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 4: I've learned it's not. 129 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 3: So much what you have as it is does it 130 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 3: have God's anointing on it. You can have average talent, 131 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: but with the anointing of the Most High God, you 132 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 3: will go further than someone that has exceptional talent. Today 133 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 3: you may have an extraordinary problem, but because of the 134 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: blessing and favor of God on your life, he can 135 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 3: take an ordinary solution and cause you to be victorious. 136 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 4: Here's the question. Do you recognize what you have? 137 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: Are you looking around at what's at your disposal, at 138 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 3: what's close to you? The solution, the breakthrough, the new business, 139 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 3: the idea. 140 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: It is within your reach. 141 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 3: It may not seem like much compare to your situation. 142 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 3: It may look very small, But if you'll just dare 143 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 3: use what you have, you can defeat a giant with 144 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 3: less equipment. Both David and Sampson went to the battlefield 145 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 3: without a shield, without a sword. They didn't have helicopters 146 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 3: backing them up. All they had was a slingshot, the 147 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 3: jawbone of the donkey. 148 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 4: But when you recognize God is the one. 149 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,559 Speaker 3: That gave it to you, you'll put your shoulders back, 150 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 3: You'll go out with confidence, knowing that you've been equipped 151 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: by the creator of the universe. Well, you say, Joe, 152 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: this sounds good, but I don't have the resources. I 153 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 3: don't have the money, I don't have the talent. No, 154 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 3: do you have as much as the jawbone of a donkey? 155 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 4: Do you have as much as a slingshot? 156 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 3: Today we are talking about two people that simply took 157 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: what they had, and with the anointing of God, they 158 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 3: made history. We're still inspired by their stories. There is 159 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 3: something in your life right now that can cause you 160 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 3: to be a history maker. God has destined you to 161 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: leave your mark on this generation. You are not supposed 162 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 3: to come and go and nobody even knew you were here. 163 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 3: You have seeds of greatness on the inside. When your 164 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: time is up, the world should look back and say, Wow, 165 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 3: they were a giant killer. They were a history maker. 166 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: They took new ground for the kingdom. They left the 167 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 3: legacy of faith and today. Your dream may be big 168 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 3: and your resources may be small, but don't get discouraged. 169 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,719 Speaker 3: God is saying, if you will use what you have, 170 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 3: I will multiply your talent. I'll multiply your resources, I'll 171 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,119 Speaker 3: multiply your influence. 172 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 4: Let me prophesy it. You will defeat. 173 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 3: Giants with less equipment. You will accomplish goals with less 174 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 3: resource horses. Those obstacles that are holding you back are 175 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 3: not permanent. 176 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 4: They are temporary. 177 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 3: The giant may be big, but the power of the 178 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,719 Speaker 3: Most High God in. 179 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 4: You is much much bigger. Now, this is not the 180 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: time to make excuses. 181 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 3: This is not the time to let people talk you 182 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: out of it and settle for mediocrity. Now this is 183 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 3: the time to rise up, look around, recognize what you have. 184 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 3: Everything you need to fulfill your destiny is within reach. 185 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 4: The prophet Joel said, not me, but another one. 186 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 3: He said, wake up the mighty men, Wake up. 187 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 4: The mighty women. Who are the mighty men? The mighty women. 188 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 3: It's the people that realize they have the creator of 189 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 3: the universe breathing in their direction. It's the people that 190 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 3: recognize what they have. I have a friend that had 191 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 3: a dream to start his own business. He needed a 192 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: bank to get behind him to loaning the money so 193 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 3: he could get it off the ground. So he went 194 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 3: to his own bank that he'd used for many years, but. 195 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 4: They turned him down. They said it wasn't a good idea. 196 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 3: He went to another bank, and another and another. They 197 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 3: all said the same thing. It's never going to work. 198 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 3: But understand, God didn't put the promise in somebody else. 199 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 3: He put the promise in you. Somebody else may not 200 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 3: be able to see what. 201 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 4: You can see. 202 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 3: Don't get discouraged and let them talk you out of it. 203 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: Thirty one banks told him no. Thirty one banks said, 204 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 3: it's not a good idea. It's never going to work. 205 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 3: You have to decide, are you going to believe the 206 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 3: report of people? 207 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 4: Are you going to believe the report of the Lord? 208 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 4: All he had was one hundred and fifty dollars. 209 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 3: Really, he needed several hundred thousand dollars to get it 210 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: off the ground. 211 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 4: The right way. 212 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 3: But he took what he had and bought a few 213 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 3: supplies and got. 214 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 4: The business started. 215 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 3: His first client liked his work so much much that 216 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 3: they gave him a one year contract. He took that 217 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 3: contract to the bank. Thirty one banks had said no, 218 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 3: but bank number thirty two said yes. Today he has 219 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: a multi million dollar, growing, successful business. What happened He 220 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 3: defeated a giant with less equipment when he recognized what 221 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: he had and took steps of faith to use it. 222 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 3: That's when God showed up and started breathing in his direction. 223 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 3: You may have a dream right now, but like him, 224 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 3: every voice is telling you it's never going to work. 225 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 3: It's not a good idea. You don't have enough people 226 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 3: behind you. No, listen, God wouldn't have given you the dream. 227 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 3: He wouldn't have put the idea in your heart without 228 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: giving you the resources to see it come to pass. 229 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 3: Now you've got to look around, understand when God gives 230 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 3: you a dream, he gives it to you in seed form. 231 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 3: In other words, if you have a dream to have 232 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 3: a big oak tree, God's not going to give a 233 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 3: big oak tree. He's going to give you an acorn. 234 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: He's going to give you something small. But what God 235 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 3: has given you, what's within your reach right now. Those resources, 236 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 3: if you will use them, they have the potential to 237 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 3: become what you're dreaming about. As long as you sit 238 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: back and say, well, I don't have the connections, Joel. 239 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 3: Everybody tells me it's not a good idea. All I've 240 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 3: got one hundred and fifty dollars. All I've got this 241 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 3: little bitty acorn. 242 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 4: Big deal. Use what you have. 243 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: God's in control. He's already lined up the right people. 244 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: The breaks you need are already in your future. Thirty 245 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 3: one banks may have told you no, but let me 246 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 3: tell you, Bank number thirty two is coming. Thirty one 247 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 3: Banks may have said, not a good idea, but Bank 248 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 3: number thirty two is going. 249 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 4: To say, great idea, We're on board. 250 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: Don't let people talk you out of what you know 251 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 3: God put in your heart. I remember when I was 252 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 3: a little boy, we moved to another house a brand 253 00:13:59,240 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 3: new house. 254 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 4: It was on the north side of. 255 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: Houston, close to the new airport back then in the sixties, 256 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 3: and all around us there were trees and woods and 257 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: just big open fields. There were only a few houses 258 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 3: in our whole neighborhood. Nothing was really built out. And 259 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: right behind our property there were two one acre lots 260 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 3: that my father really wanted to buy. 261 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 4: Felt very strongly about it. 262 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 3: You could purchase them for practically nothing, about two thousand 263 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 3: dollars an acre. My father told the man that built 264 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 3: our house what he wanted to do, and that builder said, 265 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 3: why would you want to do that? This property is 266 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 3: not going anywhere. Plus you're gonna have a bunch of 267 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: taxes and up key, it's not going to be a 268 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 3: good investment at all. My father thought, well, he's the expert. 269 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 3: He knows what he's talking about. The whole time down 270 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 3: in here, an alarm was going off telling him, don't 271 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 3: listen to him. This is a god given opportunity. Purchased 272 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 3: the property. In his heart, my father knew he was 273 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 3: supposed to do it. He made the mistake of letting 274 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 3: his head override his heart. 275 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 4: He let the so called expert talk him out of it. 276 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 3: Twenty years later, all the houses in the neighborhood were 277 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 3: built out. 278 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 4: There were no more empty lots. Do you know that property. 279 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 3: Increased in value fifty times what my father could have 280 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 3: bought it for. It went from two thousand and acre 281 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: to one hundred thousand and acre. My father was kicking 282 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 3: himself the whole time. He never did speak to our 283 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 3: builder again. 284 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 4: What's my point? 285 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 3: God has already put everything you need to be victorious 286 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: within your reach. Sometimes, like my father, we let people 287 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 3: talk us out of it. Sometimes because it's ordinary, we 288 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 3: miss what God wants to do. I'm asking you to 289 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 3: look around at what you have. Don't think that it's 290 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 3: way off in the future. One day I'll get a 291 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 3: good break. One day God will rain down manner from heaven. 292 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 3: One day I'll meet the right people. Now. Can I 293 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 3: tell you the right people are in your life right now. 294 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 3: The opportunity for promotion is close to you. The solution 295 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 3: you're looking for is within your reach. 296 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 4: I know this gentleman. He's an attorney. 297 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 3: He's always had a desire to be in the sports industry. 298 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: His dream was to become an agent where he would 299 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 3: represent these ballplayers. But he didn't have any connections. He 300 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 3: didn't know the right people. He was working in the 301 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 3: small town that he grew up in. Several times a 302 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: week he would go to the gym to play basketball. 303 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 3: He'd been playing with a group of men for some time. 304 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 3: One day, after the game, an older gentleman said to him, 305 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 3: what do you do. He explained, I'm an attorney and 306 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 3: I practice corporate law, but my real dream is to 307 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 3: become a sports agent. 308 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: That man's eyes lit up. 309 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 3: He said, really, my nephew is the number one college 310 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 3: basketball player in the nation and he was just asking 311 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 3: me about someone that could represent him. 312 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 4: I'll have him call you. 313 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 3: It was that one open door, that one connection that 314 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 3: led him to start his business. He represented that young 315 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 3: man and today he is considered one of the leading 316 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 3: sports agents in the world. Friends, God has already planned 317 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 3: out the right people for you. He's already put in 318 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 3: place everyone you're going to need. 319 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 4: To get to where you're supposed to be. 320 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 3: Now, quit telling yourself I don't have the connections, I 321 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 3: don't know the right people. No, you may not, but 322 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 3: God does. You have friends in high places. And I 323 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 3: believe today that God has placed people in your life 324 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 3: that He's ordained to be instrumental, but if you're not careful, 325 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 3: you'll miss them. We should go out each day with 326 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 3: this understanding. What I need is close to me. It's 327 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 3: not far off. 328 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 4: In my life right now. 329 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 3: Now are the right people, the breaks, the opportunity for improvement. 330 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 3: It's all within my reach. So I'm going to be 331 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 3: on the lookout. I know this family, they had a 332 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 3: strong desire to help people in India. Their dream was 333 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 3: to build Bible schools and orphanages so they could help 334 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 3: the needy people. But this family, they weren't wealthy people. 335 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 3: They owned a scrap metal business. They made a modest living, 336 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 3: but in their heart they believed that one day they 337 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 3: would be able to make much bigger of a difference. 338 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 3: The seed was planted on the inside. The owner of 339 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 3: the company, this man. At one point he bought this 340 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 3: huge supply of old discarded lead batteries. They were from 341 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 3: World War Two. He paid two cents a pound for them. 342 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 3: There's all kinds of batteries, car batteries, tank batteries, motorcycle batteries. 343 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 3: It was literally hundreds and hundreds of truckloads worth of batteries. 344 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 3: They were piled several stories high, several hundred feet long, 345 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 3: and this man thought that God would increase him. But 346 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 3: it was always way off in the future. But one 347 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 3: night this man had a dream. In the dream, he 348 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 3: saw himself digging through that pile of batteries and he 349 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 3: found this one unusual small battery, was very distinct looking. 350 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 3: He woke up and heard the thought, the treasure is 351 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 3: in the batteries. The next day, he and his teenage 352 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 3: son went out and started digging and digging through that 353 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 3: mountain of batteries, trying to find that battery that he 354 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 3: had seen in the dream. Three days later, toward the 355 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 3: middle of the pile, they found that exact battery. He 356 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 3: took it to the expert and had him examine it. 357 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 3: The expert said, this is a motorcycle battery from World 358 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 3: War II. There's nothing special about it, just a lead 359 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 3: battery worth about two cents a pound. 360 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 4: The man wasn't convinced. 361 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 3: He asked him go back, take the cover off of 362 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 3: it and examine it more thoroughly. The man did, much 363 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 3: to his surprise. He discovered that it wasn't filled with lead, 364 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 3: it was filled with silver. These were batteries that the 365 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 3: Germans tested to see if the silver would do better. 366 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 4: In the cold than the lead. 367 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 3: The experts said, this is not worth a few cents, 368 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 3: this is worth thousands of dollars. Well, that man had 369 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 3: thousands and thousands of batteries piled up back at his shop. 370 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 4: It was just like he won the lottery. 371 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 3: God did exceedingly abundantly above and beyond what am I saying? 372 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 4: You don't know what God has put in your path. 373 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 4: You don't know what's close to you. 374 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 3: One idea, one phone call, one connection, and you'll go 375 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 3: from dreaming the dream to live in the dream. I'm 376 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 3: asking you to look around at what you have. It's 377 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: within reach, it's not far off in the sweep by, 378 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: and by no right now. God has opportunities in your 379 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 3: path right now. The right people are in your life. 380 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: God has deposited into you gifts, talents, ideas, creativity. Resources 381 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 3: may not seem like much, but when you open them up, 382 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 3: so to speak, you're going to discover what God has 383 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 3: given you is not led its silver. It's going to 384 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 3: thrust you to a new level. It's going to be 385 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 3: one of those explosive blessings that catapult you higher than 386 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 3: you ever thought possible. 387 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,360 Speaker 4: Can you get a vision for it? Will you look 388 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 4: around at what God's put in your life. 389 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 3: Well, Joel, I don't have a big pile of batteries. 390 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 3: I don't have a bunch of resources. No, you just 391 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 3: don't realize what you have. In the scripture, there were 392 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 3: four lepers that were sitting outside the city gates. I'm 393 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 3: sure they felt much the same way. All the odds 394 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 3: were against them. An enemy army had cut off the 395 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 3: supply lines to the city. It was just it's a 396 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 3: matter of time before the whole city would start to death. 397 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 3: These leopers had two strikes against them. They not only 398 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 3: had leprosy, but they were outside the city gates because. 399 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 4: Of their disease. 400 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 3: That meant when the enemy attacked, they would be the 401 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 3: first ones to be killed. And I'm sure for a 402 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 3: while they sat around and complained about how bad life was, 403 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 3: about how they were mistreated. If I just didn't have 404 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 3: this disease, if I was just born into a different family, 405 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,239 Speaker 3: if the economy wasn't bad, well, remember, the answer is 406 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 3: always within reach. One of the lepers rose up said, 407 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: you know what, if we're going to die, let's. 408 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 4: Don't die sitting down. Let's get up and do something. 409 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 3: Let's march toward the enemy's camp and see what's going on. 410 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 3: They rose up and begin to march toward the enemy. 411 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 3: In the natural they didn't have a chance. But know, 412 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: when you do the ordinary, God will do the extraordinary. 413 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 4: The scripture says. 414 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 3: As they were marching, God multiplied the sound of their 415 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 3: footsteps and caused them to sound like a mighty army. 416 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 3: When the enemy heard it, they got scared to death. 417 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 3: They thought tens of thousands of troops were coming against them. 418 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 4: They took off running. 419 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 3: Those four lepers not only spared their own lives, but 420 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 3: they saved the lives of everyone in the city. They 421 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 3: went from being outcast to be in heroes. 422 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 4: What's my point? 423 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 3: The answer was close to them. It was their footsteps. 424 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 3: You may not have much, but I bet you have 425 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 3: your feet, You have your voice, you have your vision, 426 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 3: you have your spirit of faith. I'm trying to light 427 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 3: a fire on the inside. You have everything you need. 428 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 3: It's close to you. Quit saying this problem is too big. 429 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 3: This legal situation's gonna sink me. Joel, I'm never gonna 430 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 3: find the right property from my house, for my business, 431 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 3: for my church. Listen, the creator of the universe has 432 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 3: already lined. 433 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 4: Up everything that you need. 434 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: God can cause the sound of your footsteps to be multiplied. 435 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 3: That means God can make you bigger and more powerful 436 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 3: than you really are. God can multiply your strength, and 437 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 3: multiply your talent, and multiply your influence. 438 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 4: Friends, you have what you need. 439 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 3: You may have been through some bad breaks like these lepers. 440 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 4: Life may not have treated you fair. 441 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 3: You can either sit around and complain and let that 442 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: defeat you, or you can rise up like this one 443 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 3: leper and say, hey, wait a minute, I'm a child 444 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 3: of the Most High God. I've got a destiny to fulfill. 445 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 3: Those that are for me are greater than those that 446 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 3: are against me. I'm not gonna sit around complaining about 447 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 3: what I don't have. I'm gonna start marching toward my destiny, 448 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 3: knowing that the creator of the universe is breathing in 449 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 3: my Knowing that Almighty God is multiplying what I have. 450 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 3: And if God before me, who dare be against me? 451 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 3: You got to rise up with that spirit of faith. 452 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 3: I love the time in the Scripture when Moses was 453 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 3: complaining about what he didn't have. He said, God, we 454 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 3: don't have the water, we don't have good food, We don't. 455 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 4: Have proper protection. 456 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 3: God said, wait a minute, Moses, what do you have 457 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 3: in your hand. Moses said, God, I've got this same 458 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 3: stick that I had before. It's just an ordinary stick. 459 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 4: It's not much. 460 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 3: God said, Moses, throw it on the ground. He threw 461 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 3: it down and it turned into a snake. God said, now, Moses, 462 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 3: pick it up. Don't you know it took more faith 463 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 3: to pick it up than it did. 464 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 4: To throw it down. Now it was a snake. 465 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: He picked it up and it turned back into a stick. 466 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 3: God was saying, I can take something ordinary and turn 467 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 3: it into what you need. It may be a stick, 468 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 3: but if it needs to be a key to open 469 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 3: a door, I can turn it into a key. 470 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 4: If it needs to be. 471 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 3: A shield to protect you, I'll turn it into a shield. 472 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 3: If it needs to be silver instead of lead, I'll 473 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 3: turn it into silver. God is asking you today, what 474 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 3: do you have in your hand? Well, Joel, I just 475 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 3: have this high school diploma. I just don't have the connection. No, 476 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 3: get out of that defeated mentality. If you'll use what 477 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 3: you have, God will get you to where you're supposed 478 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 3: to be. He will become what you need. He is 479 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 3: called the Great I am. In other words, I am 480 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 3: anything you need. I am your peace. I am your restoration. 481 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: I am your breakthrough, I am your deliverer, I am 482 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 3: your increase, I am your victory. My challenge is look 483 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 3: around at what you have. What you need is close 484 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 3: to you, it's within reach. Don't write it off because 485 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 3: it's ordinary. David would have never defeated Goliath. He would 486 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 3: have never made history if he had not recognized an 487 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 3: ordinary slam shop was sent by Almighty God. Samson would 488 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 3: have never defeated the Philistines if he had not recognized 489 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 3: the jawbone of a donkey. Something ordinary would be instrumental 490 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 3: in his destiny. It wasn't a coincidence that the jawbone 491 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 3: was there. God put it there. And in the same 492 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 3: way God has put people in your life, He's put opportunity. 493 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 3: He put least sources may look insignificant, but with the 494 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 3: anointing of God, it will become significant. It will help 495 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 3: you accomplish the extraordinary. Now, I want to declare this 496 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 3: over each one of you. Like David, you will defeat 497 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 3: giants with less equipment. You're going to overcome obstacles that 498 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 3: look insurmountable. You're going to accomplish dreams that you thought 499 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: were impossible. 500 00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 4: You need to get ready. 501 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 3: God about to open doors that no man can shut. 502 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 3: You're going to step into a new level of your destiny. 503 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 3: Explosive blessings are come in your way, blessings that are 504 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 3: going to thrust you to a whole new level. I 505 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 3: believe it, and I declare it in the name of Jesus. 506 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you shout amen? 507 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 508 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 509 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? 510 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 511 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 512 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 3: Friend, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 513 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 3: got born again. 514 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 4: Get in a good Bible based church. 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