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I like to start with something 46 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 5: funny and I heard about this minister who was walking 47 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 5: down the street when he came upon this group of 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 5: young boys that were surrounding a small dog. 49 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 6: He asked them what they were doing. 50 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 5: They explained they were having a contest and whoever could 51 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 5: tell the biggest lie would get to keep the dog. 52 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 5: The minister launched into a ten minute sermon, starting with 53 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 5: don't you know lying is a sin? And ending with 54 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 5: when I was your age, I never told a lie. 55 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 5: There was complete silence. Just when he thought he'd gotten 56 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 5: through to them, the youngest boy spoke up and said, 57 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: all right, give him the dog. Hold up your bible, 58 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 5: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 62 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 5: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 63 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In 64 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 5: Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk to 65 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 5: you today about becoming a miracle. Many people right now 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 5: are praying for a miracle. They're saying, God, please send 67 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 5: me a friend. 68 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 7: God. 69 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 6: I need help with these children. I need training. God. 70 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 5: I need a good break we have to realize we 71 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 5: can become the miracle they need. God uses people. He 72 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 5: has no hands to heal except our hands, no voice 73 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 5: to encourage except our voice, no arms to hug. Accept 74 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 5: our arms, and God will bring people across our path 75 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 5: so we can be the answer to their prayer. You 76 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 5: may not realize it, but you are a miracle waiting 77 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 5: to happen. Somebody you know is lonely. They're praying for 78 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 5: a friend. You're the miracle that they're waiting for. Somebody 79 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 5: got a bad medical report. They're worried, praying God, please 80 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 5: send me a sign, let me know that you're still 81 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 5: in control. 82 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 6: You are that sign. 83 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 5: A simple phone call. Hey, I'm thinking about you. I 84 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 5: want to let you know it's all going to work out. 85 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 5: You just became their miracle. Somebody is discouraged, saying, God, 86 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 5: I don't understand this subject. I'm not going to pass 87 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 5: this course. God send me somebody. You are that somebody. 88 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 5: Take time to become the miracle. Be aware of who's 89 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 5: in your life. They're not thereby accident. God put them 90 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: there on purpose. It's because you are full of miracles. 91 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 5: There is healing in you, there's restoration, there's friendship. There 92 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 5: are new beginnings, and life is so much more rewarding 93 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 5: when you realize I can be the answer to somebody's prayer. 94 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 5: I can lift the fallen, I can restore the broken. 95 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 5: I can be kind to a stranger. I can become 96 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 5: someone's miracle. My brother Paul is an Africa. Right now, 97 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 5: most of you know he's a surgeon. For the next 98 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 5: several months, he'll be operating on less fortunate people way 99 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 5: back in the middle of nowhere, so remote village, hundreds 100 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 5: of miles from the nearest city. The clinic is just 101 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 5: a small tin building, barely has electricity, minimal medical supplies, 102 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 5: only one doctor. On a recent visit, a young man 103 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 5: came in in the middle of the night that had 104 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 5: been gored by an elephant's tusk went right through his midsection. 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,799 Speaker 5: Paul took him back to the makeshift operating room, hopefully 106 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 5: spare his life. The problem was there was no blood 107 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 5: in the blood supply to replenish him with. 108 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 6: Paul could have thought, too bad. 109 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 5: I'd love to help you, but you're going to need 110 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 5: several pints of blood and it's just not your lucky 111 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 5: day now. Before he operated, he took thirty minutes and 112 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 5: gave his blood. 113 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 6: He operated on. 114 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 5: The young man, then replenish the blood he had lost 115 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 5: with his own blood. What was he doing becoming a miracle? 116 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 5: He could have prayed, God, he's in bad shape. He 117 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 5: sure needs a miracle. No, Paul realized, I am his miracle. 118 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 5: And we all know that God can do great things. 119 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 5: We know God that can do miracles. But what I 120 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 5: want us to see is He's put miracles in you. 121 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 5: You can be the answer to someone's prayer. You can 122 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 5: be the good break they're looking for. You can be 123 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: the help they've been longing to have. And it may 124 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 5: not be something as dramatic as saving their life. 125 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 6: It may be just teaching. 126 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 5: Your coworker the skills, you know, helping that family that's 127 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 5: struggling with the rent, taking that young man to baseball 128 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 5: practice with your son each week. It's no big deal 129 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 5: to you, but it's a miracle to them. It's what 130 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 5: will push them toward their destiny. What kind of world 131 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 5: would this be if we all had the attitude I 132 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 5: am a miracle waiting to happen. I've heard it said 133 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 5: sometimes we don't need a miracle, we just need each other. 134 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 5: Look around at who's in your life. Listen to what 135 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 5: they're saying. Is there any way that you can help. 136 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 5: Can you put in a good word. 137 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 6: For them at the office. 138 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 5: Did they need a dress for a special occasion and 139 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 5: you've got a dozen in your closet you're never going 140 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 5: to wear. Do they live here alone their families in 141 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: another state? You could invite them to have lunch with 142 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 5: your family from time to time. Make them feel welcome. 143 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 5: Those are opportunities to become a miracle. Good friend of 144 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 5: mine grew up in the projects, very poor, came from 145 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 5: a single parent family. There wasn't always stability in the home. 146 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 5: His dream was to become a television journalist. He loved 147 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 5: to read and write. Against all odds, he got a 148 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 5: scholarship to a major university. 149 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 6: He's African American. 150 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 5: He was accepted at this mostly white Ivy League school. 151 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 5: His roommate came from a very prestigious, influential family. He 152 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 5: came from just the opposite from the project, a low 153 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 5: income family. But these two young men hit it off 154 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 5: and became the best of friends. He told his roommate 155 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 5: his dream of becoming a journalist. His roommate said, if 156 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 5: you're going to be a journalist. You've got to have 157 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 5: a better vocabulary. You don't know enough words. Every day, 158 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: this roommate would get the dictionary out and teach his 159 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 5: friend one new word, had him use it in sentences 160 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 5: all through the day. This went on for four straight years. 161 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 5: What was this roommate doing becoming a miracle? He took 162 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 5: time to care. He realized his friend was in his 163 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 5: life for a reason. Today, this young man is one 164 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 5: of the top newscasters in America. He works for a 165 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 5: major network, seen on one of the most prestigious news programs. 166 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 5: But I wonder where he would be if his roommate 167 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 5: had not taken time. 168 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 6: To become a miracle. 169 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 5: Say Joel, I don't want to hear about being a miracle. 170 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 5: I need a miracle. 171 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 6: Here's the key. If you will become a. 172 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 5: Miracle, God will always make sure that you have the 173 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 5: miracles that you need. As long as you're sowing these seeds, 174 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 5: the right people will be in your future, the right opportunities, 175 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 5: the breaks you need. God will get you to where 176 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 5: you're supposed to be. That's what it says in Proverbs eleven. 177 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 5: When you refresh others, you will be refreshed. If you 178 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 5: want your dream to come to pass. Help somebody else's 179 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 5: dream come to pass. If you need a miracle, become 180 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 5: a miracle. When you take time to invest in others, 181 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 5: the seeds you sow will always come back to you. 182 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 5: I met two ladies after the service a few years ago, 183 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 5: and one of them was a little older and one younger, 184 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 5: and I thought they were mother and daughter. 185 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 6: But the older one said, no, we're not, but she's 186 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 6: just like my daughter. 187 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 5: And she told how before we move the church from 188 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 5: the northeast location to this new facility, she didn't know 189 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 5: if she would be able to continue to come. She's 190 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 5: a widow and not used to driving on the freeways. 191 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 5: She was very concerned about it. One day after service, 192 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 5: she was telling a group of friends her dilemma. This 193 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 5: young lady that she had never met before, overheard what 194 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 5: she was saying. She stepped up and said, how about 195 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 5: I'll come pick you up each Sunday and bring you 196 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 5: The lady looked at her, very surprised. She said, are 197 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 5: you serious? 198 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 6: Where do you live? 199 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 5: Come to find out they live thirty minutes apart. But 200 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: that didn't stop this young lady. She could have thought, well, 201 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 5: I'd love to help you but that's a long way. 202 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 5: I'm busy in my career and gas is really high. 203 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 5: Now she saw this as an opportunity to become a miracle. 204 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: Now every Sunday morning, like clockwork, she pulls up in 205 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 5: her driveway nine thirty in the morning, brings her to church. 206 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 5: After this older lady told me the story, she hugged 207 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 5: this young girl and said, Joel, she's my miracle. You 208 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 5: can't help everyone, but you can't help someone. There are 209 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,319 Speaker 5: people God has put in your path that are connected 210 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 5: to your destiny. As you help them rise higher, then 211 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 5: you will rise higher as you meet their needs. God 212 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 5: will meet your needs. As you become a miracle, God 213 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 5: will give you miracles. But just the opposite is true. 214 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 6: If we're too busy to help someone else, we're not 215 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 6: going to have the help we need. 216 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 5: If we're too caught up in our own dreams to 217 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 5: invest in others, are too worried about our own problems 218 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 5: to encourage somebody else, we're going to get stuck. Reaching 219 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 5: your highest potential is dependent on you helping someone else 220 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 5: reach their potential. 221 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 6: It's like a boomerang. 222 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 5: When you help somebody else rise higher, it always comes 223 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 5: back to you and you'll rise higher. Jesus told a 224 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 5: parable in Luke chapter ten about a man that was 225 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 5: walking down the road when he was attacked and beaten 226 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 5: by these bandits. 227 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 6: They left him on the ground almost dead. 228 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 5: In a little while, a priest came by, saw the 229 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 5: men from a distance, thought, boy, he's in bad shape. 230 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 5: He sure needs a miracle. I'll be praying for him. 231 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 5: Kept on going. Another man came by a levite. 232 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 6: He did a little better. He went over to the man. 233 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 5: Checked him out, felt sorry for him, thought, boy, this 234 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 5: is really unfair. 235 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 6: I hope somebody helps him. Went on down the road. 236 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 5: The third man, a samaritan, came by. Like the first two. 237 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 5: He thought, boy, he sure needs a miracle. But he 238 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 5: took it one step further and said, you know what, 239 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 5: I am his miracle. I'm at the right place at 240 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 5: the right time. God put him in my path so 241 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 5: I can be a healer, so I can be a restorer, 242 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: so I can give him a new beginning. The Samaritan 243 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 5: went to him, got down on his knees and began 244 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 5: to care for him. 245 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 6: He gave him water. 246 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 5: From his canteen, took off his scarf, and bandaged up 247 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 5: his wounds. He then gently lifted him off the ground, 248 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 5: placed him on his animal. He held him mile after 249 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 5: mile as they walked to the nearest city. They got 250 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 5: to the local end the hotel, he paid. The owner said, 251 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 5: you take care of him, let him stay as long 252 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 5: as he had liked, give him anything that he needs, 253 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 5: and I promise you this, I'll come back and pay 254 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 5: for any extra expenses. My question today is which man 255 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 5: are you. It's easy to get so busy, Joel, I 256 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 5: don't have time to help others. 257 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 6: I got my own problems. 258 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 5: No, helping others can be the key to see in 259 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: your situation. 260 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 6: Turn around those. 261 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 5: People you see that need encouragement, that need a ride, 262 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 5: that needs you to give blood, that need help, and 263 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 5: accomplishing a dream, those are opportunities for you to go 264 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 5: to a higher level. 265 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 6: When you refresh others, you will be refreshed. It's interesting. 266 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 5: The first example Jesus used was a priest. He couldn't stop. 267 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 5: He had to get to the temple. He had religious 268 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 5: duties to fulfill. You didn't have time to bother with 269 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 5: this man. After all, if he helped him, he might 270 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 5: get his white robe bloody, he might not look presentable 271 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 5: at the temple. Had all kinds of excuses. But can 272 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 5: I tell you true religion gets dirty. True religion doesn't 273 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 5: hide behind stained glass or fancy clothes. 274 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 6: It goes to where the needs are. 275 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 5: When you get down low to lift somebody up, in 276 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 5: God's eyes, you can't get any higher. The closest thing 277 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 5: to the heart of God is helping hurting people. When 278 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 5: you take time to restore the broken, you pour the 279 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 5: healing oil on their wounds, encouraging them, wiping away their tears, 280 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 5: letting them know that there are new beginnings. 281 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 6: That's the religion Jesus talked about. 282 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 5: True religion doesn't judge people to see if they deserve 283 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 5: our help. Well, she's in need, Joel, but I don't 284 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 5: think she's living the right kind of life. He's hurting, 285 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 5: but it's his own fault. He's got the addiction. They 286 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 5: brought the trouble themselves. Now, Jesus said, it's the sick 287 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 5: who need the doctor, not the healthy. God didn't call 288 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 5: us to judge people. He called us to heal people. 289 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 5: He called us to restore people. He called us to 290 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 5: become their miracles. Anybody can find fault, anybody can be 291 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 5: critical and come. 292 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 6: Up with excuses to pass on by. 293 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 5: That's easy, But where are the people that will take 294 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: time to care. Where are the people that will get 295 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 5: down and dirty and help love them back into wholeness. 296 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 5: This third man, the Samaritan, He immediately went to the 297 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 5: man and started helping him, making a difference. He didn't 298 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 5: think twice. He became the miracle. 299 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 6: That's the kind of people I want us to be. 300 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 5: Not passer buyers, not too busy in our career, too 301 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 5: busy with church work. Not people like the second man 302 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 5: that feel sorry for them. I wish it hadn't happened. 303 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 5: I feel bad. I'm going to be praying now. Let's 304 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 5: become the miracle. God is counting on us us. You 305 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: can lift the falling, you can heal the hurding. You 306 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 5: can be a friend to the lonely. You can help 307 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 5: a dream come to pass. You are full of miracles. 308 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 5: Friend of mine, young lady named Tammy Trent. She's a 309 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 5: popular Christian singer. She told how she and her husband 310 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 5: went to a tropical island for a vacation to celebrate 311 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 5: their eleventh anniversary. 312 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 6: Her husband was a very skilled diver. 313 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 5: He could go underwater without an air tank for six 314 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 5: or seven minutes. 315 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 6: At a time. They got to the beach on the. 316 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 5: First day, so excited, and the husband jumped in the 317 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 5: water and started exploring the underwater caves. Tammy stayed on 318 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 5: the beach to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Ten minutes went 319 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 5: by and she didn't see a sign of her husband. 320 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 5: Got a little worried. Twenty minutes, still no sign. Thirty minutes, 321 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 5: still didn't see her husband. 322 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 6: She began to panic. She told the authorities. They sent 323 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 6: out boats and started looking. Hour after hour. 324 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 5: Long story short, her husband drowned. They found his body 325 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 5: the next day. Tammy was not only in shock totally devastated, 326 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 5: but she was in this foreign country, all alone. 327 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 6: With nobody that she knew. 328 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 5: Her parents immediately made arrangements to come the next day. 329 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 5: The problem is this all happened on September tenth, two 330 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 5: thousand and one. The next day was nine to eleven. 331 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 5: All flights were grounded. She was there for days by herself. 332 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 5: She felt alone and forgotten. She was so numb she 333 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 5: couldn't even think straight. She finally was able to pray 334 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 5: and said, God, if you still care, send somebody to 335 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 5: help me. God sends somebody to let me know that. 336 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 6: You're still there. 337 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 5: A few minutes there was a knock on her hotel door. 338 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,719 Speaker 5: It was the housekeeper. She was an older Jamaican woman. 339 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 5: She said, I don't mean to get in your business, 340 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 5: but when I was cleaning the room next door, I 341 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 5: couldn't help, but hear you crying through the walls, and 342 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 5: I was wondering if there's anything that I could pray 343 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 5: with you about. Tammy told her what had happened, and 344 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 5: this older Jamaican housekeeper put her loving arms around Tammy 345 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 5: and held her like she was her own daughter. That moment, 346 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 5: thousands of miles from home, Tammy knew. 347 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 6: That God was still in control. 348 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 5: To see this housekeeper, she took time to be a healer. 349 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 5: She was sensitive to the needs around her. Even hearing 350 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 5: the cries from another room, she knew one reason she 351 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 5: was here on earth was to help wipe away the tears. 352 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 5: That day, she poured healing oil on Tammy's wound. She 353 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 5: became a miracle. The scripture talks about how one day 354 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 5: God will wipe away all the tears. There will be 355 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 5: no tragedy, no more sickness, no more pain. But in 356 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 5: the meantime, God is counting on you and me to 357 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 5: wipe away those tears. 358 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 6: Are you lifting the fallen? Are you restoring the broken? 359 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 5: Taking time to help somebody in need. It's great to 360 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 5: come to church and celebrate. This is important. We come 361 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,479 Speaker 5: to be encouraged and filled up and strengthened. But our 362 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 5: real assignment begins when we leave this building. Look around 363 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 5: and find the discouraged. Listen for the cries for help. 364 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 5: You may not hear them with your ears, but you 365 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 5: can hear them with your heart. You see, when somebody's down, 366 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, you feel that compassion flowing out 367 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 5: to them. You think, man, I need to take them 368 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 5: out to dinner. I need to go encourage them. Don't 369 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 5: put it off, don't be a passer buyer. That's God 370 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: wanting you to bring healing. There's a tear that needs 371 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 5: to be wiped away. Years ago, I went into this 372 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 5: restaurant to eat lunch. There's a little diner. You order 373 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 5: your food up at the front, and as I was 374 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 5: walking to the counter, I saw this man sitting at 375 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 5: a table by himself. 376 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 6: Now our eyes met. He nodded at me. 377 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 5: When they did, I immediately felt a compassion toward him. 378 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 5: I knew I was supposed to encourage him in some way, 379 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 5: but he was dressed in a nice suit. He looked 380 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 5: well to do, and I was in my shorts and 381 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 5: had our son Jonathan with me. He was about two 382 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 5: years old at the time, and I thought, I'm not 383 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 5: going to go encourage him. He's doing just fine. Kept 384 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 5: putting it off and putting it off, but I couldn't 385 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 5: get away from it. Ordered my food on the way out. 386 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 5: Since he had nodded at me, I decided to stop 387 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 5: by his table, and just being friendly, I said hello 388 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 5: and ask him how it was going. He kind of 389 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 5: laughed and said not very well. Things are kind of rough. 390 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 5: I didn't think much about it. I just smiled and said, well, 391 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 5: I know this. 392 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 6: It's going to get better. 393 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 5: He thanked me as the end of the conversation ten 394 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 5: fifteen seconds, and I left. A few months later, I 395 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 5: received a letter in the mail from him. He told 396 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 5: how he was at the lowest point of his life 397 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 5: at that time. He's going through a divorce. This whole 398 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 5: world had fallen apart for months. He had been in depression. 399 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 5: But he said, when you made that statement that it's 400 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,679 Speaker 5: going to get better, it was like something reignited on 401 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: the inside. That day was a turning point in his life. 402 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 5: He came out of the depression. He got his fire back. 403 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 5: Today he's moving forward. Here's what I want you to see. 404 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 5: I didn't say anything profound. I didn't feel chill bumps 405 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 5: when I said it. I simply took time to show 406 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 5: him that I cared. We don't realize what we carry. 407 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 5: We've got the most powerful. 408 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 6: Force in the universe. On the inside. 409 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 5: What may seem ordinary to us, no big deal. 410 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 6: But when God. 411 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 5: Breathes on it, it becomes extraordinary. It can be life 412 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 5: giving A simple act of kindness, simple hug, words of encouragement, 413 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 5: letting somebody know that you care, That can be the 414 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 5: spark that brings him. 415 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 6: Back to life. 416 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 5: Nineteen ninety five, a young lady gave birth to baby 417 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 5: twin girls. They were born very premature. One of them 418 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 5: was diagnosed with a severe heart problem and wasn't expected 419 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 5: to live. The hospital's policy was to keep the babies 420 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 5: in separate incubators. Several days passed and this one baby 421 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 5: continued to go downhill was very close to death. One 422 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 5: of the nurses felt strongly that the babies should be 423 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 5: put in the same incubator like they were in their 424 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 5: mother's womb. After much hard work and much persuasion, she 425 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 5: convinced the hospital to make an exception to their policy, 426 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 5: and the babies were put in the same incubator, side 427 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 5: by side overnight. Somehow, the healthy baby managed to put 428 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 5: her arm around her little sick sister. Much to everyone's surprise, 429 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 5: that little sister health started to improve. Her temperature came 430 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 5: back to normal, her heart stabilized. Little by little, Day 431 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 5: after day, she got better and better. Today, both of 432 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 5: those young ladies are perfectly healthy. I brought a picture 433 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 5: of the babies right here. 434 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 6: It's called the rescuing hug. Here's my point. 435 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 5: We don't always see how powerful we really are. God 436 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 5: has put healing in you. Your hugs can cause people 437 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 5: to get better. Your kind words can put people back 438 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 5: on their feet. The scripture says, a gentle tongue brings 439 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 5: healing a phone call, giving them a ride, taking them 440 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 5: out to dinner, encouraging them in their dreams. 441 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 6: There are miracles in you waiting to happen. 442 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 5: Some people just need to know that you believe in 443 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 5: them when you tell them, hey, you're amazing, You're gonna 444 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 5: do great things. 445 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 6: I'm praying for you. That may seem simple to you, 446 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 6: but to the other person it can be life giving. 447 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 5: It can help them blossom into all they were created 448 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 5: to be. One time in the scripture, Moses was on 449 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 5: the top of this big hill watching a battle that 450 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 5: was taking place. He was holding his rod up in 451 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 5: the air. As long as he had his rod up, 452 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 5: the Israelites were winning. But the battle went on hour 453 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 5: after hour, and he got tired. Every time he put 454 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 5: his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win. Finally, 455 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 5: Moses couldn't take it any longer. He was too tired. 456 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 5: His brother Aaron and a friend her were at the 457 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,239 Speaker 5: bottom of the mountain watching all this take place. They 458 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 5: could have prayed, God, we need a miracle. God, keep 459 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 5: the Amalekites from defeating us. Now they had this attitude, 460 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 5: we can become the miracle. They rushed up to the 461 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 5: top of the hill. God on each side of Moses, 462 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 5: and they held his hands in the air. Because they 463 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 5: became the miracle, the Israelites won the victory. There are 464 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 5: people God puts in our path that need us to 465 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 5: hold up their hands. They're not going to win by themselves. 466 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 5: They need your encouragement. They need your rescuing hug. They 467 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 5: need to know that you care. They're praying for a mia. 468 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 5: Don't miss the opportunity. Do like erin in her and 469 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 5: become the miracle. I saw a report on the news 470 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 5: a while back. It's about a young lady named Megan. 471 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 5: She was a junior in high school and a star 472 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 5: long distance runner on the track team. At the state 473 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 5: track final, she had already won first place in the 474 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 5: sixteen hundred meter race. Now she was competing in the 475 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 5: thirty two hundred meter. As she came around the final 476 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 5: curve about fifty meters from the finish line, she saw 477 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 5: the girl in front of her start to wabble, her 478 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 5: knees begin to buckle. She couldn't run in a straight 479 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 5: line finally fell to the ground. What happened next made 480 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 5: news around the world. Instead of Megan passing her by, 481 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 5: seeing that as an opportunity to beat another running, Megan 482 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 5: stopped running, went over to the girl, picked her up 483 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 5: off the ground, put her arm around her shoulders, and 484 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 5: began to carry her toward the finish line. People in 485 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 5: the stands begin to cheer. There wasn't a dry eye 486 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 5: in the place. When she got to the finish line, 487 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 5: Megan turned so her opponent could cross the line in 488 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 5: front of her. Technically, they should have both been disqualified 489 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 5: because you're not allowed to touch another runner, but the 490 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 5: state made an exception and gave them both a finishing time. 491 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 5: Megan said afterward, helping her cross that finish line was 492 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 5: more satisfying to me. 493 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 6: Than winning the state championship. 494 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 5: It's great to receive a miracle, but there's no greater 495 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 5: feeling than to become a miracle. Who are you carrying? 496 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 5: Who are you lifting up? Who you helping to cross 497 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 5: that finish line? Your destiny is connected to helping others. 498 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 5: Isaiah put it this way. When you feed the hungry, 499 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 5: when you clothe the naked, when you help those in need, 500 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 5: then your light will break forth like the dawn, and 501 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 5: your healing will quickly come. If you will make it 502 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 5: your business to become a miracle, God will make it 503 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 5: his business to give you miracles. You will never lack 504 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 5: his blessings in favor. Friends, you are the answer to 505 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 5: somebody's prayer. You can give a rescuing hug this week. 506 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 5: You can help a friend cross the finished line. You 507 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 5: are the miracle that they're believing for when you go 508 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 5: out each day, have this attitude. 509 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 6: I'm a miracle waiting to happen. 510 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 5: And if you will live not thinking about how you 511 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 5: can get a miracle, but how you can become a miracle, 512 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 5: then I believe and declare, just like God promised, your 513 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 5: light is going to break forth like the dawn. Your healing, 514 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 5: your promotion, your vindication will quickly come. You will rise higher, 515 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 5: overcome every obstacle, and become everything that God's created you 516 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 5: to be in Jesus' name, if you receive it, can 517 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 5: you say then today we never like to close our 518 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 5: broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the 519 00:27:58,760 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 5: lord of your life. 520 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? 521 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins, Come 522 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 5: into my heart. 523 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 6: I make you my Lord and savior. 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