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Earn 30 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 4: a degree you can be proud of, and get an 31 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 4: education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 32 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 4: go back to school, but to come back and move forward. 33 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:27,279 Speaker 4: With Purdue Global produce online university for working adults. Start 34 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 4: your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 35 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: Sometimes God will ask you to do things that you 36 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 2: don't understand so you'll get your thirst back. When we've 37 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: been dehydrated a long time, we haven't stretched our faith 38 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: believe for favor healing breakthroughs. God will ask you to 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 2: do something out of the ordinary. Don't talk yourself out 40 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: of it, dare to trust him. If you'll do what 41 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: he's asking, you'll see water increase abundance like you've never seen. Hi. 42 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: This is Joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast 43 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: and thanks for supporting the ministry. 44 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 45 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 46 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: your life. God bless you. It's great to be with 48 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 2: you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us 49 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, 50 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: social media. We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like 51 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: to start with something funny each week. And I heard 52 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: about this lady. She just got out of choir practice 53 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: and she was so fired up. She put a honk 54 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: if you love Jesus bumper sticker on her car. At 55 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 2: the intersection, she was digging in her purse and didn't 56 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 2: notice the light had changed. She said, I was so 57 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: excited to find out the guy behind me loved Jesus. 58 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: He started honking, So I rolled my window down, waved 59 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 2: real big, and said, I love Jesus too. She said, 60 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 2: I found out a whole lot of people love Jesus. 61 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 2: Everyone started honking. One man even screamed Jesus Christ. She said. 62 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: After we shared all that loved, I was the only 63 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 2: one that made it through the intersection. Say it like 64 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 65 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 2: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 66 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 67 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 68 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 69 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 70 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about stay thirsty. 71 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 2: Our body is made up of seventy percent water. It's 72 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: essential to ourselves, our organs, our skin. So God put 73 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: in us a natural instinct to drink water. There's a 74 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: mechanism that sends a signal to our brain that tells 75 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: us when we're thirsty. If we drink water, we get hydrated. 76 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: Everything's fine. But sometimes we ignore that signal. We get busy, 77 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: we're distracted. If it's suppressed long enough, the body will 78 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: quit sending The signal goes into a different mode, thinking 79 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: that water is scarce, It adapts to the environment and 80 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: begins to conserve water. A leading expert said that most 81 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 2: of the clients he sees are chronically dehydrated. When he 82 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: asks why they don't drink water, the common response is, 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 2: I'm not thirsty. I believe the natural parallels. The spiritual 84 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 2: God created us to be thirsty. He put dreams in 85 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: our hearts. He's given us goals to pursue even when 86 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: we're in difficulties. There's something telling us that we're supposed 87 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: to overcome when we've gone through disappointments taken longer than 88 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 2: we thought, we didn't get the promotion, the pandemic hit, 89 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: through things off, it's easy to lose our thirst. We 90 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 2: used to be passionate about getting in shape, starting our business, 91 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: meeting the right person. But we've had setbacks. The door 92 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: didn't open. Now we've settled where we are thinking it's 93 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: not meant to be. God didn't create you to live 94 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 2: in mediocrity. Just go through the motions of life, no passion. 95 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: You have to get thirsty again. Just because the dream 96 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: hasn't come to pass doesn't mean it's not going to happen. 97 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: Just because you haven't met the right person yet doesn't 98 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: mean they're not on the way. Just because the medical 99 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: report hasn't improved doesn't mean that healing is not on route. 100 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 2: But there is a condition. Psalm one oh seven says 101 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 2: God satisfies the thirsty soul with good things. If you're 102 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: going to see good things, healing, breakthroughs favor, you have 103 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 2: to stay thirsty, keep believing for your dreams, keep expecting 104 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: new doors to open, keep declaring favor over your children, 105 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 2: keep speaking promises over your health. God didn't put a 106 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: dream in your heart that he can't bring to pass. 107 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: There's not a problem that you're in that he can't 108 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 2: bring you out of. The question is are you thirsty? 109 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 2: Isaiah said, God is longing to be good to the 110 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 2: people who are looking for his goodness. Are you looking 111 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: for God's goodness? Are you expecting favor, believing to rise 112 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: higher to accomplish what he put in your heart. God 113 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: meets you at the level of your expectations. If you 114 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 2: expect nothing, you're going to receive nothing. But when you're thirsty, 115 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 2: when you say God, I don't see how, but I 116 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: know you can do exceedingly abundantly above all I can 117 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 2: ask or think. The medical report doesn't look good, but 118 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: I know you're Jehovah Rafah, the Lord, my healer. My 119 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 2: business is slow. I'm not going to give up on 120 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: my dreams. I know you're my provider. You make rivers 121 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: in the desert. You don't have to figure out how 122 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: it's going to happen. All you have to do is 123 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: believe God satisfies. Not the doubting soul, the negative soul, 124 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 2: the passive soul. He's satisfy the thirsty soul with good things. 125 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: But I wonder how many of us are chronically dehydrated. 126 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: We've suppressed that thirst so long it's gone away. Now 127 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: our thinking has adapted to our environment. We've lowered our expectations, 128 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: water down our dreams. Thinking this is not what I 129 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: want to Joel. But I guess is good enough. I 130 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: guess I'm making it good enough. Is not your destiny. 131 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 2: God put greatness in you. He has an awesome future 132 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: in store. But one of the enemy's favorite tricks is 133 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: to try to numb your thirst, to try to deceive 134 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: you and to not want anymore, not believing to get well, 135 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: not pursuing your dream, not expecting to meet the right person. 136 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: And if he can deceive you into going through life 137 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 2: with no thirst, no passion, no zeal, thinking you've seen 138 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: your best days, he can keep you from your purpose. 139 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 2: Go fall into that trap. Get thirsty again, start dreaming again, 140 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: start believing again, start hoping again, Joel. I tried this 141 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 2: once and it didn't work out. Try again. The medical 142 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: report says I'm not going to get well. That's one report. 143 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: But there's another report. It says God is restoring health 144 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 2: back into you. This is what Marissa and Rubin did. 145 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: I love their story. Their young son Christian, diagnosed with 146 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 2: stage four cancer spread throughout his whole body. They were devastated. 147 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: Rubin said when he first heard the report, it was 148 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: like all the error had been taken out of the room, 149 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: Like he could barely breathe. Medically speaking, it didn't look good. 150 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: They could have fallen apart, been depressed. There were plenty 151 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: of opportunities to suppress what they believed, but they understood 152 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: this principle. They stayed thirsty. When they could have been 153 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 2: complaining talking about how bad it was, they were singing 154 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 2: songs of praise. We're going to see a victory. The 155 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: weapon may be formed, but we have good news. It's 156 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 2: not going to prospers. They weren't talking about how big 157 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 2: the problem was. They're talking about how big our God is. 158 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 2: When you're thirsty, Angels go to work when you're thirsty, 159 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: Miracles are set in motion. When you're thirsty. God will 160 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: make things happen that you can't make happen. Christian took 161 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: the treatment ten weeks later. The doctors told them they 162 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,599 Speaker 2: can't explain it. They don't understand it, but there's no 163 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: cancer in Christian's body. God has the final say. My 164 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: question is are you thirsty or have you let the 165 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: circumstances suppress your faith? Who told you you can't get well, 166 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: Who told you your business can't be successful, Who told 167 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: you you've reached your limits, that this is as good 168 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: as it gets. Don't let other people numb your thirst. 169 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 2: Don't let what you see talk you out of what 170 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 2: God promised. Don't let time cause you to give up 171 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 2: on the dream he put in your heart. And don't 172 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 2: let mistakes you've made con you to live condemned with 173 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: no passion. Get your thirst back, get your fireback. God 174 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: is still on the throne. He didn't change his mind 175 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 2: about what he promised you. God doesn't abort dreams. It 176 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 2: may not have happened on your timetable. There may have 177 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 2: been disappointments, setbacks, but that didn't stop the promise. The 178 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 2: enemy would love to convince you to live dehydrated, not expecting, 179 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 2: not hoping. Don't believe those lies. I may not be 180 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: the most interesting man in the world, but I am 181 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 2: telling you stay thirsty. My friends. Exephti King three, the 182 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: people of Judah headed out into the desert to fight 183 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 2: this enemy army. They didn't realize that all the streams 184 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: had dried up. Day after day, they had no water 185 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: for themselves or their animals, and they were so thirsty. 186 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 2: On the seventh day, they were camped in a valley 187 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: where it never rained. It was the worst place to 188 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 2: run out of water. Look like they would be an 189 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 2: easy target for the enemy that was approaching. The prophet 190 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 2: Elijah showed up and told them to dig ditches all 191 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 2: through the valley to prepare for the water that was coming. 192 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: You would think they would be excited. This is great news, 193 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: Elijah said, water is on the way. But I can 194 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: imagine by this time they were all dehydrated. They had 195 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 2: suppressed their thirsts so long. They were beyond being thirsty. 196 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: They were so tired, so worn out. They thought, Elijah, 197 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: we don't want to dig ditches. That doesn't make sense. 198 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 2: It never rains out here. Sometimes God will ask you 199 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 2: to do things that you don't understand so you'll get 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 2: your thirst back. When we've been dehydrated a long time, 201 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: we haven't stretched our faith believe for favor, healing breakthroughs. 202 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: God will ask you to do something out of the ordinary. 203 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 2: Don't talk yourself out of it. Dare to trust him. 204 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 2: If you'll do what he's asked, you'll see water increase 205 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 2: abundance like you've never seen. The people finally decided to 206 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 2: dig these ditches. Thoughts were telling them to waste a time. 207 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 2: What good is this going to do? But they just 208 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 2: kept on digging. Jesus said he that hungers and thirst 209 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 2: after righteousness will be filled. Notice the principle, you have 210 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 2: to be thirsty before God will fill you. They had 211 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: to dig ditches in faith before any water would come. 212 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 2: They were saying by their actions, God, we're thirsty. Yes 213 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 2: we're in a desert, but we believe you can bring water. 214 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 2: We don't see away, but God, we know you still 215 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 2: have a way. Now, God could have brought them water 216 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 2: without digging ditches. He could have done it despite them 217 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: being dehydrated, doubting negative, how can this happen? But God says, 218 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 2: if you're thirsty, I'll show you good things. If you're thirsty, 219 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 2: I'll fill you with water, with health, with abundance. When 220 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: we've been without water for days like these people, difficulties 221 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 2: aren't turning around, dreams aren't coming to pass. It's easy 222 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 2: to let that numb your thirst to where you become 223 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 2: chronically dehydrated. We're in a valley. We need water, healing, restoration, 224 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: but we're not digging any ditches. We're not believing for 225 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: our dreams, declaring favor over our finances, speaking health over 226 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: our bodies, taking steps to accomplish that goal. You have 227 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: to get thirsty again. Here's the key. How many ditches 228 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 2: you dig is how much God is going to fill. 229 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: The only thing that limits God is our capacity to receive. 230 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: If you have a little vision, you're going to see 231 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: little favor. If you believe to just make it through 232 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 2: this year, then you're going to just struggle through it. 233 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 2: Why don't you dig some more dishes? Why don't you 234 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: get more thirsty? God, I'm not just believing to survive 235 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 2: this year, but I'm believing for old flow to have 236 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: a blessed, favor filled, productive year. I'm not learning to 237 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 2: live with this sickness. God. I'm believing for total help, 238 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 2: for complete victory, that I'll run and not be weary 239 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 2: or Yes, I've had setbacks. Life has thrown me some curves, 240 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 2: but I'm not living dehydrated. I'm still thirsty. I'm believing 241 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,479 Speaker 2: what was meant for harm. God's turning to my advantage, 242 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 2: that my latter days will be better than my former days. 243 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 2: Don't dig one little trench. You need to get a 244 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 2: bulldozer and dig some big dishes. Make room for God 245 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 2: to do big things in your life. What He has 246 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 2: in store for you is more than you can imagine. 247 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: Elijah told the people, if you'll dig the ditches, if 248 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: you'll get thirsty again, you will see neither wind nor rain. 249 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: But this valley will be filled with water. God was saying, 250 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 2: what I'm about to do is not going to happen 251 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: a normal way. It's going to be uncommon, unusual, out 252 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: of the ordinary. That's why when you look at this situation, 253 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 2: you may not see away. All the circumstances say you'll 254 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: never get well. You saw the medical report. You can't 255 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: accomplish your dream, and you don't have the funds. You'll 256 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 2: never break that addiction. It's been in your family for years. 257 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: In the natural, that's true. But God is supernatural. He 258 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 2: can bring water without rain. That means you may not 259 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 2: see any sign of it, no clouds, no lightning, no thunder. 260 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: These people were in the desert, blue skies, sunshine, but 261 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: the next morning, water started flowing into the valley, supernaturally 262 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 2: filled all the ditches. The scripture says, soon there was 263 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 2: water everywhere. God has some sooons in your future. It 264 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 2: looked like you'd take a long time, But soon you 265 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 2: get wound. Soon your business turns around. Soon the right 266 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 2: person shows up, one touch of God's favor, and soon 267 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: your ditches are filled. This doesn't happen for people that 268 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: are passive, complacent, Joel, Why should I dig ditches? Why 269 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 2: should I get my hopes up? Look what I've been through? 270 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 2: Look what I didn't get. Look how big this obstacle is. 271 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: That's the enemy trying to numb your thirst, convince you 272 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: to settle for less than what God has for you. 273 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 2: You have to stir your faith of God. I believe 274 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: that what you started in my life you will finish. 275 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 2: That I haven't seen my best days. That the path 276 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 2: of the righteous, my path is getting brighter and brighter. See, 277 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: it's easy to coast in life. It's easy to think, 278 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: you know, God's been good to me. I'm grateful, I'm content. 279 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 2: That's good. But God is not finished with you. You've 280 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: seen his blessing, his favor on your life. But you 281 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: haven't seen anything yet. God never performs his greatest victories 282 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: in your past. They are always in your future, and 283 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 2: it's important to live content. I'm content where God has me. 284 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 2: I'm grateful for his blessing, for his favor, thank him 285 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 2: every day, But I'm not satisfied to stay where I am. 286 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: You weren't created to reach one level and get stuck there. 287 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,239 Speaker 2: In your attitude, your career, in your relationships, in your 288 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: walk with God, stay thirsty. God has new mountains for 289 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: you to climb, new friendships, new levels of influence, favor leadership. 290 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: It's good to be grateful for what God has done, 291 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 2: but you can't put your faith on hold. You need 292 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 2: to be stretching, growing, pursuing, knowing that there's more in store. 293 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 2: Frank Lloyd Wright was a world renowned architect. He designed 294 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 2: some of the most beautiful buildings and most magnificent structures. 295 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 2: Toward the end of his life, a reporter asked him, 296 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 2: out of all of his buildings, which one was his favorite. 297 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 2: Without missing a beat, he said, my next one. He 298 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 2: had had all the success in the world, but he 299 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 2: was still thirsty. He knew that his best designs were 300 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 2: still in him. Don't let the success you've seen in 301 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 2: the past keep you from stretching to the fullness of 302 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 2: your destiny. There was a little frog that lived in 303 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 2: the bottom of a well. He was so happy. Every 304 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: day he would play in the water, splash and have fun. 305 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 2: He thought he had all the water in the world. 306 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: Life was good. One day he looked up and saw 307 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 2: light at the top of the well. He decided to 308 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 2: go check it out. Very cautiously, he peered over the 309 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 2: edge of the well. Much to his surprise, he saw 310 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 2: a pond. He couldn't believe it. He had never seen 311 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: so much water. He hopped a little further and saw 312 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 2: a lake. He couldn't fathom that much water. He went 313 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 2: a little more and came to the ocean. He looked 314 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 2: out as far as he could see and saw miles 315 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 2: and miles of water. Here he thought he had all 316 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: the water in the world. But what he had was 317 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 2: only a drop in the bucket compared to what God 318 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 2: had for him. Like that little frog, it's easy to 319 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 2: get satisfied in our well. We're happy. God's been good 320 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 2: to us. We have no complaints. But can I tell 321 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: you there is so much more. God has oceans of 322 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 2: favor oceans of good breaks, oceans of new opportunities. How 323 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: are you going to step into it? Stay thirsty, be 324 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 2: grateful for where you are, and at the same time 325 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 2: release your faith for the new things that are in 326 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: your future. But many times our thinking is limited to 327 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 2: our environment, how we were raised, what our parents had, 328 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 2: friends we hang around. We can get comfortable with a 329 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 2: small vision, with lack, addictions, dysfunction, it's all we've seen. 330 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 2: But how about getting out of that well, how about 331 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: looking over the edge and seeing some of the new 332 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: things that God wants to do. What if you found out, 333 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 2: like that little frog, that you were too easily satisfied, 334 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 2: that you lost your thirst because you quit stretching your faith, 335 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 2: You quit believing to rise higher, to overcome what's holding 336 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 2: you back. My prayer is God, make us thirsty again, 337 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: Thirsty to know You in a greater way, Thirsty to 338 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,719 Speaker 2: rise out of addictions, defeat mediocrity, Thirsty to set new levels, 339 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 2: to go where no one in our family has gone, 340 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: to become all that You've created us to be. My 341 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: father was pastoring a church in the nineteen fifties and 342 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: everything was going great. The church was growing. They had 343 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 2: just built a new sanctuary. On the surface, life was good, 344 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 2: he was satisfied, but deep down, something told him there 345 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 2: was more. He was preaching what he had learned in seminary, 346 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 2: giving good messages, but he had this longing on the 347 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 2: inside that something was missing. In the scripture, Gideon said 348 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: to the angel, if God is for us, where are 349 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 2: all the miracles? My father felt this way. If God 350 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 2: is with us, where is the power? Where is the favor? 351 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 2: Where is the victory? There was this stirring in his spirit, 352 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: a thirst for something greater than what he was seeing. 353 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: He could have pushed it down, thought, man, I'm satisfied, 354 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 2: I'm successful. God's been good to me. But when you 355 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 2: feel something stirring in your spirit and unrest, that's God 356 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 2: talking to you. That's God saying that there's more in store. 357 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: There's something greater to accomplish. Don't push it down, don't 358 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: ignore it. Think I don't want to stretch. I'm comfortable. 359 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 2: If you do that long enough, you'll numb that thirst. 360 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 2: It'll go away. And that's why some people are living 361 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 2: below their potential. My sister Lisa was born during this 362 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 2: time with something like cerebral pauls in. My father was 363 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 2: taught that healing had passed away, that it only happened 364 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: back in Bible days. He went to a hotel downtown 365 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 2: for several days to be alone. He told how he 366 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: took off his denominational glasses and he read the scripture 367 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 2: like he was reading it for the first time. He 368 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: saw how Jesus went about healing people, how he experienced 369 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 2: the power of the Holy Spirit, how there was never 370 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 2: a day of miracles, but there is a God of miracles. 371 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 2: They prayed for Lisa didn't happen overnight, but she got 372 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 2: better and better. Today she's perfectly normal. But not everyone 373 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 2: understood my father's new message of faith and victory. It 374 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 2: didn't fit into their denominational mold. My father had to 375 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 2: lead that church. He was very discouraged. He'd spent years 376 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 2: there pouring his life into the people. Now he felt 377 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 2: the stem of rejection. And sometimes God has to close 378 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 2: a door so he can open a bigger door. He 379 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 2: has to get you out of a place you would 380 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: never leave on your own, so he'll shut that door. 381 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 2: It looks like a setback, but really it's a set 382 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 2: up for a new level of your destiny. My mother 383 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 2: and father started Lakewood nineteen fifty nine with ninety people. 384 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 2: It grew and grew to impact people all over the world. 385 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 2: My father pastored here for almost forty years. He would 386 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: have never reached his destiny if he had stayed in 387 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 2: that limited environment. What God put in him was bigger 388 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 2: than the denomination he was in. Had he thought, I'm satisfied, 389 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 2: life is good. I've got plenty of water at the 390 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 2: bottom of this well. Had he not stayed thirsty, he 391 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 2: would have missed his purpose. When you take steps of faith, 392 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 2: some people won't understand. They may find fault, try to 393 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: talk you out of it. I don't think that's right. 394 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,479 Speaker 2: But God didn't put the thirst in them. Don't let 395 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 2: that keep you from pursuing what God put in your heart. 396 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 2: When you're thirsty, it may ruffle some feathers when you're thirsty, 397 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 2: doors may close before they open. When you're thirsty, you 398 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 2: may have to dig ditches when there's no water, do 399 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 2: things that don't make sense. But when you're thirsty, you'll 400 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 2: see God sit out in your life. He'll bring water 401 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 2: without rain. He'll open doors you never dream would open. 402 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: He'll take your further than you've imagined. Are you thirsty 403 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: or have you gotten complacent, put dreams on hold, living passive. 404 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: Maybe one day you'll get your fire back. The problem 405 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 2: is you're dehydrated, not physically, but spiritually. Your thirst has 406 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 2: been numbed. When you push those dreams down so long, 407 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 2: you lose your natural inclination to drink. I believe today 408 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 2: thirst is coming back. Dreams are waking up. What God 409 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 2: promised you is still alive on the inside. Now do 410 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 2: your part. Start believing again, get your fireback, get your 411 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 2: passion back. If you'll stay thirsty, God will satisfy you 412 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 2: with good things. Even dreams you've let go of you 413 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 2: think it's too late, God can still bring them to pass. 414 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 2: I met a one hundred and six year old man 415 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 2: after the service a while back. He was so likable. 416 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 2: He looked like he was seventy years old. He didn't 417 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 2: have one wrinkle on his face. I commented on how 418 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: good he looked. He's African American. He touched his face 419 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 2: and said, Joel Black, don't crack. He was so funny 420 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 2: and so good natured. And I ask him how long 421 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 2: he was planning on living. I'll never forget what he 422 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 2: told me. He said, I have seven children. One of 423 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 2: my sons is not serving God. He's off track, not 424 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 2: making good decisions. God promised that as from me and 425 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 2: my house, we will serve the Lord. I'm not gonna 426 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,959 Speaker 2: die until I see him back on course. One hundred 427 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 2: and six years old, and he's still thirsty. He's still 428 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 2: expecting God to bring promises to pass. He could have thought, oh, man, 429 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 2: six out of seven children doing good. That's not bad. 430 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 2: I've lived a long, healthy life. That's good enough. No, 431 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: don't water down what God promised. 432 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 6: You. 433 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 2: Stay passionate, keep believing for the fullness of your destiny. 434 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 2: This is what Caleb did in the scripture. He was 435 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 2: forty years old when he and Joshua spied out the 436 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 2: Promised Land. They were the only two out of twelve 437 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 2: spies that had a positive report. They said, we can 438 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 2: take the land. Let us go in at once. The 439 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: other spies told Moses the people are too big, there 440 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: are giants in the land. That word spread throughout the camp. 441 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 2: Before long, all two million of the Israelites were discouraged. 442 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 2: They never did make it into the Promised Land. Caleb 443 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 2: could have lived bitter. Wasn't his fault. He had faith. 444 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: Other people kept him from going in. But forty five 445 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 2: years later, Caleb was eighty five years old. The children 446 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 2: of the Israelites were about to go into the Promised Land. 447 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 2: You would think Caleb would be retired, old and frol 448 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 2: but Caleb said, Joshua, I'm still as strong today as 449 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: the day Moses sent me out forty five years ago. 450 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 2: He looked at the mountain, the same place they had 451 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: spied out with the giants in the land. He said, 452 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 2: I want that mountain. Joshua could have said, Caleb, there 453 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 2: are still giants on that land. You're too old. Let 454 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 2: me give you this other place. Caleb said, no, Joshua, 455 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 2: I'm still thirsty. I'm still believing for what God promised 456 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 2: me that it will come to pass. Yes, he had 457 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 2: had delays, bad breaks, people that didn't believe, but that 458 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: didn't stop him from becoming all he was created to be. 459 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 2: At eighty five, he defeated three giants and went into 460 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 2: the Promised Land. Like Caleb, many of you have stayed thirsty. 461 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 2: You've kept believing when the odds were against you. You 462 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 2: kept thanking God when there was no sign of it. 463 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 2: You kept digging ditches when there were no clouds, praising 464 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 2: when you could have been complaining that hasn't gone unnoticed. 465 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: God saw your faith, he saw your dedication. What he 466 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: promised you is still going to come to pass. It's 467 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 2: not too late, you're not too old. The obstacle is 468 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 2: not too big. You're about to see a soon moment, 469 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 2: something unusual, uncommon that you didn't see coming, water without rain, 470 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 2: rivers in the desert because you're thirsty. I believe and 471 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 2: declare God is going to satisfy your life with good things, promotion, healing, restoration, 472 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 2: the right people, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name, 473 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 2: and if you receive it, can you say men? Today 474 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 2: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 475 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 2: the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 476 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come 477 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: into my heart. I'll make you my Lord and savior. 478 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 479 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: born again. We'd love to send you some information on 480 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: your new walk with the Lord. 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