1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: It's great to come into your homes today, and I 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. You 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: can download our daily podcast, go to our YouTube channel, 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: watch the messages anytime, or of course, you can follow 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: us on social media. We want to keep it encouraged 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: and inspired. But thanks for tuning in today. I'd like 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: to start with something funny and I heard about this 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: archaeologist in New York. He dug down ten feet and 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: found traces of copper wiring dating back one hundred years. 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: He concluded New Yorkers had a telephone network over one 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: hundred years ago. Not to be outdone, an archaeologist from 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: California dug down twenty feet and found copper wiring dating 18 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: back two hundred years. He concluded Californians had a massive 19 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: communication network one hundred years earlier than New Yorkers. Upon 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: hearing this, bubba from Texas, dug down thirty feet on 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: his farm and found absolutely nothing. He concluded, three hundred 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: years ago Texans had already gone wireless. Come on, say 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 25 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 26 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 28 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: the weight of glory. Glory means honor, favor, influence. We 31 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: like those things, but we don't always realize there's a 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: weight that comes with favor, a weight that comes with influence. 33 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: If you're not prepared for it, the favor won't be 34 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: a blessing. It will be a burden. We have to 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: pass some tests before God will trust us with the 36 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: weight of glory. Nothing happens by accident. Your steps are 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: being ordered by the Lord. The delays, the disappointments, the 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: bad breaks, those are tests. Will you be good to 39 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: people that are not being good to you? Will you 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: stay in faith when things happen that you don't understand. 41 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: You come down with an illness, you overlook for a promotion, 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: the pandemic slows your dreams. These are all opportunities to 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: prove to God that you can handle the weight of glory. 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: When you understand that God uses difficulties and things we 45 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: don't like to get us prepared, then you don't complain 46 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: when things don't go your way. You realize it's serving 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: a purpose. When you do the right thing when the 48 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: wrong thing is happening, you're getting stronger. Your roots are 49 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: going down deeper. That's why God doesn't remove everything instantly. 50 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: We pray, God, take away this trouble, change this person, 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: make me comfortable. But if you're always comfortable, you won't 52 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: be prepared. We grow in the difficult times. We grow 53 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: when we have to stretch our faith, believe when we 54 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: don't see things changing, stay in faith when we didn't 55 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: get the contract. Those are very important times. If what 56 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: you're praying about isn't changing, then God is using that 57 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: situation to change you. Now I'm not saying to accept everything, 58 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: live with defeet. I'm saying God has a purpose for it. 59 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: If you'll keep the right attitude, then it's preparing you 60 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: for new levels. It's getting you ready to carry the 61 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: weight of glory, to go where you've never gone, to 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: see things that you've never seen. The reason it's taking 63 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: so long is because what God has in store is 64 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: much bigger than you can imagine. Now, don't fight the 65 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: seasons where you're uncomfortable. Why isn't this changing. I've been 66 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: doing the right things. Seems like the more I pray, 67 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: the world gets God knows what he's doing. Everything serves 68 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: his plan. You can't see it, but every day you 69 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: stay in faith, every day you do your best at work, 70 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: you have a smile on your face, a song of 71 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: praise in your heart. You are passing the task. You 72 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: can't see it, but your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. 73 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: Your character is being developed. You're showing God he can 74 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: trust you. I like to lift weights, but the weights 75 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: don't do me any good if they're always easy. If 76 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: I get a ten pound dumbbell, I can lift that 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: for three days. It's only when the weight is heavy 78 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: enough to where there's resistance, it's uncomfortable. I don't like it. 79 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: I prefer to not have to strain, but that's the 80 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: only way the muscle grows. You may be in a 81 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 1: situation now where you're uncomfortable. God, why want these people 82 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: treat me right? Why want my business in Creed? Why 83 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: haven't I met anyone? You're in training? This is an 84 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: opportunity to get stronger. If God changed it overnight, you 85 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't be prepared to carry the weight of glory. God 86 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: has something awesome in your future. Don't get discouraged by 87 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: what's not working out, by how long it's taking, by 88 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: who's not changing. Seems like it's all negative. But what 89 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: you can't see is you're growing, You're getting stronger, You're 90 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: developing a greater trust, greater confidence, greater endurance. These challenges 91 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: are all opportunities to come up higher. But there will 92 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: be people in your life. You're treating them right, but 93 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: they're doing you wrong, leaving you out, they're jealous. The 94 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: time will come when you can get even, you can 95 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: pay them back, you can leave them out. That's a test. 96 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: Will you do to them what they did to you? 97 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: Or will you be the bigger person take the high 98 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: road and be good to them despite what they did. 99 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: That's not just being nice, that's passing the test. That's 100 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: showing God that you can carry the weight of glory, 101 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: the weight of influence, the weight of leadership. God will 102 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: not put you in a higher position. If you're going 103 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: to use the influence to mistreat people, he will test 104 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: you with small things. How do you treat that clerk 105 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: that's hard to get along with? How do you respond 106 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: to that lady on the phone that doesn't give you 107 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: the time of day? George, she was rude to me. 108 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: That's why I was rude back to her. Besides, she 109 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: doesn't even know who I am. She may not, but 110 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: God does. He's the one keeping the records. Well, everyone 111 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: it works, slacks off, everyone comes in late, everyone wastes time. 112 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: Here's the difference. You're not everyone. You'll call to set 113 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: a new standard. God wants you to go to levels 114 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: that others can't go. They don't have the character, the integrity, 115 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: They don't want to live discipline, focus. That's fine for them, 116 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: but that's not who you are. You are exceptional. You 117 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: have a calling on your life. There's an assignment for 118 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: you to fulfill. Weren't created to just get by like others. 119 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: You have greatness in you. You were created to stand out, 120 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: to rise higher, to leave your mark. What you do 121 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: in these seemingly small areas where nobody will know, will 122 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: determine whether God can trust you with big things. This 123 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: is more relevant today than ever because you can get 124 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: on social media, be negative toward people, condescending, say hurtful things, 125 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: all under a different name. Nobody knew it was me. 126 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: God is the one that matters. Promotion doesn't come from people, 127 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: comes from the Lord. The scripture says, he lifts up 128 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: one and sets down another. Can you handle the weight 129 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: of glory? Can God trust you with more favor, with 130 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: more resources? Are you passing these tests? I have some 131 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: lemon trees in our backyard, and one of them had 132 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: so many lemons on it that a couple of the 133 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: branches started to touch the ground. There were five or 134 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: six big lemons on the ear to this small branch, 135 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: about a half an inch in diameter. Because the branches 136 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: couldn't handle the weight, the lemons didn't develop properly. And 137 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: sometimes we're wondering why we're not seeing more fruit. God, 138 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: Why won't you give me more influence, more favor, more opportunity. 139 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: It may be because our branches can't handle the weight. 140 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: Right now, if God gives you ten lemons, but your 141 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: branch can only sustain three. It's not a blessing, it's 142 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: a burden. Instead of focusing on the fruit, if you'll 143 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: focus on developing your branches, getting stronger, being a person 144 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: of excellence and integrity, doing the right thing when nobody 145 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: is watching, treating people with respect, giving God praise when 146 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: you could be complaining. Because your character is getting stronger, 147 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: your roots are going down deeper, you'll be able to 148 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: carry the weight of that fruit. David said in Psalm one. 149 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: When you keep God first place, you will be like 150 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: a tree planted by the waters that brings forth fruit 151 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: in its season. It doesn't say it's going to bring 152 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: forth fruit year round. It's not healthy for that lemon 153 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: tree to bear fruit all the time. It can't sustain that. 154 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: And yes, we love harvest season. We love when we're 155 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: seeing favor, prayers answered, new opportunities. That's great. But every 156 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: season is not harvest. We may not like it, but 157 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: winter is a blessing. Winter is necessary. Without the leaves 158 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: coming off, the tree would never develop new buds in 159 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: the winter season. It looks like the tree is dead, 160 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: no fruit, no leaves, branches are bare. You could think 161 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: this tree is done. It's over. But the truth is 162 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: in the winter, something is happening that you can't see. 163 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: The tree is gathering up sap, the roots are going 164 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: down deeper. It's being prepared to handle more fruit in 165 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: the spring. There these different seasons, the tree wouldn't reach 166 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: its full potential. Don't complain about the winter seasons in life, 167 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: the times you don't see any growth. You're stuck at 168 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: the same level at work, nothing changing in your relationship, 169 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: still single, your health is not improving. Wonder what's wrong. 170 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: Where's all the fruit? Nothing's wrong. You're in winter. You 171 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: can't see it, but your branches are getting bigger. The 172 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: fruit you've seen in the past, the success, the favor, 173 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: the influence. If that's all there was, then you would 174 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: have kept producing at that same level. The fact that 175 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: you're in winter is a sign that God has more 176 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: in store. He has bigger opportunities, more favor, greater honor. Now, 177 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: keep a good attitude in winter when you're not being recognized, 178 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: not getting the credit, not seeing growth, something is happening 179 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: on the inside. God is getting you prepared. Paul said 180 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ. One translation says 181 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: I can do all seasons through Christ. You may be 182 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: in a winter season not see in the favor you've 183 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: seen in the past. Instead of complaining, try a different approach. Lord, 184 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: Thank you that I can do all seasons. I can 185 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: do spring, and I can do winter. I can do harvest, 186 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: I can do planting. I can do this pandemic season. 187 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: I can do this season taking care of my elderly parents. 188 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: I can do this season where I'm not being treated 189 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: right at work, where I'm dealing with this illness. In 190 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: those winter seasons, like that tree, you're gathering upsap, you're 191 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: getting stronger, your character is being developed. You're learning to 192 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: trust God in a greater way. All that is getting 193 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: you prepared to carry the weight of glory, the weight 194 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: of blessing, the weight of influence. You wouldn't be in winter, 195 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be in this pandemic. You wouldn't be facing 196 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: that difficulty if God didn't have something bigger come. If 197 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: you were going to keep producing the same amount of fruit, 198 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: then God would have left you alone. The fact that 199 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 1: your branches are bare, the fruit is gone, there are 200 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: no leaves. That's a sure sign that increase is coming. 201 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: David said, you're going to bear fruit in your season. 202 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: It may be winter in your life, but I sense 203 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: in my spirit you're on the verge of a new season. 204 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: You pass that test. You've done the right thing when 205 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: it was hard. You've stayed in faith when life didn't 206 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: make sense. Now you're ready to carry the weight of glory. 207 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: God is about to do a new thing. This next 208 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: season is going to be something you've never seen. Favor, opportunity, 209 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: influence greater than you could imagine. But none of us 210 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: like to go through difficulties. But when you understand that 211 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: without the winter, you can't see greater growth, greater fruit, 212 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: then you don't complain. You realize God is getting you 213 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: prepared to handle greater weight. Our thoughts will tell you 214 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: winter is permanent. He'll never meet the right person, it's 215 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: been too long, you'll never get well, never come out 216 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: of debt. Don't believe those lies. Winter always gives way 217 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: to spring. Your harvest season is coming. God is watching you. 218 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: He sees you going the extra mile. He sees you're 219 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: working hard, making sacrifices and nobody thanking you. He sees 220 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: you fighting the illness, the lonely nights, praising when you 221 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: could be complaining, giving when you're not seeing increase. You're 222 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: about to come out of that lonely season, that unfair season, 223 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: that bearing season, into a season of great joy, great favor, 224 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: great health, great relationships, great opportunities. Because you pass the test, 225 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: you prove to God that you can handle the weight 226 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: of glory, You're going to see him show out in 227 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: your life. This is what happened with David. At seventeen, 228 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: he was anointed by the prophet Samuel to be the 229 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: next King of Israel. But he didn't go to the palace. 230 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: He went back to the shepherd's fields to take care 231 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: of sheep. He was hidden, nobody paid attention to him. 232 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: It was lonely, boring taking care of sheep. When he 233 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: knew he had big things in him. He could have 234 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: slacked off, taken the easy way out, thought, nobody's watching. 235 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: If I lose a few sheep, big deal, Nobody's going 236 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: to know about it. No, David was a person of excellence. 237 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: He did the right thing when no one was watching. 238 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: What you do in private will determine how high you 239 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: go in public. If you cut corners, slack off, do 240 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: things half heartedly, that's going to keep you from carrying 241 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: the weight of what God has for you. You don't 242 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: get stronger by taking the easy way out. You grow 243 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: when you do things you don't like, the right thing 244 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: when no one is watching. Have a good attitude when 245 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: you're not getting your way when it's not fair. Your 246 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: competence will not be the limit of how high you go. 247 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: Your character will determine how high you go. There are 248 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: a lot of talented, smart, capable people. Talent may take 249 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: you somewhere, but character is what will keep you there. 250 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: Your character is more important than your competence. What you 251 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: do in private, when no one is watching, will determine 252 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: how high God will take you. David didn't like being 253 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: in the shepherd's fields. He was looked down on by 254 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: his family, rejected by his father. But you never read 255 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: where he complained, where he got bitter. He kept doing 256 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: the right thing year after year. He had to prove 257 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: to God he would take care of those sheep before 258 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: God would trust him to take care of his people, 259 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: the Israelites. Every day David was in the shepherd's fields, 260 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: nothing exciting, no sign of things changing. But something was 261 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: happening on the m sie. David was growing, getting stronger, 262 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: developing character. He was proving to God that he could 263 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: be trusted. He didn't like the winter season where he 264 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: was hidden, but it was necessary. Without that time proving, 265 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: he wouldn't have been able to carry the weight of glory, 266 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: the weight of favor that God was going to give him. 267 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: If God is going to trust you with favor, influence, authority, 268 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: you have to be a good steward of it. You 269 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: don't prove that when you have it. You prove it 270 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: in the small things in your private life, and how 271 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: you treat people that can't do anything for you. How 272 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: respectful you are to your spouse, your family. If you're 273 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: harsh and condescending with people you love, how can God 274 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: trust you with greater influence? After years in the Shepherd's fields, 275 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: David defeated Goliath and became an overnight hero. When God 276 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: can trust you, he'll do things. Suddenly look like you're 277 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: falling behind. You've been doing the right thing a long time. 278 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: Seems like it's gonna take years to get to where 279 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 1: you need to be. A one touch of God's favor 280 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: will put you fifty years down the road. When you 281 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: come into your season, when winter changes to spreen, God 282 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: can suddenly thrust you to a new level. David was 283 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: working for King Saul. But Saul was jealous. He tried 284 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: to kill David. David had to flee for his life. 285 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: He lived on the run in the desert, hiding in caves. 286 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: Saul was making his life miserable. At one point, David 287 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: saw Saul and his men sleeping. This was his big 288 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: chance to get even. He could finally pay Saul back 289 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: for doing him wrong, put an end to all this trouble. 290 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: But David wouldn't do it. He knew Saul was the 291 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: king and you were to touch, not God's anointed. Even 292 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: though Saul was doing wrong, David had so much integrity, 293 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: such great character, that he wouldn't harm Saul. When Saul 294 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: found out about it, he wept. He said, David, you're 295 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: a much better man than I am. Not long after that, 296 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: Saul was killed in a battle and David took the throne. 297 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: But I wonder if this would have happened if David 298 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: had not passed these tests all along the way, not 299 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: just big things, but small things. Doing the right thing 300 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: in the lonely shepherd's fields, keeping a good attitude when 301 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: his family did him wrong, being kind to King Saul, 302 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: not trying to get revenge. He didn't like it, but 303 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: these things prepared him to carry the weight of glory, 304 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: the weight of influence, the weight of favor. I learned 305 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: much of this from my father. He was a man 306 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: of great character and great integrity. The late nineteen fifties, 307 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: the church he was pastoring was going along fine, growing 308 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: see an increase. But when my sister Lisa was born 309 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: with a birth injury, he began to search the scriptures 310 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: in a new way. He saw God as a healer 311 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: and a God that wanted us to live an abundant, 312 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: victorious life. Unfortunately, his congregation didn't like his new message 313 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: of faith and victory. It didn't fit into their tradition, 314 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,239 Speaker 1: and they ended up asking my father to leave. He 315 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: was devastated. He had seen great success there. They had 316 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: just built a new sanctuary. He was on the state 317 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: board for his denomination. In that season he saw great fruit. 318 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: But now it was winter, no fruit, no church, no favor. 319 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: He could have been bitter, given up on his dream, 320 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: but he and my mother went out and started Lakewood 321 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: with ninety people in an old Rundown feed store. Here, 322 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: my father had just come from a beautiful new building 323 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: stained glass. This feed store had holes in the floor, 324 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: it was dirty, no windows that cleaned it up, put 325 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: folding chairs in it, and had church. My father preached 326 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 1: to those ninety people just as strongly and passionately as 327 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: he did to the thousand as his previous church. For 328 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: thirteen years, Lakewood didn't grow. He was giving it his all, 329 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: but nothing was improving. Still had less than two hundred people. 330 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: He could have been discouraged. God, I don't understand it, 331 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: but he just kept doing the right thing year after year. 332 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,959 Speaker 1: Nineteen seventy two, suddenly there was a shift. People started 333 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: coming from all over the city, and Lakewood grew to 334 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,239 Speaker 1: a church of thousands that would impact the world. But 335 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: those years where he wasn't seeing growth, years where there 336 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: was no fruit. He was doing the right thing, but 337 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: the wrong thing was happening. They were very important years 338 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: without that winter season where he proved to God that 339 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: he would be faithful. He proved he would do the 340 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: right thing when it was hard. He proved he wouldn't 341 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,360 Speaker 1: get bitter and try to get revenge. That's what prepared 342 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: him to carry the weight of glory. Everything that happens 343 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: in life, the difficult culties, the delays, the things that 344 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: are not fair, They're not random. God is giving you 345 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: an opportunity to grow, to come up higher. He's getting 346 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: you prepared to handle the weight of favor, the weight 347 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: of influence. Quit telling yourself it's too hard. They did 348 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: me wrong. It's been so long. Turn it around. I 349 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: can handle every season through christ. It's winter. I don't 350 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: like it. I'm uncomfortable, but I can handle winter. I 351 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: know God is still on the throne. I know I've 352 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: been armed with strength for this battle. I don't like 353 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: this loneliness, but I'm not gonna fall apart. I can 354 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: handle a lonely season. I can handle this season fighting 355 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: in illness. I can handle the season where I'm not 356 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: seeing any fruit. I'm not gonna just drag through it complaining. 357 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep a song of praise. I'm gonna keep 358 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: being my best. I know all seasons are working for 359 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: my good. You do that, and you're not just passing 360 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: the test. You're getting prepared. Your character is coming apire. 361 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger that at the right time, 362 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: you will come out of winter into your harvest season. 363 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: You'll see greater favor, greater influence, greater opportunities. It's because 364 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: you can handle the weight of glory. But some of 365 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 1: the difficulties that we complain about the challenge is that 366 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: we don't like. Without them, we wouldn't be prepared. Instead 367 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: of trying to pray away all the things that make 368 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: you uncomfortable, pray away the people that get on your nerves, 369 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: pray away the delays. Why don't you try a different 370 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: approach and say, God, help me to keep a good 371 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: attitude in the midst of these challenges. Help me to 372 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: stay in faith when people aren't treating me right. Help 373 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: me to resist the temptation to compromise, to take the 374 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: easy way out, so my character can develop, so my 375 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: branches can get stronger, so I can handle what you 376 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: have in store. If God is not removing the difficulty, 377 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: if he's not changing what you don't like, then he's 378 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: getting you prepared to carry a lot of weight. The 379 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: longer it's taken, the greater the harvest, The glory that's coming, 380 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: the favor, the influence, the resources is going to be 381 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 1: something that you've never seen. The scripture says, until the 382 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: time came to bring Joseph's dream to pass, God tested 383 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: Joseph's character. Before your dream comes to pass God will 384 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: test your character. You have to prove that you can 385 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: handle what He's entrusted you with. And God gave Joseph 386 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: a dream as a teenager that he would be in leadership. 387 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: But he was betrayed by his brothers. They took his 388 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: coat of many colors that his father had given him. 389 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: It represented favor. They threw him into a pit and 390 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused and put 391 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: in prison. These weren't just random bad breaks. God was 392 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: testing his character. Wasn't fair, But Joseph did and get bitter. 393 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: He kept passing the test. His brothers took his robe, 394 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: but they couldn't take his favor. They took his freedom, 395 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: but they couldn't take his anointing. They took him from 396 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: his home, but they couldn't take his dream. All these 397 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: steps were necessary. They were preparing him for the weight 398 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: of glory. If you had a small destiny, you would 399 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: have small challenges. If you were going to have little influence, 400 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 1: little resources, then you would have little opposition. The reason 401 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: you have big giants is you have a big destiny. 402 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: The reason the winter is so long is because your 403 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: harvest is so big. Thirteen years later, Joseph was brought 404 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: out of prison and made the prime minister of Egypt. 405 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: His brothers, the same ones that sold him into slavery, 406 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: traveled to the palace looking for food. There was a 407 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: famine in the land. They didn't know Joseph was still alive. 408 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: They pulled up to the palace. Joseph was in charge 409 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: of the food supply. When he saw him brothers, he 410 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: could have thought, Okay, great, it's payback time. This was 411 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: his big chance to get even, but he wouldn't do it. 412 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: He treated them with kindness. He had them go get 413 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: their father and come back and live at the palace 414 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: with him. God is not going to give you influence 415 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: so you can get even. If you're waiting to get 416 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: the promotion, the favor so you can show your enemies 417 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: who you are, let them have it. You're not going 418 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: to see the increase that you should. There's a responsibility 419 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: that comes with favor. You have to have the character 420 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: that will handle the influence the right way. You have 421 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: to bless your enemies, not talk badly about them. Well 422 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: they're criticizing me, I'm going to criticize them. You'll get 423 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: stuck where you are. God is testing your character. Are 424 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: you going to complain in the winter seasons? Live discouraged? 425 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to be a Joseph, do the right 426 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: thing when it's hard. That difficulty is not there to 427 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: stop you. It's there to prepare you. God is about 428 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: to release a new level of favor, influence resources, but 429 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: he's looking for people he can trust to carry the 430 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: weight of glory. I believe you are one of those people. 431 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to 432 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: do something new. Don't be discouraged by how long winter 433 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: is taking. That's a sign something bigger than you've imagined 434 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: is on the way now. God is getting you prepared. 435 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: Keep passing that test every morning. Remind yourself you can 436 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: do all seasons through Christ. If you'll do this, I 437 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: believe and declare a shift is coming. Winter is ending. 438 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: You're about to suddenly come into spring, Suddenly see opportunity, healing, promotion, breakthroughs, 439 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: a harvest like you've never seen in Jesus' name. If 440 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: you receive it, can you say amen? Today? I'd like 441 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 442 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say Lord? Jesus, 443 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: I'll repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll 444 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. If you've prayed that 445 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. We'd love 446 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: to give you some free information on your new walk 447 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,959 Speaker 1: with the Lord. Just text the number on the screen 448 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: or go to the website. I hope you'll get into 449 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church and keep God first place. 450 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: Victoria and I'll be right back to speak a blessing 451 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: over again. 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