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We 42 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 5: love you and we know God has great things in 43 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 5: store for you. 44 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: If you're ever in. 45 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 5: Our area, please stop buying be a part of one 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 5: of our services. 47 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 3: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 48 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 5: The Thanks for tuning in, Thanks for coming out again today. 49 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny each week. And 50 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 5: I heard about this lady that was out shopping with 51 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 5: her husband. He had asked her to not buy any 52 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 5: more new clothes. She saw this outfit in the store 53 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: window and decided to try it on, and she liked 54 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 5: it so much she secretly bought it. A couple of 55 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 5: days later, the husband discovered it. He said, honey, I 56 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 5: asked you not to buy any more clothes. She said, well, 57 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 5: I didn't mean to, but when I tried it on, 58 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 5: it looked so good. Satan tempted me and I just 59 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 5: couldn't resist it. He said, why didn't you use the 60 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 5: scripture and say get behind me, Satan. She said I did, 61 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: and he said it looked even better from a distance. 62 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 5: Hold your Bible up, say it like you mean it. 63 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,839 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. 66 00:02:59,560 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 3: Today. 67 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 5: Hey, I will be taught the word of God. I 68 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 5: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 69 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 70 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 5: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 71 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 5: being fully persuaded. When you're fully persuaded, you are confident 72 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 5: that God is going to do what he promised. 73 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: Your mind may. 74 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 5: Try to talk you out of it. It may not 75 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 5: look like it will ever happen. All the odds are 76 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 5: against you, but deep down you have this unshakable confidence. 77 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 5: You know God is a faithful God and he will 78 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 5: bring it to pass. And when you're fully persuaded, you 79 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: don't focus on your impossibilities. 80 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 3: You focus on your God. 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 5: It may be taken a long time, you don't see 82 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 5: how it could work out, but. 83 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 3: You're not worried. 84 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 5: You're not living frustrated, always trying to figure it out. 85 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: There's a peace, there's a rest. 86 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 5: You know God is incomplete can You may not see 87 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 5: a way, but you know God has a way. It 88 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 5: may look impossible, but you know God can do the impossible. 89 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: You are fully persuaded. 90 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 5: This is so important because there's always something that's trying 91 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 5: to cause us to waiver and doubt what God has 92 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 5: told us. Our own thoughts will tell us you'll never 93 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 5: accomplish your dreams. You're too old, you're too young, you 94 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 5: come from the wrong family, you've made too many mistakes. 95 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 3: On and on. 96 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 5: You turn on the news and other voices will tell 97 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 5: you the economy is so bad, unemployment is so high, 98 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 5: you'll probably lose your job next and by the way, 99 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: swine flu is coming your way. 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 3: Good news. 101 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 5: Sometimes even well meaning friends can dampen your faith you're 102 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 5: fighting a sickness. Instead of encouraging you, they say you've 103 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 5: got what Isn't that the worst kind? I think that's 104 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 5: what my grandmother died of. If you don't guard your 105 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 5: mind and be selective about what you dwell on, then 106 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 5: you'll start focusing on your impossibilities and how it's never 107 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 5: gonna work out, and that's going to keep God from 108 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 5: doing great things in your life. When you're fully persuaded, 109 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 5: no matter what somebody tells you, no matter how impossible 110 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 5: it looks, you know God is still on the throne 111 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 5: and he would not have put the promise in your 112 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 5: heart unless he had every intention of bringing it to pass. 113 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: So you don't get discouraged. You don't let other voices 114 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: talk you out of it. 115 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 5: You don't allow your own thoughts to cause you to 116 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 5: waver and doubt. Your attitude is if God said it, 117 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 5: he will do it. If He spoke it, he will 118 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 5: bring it to pass. I am fully persuaded. This is 119 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 5: what Abraham did. God gave him a promise that he 120 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 5: was going to have a child in the natural. 121 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 3: It was impossible. 122 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 5: Both he and his wife Sarah were well beyond the 123 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 5: child bearing years, nearly one hundred years old. But it 124 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 5: says in Romans four that Abraham did not waver in 125 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 5: his faith, but he was fully convinced that God would 126 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 5: do what he promised. 127 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 3: Notice it says he did not waver. 128 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean that he never had one doubt, never 129 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 5: had one moment of unbelief. 130 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: Sure he did. He was human, just like us. 131 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 5: There were times he thought, this is never gonna happen. 132 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 3: I'm too old, it's been too long. I must have 133 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 3: heard God wrong. 134 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 5: He even tried to help God out, and he had 135 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 5: a baby through Sarah's assistance. He made a mistake. I'm 136 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 5: sure he got discouraged. I'm sure there were times that 137 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 5: he felt like giving up, but. 138 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 3: He never did that. 139 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 5: He didn't allow that seed of unbelief to take root 140 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 5: and become permanent. 141 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 3: He always came back to this place of faith. He 142 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:55,799 Speaker 3: dug down. 143 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 5: Deep and said, I know God has put this promise 144 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 5: in my heart. It may not be possible in the natural, 145 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: but I know I serve a supernatural God. He can 146 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 5: do what men cannot do. When I believe, all things 147 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 5: become possible. How did Abraham have this unwavering faith when 148 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 5: all the odds were against him. Everyone knows you can't 149 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,119 Speaker 5: have a baby at one hundred years old. I'm sure 150 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 5: he was the talk of the town. I can see 151 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 5: him walk into the grocery store. People begin to snicker 152 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 5: and say, there's that crazy man. He thinks he's going 153 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 5: to have a baby. His elevator doesn't go all the 154 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 5: way up. He had to deal with those negative voices 155 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: coming against him. He had to struggle with his own 156 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 5: discouraging thoughts. How did he stay strong in faith? I 157 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 5: can see how he could have a glimmer of hope, 158 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 5: But it says that he was fully persuaded. 159 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: What was his secret? It's found in verse nineteen. 160 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 5: He did not consider the weakness of his own body 161 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 5: nor the deadness of Sarah's womb. 162 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: Friends. 163 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 5: The key is, don't consider your circumstances, consider your God, 164 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 5: your circumstances may look dead, your financial situation may seem impossible, 165 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 5: the medical report may look hopeless. And if you just 166 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 5: consider that, you're going to get discouraged, and eventually that 167 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 5: doubt and unbelief. 168 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 3: Will keep you from God's best. 169 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 5: You got to do like Abraham and say, I'm not 170 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 5: going to just consider what my mind is telling me. 171 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 5: I'm not going to consider the doom and gloom from 172 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 5: the experts, not going to consider how big my problem is. 173 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 5: I'm gonna consider how big my God is. He flung 174 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 5: the stars into space, he spoke the worlds into existence. 175 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 5: He's not limited by the natural he has supernatural power. 176 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 5: His laws supersede natural laws. One time we were headed 177 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 5: to one of our events on the road. It started 178 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: at seven point thirty. We had left in plenty of time, 179 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 5: but the freeway was barely moving. 180 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 3: There was a car stalled up ahead. 181 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 5: Shouldn't have taken us any more than thirty minutes to 182 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 5: get there, but we'd already been driving for over an hour, 183 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 5: and it looked like we wouldn't make it in time. 184 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 5: One of our men called the venue where we were 185 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 5: having the meeting, and they said, we will send the 186 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 5: police officers to come escort you. They met us on 187 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 5: the freeway and one of the officers got in our 188 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 5: car to drive, and instead of staying in the normal 189 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 5: lane of traffic, he got over into the shoulder on 190 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 5: the very inside and began to drive down the freeway. 191 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 5: Once we got past the stall car, he didn't drive 192 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 5: fifty five the speed limit. He went sixty five seventy. 193 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 5: We passed other patrol cars. They didn't stop us when 194 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 5: they saw the officer. They just waved at each other. 195 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 5: The reason we could break the law was because the 196 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 5: law was riding with us. Without that officer, we could 197 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 5: have got pulled over, we could have gotten a ticket. 198 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 5: But because the law was in our car, we could 199 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 5: supersede what the. 200 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: Speed limit says. 201 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 5: In the same way, in the natural, it may look 202 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 5: impossible for you to get well. The laws of medical 203 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 5: science may say no way. But the good news is 204 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 5: someone is writing with you that can supersede those laws. 205 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 5: God's law supersedes the laws of medicine, the laws of science, 206 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 5: the laws of finance, the laws of nature. But so 207 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 5: often we just consider the natural what we can see 208 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 5: and where we are right now. This is what I make, 209 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 5: and if I get a cost to live and raise 210 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 5: for the next twenty years. This is where I'll be, 211 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 5: and we analyze it, do the projections, look at the charts, 212 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 5: dissect all the data. 213 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: And it's good to have a plan. 214 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 5: But sometimes in life you'll face circumstances where every report, 215 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 5: every expert will tell you it's never gonna work out, 216 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 5: it's impossible. You might as well just settle where you 217 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 5: are now. That's when you have to dig your heels 218 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 5: in like Abraham and say, no way, I have come 219 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 5: too far to stop now. I'm not gonna consider just 220 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 5: what my bank account says. I'm not gonna consider just 221 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 5: what the medical report says. 222 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 3: I'm gonna consider what my God says. 223 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 5: My business may be slow, the economy may be down, 224 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 5: but God says he will prosper me even in the 225 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 5: middle of a desert. My bank account may say you're 226 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 5: not gonna make it, but God says. 227 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: I'll supply all of your needs. 228 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 5: My checkbook may look like I'll never get out of debt, 229 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 5: but God says I will lend and not borrow. The 230 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 5: medical report may say just learn to live with that sickness, 231 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 5: but God says I'm restoring health back into you and 232 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 5: When I consider just how I feel, I may be discouraged, lonely, 233 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 5: I don't see anything good in my future. But when 234 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 5: I consider my God, I know that my best day 235 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 5: are still ahead. My future will be brighter than my past. 236 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 5: My greatest victories are not behind me, they are still 237 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 5: out in front of me. My question to you today 238 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 5: is are you considering your circumstances or are you considering 239 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 5: your God. He is Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, our provider. 240 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 5: He's Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, our healer. He is called 241 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 5: the Great I am, he is saying today, I am 242 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 5: everything you need. If you're sick, I'm your doctor. If 243 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 5: you're struggling, I'm your provider. If you're worried, I'm your peace. 244 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 5: If you're lonely, I'm your friend. If you're in trouble, 245 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 5: I'm your deliverer. If you need a good break, I'm 246 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 5: your favor. When you consider God and not your circumstances, 247 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 5: then God's going to show up and do amazing things 248 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 5: in your life. One time, Moses was leading the people 249 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 5: of Israel headed toward the Promised Land, and they begin 250 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 5: to complain because they didn't have any meat to eat. 251 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 5: They were out in the middle of the desert, and 252 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 5: God said, Moses, tell the people to stop complaining. I'm 253 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 5: going to give you meat for thirty days in a row. 254 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 5: Moses's mind began to take off ninety to nothing. Trying 255 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 5: to figure it all out. He ran the calculations of 256 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 5: how many people there were and how many. 257 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: Flocks they had. It didn't make sense. 258 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 5: There were over two million people out there, there were 259 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: not any grocery stores, they weren't close to any major cities. Finally, 260 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 5: he said, God, this is impossible. I've run all the numbers. 261 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 5: I've had my experts analyze it. Bottom line is this. 262 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 5: If we killed all of our animals and butchered all 263 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 5: of our flocks, we still would not have enough meat 264 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 5: for thirty days in a row. 265 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 3: Came up with all these excuses. What was his problem? 266 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 5: He was considering his circumstances instead of considering his God, 267 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 5: even though God had just parted the Red Sea a 268 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 5: little bit earlier. 269 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 3: Somehow Moses had forgot that God supersedes the laws of nature. 270 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 5: When God says it's going to happen, it's not if 271 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: it's going to happen, it's when it's going to happen. 272 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 5: I love the way that God answered him back. He said, Moses, 273 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 5: when did I become weak? He was saying, in effect, Moses, 274 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 5: have I somehow lost my power? Have you forgotten that 275 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 5: I control the universe? Do you realize that when I speak, 276 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 5: all of heaven comes to attention. 277 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 3: The angels go to work to carry out what I say. 278 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 5: The scripture says God caused the winds to change directions, 279 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 5: and hundreds of thousands of quell. 280 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 3: Begin to blow into the camp. There were so many quail. 281 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: All they had to do is go out and pick 282 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 5: one up. They didn't have to struggle, They didn't have 283 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 5: to hunt night and day. They could just tell their teenager, Hey, 284 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 5: go get us four quael for dinner tonight. 285 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 3: This was home delivery. 286 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 5: Way before domine knows out there in the middle of 287 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 5: the desert, that doesn't make sense. 288 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 3: What happened. 289 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 5: God breathed in their directions, and all of a sudden 290 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: the impossible became possible. You may be facing situations right 291 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 5: now where looks like you'll never get out of all 292 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 5: the experts and the reports and the data says no way. 293 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 5: Your dream is too big, your problem too great, your 294 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 5: marriage too far gone. Your health too bad. You could 295 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 5: come up with a thousand reasons to just give up 296 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 5: on what God's put in your heart and settle where 297 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 5: you are. But just like with Moses, all God has 298 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 5: to do is breathe in your direction and things will 299 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 5: begin to change. When God breathes on your life, supernatural 300 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 5: doors will open. Had a gentleman tell me not long 301 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 5: ago how his business was very, very slow, looked like 302 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 5: he would go under. He owned a small manufacturing company, 303 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 5: had one main competitor in town. They were a national 304 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 5: company much bigger, had many more resources. With the economy 305 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 5: going down made it harder and harder for him to 306 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 5: stay open. He wasn't married to the business, but he 307 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 5: really believed that's what God wanted him to do. So 308 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 5: he kept praying, believing, hoping, not considering his circumstances, but 309 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 5: considering his God. And just when he thought he was 310 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 5: going to have to close down, he got word that 311 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 5: this national company, his main competitor, had a change in 312 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 5: leadership and a change in direction, and they decided to 313 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 5: pull out of this market. So instead of him closing down, 314 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 5: they closed down. Now he's breaking all kinds of records, 315 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: he said, Joel, if you would have told me last 316 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 5: year that I'd be doing three times what I did. 317 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 3: Before, I would have said, that's impossible. 318 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 5: Friends, God has all kinds of ways to meet your needs. 319 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 5: You may not be able to beat the competition, but 320 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 5: you don't know. Oh, God may remove the competition. 321 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 3: I think about Mary, the mother of Jesus. 322 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 5: She was a teenage girl living in Nazareth, that was 323 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 5: one of the poorest, most run. 324 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 3: Down cities of that region. 325 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 5: One day an angel appeared and said, Mary, you are 326 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 5: highly favored of God. You're going to give birth to 327 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 5: a son without knowing a man. 328 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 3: He will be the son of God. You are to 329 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 3: name him Jesus. 330 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 5: And God gave Mary this promise that was almost unbelievable. 331 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 5: You can imagine the thoughts of doubt and unbelief that 332 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 5: must have bombarded her mind, saying You're not going to 333 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: have a baby without a man. That's impossible, that defies 334 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 5: the laws of nature. 335 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 3: That's never happened before. 336 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 5: And if Mary would have just considered her circumstances, she 337 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 5: would have certainly given up and thought, man, I must 338 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 5: be seeing things I need to get out more often. No, 339 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 5: she understood this principle. If God says it, he will 340 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 5: bring it to pass. Mary answered the angel back. She 341 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 5: didn't say, Ah, that sounds far out. I don't see 342 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 5: how that can happen. Besides, I think you've got the 343 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 5: wrong young lady. I don't come from a wealthy family. 344 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 5: We're not real influential. I'm just a plain old. 345 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 3: Ordinary girl. No, Mary was bold. She made a statement 346 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 3: of faith. 347 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 5: She looked the angel in the eye and said, be 348 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 5: it under me, even as you have said. In other words, 349 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 5: she said, I'm in agreement. 350 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 3: Let it happen. If God says I'm highly favored, I 351 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 3: believe I'm highly favored. 352 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 5: If God says the impossible is gonna happen, I believe 353 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 5: the impossible is gonna happen. 354 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 3: And that's the way we need to be. 355 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 5: When God puts a promise in our heart, instead of 356 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 5: trying to reason it out, we don't come up with 357 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 5: excuses like Moses did. We don't act like God has 358 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 5: become weak. No, we do like Abraham and become fully convinced. 359 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 5: You may be fighting a sickness right now, but God's 360 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 5: put the promise in your heart that he is going 361 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 5: to restore health back into you. You can either say, well, 362 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 5: Joe I don't know if that's going to happen. You 363 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 5: should see the medical report. My grandmother had this same sickness, 364 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: been in my family line for five generations. You can 365 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 5: talk yourself out of it, or you can do like 366 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 5: Mary and say, God, I'm in agreement with you. If 367 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 5: you say I'm going to be well, then I believe 368 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 5: I'm going to be well. In your finances, it may 369 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 5: look impossible for you to ever get out of debt. 370 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 5: But because you're a giver, God's given you the promise 371 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 5: that He's going to open the windows of heaven and 372 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 5: pour out blessings that you cannot contain. 373 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 3: Don't make excuses. God, do you know where I work? God? 374 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 3: Have you seen the stock market lately? 375 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: God? 376 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 3: Do you know what the cost of living is? 377 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 4: No? 378 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 3: Be like Mary, God, I agree, let it happen. 379 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 5: Mary answered the angel and said, I believe this promise 380 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 5: will come to pass agreement, But I do have one question. 381 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 3: How is this going to happen? 382 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 5: You may have a how in your life right now? 383 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 5: In other words, I believe I'm gonna accomplish my dreams Joel, 384 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 5: But how am I going to do it? How am 385 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 5: I going to get well? How am I going to 386 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 5: overcome this addiction. What the Angel said to Mary, I 387 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 5: believe God is saying to each one of us. 388 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 3: He said, Mary, here's how it's gonna happen. 389 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 5: The power of the Most High is going to come 390 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 5: upon you. In other words, God's going to breathe in 391 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 5: your direction and supernatural things are going to happen. 392 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 3: How are you going to get well? 393 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 5: The power of the Most High is going to breathe 394 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 5: health and healing into your body. How are you going 395 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 5: to accomplish your dreams? It looks impossible. Know, the Most High, 396 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 5: the Great I am, the creator of the universe, is 397 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 5: going to breathe his favor. When God breathes on your life, 398 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 5: supernatural opportunities will come your way. 399 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 3: You will get breaks that you didn't deserve. 400 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: Family members that were off course will suddenly turn around. 401 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 5: Problems that look permanent will turn out only to be temporary. 402 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 5: What happened, The power of the Most High came upon you. 403 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 5: But like Mary, you've got to do your part and 404 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 5: say God, if you say it will happen. 405 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 3: Then I will believe it will happen. God. 406 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 5: If you say I'm highly favored, then I'm not gonna 407 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 5: drag through life defeated like a. 408 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 3: Weak worm of the dust. I'm gonna put my shoulders back. 409 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 5: I'm gonna hold my head up high and act like 410 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 5: I'm highly favored God. If you say, as for me 411 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 5: and my house, we can serve the Lord, then I'm 412 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 5: gonna believe as for me and my house, we will 413 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 5: serve the Lord. It may not look like it. All 414 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 5: the odds may be against you. Your mind is telling 415 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 5: you forget it. That's just wishful thinking, never gonna happen. No, 416 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 5: don't talk yourself out of it. Don't consider your circumstances. 417 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 5: Consider you God. He is all powerful. One touch of 418 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 5: his favor can turn any situation around. It may look 419 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 5: like it's too far gone, but it's not over until 420 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 5: God says it's over. He always has the final saying. 421 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 5: One time Jesus was on the beach and he saw 422 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 5: these men putting away their fishing nets. They had been 423 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 5: out fishing all night. He went up to them and 424 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 5: asked if he could borrow their boat so he could 425 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 5: push away from the shore and teach the large crowds of. 426 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 3: People that have gathered. 427 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 5: They had never met before, but they allowed Jesus to 428 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 5: borrow the boat. When he got finished. As a way 429 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 5: to thank them, Jesus told them to launch out into 430 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 5: the deep and they would catch a great number of fish. 431 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 5: These men begin to reason in their mind. They thought, 432 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 5: this man is a teacher. We are professional fishermen, and 433 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 5: here he's telling us how and when to fish. Doesn't 434 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 5: he know this is how we make our living. We've 435 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 5: been doing this for many years. We are experts in 436 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 5: our field. We know when the fish bite and when 437 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 5: the fish don't bite, and now is not the time 438 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 5: to fish. 439 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 3: Nothing is biting. 440 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 5: Friends, do you realize sometimes you can know too much. 441 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 5: Sometimes our own intellect can keep us from God's best. 442 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 5: I had a lady tell me last week, Joey, you 443 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 5: were talking about your friend that overcame cancer three times. 444 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 5: But the kind of cancer I have is very rare. 445 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 5: It's less than one percent of all the cancers. There's 446 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 5: no good treatment for it. The life expectancy is only 447 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 5: this long. 448 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 3: And on and on. 449 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 5: She told me all the details of why she couldn't 450 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 5: get well, and story after story of people that didn't 451 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 5: make it, and how there was no medicine that could 452 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 5: possibly treat that type of cancer. When she got finished, 453 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: she had convinced me. I was depressed too. I wanted 454 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 5: to go home, go to bed. I had been singing 455 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 5: I am a friend of God. Now with singing, you 456 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 5: picked a fine time to leave me. Lucille, what's her problem? 457 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 5: She knows too much. She has analyzed it and reanalyzed it, 458 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 5: and studied it and researched it and thought about it. 459 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 5: No wonder, she can't have any faith. And I know 460 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 5: it's good to have information. I'm not saying to hide 461 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 5: her head in the sand, but at some point you 462 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 5: got to say, I am not going to allow any 463 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 5: more doubt and unbelief to come into my mind. Yes, 464 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 5: I want to know the facts, but I do not 465 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 5: need to know every detail of why I'm not gonna 466 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 5: get well, or why I'm not gonna get out of debt, 467 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 5: or why I'm not gonna accomplish my dreams. Sometimes you 468 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 5: just have to turn your mind off. If you listen 469 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 5: to some of the experts on the economy long enough, 470 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 5: they'll talk you into going under. 471 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 3: They'll talk you into living a defeated life. 472 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 5: It's like this guy heard about he was standing on 473 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 5: the side of a bridge about to jump, so discouraged, 474 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 5: so depressed, he's going to end it all. This man 475 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 5: came up and said, don't jump, don't jump. I want 476 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: to help you. Tell me what the problem is. For 477 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 5: the next three hours, he told the man his problems. 478 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 5: When he got finished, they both jumped. I don't want 479 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 5: to know the facts, but I don't want to know 480 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 5: too much. If you don't cut that off, all that's 481 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 5: going to do is depress you. You got to get 482 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 5: out of the natural and say. This may be impossible 483 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 5: with men, but I know with God, all things are possible. 484 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 5: The fishermen said to Jesus as politely as they could, Sir, 485 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 5: we've been fishing all night and we didn't catch anything. 486 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 5: We are very knowledgeable, we are very experienced. This is 487 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 5: not our first time out, and we appreciate your advice. 488 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 5: We appreciate your suggestion, but we are extremely tired. We 489 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 5: need to get home and get some rest. 490 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 3: This is not a time to go fish. 491 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 5: Jesus said, listen, men, this may not make sense to you. 492 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 5: You may not understand it, but I know what I'm 493 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 5: talking about when I say they are a fish out there. 494 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 5: It may defy the odds, it may seem like a 495 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 5: waste of your time, but You've got to realize I 496 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 5: control the fish. There may not have been fish out 497 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 5: there last night, or the night before or last year, 498 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 5: but I can assure you there are fish out there 499 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 5: right now. Jesus convinced them. They thought, all right, seems strange, 500 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 5: seems God. 501 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 3: Nevertheless, at your word, we will do it. 502 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 5: That's the attitude we've got to have. This doesn't even 503 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 5: make sense, Joel, for me to believe. It doesn't need 504 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 5: to make sense for me to get my hopes up. Nevertheless, 505 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 5: if God says so. 506 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 3: I'm gonna believe. So. 507 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,719 Speaker 5: Those men went out and caught so many fish that 508 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 5: their nests begin to break. But they're all boys down 509 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 5: to this. Are you considering your circumstances or are you 510 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 5: considering your God? Are you fully persuaded God's gonna do 511 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 5: what he promised? Or have you talked yourself out of it. 512 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 5: It's easy to think that your dream is too big 513 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 5: or your problem is too great. God has put things 514 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 5: in my heart places he wants to take our ministry. 515 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 5: That will take one hundred million more dollars coming in 516 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 5: each year than we have right now in the natural. 517 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 5: That's never gonna happen. No use even believing no, I've 518 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 5: learned to do like Mary. God be it under me. 519 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 5: Even as you have said, I am fully persuaded. God's 520 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 5: gonna do amazing things. 521 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 3: I've seen him do it in the past, and I 522 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 3: know he'll do it in the future. 523 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 5: It says about Abraham, he hoped on in faith against 524 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 5: all hope. What God has put in your heart may 525 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 5: seem too big, may seem very unlikely. But don't do 526 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,199 Speaker 5: like the fishermen almost did and talk yourself out of it. 527 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 5: Don't do like Moses and run all your calculations and 528 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 5: tell God why it's not gonna work out. Do like 529 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 5: Abe hand and against all hope, keep hoping on in faith. 530 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 5: Let's do like Mary and say, God, we know you 531 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,239 Speaker 5: control the whole universe. It may look impossible, but we 532 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 5: believe the power of the most High will come upon us. 533 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 5: My prayer is that you will become fully persuaded, not halfway, 534 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 5: not three fours, but fully convinced that God will do 535 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 5: everything He's promised in your life. And if you'll put 536 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 5: this principle into action and don't consider your circumstances, but 537 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 5: consider your God, then just like God gave Abraham a 538 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 5: child at one hundred years old. God will do unusual 539 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 5: things in your own life. He will bring promises to 540 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 5: pass that look impossible. You will accomplish dreams far greater. 541 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 3: Than you ever imagine. 542 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 5: You will overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable. You'll be able 543 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 5: to say God's been good to me. He has shown 544 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 5: up and shown out in my life in an amazing way. 545 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: Amen. Do you receive that today? 546 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 5: Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 547 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 548 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 549 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 550 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 5: you my Lord and save you. Friends, If you prayed 551 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 5: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 552 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 3: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 553 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 3: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 554 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to the Jolus Deine podcast. 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