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This is not an offer 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 4: to buy your self security snor is it investment, legal 32 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: or tax advice. 33 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: How high could. 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 5: You rise if you weren't being shaded by compromise, by mediocrity. 35 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 5: I know your love your friends, but your destiny is 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 5: too great, your assignment too important to hang around people 37 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 5: that are not adding to your life. 38 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 3: You need people that. 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 5: Bring out the best in you, people that inspire you 40 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 5: to do better, that challenge you to live a life 41 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 5: of excellence and integrity. 42 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 43 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: our pot podt and thanks for supporting the ministry. 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 45 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 5: blessing and share it with a friend. 46 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 47 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 3: your life. Well, God bless you. 48 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 5: It's great to have you today, and if you're ever 49 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 5: in our area. 50 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 3: Please stop buy be a part of one of our services. 51 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: We would love to have you. 52 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 5: I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week. 53 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 5: We have a daily podcast. You can download our YouTube channel, 54 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 5: watch the messages anytime. 55 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 3: You can follow us on social media. We'll keep you 56 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: encouraged and inspired. 57 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,839 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 58 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 5: about this lady. She was stopped at an intersection. This 59 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 5: man came up asking for money. She dug in her 60 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,839 Speaker 5: purse and found a dollar bill. She said to the man, 61 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 5: I'm going to give you this money, not because you 62 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 5: deserve it, but because it makes me happy. 63 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: The man looked at. 64 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 5: Her and said, ma'am, why don't you give me twenty 65 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 5: dollars and throw enjoy yourself? 66 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: Say it like you mean it. 67 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 68 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 69 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 70 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 71 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 72 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 5: the same in Jesus' name, God, bless you. I want 73 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about what's blocking your growth. 74 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 5: Victoria and I were in another city walking through a 75 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 5: park and it was full of these huge cactus plants. 76 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 5: They stood over thirty feet tall, all kinds of incredible shapes. 77 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 3: I was amazed at not only. 78 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: How beautiful they were, but how big they were. As 79 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 5: we continued through the park, enjoying all the sights, we 80 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: came to a group of cactus that looked the same 81 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 5: type as the large cactus, but they were only about 82 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 5: my height. I went over to them and look closer, 83 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 5: trying to figure out why they were so much shorter. 84 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 5: I said to Victoria, they must be a different kind. 85 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 5: She looked up and said, no, Joel, it's that tree. 86 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 5: There was this large oak tree. Its branches were keeping 87 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 5: the sun from hitting these cactus. What's interesting is they 88 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 5: have the same potential as the cactus that were thirty 89 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 5: feet tall. They're in the same soil, same climate, same 90 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 5: weather conditions. 91 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 3: The only difference was. 92 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 5: Something was blocking their growth, and because they're constantly in 93 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 5: the shade, they're only. 94 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 3: A fraction of what they were created to be. 95 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 5: Now, I wonder if something is blocking your growth? Are 96 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 5: you under the shade of what someone spoke over you, 97 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 5: told you what you couldn't do, how you're not that talented? 98 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 5: Now that shade is limiting your life. Are you under 99 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 5: the shade of intimidation? Afraid to step out in faith 100 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 5: thinking of all the things that could go wrong. Do 101 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 5: you have friends that are blocking your growth? You to compromise, 102 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 5: do things that are holding you back. What could you 103 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 5: become if you got out. 104 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 3: From under that shade? How high could you go if 105 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 3: you made some adjustments. 106 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 5: The good news is the potential is still in you. 107 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 5: You can still become who you were created to be. 108 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 5: You just have to get out from under that shade, 109 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 5: remove what's blocking your growth, and you'll begin to blossom. 110 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 3: You'll go to new levels. 111 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 5: There's nothing wrong with you. You have the life of Almighty 112 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 5: God in you. He created you to rise higher, to 113 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 5: be successful, confident, to leave your mark. I was talking 114 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 5: to a man and he was so down on himself 115 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 5: because of past mistakes. He went on and on telling 116 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 5: me everything he had done wrong. He was so focused 117 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 5: on his past that it was poisoning his future. You 118 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 5: may have made mistakes, we all have, but don't let guilt, 119 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 5: stunt your growth. Come out from under that shade. Quit 120 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 5: thinking about all the things you've done wrong, living in regrets, 121 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 5: thinking you've seen your best days. When you live guilty, 122 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: you're in agreement with the enemy. 123 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 3: He's called the accuser. 124 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 5: He'll remind you of every mistake you've made for the 125 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 5: last twenty years. He'd loved for you to go through 126 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 5: life feeling wrong about yourself. What he's trying to do 127 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 5: is stunt your growth. He'll do his best to keep 128 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 5: you in the shade. He knows your potential. He knows 129 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 5: you were created to soar. That's why he works over 130 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 5: time trying to make us feel guilty, whispering you don't 131 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 5: measure up. You failed again, you blew your diet, you 132 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 5: didn't spend enough time with your children. There's always some 133 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 5: reason to be down on ourselves. You have to put 134 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 5: your foot down and say no thanks. I'm not living 135 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 5: under that shade. I know I'm forgiven, I'm redeemed. My 136 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 5: past is over, my present is secure, my future is right. 137 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 3: This is what my father had to do. He was 138 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: married at a very young age, and unfortunately the marriage 139 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 3: didn't work out. 140 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 5: Denominational leaders told him that he would never be in 141 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 5: ministry again, that that failure had disqualified him for leadership. 142 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 5: He eventually resigned from his church and he started selling insurance. 143 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 5: He knew God's calling was on his life, but he 144 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 5: was living under the shade of guilt, the shade of 145 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 5: what people said. You'll never be in ministry, You're not qualified. 146 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 5: The scripture says, God's calling on your life is irrevocable. 147 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: God doesn't change his mind. 148 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 5: He didn't cancel your destiny because you got off course. 149 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 5: People may have disqualified you. 150 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: But people don't determine your destiny. 151 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 5: God does, and he never disqualifies you. You have to 152 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 5: tune out all the negative words that were spoken over you. 153 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 5: It may be from people that you love, people that 154 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 5: should be encouraging you, showing your mercy, lifting you when 155 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 5: you fall. 156 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 3: Instead it's just the opposite. 157 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 5: They make you feel more guilty, tell you how you 158 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 5: don't measure up. Don't stay under that shade. God still 159 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 5: has a purpose for you to fulfill. You wouldn't be 160 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 5: alive unless he had something awesome in front of you. 161 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 5: Get your passion back, start believing again, start hoping again, 162 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 5: start dreaming again. After several years, my father got back 163 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 5: in the ministry and started pastoring. He met my mother 164 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 5: and they were married and had five children. 165 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: He pastored here at Lakewood for nearly forty years. 166 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 5: None of this would have happened if he had stayed 167 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 5: under the shade of guilt. I wouldn't be up here 168 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 5: if he had let those negative words limit his life. 169 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 5: Is something blocking your growth, is something keeping you from 170 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 5: standing up tall guilt, shame, fear, doubt. 171 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 3: You have to come. 172 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 5: Out from under that shade. It's not going to leave 173 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 5: on its own. You have to make the move. 174 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: When you do like my father and. 175 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 5: Start going forward knowing that God's mercy is bigger than 176 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 5: your mistakes, then you're going to begin to blossom. New 177 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 5: doors are going to open, Talent will come out that 178 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 5: you didn't know you had. You're going to accompass dreams 179 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 5: bigger than you thought. One thing that can easily stunt 180 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 5: our growth is the people that we're spending time with. 181 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 5: You need to evaluate your friendships. The people you're eating 182 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 5: lunch with at the office, the neighbor you're hanging out with. 183 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 5: Are they making your life better, pushing you higher, inspiring 184 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 5: you to reach your dreams, or are they causing you 185 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 5: to compromise, be mediocre, take the easy way out. You're 186 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 5: going to become like the people you continually associate with. 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 5: The scripture says, don't hang around angry people, or you. 188 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 3: Will become angry. 189 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 5: It says when you walk with wise people, you will 190 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 5: become wise. If you want to know what you're going 191 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 5: to be like in five years, look. 192 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 3: At your friends. 193 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 5: If they gossip, complain about the boss, unfaithful in relationships, 194 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 5: hard to get along with, do yourself a favor, find 195 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 5: some new friends. Spirits are transferable. If your friends gossip, 196 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 5: that spirit of gossip. 197 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 3: Will get off on you. 198 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 5: If your friends are critical, that critical spirit will end 199 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 5: up on you. If your friends run around on their spouse, 200 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 5: that unfaithful spirit will start to tempt you. You may 201 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 5: not realize it, but they're blocking your growth. 202 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 3: They're limiting your potential. It's not their fault. You have 203 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 3: to make a change. 204 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 5: Well, Joel, what if I hurt their feelings? What if 205 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 5: they get upset? What if you miss your destiny? What 206 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 5: if they keep you up five foot cactus, so to speak, 207 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 5: instead of the thirty foot cactus that you were created 208 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 5: to be? How high could you rise if you weren't 209 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 5: being shaded by compromise, by mediocrity. Now, I know you 210 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 5: love your friends, but your destiny is too great, your 211 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 5: assignment too important to hang around people that are not 212 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 5: adding to your life. 213 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 3: You need people that bring out the. 214 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 5: Best in you, people that inspire you to do better, 215 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 5: to challenge you to live a life of excellence and integrity. 216 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 5: I have a friend that treats his wife so good. 217 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 5: He's so loving, so kind, so romantic. He writes his 218 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 5: wife poetry. Almost makes me sick. 219 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 3: He sends her. 220 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 5: He sends her these loving texts that he's worked on 221 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 5: for two days. My darling wife, how beautiful you are today? 222 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: I text Victoria was up. 223 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 5: But I would rather have a friend and that inspires 224 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 5: me to come up higher than I would to sink 225 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 5: down lower. I would rather have him challenge me to 226 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 5: be kinder, more respectful, more loving than to be sarcastic, derogatory, belittling. 227 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 5: Pay attention to what you're seeing modeled around you. That's 228 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 5: all getting on the inside. Over time, it will start 229 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 5: influencing how you act, how you think, how you treat people. 230 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 5: And some friendships were great for a time, But now 231 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 5: you've come up higher, You've grown you've stepped up to 232 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 5: a new level. Doesn't mean they're not good people, but 233 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 5: you've outgrown that friendship. 234 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 6: Now. 235 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 5: I'm not saying to never speak to them again, but 236 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 5: little by little, you need to spend less and less 237 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: time with them. Some of the trouble and heartache we 238 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 5: find ourselves in if we look back. We knew we 239 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 5: were supposed to make a change, but we didn't do it. 240 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 5: We didn't want to rock the boat. We didn't want 241 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 5: to upset people. But what you're not willing to walk 242 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 5: away from is where you'll stop growing. 243 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: I know a man. 244 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 5: He's a strong believer, very talented, very influential, but he 245 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 5: started hanging around this person. 246 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: That wasn't a good influence. 247 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 5: His friends and family tried to warn him that he 248 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 5: didn't have a good pass. Trouble always followed him, but 249 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 5: this man wouldn't listen. He always took up for him 250 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 5: and made excuses. Over time, this man started compromising, doing 251 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 5: things that were totally out. 252 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 3: Of his character. 253 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 5: He ended up losing his marriage, his company let him go, 254 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 5: lost a big contract. He told me later, I knew 255 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 5: he was a bad influence. I knew God was telling 256 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 5: me to distance myself, But I ignored it. God always 257 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 5: gives us a warning. Don't override it when he asked 258 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 5: you to do something. It's for your own good. If 259 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 5: you'll get rid of the wrong people, then God will 260 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: send the right people, people that will make you better, 261 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 5: people that will inspire you, people that will. 262 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 3: Push you into your destiny. 263 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 5: In the scripture, God chose a young man named Gideon 264 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 5: to lead the Israeli army against the Midianites. But Gideon 265 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: was afraid. He was hiding in the wine press. An 266 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 5: angel came to him and said, mighty hero. 267 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 3: The Lord is with you. 268 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 5: Gideon didn't feel like a mighty hero. He said, I 269 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 5: can't lead the army. I come from the poorest family. 270 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 5: I'm the least one in my father's house. Here God 271 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 5: called him a mighty hero. God knew his potential. He 272 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 5: knew Gideon had greatness in him. The problem was Gideon 273 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 5: was under the shade of fear, the shade of intimidation. 274 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 5: I can't do anything great. I don't come from an 275 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 5: influential family. I'm at a disadvantage. Had the angel not 276 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 5: come to Gideon and told him who he was, we 277 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't be talking about him. The angel was saying in effect, Gideon, 278 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 5: come out of hiding, Come out from under that shade, 279 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 5: that insecurity, that defeated mindset, that can't do it, thinking 280 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 5: is stunning your growth. God is saying to you, you 281 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 5: are a mighty hero. You are destined to leave your mark, 282 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: but you have to. 283 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 3: Make the choice. 284 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 5: Like Gideon, are you going to stay in the shade, 285 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 5: hiding in the wine press, thinking you don't have what 286 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 5: it takes. 287 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 3: Or are you going to step into your greatness? 288 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,119 Speaker 5: Are you going to believe that you're a mighty hero, equipped, 289 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 5: empowered and anointed. This was a destiny moment for Gideon. 290 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 5: Either stay in the shade and the opportunity would pass 291 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 5: him by, God would find someone else, or take that 292 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 5: step of faith and believe he was who God said 293 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 5: he was. Gideon made this decision that I'm asking us 294 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 5: to make. He got rid of what was blocking his growth, porse, 295 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 5: self image, low self esteem. He saw himself a new way, 296 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 5: not weak, defeated, limited, but as strong, courageous, well able. 297 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 5: When he did, the scripture says the spirit of. 298 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 3: God clothed Gideon with power. 299 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 5: When he got out from under the fear, the intimidation, 300 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 5: God breathed on his life in a new way. 301 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 3: He felt a strength, a courage, a boldness that he 302 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 3: had never felt. 303 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 5: And too often we're like Gideon, we don't realize who 304 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 5: we are. We're letting doubt, negative voices convince us that 305 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 5: we're limited. I can't do anything great, Joel, I come 306 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 5: from the wrong family. I don't have the talent. Who 307 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 5: told you that? Where did those thoughts come from? That's 308 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 5: the enemy trying to keep you under the shame he'd 309 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 5: loved for you to believe those lies. Your whole life 310 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 5: live with a defeated mindset, hiding insecure, afraid to step out. 311 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 5: This can be a destiny moment for you. God is saying, 312 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 5: mighty Hero, come out from under that shade, Mighty Hero. 313 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 5: It's time to step up to who you were created 314 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 5: to be. 315 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 3: When you make that. 316 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 5: Choice, like Gideon, see, I'm done letting fear and can't 317 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 5: do it thoughts dictate my life. I'm done making excuses 318 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 5: as to why I can't go after my dreams. I 319 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 5: believe I'm a mighty hero. Then, like with Gideon, God 320 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 5: is going to show out in your life in a 321 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 5: new way. You're going to see favor, courage, opportunities like 322 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 5: you've never experienced. Gideon rounded up thirty two thousand men, 323 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 5: as many as he could find. They headed out to 324 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 5: face the Midianites. He was feeling confident he had this 325 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 5: large army. God said Gideon, that's too many people. If 326 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 5: you defeat them with this many men, you'll think you 327 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 5: did it. 328 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 3: In your own strength. 329 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 5: Had them weed the men down all the way till 330 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 5: he only had three hundred men. When you come out 331 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 5: of the shade, there will be times the odds are 332 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: against you. Thoughts will tell you you should have played 333 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 5: it safe. It's not going to work out. Now you're 334 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 5: way over your head. No, stand strong, The Lord, your 335 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 5: God is with you. Gideon marched toward the Midianites with 336 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 5: only three hundred men. At midnight, they blew the trumpets 337 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 5: and begin to shout a. 338 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 3: Sword for the Lord and a sword for Gideon. A 339 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 3: little earlier, he was hiding in the wine press. No 340 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 3: one had ever heard of him. Now people were shouting 341 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 3: his name. 342 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 5: God knows how to make up for lost growth that 343 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 5: time you spent hiding afraid off course, don't worry. Your 344 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 5: time is coming. God is going to make it up 345 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 5: to you. He knows how to accelerate, how to speed 346 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 5: things up. He doesn't hold it against us that we 347 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 5: stayed under the shade. We've all made choices that should 348 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 5: have stopped our destiny, should have stunted our growth. But God, 349 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 5: in his mercy, won't just let you start growing again. 350 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 5: He'll thrust you ahead. It's not too late. You can 351 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 5: still become the mighty hero. You can still accomplish your dream. 352 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 5: You can still live an abundant life. There is greatness 353 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 5: in you, Jeremiah said, there's fires shut up in my bones. 354 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: There is potential talent increase that you haven't tapped into. 355 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 5: Come out of hiding, start believing you're a mighty hero. 356 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,959 Speaker 5: Get rid of those limiting thoughts. You and God are 357 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 5: a majority. He's calling you out of the shade. 358 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 3: Out of anything that's blocking your growth. 359 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 5: Step out and get ready to see new levels, new friendships, 360 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 5: new opportunities. 361 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 3: New talents, new victories. 362 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 5: That's what happened to Gideon defeated the Midianites overnight. He 363 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 5: became a mighty hero, from hiding in the wine press 364 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 5: to being known as a man of fearless courage. 365 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 3: Gideon is now listed in Hebrews eleven as one of 366 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 3: the heroes of faith. 367 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 5: But He wasn't like David that went out and courageously 368 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 5: defeated Goliath. He wasn't like Abraham who believed when all 369 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 5: hope was gone. He wasn't like the apostle Paul that 370 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 5: wrote books of the Bible in prison. He started off insecure, intimidated, afraid. 371 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 5: He was shaded by all these things that were blocking 372 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 5: his growth. God was showing us it's not where you start, 373 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,959 Speaker 5: it's how you finish. Where you are is not your destiny. 374 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 5: There's still time to become a Gideon. You can come 375 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 5: out of the fear, the doubt, the guilt, and step 376 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 5: in to who you were created to be, a mighty hero, 377 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 5: a history maker. Now quit believe in those lies that 378 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 5: you've reached your limits. You'll always struggle. You've been through 379 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 5: too much. It'll never work out. 380 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 3: Come out from under that shade that's limited you. Long enough. 381 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 3: God is ready to. 382 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 5: Show out in your life, to do things that are unusual, uncommon, 383 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 5: out of the ordinary, to take you where no one 384 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 5: in your family has gone. And sometimes the reason we're 385 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 5: in the shade is that's what we saw model growing up. 386 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 5: We were raised by people that were negative, insecure, lived guilty, dysfunctional. 387 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 5: Now that's normal to us, but that's not who you are. 388 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 5: That's a result of being in the shade. For some people, 389 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 5: fear has been blocking their family for generations. Low self esteem, addictions, mediocrity. 390 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 3: That's what Gideon was saying. 391 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 5: My family, we're all poor, we're all defeated, limited, afraid. 392 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 5: That may be true for you when you look back 393 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 5: at your family line. But here's the key. You're the 394 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 5: one God is raised up to step. 395 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 3: Out of the shade. 396 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 5: You're the one to set the new standard, to be 397 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 5: the difference maker. Don't let these negative things keep getting 398 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 5: passed down. All it takes is for one person to 399 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 5: rise up, one Gideon, to say, I'm going to step 400 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 5: out of this fear, this addiction, this defeated mentality, these 401 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 5: unhealthy relationships, and I almost set a new standard. We're 402 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 5: going to be people who honor God. We're going to 403 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 5: lift free, competent, secure, victorious. I read about an experiment 404 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 5: that was done with four monkeys. They placed them in 405 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 5: a room with a tall pole in the center. At 406 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 5: the top of the pole was a bunch of bananas. 407 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 5: The first monkey climbed up the pole as fast as 408 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 5: he could to get the bananas, but just when he 409 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 5: was about to take it, a large bucket of cold 410 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 5: water was poured on him. He scurried down the pole 411 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 5: as fast as he could. Didn't want to have anything 412 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 5: to do with those bananas. In a few minutes, another 413 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 5: monkey climbed up the pole. 414 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 3: Same thing happened. 415 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 5: The bucket of cold water was poured on him, He 416 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 5: turned and ran back down. Over time, the other two 417 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 5: monkeys tried, but once again they were doused with water 418 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 5: and came running down. Day after day went by, and 419 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 5: even though those monkeys loved bananas, none of them would 420 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 5: go up the pole. At one point, the researchers removed 421 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 5: one monkey and replaced it with a new one. When 422 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,959 Speaker 5: it started going up the pole, the other three monkeys 423 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 5: grabbed hold of it and pulled it down. Wouldn't let 424 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 5: it go up. This happened time and time again. Finally 425 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 5: this new monkey gave up didn't try anymore. The researchers 426 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 5: brought in another monkey and replaced one of the originals. 427 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 3: Same thing. They pulled him down. They brought in two 428 00:23:58,840 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 3: more monkeys. 429 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 5: Now none of the original monkeys were in the room, 430 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 5: but they wouldn't let any monkey go. 431 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 3: Up the pole. Eventually the room was filled with dozens 432 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 3: of monkeys. 433 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 5: None of them had ever felt the cold water, but 434 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 5: not one of. 435 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 3: Them would climb the pole. They didn't know why. 436 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 5: They just knew they weren't supposed to have those bananas. 437 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 5: And sometimes we're like these monkeys. We don't know why 438 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 5: we can't accomplish a dream, why we can't be successful, 439 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 5: get out of debt, break the addiction. All we know 440 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 5: is nobody in our family ever did it. 441 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 3: They lived in the shade. 442 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 5: They let fear, insecurity, limited thinking block their growth. 443 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 3: Now we're in that same shade. 444 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 5: Anytime we try to move forward, there are people telling 445 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 5: us what we can't do, how it's not going to 446 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 5: work out. It's easy to accept it. Learn to live 447 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 5: with mediocrity. This is just who we are. No quit 448 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 5: letting people talk you out of your dream. It may 449 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 5: not have happened for them, but you're a mighty hero, 450 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 5: it's going to happen for you. Go get your bananas. 451 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 5: This is a new day. God's favor is on your 452 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 5: life in a new way. He's called you to set 453 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 5: the new standard, to take your family to a new level. 454 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: I met a young man after the service. He had 455 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 5: just graduated from college, and he was so excited. He 456 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 5: was the first one in his family. 457 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 3: To ever get a degree. 458 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 5: But when he told his family he wanted to go, 459 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 5: no one encouraged him. In fact, they said, we're not 460 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 5: college material. Granddaddy didn't go, Great grandaddy didn't go. We're 461 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 5: not made for that kind of work. Like those monkeys, 462 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 5: they were trying to pull him down and didn't even 463 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 5: know why. The young man not only graduated at the 464 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 5: top of his class as a chemical engineer, but a 465 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 5: company has already hired him. How high can you go 466 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 5: if you'll just get rid of what's blocking your growth? 467 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 5: Limited mindsets, other monkeys, I mean, people pulling you down. 468 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 3: Friendships that are holding your back. God has a big 469 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 3: destiny for you. 470 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 5: There are things in your future greater than you've imagined. 471 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 3: But there will always be. 472 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 5: Dreamstealers, naysayers, people that try to pull you into their shade. 473 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 3: They're insecure. They'll try to talk you into being insecure. 474 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 5: You really think you can go to college, you really 475 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 5: think you can start that business, You really think you're 476 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 5: going to beat that sickness. They live intimidated. They'll try 477 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 5: to pull you into intimidation. Fear doubt, don't take the bait. 478 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 5: Stay in the sun. God is going to cause you 479 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 5: to blossom, to go places no one ever thought you 480 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 5: could go. It's going to surprise your family. People are 481 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 5: going to be amazed at where God takes you. When 482 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 5: my father passed and I stepped up pastor of the church, 483 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 5: I was afraid and intimidated. That was definitely blocking my confidence. 484 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 5: I didn't think I. 485 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 3: Could do this. If that wasn't bad enough. 486 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 5: There were certain people Alberhard said, he's not that good. 487 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 3: I don't think he'll make it. 488 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 5: He's too quiet, he's not experienced enough. Even though I 489 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 5: half way agreed with them, something rose up on the 490 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 5: inside of me. 491 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: I thought, you don't determine my destiny. You don't know 492 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 3: what God has put in me. 493 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 5: My attitude was, I'm already in my own shade. 494 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 3: I'm sure not coming into your shade. 495 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 5: Part of the reason I believe I succeeded was simply 496 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 5: to show. 497 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 3: Them that they were wrong. 498 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 5: They meant it for harm, but God used it to 499 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 5: light of fire in me to create a greater determination, 500 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,920 Speaker 5: a greater resolve. I wasn't about to let their shade, 501 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 5: their negative. 502 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 3: Comments limit my life. 503 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: Like Gideon, I felt weak, inexperience, unqualified. But I could 504 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 5: hear God whispering Joel, your a mighty hero. 505 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 3: It's your time to shine. 506 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 5: You have what you need to fulfill your destiny. Anytime 507 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 5: you try to go forward, that will be opposition, naysayers, 508 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 5: people that try to pull you into their shade. 509 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 3: Don't take their bait. 510 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 5: The fact that they're trying to discourage you is a 511 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 5: sign you're about to step in to a new level 512 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 5: of your destiny. Is there something blocking your growth? Unhealthy relationships, 513 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 5: negative words that were spoken over you, limited thinking? How 514 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 5: high could you go if you would make some adjustments. 515 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 3: Don't stay a five foot. 516 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 5: Cactus when you were created to go thirty feet tall. 517 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 3: Make a decision that you're going to come out from 518 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 3: under that shade. 519 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 5: If you'll remove what's limiting your growth, you're going to bloom. 520 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 5: You're going to blossom, see favor, courage, the boldness to 521 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 5: accomplish what God put in your heart. Now I believe 522 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 5: and declare, like Gideon, a mighty hero. 523 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 3: Is about to emerge. 524 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 5: The power of the most Time is going to come 525 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 5: on you in a new way. You're going to rise higher, 526 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 5: overcome obstacles and become all you were created to be 527 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 5: in Jesus' name, And if you receive it, can you 528 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 5: say amen? 529 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 3: I'd like to give you. 530 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 5: An opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 531 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 532 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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