1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. So God bless you. 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes and you're 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. These are 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: at Lakebrood, So come on out. We'll make you feel 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: at home. Thanks so for tuning in today, and thank 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: you all for coming out as well. I like to 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about this country grandmother. 14 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: She'd go out on a front porch every morning say 15 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: thank you Lord for another day. Her next door neighbor 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: didn't believe in God. He'd shout back, there's no such 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: thing as the Lord. One morning he heard her praying 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: that God would send her groceries for the week. He 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: snuck over early in the morning and put groceries on 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: the front porch. When she came out, she said, thank 21 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: you Lord, you did it again. Begin to laugh and laugh. 22 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: He said, God didn't send you those groceries. I put 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: them there. She looked up to the heavens, said, Lord, 24 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: thank you. You not only sent me groceries, but you 25 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: made the devil pay for it. Hold up your bibles, 26 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: I am what it says I am. I have what 28 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: it says I have. I can do what it says 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be talked the word 30 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 32 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 33 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: about being confident in what you have. It's easy to 34 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: focus on what we don't have. I don't have the talent, 35 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: I don't have the education. I don't have the right personality. 36 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: But as long as you think you're lacking, it will 37 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: keep you from God's best. It's not enough to just 38 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: have faith in God. That's important, but you've got to 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: take it one step further and have faith in what 40 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: God has given you. You have to believe you are equipped, 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: you are empowered, you are the right size, the right nationality, 42 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: you have the talent, the resources, the personality, everything you 43 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: need to fulfill your destiny. I have people tell me, Joel, 44 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of talent. Here's the key. 45 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: You don't need a lot of talent. You have exactly 46 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: what you need. If you'll use what God has given you, 47 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: he'll get you to where you're supposed to be. I've 48 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: learned it's not necessarily the amount of talent, the amount 49 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: of education, the amount of money. What makes the difference 50 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: is God's anointing on your life. Because you can have 51 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: average talent, when God breathes in your direction, you'll go 52 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: further than someone that has exceptional talent. You can have 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: an extraordinary problem, but with the favor of God, he 54 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: can take an ordinary solution and cause you to be victorious. 55 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: That's what happened with Sampson. He was surrounded by a 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: huge army. He had no weapons, no protection. All the 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: odds were against him. He began to look around to 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: try to find something to defend himself. All he could 59 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: find was the jawbone of a donkey. He could have thought, 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: oh great, just my luck. I need a sword, I 61 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: need a shield, and all I have is this jawbone. 62 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: It was small. It was ordinary, but he didn't dismiss it. 63 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: He was smart enough to realize that was a part 64 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: of his divine destiny. He picked it up and used 65 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: it to defeat the entire army that jawbone. Even though 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: it was ordinary, when God breathed on it, it became extraordinary. 67 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: What am I saying? You don't have to be bigger, stronger, 68 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: tougher to overcome your obstacles. You don't have to have 69 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: great talent in order to do something great. When you 70 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: honor gone God with your life, you have the most 71 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: powerful force in the universe breathing in your direction. God 72 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: knows how to take something ordinary and make it extraordinary. 73 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: Now get in agreement with Him and be confident that 74 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: you have exactly what you need. Don't ever say I 75 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: don't have the strength, I don't have the looks, I'm 76 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: too tall, too short, I'm too young, too old. Zip 77 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: that up and start declaring. I am anointed, I am equipped, 78 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: I am empowered, I am the right size, the right nationality, 79 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: I know the right people. I have the right amount 80 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: of talent. Plus I'm good looking as well. Might as 81 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: well throw that in there too. One time Jesus had 82 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: been teaching. Thousands of people started to get late in 83 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: the day and the people were hungry. Jesus turned to 84 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: his disciples and said, I want you to give them 85 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: something to eat. They were out in the middle of nowhere. 86 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: There were no grocery stores, no food. It seemed like 87 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: on the s past what Jesus asked was impossible. But 88 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: here's the key. God will never ask you to do 89 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: something and then not give you the ability to do it. 90 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: I hear people say, I know I need to forgive, 91 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: but I just can't do it. It's too hard. I know 92 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: I should take that management position, but I don't feel qualified. 93 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: That's saying what the disciple said, it's impossible. We don't 94 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: see a way. And Jesus heard all their excuses. He 95 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: finally said, you've told me all about what you don't have. 96 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: All I want to know is what do you have? 97 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: He said, Jesus, we just have five loaves of bread 98 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: and two fish. But what is that among so many 99 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: They looked at what they had and dismissed it. It's 100 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: not enough, Joel, I'd believe if I had more talent, 101 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 1: more education, more going for me. No, God is saying 102 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: to you what he said to them. Give me what 103 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: you have. Don't make excuses, don't sit on the sideline 104 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: of life, intimidating thinking that you're unqualified. Put your life, 105 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: your dreams, your goals, your talent into God's hands. Jesus 106 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: took the five lows two fish, prayed over it. You 107 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: know the story. It multiplied and somehow it fed nearly 108 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand people. That's what happens. When you give God 109 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: what you have, He'll multiply it. Now, what you have 110 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: may seem small compared to what you're facing, compared to 111 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: the financial difficulty, the medical problem, or the size of 112 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: your dreams. You could easily be intimidated. But God is saying, 113 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: if you'll give me what you have, that means if 114 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: you'll be the best you can be right where you are, 115 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: living with confidence, believing that God's breathing in your direction, 116 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: then God will do for you what he did for them. 117 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: He'll take the little and he'll turn it into much. Well, Joel, 118 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: I got a big problem, but I don't have big 119 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: resources that so God does. He owns it all. He's 120 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: got you in the palm of his hand. Your obstacle 121 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: may be high, but our God is the most high. 122 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: That enemy may be powerful, but God is all powerful. 123 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: He has the final say. Here's what I've learned. God 124 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: is not looking for super talented people. He's looking for 125 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: ordinary people who will take the limits off of him 126 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: so he can show his goodness in extraordinary ways. Be 127 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: confident in what you have. When David went out to 128 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: face Goliath, all he had was a slingshot and five 129 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: smooth stones. Didn't look like much. Goliath was nearly twice 130 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: his size. Goliath had been trained in the military, he 131 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: was wearing a full set of armor, had a lot 132 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: of experience, extremely powerful. Here, David was a teenager. He 133 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: had no formal training, no equipment, no experience. He was 134 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: a shepherd. When Goliath saw David in house, small he was, 135 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: he began to laugh. Goliath said, in effect, David, have 136 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: you looked in the mirror lately? You are no match 137 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: for me. I am bigger, stronger, tougher. But David understood 138 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: this principle, even though it was small. He realized that 139 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: slingshot was given to him by God, a part of 140 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: his divine destiny. The scripture says that David ran toward Goliath, 141 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: you would think if you're half his size, you would 142 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: sneak up, you'd try to surprise and know when you 143 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: know you're equipped, You're empowered. God's given you what you need. 144 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: You will not shrink back in fear. You will run 145 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: towards your enemies. God used a simple slingshot to thrust 146 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: David to a new level of his destiny. My question 147 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: today is are you overlooking something small, something ordinary that 148 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: God has given you. Are you sitting back thinking I 149 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: don't have the talent, the education, I don't know the 150 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: right people. No, you have exactly what you need. It 151 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: may seem small, but when you take these steps of faith, 152 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: God will do for you what he did for David. 153 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: He'll breathe on your life and what was ordinary will 154 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: become extraordinary. When my father went to be with the 155 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: Lord in nineteen ninety nine, I knew I was supposed 156 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: to step up and past through the church, but I 157 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: had never ministered before. Now I thought of all the 158 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: reasons I couldn't do it. I don't have the experience, 159 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: I don't have the training. I don't have the booming voice, 160 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: I don't have the dynamic personality. On and on I 161 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: came up with all these excuses. One day I heard God, 162 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: say something to me, not out loud, but just down 163 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: in here. He said, Joel, you've told me all about 164 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: what you don't have. I'm not interested in that. All 165 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to do is use what you do have. Now. 166 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: I stepped out with a little talent, a little ability, 167 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: a little experience, confidence. I didn't have much to give, 168 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: But I realize now I had exactly what I needed. 169 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: It looks small, it seemed ordinary. But when you give 170 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: God what you have, he'll take the small and he'll 171 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: turn it into much. Now quit telling God what you 172 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: don't have, what you can't do, and how if you 173 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: just had a better personality. No, be confident that you 174 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: have exactly what you need. It may not be as 175 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: much as somebody else. That's okay. You're not running their race. 176 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: Don't envy their talent, don't covet what they have, wishing 177 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 1: you had their looks, their personality, their opportunities. Now listen, 178 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: if God gave that to you, it wouldn't help you, 179 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: it would hinder you. You're not anointed to be them. 180 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 1: You're anointed to be you. And when God, when God 181 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: breeded his life into you, he equipped you with everything 182 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: you need to fulfill your destiny. You have the talent, 183 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: the confidence, the strength, the creativity to fulfill your purpose. 184 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: Now it may seem small. When I started, I felt unqualified, intimidated. 185 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: But as you take these steps of faith, believing that 186 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: you're equipped, confident in what God's given you, God will 187 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: take the small and he will multiply it. One day 188 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: you'll look up and say, like me, how in the 189 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: world did I get to where I am? That's the goodness, 190 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,359 Speaker 1: the favor of God. Here's how the scripture puts it. 191 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: It's not by might, not by power, but by His spirit. 192 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: That's saying. It's not just talent, not just education, not 193 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: just what family we come from. What causes us to excel, 194 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: what causes us to go places we've never dreamed of, 195 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: is when the most highed God breathes on our life. Sometimes, 196 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: like David, we feel like all I have is a slingshot. 197 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: You're up against a huge giant. They've got a machine gun, 198 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: so to speak, no comparison. You can stay in faith, 199 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: you don't have to lose any sleep. Your slingshot with 200 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: God's annoying is more powerful than a machine gun with 201 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: no anoying. Now I know some of you are up 202 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: against a major challenge your health, your finances, or relationship. 203 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: You say, Joel, I've got this big problem, but I 204 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: have just little faith. Let me encourage you. That's okay. 205 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: You don't have to have great faith. Just use what 206 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: you have. Jesus said, if you have faith as small 207 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: as a mustard seed, you can say to a mountain, 208 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: be removed. Nothing is impossible to you. When you use 209 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: even small faith, God can move mountains. When you say, God, 210 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: I don't know how this is gonna work out. I 211 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: don't know how my dreams could come to pass. I 212 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: don't know how I could get over this medical situation. 213 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: But God, I trust you. My life is in your hands, 214 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: even if it's small faith. That's what allows the creator 215 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: of the universe to go to work. One time in 216 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: their scripture, there were four lepers sitting outside the city gates. 217 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: They were contagious, so they had to stay away from people. 218 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: To make matters worse, their city was surrounded by an army. 219 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: They had cut off the water supply, and they were 220 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: waiting for the people to get so weak then they 221 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: would go in and attack them. These lepers had nothing 222 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: golden for them, no future to speak of But one 223 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: of the lepers said to his three friends, if we 224 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: just sit here, we're going to die for sure, why 225 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: don't we take a chance and march toward the enemy's 226 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: camp and see what happens. Notice they didn't have great faith. 227 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: They didn't say, we know God's going to protect us, 228 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: deliver us, save us. Their attitude was, we are ninety 229 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: nine percent sure we're going to die. What do we 230 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: have to lose? They had small faith. They started marching 231 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: toward the enemy's camp. Don't you know, God, God saw 232 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: them take that journey of faith. They could have been 233 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: sitting outside the city gates, depressed, bitter, complaining, blaming God. 234 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: Instead they're using what they have, not much, just a 235 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: little faith, a little effort, a little strength. The scripture says, 236 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: as they marched toward the enemy, God multiplied the sound 237 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: of their footsteps and caused them to sound like a 238 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: vast army. When the enemy army heard it, they thought 239 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: they were going to be attacked by thousands of troops. 240 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: They panicked and took off, running for their lives. Scared 241 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: to death. They left in such a hurry they didn't 242 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: even gather up their belongings. They left behind all their treasures, 243 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: their livestock, their food. When these lepers got to the camp, 244 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: nobody was there. They were amazed. They went back home 245 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: and told their families. They all came back and gathered 246 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: up the spoils. God not only saved their lives, but 247 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: God used them to spare the entire city. That's what happened. 248 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: When you use what you have, it doesn't have to 249 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: be great faith, even little faith. Just doing something small, 250 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: just showing God that you're trusting him. That's when supernatural 251 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: things can begin to happen. God can cause people. God 252 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: can cause people to hear what he wants them to hear. 253 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: One time, years ago, when I worked in the television 254 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: department here at Lakewood, I was meeting with this salesman 255 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: about buying a large amount of television equipment. He had 256 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: flown in from another state. We had a good meeting. 257 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: He called back in a few days and mentioned that 258 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: he was going to be able to give us the 259 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: discount that we had requested. He made the statement it 260 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: was the largest discount he had ever given he'd been 261 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: with the company over thirty years. I said, that's great. 262 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: What amount of discount is it. He seemed kind of confused, 263 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: He said, what do you mean, Joel? You told me 264 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: the exact price, you gave me, the amount that you 265 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: had to buy this equipment for. I thought, I never 266 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: told him that. That's not even my personality. That was 267 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: God causing him to hear what he wanted him to hear. 268 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: Here's what I found. God can cause you to be 269 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: seen the way He wants you to be seen. You 270 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: may not feel very powerful, very influential. The good news is, 271 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: it's not how you feel that matters. It's how God 272 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: causes you to be seen. Now get in agreement with God. 273 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: You may not feel it, but part of faith is 274 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: acting like it. Act like you're strong, anointed, confident, secure, empowered, blessed. 275 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: You've heard that saying you've got to fake it till 276 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: you make it. Now, don't ever say I don't have 277 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: the strength, I don't have enough money. My company could 278 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: never compete with this other business they've been going for years. No, 279 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: you don't know how God is causing you to be seen. 280 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: You may feel weak, but because of God's favor on 281 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: your life, everyone you encounter thinks you're as strong, as confident, 282 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: as successful as can be. What is that God causing 283 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: you to be seen the way He wants you to 284 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: be seen. Now, do yourself a favor. Don't go around 285 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: telling everyone how you feel. Just put your shoulders back, 286 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: stand up tall, not weak, intimidated, but like a child 287 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: of the most High God. When you stay in faith 288 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: like this, God can do for you what he did 289 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,719 Speaker 1: for these four lepers. He will multiply what you have. 290 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: He'll multiply your talent, multiply your resources, multiply your influence. 291 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: God is a god of multiplication. What you have may 292 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: be small right now, but you need to get ready. 293 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: It's not gonna stay small. You're gonna come into increase 294 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: to good, break to the right people, to healing, to restoration, 295 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: to new opportunities, to favor like you've not seen before. 296 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: That's what happened to this one young lady. She's a 297 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: police officer that works in another state. She patrols a 298 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: very rough area of town. Her desire was always to 299 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: help children learn how to read. She was the oldest 300 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: of twelve children. She's the one that taught all of 301 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: her brothers and sisters. When she'd get called into these 302 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: troubled homes, she noticed so often there were no children's books, 303 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: nothing for the kids to read, and this really bothered her. 304 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: She wanted to do something about it, but what could 305 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: she do? She had limited resources. One night, she answered 306 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: a false alarm at a large warehouse. She flipped on 307 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: the lights and saw thousands of children's books. They were 308 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: brand new, but because of a small blemish, they were 309 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: about to be thrown away. When she saw those, she 310 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: knew they were supposed to be hers. She asked the 311 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: owner right then and there if she could have them. 312 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: Without missing a beat, he said, they're all yours. That night, 313 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: Dropped in her hands were over ten thousand brand new 314 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: children's books. Now she goes through the community every weekend, 315 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: passing them out. What was that God multiplying? You may 316 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: not see away, but God has a way. You keep 317 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: using what you have, being the best you can be 318 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: right where you are, and God will open up your 319 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: supernatural doors of opportunity. I love what God said to Moses. 320 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: He was leading two million people through the desert trying 321 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: to get to the promised land they had just come 322 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: out of Egypt. Didn't look like they had any way 323 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: to protect themselves, like they could easily be conquered by 324 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: their enemies. Moses was down discouraged. People were complaining. He 325 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: was just about to give up, thinking that he didn't 326 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: have what it takes. God said to him, Moses, what 327 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: do you have in your hand? He was holding a rod. 328 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: He looked at it and said, it's nothing. God just 329 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: to stick something I picked up along the way. God said, 330 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: throw it down. He threw it down and it turned 331 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: into a snake. God said, pick it up. He picked 332 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: it up and it turned back into a rod. God 333 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: was showing him he had what he needed. It looked ordinary, 334 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: it looked insignificant, just a rod. But if it needed 335 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: to be a key to open a door, God could 336 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: turn it into a key. If it needed to be 337 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: a shield to protect him, God could turn it into 338 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: a shield. God is saying, I can become what you need. 339 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: Just as I can turn a rod into a snake. 340 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: I can take four footsteps and cause them to sound 341 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: like a vast army. I can use a simple slingshot 342 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: to defeat a skilled warrior. I can cause you to 343 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: stumble to a warehouse that has thousands of books to 344 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: bring your dreams to pass. Let me ask you what 345 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: God asked, Moses, what do you have in your hand? Well, Joel, 346 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: I just have average talent. I've got a lot of obstacles. 347 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: I could never get ahead. Now you've got to get 348 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: rid of that limited mindset. Almighty God, the creator of 349 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: the universe, breathed his life into you seeds of greatness. 350 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: On the inside, God is saying, I have equipped you, 351 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: I've empowered you. I'm going before you making crooked places straight. 352 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: I have surrounded you with my favor. Goodness and mercy 353 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: are following you. Now you've got to rise up in 354 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: faith and see yourself as who God made you to be. 355 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: You may not be able to do this in your 356 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: own strength, but that's okay. When you are weak, He 357 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: is strong. When you don't see a way, God has 358 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: a way. When all you have is a slingshot in 359 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: five smooth stones, you can still defeat a giant. God 360 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: is called the Great. I am I am what, I 361 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: am whatever you need. I am protection, I am promotion, 362 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: I am provision, I am health, I am restoration, I 363 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: am favor. You stay in faith and God will become 364 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: what you need. I read a story that took place 365 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: during World War II. The middle of the night, this 366 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: soldier got separated from his unit. The fighting was so 367 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: heavy the smoke so intense he became disoriented. Now he 368 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: was in the jungle all alone. He could hear the 369 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 1: enemy's soldiers getting closer and closer. He ran up over 370 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: a hill and saw a bunch of caves. He got 371 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: in one, huddled down, hoping that he wouldn't be found. 372 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: He began to pray and ask God to somehow, some 373 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: way spare his life. As he was sitting there as 374 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: nervous as can be, he noticed a spider dropped down 375 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: across the entry and begin to spin a web. Kind 376 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: of laughed to himself, to God, I need a brick wall, 377 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: I need an iron gate, and you send me a spider. 378 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: He watched that spider spin layer after layer on that web. 379 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: He could hear the soldiers about fifty yards away. They 380 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: were going through each cave checking the He braced himself 381 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: for his final stand. When the soldiers got to his 382 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: cave and they saw the spight's web across the entry, 383 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: one of them said, we don't need to check this one. 384 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: Nobody could have gotten in without disturbing the spighter's web. 385 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: They passed on by. God used a spider to spare 386 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: his life. Friends, God knows how to take care of you. 387 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: He's already lined up everything you need to live in victory. 388 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: You don't have to worry, you don't have to lose 389 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: any sleep. Just stay in peace, confident that you have 390 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 1: exactly what you need. Sometimes when we face a big problem, 391 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: we think, God, I need a big solution. This soldier prayed, God, 392 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: give me an iron fence, give me a brick wall. 393 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: God says, no, I have ways to protect you, to 394 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: promote you, to heal you that you've never thought of. 395 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: I can take something small, something ordinary, something insignificant, and 396 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: turn it into something great. I don't need a brick wall. 397 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: I don't need an iron fence. I can use a 398 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: spider cause him to spin a web at just the 399 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: right time. What am I saying? God is in complete control. 400 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: What you have may seem small compared to what you're facing, 401 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: but don't let that discourage you. God knows how to 402 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: take something ordinary and make it extraordinary. Well, Joel, I've 403 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: got a big problem. Don't worry. There are some more 404 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: spiders out there. Well, I've got a big enemy. Don't worry. 405 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: You've got your feet. God can multiply the sound. Well, 406 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: my business is kind of slow, don't worry. You've got 407 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: five loaves and two fish. Well, I don't see how 408 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: my dreams could come to pass. Don't worry. God has 409 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: another warehouse with resources to bring them to pass. Now 410 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: quit telling God what you don't have and start using 411 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: what you do have. You may have small faith today, 412 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: that's okay, use it and God can move mountains. You 413 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: may have average talent, that's all right, use it and 414 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: God can do something exceptional. Weak, but don't you dare 415 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: act weak. Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high, 416 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: and God will cause you to be seen the way 417 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: he wants you to be seen. It's not by your might, 418 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: not by your power. What's going to cause you to 419 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: excel is almighty. God is breathing on your life right now. 420 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: He is breathing on your dreams. He's breathing on your finances. 421 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: He's breathing on your health. He's breathing on your children. 422 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: His favor is going to cause you to go further 423 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: than you ever thought possible. You are going to overcome 424 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: obstacles that looked insurmountable, like these four lepers, because you 425 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: are honoring God. He's going to multiply what you have. 426 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: He's going to multiply your talent, multiply your resources, multiply 427 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: your creativity. Now this is not the time to shrink 428 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: back in fear. This is the time to move forward 429 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: in faith. Get up every morning knowing you are anointed, 430 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: you are equipped, you are empowered. If you'll be comfort 431 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 1: in what God has given you, and I believe and declare, 432 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: you will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, and you 433 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: will become everything God's created you to be. Come on, 434 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: if you believe it, give the Lord a shout of 435 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: praise today. Amen. We never like to close our broadcast 436 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 437 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me, just say, Lord, Jesus, 438 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 439 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 440 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 441 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 442 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 443 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 2: Life throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 444 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 2: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 445 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 2: recognize ourselves. 446 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: Life has a way of changing us. At one time 447 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: We were out and excited about our dreams. But when 448 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 449 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: easy to lose that positive, passionate person that we used 450 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: to be. In my new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You, 451 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: I'll help you get back to who you really are, 452 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: the joyful you, the confident you, the talented you. It's 453 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: not too late. You haven't been through too much. You 454 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: may have lost part of yourself, but you can find yourself. 455 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: God is in the business of restoring what was lost, 456 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: healing what was broken. You haven't seen the best version 457 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: of you, yet it's still in front of you. 458 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 459 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: of any amount, we would like to send you a 460 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 2: copy of Joel's brand new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You 461 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 2: take back your passion, reignite your dreams, and embrace the 462 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: life you were created to live. This book shares uplifting 463 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 2: scripture and personal stories that will help you release bitterness, silence, 464 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 2: self defeating thoughts, and embrace by faith the vision of 465 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: the life God designed for you. Life's challenges might have 466 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 2: distorted the true you, but now you can reclaim, revitalize, 467 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 2: and restore the version of yourself that you once knew, 468 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 2: or the version that you know God has made you 469 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 2: to be filled with hopes and dreams, optimism, and confidence. 470 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 2: Request your copy today and discover the best version of 471 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 2: you yet. 472 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: God is about to breathe new life, new passion, new 473 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: dreams into your heart. 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