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I promise 33 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. I'd like 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 5: to start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 5: He'd been out bear hunting all day long, searched and 36 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 5: searched through the woods with no sign of a bear. Finally, 37 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 5: in frustration, he threw his gun on the ground and 38 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 5: he went down to the stream to cool off. About 39 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 5: that time, he sees this huge, grizzly bear running toward 40 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 5: him full speed, about one hundred yards away. He falls 41 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 5: on his knees and said, God, I need protection, Please 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 5: convert this bear into a Christian. Miraculously, the bear froze 43 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 5: in his tracks, put both paws up toward the heavens 44 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 5: and said, thank you Lord for this food I'm about 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: to eat. Say it like you mean it. This is 46 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 5: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 47 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 5: have what it says I have. I can do what 48 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 5: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 49 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 5: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 50 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 5: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 52 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 5: to you today about stepping into the unknown. When I 53 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 5: type an address in my navigation system, there's an option 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 5: that comes up says route overview. If you click that, 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 5: it will give you all the details of your trip. 56 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 5: There may be fifteen different instructions. Travel six miles on 57 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 5: this freeway, get off at exit forty three, go four 58 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 5: hundred feet, turn left on the intersection. Your whole route 59 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 5: is clearly laid out. You know where you're going, how 60 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 5: long it's going to take, what to expect. Knowing these 61 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 5: details makes us comfortable where we can relax. And in 62 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 5: the same way, God has a route overview for your life. 63 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 5: Before you were formed in your mother's womb, he laid 64 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 5: out your plan. He not only knows your final destination, 65 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 5: but he knows the best way to get you there. 66 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 5: But one difference between God and a navigation system is 67 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 5: God doesn't show you the route overview. He doesn't tell 68 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 5: you how it's going to happen, how long it's going 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 5: to take, where the funds are going to come from, 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 5: who you're going to meet. He leads you one step 71 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 5: at a time. If you'll trust him and take that 72 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 5: step into the unknown, not knowing how it's going to 73 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 5: work out, then he'll show you the next step. Step 74 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 5: by step, he'll lead you into your destiny. The challenge 75 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 5: is we like details. We wouldn't have any problem taking 76 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 5: that step of faith, starting that new business, going back 77 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 5: to school, moving to that new location. If we knew 78 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 5: where the money was coming from, how long it was 79 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 5: going to take, that the right people would be there. 80 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 5: We had all the details, it'd be easy to step out. 81 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 5: Here's the key. God doesn't give us details. He's not 82 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 5: going to show you a blueprint for your whole life. 83 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 5: If you had all the facts, you wouldn't need any faith. 84 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 5: He's going to send you out not knowing everything. If 85 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 5: you'll have the boldness to step into the unknown, do 86 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 5: what he's asking you to do. Doors will open that 87 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 5: you could have never opened. The right people will show up, 88 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 5: You'll have the funds, the resources that you need. The 89 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 5: scripture puts it this way. God's word is a lamp 90 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 5: unto our feet and a light unto our path. A 91 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 5: lamp implies you have just enough to see in front 92 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 5: of you. God is not giving you the light for 93 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 5: the next fifty years. It's like the headlights on your car. 94 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 5: When you're driving at night. You can only see one 95 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 5: hundred feet in front of you, so you don't pull 96 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 5: over because you can't see your destination fifty miles away. 97 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 5: You keep driving. As you go further, then you will 98 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 5: see more. Will you take that step with the light 99 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 5: that you have? If you're waiting for all the details, 100 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 5: you're going to be waiting your whole life. We all 101 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 5: want to be comfortable, but being in God's perfect will 102 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 5: will make you a little uncomfortable. There's a healthy tension 103 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 5: to where you have to stretch, you have to pray, 104 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 5: you have to believe, you're not sure how it's going 105 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: to work out. That's when you're growing, That's when you're 106 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 5: learning to trust God in a greater way. God is 107 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 5: not just interested in the destination. He's teaching you along 108 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 5: the way. He's getting you prepared, growing you up on purpose. 109 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 5: God will put us in situations where we're over our head, 110 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 5: where our friends can't help us, where we don't have 111 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 5: the experience. Too often we swink back, think I'm not 112 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 5: going there, I'm not qualified, I'm too nervous. What if 113 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 5: it doesn't work out. God knew you would be nervous. 114 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 5: He knew you wouldn't feel qualified. That's a test. Are 115 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 5: you going to talk to yourself out of it? Are 116 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 5: you going to let the fear of what you can't 117 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 5: see hold you back? Or are you going to be 118 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 5: bold and step in to the unknown. In the unknown 119 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 5: is where miracles happen. In the unknown is where you 120 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 5: discover ability that you didn't know you had. In the 121 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 5: unknown is where you'll accomplish more than you ever dreamed. 122 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 5: Just because you don't have the details doesn't mean God 123 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 5: doesn't have the details. He has the route overview for 124 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 5: your life. He wouldn't be leading you there if he 125 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 5: didn't have the favor, the provision, everything you need to 126 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 5: go to the next level. One thing I like about 127 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 5: my navigation system is it gives me exact details. Go 128 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 5: nine point three miles down this freeway. Then it counts 129 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 5: down the whole way, eight miles left, seven miles, six miles. 130 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 5: It's all right in front of me. God is just 131 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 5: the opposite. He'll tell you go down this road. The 132 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 5: first thing we do is ask for details. How far 133 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 5: do you want me to go? No answer? What do 134 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 5: you want me to take? No answer? Who's going to 135 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 5: be there to meet me? No answer? Can you endure 136 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 5: the silence of not knowing everything? Will you trust God 137 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 5: even though you don't have all the details. Will you 138 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 5: take that step of faith even when you're uncomfortable, You're nervous, 139 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 5: not sure how it's going to work out. This is 140 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 5: what Abraham did. God told him to leave the place 141 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 5: he was living, pack up his family, his belongings, and 142 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 5: head out to the land that God was going to 143 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 5: give him his inheritance. The only problem was God didn't 144 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 5: give him any details. The scripture says Abraham went out 145 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 5: not knowing where he was going. I can imagine Abraham 146 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: telling his wife Sarah, Honey, I've got great news. We're 147 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 5: going to move. God promised me He's taking us to 148 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 5: a better land where we're going to be blessed in 149 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 5: a new way. I can hear Sarah saying, that's so exciting. 150 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 5: I can't wait. Where are we going? Abraham says, I 151 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 5: don't know. He didn't tell me. She asked, well, what 152 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 5: should I wear? Will it be cold or hot? He says, 153 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 5: I'm not sure. Well, Abraham, are you sure God told 154 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 5: you this? How we going to provide for our family? 155 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 5: Where are we going to get food for our staff 156 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 5: and animals? This seems like a mistake. If you're going 157 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 5: to step into the unknown, it's going to take boldness. 158 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: It's not always going to make sense. People may not 159 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 5: understand it. Your own thoughts will tell you you better 160 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 5: play it safe. This is too big a risk. What 161 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 5: if it doesn't work out. Abraham understood this principle that 162 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 5: just because he didn't have all the answers, just because 163 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 5: he was nervous, didn't mean he wasn't supposed to do it. 164 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 5: The scripture says, the steps of a good person are 165 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 5: ordered by the Lord. If you'll take the first step 166 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 5: not knowing all the details, trusting that God knows what 167 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 5: he's doing, then every step of the way there will 168 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 5: be provision. There will be favor, there will be wisdom. 169 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 5: And yes, it's uncomfortable not knowing. You have to stretch, pray, believe. 170 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 5: But each step you not only have God's blessing, but 171 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 5: you're growing, You're getting stronger. In the scripture, Peter was 172 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 5: the only one that walked on the water, and he 173 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 5: was the only one willing to get out of the boat. 174 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 5: I'm sure the other disciple said, Peter, you better stay 175 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 5: in here with us. Look at those waves. It's dangerous. 176 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 5: You could drown. But when Jesus asked him to come, 177 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 5: he had the courage to step into the unknown, and 178 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 5: he walked on the water. Well, Joey, but he sank. Yeah, 179 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 5: but he walked more than you. He walked more than me. 180 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 5: What's familiar staying in the boat. Although that's comfortable, Instead 181 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 5: of being a blessing, it can become a curse. Familiarity 182 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 5: can keep you from your destiny, what you're used to, 183 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 5: how you were raised, the job you've been at for years. 184 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 5: Don't let your comfort keep you from becoming all God 185 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 5: created you to be. If Abraham would have put his 186 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 5: comfort above fulfilling his purpose, we wouldn't be talking about him. 187 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 5: You cannot play it safe your whole life and reach 188 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny. Don't let the what ifs 189 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 5: talk you out of it. What if I fail? What 190 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 5: if they say no? What if I don't have the funds? 191 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 5: You'll never know unless you try. When you come to 192 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 5: the end of life, will you have more regrets from 193 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 5: the risks that you took or from the risk that 194 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 5: you didn't take. What if I get in this new 195 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 5: relationship Joe and I get hurt again, that's what happened 196 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 5: last time. What if you get in it and you're 197 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 5: happier than you've ever been. What if it's a divine connection. 198 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 5: What if I take this position and I'm not good 199 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 5: at it, I'm not successful. What if you take it 200 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 5: and you excel. What if you discover talent you didn't 201 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 5: know you had. What if it opens doors to more opportunities. 202 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 5: I can tell you every significant accomplishment in my own life, 203 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 5: every major victory. I've had to step into the unknown. 204 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 5: When my dad went to be with the Lord. I 205 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 5: had never ministered before I stepped up to pastor the church. 206 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 5: I didn't know how it was going to work out. 207 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 5: I didn't know if I could minister. I didn't know 208 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 5: if anybody listened to me. Every thought told me, Joel, 209 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 5: don't do it. It's a big mistake. You're going to 210 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 5: get up there and not know what to say. I 211 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 5: knew I was over my head. I knew I didn't 212 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 5: have the experience. But I also knew when we are weak, 213 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 5: God's power shows up the greatest. I couldn't see way 214 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 5: down the road. I couldn't see any of this that 215 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 5: we're doing today. All I could see was right then, 216 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 5: step up and pastor the church. If God would have 217 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 5: shown me all of this, I'd have said, no way, 218 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 5: I can't do that. Sometimes the reason God doesn't tell 219 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 5: us what's in our future is because he knows we 220 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 5: would talk ourselves out of it. What God has in 221 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 5: store for you is going to boggle your mind. The 222 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 5: places he's going to take you, the people you're going 223 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 5: to influence, the dreams you're going to accomplish. It's going 224 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 5: to be bigger than you've imagined. You know where it is. 225 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 5: It's in the unknown. It's in what you can't see 226 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 5: right now. It's in what you don't feel qualified for. 227 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 5: When you find yourself in a situation where you're over 228 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 5: your head, you don't think you have what it takes. 229 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 5: That's God stretching you. He can see things in you 230 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 5: that you can't see in yourself. It may be uncomfortable, 231 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 5: but don't shrink back. Keep stretching, keep believing, keep dreaming. 232 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 5: Step by step, God is leading you. Some of you 233 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 5: are about to step in to the next level. You've 234 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 5: been on that step long enough, you pass the test. 235 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 5: The next step is coming. It's going to be a 236 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 5: new level of influence, a new level of talent, a 237 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 5: new level of creativity, a new level of your destiny. 238 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 5: Victoria and I were driving to another city the other 239 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 5: day and had my navigation system on, and at one 240 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 5: point we were on this country road for about one 241 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 5: hundred miles stretch, and there were all these intersections and 242 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 5: different roads that veered off, and I kept thinking that 243 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 5: I had missed my turn, and I had to keep 244 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 5: looking at the navigation system. I noticed that as long 245 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: as I was on the right path, the lady on 246 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 5: the GPS system didn't say anything. I wish you had 247 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 5: come on, said you're doing good, John, keep going forward. 248 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: But she never said a thing until it was time 249 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: to do something different. Sometimes God is silent, you don't 250 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 5: hear him saying anything, and see he didn't think. I 251 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 5: must be off course, something must be wrong. He's not talking. 252 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 5: But like the lady on the g system, that means 253 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 5: you're on the right course. Keep doing the right thing, 254 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 5: keep praying, believe in stretching. The next step is coming, 255 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 5: but you have to pass the test of being faithful 256 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 5: where you are being your best with what you have. 257 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 5: Then the next step will be a favor step, a 258 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 5: promotion step, a healing step, a breakthrough step. When Joshua 259 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 5: and the Israelites came to the Jordan River, there was 260 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 5: no way to get across. They had heard how Moses 261 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 5: held up his rod and the Red Sea parted, and 262 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 5: I'm sure Joshua thought the same thing would happen for him. 263 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 5: But God had a different plan. He told Joshua to go, 264 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 5: tell the priest to walk into the river, and then 265 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 5: the waters would part. I'm sure the priest thought, Joshua, 266 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 5: that doesn't make sense. You want us to walk into 267 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 5: the water. We could drown. The priest got up to 268 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 5: the shore and nothing happened to the water. They got 269 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 5: a couple feet from the bank, still nothing. Thoughts started 270 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: telling them, what if it doesn't part? What if Joshua 271 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 5: made a mistake. What if you get out there and 272 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 5: you can't come back. They could have talked themselves out 273 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 5: of it. Instead, they dared to step into the unknown. 274 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 5: The scripture says the moment their feet touched the water, 275 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 5: the waters upstream began to pile up. On the other side. 276 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 5: It flowed downstream. Before long, the whole river bed was empty. 277 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 5: They were able to walk across on dry ground. Notice 278 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 5: the miracle happened along the way. We think God part 279 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 5: the river, and then I'll go. God says, go, then 280 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 5: I'll part the river. If you will step into the unknown. 281 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 5: Along the way, you'll see miracles along the way. The 282 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 5: right people will show up. Along the way. Doors will 283 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 5: open that you could have never opened. God could have 284 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 5: just as easily parted the waters before they stepped in. 285 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 5: He was showing us this principle. When you don't see 286 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 5: how it can work out, every voice says you better 287 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 5: play it safe. But you take that step of faith 288 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 5: and do what God's asking you to do. You too, 289 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 5: We'll see Jordan Rivers part and God on purpose puts 290 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 5: us in situations where we can't do it on our own. 291 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 5: It looks impossible. That's a test of our faith. If 292 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 5: we stay in the boat, we'll never walk on water, 293 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 5: We'll never see the fullness of our destiny. And if 294 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 5: God would have parted the water first, that would have 295 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 5: been a lot less stressful for them. They wouldn't have 296 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 5: had to stretch and pray and believe. But here's the key. 297 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 5: God uses the journey to get us prepared for where 298 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 5: we're going. When you have to stretch your faith, believe 299 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 5: that He's making a way, and thank him that things 300 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 5: are changing in your favor. Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger. 301 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 5: You're developing a greater trust, a greater confidence in God. 302 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 5: When we received words that this place, the form of 303 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 5: compact center where the Rockets used to play basketball, was 304 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 5: coming available, something came alive on the inside of me. 305 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 5: I knew this was supposed to be ours. What I 306 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 5: didn't know was how complicated it would be trying to 307 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 5: acquire it. God will give you the first step, but 308 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 5: he won't tell you everything. I was excited about the 309 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 5: possibility of moving Lakewood here. This was more than I 310 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 5: could ask or think. But what I didn't know was 311 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 5: it was going to cost one hundred million dollars to 312 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 5: renovate I didn't know a company would file a lawsuit 313 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 5: to try to stop us. Sometimes it's good to be naive. 314 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,719 Speaker 5: That's called having childlike faith. All I knew was that 315 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 5: dream was alive in my spirit, and I did what 316 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to do. I stepped in to the unknown. 317 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 5: This facility was owned by the City of Houston, my 318 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 5: parents and our family. We knew the mayor. I called him, 319 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 5: and the was in favor of Lakewood having it. The 320 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 5: first miracle, we needed ten votes from city council members. 321 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 5: We only had nine, But the night before the main vote, 322 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 5: a council member, after being against us for two years, 323 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 5: suddenly changed his mind and voted for us, and we 324 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 5: got the building. Another miracle. A week later, a large 325 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 5: company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from 326 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 5: moving in. We were told it could be tied up 327 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 5: in the court system for up to ten years. Here 328 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 5: I had already announced it to the church, people had 329 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: given funds. I would wake up in the middle of 330 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 5: the night sweating thoughts, telling me, Joe, you're going to 331 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 5: look like a fool. This is going to be a 332 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 5: big mess when you have to give it all back. 333 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 5: But like Joshua, along the way, miracles kept happening. The 334 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 5: CEO of this large company flew in from out of 335 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 5: town to meet with us. We were told by our 336 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 5: attorneys that it was a ploy just to confuse things. 337 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 5: But he said, I watch you on television. My son 338 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 5: in law is a youth pastor. Let's work something out. 339 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 5: Two days later we had an agreement. The lawsuit was dropped. 340 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 5: We were on our way. When you go out not knowing, 341 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 5: you'll see Jordan Rivers Park, You'll see compact centers fall 342 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 5: into place. God will make things happen that you could 343 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 5: never make happen. Don't get stuck in the boat. Don't 344 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 5: let the fear that you can't see all the details 345 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 5: hold you back. You're not supposed to see everything. God's 346 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 5: leading you step by step. When you're in the unknown, 347 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 5: you're having to stretch, pray and believe. That's when you're 348 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 5: really growing. Those three years we were in the battle 349 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 5: over this place, that's when I learned to pray like 350 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 5: I had never prayed. If I'd known how long it 351 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 5: was going to take, how much it was going to cost, 352 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 5: I just said, no, thanks God. I don't want that responsibility. 353 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 5: I'm too young. I don't have the experience. God knows 354 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 5: what's in you. He uses these steps to stretch you, 355 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 5: to develop you, to get you prepared for the next level. 356 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 5: The journey is more important than the destination, because if 357 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 5: you don't get prepared on the journey, if you don't 358 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 5: learn what you're supposed to learn along the way, you 359 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 5: won't be able to handle where God has taken you. See. 360 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 5: God could have given us the Compact Center the first 361 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 5: week we prayed, or at least the first month we prayed. 362 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 5: That would have saved me a lot of stress. I 363 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 5: wouldn't have had to stretch, pray, believe why d wait 364 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 5: three years? He was getting me prepared. I was learning 365 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 5: to trust him. My faith was being increased, my character 366 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 5: was being developed. What's interesting in those three years, like 367 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 5: the lady on the GPS, I never heard anything new. 368 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 5: I never heard God say, don't worry, Joel, I got 369 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 5: you covered. It's all going to work out. I had 370 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 5: to trust him when he was silent. I had to 371 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 5: believe he was in control. Oh, when I didn't see 372 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 5: any sign of it, I had to keep reminding myself 373 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 5: the steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord. 374 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 5: I took that step knowing that God put the dream 375 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 5: in my heart. I didn't know how it would turn out. 376 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 5: I didn't know if we'd be successful, but I believed 377 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 5: I was doing what God asked me to do. And 378 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 5: here's the key. Even if you miss it, even if 379 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 5: it doesn't turn out the way you thought, God knows 380 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 5: how to use it for your good. God would rather 381 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 5: you take a step of faith and miss it every 382 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 5: once in a while than to play it safe your 383 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 5: whole life and never make a mistake. In the times 384 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 5: we make mistakes, we miss it, we get off course 385 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 5: the closed doors. That's all a part of God's plan. 386 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 5: That's getting us prepared for the open doors. But if 387 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 5: you're so concerned you're going to miss it, you'll never 388 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 5: get off a dead sinner. I like what my friend 389 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 5: Joyce Myers, she was praying. She said, God, what if 390 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 5: I miss you? God said, Joe, don't worry. If you 391 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 5: miss me, I'll find you. But sometimes we let the 392 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 5: fear of the unknown hold us back. Being in God's will, 393 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 5: there will be a not knowing factor. You're not going 394 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 5: to know all the details how it's going to work out. 395 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 5: You have to have this boldness to step in to 396 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 5: the unknown. This is what my brother Paul. Did you know? 397 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 5: He's a medical doctor. For thirteen years, he was the 398 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 5: chief of surgery at a hospital in Arkansas. He had 399 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 5: a successful practice. Look like that's how he would spend 400 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 5: his life. But when Daddy died in nineteen ninety nine, 401 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 5: Paul felt the Lord leading him to come back home 402 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 5: to Houston to help us pastor the church. His colleagues 403 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 5: thought he was having a midlife crisis. They told him 404 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 5: to wait at least a couple of years, get over 405 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 5: my father's death, not make an emotional decision. But deep down, 406 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 5: Paul knew that's what he was supposed to do. In 407 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 5: his mind, it didn't make sense leaving your medical practice, 408 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,959 Speaker 5: giving up all that training. Thoughts started telling him what 409 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 5: if it doesn't work out, What if you don't like it, 410 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 5: What if they don't like you? What if you get 411 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 5: down there and Joel makes fun of you all the time? 412 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 5: In the natural, it seemed like he was making a mistake. 413 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 5: But like Abraham, Paul went out not knowing how it 414 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 5: was going to work out. He didn't have all the details. 415 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 5: We didn't have a ten year strategy. All he knew 416 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 5: was the first step go back home and help your family. 417 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 5: What Paul didn't know was how the ministry was going 418 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 5: to grow. He didn't know that after eight years of 419 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 5: helping us faithfully past to the church, God would open 420 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 5: the door for him to go to Africa several months 421 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 5: at a time and operate on less fortunate people. That 422 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 5: was his dream, to do medical missions. He thought he 423 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 5: was walking away from medicine. What he couldn't see it 424 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 5: was all part of God's plan. If he had not 425 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 5: stepped into the unknown, he wouldn't have reached the fullness 426 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 5: of his destiny. When you have this boldness to go 427 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 5: out not knowing, your life will be more rewarding, more 428 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: fulfilling than you could ever imagine. There was a young 429 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 5: Jewish girl in the scripture named Esther. She was an orphan, 430 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 5: didn't come from an influential family, but God raised her up. 431 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 5: Now she was the queen living in the palace. A 432 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 5: man named Hayman tried to secretly pass a law to 433 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 5: get rid of all the Jewish people. Esther's uncle came 434 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 5: to the palace and told her of the ploy. Said, 435 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 5: you've got to go in and tell the king what's 436 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 5: going on. The problem was in those days if you 437 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 5: approached the king without him holding up his golden rod, 438 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 5: then you could be killed. Esther said, I can't do that. 439 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 5: What if he doesn't hold it up, that would be 440 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 5: the end of me. God was asking her to step 441 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 5: into the unknown. But the what if started coming. What 442 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 5: if he doesn't hold it up. What if he's in 443 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 5: a bad mood, what if he gets upset. Just when 444 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 5: she was about to talk herself out of it, her 445 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 5: uncle said, Esther, if you remain silent, deliverance for the 446 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 5: Jews will come from someone else, But you and your 447 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 5: family will perish. And who knows but that you've come 448 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 5: to the kingdom for such a time as this. God 449 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 5: was saying Esther, if you don't want to do it, 450 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 5: that's fine, I'll get somebody else. But the problem is, Esther, 451 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 5: you will miss your destiny. This opportunity will not come 452 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 5: your way again. This was her chance to leave her mark. 453 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 5: It was a now or never moment. I love what 454 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 5: Esther did. She said, I will go before the king. 455 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 5: If I perish, I perish. But I will not let 456 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 5: this moment pass. Esther stepped into the unknown. She not 457 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 5: only had favor with the king, but she was able 458 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 5: to deliver her people. She became one of the heroes 459 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 5: of faith. Like Esther, we all have opportunity these that 460 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 5: won't pass our way again. When my dad went to 461 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 5: be with the Lord, I had to make the choice 462 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 5: to step up or play it safe. That was one 463 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 5: of those now or never moments when they come your way. 464 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 5: Don't shrink back, don't let fear talk you out of it. 465 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 5: Don't let the what IFFs keep you in the boat. 466 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 5: Be bold, be courageous, step in to the unknown. You 467 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 5: may not have all the details. You're not sure how 468 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 5: it's going to work out, but like with Joshua, along 469 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 5: the way, miracles will happen. God will open doors that 470 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 5: no man can shut. If you'll do this, I believe 471 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 5: and declare, you're about to step in to a new 472 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 5: level of favor, a new level of influence. Like Esther, 473 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 5: You're going to leave your mark, accomplish your dreams, and 474 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 5: reach the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus's name. If 475 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 5: you receive it today, can you say amen, I'd like 476 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 5: to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 477 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 5: of your life. Wouldn't you pray with me? Just say 478 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 5: Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, come into my heart. 479 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 5: I make you my Lord and save you. Friends, if 480 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 5: you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 481 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 5: Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place. Victorian, 482 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 5: I will be right back to speak a blessing over you. 483 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 6: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 484 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 6: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 485 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 6: a copy of Joel's new four part interactive resource Experience 486 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 6: Experience Experience Experience Purpose, Her Experience, Passion, Passion and Experience Joy. 487 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 6: Jenueis you never imagine. Get ready to experience God's best 488 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 6: for your life. 489 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 7: I found the more ways you get God's word in you, 490 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 7: the more it stays with you. This is a great 491 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 7: tool you can read, watch, and listen to. It will 492 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 7: help you grow and experience the goodness of God. 493 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 5: My father used to say, if you'll put God's word 494 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 5: in your when you don't need it, then it will 495 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 5: be there when you do need it. Request this resource. 496 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 5: It will help build your faith so you can live 497 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 5: a life of purpose, passion, and joy. 498 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 6: Request your copy of Experience today at Joel Weinstein dot 499 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 6: com or call eighty eight five sixty seven. 500 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 5: Joel your support is changing lives. Thanks for being a 501 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 5: part of the ministry. Your prayer, your generosity is what's 502 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 5: helping to make a difference all over the world. Know 503 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 5: that Victoria and I pray for you every day. We're 504 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 5: believing you're going to see God's goodness in great, great ways. 505 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 5: Don't forget. I have a new book out. It's called 506 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 5: Blessed in the Darkness. Hope you'll pick up a copy 507 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 5: for you and a friend. You'll really enjoy it until 508 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 5: we meet again. Know that you're blessed, you're redeemed, you're forgiven, 509 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 5: you're talented. 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