1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jorlan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: We believe you're going to have an. 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,239 Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled. God 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: bless you today and enjoyed a message He's. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 3: Want to encourage you today that you have the power 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 3: of the Living God on the inside of you. 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 2: Do you ever get tired of hearing that? 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 3: I don't either, and I think we constantly need to 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 3: be reminded that God's power lives in us. You see, 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 3: you're equipped this morning, and I want to announce that 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 3: you're equipped for your unique assignment. 13 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: God has left nothing. 14 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 3: Out that you're going to need for anything that He's 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 3: called you to do. 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: And not only has he thought about you. 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 3: I liked what Cindy said that his thoughts for you, 18 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: his plans for you, are good. 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: See, he thought about us. 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 3: He knew our assignment, and he put everything in us 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: that we would need, every gift, every talent, our personalities, 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 3: our dispositions, everything is just right. And then he did 23 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 3: something one step greater. He put his power in us. 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: He put his power in us. So you have the 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 3: Living God on the inside of you if you're a 26 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: believer today. 27 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: So I don't want you to feel ordinary, because we 28 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 2: all do. Sometimes it's just an ordinary life. We go 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: to work, we. 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 3: Come home, we eat dinner, we do it again. We 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 3: get up in the morning, we go mow the lawn, 32 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: we do this, we do it can feel ordinary. 33 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 2: But I want to tell you something. God didn't save you. 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: He didn't call you. 35 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: He didn't choose you to be ordinary. He called you 36 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: to be extraordinary. And you got to understand, because you 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 3: have the living God, you are extraordinary. You're set apart, 38 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 3: You're called by God and He has assignments. 39 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: For you to do. 40 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 3: You See, it's so interesting because sometimes people don't recognize 41 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 3: the call of God on our life. 42 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: They don't understand the call of God. 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 3: Or like I said, we may feel ordinary, we wonder 44 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 3: if we're accomplishing what God even wants us to accomplish. See, 45 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 3: so often we determine the power of God within us 46 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: by what's going on around us. You See, if I 47 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 3: was maybe doing a little better, if God liked me 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: a little more, this wouldn't be happening. Or maybe if 49 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: I could just get a little closer to God, I 50 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 3: wouldn't be going through this trial. But can I tell 51 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 3: you something that's the way man looks at things. In fact, 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 3: God told the prophet Samuel, he said, you're gonna anoint 53 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 3: the next king of Israel, and I want you to 54 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: know this one thing about this anointing. 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: You're gonna anoint the man that I call. 56 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: But I don't want you to begin to look for 57 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: what you think would be the king. 58 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 2: I don't want you. 59 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: To look for the man that's the right height, the 60 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 3: man that's in a certain position, the man that has 61 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 3: the talents that you think would make a good king. 62 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 2: He said, because I don't look. 63 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 3: At things that way. That's the way you look at things. 64 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: He said, you look from the outside. You respond to 65 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 3: life from the outside. But see, I am a God 66 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 3: of the inside. Man looks on the outside, but God 67 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: looks on the heart. See you're qualified today because God 68 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: chose you to be qualified. He looked at your heart 69 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 3: and he said, that's my child. You know what I 70 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 3: love about that is that God is the god of 71 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: second chances. God is always inside of us, working from 72 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: the inside out. He's working on our thoughts, he's working 73 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: on our actions. 74 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: He's working all the time. 75 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 3: God never sleeps. He never slumbers. He's always at work 76 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 3: in the heart of a believer. David said it like this, 77 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 3: He said, you teach me wisdom in my inner most parts. 78 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: That's where you're speaking to me God, in my inner 79 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: most parts. You see, God communicates with us in our 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 3: inner most parts. And I want to remind you today 81 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 3: that you house the greatest power in the universe. 82 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: I don't want you to neglect or not protect what's 83 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: on the inside of you. You're not ordinary, you're extraordinary. 84 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: You walk with humility. 85 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: Because you know the God that you serve, But He 86 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 3: hasn't made you like anybody else. He separated you. I 87 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 3: just want you to get this in your heart today 88 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 3: because I think when we realize what we carry will 89 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: protect what we carry, we'll acknowledge what we carry will 90 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 3: allow what we carry to teach us wisdom in our 91 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 3: innermost parts. We'll understand that we don't have to react 92 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 3: to the boss when he's putting us down, when he's 93 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 3: trying to make us feel less than. We can understand 94 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 3: that the critics don't have to define us because God 95 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 3: is teaching us all the while in our inmost parts. 96 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: I want to just use one of the greatest mothers. 97 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: Since it's Mother's Day, right, I want to talk about 98 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: one of the greatest mothers in the Bible. 99 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 2: In fact, this mother was the first mother. 100 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 3: That God lived in, the first mother that God lived in. 101 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: Her name is Mary. You know Mary. 102 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 3: You know the story of Mary. She was the mother 103 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 3: of Jesus. She was a young girl. She was about 104 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: to get married to the man of her dreams. Now, 105 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 3: somebody might not think she was anything special if they 106 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 3: looked on her from the outside. 107 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 2: They couldn't say she's just a girl. She has a 108 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: lot to learn. 109 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 3: But you see, God wasn't looking at Mary's outside. 110 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: He wasn't even looking at Mary's plans. He was looking 111 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 2: at Mary's heart, and he had a unique assignment for Mary. 112 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 3: See that's so interesting because God wasn't concerned about Mary's plans. 113 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 3: God wasn't concerned that she was about to get married. 114 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 3: The invitations were already out, the caterers were coming, the 115 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: venue was already paid for. 116 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: You see, he wasn't looking at all that. 117 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 3: He was looking at her heart, and he had a 118 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: special assignment for her. Have you ever been interrupted by God? Well, 119 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 3: Mary was interrupted. The Angel came to her and announced 120 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: that she was a highly favored woman and that she 121 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 3: would give birth to a son. 122 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: She said, how can I'm a virgin, I've never known 123 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 2: a man. 124 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 3: And he said, the Holy Spirit will come upon you, 125 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 3: and God will empower you to bring forth this sun. 126 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 3: You see, that's what happens when you know who you are. 127 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: You know you've got God on the inside of you. 128 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: He empowers you so you can bring forth the things 129 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 3: on this earth that he wants you to do, the 130 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 3: plans that he's already established. 131 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: See. 132 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 3: I don't know how it all works, but I can 133 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 3: tell you that God is always working. He's always working. 134 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: And you know, Mary, instead of giving a lot of excuses, 135 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 3: say can we do this a little bit later. It's 136 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 3: kind of inconvenient. God. 137 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: I've been waiting for this man a long time. You 138 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: don't know. 139 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 3: All my girlfriends got the man. I've been waiting for 140 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 3: this man a long time. Mary said, being unto me 141 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: as you said, she literally made a decision that she 142 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: was going to embrace the seed that God had just 143 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: planet to see to promise, and that she was going 144 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: to accept it no matter if it interrupted her plans 145 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 3: or not, no matter how difficult it was. She said, I'm. 146 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: Going all the way with God, and I love that 147 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: about Mary. 148 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: And as I was reading the story about Mary, I 149 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: just want to get to some practical things that Mary did, 150 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 3: and I think these things can help us. We've heard 151 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: them before, but you know, we think that Mary just 152 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 3: had it easy. Oh Mary, you know she she was 153 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: chosen by God to have the Son of God. So 154 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: I'm sure you know she had everything she needed. But 155 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 3: can I tell you it was rough. It was rough 156 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 3: to birth the promise of God. It was rough to 157 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 3: do what God had called her to do. But God 158 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: said she was favored and highly blessed. So I guarantee 159 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 3: you she was favored and highly blessed, no matter how 160 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 3: difficult it was, no matter how many battles she had 161 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 3: to fight, no matter how many times she had to 162 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 3: talk herself into it, because God said she was blessed 163 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 3: and highly favored. And God says, you are blessed holy favor. 164 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 3: You are blessed and hoighly favored. You may be going 165 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 3: through some difficult times right now, your plans may be interrupted. 166 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 3: I want you to hear that loud and clear. God 167 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 3: chose to live in Mary, and God chose to live 168 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 3: in you. God chose to live in you. 169 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 2: That's powerful. That's powerful. 170 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 3: Because Mary fulfilled her assignment and brought fulfillment to the scriptures. 171 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 2: God chose to live in his people. 172 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 3: I believe that was a foreshadowing of what God wants 173 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 3: to do in the earth. He wants to live in 174 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: his people. But as soon as Mary accepted that, see 175 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 3: to promise. The scripture says that she immediately went to 176 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 3: her cousin Elizabeth's house. Now, her cousin, Elizabeth was married 177 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 3: to a man named Zachariah, and they were promised, even 178 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 3: in her very old age, that she would have a baby. 179 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: She was pregnant with her baby when Elizabeth got there, 180 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 3: and when Elizabeth saw Mary, the scripture should that she 181 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 3: immediately began to encourage Mary. She immediately began to speak 182 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: faith into Mary. Now where am I going with this, 183 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: because see that was a long time ago. 184 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 2: But let me tell you what I believe God is 185 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 2: showing us. 186 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 3: One thing He is showing us when he puts a 187 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 3: seed of promise in you, you need to protect that 188 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: seed to promise. You need to get it into an 189 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 3: environment that it can grow. You need to get into 190 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: a good church where the people know what God does, 191 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 3: and they can speak encouragement to your heart because that's 192 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 3: exactly where. 193 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: God had Mary go. 194 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 3: He had her in an environment where that environment knew 195 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 3: the power of God. 196 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting. 197 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 3: And this is just a side note, but I don't 198 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 3: know if y'all find this as interesting as I did. 199 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 3: But the Bible says that Mary was at Elizabeth's house 200 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 3: for three months. You know, it's interesting because when a 201 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 3: woman gets pregnant, that twelve week period is very crucial. 202 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 3: Many times you can miss Carrie before that twelve weeks. 203 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 3: In fact, you know, some people don't even like to 204 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 3: announce that they're pregnant until after the twelve weeks because 205 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 3: that kind of is a safe zone and you know, okay, 206 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: it's it's probably gonna be okay. And I get to thinking, 207 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 3: isn't that interesting that God had her there for twelve weeks? See, 208 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 3: he didn't want her to miscarry the seed. See, he 209 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 3: wanted to keep that seed in an environment that it 210 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 3: could grow in a strong foundation. 211 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: To think about what God said to you. 212 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 3: Think about the dreams He's put in your heart, Think 213 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 3: about Him being on the inside of you. What environment 214 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 3: do you put yourself in? Do you let people talk 215 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 3: down to you. Do you put yourself in an environment 216 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 3: that God wouldn't want to be in? 217 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 2: Are you careful? Do you protect it? 218 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 3: You see, there were many naysayers when Mary showed up pregnant. 219 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: See she was a virgin and God did an immaculate 220 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: birth in her. 221 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: But the people didn't recognize it. 222 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 3: I'm sure they were saying, did you hear about Mary 223 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: and Joseph go weddings off? 224 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 2: What's Mary been doing? 225 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 3: But you see, God took her out of that environment 226 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 3: and he put her into a protective environment. And I 227 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: just want to suggest to you and I today that 228 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 3: we begin to put what's in us in a protected environment. 229 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 3: It's not easy to birth the promises of God. Listen, 230 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: Mary had to go out of her way, Mary had 231 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 3: to change her plans. Mary had to do some things 232 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 3: that maybe a lot of people wouldn't want to do. 233 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 3: But Mary was willing to see this thing to the end. 234 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: It also says that Mary treasured up all of these 235 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 3: things and pondered them in our heart. See that tells 236 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 3: me that Mary fought discouragement, that Mary fought the critics, 237 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 3: that Mary fought the hardships by pondering all of this 238 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 3: in our heart by just imagining and talking to God 239 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 3: about all that was about to happen and all that 240 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 3: would happen. 241 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: In the future. And see, that's what we need to do. 242 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 3: We need to not just run around telling everybody our 243 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 3: problems now just try to get man to fix us. 244 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 3: Oh can you help me? Now? 245 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: We need to ponder what God has spoken. 246 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 3: To us, get his word, build a foundation of truth 247 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 3: so that when we go out to birth what God 248 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 3: is putting in us will withstand the challenges that are 249 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 3: out there. 250 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: You know what, this is Mother's Day and I just 251 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: want to honor Mary. 252 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 3: I want to just say, Mary, God saw your heart, 253 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,599 Speaker 3: you saw it through you fulfill the scriptures. And I 254 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 3: just honor the fact that God chose Mary among all 255 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: the women. 256 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: She was qualified. 257 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 3: And can I tell you that God has chose you 258 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 3: among all the people, and He's qualified you. He's chose 259 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 3: to live in you today just like he lived in Mary. 260 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: Protect what He's given you, birth, what He's put in you, 261 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: and I believe you'll see God do the impossible just. 262 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 2: Like Mary did. Amen. Amen, He's an awesome God. 263 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 4: Sometimes the stresses of life can feel like you're just 264 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: getting by God. Wants to bless us, But how do 265 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 4: you move from barely enough to just enough to more 266 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 4: than enough. 267 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: We all face difficulties and people that are hard to 268 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: deal with. You can't eliminate all the stress, but if 269 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: you'll handle it the right way, you don't have to 270 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: live stressed out. Much of our frustration is we're trying 271 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: to control things that we can't control, letting things stress 272 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: us that don't have to. I'd love to send you 273 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: by new book, fifty five Ways to be Blessed and 274 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: Not Stressed. I'll show you practical things you can do 275 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: to live more peaceful and enjoy each day. 276 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 4: You can move from stressed to blessed and fully realize 277 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 4: God's goodness, favor, and blessings. As our way of saying 278 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 4: thank you for your gift of any amount to the ministry, 279 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 4: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 280 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: this powerful life transforming resource, fifty five Ways to be 281 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 4: Blessed and Not Stressed. 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If you'll make 290 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: some simple adjustments, you can live blessed and not stressed. 291 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: Dektory and I want you to know we're praying for you, 292 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: that you'll experience peace and joy and see your dreams 293 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: come to pass. Thank you so much for your prayers 294 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: and support. Your generosity is impacting lives. 295 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 2: All over the world. 296 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services online Sunday mornings, download 297 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: our daily podcast, listen on Serious ExM, YouTube, social media. 298 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: But until we meet again, lat the Lord bless you 299 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: and keep you. 300 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 4: Be sure to request your copy of fifty five Ways 301 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 4: to be Blessed and not stressed today. Visit Joelostein dot 302 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 4: com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel