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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 4: God bless you. 29 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 5: Thanks for letting us come into your homes today. We 30 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 5: love you, and if you're ever in our area, please 31 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 5: stop by and be a part of one of our services. 32 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny. I heard about 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 5: this pastor. He was finishing up a fiery sermon on 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 5: self control. He said, with great passion, if I had 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 5: all the beer in the world, I'd throw it into 37 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 5: the river with greater fervor. If I had all the 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 5: wine in the world, I'd throw it into the river, 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 5: almost at the top of his lungs. If I had 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 5: all the whiskey in. 41 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 4: The world, I'd throw it into the river. He sat down. 42 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 5: Song leader came up said for a closing song, let's 43 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 5: sing him three sixty five. Shall we gather at the river? 44 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 5: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 45 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 5: I am what it says I am. I have what 46 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 5: it says I have. I can do what it says 47 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 5: I can do. Today I will be taught the word 48 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 5: of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 5: heart is receptive. 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. 51 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 52 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 5: to you today about stay and committed. We all have 53 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 5: opportunities to give up on what we're believing for, walk 54 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 5: away from an uncomfortable situation. 55 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 4: Slack off, and not be our best. 56 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 5: But if you're going to reach your highest potential, you 57 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 5: have to stay committed. 58 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 4: You can't be moved. 59 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 5: By what's not working out, give up on a child 60 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 5: because he's not doing what he should, slack off at 61 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 5: work because you're not being treated right. You have to 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 5: have a made up mind that you are in it 63 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 5: for the long haul. It may be difficult, you have 64 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 5: a good reason to walk away. 65 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 4: Don't take the easy way out. 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 5: Stay committed to your marriage, Stay committed to raising those children. 67 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 5: Stay committed to your friends. They may make mistakes, give 68 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 5: them some grace. Don't be a fair weathered friend. Be 69 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 5: committed in the good. 70 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 4: Times and the tough times. 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 5: Stay committed to your dreams. Don't give up on the 72 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 5: promises God put in your heart. It may be taken 73 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 5: longer than you thought, but God is still on the throne. 74 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 5: He's a faithful God. He's already set the time to 75 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: bring it to pass. Stay committed to your church, Stay 76 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 5: committed to your job. Be a loyal person, somebody they 77 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: can count on day in and day out. 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 4: Always going to feel like it. 79 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 5: There will be good days and tough days, times when 80 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 5: it's exciting, times when you feel like giving up. That's 81 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 5: when you have to dig your heels in and say, 82 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 5: I'm going to do the right thing when it's hard. 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 5: I'm committed to this marriage. I'm going to love you 84 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 5: even though you don't deserve it. I'm committed to this job. 85 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 5: I'm going to be my best even though my supervisor 86 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 5: isn't treating me right. I'm committed to my dreams. 87 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 4: I'm not going to. 88 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 5: Give up because I don't see anything happening. I'm going 89 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 5: to keep believing, expecting, thanking God. 90 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 4: I know it's on the way. 91 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 5: God rewards consistent, faithful, committed people, but too many people 92 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 5: are wishy washing. 93 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 4: They'll love you as long as you perform perfectly. Not 94 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 4: they're out of there. 95 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 5: They'll be their best if you keep them encouraged, keep 96 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 5: them propped up. They'll pursue a dream as long as 97 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 5: they're getting good breaks. Their commitment is based on things 98 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 5: going their way. But when it's difficult, when it's taken 99 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 5: longer than they thought, they get discouraged start to slack off. Well, Joel, 100 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 5: I don't like my job. They don't treat me right. 101 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 5: That's why I show up late. That's why I play 102 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 5: on the computer half the day. You're not working under people, 103 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 5: you're working under God. 104 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 4: He's keeping the records. 105 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 5: The scripture says promotion doesn't come from the North or 106 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 5: the South, it comes from the Lord. Well, they don't 107 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 5: pay me enough. I'm undervalued. If they would pay me more, 108 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 5: I would do more. But if you don't pass the 109 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 5: test of being your best, where you are showing up 110 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 5: on time, with a good attitude, doing more than you 111 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 5: have to, then you'll get stuck. They may not be 112 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 5: paying you what you're worth, but your job is not 113 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 5: your source. God is your source. And yes God uses people, supervisors, companies, 114 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 5: but don't get them. 115 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: Mixed up with your source. 116 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 5: If you see your company as your provider, your boss 117 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 5: as your source, then in a sense, you're making them 118 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 5: your God. 119 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 4: You're letting them control your destiny. 120 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 5: They determine how high you're going to go, and if 121 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 5: for some reason they don't like you, they're not for you. 122 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 4: Too bad, you're limited. 123 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 5: No, stop looking to people and start looking to God. 124 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 5: He not only controls your destiny, he controls the whole universe. 125 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 4: He determines how high you're going to go. 126 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 5: No person, no supervisor, no company can stand against God. 127 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 4: He knows what's happening. He sees what's. 128 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 5: Unfair when you stay committed to your job, when you 129 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 5: keep being your best day in and day out, despite 130 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 5: who doesn't like you. 131 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 4: God will make it up to you. God is your source. 132 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 4: He has the final. 133 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 5: Say, well, Joel, it's difficult to stay committed to my job, 134 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 5: committed to my marriage, committed to this dream. Nothing's going 135 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 5: my way. 136 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 4: If it was easy, everyone would do it. 137 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 5: God chose you because he knew you can handle it. 138 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 5: You have the courage, the strength, the talent, the anointing. 139 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 5: You're not weak, you're not lacking. You are full of 140 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 5: can do power. You didn't come this far to stop now. 141 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 5: The people that see dreams come to pass are the 142 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 5: people that stay committed. I've heard it said on the 143 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 5: road to your destiny. Halfway through, every person will be 144 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 5: tempted to give up. 145 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 4: Some turn around and go back. The others stay. 146 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 5: Committed and keep moving forward. What's interesting is both people 147 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 5: travel the same distance. One goes halfway back to where 148 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 5: they started. The other goes halfway ahead and reach their goal. 149 00:07:55,480 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 5: Committed people outlast the difficulty. Committed people stick with the 150 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 5: relationship even though they have a right to walk away. 151 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 5: Committed people go the extra mile and do more than 152 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 5: they have to. Is there an area you've been tempted 153 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 5: to give. 154 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 4: Up in or just slack off, not be your best? 155 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 4: God is saying. 156 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 5: Stay committed, stay faithful, stay loyal. Committed people reach the 157 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 5: fullness of their destinies. My parents started Lakewood in nineteen 158 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 5: fifty nine with ninety people. 159 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 4: My father always knew that he would pastor a church 160 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 4: with thousands. 161 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 5: God put that dream in his heart, But for thirteen 162 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 5: years Lakewood didn't grow, had less than two hundred people. 163 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 4: One reason we're here. 164 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 5: Today is because my father stayed committed. He didn't say 165 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 5: I'm committed as long as it's growing, I'm committed, as 166 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 5: long as it's exciding, as long as things are going 167 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 5: my way. 168 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 4: He was committed when nothing was changing. 169 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 5: He reached three times a week to those ninety people 170 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 5: like he was preaching to ninety thousand. He never missed 171 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 5: a service. Year after year, no growth, no increase. But 172 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 5: in nineteen seventy two, it was like God flipped a switch. 173 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 5: People begin to come from all over the city, grew 174 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 5: to thousands and thousands. The dreams God's placed in your heart, 175 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 5: the promises you're standing on, may be taken longer than 176 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 5: you thought. You don't see any sign of it happening. 177 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 4: That's a test. 178 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 5: Are you going to get discouraged, give up on. 179 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 4: What you're believing for? 180 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 5: Stay committed, keep doing the right thing. God is in control. 181 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 5: He sees your faithfulness, like with my father. You're going 182 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 5: to come into your season of favor. Your dream is 183 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 5: right up in front of you. Two Kings, Chapter two. 184 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 5: The prophet Elijah was about to be taken up to 185 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 5: heaven in a whirlwind. He had an assistant named Elisha, 186 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 5: was like a. 187 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 4: Son to him. 188 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 5: Elisha took care of Elijah. He went with him everywhere 189 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 5: and made sure that he had what he wanted. In 190 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 5: verse two, Elijah said to Elisha, stay here, I'm going 191 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 5: to the city of Bethel. And Elisha knew the prophet 192 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 5: was going to be taken away. 193 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 4: He knew he was coming to an end. 194 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 5: He could have thought, all right, I'm gonna stay after all, 195 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 5: his life's almost over. Instead, Elisha said to him, as 196 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 5: surely as the Lord lives. 197 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 4: I will never leave you. 198 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 5: They went together to Bethel. In Bethel, Elijah said, stay here, 199 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to the city of Jericho. Elisha said it again, 200 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 5: as surely as the Lord lives, I will not leave you. 201 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 5: They arrived in Jericho. Elijah told him the third time, 202 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 5: stay here, I'm going to the Jordan River. Elisha said 203 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 5: the same thing, I will not leave you. Three times. 204 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 5: Elijah tried to get rid of him. Three times. He said, 205 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 5: in effect, you've done enough. You've served me well all 206 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 5: these years. You've been faithful, loyal, Take some time off, 207 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 5: go relax. Elisha wouldn't hear of it. His attitude was, 208 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 5: I'm committed to you. I'm going to stick with you 209 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: through thick and thin. I was with you in the 210 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 5: good times when you were performing miracles, I'm going to 211 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 5: be with you in the tough times as you come 212 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 5: to an end. Nobody would have faulted Elisha if he 213 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 5: had walked away. 214 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 4: His boss told him to. He had a good reason. 215 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 4: But he wouldn't slack off. 216 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 5: He wouldn't take the easy way out. He was committed, 217 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 5: He was loyal. 218 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 4: He was someone you could count on. 219 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 5: As they crossed the Jordan River, Elijah said to him, 220 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 5: what do you want me to. 221 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 4: Do for you before I leave? 222 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 5: Elisha said, I want a double portion of your anointing. 223 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 5: He said, you've asked a hard thing, but if you 224 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 5: see me when I'm taking away. 225 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 4: You will have it. 226 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 5: In a little while, as they were walking along, a 227 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 5: whirlwind took Elijah up into the heavens. His mantle fell 228 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 5: on Elisha. Elisha picked up Elijah's rod, struck the Jordan River, 229 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 5: and it parted. Elisha ended up performing twice as many 230 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 5: miracles as Elijah. Here's my point. He would have never 231 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 5: seen the double portion if he had not stayed committed. 232 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 5: If he had left the first time Elijah told him 233 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 5: to go, or the second time or the third, he 234 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 5: wouldn't have seen the fullness of his destiny. There will 235 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 5: be plenty of times where you're tempted to walk away. 236 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 5: Walk away from a dream, it's been too long, it's 237 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 5: never going to happen. Walk away from a marriage, walk 238 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 5: away from a church, walk away from a job. They 239 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 5: don't appreciate you, they never tell you thank you. You 240 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 5: could slack off, take the easy way out. But what 241 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 5: you can't ze is there's a double portion up in 242 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 5: front of you. Stay committed when it's hard, do the 243 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 5: right thing when the wrong thing is happening. 244 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 4: Keep loving that man, that woman even though they don't 245 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 4: deserve it. 246 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: When you stay loyal, consistent, faithful, a double portion is coming, 247 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 5: double favor, double honor, double resources. God will pay you 248 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 5: back for staying committed. But this double portion isn't for everyone. 249 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 4: It's not common, it's not ordinary. 250 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 5: It's for people that do more than they have to, 251 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 5: for people that go the extra mind, for people that 252 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 5: don't give up when it's not exciting. It's for people 253 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 5: like you, people that stay committed. I can imagine after 254 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 5: Elijah told Elisha to stay that third time and he 255 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 5: wouldn't do it, Elisha must have thought, that. 256 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 4: Is one stubborn boy. He will not change his mind. 257 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 4: He is determined. To take care of me. 258 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 5: That's the way you have to be to see God's best. 259 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 5: There has to be a stubbornness. I'm committed to this marriage. 260 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 5: Leaving is not an option. I'm committed to my children. 261 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 5: No matter what they do or don't do, I'm going 262 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 5: to be there for them. I'm committed to being my 263 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 5: best at this job. You don't let people talk you 264 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 5: out of it. 265 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 4: You don't slack off. 266 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 5: Because it's not fair. You're lonely, you're not making progress. 267 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,359 Speaker 5: You have a made up mind. When you stay committed, 268 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 5: God will make things happen that you couldn't make happen. 269 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: Suddenly things will turn around, Suddenly your marriage will improve, 270 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 5: Suddenly your business. 271 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: Will take off. Many of you have passed this test. 272 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 5: You've been committed, You've been doing the right thing. Be encouraged. 273 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 5: You are close to your double portion. You are close 274 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 5: to a breakthrough, close to meeting the right person, close to. 275 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 4: Your a new level. 276 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 5: When Jesus was in the garden of Gassimone, he was 277 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 5: so distressed that he swept great drops of blood on. 278 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 4: The way to Calvary. 279 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 5: He was so beaten and bruised he fell down under 280 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 5: the weight of the cross. He could have said, God, 281 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 5: it's too much. I did the right thing. But these 282 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 5: people treated me badly. They mocked me. 283 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 4: Ridiculed me, sent me to the cross. I'm done. I've 284 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 4: had enough. 285 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 5: Jesus stayed committed. He was committed when it wasn't fair. 286 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 5: He was committed when he had every. 287 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 4: Right to give up. 288 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 5: Nobody would have faulted him if he had walked away. 289 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 4: But he was in it for the long haul. 290 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 5: He was stubborn when it came to fulfilling his purpose. 291 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 5: Where are the people that would do like Jesus and 292 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 5: stay committed. People that don't give up because it's not fair, 293 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 5: People that don't slack off because it's taken longer than 294 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 5: they thought. People that have a made up mine. Nineteen 295 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 5: sixty a young man opened a pizza place in Michigan. 296 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 5: He was an orphan that had been raised in a 297 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 5: Catholic orphanage. He borrowed nine hundred dollars and started his 298 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 5: small pizza place. 299 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 4: He had all kinds of bad breaks. 300 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 5: A business partner got into his account and stole several thousand. 301 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 4: Dollars his life savings. 302 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 5: Nineteen sixty eight, a fire burned his building down. The 303 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 5: insurance company paid him a penny on the dollar. 304 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 4: He could have gotten discouraged, thought this is not meant 305 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: to be. 306 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 5: But this young man stayed committed to the dream God 307 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 5: placed in his heart. 308 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 4: He had an idea. 309 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 5: Instead of people having to come get their pizza, he 310 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 5: decided to. 311 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 4: Take the pizza to the people. 312 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 5: He came up with the first delivery service. He called 313 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 5: it Dominoes. He started with one restaurant nine hundred dollars. 314 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 4: Today there are over six thousand Dominoes. 315 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 5: Few years ago, Tom Monicham sold his company for a 316 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 5: billion dollars. He's incredibly generous. He helps underprivileged children around 317 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: the world. 318 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 4: What am I saying? 319 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 5: When you stay committed, God will open doors that you 320 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 5: could never open. God will bring you into your double portion. 321 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 5: And you may have plenty of reasons to give up 322 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 5: on your dream. 323 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 4: Like him, You've had. 324 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 5: Disappointments, setbacks, that's all a part of the process. When 325 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 5: you get knocked down, you have to get back up again. 326 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 5: God didn't bring you this far to leave you. Don't 327 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 5: settle for mediocrity. God created you for greatness. There is 328 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 5: something in you that will cause you to stand out 329 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 5: something nobody else has. Nobody else can do. God put 330 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 5: a seed in you so you can leave your mark. 331 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 5: Don't let people talk you out of it. 332 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 4: Don't let failures convince you to give up. 333 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 5: Don't let delays in detours cause you to get discouraged. 334 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 5: I know a man had an idea for a business. 335 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 5: He was turned down by thirty one banks. Thirty one 336 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 5: experts told him it wasn't a good idea. 337 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 4: He was wasting his time. 338 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 5: You would think he would get the message after thirty 339 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 5: one bank said no. Like Elisha, this young man was stubborn. 340 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: Those banks said, in effect, go away, leave, it's not 341 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 5: a good idea. He said no, thanks. I'm committed to 342 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 5: my dream. When God puts a dream in your heart, 343 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 5: it won't go away. You can try to push it down, 344 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 5: dismiss it, but that seed is still alive. This young 345 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 5: man went to bank number thirty two. They loved the idea. 346 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 5: He started his business. It's expanded all over the world, 347 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 5: totally taken off. Other people may have told you no, 348 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 5: But when God says yes, his yes cancels out there no. 349 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 5: His yes overrule what people are telling you. Stay committed 350 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 5: to your dream, do the right thing when it's hard, 351 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 5: When you have permission to give up on it, Joel, 352 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 5: the bank told me no, or you have permission to 353 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 5: walk out of a relationship. 354 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 4: Elijah said, I could go be an Elisha. 355 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 5: Stay committed, stay loyal, stay faithful. In the scripture, Joseph 356 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 5: and Mary were planning their wedding. It was an exciting time. 357 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 5: I'm sure their friends and family were so happy for them. 358 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 5: Life was good until God interrupted their plans. The Angel 359 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 5: appeared to Marian told her she was going to have 360 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 5: a baby without knowing a man. 361 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 4: He would be the son of God. 362 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 5: While she was excited, she wasn't looking forward to having 363 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 5: this conversation with her fiance. 364 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 4: You can imagine how that went. 365 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 5: Joseph, I have some interesting news. I'm pregnant. I'm having 366 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 5: a baby. No, it's not your child, but don't worry. 367 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 5: The angel said, I'm going to give birth to the Messiah. 368 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 5: You can hear Joseph. 369 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 4: Saying yeah, right. What kind of angel was that. 370 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 5: Joseph was an honorable, well respected man, and back in 371 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 5: those days, especially having a baby out of wedlock was 372 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 5: a big disgrace. This was going to make him look bad, 373 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 5: So he was going to quietly call things off, not 374 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 5: embarrass Mary but an angel came to him and said, 375 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 5: take Mary as your wife. Everything she's told you is 376 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 5: the truth. Joseph could have said, that's all fine and good, 377 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 5: but I didn't sign up for this. 378 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 4: I don't want all this controversy. 379 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 5: People tarnishing my reputation, always talking bad about me. He 380 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 5: had plenty of reasons to back out, but Joseph did 381 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 5: the right thing when it was hard. 382 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 4: He was committed. He was loyal. 383 00:20:55,119 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 5: In relationships with your spouse, your children, your friends. It 384 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 5: maybe times you have a good reason to get out. 385 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 5: They did things to hurt you. They didn't perform perfectly. 386 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 5: They let you down. You could justify walking away. Nobody 387 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 5: would fault you. But when you're a Joseph, when you're committed, 388 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 5: you show mercy. 389 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 4: You give second chances. 390 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 5: You make allowances for mistakes. They may not deserve it. 391 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 5: They were guilty, but only the guilty need mercy. Stay 392 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 5: committed to your family, Stay committed to your friends. 393 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 4: Be someone they can count on. 394 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 5: A true friend walks in when everybody else walks out. 395 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 5: A true friend will be there for you just when 396 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 5: you succeed, but when you fail. I realize there are 397 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 5: times that a relationship comes to an end you have 398 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 5: to move on, but don't let that be a pattern 399 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: where you bail out if they're not meeting all your 400 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 5: demands living up to your expectation. People make mistakes. Good 401 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 5: people can blow it. People that love you can let 402 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 5: you down. God rewards people who are consistent when life 403 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 5: is complicated, people that will stick with. 404 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 4: Someone when they don't deserve it. 405 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 5: People that will be their best when someone else was 406 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 5: at their worst. Years ago, Jim Baker, the former head 407 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 5: of the PTL television network, went to prison for not 408 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 5: handling things properly. 409 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 4: He admitted he made. 410 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 5: Mistakes and it was a big scandal all over the news. 411 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 5: When he was about to be released from prison, our 412 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 5: friend Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son, contacted him and said 413 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 5: the Grahams wanted to rent him a house and provide 414 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 5: him a car to drive. Jim Baker said, Franklin, you 415 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 5: can't do that. I have too much negative baggage. Can't 416 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 5: be associated with me. You'll be criticized. Franklin said, Jim, 417 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 5: you are our friend before you went to prison, and 418 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 5: you will be our friend afterwards. The first Sunday he 419 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 5: was out, Ruth Graham Billy's wife called the halfway house 420 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 5: where Jim was staying. She asked the man in charge 421 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 5: for permission for Jim to come to church with their 422 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 5: family that Sunday. 423 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 4: He approved, and. 424 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 5: As he arrived at the church, they took Jim down 425 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 5: to the front row and sat him next to Franklin. 426 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 4: There were two empty seats next to him. 427 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 5: Jim didn't know who they were for, but right before 428 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 5: the service started a side door opened, Billy and Ruth 429 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 5: Graham came out and sat down right next to him. 430 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 5: Billy Graham was saying to his friend Jim, I'm committed 431 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 5: to you. 432 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 4: You can count on me. 433 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 5: I'll be with you in the good times, and I'll 434 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 5: be with you in the tough times. You can tell 435 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 5: who your true friends are not when everything's going great, 436 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 5: not when you. 437 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 4: Succeed, but when you fail, when you get off course. 438 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to be a loyal person, stay committed 439 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 5: to the people God's put in your life. They're going 440 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 5: to make mistakes, they're going to do things you don't understand. 441 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 5: They don't need another judge condemning them. They don't need 442 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 5: more guilt and shame. They've got enough of that. 443 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 4: You can help love them back into the wholeness. 444 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 5: You can be the friend that walks in when everybody 445 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 5: else walks out. When you're committed, when you're loyal, doesn't 446 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 5: mean you're approving their actions. You're simply showing them the 447 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 5: mercy that you would want God to show you you 448 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 5: being a healer a restorer. They have enough things pushing 449 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 5: them down. 450 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 4: Let's be people that lift them up. 451 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 5: Too many people today they're fair weather friends. They'll love 452 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 5: you in the good times, walk away in the tough times. 453 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 5: Our attitude should be you can count on me. I'm 454 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 5: committed to loving you. I'm committed to being good to you. 455 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 4: I'm committed to defending you. 456 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 5: There are relationships that would go to a new level 457 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 5: if you would quit base in your commitment on somebody's 458 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 5: performance and let them know you're in it for the 459 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 5: long haul, through thick and thin, through the good times 460 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 5: and the tough times. 461 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 4: That takes the pressure off. 462 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 5: There's a freedom of security when they know, beyond a 463 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 5: shadow of a doubt, that you were for them. I 464 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 5: read about two young men named Jim and Philip. They 465 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 5: were best friends in high school, practically inseparable. They went 466 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 5: to college and played sports together. After they graduated, they 467 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 5: both joined the Marines. One day, they were in Germany 468 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 5: on a battlefield. In the midst of this very fierce battle, 469 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,959 Speaker 5: gunfire was going everywhere, bombs were going off. They finally 470 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 5: heard the command to retreat. As they were running back, 471 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 5: Jim noticed that Philip wasn't around with him. 472 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 4: He'd pinged into panic. 473 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 5: He rushed to the commanding officer and asked for permission 474 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 5: to go back and look for his friend. 475 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 4: The officer said, are you crazy. 476 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 5: That would be committing suicide. You don't have a chance 477 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 5: to go back in all that gunfire. Without missing a beat, 478 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 5: he turned around and took off running, defying his orders. 479 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 5: In a few minutes, the officer saw him hobbling back, 480 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 5: carrying the lifeless body of his friend. 481 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 4: The officer screamed at him, you could have been killed. 482 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 4: I told you not to go. 483 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 5: I knew your friend was already dead. He said, no, sir, 484 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 5: I got there just before he died. His last words were, 485 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 5: I knew you'd come back. That's what I want our friends, 486 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 5: our family to say about us. 487 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 4: I knew you had come back. 488 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 5: You were committed, you were loyal, you were somebody I 489 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 5: could count on. Is there some area you're tempted to 490 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 5: give up in, or maybe just slack off, not be 491 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 5: your best. God is saying stay admitted, keep doing the 492 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 5: right thing. You can't see it, but up in front 493 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 5: of you is a double portion. There's something more rewarding 494 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,239 Speaker 5: than you could imagine. Yes, it may be difficult, but 495 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 5: you are well able. 496 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 4: Make up your mind. 497 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 5: You are in it for the long haul. Be stubborn 498 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 5: when it comes to not giving up. If you'll do this, 499 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 5: I believe and declare la like Elisha, You're going to 500 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 5: see double favor, double honor, double resources. God's going to 501 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 5: open doors no man can shut and take you to 502 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 5: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus's name, if you 503 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 5: receive it, Can you say amen? Today I'd like to 504 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 5: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of 505 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 5: your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, 506 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 5: I'll repent of my sins. 507 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 4: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. 508 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 5: If you prayed that simple prayer, leave you got born again, 509 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 5: Get in a good Bible based. 510 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 4: Church, Keep God first place. Victorian. I'll be right back 511 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 4: to speak a blessing over you. 512 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 6: Start each day off right by having Joel lead you 513 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 6: in declaring the truth of God's Word over your life 514 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 6: through this powerful thirty one day audio devotional Say So. 515 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 4: If you're going to go to the next level, You've 516 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 4: got to say so. 517 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 6: Say So available this month as a thank you for 518 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 6: your support of our ministry. Declare the promises of God 519 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 6: over your life today. 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